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Add another one to it-actor Barry Keoghan‘s upcoming film list. THR reports that the “Saltburn” actor will star in the latest movie from “Chernobyl” director Johan Renck, “Amo Saddam.” Keoghan will star as an American soldier tasked with guardian the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the months before his trial and execution. No word yet on who will be play Hussein.

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Bring Me the Horizon have shard the new song “LosT,” the latest track in their ongoing Post Human series.

The band’s sound has certainly evolved from its deathcore beginnings, with “LosT” being a feisty blast of anthemic pop-punk — perhaps a nod to Bmth’s upcoming tourmates in Fall Out Boy. The bands are set to hit the road together for a summer North American tour in June, and you can get tickets via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

The single is accompanied by a cinematic music video starring a gored-up and bandaged Bmth frontman Oli Sykes, and featuring an appearance by actor Thomas Ian Nicholas (“Kevin” from American Pie). Jensen Noen directed the clip, which runs with the theme of Oli’s chorus refrain: “Stupid medicine not doing anything!”

Bring Me the Horizon have taken an alternative approach to new music since 2019’s Amo.

Brillante Mendoza has come under much scrutiny during the last few years, due to his closeness to President Duterte. “Amo”, a series that focuses on the government’s crackdown on narcotics that has cost the lives of thousands since 2016, did not do much to help the veteran director. Calls for the cancellation of the first Philippine series to stream on Netflix have become more intense with time, while a mother, whose son was killed by unknown assailants after he was accused of peddling drugs, recently started a Change.org petition for the same purpose. Let us see, however, what is hidden beneath all this controversy.

The series follows a number of the members of an extended family, with the person of focus changing every few episodes. In that fashion, the story begins with Joseph, a high school student who lives partially with his mother and handicapped father and partially with his sister and brother-in-law,...

Brillante Mendoza graduated in advertising from the university of Santo Tomas in Manila. He started his career as a production designer in films, television, theatre and in television advertising. Today, he is one of the one of the most important Filipino filmmakers with films winning accolades at major festivals. At Venice both Lola (2009) and Thy Womb (2012) were nominated for the Golden Lion. At Cannes, Service (2008) vied for the Palme D’Or, Kinatay (2009) won Best Director, Taklub (2015) screened in Un Certain Regard, and 2016’s Ma’ Rosa screened in competition, winning Best Actress. Mendoza also works as a producer with young directors, with his latest work, “Verdict” by Raymund Ribay Gutierrez, screening at Busan this year, along with his own latest movie, “Mindanao“.

We speak with him about his career and Filipino cinema, Netflix, shooting a film about and in Mindanao, the animation part of the film, and inevitably, the pandemic.

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The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan tragically died in January 2018 at age 46 — accidental drowning due to alcohol intoxication. But the rock band released one final album more than a year later, “In the End,” which is now nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Album. Will the recording academy pay tribute to them with a win this year? Other rockers have recently won posthumous Grammys, perhaps surprisingly, The Cranberries had never earned a single nomination before this, so they’re long overdue.

The Irish rock band had their heyday in the mid-1990s, when their first three albums — “Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?,” “No Need to Argue” and “To the Faithful Departed” — all had multi-platinum sales and produced a few enduring hits including “Dreams,” “Linger” and “Zombie.” “Argue” was their most successful release, certified seven-times platinum, and “Zombie” topped Billboard’s Alternative Rock chart, but...

Benjamín Naishtat wins best director Silver Shell for Rojo.

Spanish production Between Two Waters (Entre Dos Aguas) by Isaki Lacuesta has won the top award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, marking a second Golden Shell for the Spanish director who after claiming the top prize in 2011 for The Double Steps.

Between Two Waters tells the story of two Roman brothers who meet again after years apart, one having spent some time in prison, the other in the army.

The title is a Spanish expression that translates to “neither here nor there”, and is also the title of a classic...

Filipino filmmaker explores Manila crime underworld in new thriller.

Memento Films International (Mfi) has boarded sales on Filipino director Brillante Mendoza’s Manila-set thriller Alpha, The Right To Kill, ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival at the end of September.

Set against the backdrop of the Philippines government’s war on drugs, the thriller revolves around small-time pusher turned informant Elijah and corrupt police officer Espino. The pair provide intelligence for an operation to arrest one of Manila’s biggest drugs kingpins, Abel, in a hideout in the slums of Manila. The operation...