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Ira Sachs On Casting Rami Malek In ‘The Man I Love’ & European Filmmaking Influences: Munich Film Festival
Ahead of a screening of The Man I Love at the Munich International Film Festival, Ira Sachs discussed casting Rami Malek, recreating late-1980s New York, and the European filmmakers who have influenced his work during one of the festival’s signature Film Talks. Sachs co-wrote The Man I Love with longtime collaborator Mauricio Zacharias. It stars…
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‘Paris Paris’ Director on Her Fiction Feature Debut That Is “Very Political, But Not in Your Face”
Belgian documentary maker Isabelle Tollenaere discusses how she changed tack for her cinematic allegory for displacement and meditation on home that premieres in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition.
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Edinburgh’s Paul Ridd on Robert Redford’s Legacy, Hollywood’s Festival Sit-Out, and the ‘Obsession’ Phenomenon: “I Did Not See That Coming”
The film festival director is more confident than ever in Edinburgh’s mission to spotlight emerging voices — but it helps getting Ewan McGregor, Gregg Araki, and Kenneth Branagh up to the Scottish capital, too.
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Vincent Lindon and Tahar Rahim Storm the Barricades (Without Singing!) in ‘Les Misérables’ Trailer
Fred Cavayé’s new action-packed take on the Victor Hugo classic hits theaters this fall.
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Disney’s New Fantasy Epic Found Surprising Inspiration in a Brutal R-Rated Anime
Disney’s Hexed draws inspiration from Chainsaw Man, incorporating subtle references and a cartoonier style in the new original animated feature.
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Locarno Kids Screenings Unveiled as Swiss Fest Launches Competition and Kids’ Jury
“We aimed to create a journey that is both surprising and accessible even to the youngest viewers, without shying away from the complexities of the contemporary world,” says programmer Daniela Persico.
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YMU Signs Women’s Football Manager & Broadcaster Emma Hayes
YMU has signed of Emma Hayes, the influential women’s football manager and sports broadcaster. This comes after UK agency YMU launched a women’s football division, and has the popularity of the sport continues to grow globally. Hayes has had among the most successful coaching careers in football, winning multiple titles and trophies while Manager at…
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‘The Crow Girl’: Paramount+ Reveals Trailer For Season 2 Of Dark Crime Drama
EXCLUSIVE: “Justice will be hers,” warns the trailer for the second season of The Crow Girl. The British crime drama for Paramount+ will return to the streamer on July 20 in the UK and Ireland, and we have an exclusive first trailer for you above. Eve Myles and Katherine Kelly return to lead the series…
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Proposed Merger Of Korean Cinema Chains Lotte & Megabox Collapses
South Korea’s second and third largest cinema chains, Lotte Cinema and Megabox, have called off their proposed merger. Lotte Shopping revealed in a corporate filing on Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding signed with Megabox parent company Contentree JoongAng to merge the two chains was terminated on June 30. First signed in May last year,…
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Prime Video Adapting Ulf Kvensler’s Debut Novel ‘Sarek’ As Psychological Thriller Series Starring ‘Quicksand’ & ‘Barracuda Queens’ Actors
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video is adapting Ulf Kvensler’s debut novel into four-part psychological thriller miniseries Sarek. Based on the book of the same name, the show will star Felix Sandman (Quicksand), Kitt Walker Johansson (Burden of Justice), Alva Bratt (Barracuda Queens) and Nora Rios (Caliphate). Set in the landscape of Sweden’s Sarek National Park, the series…