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Stellan Skarsgård will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of his contribution to the film industry and his acting career.

Skarsgård created headlines around the world recently when he shared his views on Ingmar Bergman. Speaking at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, he said: “Bergman was manipulative. He was a Nazi during the war and the only person I know who cried when Hitler died.”

Sarajevo Film Festival chief Jovan Marjanović described Skarsgård as “an actor of remarkable depth, strength, and integrity,” and a longtime friend of Sarajevo. He added: “His career is filled with unforgettable roles in films that challenge, move, and stay with audiences. This award is a heartfelt thank you for his outstanding contribution to cinema and for the continued support he has shown to our festival.”

Skarsgård said the festival “remains unwavering and driven in its aim to highlight subjects of great consequence,...

Swedish acting star Stellan Skarsgård will be feted with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the festival’s 31st edition in August.

The actor is a longtime friend of the festival, as well as a curator and one of the patrons of the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation – the scholarships of which were awarded at the Sarajevo Film Festival – and presented the foundation’s scholarship to Juanita Wilson at the festival’s 15th edition in 2009.

“The Sarajevo Film Festival remains unwavering and driven in its aim to highlight subjects of great consequence, underscored by an intense lust for life. I love going there”, said Skarsgård.

The actor follows in the wake of past celebrated Sarajevo honorees who include Meg Ryan, Alexander Payne, Lynne Ramsay, Charlie Kaufman, Jesse Eisenberg, Ruben Östlund, Mads Mikkelsen and Angelina Jolie.

“It is a true honor to present the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo to Stellan Skarsgård, an actor of remarkable depth,...

Stellan Skarsgard will receive the honorary Heart of Sarajevo award at Sarajevo Film Festival next month (August 15-22).

The festival says Swedish actor Skarsgard has “made a career of breathing life and depth into characters on stage, in film, and on television.”

“Sarajevo Film Festival remains unwavering and driven in its aim to highlight subjects of great consequence, underscored by an intense lust for life. I love going there,” said Skarsgard.

74-year-old Skarsgard has been acting for screen since he was 15 years old. He won the Berlinale Silver Bear for best actor in 1982 for Hans Alfredson’s The Simple-Minded Murderer...

Ari Aster is expanding the fictional town of Eddington into Queens, NY. The auteur is partnering with the Museum of the Moving Image to host the new film series “Eddington City Limits,” highlighting the features that inspired his acclaimed Covid-set Western.

Aster will be in attendance for two out of the five films that will screen; the program ranges from Robert Altman’s iconic “Nashville” to Lars von Trier’s beloved “Dogville.” The series is co-programmed by Aster and MoMI Senior Curator of Film Michael Koresky, and will take place from August 15 to 31. “Eddington” opens in theaters today, July 18.

As the description for the film series states, “Eddington City Limits” will include “movies that both directly inspired or echo the escalating madness of ‘Eddington,’ depicting powder-keg communities ready to spill over into violence or enclosed worlds so given to conspiracy and obsession that there’s no longer any sense of coherent reality.

Stellan Skarsgård had some harsh words about Ingmar Bergman, often considered one of the greatest directors of the 20th century. Ingmar Bergman directed iconic and critically acclaimed films like The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and Persona, just to name a few. Skarsgård worked with Bergman on the 1983 Swedish TV production of the play Hustruskolan.

Speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, via Variety, Skarsgård revealed he did not have a great time working with Ingmar Bergman, saying, "My complicated relationship with Bergman has to do with him not being a very nice guy. He was a nice director, but you can still denounce a person as an a--hole. Caravaggio was probably an a--hole as well, but he did great paintings." Skarsgård brought up Bergman's own personal politics, mentioning the director's past ties to the Nazi party. The Swedish actor said:

"Bergman was manipulative. He was a Nazi during the war...

Stellan Skarsgård opened up about working with Ingmar Bergman at Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

“My complicated relationship with Bergman has to do with him not being a very nice guy. He was a nice director, but you can still denounce a person as an asshole. Caravaggio was probably an asshole as well, but he did great paintings,” said the Swedish actor.

“Bergman was manipulative. He was a Nazi during the war and the only person I know who cried when Hitler died. We kept excusing him, but I have a feeling he had a very weird outlook on other people. [He thought] some people were not worthy. You felt it, when he was manipulating others. He wasn’t nice.”

Skarsgård, in town to present “Sentimental Value” and pick up Crystal Globe award at the festival, also discussed Joachim Trier’s latest film.

“I’ve seen him really see the actors he’s worked with.

The revered Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård will sit down with yours truly to record a special episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast in front of an audience at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Friday, July 11. The taping will take place at 11 a.m. local time, at Congress Hall within the Thermal Hotel. No ticket or pass is required for entry — admission is free — but seating is limited to the first 250 people to arrive.

The 74-year-old is at the fest to receive Kviff’s Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, previous recipients of which include Robert De Niro, Judi Dench, Michael Caine, Isabelle Huppert, Richard Gere, Helen Mirren, John Travolta, Willem Dafoe, Julianne Moore, Mel Gibson, John Malkovich, Susan Sarandon, Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Russell Crowe.

He is being celebrated for a film career that has included standout performances in numerous Lars von Trier...

The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 4-12) boasts not one but two competitions, the Crystal Globe and Proxima, curated by artistic director Karel Och under the supervision of executive director Kryštof Mucha. The festival is the main summer event in the country, which attracts many sponsors and patrons who want to attend, and faces fewer financial hardships than such festivals as Berlin, Toronto, and Sundance.

Last year, 130 films were shown and 140,000 tickets sold. There is little room for growth, given the limited venues, from the many screening rooms at the festival hub, the Hotel Thermal, where jurors hang out between screenings, to the colorful arthouse Kino Drahomira, named after a revered Czech woman director.

The Central European festival falls between Cannes and Venice, and programs many films in its Crystal Globe Competition that did not make the cut at Cannes, as well as films that weren’t yet finished.

Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard and Dakota Johnson will be honored at the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, which runs July 4-12.

Sweden’s Skarsgård will be presented with the Crystal Globe for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema, and will present his latest film “Sentimental Value,” which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Skarsgård appeared primarily in European films. His performance as the lead in Hans Alfredson’s “The Simple-Minded Murderer” (1982) earned him a Silver Bear for best actor at the Berlinale. He also played the lead in the drama “The Ox” (1991), directed by cinematographer Sven Nykvist, which was nominated for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

After appearing in several international productions – including an adaptation of Milan Kundera’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” and the action film “The Hunt for Red October...

In 2002, “28 Days Later” set the world of horror on its head. Shot on a prosumer Dv camera, director Danny Boyle and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle had found a mode of production that matched the violent speed of the rage virus itself, and the new breed of zombie it gave birth to.

23 years later, Boyle returned to the franchise with “28 Years Later,” but this time with a $75 million production budget. Yet despite a major studio’s backing of the film, as well as its subsequent and already-shot sequel, the director reached for a camera even more accessible than Dv was in the early 2000s: the iPhone. IndieWire recently talked to Boyle and Mantle to find how and why.

Why the iPhone?

Mantle joked that there was no real discussion between the longtime collaborators about the decision to use iPhones, the director had already made up his mind, and there...

“Some men just want to watch the world burn,” said Alfred in The Dark Knight. I’d add: some probably want to throw water on it first. That line feels eerily fitting when I think about what Bryce Dallas Howard once claimed. I mean, how often do you hear about an acclaimed director literally tossing a glass of water in an actress’ face… for artistic inspiration?

Well, this isn’t a scene from some offbeat European arthouse flick. It allegedly happened on a real set. Howard, known not just for her powerhouse lineage but also for her dignified performances in Jurassic World and The Help, shared a moment that sounds more like satire than reality. The accused? Lars von Trier!

Between allegations tied to his name, eccentric behavior, and Howard’s disturbingly casual retelling, this entire revelation left me stunned, amused, and oddly unsettled. Let’s get into it.

Bryce...

Avant garde filmmaker Lars von Trier is no stranger to controversy, and Bryce Dallas Howard has her own story to share regarding the polarizing filmmaker who, among other instances, has courted rebuke due to allegations of sexual harassment by Björk and John C. Reilly’s exit from film Manderlay over the killing of an animal.

In a new interview with The Times U.K. to promote the soon-to-be-released Deep Cover on Prime Video, Howard discussed her background growing up on sets due to her father Ron Howard’s rich directing and acting career. One such anecdote that was perhaps less glamorous was an interaction with the Melancholia director on the set of Manderlay, a credit which came early on in the Jurassic World star’s career.

Upon arriving to the set of the Danish director’s film, she remembered “he started insulting me: ‘Your father’s a terrible filmmaker.’ I went,...

Nicole Kidman’s Masha Dmitrichenko is back for another somewhat shady wellness retreat in “Nine Perfect Strangers” Season 2.

After Season 1 featured stars like Samara Weaving and Melissa McCarthy at Tranquillum, Masha moves her practice to an Austrian wellness center in Season 2, which is graced by the likes of Annie Murphy, Henry Golding, Christine Baranski, and King Princess, who makes their TV acting debut.

Keep on reading for a full breakdown of the new all-star cast in “Nine Perfect Strangers” Season 2.

Nicole Kidman in “Nine Perfect Strangers” (Disney/Reiner Bajo)

Nicole Kidman as Masha Dmitrichenko

Nicole Kidman reprises her role as Masha Dmitrichenko, who embraces psilocybin (a.k.a. magic mushrooms) as a way to help her guests heal from past traumas. She also self-prescribes the psychedelics to herself, as she overcomes the loss of her daughter.

Kidman is best known for starring in movies like “Moulin Rouge!” “The Hours” and...

More than eight years ago, Nicole Kidman made a commitment to herself, and to the careers of women behind the camera, that she would work with a female director every 18 months. In the years since, Kidman blew the original mission far and away and has since worked with 27.

“I was going to make it possible,” Kidman said of the lofty ambition during a headlining conversation on Sunday as part of Kering’s Women in Motion talks at the Majestic Hotel during the Cannes Film Festival. “For me, at this stage of my life, to have that purpose and to have that commitment is something that pulls me through as well. Because as much as I’m an actor and I’m looking for great roles, I’m also looking to experiment. I don’t want to be contained and I don’t want to be safe, so constantly looking for...

Actress Chloë Sevigny (“Bonjour Tristesse”) poses for fashion designer Jimmy Choo‘s Spring/Summer 2025 campaign, photographed by Ezra Petronio:

Known for her work in indie films, Sevigny is the recipient of a ‘Golden Globe’ Award, as well as a nomination for an ‘Academy Award’.

Sevigny started work as a model, and appeared in music videos for “Sonic Youth” and “The Lemonheads”.

In 1995, she made her film debut in “Kids” and became a prominent performer in the indie film scene throughout the late 1990’s…

…with roles in films including “Trees Lounge” (1996).

Sevigny rose to prominence with her portrayal of ‘Lana Tisdel’ in the drama feature “Boys Don't Cry” (1999)….

…receiving an ‘Oscar’ nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actress’.

Sevigny appeared in supporting parts in numerous indie features including “American Psycho” (2000), “Demonlover” (2002), “Party Monster” and “Dogville” (both 2003) and “The Brown Bunny” (2004).

From 2006 to 2011, Sevigny portrayed ‘Nicolette Grant’ on the HBO series “Big Love”, winning...

Eight years after Warriors of the Dawn, director Jung Yoon-chul returns with a far more intimate project that is all the more powerful and impressive due to its small scale. Recalling Lars Von Trier's Dogville, Sea Tiger takes place almost entirely on a barebones sound stage. Initially feeling like a filmed play, it steadily becomes an immersive and richly cinematic experience as the engrossing and emotional story takes hold. The story, drawn from Kim Tak-hwan's novel 'Sea of Lies', recounts the experiences of divers who risked their lives to retrieve the bodies of the victims of the Sewol Ferry Sinking in 2014. Centered around diver Na Kyung-soo (Lee Ji-hoon), the action is split between the months after the tragedy, as divers searched the wreckage, and...

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Nicole Kidman will soon be in motion heading back to Cannes.

The Oscar winning actress — coming off a dizzying 2024 that included screen outings in Babygirl, Holland, Lioness, The Perfect Couple, A Family Affair and Expats — has been confirmed to receive the next Women in Motion Award. The honor, presented during the Cannes Film Festival from the fest itself and longtime partner Kering, will be doled out May 18 during a glamorous gala, which is typically attended by the Cannes jury, A-list stars, auteurs and industry insiders.

Kidman will be the milestone 10th Women in Motion recipient, joining a roster of honorees that includes NBCUniversal chief Donna Langley, Jane Fonda, Isabelle Huppert, Patty Jenkins, Geena Davis, Susan Sarandon, Viola Davis, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li and Salma Hayek Pinault. The award is designed to honor “female artists who, through their career and commitment, advance the place of women in cinema and in society.

Chloë Sevigny has been a truly significant figure in American cinema throughout the past few decades. She burst through the gates, making her mark on numerous masterpieces, all within five years of each other — The Last Days of Disco, Boys Don't Cry, Julien Donkey-Boy, American Psycho, Demonlover, Party Monster, and Dogville. Maybe you enjoyed her chemistry opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac (2007), or perhaps you liked seeing her deal with crazy boss Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000). Whatever the role, Sevignybrings a signature commitment to every role in the vast array of commercial and indie projects she's graced, including her latest Mubi feature that's now playing in select theaters.

Magic Farm sees her as the leader of a bumbling film crew that tries and virtually fails to make TV gold in a small Argentine town. Sevigny's co-stars include Alex Wolff (Oppenheimer), Joe Apollonio (Hacks) and Amalia Ulman (El Planeta) — who also wrote and directed Magic Farm.

Once you reach a certain level in Hollywood, you have your pick of projects. You’ve paid your dues, proven your worth and don’t have to play the best friend in D+ rom-coms anymore. That’s all the more incentive, however, for others to convince you to do so, occasionally through sneaky maneuvers ranging from slightly underhanded to out and out fraud. That’s how A-listers ended up unwittingly signing onto…

5 X-Men: The Last Stand

The trap that ensnared Halle Berry is actually what convinced director Matthew Vaughn to quit the third X-Men movie. According to Vaughn, before Berry committed to filming, he noticed a script that was “a lot fatter” in an executive’s office than the one he’d previously seen. When he asked about it, he was told it was intended for Berry because “this is what she wants it to be, and once she signs up,...

From 1929 to 1931, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a series of nine short "Dogville" comedy films aka 'barkies' (instead of 'talkies'),

starring trained canines, voice-dubbed by actors, directed by Zion Myers and Jules White, who later worked on "The Three Stooges" comedy shorts:

Films included, "College Hounds", "Hot Dog"...

..."Who Killed Rover?" aka "The Dogville Murder Case"...

..."The Dogway Melody", So Quiet on The Canine Front", "The Big Dog House"...

..."Love-Tails of Morocco"...

..."The Two Barks Brothers"...

...and "Trader Hound".

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Nicole Kidman came to our attention in the 1990s, first in supporting roles with her then-husband Tom Cruise and then as a striking, distinctive leading lady in some of the era’s most enduring cult classics. In the new millennium, the Academy Awards came calling to give some long-overdue recognition to her skillset (she won for “The Hours” in 2002). Anyone would forgive her for resting on her laurels thereafter as she approached middle age, but not Nicole.

A year later, she appeared in Lars von Trier’s avant-garde drama “Dogville,” and from there, has continued to make it a mission statement to work with some of the most fascinating filmmakers in the world – Jonathan Glazer, Park Chan-wook, Yorgos Lanthimos; at the height of her fame, she took a year out to work with Stanley Kubrick. That’s before we even mention her fruitful and admirably frequent collaborations with female directors,...

Chloë Sevigny is a chameleon onscreen, and her latest turn in satire “Magic Farm” is no exception. In the film, the actress stars as a Vice News-esque documentarian who leads a film crew traveling to Argentina to expose the effects of pesticides on people. “Magic Farm” is written and directed by Amalia Ulman, with Alex Wolff, Joe Apollonio, Camila del Campo, and Simon Rex co-starring.

The official synopsis reads: “Fake it ‘til you make it. When a misguided American documentary crew in search of their next viral segment ends up in the wrong town in rural Argentina, chaos ensues. As they collaborate with locals to fake a new music trend, unexpected relationships form and an unfolding health crisis becomes apparent.”

The feature had its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year and also played at the 2025 Berlinale. “Magic Farm” will be among the previews for Mubi Fest, too.

Ulman said...

Star Wars: Visions premiered a month ago on Wednesday, Sept. 22. Despite all nine short films dropping at once, the anime anthology series has stayed in the pop culture consciousness with more and more viewers falling in love with these disparate stories that reside in the same universe. If you’ve watched the series of films, it’s not hard to see why.

There’s an innovation to Visions, a creativity that has challenged the traditional canon of the Star Wars franchise and pushed the audience to want even more from this ever-expanding world.

Each film differs in style, tone, and storytelling, but they are united in their themes of family, generational power shifts, legacy, and stepping into the destiny one has chosen for themselves.

It’s no wonder there have been calls for a sequel to the series. Though opinions on what that should look like change from fan to fan.

Director Rodney Ascher’s obsession with horror and mysterious phenomena takes a tragic real turn in Ghost Boy, which is based on the book of the same title by South African author, speaker and miraculous locked-in syndrome survivor Martin Pistorius.

Pistorius’ harrowing true story may be known to those who have read his autobiography, seen his TEDx Talk or listened to an episode of NPR’s Invisibilia that received some attention back in 2015. But for most of us, including this reviewer, what happens in Ghost Boy is an altogether new and unsettling experience to witness.

It begins when Pistorius is 12 and living a normal suburban life with his parents and siblings in Johannesburg. He has a certain knack for electronics but otherwise seems like your typical good-natured kid. Then one day he gets a sore throat, and from there things spiral downward until he becomes both paralyzed and entirely shut off from the world.

Oscar-nominated actress Chloë Sevigny (“Boys Don’t Cry”), poses for the Jimmy Choo Spring 2025 footwear campaign, photographed by Ezra Petronio:

Sevigny started acting for indie films throughout the 1990’s, then was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of ‘Lana Tisdel’ in the drama feature “Boys Don't Cry”(1999).

She then appeared in “American Psycho” (2000), “Demonlover” (2002), “Party Monster”, “Dogville” (both 2003) and “The Brown Bunny” (2004).

From 2006 to 2011, Sevigny portrayed ‘Nicolette Grant’ on the HBO series “Big Love” earning a ‘Golden Globe Award’ for ‘Best Supporting Actress’ (2010).

She also appeared in mainstream films including David Fincher's “Zodiac” (2007) and starred in numerous TV projects, including the Brit series “Hit & Miss” (2012)…

…and a supporting role in “Portlandia” (2013).

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Alex Wolff is praising his “Magic Farm” co-star Chloë Sevigny for setting the tone for the satirical feature.

Wolff, who stars alongside Sevigny, Simon Rex, Camila del Campo, and Joe Apollonio in the film, said during the IndieWire Studio at Sundance, presented by Dropbox, that Sevigny is one of his acting inspirations. Thus, he understandably was “nervous” to act opposite her on the indie.

“Magic Farm” centers on a Vice News-esque documentary film crew led by Sevigny’s character. The crew travels to Argentina to expose the effects of pesticides on people; Amalia Ulman wrote and directed the film.

When asked by IndieWire’s editorial director Kate Erbland how the two onscreen generations, represented by Sevigny and Rex’s respective characters and del Campo and Wolff’s roles, impacted the making of the film, Wolff credited Sevigny’s three decades in Hollywood as key to making “Magic Farm” work.

“Chloë,...

Dune: Part II has shown up on many critics' lists of the best films of 2024, including MovieWeb's list. It's an epic film from a great director who has been expanding our notions of what science-fiction films can be since Arrival and then Blade Runner 2049, and Denis Villeneuve had made tense masterpieces even before then. While he's too humble to include his own film, Villeneuve has revealed his own picks for the best movies of 2024.

Villeneuve's picks are fairly standard awards fare — they're neither too international or arthouse nor big blockbusters. He has chosen an historical epic that will likely sweep the Oscars (The Brutalist), a beautifully poetic indie about the lives of two Black men (Nickel Boys), a star-studded drama about religion and power (Conclave), a boundary-pushing adaptation with a subversive lead performance (Queer), and a controversial French film about a transgender crime lord (Emilia Pérez). Villeneuve told Total...

Nicole Kidman has never been a risk-averse actor. For every commercial notch in her body of work, be it Bewitched or Moulin Rouge!, there’s a Birth or Dogville: films that mine the darker depths of humanity, often to the extreme. Babygirl may not linger in those shadowy corners for quite as long, but is nonetheless a reminder of Kidman’s gutsy choices and no-holds-barred approach to performing.

In this film, directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Halina Reijn (who made 2022’s excellent Gen-z murder-mystery Bodies Bodies Bodies), Kidman plays high-powered tech- executive Romy, who we immediately meet in the final throes of leg-buckling sex with Jacob (Antonio Banderas), her husband of nearly 20 years. Moments later, she steals away to another part of their family home and secretly climaxes to the flickering glow of submissive porn on her laptop.

Dickinson is impeccable; as Samuel he brings an elusive yet calming presence with a slow half-smile.

Nicole Kidman names an "overlooked" horror movie with an 84% Rotten Tomatoes score as the role she would like to revisit the most. The Australian actress is known for her contributions to both film and television across various genres. Kidman's achievements include an Academy Award for The Hours in 2002, two Primetime Emmy Awards for Big Little Lies in 2017, and a whopping six Golden Globe wins for Moulin Rogue! in 2001, Being the Ricardos in 2021, and more.

Known for movies across many genres, Kidman has naturally starred in a few horror films throughout her career. A few of these examples are independent films that often explore dark and tragic themes, such as Lars Van Trier's avant-garde thriller Dogville, Jonathan Glazer's psychological drama Birth, Yorgos Lanthimos' The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Sofia Coppola's gothic thriller The Beguiled. However, one of Kidman's best horror movies has been "overlooked," according to the actress.

Nicole Kidman has seen the height of fame and success. She has worked with some of the best and become one of the best, spending years to create the reputation she enjoys today. With this in mind, one would assume that she has done it all and regrets very few. However, what about the opportunities she let pass her by?

Nicole Kidman in Babygirl | Credit: A24

It would seem that when Kidman was a kid herself, she ended up letting go of a role. This would end up being one of the biggest regrets of her career because of who was directing the project.

Nicole Kidman was a very big theater buff

With the release of her recent film, Babygirl, Nicole Kidman gave an interview with W Magazine. Here, she was asked when she decided to become an actress and if she ever went into theater as a child. The actress revealed that she was,...

When Harris Dickinson first appears in Halina Reijn’s sexy, slippery “Babygirl,” he’s got a dog treat in his hand and a nervous twinkle in his eye. As he charms an angry pup, a terrified and slightly thrilled Nicole Kidman watches just down the street, now safe from the snapping maw of the previously out-of-control canine. The implication is clear: here is someone who can soothe even the wildest of creatures. Perhaps that can extend to Kidman’s Romy?

She — and the audience — find out the answer soon enough. In Reijn’s erotic thriller, Romy’s tightly controlled existence as both a high-powered CEO and a loving wife and mother is thrown into complete disarray by the arrival of alluring intern Samuel (Dickinson). As the pair embark on a kinky, sex-positive Bdsm relationship, both of them open themselves to just about everything: pleasure, pain, ruin, George Michael dance parties,...

In the "Star Trek" episode "Spectre of the Gun", the U.S.S. Enterprise is ordered to the planet Melkot to make contact with the reclusive, xenophobic species that lives there. The Melkotians are small, floating heads with powerful psychic abilities, and an unhealthy, angry suspicion of outsiders. When Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Chekov (Walter Koenig), and Scotty (James Doohan) beam down to the surface, a Melkotian immediately announces that they are to be executed for their transgression of trespassing. 

The Melkotian, as a means of execution, reaches into Kirk's brain and psychically creates the town of Tombstone, Arizona, circa 1881, shortly before the infamous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. They are expected to be shot to death by psychic versions of the Earp brothers. Their phasers magically become 19th-century six-shooters, and everyone refers to them as key players in the notorious gunfight. Kirk is Ike Clanton. Chekov is Billy Claiborne.

Nicole Kidman’s relationship with Tom Cruise was one of the most talked-about moments in the actress’s personal life. Considering they were two high-profile actors involved with each other and married for eleven years, it is not surprising that the world was interested in the ins and outs of their relationship.

Credits: Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in Eyes Wide Shut | Credit: Warner Bros.

While there were many iconic moments for the pair when they were together, there is one picture that went viral after they got divorced. The picture was turned into a meme; however, the origins of it were believed to be due to her divorce from Cruise.

During a recent interview, the actress addressed this picture, and what she had to say may shock many of her most devoted fans.

Nicole Kidman’s Iconic Meme

Many years ago, a picture of Nicole Kidman went viral on the internet.

Nicole Kidman is an icon in the world of Hollywood for a reason. Bringing a layer of mystery to her roles while simultaneously seeming like the most welcoming person in any cast, the actress is almost paradoxical with her acting. From recent works like Babygirl to older classic projects like Moulin Rouge, she is ingrained into the very fabric of the film industry.

Nicole Kidman in Dogville | Credit: Columbia Pictures

While there are more than a few iconic works that Kidman has starred in her career, there is one film that caters to a completely different audience. In 1998, she starred in Practical Magic alongside Sandra Bullock. The film was so iconic that it is currently getting a sequel.

However, this is not surprising considering the rare dynamic that Kidman and Bullock shared.

Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock Were Actually Like Sisters

Nicole Kidman recently gave an interview with British GQ,...

Nicole Kidman transcended the physical realm for her critically acclaimed turn in “Babygirl,” according to writer/director Halina Reijn.

Kidman, who also produces the feature, stars as a CEO who begins a psychosexual relationship with an intern (Harris Dickinson). Reijn told GQ UK that Kidman’s performance changed her mind, body, and soul.

“Seeing her act for me is like an exorcism,” Reijn said. “She goes beyond ego, beyond sanity and beyond fear… It’s not that she’s not afraid, you know, she’s super afraid, but she still goes there.”

Kidman added that she didn’t want to hold anything back when literally baring herself naked onscreen.

“I’m in the whole film [in ‘Babygirl’],” Kidman said. “There are so many close-ups. It’s a full stripping of me.”

She continued, “You can absolutely tell when people are phoning something in. For me, that doesn’t work. I’m not moved by that.

While Martin Scorsese had fun exploring the criminal underbelly of New York City through the eyes of powerful men, Nicole Kidman always had the best female representation in her films. From Eyes Wide Shut to Dogville, every Kidman film has been about the complex layers that shroud a woman and the societal expectations she rallies against, whether as a witch (Practical Magic) or a submissive (Babygirl).

Nicole Kidman in Dogville [Credit: Lionsgate, Columbia Pictures]

Martin Scorsese, on the other hand, has been busy celebrating the shades of grey where the men of crime operate in the seedy streets of Brooklyn, Vegas, or Manhattan. Renowned as one of the greatest directors of gangster films over the decades, it is rare for Scorsese to paint a picture where a female arc takes precedence over the male in his films.

It is only fair for an actress like Nicole Kidman to air out that...

Australian actress Nicole Kidman began her professional career in 1983 with an appearance in the holiday film "Bush Christmas," and followed it immediately with Brian Trenchard-Smith's very watchable teens-rule actioner "BMX Bandits." She was 16 at the time. Kidman was a striking screen presence, however, and she immediately began a busy career that hasn't slowed since. For six years, Kidman was all over Aussie TV and cinema, with the actress finally breaking into Hollywood in 1989 with her role in the taut thriller "Dead Calm." In 1990, she was cast opposite Tom Cruise in Tony Scott's "Days of Thunder," and her superstar status was cemented. She also began dating Cruise that year, and they married in 1990, staying one of Hollywood's most visible power couples for a decade. 

Kidman was drawn to a great variety of projects, appearing in costume dramas, comedies, FX-based blockbusters, Oscar bait nonsense, and bonkers experiments like "Dogville," "Fur,...

Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall made her feature debut with Howard Hawks‘ adventure yarn “To Have and Have Not” (1945). The film was a landmark for the actress in both her career and her life, since it was how she met her future husband Humphrey Bogart. The two would become a legendary couple off-screen and on, making three subsequent features together: “The Big Sleep” (1946), “Dark Passage” (1947) and “Key Largo” (1948).

Despite her hefty filmography, Bacall received just one Oscar nomination in her career: Best Supporting Actress for “The Mirror Has Two Faces” (1996), in which she played Barbra Streisand‘s domineering mother. After victories at the Golden Globes and SAG, Bacall looked like a shoo-in to finally clinch an Academy Award, yet lost to Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient”).

Bacall also had a successful stage career, winning two Tonys as Best Actress in a Musical (“Applause” in 1970 and “Woman of the Year” in 1981″). Her...

With her small but delicious body of directorial work, Greek New Waver Athina Rachel Tsangari has amassed a loyal fanbase. Her debut “Attenberg” (2010) announced a talent capable of balancing absurdist humor with an infectious warmth for human weirdness. Where lauded contemporary Yorgos Lanthimos makes his characters suffer to drive existential points home, Tsangari uses deadpan observations as a way to affectionately deepen her psychological portraits. Crucially, her creations care about each other, even if they are often hamstrung by certain weaknesses.

The announcement of a third feature, “Harvest,” world premiering at Venice, nine years on from “Chevalier,” was cause for genuine excitement among Tsangari heads. Forays into a TV miniseries (“Trigonometry” in 2020) and regular producing gigs have been no substitute for a feature film brewed in her singular mind palace. So, how does “Harvest” stack up?

At first glance, it seems like Tsangari has totally switched things up. Her first...

[Editor’s note: this list was originally published in April 2024. It has since been updated with new performances from Kidman.]

Nicole Kidman is the rare actress in the 21st century who, like the stars of Hollywood’s golden years, doesn’t disappear into roles so much as elevate films by her mere presence.

She’s certainly swung big at mainstream blockbusters (think: the “Aquaman” films) that might feel out of her step with her character-driven work elsewhere (like most of the films on the list that follows). But that’s because the Australian icon is unafraid of any role, whether stripping down her post-Oscar, A-lister veneer to film Lars von Trier’s Brechtian “Dogville” in Sweden, slipping into a bathtub with the 10-year-old possible reincarnation of her dead husband in Jonathan Glazer’s “Birth,” or, yes, donning a fake nose to play a suicidal Virginia Woolf for her Oscar-winning turn in “The Hours.”

On April 27 in Los Angeles, Nicole Kidman received the 49th AFI Life Achievement Award, joining the ranks of Jane Fonda,...

Horror fans can re-experience 2014's cult film The Babadook when it re-launches with exclusive content. Director Jennifer Kent's indie classic marks its 10th anniversary this year with a limited theatrical run across the U.S.

The 2010s saw mainstream and indie horror flicks break out at the box office; horror fans were spoiled for choice coming up with their shortlist of favorites. Notable titles include Hereditary, Get Out, Frozen, and The Wailing, but one film that redefined the genre was The Babadook, based on the 2005 short film Monster by Jennifer Kent. The Babadook earned critical acclaim when it was released in theaters in 2014, and it has since become a modern horror classic. IFC Films announced The Babadook is getting a second run in theaters starting Sept. 19, 2024, in celebration of its 10th anniversary. The upcoming screening will feature an exclusive Q&a with Kent, who will also be available for select interviews.

Nicole Kidman stuns the crowd every time she walks in, not only because of her towering height but also because of her radiant beauty. The 57-year-old actress appeared in the trailer of her new mini-series, The Perfect Couple, and fans have suspected since then that she had perhaps undergone plastic surgery.

Nicole Kidman in The Perfect Couple / Netflix

A professional surgeon reveals his observation of the Moulin Rouge star’s appearance and discerns if she actually went under the knife.

Expert Weighs In On Nicole Kidman’s Alleged Plastic Surgery

In an exclusive interview with Life & Style, Anthony Youn, M.D., F.A.C.S., shares what he thinks of Nicole Kidman’s new look.

It appears that Nicole has undergone a facelift, which has removed any drooping skin on her face. She also may have undergone an endoscopic brow lift. This is a minimally invasive operation that lifts the brows higher without visible scars.

In honor of her receiving this year’s AFI Life Achievement Award, Nicole Kidman is being celebrated with a career retrospective at Nashville’s non-profit film center, The Belcourt, starting next week. Having undergone extensive renovations and preservations in 2016, The Belcourt is now one of Nashville’s most beloved homes for the arts, attracting audiences from all over Tennessee and the Southeast region, as well as visitors from across the country and globe. The theater programs over 300 films a year across 4,500 screenings, some of which feature Q&As with filmmakers and scholars.

Born in Hawaii, but raised in Australia, Kidman made her feature acting debut at the age of 16 and has been working steadily ever since. During her speech at the AFI ceremony, Kidman said, “It is a privilege to make films. And glorious to have made films and television with these storytellers who allowed me to run wild and...

by Cláudio Alves

After her Oscar win for The Hours, Nicole Kidman's career went through some interesting somersaults. 2003 saw her bow the avant-garde cruelty of Dogville at Cannes, while Hollywood bore witness to two prestige projects whose success is debatable. The Human Stain is one of those classic "This Had Oscar Buzz" case studies, while Cold Mountain is most interesting for how it didn't secure a Best Actress nomination despite AMPAS' affection. Then came 2004, when von Trier's Brechtian film finally reached the States, and Kidman faced critical lashings as a response to her risk-taking. If not for Dogville, then for a derided broad comedy we'll discuss later in the series. And, of course, for today's subject – Birth.

Jonathan Glazer's sophomore feature was a resounding bomb with audiences and critics back in 2004, and only the Golden Globes seemed willing to recognize the genius in Nicole Kidman's work. Twenty years later,...

Looking at the bright colors, elaborate costumes and lush sets of “Fantasmas,” you would be forgiven for thinking the inspiration for Julio Torres‘ latest HBO comedy is more joyful than it actually is.

“Thinking about the world and thinking about the kinds of people I wanted to have in the show, this common thread of feeling alienated and feeling a little lonely kept coming up,” Torres told TheWrap. “I wrote down all of the stories I wanted to tell, saw the common denominator and allowed that to inform the through-line of the story and the overarching world of it.”

Torres originally sold his latest comedy in 2020. However, thanks to the “bottleneck of the pandemic” and the creator’s work on other projects such as his film “Problemista” — which he wrote and directed — the series was delayed.

“I feel like doing work in this industry feels like a burst,” Torres said.

by Eric Blume

If you’ve never seen Dogville, Lars von Trier’s 2003 masterpiece(?) that gives our Nicole three full hours’ worth of very tricky acting, watch it. Or at least, try to watch it. You may find it absolutely insufferable, and turn it off even before Nicole appears, twelve minutes in. This is the definition of a movie not meant for everyone, and perhaps even a movie for almost nobody except a small sliver of people. But I suppose am one of those people for whom the film was made, and I think it’s fantastic. And it’s one of my all-time favorite performances by one of cinema’s greatest actresses...

We can’t get enough of John Mulaney these days.

After winning his third Emmy last year for writing his Netflix stand-up special “Baby J,” where he spoke candidly (and hilariously) about his stint in rehab for addiction, the former “Saturday Night Live” writer has risen from the ashes like a comically witty Phoenix.

In the Emmy race once again this year in multiple categories, most notably for guest comedy actor for his performance in the brilliant episode “Fishes” from FX’s second season of “The Bear” and outstanding talk series for the Netflix live smash “Everybody’s in L.A.”

On this episode of the award-winning Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, Mulaney discusses his experience and perspectives on Los Angeles’ identity, his creative processes, and whether he’ll host the Oscars. Listen below!

Mulaney surprised everyone as the host of the 14th annual Governors Awards, where he killed in the...

Nicole Kidman has been an international treasure going on four decades. Whether you’re tracking her many wigs (“The Undoing” is our favorite), admiring her textured and committed performances, or just standing up and saluting before every AMC Theatres showing, you’re probably honoring her in some way.

While five best actress Oscar nominations and one win (for “The Hours”) have been adequate markers of her success and endurance, conversations have been brewing for years about a lack of recognition for her remarkable artistic consistency.

“How many times does Nicole Kidman have to prove herself?” asked author Anne Helen Peterson in a 2017 essay for BuzzFeed, one that examined how esteem is or isn’t doled out to women in Hollywood, using Kidman as a template.

“While male actors coast on the brilliance of a single performance for years, female stars have to reapply for greatness on a yearly basis, fighting...

Los Angeles, April 27 (Ians) Hollywood star Nicole Kidman, who is known for ‘Dogville’, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, ‘Days of Thunder’, ‘The Invasion’, among others, has said that she “craves” the extremes.

The 56-year-old actress has worked across a variety of genres and says she loves pushing herself to try new things, reports ‘Female First UK’.

She told The Hollywood Reporter: “I made ‘Dogville’ after ‘Moulin Rouge’! I went from lavish extremes. I’d come from sequins and trapezes, top hats, hundreds of people singing and dancing. And suddenly I was in Sweden for ‘Dogville’, completely in the dark. But then I went to Spain and made ‘The Others’ with Alejandro Amenebar, who didn’t speak English. I even worked here in Nashville on ‘Stoker’ with director Park Chan-wook, who also doesn’t speak English. I crave those extremes, those emotions. I’ve definitely had an extreme life.”

She revealed that...

Nicole Kidman "craves the extremes".The 56-year-old actress has worked across a variety of genres and says she loves pushing herself to try new things.She told The Hollywood Reporter: "I made 'Dogville' after 'Moulin Rouge'! I went from lavish extremes to … I’d come from sequins and trapezes, top hats, hundreds of people singing and dancing. And suddenly I was in Sweden for 'Dogville', completely in the dark. But then I went to Spain and made 'The Others' with Alejandro Amenábar, who didn’t speak English. I even worked here in Nashville on 'Stoker' with director Park Chan-wook, who also doesn’t speak English. I crave those extremes, those emotions. I’ve definitely had an extreme life."And, Nicole revealed that she is always surprised by the reactions her movies elicit from fans.She said: "There are always surprises. I...