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As someone who’s always admired the look of the Czech embassy in Berlin––an array of nicotine-hued trapezoids that sits on the corner of Wilhelm Strasse––I was pleased to discover that the Spa Hotel Thermal in Karlovy Vary was designed up by the same architectural duo. Walking into town from the train station, it’s always the first thing you see: a reliable slab of brutalist concrete that towers over the town’s otherwise candy-colored skyline––one of which, The Grand Hotel Pupp, was even grand enough to inspire Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel.

The Thermal was constructed in the late 1960s and ’70s by Věra and Vladimír Machonin as a multi-screen theatre and central meeting point of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, which at the time operated biannually, trading the spotlight each year with Moscow as the place for socialist cinema. That all changed after the Velvet Revolution and,...

John’s death has shaken Salem like never before on Days of our Lives. Here are three major moments to watch out for this week.

Funeral for a Hero

The week will kick off with Salem preparing to say goodbye to John Black (the late Drake Hogestyn). Beloved Salemites will gather for the funeral, comforting a grieving Marlena (Deidre Hall). She’ll be joined by Eric (Greg Vaughan), Will (Chandler Massey), Paul (Christopher Sean), Brady (Eric Martsolf), and so many more to remember the hero John was.

Read This: Was this the most emotional Days episode yet?

Another Salem Secret

At the same time as the funeral, Ari (Marissa Reyes) will share a secret with Tate (Leo Howard). It’s hard to tell exactly what secret she’s about to reveal, considering she’s holding a few. Will she finally tell someone about whatever it is that’s keeping her...

Iranian filmmaker Ashgar Farhadi is readying his first film since 2021’s “A Hero,” and the cast sheet is a who’s who of French Cinema’s greatest talents.

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Variety reports that Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales” will star Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, and Adam Bessa.

Continue reading ‘Parallel Tales’: Asghar Farhadi’s Next Movie Stars Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Catherine Denevue & More at The Playlist.

While Asghar Farhadi’s first ventures working internationally with the French-set The Past, starring Bérénice Bejo and Tahar Rahim, and the Spanish-language drama Everybody Knows, starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz, didn’t quite Iive up to the Iranian director’s finest works, he’s going to give it another go. Following his Cannes Grand Prix winner A Hero back in 2021, the director has announced his next feature, which will shoot in France and has amassed quite the ensemble.

Variety reports Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney, and Adam Bessa will star in Parallel Tales, along with an “appearance” by Catherine Deneuve. With production set to begin in Paris this fall, a spring 2026 France release in the works, making it primed for a Cannes Film Festival debut next year.

While no plot details have been unveiled yet, one can expect another dramatically knotty, searing drama from the director,...

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has announced his next film, four years after winning the Cannes Grand Prix in 2021. The Oscar-winning director will helm “Parallel Tales,” also known as “Histoires Parallèles,” with Isabelle Huppert and Vincent Cassel starring. Farhadi is set to begin production in Paris in fall 2025, with a release in France planned for spring 2026.

“Parallel Tales,” which will be a French-language film, brings Farhadi back to France after he previously filmed 2013’s “The Past” there. The “Parallel Tales” cast marks the first collaboration between iconic French stars Huppert and Cassel, who will also be joined by Virginie Efira, Pierre Niney, Catherine Deneuve, and “Ghost Trail” breakout Adam Bessa. No other details on the plot are available at this time.

The film will be an official French-Italian-Belgian coproduction between Alexandre Mallet-Guy’s Memento Production in France, Andrea Occhipinti’s Lucky Red in Italy, and André Logie’s Panache Productions...

Asghar Farhadi is set to direct the French-languageParallel Talesin Paris later this year, with a cast led byIsabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney and Adam Bessa.

Catherine Deneuve is also set to star.

The film is being produced by Alexandre Mallet-Guy’s Memento Production in France with Andrea Occhipinti’s Lucky Red in Italy, and Andre Logie’s Panache Productions and Gaetan David’s La Compagnie Cinematographique in Belgium.

Anonymous Content will co-produce the film from the US.

Charades is handling international sales and will introduce the film to buyers at Cannes next month.Bessa was namedaScreenArab Star...

Asghar Farhadi has united a strong cast for his next feature Parallel Tales, with Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney and Adam Bessa all set to star.

Parallel Tales (French title: Histoires Parallèles) is scheduled to shoot on location in Paris this autumn, and is aiming for a theatrical release in France in spring 2026 via Memento Distribution. French icon Catherine Deneuve will also make an appearance in the film, which is produced by Alexandre Mallet-Guy with Farhadi and David Levine.

The plot has not yet been disclosed. French-language Parallel Tales is a co-production between Mallet-Guy’s Memento Production in France,...

Asghar Farhadi will shoot his next film Parallel Tales in Paris this coming fall, with Isabelle Huppert, Virginie Efira, Vincent Cassel, Pierre Niney and Adam Bessa in the cast.

It is the Oscar-winning Iranian director’s first feature since A Hero, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2021.

Parallel Tales marks Farhadi’s second French-language film after The Past with Tahar Rahim and Berenice Bejo, who won Best Actress award for her performance at Cannes in 2013.

The feature will be produced by Alexandre Mallet-Guy alongside Farhadi and David Levine. Mallet-Guy has worked with Farhadi on all of his films starting with and since The Past, having originally connected with the director as the French distributor of his earlier titles including About Elly and A Separation.

The film is an official French-Italian-Belgian coproduction between Mallet-Guy’s Memento Production in France, Andrea Occhipinti’s Lucky Red in Italy, and André Logie...

Twelve years after making his French-language directorial debut with “The Past,” two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is set to return to Paris for his next film, “Parallel Tales.”

The film, whose plot remains under wraps, brings together a powerful French cast, including Isabelle Huppert (“Elle”), Virginie Efira (“Benedetta”), Vincent Cassel (“Black Swan”), Pierre Niney (“The Count of Monte Cristo”) and Adam Bessa (“Ghost Trail”). Iconic French actor Catherine Deneuve will also make an appearance in the film.

Produced by long-time collaborator Alexandre Mallet-Guy alongside with Asghar Farhadi and David Levine, the prestige project will be launched by Charades and UTA Independent Film Group at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. Charades will handle international sales, while UTA Independent Film Group will rep U.S. rights. Farhadi is set to begin production on “Parallel Tales” in Paris this fall.

The Iranian director’s most recent film, “A Hero,” earned the Grand...

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for nonco's Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi comedy manga announced today that a TV anime adaptation is in production at Studio Kai and will begin airing in 2026 . An official website was also opened, displaying the below teaser visual and commemorative illustration by nonco. Additional details, such as cast and staff, will be confirmed at a later date. Teaser Visual Illustration Related: Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Reveals New Trailer and Visual, October 2025 Release nonoc's Kanan-sama wa Akumade Choroi manga has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine since June 2022 and currently spans eight published volumes, with the ninth due to release on April 16, 2025. The anime's official website describes the story: A beautiful and alluring devil that devours human souls has descended… Kanan, the "Gourmet Devil", descends upon a high school in the human world to devour young, sweet souls, and her first sacrifice...

Most anime fans love a good shonen anime, as fans generally know what they're getting into. Tournaments, cool fight scenes, occasionally the power of friendship as a power-up. That said, creators aren't afraid to shake things up with their series to avoid things becoming overly predictable.

Often happening early on in a series, shonen series will often have an arc that redefines the entire series. These arcs often feature tone changes, stylistic changes to the art, and sometimes even a shift to the way battles are fought within the series. After these arcs, a show is usually never the same, which is why they're often so beloved by fans. Offering both massive character changes and tons of plot development, its easy to see how these arcs become unforgettable.

Updated by Sage Ashford on November 15th, 2024: Shonen anime continue to be some of the most popular in anime. Everyone loves...

There are major spoilers for the My Hero Academia manga in this article.

When he was just a child, Izuku Midoriya of My Hero Academia had an ambitious dream. He would watch the news on TV or see video clips of All Might defeating bad guys or giving interviews to the media describing his heroic deeds. Midoriya believes that saving people is the coolest thing ever and dreams of becoming a Pro Hero like All Might. He wants his fearless smile to give a sense of safety and security, just like All Might's signature all-white grin.

However, Midoriya has a problem: he wasnt born with a Quirk. It wasnt until Midoriya inherited All Might's One For All that he could achieve his dream of becoming a hero, now known as Deku. Yet, does Deku need a Quirk to be a hero? Fans have debated whether Deku is a true hero,...

Quick Links The Origins of Once a Hero, Explained How Captain Justice is a Reminder Not All Marvel Shows Are Destined for Greatness Why the Legacy of Once a Hero Deserves to Be Saved

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) popularized its heroes, a forgotten Marvel failure broke the fourth wall, proving that characters like Deadpool and She-Hulk werent the first to do so on the screen. Thanks to Disney, characters like Iron Man, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and Daredevil have become household names, making comic book heroes more mainstream. However, in the 1980s, Once a Hero attempted to leap beyond the pages of Marvel Comics, bringing a new hero from a bygone era to life. Filled with charm, wit, and ties to the now-legendary Marvel universe, it raises questions about what happened to this bizarre live-action series. Shrouded in mystery and subject to myth, people still wonder what Once a Hero was,...

Entries for the 2025 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

The 97th Academy Awards is set to take place on March 3, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (over 40 minutes) produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50%) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between November 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 2, 2024.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is scheduled to...

U.S. director-screenwriter Paul Schrader will serve as president of the features jury of the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival, which runs from Aug. 16 to 23.

Schrader will be joined on the jury by Swedish actor and producer Noomi Rapace, Finnish director-writer Juho Kuosmanen, Sarajevo-born, Paris-based director, writer and editor Una Gunjak, and Slovenian actor Sebastian Cavazza.

The jury will announce the winners of the Heart of Sarajevo awards on Aug. 23.

Schrader first made his mark as a screenwriter with “Taxi Driver” (1976), directed by Martin Scorsese, and his collaboration with Scorsese continued with films like “Raging Bull” (1980).

He made his directorial debut with “Blue Collar” (1978) and went on to direct critically acclaimed films such as “American Gigolo” (1980) and “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” (1985).

In 2017, he wrote and directed “First Reformed,” which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best original screenplay.

Recent projects include “The Card Counter” (2021), “Master Gardener” (2022) and “Oh Canada...

The Werner Herzog Foundation has revealed that Canadian filmmaker Harley Chamandy will receive the 2024 Werner Herzog Film Prize for his feature “Allen Sunshine.” The annual award, presented in collaboration with the Munich Film Museum, comes with a €5,000 prize.

“Allen Sunshine” follows a former music mogul who retreats to a secluded lake house after his famous wife’s suicide. The protagonist copes with his loss by composing electronic music and forming an unlikely bond with two local boys. His journey through grief is punctuated by encounters that remind him of his past and future.

The film debuted at the Munich Film Festival in June. Chamandy previously directed several shorts and made his feature debut with “Allen Sunshine.”

Herzog, in a statement, praised Chamandy’s work: “The Werner Herzog Foundation Prize in 2024 will go to Harley Chamandy for his film ‘Allen Sunshine.’ One of the foundation’s tasks is to promote young talent,...

The 2024 Tribeca Festival jury has been announced with a star-studded filmmaker lineup.

This year, David O. Russell, Selma Blair, Asghar Farhadi, Kim Cattrall, Francesca Scorsese, and more will select the winning projects in the film, games, and audio storytelling sections across the 17 competition categories. In addition to the awards in competition categories, the Nora Ephron Award, created to honor the spirit and vision of the legendary filmmaker and writer, will be presented.

The festival, presented by Okx, will take place from June 5 through 16.

“We are thrilled to once again welcome a diverse group of remarkable filmmakers, creatives and industry players as jurors for the 2024 Tribeca Festival,” executive vice president at Tribeca Enterprises Nancy Lefkowitz said. “We look forward to their wide-ranging perspectives across storytelling genres and mediums coming together to honor the extraordinary group of submissions this year.”

The winning films, projects, filmmakers, storytellers, and actors in each category will...

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Les Misérables!

Fierce protests: The 2024 Cannes Film Festival opens in less than a fortnight and is once again set to be the backdrop to fierce French labor protests. Zac revealed earlier this week that a collection of around 200 French film festival workers — a combination of Cannes workers and workers from other festivals across France — are planning protests during the event over pay. The group’s frustrations are two-fold: they are first rallying against the pay packages they receive from their employers, which they say are inadequate and do not account for arduous overtime hours frequently clocked due to job demands, while the second bone of contention is France’s unique unemployment insurance program for entertainment workers and technicians. Known as Intermittence de Spectacle, the scheme supports entertainment workers on...

Exclusive: France tv distribution has acquired world sales rights for Romuald Boulanger’s upcoming bio-pic Mansour, capturing the journey of celebrity tennis player Mansour Bahrami’s from post-Revolutionary Iran, to exile and poverty in France, and then fame on the international circuit.

Iranian actor Amir Jadidi, who is best known internationally for his lead performance in Asghar Farhadi’s 2021 Cannes Grand Prix winner and Oscar-nominated drama A Hero, will play Bahrami.

Romuald Boulanger directs and produces under the banner of his Paris and L.A.-based company R-Lines Productions with UK-based Unconditional Pictures.

Unconditional Pictures’s co-founder and co-head Dawn McDaniel wrote the screenplay with Philippe de Lyon taking co-writing credits

Iran-born Bahrami, 68, is a popular figure on the international tennis tournament circuit for his entertaining playing style and extraordinary life story.

Born in Iran in the 1950s, he taught himself to play tennis...

A reliable leaker suggests Persona 6 could be out soon, released as a complete game with Dlc to follow. This would be a new release strategy for Persona games, unlike past games that released enhanced editions. Internal changes at Sega could explain the change.

Rumors of a release date for Persona 6 have existed for years, but new rumors suggest an update could be coming soon. The as-yet-unannounced installment in the Shin Megami Tensei spinoff series, Persona 6 would technically be the seventh mainline Persona game. However, it'd only be the fourth since the series established its own identity, a process that began with the incorporation of social simulation elements into Persona 3.

Many expected Atlus to follow the success of Persona 5 with an immediate sequel, but it instead opted for a ground-up remake in Persona 3 Reload and its expansion pass. But leaker Head on the Block (Aka I'm A Hero Too) seems to...

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook.NEWSThe Delinquents.The start of the Academy Awards ceremony was delayed by hundreds of protestors obstructing the red carpet to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.Asghar Farhadi has been cleared of plagiarism charges by an Iranian court after allegations were leveled by a former student, who accused him of stealing the idea for A Hero (2021) from her documentary on the same subject, produced in his 2014 filmmaking workshop.Meanwhile, Alexander Payne has been accused of plagiarizing The Holdovers (2023) “line-by-line” from a screenplay by Simon Stephenson he appears to have read on spec.Thailand is planning to reform its national film industry as part of a “soft power” program, which may include increased production funding, more rebates for foreign productions, and a reduction of state censorship domestically.

The double Oscar winner’s film A Hero won the grand prix at Cannes in 2021 but was the subject of an alleged copyright infringement brought by a former student

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has been cleared of charges of plagiarism over his film A Hero brought by one of his students, the agency representing him said on Wednesday.

The film, about a prisoner in the Iranian city of Shiraz, won the grand prix at the Cannes film festival in 2021.

An Iranian court has cleared two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi of plagiarism charges lodged against him regarding his 2021 film “A Hero,” which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival that year. The legal case had been ongoing for two years.

One of Farhadi’s former students, Azadeh Masihzadeh, claimed that the director based his film off a documentary she’d made in one of his Tehran-based filmmaking workshops in 2014. Both her documentary and Farhadi’s narrative feature were inspired by a real-life incident in 2011 in which a man in Iran on furlough from a debtors’ prison found a bag of gold coins and returned them to their owner rather than keeping them for himself.

Three professors who are intellectual property rights experts at the University of Tehran apparently gave testimony devastating to the plaintiff’s case, arguing that current events such as the 2011 incident are public property and...

Two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi has been fully cleared by an Iranian court of allegations of plagiarism pertaining to his film “A Hero” that launched from the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.

Farhadi’s former student Azadeh Masihzadeh had accused the filmmaker of stealing the idea for “A Hero” from a documentary she made during a filmmaking workshop held by Farhadi in 2014 in Tehran. Her allegations of plagiarism led an Iranian court to open preliminary trial proceedings in March 2022.

The court has now issued a verdict according to which several Tehran University copyright law experts and other experts have rejected the accusations as baseless, clearing Farhadi of all blame and putting an end to Masihzadeh’s legal action, according to a statement issued by Farhadi’s French producer Alexandre-Mallet Guy corroborated by Iranian reports.

“A Hero” is about an earnest-looking man named Rahim who, while on furlough after being imprisoned for debt,...

Iranian authorities have rejected as “baseless” allegations that director Asghar Farhadi stole the idea for his acclaimed 2021 feature A Hero.

A former student of the two-time Oscar winner, director of A Separation and The Salesman, sued Farhadi for allegedly pilfering her premise for A Hero. Farhadi had always denied the allegations.

On Wednesday, a group of three professors at Tehran University specializing in copyright law, along with four official art experts, rejected the claims as invalid and baseless, clearing Farhadi of all blame.

The student, Azadeh Masihzadeh, claimed Farhadi plagiarized the story for A Hero from a documentary (titled All Winners, All Losers) she made for his class. Both the documentary and Farhadi’s fiction film share the same basic story of an inmate in debtors’ prison who, while on leave, finds a bag of gold coins and struggles with the decision to keep the money or return it. Masihzadeh...

As depicted in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return #1, former Black Ranger Zack broke one of Zordon's core rules by outing himself as a Power Ranger after the team disbanded; however, he argues that this was worth it, because he has used his resulting fame to help those in need. Zordon's rules are intended to to protect the Rangers, but Zack's new role in The Return shows that being a hero doesn't always require a Morpher. Despite losing his powers, Zack continues to make a difference by using his platform for charitable causes – though he may find himself suiting up once more before the miniseries is over.

Warning: Spoilers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return #1!Once his days as one of the Power Rangers are behind him, the original Black Ranger rightfully breaks one of Zordon's most essential rules. Dating back to the first episode of the original 1990s series,...

When in office, Barack Obama would release his picks for his bracket for NCAA’s March Madness during the college basketball season, as well as cap off the year with a list of his favorite films of the year. Last year’s list consisted of Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King, Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, John Patton Ford’s Emily the Criminal, Celine Sciamma’s Petite Maman, Margaret Brown’s Descendant, Audrey Diwane’s Happening, Chinonye Chukwu’s Till, Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once, Fernando León de Aranoa’s The Good Boss, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero, Panah Panahi’s Hit the Road, Todd Field’s Tar and Kogonada’s After Yang.

This year, Obama posted his list on social media with the caption, “Earlier this year, writers and actors...

Netflix plans to bring a live-action adaptation of My Hero Academia to the small screen following the success of One Piece. The anime is known for its powerful and emotional moments, such as All Might's "You Too Can Become A Hero" speech. The live-action adaptation has the potential to capture the thrilling action and heartfelt scenes of My Hero Academia, like the showdown between All Might and One for All.

On the heels of its success with One Piece, Netflix seems intent on bringing a live-action adaptation of My Hero Academia to the small screen — and if it handles the source material well, there are many great moments to look forward to. My Hero Academia is one of the biggest anime currently airing, and it's easy to see why it's so popular. Based on Kohei Horikoshi's best-selling manga of the same name, My Hero Academia follows Izuku Midoriya — ​​​​​​or...

Writers’ Development

The U.K.’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has partnered with “The Crown” producer Left Bank Pictures on the Nfts Diverse Writers Development Program that kicks off in March 2024. It will select six emerging U.K. screenwriters from under-represented backgrounds to contribute their voices to the entertainment landscape and inject fresh perspectives into scripted drama.

The chosen writers will embark on a paid 10-week program, during which four full series ideas will be developed and pitched, with the aim of creating commercially viable television drama concepts. The participants will work through a curriculum designed by the Nfts. The initiative will connect writers with production executives from Left Bank Pictures and potentially other British production companies.

Applications are open now and close Oct. 31.

Promotion

Alexandre Moreau has been promoted to head of sales at Paris-based company Memento International. The executive will oversee Memento International’s slate of films and strategy,...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Age Out (A.J. Edwards)

The only thing worse than never getting your happy ending is having it within grasp and realizing you cannot accept it. To see salvation and turn around knowing it would be a lie is the type of heartbreaking choice we often have to make in order to keep on going. It’s the decision that separates man from monster: an admission of remorse, guilt, and regret. Our actions cause ripples that affect countless others we haven’t met yet or never will and while that truth allows some to sleep at night, the rest wonder what nightmares the collateral damage of their deeds endure as a result. You could say that the only thing separating those two groups is love.

Rezo Gigineishvili’s “Patient #1” is the 2023 winner of the annual Werner Herzog Film Award.

Set at the end of the Soviet era, the film focuses on the decline in power of Konstantin Chernenko, a Russian leader with failing health who is surrounded by a large medical team. He is old and frail, but has a tight grip on power. He is waging a war in Afghanistan, has a nuclear button and can take the entire world to the grave with him. It is convenient for both the elites and the secret services to keep the leader alive and various groups are scoring political points.

The cast includes Aleksandr Filippenko, Olga Makeeva, Inna Churikova, Igor Chernevich and Sergey Gilev. The film is produced by Archil Gelovani, Sergey Yahontov for Georgian outfit Independent Film Project.

Gigineishvili previously directed “Hostages” (2017) which premiered at the Berlinale and participated in more than 30 international film festivals including Telluride,...

Thanks to the breakout success of his Oscar-winning drama A Separation back in 2011, Asghar Farhadi’s earlier films have received newfound recognition thanks to new restorations in the subsequent years. Following his Cannes prize winner A Hero, the latest to get restored is his 2003 drama Dancing in the Dust. Arriving this Friday in a director-approved 2K digital restoration courtesy of Film Movement Classics in what will be the film’s first-ever North American release, we’re pleased to premiere the exclusive new trailer.

Here’s the synopsis: “Shortly following their impulsive wedding, the naive, young Nazar is pressured by his family into divorcing his new wife, Reyhane, after rumors circulate of her mother’s possible sex-work. Still deeply in love, he insists on paying back Reyhane’s marriage dowry despite his insolvency. Nazar is soon on the run from creditors and finds himself hiding out in the desert where he...

Iran has submitted Reza Mirkarimi’s The Night Guardian for Best International Film category at the 96th Academy Awards, in a move that will likely prompt pushback from the country’s dissident film community.

A press release announcing the selection said the film had been selected by the government-controlled Farabi Cinema Foundation from three short-listed titles which also included Omid Shams’s Conjugal Visit and Ali Hazrati’s The Town.

The drama stars Touraj Alvand as the story of a rural worker forced to move to the city where he ekes out a living on the streets.

The announcement coincides with the first anniversary of the Woman Life Freedom protests provoked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022 after being held in police custody for not wearing her veil correctly.

The country’s hardline Islamist regime ratcheted up a crackdown on the country’s creative community as well...

It's no secret that Dragon Ball Gt didn't live up to fans' expectations after Dragon Ball Z. Trying to take everything back to the adventurous tone of the original Dragon Ball, Gt stumbled by nervously embracing Dbz's battle-oriented storytelling in its latter half. As disappointing as Dvgt may have been, the series ends on an emotional high note by highlighting Goku's legacy far into the future.

Dragon Ball Ball Gt's final episode featured a fight between Goku and Vegeta's descendants, but there may be more going on here. Reincarnation plays a major role throughout Dragon Ball Z (especially at the end wth Uub) so it’s possible – if somewhat unlikely – that Goku’s great-great-grandson is actually him. Here’s how the original Z Fighter seemingly lived beyond all the others.

Related: Anime Has Joined the Reboot Party Lately – How About Dragon Ball Gt?

Was Goku Jr. in Dragon Ball Gt Goku Reincarnated?...

"The Mandalorian" just tied up the loose ends of its third season with a grand battle to reclaim Mandalore, and it had everything you could want out of a big "Star Wars" battle: lightsabers, blasters going "pew-pew," spaceships crashing into enemy bases, bad guys falling into shafts, and much more.

But as cool as some of the moments were, the finale overall felt like it wasted one of the show's core characters — Grogu. After "The Mandalorian" all but brought an end to Grogu's story in season two, he's been on the sidelines for most of this season. Not that the foundling is just sitting idly by on his little floating cradle all season, of course, but his part in the story has been reduced to just the cute creature he was when we first met him.

This is why Grogu getting his own mecha suit in last week's episode was so exciting.

Two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, Iran’s best-known director, was at the Zurich Film Festival last September when protests following the death of Mahsa Amini erupted in his home country.

Since then, the auteur of “A Separation,” “The Salesman” and “A Hero” has not returned to Iran. He’s been working on a new film in Los Angeles and Europe. Interestingly, he says he plans to go back to his country before he shoots this film, even though he is not 100% sure they will let him out again. It’s clearly a risk that the enigmatic Farhadi is willing to take.

Farhadi was in Turin on Monday to give a masterclass at Italy’s National Museum of Cinema, where he also received a lifetime achievement award. In a rare interview, he took questions via e-mail from Variety.

Where are you living these days? I read that you are working on...

Disney has debuted a teaser trailer for the comically creepy adventure ‘Haunted Mansion.’

Inspired by the classic theme park attraction the movie is about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters. The film’s producers are Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, with Nick Reynolds and Tom Peitzman serving as executive producers.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Justin Simien, the film features an all-star ensemble cast including Lakeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny Devito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon and Dan Levy, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto as the hatbox ghost.

Also in trailers – Trailer enters the building for Netflix animation ‘Agent Elvis’

The film hits cinemas on 11thAugust.

The post “You wanna be a hero?” Teaser trailer drops for ‘Haunted Mansion’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.

Netflix is making moves to have more environmentally friendly sets, and they're announcing their first steps towards that in a big way. During the 2023 Super Bowl, the streamer revealed it has partnered with General Motors to showcase their lineup of electric cars in future productions. They also recruited Will Ferrell to break the news, having him drive through various Netflix productions as he talks about this latest partnership.

You might be wondering how exactly that'll work with every Netflix property, and thankfully, Ferrell's got the answer for you. As he demonstrates in increasingly bizarre fashion, programs that take place in the current day or the future, such as "Army of the Dead" or "Squid Game," will feature electric Gm cars. However, don't expect period pieces like "Bridgerton" or "Stranger Things" to suddenly get a modern upgrade. This partnership will also extend to the streamer's unscripted slate, which includes the addictive "Love is Blind.

When Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor at the 94th Academy Awards for his role in "Coda," he was only the second deaf actor ever to win an Oscar. His win also marked the first time a deaf actor won an award at the ceremony in 36 years, after his "Coda" co-star Marlee Matlin's historic win for "Children of a Lesser God." Needless to say, he's made his mark.

Kotsur is about to make history in a brand new way tonight, as he is slated to perform a major part of the 2023 Super Bowl. Country singer Chris Stapleton will perform the National Anthem before the football game begins, while Kotsur will perform his own interpretation of the song via American Sign Language (Asl). Even though it has been customary for an Asl interpreter to perform the anthem alongside the central performer, this will certainly be the first time it has...

Keep track of when films are coming out in the territory.

Screen is listing the release dates for films in the UK and Ireland in the calendar below.

For distributors who wish to add/amend a date on the calendar, please get in touch with Screen here.

Screen also has an awards season calendar for 2022, here.

December

December 30

Peter Von Kant (Curzon), Where Are You, Adam? (Primal Screen)

December 31

Berliner Philharmoniker Live: New Year’s Eve Concert 2022 (Trafalgar, event cinema)

Previous releases January

January 1

Licorice Pizza (Universal), The Electrical Life Of Louis Wain (Studiocanal), Cinderella - Met Opera 2022 (Trafalgar, event...

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most respected working filmmakers today, but why exactly are so many of his films so widely well-received? Are all of his ideas brilliant from the start, or does he just have a good nose for sniffing out the duds? The director, who also pens much of his work himself, has shed some light on his writing process. He has to trust his own intuition as an artist, but he is never afraid to phone a friend.

Tarantino is responsible for some of the most popular films of the last few decades, from his debut "Reservoir Dogs" to the star-studded epic "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." He has a strong work ethic, but not everything that he writes makes it onto the big screen. In fact, many of his words never even make it onto a computer screen. Miraculously, Tarantino never learned how to...

Marrakech – Compassion, understanding, not taking characters at face value. These are all philosophies that inform Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s sage, humanistic approach to drawing his characters, as discussed on stage Tuesday at the Atlas Workshops’ (14-17 November), the Marrakech Film Festival’s project, talent-and-mentoring forum.

For 75 minutes, Farhadi, the winner of this year’s Cannes Grand Prix for “A Hero” and one of Iran’s most acclaimed filmmakers, spoke about his what seems a unique approach to the art of script-writing; about how he draws characters, develops his scripts and whom he trusts to vet his ideas.

“I have a couple of people around me who are my first advisors. I share it with them. It’s not the advice they will give me but the look. The spark in their eyes,” he said.

A regular at top international festivals, Farhadi has won an Academy Award for international feature...

When people talk about the writing of the late author Anne Rice, they usually focus on sensuous prose and bold sexuality. Her early erotic fiction under a pseudonym is often discussed, and most people describe her "Vampire Chronicles" as sexy more than scary. What people fail to mention is that the woman was capable of describing horrific acts of violence just as artfully as she did moments of ecstasy or beauty; in fact, she may have been even better at the blood and guts. There are moments in Rice's books that have burned into my memory as surely as the goriest gag from the most brutal horror movie because her ability to paint a picture with words was among the greatest of all time. 

The new AMC "Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire" series makes a lot of big changes to its source material, but manages to keep the...

Amazon Prime recently released the highly anticipated film My Policeman, starring Harry Styles, adding to its already impressive slate of original movies. These projects typically go straight to the streaming service and some have had massive budgets, while others have been critically acclaimed.

There's also a handful of fantastic releases from Amazon Studios, with a few of those movies even garnering Oscar buzz come awards season. With such a vast catalog available on the streaming platform, it can be tough to figure out which are considered the best. The ratings from users at Letterboxd can help you figure that out.

The Big Sick (2017) - 3.76

It seems like everywhere you look these days, Kumail Nanjiani is popping up. The talented star has recently added appearances in the MCU and Star Wars to his impressive resume yet his best project came back in 2017 on a film that he also co-wrote alongside his wife Emily V. Gordon.

The Marrakech Film Festival will honor a quartet of renowned film personalities at its 2022 edition.

Honorees who will receive the festival’s Étoile d’or (Golden Star) include Scottish actor Tilda Swinton (“The Eternal Daughter”), U.S. filmmaker James Gray (“Armageddon Time”), Moroccan film pioneer and director Farida Benlyazid (“The Wretched Life of Juanita Narboni”) and Bollywood star Ranveer Singh (“’83”).

The festival has also revealed a raft of well-known names who will participate in In Conversation events. They include British actor Jeremy Irons (“House of Gucci”), French actor and director Julie Delpy (“My Zoe”), Iranian auteur Asghar Farhadi (“A Hero”), French filmmaker Julia Ducournau (“Titane”), U.S. filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (“The Dead Don’t Die”), French actor Marina Foïs (“The Sitting Duck”), Swedish director Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”), French filmmaker Léos Carax (“Annette”) and Franco-Lebanese composer Gabriel Yared (“Scarlet”).

Singh said: “The notion that my craft has resonated in Africa is hugely gratifying.

Olivia Wilde's latest directorial venture, "Don't Worry Darling," was one of the most talked-about films of the year, mostly due to the off-screen drama surrounding the cast and crew, since the overall film was, as we described in our review, a stylish thriller that fell short of its high-minded ideas. The Florence Pugh ("Little Women"), Harry Styles ("Dunkirk"), Gemma Chan ("Crazy Rich Asians"), KiKi Layne ("The Old Guard"), Chris Pine ("All the Old Knives"), and Wilde ("Babylon"), starring film was inspired by the classic Hollywood films of yesteryear, set in an idealized community called Victory in an alternate 1950s with a sinister secret bubbling beneath its idyllic varnish. "Don't Worry Darling" was a moderate success at the box office, but the psychological thriller will soon be able to be enjoyed from the comfort of your own home.

Beginning on October 25, 2022, "Don't Worry Darling" will be available for early Premium...

Brendan Fraser is very passionate about acting — just ask his doctors. The actor has sustained over a dozen injuries throughout his career. Getting your first opportunity in such a competitive field is rarely easy, and for Fraser, it was clear from the beginning that the actor was ready to do whatever it took to kickstart his Hollywood career.

Before his role in "The Mummy" franchise that made Brendan Fraser a certified action star, the actor was still crashing into things, willing to go to dizzying, dangerous heights to get a role in a movie. And he suffered the consequences from the very beginning. "The Mummy" may have given Fraser injuries to keep him in and out of the hospital for seven long years, but the performer also sustained a rib injury in his very first acting role, all the way back in 1991.

Fraser Put His Body On The Line To...

Like many '60s rock stars, Jim Morrison lived fast, died young, and became a music icon. Known for his soothing voice, poetic lyrics, and public antics, The Doors' leadman was celebrated for pushing boundaries with his music and lyrics after bursting onto the rock scene in the late '60s. In addition to pushing boundaries on stage, Morrison exposed himself on stage, mocked concert audiences, and experimented with hard drugs. In 1971, "The Lizard King" joined the tragic 27 club when he died of heart failure in a french bathtub. It's suspected that drugs contributed to Morrison's death, but an autopsy wasn't performed.

Never one to shy away from a controversial event or character, Oliver Stone co-wrote and directed "The Doors," a biopic focused on Morrison and his chaotic life. After portraying an elite navy pilot in the '80s hit, "Top Gun," Val Kilmer grew his hair, slid into skintight leather pants,...

Filmmakers including Shirin Neshat, Bahman Ghobadi, Ali Abbasi and Asghar Farhadi have spoken out in the wake of the death of 22-year-old Iranian woman Masha Amini.

Iranian filmmakers and actors have spoken out in defiance against the Iranian government in an open letter, calling on “every filmmaker in the world” to support the protests against the government following the death of Iranian woman Masha Amini while in police custody.

Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, was arrested in Tehran for wearing her hijab too loosely. It has been reported that she was tortured by officers before dying in police custody...

There is barely anyone who isn’t rich or in position of power who doesn’t often exclaim “I would never do that if I were in their shoes”, truly convinced to hold a higher moral ground than “them folks”. You can thank this self-foolery for all the irritating quotes and misquotes by big thinkers, shanti-shanti spiritual leaders, and celebrities on social media, the same you can also find on the wall calendars and help-yourself books. Hell is other people, right?

Make no mistake, Houman Seyedi’s 6th feature “World War III” also leans on a quote attributed to Mark Twain which kicks it off, but this one sits hand in hand with the script which fabulously rhymes the events. “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes”, goes the sad quote, gaining more on its meaning with every passing minute of the film. Hell is,...