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With just three weeks until the line-up for the Cannes Film Festival 2025 is announced on April 10,Screentakes a look at the films from around the world looking increasingly likely to debut on the Croisette.

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English-language auteurs Wes Anderson, Lynne Ramsay, Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch and Kelly Reichardt could all unveil their anticipated next films at the Cannes – and if they do, it will drum up the kind of red-carpet glamour Thierry Fremaux loves.

Two years after The French Dispatch played in Competition, Anderson looks a safe bet to return with The Phoenician Scheme, a spy comedy thriller featuring...

Peter Dinklage is co-stars with the legendary, Shirley MacLaine in American Dreamer, a dark comedy from Plaion Pictures which will be available for digital download on March 17th. Will this St. Patrick’s Day be a lucky one for film lovers lovers worldwide? Let’s explore. I was first introduced to the on screen work of Peter Dinklage in 2003 when a friend in Los Angeles who was trying to break into the business, invited me to see what he called a groundbreaking feat of acting in the indie film, The Station Agent. I was deeply affected by this drama that found Dinklage playing a reclusive, antisocial man who ends up living in an abandoned train depot, who comes in and out of his shell thanks to unexpected relationships with his neighbors turned friends. Peter Dinklage’s Unmatched Screen Presence In the two decades since, I’ve seen Dinklage pop up...

A household name in Italy and the rest of the world, Monica Bellucci is a top-notch model and actor. She had her breakthrough role in the arthouse movie The Apartment in 1996, which earned the star a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress. However, Bellucci's breakout was in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, as it was the movie that introduced Bellucci to Hollywood and gave her some exposure.

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Martin Scorsese is the quintessential New York filmmaker. Sure, some of his greatest films are set in New York, but that asthma kept him inside of a Little Italy apartment to do nothing but study cinema says a lot about how embedded the city is in his blood and his own movies. Now, Scorsese has listed more than 30 of the most essential New York films – and yes, he was modest enough to not list Mean Streets and Taxi Driver and Goodfellas and…

Check out Martin Scorsese’s list of 30+ greatest New York movies below:

Daybreak Express

The Naked City and Kiss of Death

Fourteen Hours

Cry of the City

A Double Life and The Marrying Kind

It Should Happen to You

On the Waterfront

The Wrong Man

Sweet Smell of Success

Shadows

Midnight Cowboy and Marathon Man

The French Connection

Bye Bye Braverman

Prince of the City...

New York icon Martin Scorsese is revealing his go-to films set in the Big Apple.

The auteur curated the screening series “Living, Breathing New York” for the Roxy Cinema, which features screenings of four of his favorite NYC movies out of a full list of Scorsese’s 32 favorite New York movies he’s created and which IndieWire is proud to share below.

“Living, Breathing New York” is curated by Scorsese in celebration of the new release of Olmo Schnabel’s NYC-set thriller, “Pet Shop Days,” which Scorsese executive produced. The film premieres March 15 at the Roxy Cinema in New York, and stars Dario Yazbek Bernal and Jack Irv as two lovers whose whirlwind romance sends them down a rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. Willem Dafoe (who starred in Olmo Schnabel‘s father Julian Schnabel’s Vincent Van Gogh biopic “At Eternity’s Gate”), Emmanuelle Seigner, Peter Sarsgaard,...

Film historian Karina Longworth‘s “You Must Remember This” podcast has been beloved by cinephiles ever since it launched 11 years ago to explore “the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century.” The latest season, “The Old Man Is Still Alive,” is Longworth’s most enlightening and entertaining to date. A deep dive into the late-career transformations of Hollywood legends, including Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, and Otto Preminger, “The Old Man Is Still Alive” explores how veteran directors met the challenges of an evolving industry and changing tastes with varying degrees of artistic and commercial success.

The idea for the season began with a 2023 trip to the Cinémathèque Française, where Longworth saw Vincente Minnelli’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” for the first time. “I thought of myself as a big Minnelli fan, and I had not even known this movie existed,” Longworth told IndieWire. “I went...

There are few directors who remain as prolific and as fascinating as Billy Wilder. Born and raised in Austria, Wilder moved to America in 1934, amid the growing fascist conflict in Europe at the time. Once in Hollywood, Wilder brought his unique style and incredible sensibility to the screen and created a film canon that is still one of the industry’s best. Whether it’s his Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine-led classic, The Apartment, or the ahead-of-its-time icon, Some Like It Hot, Wilder’s filmography is truly a standout. However, one picture that often gets overlooked is his dark comedy, A Foreign Affair. What started out as a propaganda film became a deeply personal piece for Wilder, one filled with stars, intrigue, and even controversy with U.S. government officials.

Quick LinksThe Coen Brothers Were on a Cold StreakWhat is The Ladykillers About?The Ladykillers Was a Critical Failure

With the 97th Academy Awards on the horizon, many fans are revisiting Oscar-nominated and Oscar-winning classic movies to see if they hold up. From recent winners like Green Book and Crash, already aging interestingly, to old-school classics like Casablanca and The Apartment, proving their timelessness. The same everlasting question is dredged up every single year: Decades before the release of the Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men, the Coen brothers were raking in awards nominations left and right for Fargo, Barton Fink, and more.

However, it cannot be ignored that in the years immediately preceding their Oscar-winning year with the hit Western, the brotherly duo was experiencing something of a critical cold streak. 2004 saw the release of The Ladykillers, the lowest rated film in the Coen brothers catalog by a wide margin.

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Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been getting regular updates as part of Next on Netflix, an opportunity to see what’s coming to Netflix in 2025 from around the world. One of the countries participating in the live event for journalists was Netflix Italy, which previewed its upcoming slate for 2025 for local journalists. The year has already started strong with Public Disorder (or Acab as it’s known in other regions), but what else is coming up? Here’s a rundown of what we unveiled.

In Italy, Tinny Andreatta, the Vice President of Content, expressed her enthusiasm about 2025, stating, “This year is significant for us in Italy because it marks the 10th anniversary of Netflix’s launch in our country. We will provide our audience with a wider and more diverse selection that spans various genres, innovative formats, and languages. We aim to tell authentic stories...

Jack Lemmon was the two-time Oscar-winner who starred in dozens of films, working until his death in 2001 at the age of 76. But how many of those titles are classics? Let’s take a look back at 25 of his greatest movies, ranked worst to best.

Lemmon won his first Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for “Mister Roberts” (1955). A second Oscar for Best Actor followed for “Save the Tiger” (1973), making him the first person to pull off victories in both categories. He competed six more times for Best Actor throughout his career.

He is perhaps best known for his long collaboration with Walter Matthau, with whom he made 11 films. In films such as “The Fortune Cookie” (1966), “The Odd Couple” (1968), and “Grumpy Old Men” (1993), Lemmon’s fastidiousness played beautifully off of Matthau’s scruffiness.

On the small screen, Lemmon earned Emmys for “‘S Wonderful, ‘S Marvelous, ‘S Gershwin” (Best Variety Performer in 1972) and...

Warner Bros horror Companion leads new releases at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend in 561 cinemas.

Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid star in the dark comedy about a weekend away that goes wrong when a human android, built for companionship, reveals itself. It marks the feature debut of Drew Hancock while further cast include Rupert Friend, Lukas Gage and Jaboukie Young-White.

Thatcher most recently starred in fellow horror title Heretic which surpassed £6m late last year and Quaid had a role in 2023’s Oppenheimer (£60m). Companionis produced by Zach Cregger who wrote and directed Barbarian which cracked £1m...

Disney’s “A Complete Unknown” held its spot at the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second weekend, earning £1.6 million ($2 million), according to numbers from Comscore. The cumulative total of the Bob Dylan biopic, starring Timothée Chalamet, now stands at $7.3 million.

In second place, Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” added $1.7 million in its sixth weekend, raising its total to $34.7 million. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” from Paramount remained steady in third, collecting $1.09 million during its fifth weekend and pushing its total to $29 million.

Lionsgate U.K.’s “Flight Risk,” directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mark Wahlberg, debuted in fourth place with a solid $1.01 million. Universal’s awards season favorite “The Brutalist” debuted in fifth, earning $938,452 in its opening weekend.

Universal’s “Nosferatu” dropped to sixth with $666,526 in its fourth weekend. The gothic horror reboot has reached $15.1 million overall and continues to attract genre enthusiasts.

Seinfeld is undeniably one of the greatest TV sitcoms of the 1990s. With its unique blend of dark humor and relatable neuroses, it's still just as funny and clever as it was 30 years ago. A show about nothing should never have worked on paper. After all, how could it be pitched to executives at a network? (Seinfeld hilariously poked fun at this with a story arc in season four.) That's why credit for the show's success has to go to creator Larry David's razor-sharp writing and also to the incredible chemistry among the four main leads: Jerry Seinfeld as Jerry, Jason Alexander as George Costanza, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Elaine Benes, and Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer.

While the four leads are the heart of Seinfeld, viewers shouldn't overlook the equally interesting side characters that pop in and out throughout the series. Wayne Knight is a good punchline for Jerry's disgusted "hellos,...

It remains to be seen if any female directors earn a nomination for Best Director at the Oscars in 2025. The Best Director Oscar has been a part of the annual Academy Awards ceremony since the event began in 1929, though in the first year it was presented as a pair of awards split between the "Comedy" and "Drama" categories. Although the Academy Awards present prizes in a wide - and growing - variety of categories, Best Director is considered one of the "Big Five" awards, a group that also includes the Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay Oscars.

Over the years, a number of notable filmmakers have won the award, including Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Billy Wilder, Ang Lee, and Frank Capra. At the time of writing, the nominees for the 2025 Best Director Oscar are unknown. Because of delays amid the Los Angeles wildfires, deliberation was delayed by two days,...

The Golden Globes have been honoring comedies since the 1950s and the days of such Billy Wilder gems as The Apartment and Some Like It Hot. But the category — which for the past 60 years has crowned a single winner among comedies and musicals — hasn’t always experienced smooth sailing.

How one defines a comedy — is it punchlines? pratfalls? subtle satire? — has been just one of the issues bedeviling the award. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association began playing even more fast and loose with definitions earlier this century when it increasingly nominated movies that seemed neither particularly funny nor acclaimed, instead using the category to bring popular films and stars into the fold that would otherwise have no way of getting there.

At the moment, the smaller, clubbier HFPA has been disbanded in favor of a larger and more representative group of global journalists. This has cut down on the number of nominated howlers,...

Whether you’re in the mood for romance, comedy, or adventure, these movies will set the perfect tone for the holiday.

A great New Year’s Eve is ultimately about the people you spend it with. That includes the characters you watch on your big screen – so they better be people you like! I’m here to help with some of my favorite New Year’s movies. From rom-coms to adventure films, there’s probably a movie on this list that fits whatever New Year mood you’re in. So, here’s a list of the top 7 New Year’s movies you can watch on streaming right now.

Top 7 New Year’s movies to stream right now

No. 7: ‘The Apartment’

No. 6: ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’

No. 5: ‘About Time’

No. 4: ‘The Poseidon Adventure’

No. 3: ‘New Year’s Eve’

No. 2: ‘Sleepless in Seattle’

No. 1: ‘When Harry Met Sally…...

American actress, Shirley MacLaine is best known for her quirky, strong-willed female roles in exceptional classic films such as Billy Wilder's The Apartment, Terms of Endearment, and Steel Magnolias. The six-time Oscar nominee was born in Richmond, Virginia, and the summer before her senior year in high school, took a leap of faith and traveled to New York City where she earned a minor role in the chorus of the popular stage production of Oklahoma! After graduating, MacLaine returned to the Big Apple where she appeared in several productions before being spotted by comedy legend, Jerry Lewis.

Winter, often perceived as the bleakest season with its barren landscape, year-end melancholy, and unresolved struggles, has also been eulogized for its introspective beauty. Austrian poet Rilke, writing to a woman devastated by her husband’s desertion, described winter as a time to nurture one’s inner garden—tending to the mind and spirit after a period of endurance. Albert Camus echoed this sentiment: “In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” Similarly, films like The Holiday depict this growth, framing heartbreak and recovery against the cozy charm of swapped holiday lodgings, emphasizing renewal and comfort over sorrow.

Here are ten films like “The Holiday” that somewhat capture the same spirit:

10. Serendipity (2001)

That winter, and by extension, Christmas, is supposed to be interspersed with miracles is retold through “Serendipity.” One element in particular echoes throughout the film: the appeal of fate and destiny.

The holiday season is just around the corner, and you know what that means right? Cozy nights, warm blankets, and a bucket-load of Christmas cheer! It’s the time of year when families gather around the TV with mugs of hot cocoa to watch feel-good festive films that bring warmth to the soul.

Love Actually | Credit: Universal Pictures

Classics like Home Alone and Love Actually fill us with joy, reminding us of the magic of the season. But not every Christmas-themed movie will give you that fuzzy, comforting feeling. Some might even dampen your holiday spirit.

To keep your Christmas merry and bright, here’s a list of five movies you’re better off skipping this holiday season because it’s the season to be jolly, after all.

1. The Apartment (1960)

While Billy Wilder’s Oscar winning film, The Apartment is a cinematic masterpiece, it’s far from the wholesome holiday...

John Wayne was nominated for an Oscar three times across his 50-year career, but he only walked home with one. Wayne starred in around 80 Westerns, so his defining image in pop culture is as a macho, no-nonsense cowboy. This gives a limited view of his range because while he often played variations on the same character, he delivered some layered performances too. The Searchers is Wayne's best and darkest work, while he's genuinely charming in the romantic drama The Quiet Man. Still, Wayne rarely got much respect from the Academy Awards.

Many of the John Wayne/John Ford movie collaborations received great reviews, but somehow, none of the star's Oscar nods came from those films. Wayne also picked up several awards on behalf of other performers, including Gary Cooper for High Noon; this is a little bizarre in hindsight, as Wayne deeply hated High Noon and its moral message. The...

Screenis listing the 2024 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 withScreenhere.Screenis also running a calendar for festival and market dates throughout 2025here.

January

Wednesday, January 1

Nosferatu(Universal),2073(Altitude),Vanangaan(DJ Tech),Game Changer(Dreamz),We Live In Time(Studiocanal)

Friday, January 3

Nickel Boys(Curzon),Rocco And His Brothers(BFI),Diabel(Magnetes)

Wednesday, January 8

A Real Pain(Disney)

Friday, January 10

Babygirl(Efd),The Girl With The Needle(Mubi),Maria(Studiocanal),The Damned(Vertical/Miracle),It’s Raining Men...

Although there is no shortage of Christmas movies out there, very few of them end up lasting a long time in the public consciousness. The last movie to truly prove itself long-term was the 2003 comedy "Elf," which is up there on most people's rewatch list every time the holidays come around. For the most part, though, our favorite Christmas movies are the older ones, like "Home Alone" (1990), "A Christmas Story" (1983), "A Christmas Carol" (1951), or "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947).

Before all of those was "It's a Wonderful Life," which came out in 1946 and is now considered the absolute best film the Christmas genre has to offer. With a score of 8.6 out of 10 on IMDb, the movie is ranked 21st among the site's top movies ever. In 2024, at least, nobody's got a bad thing to say about the film. It's a heartwarming story about a guy who learns to value the wonderful life he has,...

Paolo Sorrentino – whose latest film “Parthenope” is scoring record-breaking grosses at the Italian box office – is set to return behind camera to shoot “La Grazia,” a drama that will re-team the Oscar-winning director with “The Great Beauty” actor Toni Servillo.

Plot details of Sorrentino’s next film are being kept under wraps besides the fact that it will be a love story set somewhere in Italy. The title, “La Grazia,” can be translated in English as “Grace.”

Servillo is best known to international audiences for his memorable turn as Roman writer and socialite Jep Gambardella who embarks on a Dantesque descent amid the Eternal City’s grotesque glitterati in “The Great Beauty,” which won the 2014 best international film Oscar.

The Neapolitan actor has appeared in seven of Sorrentino’s 10 feature films to date, starting with his dazzling debut, “One Man Up” in which Servillo played an ageing cocaine-addicted crooner. Besides “The Great Beauty,...

The Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece “The Godfather” (1972) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Picture winner ever. The results are from a recent Gold Derby ballot cast by 29 of our film experts and editors, who ranked all 96 movie champs.

Ranking in second place is the Michael Curtiz classic “Casablanca” (1943). Following in third place is the powerful Steven Spielberg film “Schindler’s List” (1993). Rounding out the top five are Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II” (1974) in fourth place and Billy Wilder‘s “The Apartment” (196o) in fifth place.

At the bottom of the list of the Best Picture winners is “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952) from Cecil B. DeMille. Just above that film in the rankings are “Cimarron” (1931) from Wesley Ruggles, “The Broadway Melody” (1929) from Harry Beaumont, “Crash” (2005) from Paul Haggis, and “Around the World in 80 Days’ (1956) from Michael Anderson.

Our photo gallery above features the full top 10. See the complete rankings of all 96 films below.

The Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece “The Godfather” (1972) has been voted the greatest Oscar Best Picture winner ever. The results are from a recent Gold Derby ballot cast by 29 of our film experts and editors, who ranked all 96 movie champs.

Ranking in second place is the Michael Curtiz classic “Casablanca” (1943). Following in third place is the powerful Steven Spielberg film “Schindler’s List” (1993). Rounding out the top five are Coppola’s “The Godfather Part II” (1974) in fourth place and Billy Wilder‘s “The Apartment” (196o) in fifth place.

The worst among 96 Best Picture winners is “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952) from Cecil B. DeMille. Just above that film on the bottom of the rankings are “Cimarron” (1931) from Wesley Ruggles, “The Broadway Melody” (1929) from Harry Beaumont, “Crash” (2005) from Paul Haggis, and “Around the World in 80 Days’ (1956) from Michael Anderson.

Our photo gallery below features the full top 10. See the complete rankings of all 96 films below.

The holiday season is here, even if you wish that the Christmas season didn't truly start until after Thanksgiving. Naturally, movie studios have already begun to foist holiday movies upon the world, whether it's Hallmark-style straight-to-streaming fluff like "Hot Frosty" or the extremely big-budget action-adventure "Red One," starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans as an unlikely duo who have to team up to rescue none other than Santa Claus himself from being kidnapped and ruining the holiday altogether. But for those of us who may love films but want something a little different out of the movies that ring in the extended holiday season from Thanksgiving all the way through New Year's Day, try out these 12 movies for size. We won't get into any standard-issue "Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?" debates in this list. Instead, let's just look chronologically at these 12 very different kinds of holiday movies.

Prime Video’s November programming will dip its toe into Christmas and other holiday offerings such as The Holiday (2006) starring Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz and Jack Black. The streamer will also add some films with sequels arriving in theaters this month, like Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) and Ridley Scott’s 1992 film Gladiator.

For the full list of Prime Video programming in November 2024, see below.

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Nov. 1

Movies:

12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004) 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995) 50 To 1 (2014) A Knight’s Tale (2001) Absolute Deception (2013) Across The Universe (2007) Agent Cody Banks (2003) Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) Airplane! (1980) All Saints (2017) Almost Christmas (2016) Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid (2004) Anger Management (2003) Apache (1954) Bad Company (2002) Battlefield Earth (2000) Battleship (2012) Big Night (1996) Blizzard (2003) Blown Away (1993) Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004) Boomerang (1992) Bucky Larson Born To Be A Star (2011) Carrie...

Since its creation nearly a century ago, the Oscars has seen many talented actors receive nominations across the Academy's different acting categories. The Oscars are recognized as the most coveted awards in the movie industry. Since its first award ceremony in 1929, many actors have had the honor of winning the Oscar for their acting abilities in various acclaimed movies.

The Academy has four different categories where a person's acting abilities are recognized: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Dozens of actors, such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr, received several nominations before ever winning an Oscar. Others have a mix of nominations and wins between all four of the available categories.

Peter O'Toole Received 8 Academy Award Nominations Across 4 Decades

Irish-British actor Peter O'Toole holds the distinctive record of having the most Oscars nominations, without any wins. He made his film debut in the 1962 epic movie Lawrence of Arabia,...

The Night Court revival is far from the original series. However, since its first season, it's been a hit. Night Court's revival is simply hilarious. Every episode is packed with comedy, and some of them have so many good jokes that viewers can't stop laughing.

Melissa Rauch's Abby Stone spends a little time at the beginning of Season 1 finding her groove. While her comedic side kicks in later on in the season, Dan Fielding and Olivia turn out to be very funny. The two characters are effortless, delivering clever one-liners and overly dramatic reactions. Season 2 adds in Flobert and Wyatt, who bring in their comedic A-game, gifting fans laugh after laugh.

The Night Court Pilot Showed What the Revival Can Do

While Season 1 of Night Court is a bit touch and go, the show's very first episode is pretty funny. Melissa Rauch as a judge isn't very convincing,...

“The One with the Blackout,” the seventh episode of “Friends’” inaugural season, was notable for several reasons. It first introduced viewers to both the gang’s miserly broomstick-waving neighbor Mr. Heckles and Ross’ first rival for Rachel’s affections, Italian stallion Paolo. It apparently added the term ‘friend zone’ to the English lexicon as a result. And, as its title suggests, it formed part of an ingenious marketing strategy in which three NBC sitcoms were deliberately plunged into darkness.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary this month (November 3), Blackout Thursday was the brainwave of Dan Holm, a promotional producer also responsible for the term ‘Must See TV.’ Alongside the comedy that would prove to be the network’s most successful, the programming stunt also included one of the many forgettable one-seasoners that failed to ride its coattails, the Dabney Coleman-starring “Madman of the People,” and the 12-time Emmy-winning “Mad About You.

Shirley MacLaine is making a ghastly racket. It sounds like a combination of retching and the “aack” noise that the protagonist of that old “Cathy” comic strip used to make whenever she was nauseated, horrified, infuriated or you name it. We’re discussing an encounter that MacLaine had with Donald Trump in the ’80s, when she went to look at an apartment in one of his buildings. “In his head, I could see he was undressing himself and me, and I got out of there very fast,” MacLaine writes in her new book, “The Wall of Life: Pictures and Stories From This Marvelous Lifetime.”

MacLaine is even more animated when I ask her what she made of the real estate developer turned Maga leader. “Did you hear me shriek?” she asks. “I think that says it all.” She pauses for dramatic effect before delivering a final, emphatic: “Yuck!”

Even at 90, MacLaine,...

Wow, Shirley MacLaine is spilling the beans about some of her famous leading men, and she’s sure as hell not holding anything back. In her latest revelation, the iconic actress tells us all about the good, the bad and the ugly of Hollywood’s leading men at the height of her fame – and guess what? She had an affair with most of them.

Shirley MacLaine Opens Up About Her Long and Successful Acting Career

Shirley MacLaine is one of the last greats still alive that acted all the way from black and white to color television, and through the years, she’s remained as open as an open book.

She’s fashionable, she’s iconic, and she’s, best of all, a nontraditional woman at a time when the word “woke” hasn’t even started stirring from slumber.

While celebrity memoirs are now becoming a trend rather than a...

It's not uncommon for a line or a short scene in a movie to start feeling a bit outdated over time. Even films that feel timeless as a whole may contain elements that don't always hold up perfectly. Once in a while, though, there are entire films whose plots become obsolete due to developments in modern technology. Problems that once would have sent characters off on whole adventures can now be solved with the push of a button.

Now, this does not necessarily take away from the quality of the film itself. It is important to remember that all films are the product of their times; it's not the filmmakers' fault that the new technology did not exist when the idea for the movie was conceived. Nevertheless, it can still be enjoyable to reflect on how different these films would be if they had occurred in the present day. Though...

There seems to be a new subgenre of horror/thriller movies emerging of late: ‘Game night gone wrong’. We’ve had the bloody-murder of Bodies Bodies Bodies and the demonic possession of Talk To Me — and now we have the literal mind-bending chaos of It’s What’s Inside, a fun and stylish rethink of body-swap movies. What if, this film posits, instead of two people swapping bodies, as has been traditional — it was eight people?

It has been described as “Clue for Zoomers”, which is not far off the mark. Like Bodies Bodies Bodies and Talk To Me, this is a film made explicitly for and about Generation Z, and deeply considers their obsessions, anxieties and pathologies. It begins in a frantic manner, reflecting the social-media generation’s attention-demanded brains, as Shelby (Brittany O'Grady), our lead, frantically scrolls through her Instagram, bombarded with data and input. She’s dating Cyrus (James Morosini...

Warning: This article contains Major Spoilers in It's What's Inside.Netflix's It's What's Inside includes an interesting soundtrack featuring predominantly instrumental music that helps add tension and shape the plot. The comedy-horror movie follows a group of friends who play a body-swapping game that leads to deadly consequences. After its strong debut, Netflix quickly snatched up the expensive Sundance movie, adding the title to its catalog of exclusive content.

It's What's Inside has gone over well with critics, gaining an impressive 77% score on Rotten Tomatoes before its Netflix debut. Many factors contribute to the movie's success, including the cinematography, the color palette, and the fun premise. Many critics have praised It's What's Inside's engaging characters, who are both flawed and interesting. However, one of the most underappreciated parts of the movie is the fantastic soundtrack. Rather than relying on a score, this movie uses compelling instrumental songs and a...

Exclusive: Angelina Jolie says that roles such as her portrayal of Maria Callas — arguably the greatest prima donna assoluta soprano of all time — in director Pablo Larraín’s Maria, come along “once in a lifetime.”

The Academy Award-winning artist laughs, then adds, “I mean, it’s certainly the most challenging,” clearly referring to the seven months she spent learning six of the many dramatic arias most associated with Callas, who died of a heart attack at her Paris home on September 16, 1977. She was 53.

Larraín’s awards season movie, using a screenplay by Steven Knight, concerns itself with the coloratura soprano’s last days as she summons up memories of triumphs on the world’s most iconic opera stages and the realization that those artistic heights will not be achieved again, coupled with the tragedy of her love for shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.

Jolie says that she had wanted to work...

How’s this for an epic cast list? Karim Aïnouz‘s “Rosebush Pruning” had enough hype surrounding it already: Elle Fanning as the star; Efthimis Filippou penning a script that adapts the 1965 classic “Fists In The Pocket“; Mubi, The Match Factory, and Fremantle‘s The Apartment footing the bill. But the ensemble Aïnouz cast around Fanning now makes his follow-up to “Motel Destino” one of next year’s most anticipated films.

Continue reading ‘Rosebush Pruning’: Karim Aïnouz’s Dark Satire With Elle Fanning Adds Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Jamie Bell & More at The Playlist.

An array of big name talent has joined Elle Fanning in “Rosebush Pruning” from “Motel Destino” and “Firebrand” director Karim Aïnouz for Mubi, The Match Factory and Fremantle company The Apartment.

Callum Turner (“Masters of the Air,” “The Boys in the Boat”), Riley Keough (“Daisy Jones & The Six,” “Zola”), Jamie Bell (“All of Us Strangers, Rocketman”), Lukas Gage (“The White Lotus,” “Euphoria”), Tracy Letts (“Lady Bird,” “Ford vs Ferrari”), Elena Anaya (“The Skin I Live In,” “MotherFatherSon”) and Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl,” the forthcoming “The Naked Gun”) are set to start in the film, which was first announced last year and is now shooting in Spain. Kristen Stewart and Josh O’Connor were originally attached to the project in lead roles alongside Fanning, but have been replaced by Keough and Turner, respectively.

Aïnouz is directing from a script written by Efthimis Filippou (“Kinds of Kindness,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,...

Callum Turner and Riley Keough have joined the cast of Karim Aïnouz’s Rosebush Pruning, replacing Kristen Stewart and Josh O’Connor who were originally announced on the project during Cannes alongside Elle Fanning.

Fanning remains on board alongside Masters of the Air star Turner and Daisy Jones & The Six actress Keough, whose involvement was unveiled as filming is underway in Spain.

The swap-out is believed to be for scheduling reasons with Stewart currently immersed in post-production on her long gestated passion project The Chronology of Water.

In further newly-announced cast additions, Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers), Lukas Gage, Tracy Letts, Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In) and Pamela Anderson, who is enjoying a buzzy big screen comeback with The Last Showgirl, have also joined the production.

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To box the work of Sean Baker into a neat genre classification would be to miss what is so authentic and spontaneous about his unequivocally human and heartfelt storytelling. Of the same token, in elevating the narratives that exist on the margins of society to new, bold, cinematic heights, he allows many who’ve never been granted any importance to feel the only kind of value that being centered in a movie can offer. In this way, he’s using the various forms of cinema to expand the kind of stories the world is exposed to and with his latest, the Palme d’Or-winning “Anora,” does so in a way that draws on the magic of a fantasy romance, as well as the terror of a gangster thriller.

“I love tonal jumps. I love roller coasters,” Baker said in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly. “It is scary, though. It...

Ahead of its European bow in San Sebastian as part of the fest’s New Directors Competition, Turkish writer-director Belkis Bayrak reveals the first look trailer for her riveting debut feature, “Gülizar,” shared exclusively with Variety.

“It is, of course, an honor to be in competition at San Sebastian with my debut feature,” Bayrak relayed. “I can’t wait to see the film with a European audience, especially the famed San Sebastian audience!”

Bayrak is an alum of the Torino Film Lab, Reclaim The Frame’s Filmonomics Program and a member of Ewa who has previously released notable shorts “The Apartment” and “Cemile.”

“Gülizar,” which saw its world premiere in Toronto at TIFF’s Discovery strand, was produced by Bayrak alongside Murat Yaşar Bayrak at Turkey’s Saba Film in tandem with Mehmet Bahadir Er of Turkey’s Protim V.P and co-produced by Valmira Hyseni of Kosovo’s Planbee Films.

Monica Bellucci is one of the most gorgeous actresses in the world and has often ranked among the sexiest women alive by various publications. Bellucci met French actor Vincent Cassel on the set of their film The Apartment in 1995 and married in 1999. The ex-couple had two daughters—Deva Cassel and Léonie Cassel.

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Deva Cassel is a name that’s becoming increasingly popular in the modeling world. Cassel was born in Rome, Italy but grew up mostly in Paris and Rio de Janeiro. Inheriting genes from Bellucci, Cassel partnered with some world-famous brands at the age of 19.

Monica Bellucci’s Daughter Deva Cassel Is Sending Shockwaves In The Modeling Industry Deva Cassel in The Beautiful Summer | Credits: Kino Produzioni

Deva Cassel grew up surrounded by cameras that followed her mother, Monica Bellucci, around. Cassel’s first experience in front of the camera was when a photographer...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024).

As one of the two new antagonists in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Delores intrigues viewers, bringing up questions about her background, abilities, and revenge plan. After 36 years of waiting for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel hit the big screens with overwhelmingly positive reviews. The story feels fresh, while the visuals look perfect for a Tim Burton movie. The long-awaited sequel expands upon the existing lore of the Neitherworld in a way that feels fulfilling and exciting.

Additionally, the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice characters include a strong mix of new and returning characters. While the old characters bring charm and nostalgia, the new characters offer exciting narrative arcs that will keep viewers engaged until the end. One of the best additions to the bunch is Betelgeuses demonic, soul-sucking ex-wife, who makes it her goal to get revenge.

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If you are excited about the legacy sequel of Tim Burton‘s 1988 iconic dark fantasy horror comedy film Beetlejuice aptly titled Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, then you might be wondering which one of your favorite actors from the original film is returning to reprise their now iconic roles. Then we have just the article for you but before that, you might be interested in knowing that Burton is returning to direct the sequel from a screenplay by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the co-creators of Netflix’s mega-hit series Wednesday. So, here are all the new and returning cast members of the Beetlejuice sequel film.

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Michael Keaton returns to reprise his iconic leading role of the politically incorrect ghost, Beetlejuice as he is called upon to the realm of the living after Lydia’s daughter Astrid accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife and...

Studiocanal has acquired UK-Ireland rights to Pablo Larrain’s Maria starring Angelina Jolie, which debuted last night (August 29) in Venice Competition, from FilmNation Entertainment.

Maria: Venice Review

FilmNation has also sold the film to Studiocanal for Germany and Poland, and France (Arp), Italy (01 Distribution), Latin America/Spain/Portugal/South Africa (Sun Distribution), Switzerland (Pathe), Benelux (The Searchers), Czech Republic (Aqs), Greece (Faliro House), Israel (Lev), Middle East (Italia), Bulgaria/ Ex-Yugo (McF), Ukraine (Green Light), Baltics (Acme) and Turkey (Bir).

Netflix acquired US rights on Wednesday in a statement buy from new head of film Dan Lin that bolsters the streamer’s awards slate this season.

Pablo Larraín’s Angelina Jolie-starring Maria was met with a 10-minute ovation following its Venice Film Festival world premiere Thursday night.

The biopic of legendary opera singer Maria Callas, which is playing in Competition here in Venice, is a story about a woman who burned her voice and her life by doing what she loved. The film takes place near the end of her life.

On Wednesday, Netflix acquired U.S. rights to the Steven Knight-penned film.

This evening, Larraín and Jolie were in attendance alongside cast members Pierfrancesco Favino and Alba Rohrwacher. After the screening, the crowd inside the Sala Grande was emotional and was even chanting Jolie’s name. The two-time Oscar nominee also got emotional, shedding a tear as she walked down from the gallery to wave at the audience.

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Netflix has picked up Pablo Larraín’s Maria, which stars Angelina Jolie as famed opera singer Maria Callas. The move comes ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 29.

Following its debut on the Lido, it will stream on Netflix at an undisclosed date.

On Wednesday, Larraín said in a statement: “I’m excited to partner again with the Netflix team who care so passionately about movies. This film is my most personal work yet. It is a creative imagining and psychological portrait of Maria Callas who, after dedicating her life to performing for audiences around the world, decides finally to find her own voice, her own identity, and sing for herself. I’m deeply honored to tell this story and share it with audiences worldwide like Maria did with her life.”

Based on true accounts, the film Maria will tell the tumultuous, beautiful...

Chris Pine will star in his first Italian-speaking role in ‘The Kidnapping of Arabella’.The 44-year-old actor signed on to the drama/tragedy which is being written and directed by Italian filmmaker Carolina Cavalli and will act as a sequel to her 2022 picture 'Amanda’.The movie - which is being produced by Elsinore Film and Fremantle’s The Apartment - follows Holly (played by Bendetta Porcaroli) who is convinced she is the wrong version of herself until she meets a seven-year-old girl who makes the young woman change her mind.Cavalli had previously said she was excited to explore the idea of "lonely people" coming together in the film, which is set to enter production this week in northern Italy between Veneto and Emilia Romagna.She told Variety: "I think lonely people who come together to solve a problem have already solved the biggest one, and this is what makes me happy about this story.

US actor Chris Pine has joined the cast of The Kidnapping Of Arabella, the second feature film from writer-director Carolina Cavalli, following her Venice 2022 premiere Amanda.

Pine joins the previously-announced Benedetta Porcaroli, who stars in the Netflix Italy series Baby. Pine’s role will be fully in the Italian language.

The Kidnapping of Arabella is produced by Antonio Celsi for Italy’s Elsinore Film and Annamaria Morelli for Fremantle’s The Apartment.

Production starts this week in northern Italy between Veneto and Emilia-Romagna. It tells the story of a woman, played by Porcaroli, who is convinced that she is the wrong version of herself,...

Chris Pine has joined the cast of feature film “The Kidnapping of Arabella” (“Il rapimento di Arabella”) in an Italian-speaking role.

Written and directed by emerging Italian director Carolina Cavalli as a follow-up to her feature debut “Amanda,” the film, described as a “dramedy,” tells the story of a young woman convinced she is the wrong version of herself.

Bendetta Porcaroli, who appeared in “Amanda,” is again teaming up with Cavalli, this time to play Holly, a young misfit uncomfortable in her body. Convinced she is “the wrong version of herself,” a chance encounter with a 7-year-old gets Holly to change her mind.

Production is set to start this week in Northern Italy.

Pine, who also speaks Spanish, told Spanish magazine Vanidades earlier this year he is learning Italian and sometimes confuses words between the two languages.

Earlier this month Variety exclusively revealed that “The Kidnapping of Arabella” was in...