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‘Cosy competency porn’: why The Post is my feelgood movie
A reminder of Steven Spielberg’s prowess and speed in the latest in our series of writers highlighting their go-to comfort watchesSteven Spielberg was never much of a radical. While Francis Ford Coppola made Apocalypse Now and even George Lucas attacked the Vietnam war with Star Wars, the nervy new Hollywood hotshot was more interested in…
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Kevin Costner’s ‘Dances With Wolves’ Restored Extended Director’s Cut to Premiere at Locarno
Films from Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata and Roger Corman will also screen as the Swiss fest keeps putting a spotlight on “cinema of the past with an eye to the new generations and the audiences of tomorrow.”
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‘Super Nature’ Trailer: Ed Sayers Documentary Captures Nature In Fresh Way With Vintage Cameras
EXCLUSIVE: Super Nature, a new documentary about the natural world directed by Ed Sayers, is truly a vintage piece of filmmaking. Sayers and his collaborators – 40 filmmakers across the globe – shot the feature entirely on Super 8, “the original home movie format.” The “home” in this case is planet Earth and its multitudinous…
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The Sidemen Management Firm Arcade Names Former Vice EMEA Boss Matt Elek As CEO
EXCLUSIVE: There’s change afoot at Arcade, the creator management company that represents The Sidemen. Former Vice Media EMEA boss Matt Elek has been named CEO, with currently Chief Exec and co-founder Jordan Schwarzenberger stepping away from the day-to-day running of the company. Schwarzenberger had formally taken on the role of CEO earlier this year, as…
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Why Maria Bakalova and Rebekah Fortune Fell in Love With ‘Learning to Breathe Under Water’ and What’s Up With That Shark on the Roof
THR can premiere a clip from the film, also starring Rory Kinnear and Ezra Carlisle, about an autistic boy, his grieving father and an au pair who shakes up their lives, which debuts in Karlovy Vary’s Special Screenings program.
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Korea Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Maintains Slender Advantage Over Surging Thriller ‘The Eyes’
“Toy Story 5” held onto the number one spot at the South Korean box office during the weekend of July 3–5. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film brought in $2.8 million from 429,042 admissions over the three-day window, maintaining a 38.6% share of the weekend…
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Serbian Director’s ‘Everyday Violence’ Drama Explores Normalisation of Peer Aggression at Karlovy Vary
Serbian director Miroslav Terzić’s third feature film, “3 Weeks After,” premiered in the main competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, centring on a high school trip to Bulgaria. The narrative investigates how viol
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Sky Acquires ITV Media Business for £1.6bn, Consolidating British Broadcasting and Creating Streaming Rival
Comcast-owned pay-TV operator Sky has agreed to acquire ITV’s Media and Entertainment division for £1.6 billion, with the transaction expected to complete in the second half of 2027. The deal fundamentally separates ITV’s business: its production arm, ITV Studios, will operate as an independent global content creator, while its television networks and streaming operations pass…
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Shoot the People review – a powerful portrait of a talented yet controversial photographer
Misan Harriman was catapulted into a new career after turning his camera to anti-racist demonstrations – though the shadow of more recent criticism loomsThis is a documentary portrait of the celebrated British-Nigerian photographer, film-maker and activist Misan Harriman, who has campaigned on Gaza and Black Lives Matter, that was completed before the row in May…
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‘Five Years, Four Months’ Co-Director Esteban Hoyos García on Urgency of Remembering Colombia’s Disappeared Ahead of Right-Wing Presidency
When director Juan Miguel Gelacio first began listening to the stories of mothers searching for their disappeared sons in Colombia, he thought it would make an interesting documentary. Then, he believed their accounts would lend themselves beautifully to a short fiction film. As the project evolved, Gelacio onboarded his “Jungle” co-director Esteban Hoyos García, who…