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The helmer of ‘The Theory of Everything’ directs Gabriel Byrne and Sandrine Bonnaire in this movie about all the lives of writer Samuel Beckett
Dance First, the film from the British moviemaker James Marsh on the subject of Samuel Beckett, will close the 71st San Sebastian Festival. The film winding up the Official Selection out of competition stars Gabriel Byrne and Sandrine Bonnaire.
Marsh (Truro, UK. 1963) won the Academy Award for Best Documentary for M...
‘Chinas’, by Arantxa Echevarría, will have its preview on 27 September at the Kursaal 2
The Gala of ‘La Ternura’, by Vicente Villanueva, will take place on the 28th at the Victoria Eugenia Theatre
RTVE will come to the Festival with three films in the Official Selection plus another three titles, including ‘Cerrar los ojos / Close Your Eyes’, by the Donostia Award-winner, Víctor Erice
RTVE will hold two film Galas at the 71st San Seb...
Revisionist Western Feature by Filmmaker Viduran Roopan to Begin Festival Run in Early 2024
En Trance Films has released the official poster for the upcoming feature, The Company of Thieves, the announcement was made today by company founder Viduran Roopan.
Filmmaker Roopan's first feature film, the 'revisionist Western'* will premiere on the festival circuit early next year. The film stars Tony Noto (1923, Pam & Tommy, Flight 704), and Hunter C. Smith (Luc...
Lil Nas X and TIFF 2023 announce World Premiere of Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero with Sony Music Entertainment
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
Lil Nas X and TIFF are excited to announce the World Premiere of the groundbreaking, GRAMMY–winning rapper, singer, and songwriter’s documentary, Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero, which was shot during the course of his first ever global tour. A new addition to the Gala programme, the film was produced by Radic...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HASBRO!
100 YEARS AND ROCKING THE MARKETPLACE.
This year the legendary bands maker, HASBRO, has turned 100! 100 years to rock the marketplace and create iconic game such as Monopoly, Scrabble, Risk or Battleship! Hasbro has also expanded his “movie star” status by creating some insane lines of toys such as with ‘Transformers’, ‘G.I Joe’, ‘Dungesons & Dragons’ and lately adding premier collaborations brands with Star Wars, I...
IT’S A FUNKO WILD WILD WORLD!!!
This summer it seems like FUNKO is everywhere on the planet, and especially in the USA with a mega appearance at the worldwide legendary Comic Convention of San Diego.
We went to the convention with our three boys who are mega fan of FUNKO. What a surprise when we discovered the ‘FUNKOVILLE’ built by the hard-working team of FUNKO. This year, they doubled the footprint of their booths and it felt like a complete immersive expe...
LEGOLAND CALIFORNIA: AN AWESOME ENDLESS SUMMER!
This summer, again, my boys and I decided to head down to Carlsbad, California for an extravaganza full of fun adventures at Legoland California ( www.Legoland.com/california ). I had prebooked a theme room at the iconic Legoland hotel (https://www.legoland.com/california/places-to-stay/legoland-hotel/ ) and I highly recommend to make a reservation at least 1 month before heading to the park as, both the Legoland Hotel and the Castle Hot...
One Friday Night, Review: Cheat on wife, pay with life
Get captivated by the Pawna Lake hilly region, close to Mumbai. Watch Raveena Tandon and Milind Soman in a first time pairing. Sit back as Vidhi Chitalia enters the scene, playing the ‘other woman’, the third angle of the triangle. And go along with the flow, as One Friday Night works towards the only real twist in the tale, the climax. That is if you care for this narrative and cast. If not, don’t spend One Friday Night...
The 7th edition of Film Noir au Canal will close this Sunday, August 20 with a screening of Jackie Brown (1997) by Quentin Tarantino, an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard (1992), featuring one of the greatest roles in the career of Pam Grier.
Starting at 7 p.m., the event will begin with a musical performance by the band Grindhouse Collective, followed by a presentation of the film by Helen Faradji, a film critic at Radio-Canada and author of the book R&eac...
To say we’re thrilled would be an understatement…
Closing the 2023 BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express will be The Kitchen, directed by British filmmakers Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya, the latter of whom also screenwrites with Joe Murtagh.
Exploring themes of community, inequality, family, resilience, defiance, and care in a dystopian London, The Kitchen stars Kane Robinson, Jedaiah Bannerman, Hope Ikpoku Jr, Teija Kabs, Demmy Ladipo, ...
Love and poverty, betrayal and wealth - centuries of traditions put to the test! A compelling story intricately woven into a comprehensive exploration of women’s status against the backdrop of the Roma culture. From the director of an award-winning film in Cannes 2023.
“I worked in my tenure at Sony with Emir Kusturica in Cannes for his brilliant film: “Time of The Gypsies”, when I read the script for “Lala, my redhead” I immediately saw the connection...
After the successful return of the European Film Market (EFM) in February 2023 with record numbers of 11,500 plus trade visitors, more than 600 exhibiting companies and over 1,500 market screenings, the EFM is now announcing its guest country for the upcoming edition. “Country in Focus” 2024 will be Italy.
The EFM's “Country in Focus” programme was launched in 2017, but due to the pandemic, the EFM 2021 ...
Athlete von / by Semih Gülen und / and Mustafa Emin Büyükcoşkun © Vigo Film & Amok Film
At the 38th jury session of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund (WCF), the juries made 13 recommendations of funding to projects or films from Bhutan, Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, Madagascar, Nepal, Palestine, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela. This current funding comprising ten production and three distribution grants totals 345,000 eur...
Talking Heads reunites at the Toronto International Film Festival for a Q&A event led by filmmaker Spike Lee
The Toronto International Film FestivalⓇ announced today it will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Jonathan Demme’s Stop Making Sense with a special event screening on Monday, September 11, at Cineplex’s Scotiabank IMAX Theatre in Toronto. The special IMAX Live 40th anniversary event will include a screening of the film followed by a...
This year’s programme features new series from Lulu Wang, Shawn Levy, Hagar Ben-Asher and Ron Leshem, Jeon Woo-sung, and Sasha Leigh Henry
All the Light We Cannot See (left)
Photo Credit: Courtesy of TIFF
Bad Boy (right)
Photo Credit: Courtesy of TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival® Primetime programme has been revealed for 2023, with nine compelling and thought-provoking series from around the world, including eig...
September 8th-10th, 2023 on Boston’s North Shore
Tickets On Sale Now At silverscreamcon.com
(Danvers, MA- August 16, 2023) WWF champion Chris Jericho is the latest to join the star-studded roster of celebrities set to appear at Silver Scream Con, a horror filled weekend curated by Ice Nine Kills’ frontman Spencer Charnas September 8th-10th at The DoubleTree Boston North Shore Hotel in Danvers, MA. Tickets ...
Iván Fund, Juan Pablo González and Ana Isabel Fernández de Alba, Daniel Hendler, Gabe Klinger, Lucila Mariani, Bárbara Sarasola-Day, Alicia Scherson and Federico Veiroj, among others, will present their projects at the Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum
The fifteen selected projects come from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, the Dominican Republic and Urugua
The Co-Production Forum will run from 25-27 September in the framework...
The moviemaker, widow and regular collaborator of the Chilean filmmaker, has rescued, reconstructed and completed this hitherto-unseen film conceived by its author 50 years ago
As part of its Klasikoak section, the San Sebastian Festival will host the world premiere of El realismo socialista / Socialist Realism (1973-2023), an unfinished film by the Chilean moviemaker Raúl Ruiz, wh...
This beautifully wicked tale of privilege and desire is directed, produced and written by Academy Award winning UK filmmaker Emerald Fennell.
Saltburn (2023) © Amazon Studios/MGM
The 67th BFI London Film Festival (4 to 15 October) in partnership with American Express is excited to announce that this year’s opening night gala will be Saltburn, directed, produced and written...
It’s time to reveal that the European Premiere of One Life, directed by James Hawes, will be the American Express Gala at the 67th BFI London Film Festival, screening at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.
This incredible true story of bravery and heroism stars Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin, Romola Garai, Alex Sharp, Marthe Keller, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter.
'James Hawes’ assured feature debut about the visionary British hum...
30th Oldenburg International Film Festival
13. - 17. September 2023
The German-born, LA-based actress Eva Hassmann will open the 30th Edition of the Oldenburg International Film Festival with the World Premiere of her directorial debut. On screen, Eva Hassmann stars alongside country music icon Willie Nelson and New Hollywood legend Peter Bogdanovich in his final performance.
An homage to the legendary country singer, whose songs and lyrics were the inspira...
World Premieres and female-led films dominate this year’s slate of exciting selections, including works by Mackenzie Davis, Malia Ann, Yann Demange, and Jasmin Mozaffari, with performances by Riz Ahmed, Kaniehtiio Horn, and more
DAMMI (2023) Photo Credit: Courtesy of TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival® announced this year’s Short Cuts lineup, supported by Ontario Arts Council, showcasing 42 live action narrative, documentary, and animated s...
Sylvester Stallone's extraordinary journey unveiled in Sly, the Closing Night Gala of TIFF 2023
The Netflix documentary captures the life and career of Sylvester Stallone, whose television and film credits span almost half a century
Photo Credit: Netflix
TIFF is delighted to announce Sly as the Closing Night Gala for the 48th edition of the Festival. A vivid exploration of an illustrious life woven through the silver screen, this remarkable documentary ab...
‘‘Barbie’’ directed by Greta Gerwig film review © Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) 10.08.2023
Audiences and critics will remember ‘‘Barbie’’ for a long time as a light-hearted film that came at a time when the entire world was going gaga over big films such as Oppenheimer and MI-dead reckoning part one.
It is said that most children play with toys in their childhood. However, there are also a lot of people who never got to play with toys especi...
Goldfish, Trailer launch: Mind matters
Splendid Films yesterday released the trailer of their internationally acclaimed film, Goldfish, followed by a panel discussion, in association with Mpower Minds, an initiative of Aditya Birla Education Trust. Goldfish, which was shown at IFFI 2022, is set to release in India on 25th August, 2023. The event was held at Birla Centurion Business Centre, in Worli, Central Mumbai. For once, I was late. Very late. The venue was absolutely new to me and there ...
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