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Actress Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”), is part of the new Chanel Spring/Summer 2025 eyewear campaign, photographed by Karim Sadli:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley was trained as a ballerina…

…then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking’, in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019)…

…”My Salinger Year" (2020), "Maid" (2022), “Poor Things” (2023), “Drive-Away Dolls” (2023) and “The Substance” (2024).

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Actress Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”), poses for the new issue of “Vogue” (Australia) magazine, wearing Chanel, Miu Miu, Balenciaga and a whole lot more, photographed by Josh Olins:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley was trained as a ballerina…

…then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016)…

…and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking’…

…in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019)…

…”My Salinger Year" (2020), "Maid" (2022), “Poor Things” (2023), “Drive-Away Dolls” (2023) and “The Substance” (2024).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Thursday, 13 February 2025 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, 13 February 2025 Today's Final Jeopardy Greek Myth - Panoptes, meaning all-seeing, was the byname of this legendary figure, slain by Hermes while standing guard over Io Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Thursday, 13 February 2025 Final Jeopardy Answer Who is Argus? Today’s Results & Who Won Jeopardy! Tonight – Thursday, 13 February 2025

The results of today’s game will be updated when it airs – warning: spoilers below!

Returning ChampionContestantContestant Adriana Harmeyer

West Lafayette, Indiana

Archivist

Final Score: $16,400

Round 2 Score: $10,400

Round 1 Score: $2,000Isaac Hirsch

Burbank, California

Customer Support Team Lead

Final Score: $15,500

Round 2 Score: $7,800

Round 1 Score: $3,400Neilesh Vinjamuri

Lionville, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Winning Score: $20,801

Round 2 Score: $13,600

Round 1 Score: $6,600 Final Jeopardy Video & Today’s Highlights Jeopardy! Recaps

Final Jeopardy 2/13/25 (Greek Myth) & Who Won Thursday,...

Find out everything you need to know about the Jeopardy! Thursday, 13 February 2025 episode, including the Final Jeopardy, answer and who won Jeopardy tonight!

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, 13 February 2025

The Final Jeopardy for the Thursday, 13 February 2025 episode is as follows:

Today's Final Jeopardy Greek Myth - Panoptes, meaning all-seeing, was the byname of this legendary figure, slain by Hermes while standing guard over Io Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Thursday, 13 February 2025

The answer for Today’s Final Jeopardy for the Thursday, 13 February 2025 episode is:

Final Jeopardy Answer Who is Argus? Who Won Jeopardy Tonight? – Thursday, 13 February 2025

Looking to find out how the contestants did on Thursday, 13 February 2025? Find out all the contestant scores below.

Returning ChampionContestantContestant Adriana Harmeyer

West Lafayette, Indiana

Archivist

Final Score: $16,400

Round 2 Score: $10,400

Round 1 Score: $2,000Isaac Hirsch

Burbank, California

Customer Support Team Lead

Final Score: $15,500

Round 2 Score: $7,800

Round 1 Score: $3,400Neilesh Vinjamuri

Lionville, Pennsylvania

Software Engineer

Winning Score:...

Here’s our annual rundown of the largest distribution awards handed out by the British Film Institute. This list covers cash handed out in 2024.

The BFI supports cinema releases through its audience fund, which hands cash to individual titles as well as organizations such as festivals and independent cinemas.

Matteo Garrone’s Venice-winning drama Io Capitano received the largest award for an individual title with £70,000. The cash went towards aiding the film release with “a broad marketing campaign targeting 18-30 and Senegalese/Black West African audiences across the UK.” The BFI states that “funded activity included “digital advertising, podcast sponsorship, social media campaign, grassroots outreach and creation of access materials.”

An award from the BFI National Lottery will support the release of Io Capitano with a broad marketing campaign targeting 18-30 and Senegalese/Black West African audiences across the UK. Funded activity included “digital advertising, podcast sponsorship, social media campaign,...

Sneak Peek new images of actress Margaret Qualley (“The Substance”), posing for the January 2025 issue of “Vogue” (Australia) magazine, wearing Chanel, Miu Miu, Balenciaga and a whole lot more, photographed by Josh Olins:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley was trained as a ballerina…

…then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016)…

…and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking’…

…in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019)…

…”My Salinger Year" (2020), "Maid" (2022), “Poor Things” (2023), “Drive-Away Dolls” (2023) and “The Substance” (2024).

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Hitman’s last trilogy, the World of Assassination series, provides what we consider some of the finest stealth-action gameplay that someone can get into, offering what is, without a doubt, one of the most intricate sandbox environments in all of gaming.

Agent 47 in Chongqing – Image Credit: Io Interactive.

That’s quite the hyperbole for one series, though, isn’t it? But you see, for our money, such a statement is well deserving of a franchise that has given birth to one of the greatest memes in gaming, a bug that even the developers could never forget even by the trilogy’s end.

The Homing Briefcase Was One of the Hitman Series’ Greatest Gifts to Mankind A sniper next in Mendoza – Image Credit: Io Interactive.

Before we get into the meat of things, let us refresh our memories and take a trip down memory lane. So, you might remember the “homing...

Anthony Mackie's new monster movie has continued a grim Rotten Tomatoes trend for the star. The Independent Spirit Award nominated actor debuted in the 2002 movie 8 Mile, which also starred Eminem and Mekhi Phifer. Since then, he has gone on to a wide variety of projects, though he is likely best known for playing Sam Wilson, also known as the Falcon and later Captain America, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This ongoing tenure in the franchise began with 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

Other Anthony Mackie movies outside the MCU encompass a wide variety of genres. This includes the comedies What's Your Number?, The Night Before, and Playing It Cool as well as the dramas Brother to Brother, Million Dollar Baby, Half Nelson, and Detroit. He has also taken on several major television roles in the 2020s, including starring in Altered Carbon, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,...

Hitman developer Io Interactive has big plans for its James Bond game if it manages to take off. Serving as a follow-up to the fantastic Hitman: World of Assassination Trilogy, there's still very little known about Io's take on the world's most famous spy but the studio's track record for creating ambitious, expansive sandbox maps filled with secrets and emergent gameplay is enough to make most fans excited. James Bond is the first time the studio is working with an IP that it doesn't own but that's not preventing it from shooting for the stars.

In an interview with IGN, Io Interactive boss Hakan Abrak confirms that if its 007 game finds the audience it's looking for and becomes a massive success, the developer wants to turn it into a trilogy:

"What's exciting about that project is that we actually got to do an original story. So it's not a gamification of a movie.

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley (“Drive-Away Dolls”) posing as ‘ambassador’ for the Fall/Winter 2024 campaign by fashion brand Chanel, photographed by Inez & Vinoodh:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina…

…then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016)…

‘…and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking’…

…in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019)…

…”My Salinger Year" (2020), "Maid" (2022) and “Poor Things” (2023) and “Drive-Away Dolls” (2023).

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Legendary Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will sing with Shania Twain, Karol G, Chris Stapleton, and more on his new Duets album, arriving Oct. 25 via Decca Records/Sugar Music.

Twain joins Bocelli on the album’s lead single, “Da Stanotte in Poi,” an operatic, string-filled, bilingual rendition of Twain’s 1997 hit, “From This Moment On.” Bocelli and Twain begin by trading verses in their respective languages, before finally bringing their powerhouse vocals together.

Duets will feature a mix of old and new collaborations to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Bocelli’s first album,...

Since the end of 2018, Netflix has released eight apocalyptic movies. Some, like 2023's Leave The World Behind, have been a qualified success. However, others, like Io, have failed to deliver on their intriguing premise.

While Netflix is now a major movie producer across all genres, the streaming service seems to have a particular fixation with apocalyptic movies. Since the release of Bird Box in late 2018, the platform has produced no less than eight original movies centered around the apocalypse or apocalyptic events. Considering the scale of production needed to realistically bring such environments to life, compared to other, more economical genres like romantic comedy, this number of movies about the end of the world might strike some as surprisingly high.

With so many different films from the past few years to choose from, genre aficionados are somewhat spoiled for choice. However, when comparing all eight side-by-side, it's clear that some stand up better than others.

Matteo Garrone’s refugee drama Io Capitano, an Oscar nominee this year for Italy in the best international feature category, was the big winner of this year’s 2024 David Di Donatello Awards, Italy’s equivalent to the Oscars, winning best film and director for Garrone.

Io Capitano also picked up prizes for best cinematography, editing, sound, and visual effects.

Paola Cortellesi’s There’s Still Tomorrow, a black-and-white feminist dramedy that became the top-grossing film in Italy last year, won Cortellesi the Donatello honors for best actress, directorial debut, and original script for the screenplay she co-wrote with Furio Andreotti and Giulia Calenda.

“I want to thank those who gave me the opportunity to write this role as I wanted it,” she said, accepting her actress honor.

Cortellesi’s film, a dramedy about an abused woman in post-wwii Rome that manages to combine serious social drama with situational comedy, sight gags and even a musical number,...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley (“Drive-Away Dolls”) posing for the latest issue of "Elle" (UK) magazine, photographed by Tom Schirmacher:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina…

‘…then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016)…

‘…and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking’…

‘…in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020), "Maid" (2022) and “Poor Things” (2023) and “Drive-Away Dolls” (2023).

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The 2024 Academy Awards ceremony just came to an end!

The event aired on Sunday night (March 10) on ABC, and was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, who previously led the awards show in 2017, 2018 and 2023.

Oppenheimer led the pack with 13 nominations, and certainly had a good night! The film took home Best Picture, among wins in several other categories.

Keep reading to see all the nominees and winners from the 2023 Academy Awards…

2024 Oscar Nominations & Winners:

Best Picture

Barbie

Maestro

Past Lives

Poor Things

Oppenheimer - Winner

The Holdovers

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

The Zone of Interest

Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Actress

Emma Stone, ‘Poor Things’ - Winner

Carey Mulligan, ‘Maestro’

Lily Gladstone, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Annette Bening, ‘Nyad’

Sandra Huller, ‘Anatomy of a Fall’

Best Actor

Cillian Murphy, ‘Oppenheimer’ - Winner

Paul Giamatti, ‘The Holdovers’

Bradley Cooper, ‘Maestro’

Colman Domingo, ‘Rustin’

Jeffrey Wright, ‘American Fiction’

Best Supporting Actress

Emily Blunt,...

Oppenheimer was the big winner at the 2024 Academy awards, taking home best picture, best director, best actor for Cillian Murphy and a host of other prizes.

The ceremony took place tonight (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting for a fourth time.

Read our full report from the ceremony here.

Full list of winners

Best picture

American Fiction Anatomy Of A Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Zone Of Interest

Directing

Justine Triet, Anatomy Of A Fall Martin Scorsese, Killers Of The Flower Moon Christopher Nolan,...

Winners for the 96th Academy Awards were announced today. “Oppenheimer,” “Barbie” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” were all among the best picture nominations. Other nominees included “Poor Things,” “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Holdovers,” “Maestro,” “Past Lives,” and “The Zone of Interest.”

See the full list of Winners below.

Best Picture American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Zone of Interest Best Actor Bradley Cooper – Maestro Colman Domingo – Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction Best Actress Annette Benning – Nyad Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall Carey Mulligan – Maestro Emma Stone – Poor Things Best Supporting Actress Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple America Ferrera – Barbie Jodie Foster – Nyad Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers Best Supporting Actor Sterling K Brown...

Refresh for updates: The votes are in, the tuxes are pressed, and the envelopes are sealed: It’s time for the 96th Academy Awards. Deadline is updating the winners list live as they are announced, so check it out below.

Christopher Nolan’s near-billion-dollar juggernaut Oppenheimer has been collecting trophies at nearly every stop this awards season and comes into the ceremony as the odds-on favorite for Best Picture, among other nods. It’s vying for the Big Prize on Hollywood’s Big Night against the No. 1 movie of 2023, Barbie, along with American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest.

Here are the winners announced so far at the Oscars, followed by the remaining nominees:

Winners

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Nominees

Best Picture

American Fiction

Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers

Anatomy of a Fall...

Sandra Hüller (a Best Actress nominee) and Christian Friedel, stars of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest — nominated for Best Picture, Best International Picture, Director, Sound, and Adapted Screenplay — are familiar with Shakespeare’s famous verse from Hamlet: ”All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players …” That’s because both thespians have been playing the Danish prince on stages around Germany for years.

Due to Germany’s repertory system in city and state theaters, an actor can revisit an assortment of plays time after time over a number of years.

Friedel tells me that he first played the Dane in 2012. It’s a sort of rock star Hamlet performed with his band, Woods of Birnam. “It can take years until the piece is really finished,” he explains.

He adds that “It changes as you’re getting older,” an experience he feels with movies as well.

After the cinematic doldrums of January, February brings surprisingly packed, varied offerings, from Oscar-contending international features to biographical documentaries of legendary film artists to some electrifying genre outings. Check out my picks to see below, and catch up with our Sundance coverage ahead of our Berlinale reviews here.

16. The Monk and the Gun (Pawo Choyning Dorji; Feb. 9)

Returning after his Oscar-nominated directorial debut Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Ifsn Advocate Award-shortlisted The Monk and the Gun premiered at Telluride and TIFF to much acclaim and will now be released this month. Selected by Bhutan as their Oscar entry, the heartwarming film is about an American in search of a long-lost, vintage gun in Bhutan as the country’s launching a democracy.

15. Ennio (Giuseppe Tornatore; Feb. 9)

The film world lost perhaps its most legendary musician when Ennio Morricone died at the age of 91 in July 2020. Cinema Paradiso director Giuseppe Tornatore,...

The debut film from Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi is a refugee drama with a difference, both in terms of its setting and its timescale. The stream of films about the refugee experience on the fringes of Europe has continued this year with the likes of Io Capitano and The Green Border, which, like many before them, focus on the struggles of refugees to reach safe haven.

This triptych of stories - connected by an extended family - takes a different tack. It is set within Iran after migration has happened and bookended by the beginning and the end of the US invasion of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021, allowing the writer/directors to explore systemic injustices faced by those who have sought sanctuary in the country. The invasion was just the driver of the latest wave of refugees, with an intertitle at the start of the film noting that five...

On Sunday night, TV shows, films and performances were recognized for their outstanding work in 2023 at the Golden Globes Awards.

Hosted by Filipino-American comedian Jo Koy, the awards ceremony announced Oppenheimer as the top film among all others and even earned five other awards for the cast’s performance, including Best Motion Picture for Drama, Best Performance by an Actor with Cillian Murphy and Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture with Robert Downey. Jr.

It was also a historic night for Lily Gladstone, as she became the first indigenous person to win a Golden Globe for Best Actress. Gladstone won the award for her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon.

Unsurprisingly, Barbie won the Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category. Billie Eilish and Finneas won Best Original Song for “What Was I Made For?,” featured in Barbie.

For the television categories, Succession won the Drama...

Succession, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Beef, and The Bear were among the big winners at the 2024 Golden Globes.

Coming into the evening, Barbie and Succession led the charge with nine nominations apiece, but Succession ultimately fared better, winning four awards, including Best Television Series in the Drama category, best male actor (Kieran Culkin), best female actor (Sarah Snook), and best supporting male actor (Matthew Macfadyen). Barbie, meanwhile, took home two awards, including Best Original Song thanks to Billie Eilish and Finneas’ “What Was I Made For?” and — to no one’s surprise — the inaugural award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement.

Among the film nominees, Oppenheimer reigned supreme, winning a total of five awards, including including Best Motion Picture – Drama, best director (Christopher Nolan), best actor (Cillian Murphy), best supporting actor (Robert Downey Jr.), and best original score (Ludwig Göransson).

Meanwhile, Poor Things took home Best Film – Musical or Comedy, with...

Roberto Benigni, whose film “Life Is Beautiful” won three Oscars in 1999, has come out of the woodwork to support Matteo Garrone’s Golden Globe-nominated “Io Capitano,” which is Italy’s current Oscar candidate for best international feature film.

The revered yet reclusive Italian actor/director, whose most recent big screen role is playing Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s hit 2019 live-action adaptation of “Pinocchio,” is clearly a big fan of “Io Capitano” (the title translates to “Me Captain”). The movie narrates the Homeric journey of two young African men, Seydou and Moussa, who decide to leave Dakar to reach Europe.

Garrone’s immigration drama realistically depicts their plight through the pitfalls of the desert, the horrors of detention centers in Libya and the dangers of the sea. Variety critic Guy Lodge in his review called “Io Capitano” the director’s “most robust, purely satisfying filmmaking since Garrone’s international breakthrough with ‘Gomorrah’ 15 years ago.

Jonathan Glazer’s harrowing Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest leads the nominations for this year’s European Film Awards (EFAs), picking up five nominations, including for best film and best director, in nominations announced via video on Tuesday.

Zone of Interest, the U.K. official entry for the 2024 Oscars in the best international feature category, also scored Efa nominations for best screenwriter, for Glazer, and best actress and best actor noms for leads Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel.

Hüller will be competing against herself in the best actress category, having picked up a second Efa nom for her starring role in Justine Triet’s courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall. The Palme d’Or winner recieved four Efa noms, including for best European Film, best director for Triet and best screenplay for Triet and co-writer Arthur Harari.

Other best European film nominees include Matteo Garrone’s refugee drama Io Capitano from Italy,...

Exclusive: The Sundance Institute has named the participants and projects selected for the 2023 edition of its Episodic Lab, taking place at the Sundance Resort in Sundance, Utah from November 3–7. The list includes Daniela Bailes (The Letters), Elaine Hsieh Chou (Get Home Safe), Marissa Díaz (Cochinas), Sam Dunnewold (Guts), Laurie Hartung (Rabbit Hole), Farah Merani (The Painted Muse), Sylvia-Anne Parker (Blackbirds), and Hernando Cortes Watson (Horsepower).

Designed for early-career writers with an original series IP that has not yet been produced, the Lab affords participants the opportunity to workshop pilots under the guidance of established showrunners and EPs. Creative advisors for the 10th edition include Shal Francis (The Morning Show), Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights), Christina Lee (Search Party), Latoya Morgan (The Walking Dead), Erica Rivinoja (Clone High), Sanjay Shah (Everybody Still Hates Chris), Sarah Treem (The Affair), and Graham Yost (Slow Horses).

Over the course of the program, writers will...

Festival has programmed 75 films from 36 countries.

The Marrakech International Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its 20th edition, which runs from November 24-December 2.

The festival is opening with Richard Linklater’s action comedy Hit Man, starring Glen Powell, and is screening 75 films in total from 36 countries.

Marrakech’s official competition, which comprises first and second feature films, includes Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s Cannes Competition title Banel & Adama, Lina Soualem’s Venice Giornate degli Autori documentary Bye Bye Tiberias and Moroccan director Kamal Lazraq’s feature debut Hounds, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes.

Scroll down for full line-up

Johnny Barrington,...

Industry talks include masterclass with David F Sandberg and Stockholm Bloodbath case study.

The Stockholm International Film Festival will honour filmmakers including Ken Loach (lifetime achievement award), Ethan Hawke (achievement award) and Catherine Breillat (visionary award) at its 2023 festival, which runs Nov 8-19.

The festival will open with Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, winner of Venice’s Golden Lion.

In all, the festival will screen 130 films from 50 countries. The country focus this year is the UK – with selections including How To Have Sex by Molly Manning Walker, In Camera by Naqqash Khalid, and All Of Us Strangers by Andrew Haigh.

Other...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the November 2023 issue of "Elle" (Germany) magazine, photographed by Cass Bird:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking, in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and "Maid" (2022).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the October 2023 issue of "Harper's Bazaar" (US) magazine, wearing Chanel, Miu Miu, Tory Burch and a whole lot more, photographed by Amy Troost:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor acting role in the feature "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO TV mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017)...

...dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking'...

"...in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019)...

...followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and "Maid" (2022).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Follows the two young men as they leave Dakar and set off on a contemporary Odyssey

Pathé International has unveiled the first English-language trailer for Matteo Garrone’s buzzy coming-of-age adventure feature Io Capitano ahead of the film’s September 6 premiere in competition at Venice.

Ardavan Safaee, president of Pathé Films, described the film shot in Senegal, Italy and Morocco as “an extraordinary project about two young Senegalese men who decide to leave their village to try out an adventure in Europe that deals with the difficulties of immigration.”

Told in Wolof and French, Io Capitano follows the two young...

The best Netflix sci-fi movies showcase a range of stories, from post-apocalyptic tales to time travel adventures. Despite some lackluster movies in its catalog, Netflix proves its ability to create epic sci-fi adventures. Access to international sci-fi films is a bonus for audiences, expanding the selection of movies available on the platform.

Like horror, science fiction is a relatively underappreciated genre, but the best Netflix sci-fi movies have proven that the genre is well worth audiences' attention. As with all genres, science fiction movies feature a variety of steadfast tropes but ultimately seek to tell stories centered around science-based phenomena that enter the realm of the unknown. Not all sci-fi films feature interstellar space travel or giant robots, and the genre has been home to creature features and time travel movies as well.

There's no question that the Netflix catalog is vast, and with its near-constant stream of content has...

This past spring, social media lit up around a very new kind of American Sweetheart: 30-year-old Ronald Gladden, a solar contractor who believed he was signing up for a documentary on the jury system and instead ended up being the adored lead presence of Amazon Freevee’s fish-out-of-water comedy “Jury Duty.” Gladden answered a Craigslist ad, the producers took a shine to him, and history was made.

“So, I wasn’t part of the Ronald process,” Emmy-nominated casting director Susie Farris told TheWrap. “Ronald is a real person, and I don’t cast reality. [Laughs] But you know, obviously, the crazy part about the show is that every single person except for one is an actor.”

And that’s what made “Jury Duty” one of the year’s most singular TV challenges: casting buoyant, quick-witted, versatile actors that the general public would not recognize to improvise against Gladden as his fellow jurors,...

by Paweł Mizgalewicz

If we assume that films, like people, can be called „half-Asian”, then „Perfect Days” could be placed in such category. Of course, it takes place in Japan. It seems to be based on Japanese stories, the characters are Japanese, all the actors are Japanese, and they speak in Japanese (not that there is a lot of talking at all). But you can probably also feel at various points that the film's director, cinematographer and the post-production crew were European. It is quite obviously a Tokyo Story, influenced by Yasujiro Ozu strongly. It triumphs as a love letter to Ozu, and generally to what is often described as a wonder of Japanese culture. They're so humble! It's also a must-see for anyone fascinated with Tokyo, maintaining the “man, I love this city” vibe basically throughout the whole thing. But there is a reason why a love letter is...

Includes films from David Fincher, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, Yorgos Lanthimos, Bradley Cooper and Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

Venice Film Festival announced the programme for its 80th edition, including a 23-strong Competition with new films from David Fincher, Sofia Coppola, Ava DuVernay, Yorgos Lanthimos, Bradley Cooper and Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

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The selection was announced by festival president Roberto Cicutto and artistic director Alberto Barbera. The SAG-AFTRA strike in the US has had a “quite modest” impact on the selection according to Barbera, who was forced to pull Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers as the opening film over the weekend due to the strike.

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for "S Moda" magazine:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and "Maid" (2022).

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Sofia Coppola, Emerald Fennell, Yorgos Lanthimos, Pablo Larrain, Michel Franco and Bradley Cooper could all be on the Lido.

Alberto Barbera is closing in on his Venice Film Festival selection, with buzz around Yorgos Lanthimos’ sci-fi Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Matteo Garrone’s migrant drama Io Capitano and Pablo Larrain’s dark comedy El Conde about Augusto Pinochet for the Competition.

Also potentially Lido-bound are Michael Mann’s Ferrari with Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz, David Michod’s comedy Wizards! with Pete Davidson, Naomi Scott and Orlando Bloom, and Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers starring Zendaya and Josh O’Connor.

Michel Franco,...

Take a look at new images of actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the April 2023 issue of “S Moda’ magazine:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and "Maid" (2022).

Click the images to enlarge…...

Take a look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for Chanel’s 2023 “Coco Crush” fine jewellery collection:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

</... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019)...

... followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

Throughout various scenes, The Matrix Resurrections teased a resolution to some of its foundational plot points but ultimately failed to deliver on its best humans vs. machines storyline. Matrix 4 arrived after a decades-long hiatus, promising a return to the unique world-building that the Wachowskis created at the dawn of the new millennium, but ultimately chose to lampoon the concept of sequels in general and subvert fan expectations rather than provide a follow-up to the events of the original Matrix trilogy. What should have been the central premise became a side note as the movie regurgitated old ideas through Neo and Trinity unplugging from the Matrix and defeating the machines all over again.

At one point, General Niobe explains to Neo that in the 60 years since the peace accord with the machines, even after what happened to Zion in the Matrix trilogy, it was still destroyed during the Machine Civil War.

Take a look at "Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood" actress Margaret Qualley posing for "Hunger Magazine" photographed by Daria Kobayashi Ritch:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013), followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

Her biggest commercial success to date is in director Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019), followed by "Native Son" (2019) and "Io" (2019).

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Take a look at new images of actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of "AnOther" magazine, photographed by Collier Schorr:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Take a look at new images of actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of "AnOther" magazine, photographed by Collier Schorr:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

The film is an Italian-Belgian co-production, with Pathe on sales.

Newcomers Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall will lead the cast of Matteo Garrone’s new film Io Capitano, with filming underway in Dakar, the capital city of Senegal.

In Io Capitano - which translates to English as I, Captain - Sarr and Fall will play two young men who leave Dakar for Europe, embarking on a contemporary odyssey across desert and sea.

The film is based on an original idea by Garrone, taking inspiration from the stories of Kouassi Pli Adama Mamadou, Arnaud Zohin, Amara Fofana, Brhane Tareke and Siaka...

Take another look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for "Harpers Bazaar" (Australia) magazine, photographed by Deirdre Lewis:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019) followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

Take another look at actress Margaret Qualley ("Maid") posing for "Harpers Bazaar" (Australia) magazine, photographed by Deirdre Lewis:

The daughter of actress Andie MacDowell, Qualley trained as a ballerina, then debuted with a minor role in the drama "Palo Alto" (2013)...

... followed by the HBO mystery series "The Leftovers" (2014–2017), the dark comedy feature "The Nice Guys" (2016) and the Netflix supernatural thriller "Death Note" (2017).

Qualley was nominated at the '71st Primetime Emmy Awards' for portraying actress/dancer 'Ann Reinking' in the FX biographical drama miniseries "Fosse/Verdon" (2019).

She appeared in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"(2019)...

... followed by "Native Son" (2019), "Io" (2019), "My Salinger Year" (2020) and currently stars in "Maid" (2021).

Click the images to enlarge...

Can storytelling help save the planet? Netflix thinks so: The company worked with the team behind the United Nations’ COP26 international climate conference to curate a collection of sustainability stories on the streaming service.

The Netflix “Together for Our Planet” collection of 30 TV shows, films and documentaries includes real-life nature documentaries like “Our Planet” and Oscar-winner “My Octopus Teacher”; climate-science docs like “Breaking Boundaries”; dramas like Norwegian TV series “Ragnorak”; sustainability travelogue series “Down to Earth With Zac Efron”; and films including Bong Joon-ho’s pro-vegetarian fantasy “Okja” (pictured above) and Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax.”

To be sure, Netflix also sees an opportunity to incrementally boost its subscriber rolls as well as burnish its brand with the eco-friendly content initiative.

Netflix customers can browse the collection at this link. The company also is making episodes from original series “Our Planet” and “Explained,” as well as feature-length documentary “Chasing Coral,” available...

The 2021 Oscars were presented on Sunday night, April 25, and after such an unpredictable year, thousands of Gold Derby users actually did a pretty good job of predicting the winners. Our collective odds were correct in 18 out of 23 categories. That means our hive mind was only wrong five times. So let’s take a look at the races we got wrong, and check out the complete list of winners here.

SEE2021 Oscar winners list in all 23 categories

Best Actress: Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) — ranked fourth with 4/1 odds

Normally it wouldn’t be surprising when the star of the Best Picture winner also wins for acting, but the way the awards season was going this was a somewhat confounding result. “Nomadland” won Best Picture at the Golden Globes, but McDormand Best Actress lost to Andra Day (“The United States vs. Billie Holiday”). Then “Nomadland” won at the Critics Choice Awards, but McDormand lost...

That was a bit of a long engagement wasn’t it? In most years, the Oscars are a distant memory by mid-March, but here we are approaching the end of April, and only now are we learning who the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences really think is the best.

Oscars 2021 are done, and with them we realize the strange year that was 2020 is perhaps finally in the rearview. Still, it doesn’t mean that year will leave without a few bitter surprises. Likely more than a few folks were disappointed by the shocking final moment of the night when Anthony Hopkins upset the late Chadwick Boseman in the Best Actor category. Unusually, the award was even presented as the final of the evening, and we’ve unpacked some of the implications of that here.

However, it should be said Hopkins is devastating in The Father, and there are...

Leslie Odom Jr. gave one of the year’s most inspired performances as soul icon Sam Cooke in Regina King‘s directorial debut, “One Night in Miami.” The Amazon film concludes with Odom belting out a spine-tingling rendition of Cooke’s classic Civil Rights Movement anthem, “A Change is Gonna Come,” a tearful climax that puts the actor’s range of talents on full display. For his efforts, Odom has been nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song.

This marks the first year the Grammy and Tony winner has contended at the Oscars. In Odom’s first race he faces off against fellow first-timers Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”) and Lakeith Stanfield (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) along with previous nominees Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) and Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”). Cohen contended for Best Adapted Screenplay for...