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Belgian Valéry Carnoy’s “Wild Foxes” (“La Danse des renards”) has won this year’s Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European Film at the 2025 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the Directors’ Fortnight closing ceremony this afternoon, the prize is one of three at Directors’ Fortnight and awarded by one of the sidebar’s partners, given the section is non-competitive.

The section’s People’s Choice audience award and a second partner plaudit, the Sacd Prize, handed out by France’s Writers’ Guild, will be announced later today at an awards ceremony. There, French writer-director Thomas Cailley (“The Animal Kingdom”) will receive the inaugural Alpine Prize, which aims to highlight “filmmakers who dare to shatter conventions and blaze new trails in French and international cinema.”

Reconfirming his star potential, in “Wild Foxes,” France’s Samuel Kirchner, who scored a promising actor Cesar nomination for Cathérine Breillat...

Lille: Lifting the lid on the behind-the-scenes manoeuvring and very human drama at last-chance nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran, “The Deal,” told by Gaumont, won Monday night the first annual Buyers Choice Award, marking the climax of Series Mani’s newest initiative, the Series Mania Buyers Upfront.

A four-way Switzerland-France-Luxembourg-Belgium which also world premieres in main competition at Series Mania, Europe’s largest V Festival, “The Deal” prizes marks a triumph for pan-European co-production, the commercial strategy of the day in Europe. Producers taking in Bande à Part Films, Les Films Pelleas, Gaumont Télévision, Bidibul Productions and Versus Production.

Verlee Baetens stars as Swiss diplomat Alexandra Weiss who leads the talks playing off Switzerland’s supposed neutrality. Negotiations threaten to be derailed by multiple hidden and personal agendas, not least Alexandra’s when former love interest Payam, a threatened Iranian engineer, turns up at the proceedings. In a high-stake drama,...

Exclusive: Cineverse has acquired North American rights to French Belgian body horror Else and set a July 8 streaming launch via its Fandor streaming service and all digital platforms.

The deal was negotiated by Cineverse Executive Director, Acquisitions Brandon Hill with Gregory Chambet of WTFilms, out of the Berlinale’s European Film Market.

The mesmerising body horror and debut film of French director Thibault Emin revolves around the blossoming romance between an introvert man and a confident woman, which is threatened when a strange epidemic causes the infected to merge with their surroundings.

Trapping in a shapeshifting nightmare, the couple face choices around whether they will merge for love.

Else joins a growing Fandor catalog which also features the breakout picture Hundreds of Beaver about a drunken applejack salesman who morphs into North America’s greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

The film listed was one of the best...

Kagurabachi has become a rising star in the manga world and has been dubbed the “next-generation” hit following recently concluded manga such as Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia.

While Shonen Jump is often criticized for cutting the new series short, Takeru Hokazono’s Kagurabachi has not only survived but thrived in Shueisha’s competitive environment.

Kagurabachi celebrates massive debut with special trailer | Credits: Cygames Pictures

With only over 50 manga chapters, Shonen Jump’s latest smash-hit, Kagurabachi, is set to make the leap to anime, leaving fans eagerly awaiting its release.

Kagurabachi manga has surpassed 1 million copies in circulation, marking a major milestone and cementing the manga’s legacy. While the adaptation news has generated significant buzz online, Kagurabachi will face the challenge of matching legendary, fan-favorite moments, with its biggest competition coming from the iconic Fullmetal Alchemist.

Kagurabachi could struggle to match Fullmetal Alchemist‘s darkest moments

Kagurabachi features...

On Thursday December 12 2024, CBS broadcasts Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage!

An Old Mustang Season 1 Episode 7 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” titled “An Old Mustang,” promises to bring a blend of humor and heartfelt moments. This episode is set to air on CBS and focuses on the dynamics between the characters as they navigate their personal and family challenges.

In this episode, Georgie finds himself in a bit of a dilemma. He is excited about a new project he is working on with Jim but starts to worry that his friend Connor might feel left out. This concern leads Georgie to reflect on the importance of friendship and inclusion. Viewers will see how he tries to balance his enthusiasm for the project while ensuring that Connor still feels valued and included in their friendship.

Meanwhile, Mandy and Audrey face their own set of challenges as...

There were a ton of awards handed out at the VMAs this year, but not many of them were actually presented on television.

Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan were among the big winners of the night at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday (September 11) at the Ubs Arena in Elmont, New York.

At the end of the show, the full list of winners was made available and we can reveal all the award winners you didn’t see on TV.

Taylor was the most-nominated artist of the year with 12 nominations, including nine noms for her “Fortnight” video.

Make sure to take a look at photos of every single celeb who walked the red carpet at the show.

Head inside to check out the winners list…

Keep scrolling to check out the full list of winners…

Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

Katy Perry – Winner

Video Of The Year...

The MTV Video Music Awards were held on Wednesday night, September 11, at the Ubs Arena in Long Island, New York. Rapper Megan Thee Stallion hosted the ceremony, where Katy Perry received the honorary Video Vanguard Award. But who won Moon Person trophies in competitive categories? Scroll down for the complete list in all races, updated throughout the night.

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Video Of The Year

Ariana Grande – “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” – Republic Records

Billie Eilish – “Lunch” – Darkroom / Interscope Records

Doja Cat – “Paint The Town Red” – Kemosabe Records / RCA Records

Eminem – “Houdini” – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

Sza – “Snooze” – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

X — Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight” – Republic Records

Artist Of The Year

Ariana Grande – Republic Records

Bad Bunny – Rimas Entertainment

Eminem – Shady / Aftermath / Interscope Records

Sabrina Carpenter – Island

Sza – Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA Records

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Believe it or not, the 2024 VMAs have officially arrived. On Wednesday, the biggest names in music gathered for the MTV Video Music Awards to see who would take home the night’s top prizes.

Taylor Swift led the pack of nominees with 12 nods, almost all of which were for the visual for her Tortured Poets Department single with Post Malone, “Fortnight.” The clip is up for the night’s big prize, Video of the Year, offering Swift the chance to notch a record-extending fifth victory in that category. She’s...

Are we in for another Taylor Swift love fest at the MTV Video Music Awards? A year after she made history with nine wins, including her fourth Video of the Year title for “Anti-Hero,” she racked up another 12 nominations including, yes, Video of the Year again for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone. As most of the VMAs are fan-voted and Swifties are one of the most dominant fan bases in the world, we’re expecting her to win more often than not in what could be a historic night for the superstar. Scroll down for our official odds in 15 categories, with our projected winners highlighted in gold.

Based on the combined predictions of music fans who have placed their bets here in our predictions center, Swift will win five awards: Video of the Year, Best Collaboration and Best Direction for “Fortnight,” plus Artist of the Year and Best Pop. That doesn...

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards are airing live tonight at 8 p.m. Et from the Ubs Arena in New York.

Megan Thee Stallion is set to host the event, marking her first-ever awards show hosting gig. Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award and perform a career retrospective medley.

There will also be a ton of performers throughout the evening!

See the full list of presenters, pre-show hosts and extended play stage performers!

Find out who is nominated this year…

Keep reading to see all of the nominees…

2024 MTV Vmas Nominees

Video Of The Year

Ariana Grande – “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)”

Billie Eilish – “Lunch”

Doja Cat – “Paint The Town Red”

Eminem – “Houdini”

Sza – “Snooze”

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone – “Fortnight”

Artist Of The Year

Ariana Grande

Bad Bunny

Eminem

Sabrina Carpenter

Sza

Taylor Swift

Song Of The Year

Beyoncé – “Texas Hold ‘Em”

Jack Harlow...

Exclusive: Cora Olson and Michael Diamond, a pair of well-respected industry vets, have joined management and production company Range as Partners, we can reveal.

The pair join from Mgmt Entertainment, where they co-ran the lit division, representing writers, creators, filmmakers and producers.

Olson also has a robust talent business and works with numerous multi-hyphenates, both behind and in front of the camera, and between them, the duo will continue to represent a top-flight list of clients. The list includes Dan Levy, co-creator and star of the record-breaking, Emmy-winning comedy Schitt’s Creek; Michael Sarnoski, writer-director of Neon’s critically acclaimed Pig and Paramount’s hit horror prequel A Quiet Place: Day One; Emmy-winning actress, director and producer Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer); French writer-director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (The Mustang); writer Chris Kekaniokalani Bright (Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch remake); Golden Globe-nominated actor and filmmaker Simon Helberg (Florence Foster Jenkins); writers Jeff Kaplan...

Kings of Leon have hit the road for the North American leg of their 2024 world tour and the set list has been revealed following the first show.

The family band launched the tour with a show on Wednesday (August 14) at the Moody Center in Austin, Tex.

Brothers Caleb, Jared, Nathan and cousin Matthew Followill performed shows across Europe earlier this summer and now they’ll be touring around the U.S. and Canada through early October.

The tour is supporting the band’s most recent album, Can We Please Have Fun.

Head inside to check out the set list…

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**This set list is representative of recent shows on the tour and might not be completely accurate for every show.

1. Ballerina Radio

2. Waste a Moment

3. The Bucket

4. On Call

5. Manhattan

6. Supersoaker

7. Razz

8. My Party

9. Sex on Fire

10. Revelry

11. Beautiful War

12. Nowhere to Run...

Taylor Swift has the chance to add a whole lot more Moonmen to her collection after picking up the most nominations for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards.

Swift led the pack with 10 nods, almost all of which were for the visual for her Tortured Poets Department single with Post Malone, “Fortnight.” The clip is up for the night’s big prize, Video of the Year, offering Swift the chance to notch a record-extending fifth victory in that category. She’s also up for Artist of the Year, while the “Fortnight...

Not long ago, Johnny Irion was putting the finishing touches on his new album when he realized that he could use some harmony vocals. So he called Mike Mills, who met him at a mutual friend’s studio in Georgia, and they spent an afternoon singing together.

“I just love Johnny’s worldview,” says Mills, who ended up on two tracks from Sleeping Soldiers of Love, out Aug. 9. “There is a kindness and a positivity to it that I really enjoy, especially in these potentially dark times in which we live.

Stars: Kacey Mottet Klein, Ariane Labed, Vassili Scheider, Grégoire Colin, Claire Duburcq, Gabriel Pavie | Written by Adrien Beau, Hadrien Bouvier | Directed by Adrien Beau

The Vourdalak, or if you prefer, Le Vourdalak, is the most recent adaptation of Alexei Tolstoy’s novella The Family of the Vourdalak. Written in 1839 and first published in 1850, it has already been filmed several times, most famously as the final segment of Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath, the Italians returned to the story in 1972 with Giogio Ferroni’s The Night of the Devils and most recently as A Taste of Blood by Argentinian director Santiago Fernández Calvete.

This time it’s French filmmakers, director Adrien Beau and co-writer Hadrien Bouvier who are adapting it. They begin the film with Marquis Jacques Antoine Saturnin d’Urfe looking for shelter after an attack that wiped out his entire entourage. The owner of the first house he stops at refuses to help,...

Spanish director Jonás Trueba’s The Other Way Around (Volveréis) has won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

The prize is judged by four members of the Europa Cinema network representing independent exhibitors operating 3,121 screens across Europe. Under the prize, the film will receive the support of these cinemas as it goes on release.

This year’s jury omprised Louise Casey Conneally; Maarja Krass; Rémi Labé and Tamara Visković.

“Jonás Trueba’s well-crafted and nuanced film has an unusual premise – it tells the story of a couple who embrace a novel ritual. Prior to their separation, they elect to celebrate their 15-year relationship with a party,” read their statement.

“Humorous and cleverly written, the film’s circular structure manifests generosity of spirit in its inspiring look at human relationships.

Kings of Leon recently released their ninth studio album, Can We Please Have Fun, a sprawling self-interrogation that ushers the band into a new phase of their artistry more than two decades into their career. The process of creating the album gifted the quartet with a newfound sense of clarity. It wasn’t just that they understood themselves on a deeper, lyrical level, they also learned that they could experience those same breakthroughs as creative directors of their visual output, as well.

“Seen,” the final song on the album but...

A few songs into Kings of Leon’s new album, frontman Caleb Followill asks something uncomfortable: “Are we still having fun?” The answer: yes, but maybe in a way you wouldn’t expect. Over two decades after the Tennessee rockers released their excellent debut Youth & Young Manhood, Kings of Leons’ ninth studio LP serves as a fresh start for the band. It’s the sound of veteran musicians searching for an answer as they underpin their characteristic gritty Southern arena-size garage-rock with surprisingly sleek-and-polished grooves. Following the band’s introspective 2021 LP When You See Yourself,...

Kings of Leon have dropped a new single, “Nothing To Do,” along with a music video for the track shot by frontman Caleb Followill. The hand-held clip was directed by Kings of Leon and Casey McGrath, with Followill shooting the entire thing in one take.

The raucous song sees the band taking on a more high energy vibe as Followill sings,

“I’m a man on a mission of going insane/ There’s a gold in the breeze/ It’s running in your hair/ Is it in my head is...

Kings of Leon are back with “Nothing to Do,” the latest single from their forthcoming album, Can We Please Have Fun.

Showing off the band’s post-punk side, “Nothing to Do” builds harmonic tension over the verses with layers of distorted guitars, bursting open to a melodic chorus carried by vocalist Caleb Followill.

Today, the single arrives along with a music video shot by Followill, giving viewers a peek into Kings of Leon’s inner world as they perform the song in a rehearsal space. Listen to the song and watch the music video below.

“Nothing to Do” is the third single to arrive from Can We Please Have Fun, following February’s “Mustang” and March’s “Split Screen.” The full album is due on May 10th via LoveTap Records and Capitol Records, and will be available on vinyl, CD, cassette, and boxset formats. Pre-orders are ongoing.

Meanwhile, Kings of...

Kings of Leon have shared a new single, “Split Screen.” The song will appear on the rock band’s forthcoming 9th LP, Can We Please Have Fun, out on May 10 via Capitol Records. A press release notes that the song “lands in the middle of the album, a more meditative section of songs that favor texture and atmosphere.”

“We like this song,” the band said in a statement. “We thought the fans would like it too. ‘Split Screen’ may give people a little insight into the depth of the album,...

Exclusive: After a five-year run at the company and the recent acquisition of Oscar nominee Io Capitano, Robert Aaronson has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Cohen Media Group (Cmg).

Aaronson has been overseeing Cmg’s LA office since 2019, primarily responsible for theatrical acquisitions, digital and ancillary distribution, licensing of the company’s classic movie archive, and programming its SVOD platform. He will continue to report directly to company CEO and founder Charles S. Cohen.

Among recent acquisitions for Cmg is Matteo Garrone’s Best International Feature Film nominee Io Capitano. Cmg is also coming out of the Berlin Film Festival where they picked up Black Tea by Abderrahmane Sissako, and Martin Scorsese-narrated doc Made In England: The Films Of Powell and Pressburger.

Prior to joining Cmg, Aaronson held domestic and worldwide acquisitions, co-productions and distribution positions at Universal Pictures Content Group, Netflix, Fox and New Line Cinema,...

Kings of Leon stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night to debut their brand new song, “Mustang.”

Their appearance comes days after Kings of Leon announced their ninth album, Can We Please Have Fun, which arrives on May 10th. With moody red lights around them and a build-and-burst song structure, Kings of Leon provide a faithful, groovy rendition of “Mustang.” Their album may be called Can We Please Have Fun, but vocalist Caleb Followill looks seriously poised throughout the performance — still, both him and the band find moments to crack a smile and a shimmy. Watch their performance on Fallon below.

Along with the announcement of their new album last week, Kings of Leon shared an extensive list of 2024 tour dates kicking off in August. Get tickets to all their upcoming shows here.

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Kings of Leon Bring “Mustang” to Fallon:...

Kings of Leon stopped by The Tonight Show to showcase their new single, “Mustang.” The group offered a gritty, rousing performance of the song in front of a video screen showcasing the band’s name in vintage type.

“Mustang” is the first listen from the Tennessee rock band’s forthcoming LP, Can We Please Have Fun. The album, produced by Kid Harpoon and the band’s first as part of their new deal with Capitol Records, is due out May 10. Recorded at Nashville’s Dark Horse studio, the album is...

Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum rock band Kings of Leon are kicking off 2024 with a string of major announcements. Alongside news of a new label partnership with Capitol Records, the band has announced their upcoming 9th full-length studio album, Can We Please Have Fun, out on May 10. The hard-charging lead single, “Mustang” is available now, accompanied by a high-flying music video that sets the pace for the album. Kings of Leon also announce a 2024 World Tour. The tour, produced by Live Nation in North America, will hit 26 cities across the US and Canada, starting August 14, 2024. Kings of Leon ... Read more...

Kings of Leon have released a new single, “Mustang,” from the Followill crew’s upcoming new album Can We Please Have Fun. The Tennessee rock band has been teasing the song on social media all week, clearing their Instagram page except for a few posts about the track.

The LP, produced by Kid Harpoon and the band’s first as part of their new deal with Capitol Records, is due out May 10. Recorded at Nashville’s Dark Horse studio, the album is trumpeted as the one Kings of Leon have long wanted to make.

Kings of Leon are back to announce their ninth studio album, Can We Please Have Fun, which will be released on May 10th. The band has also revealed the album’s lead single, “Mustang,” and mapped out a lengthy 2024 tour.

Can We Please Have Fun was produced by trusted hitmaker Kid Harpoon, and marks Kings of Leon’s first album with Capitol Records. According to a statement from the band, Can We Please Have Fun aims to take Kings of Leon’s established sound and take it all a little less seriously. “It was the most enjoyable record I’ve ever been a part of,” says vocalist Caleb Followill. “It’s like we allowed ourselves to be musically vulnerable,” drummer Nathan Followill says. “I love it when a rock band is not embarrassed to admit that every song doesn’t have to be on 11.”

As a preview, the band has offered “Mustang,...

The Libertines are officially back. The on-again, off-again British rockers have announced All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade, their first album in eight years, and shared its lead single, “Run, Run, Run.” Listen to the track below.

Spanning 11 tracks and produced by Dimitri Tikovoï, All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade arrives in full on March 8th. “Our first record was born out of panic, and disbelief that we were actually allowed to be in a studio; the second was born of total strife and misery; the third was born of complexity; this one feels like we were all actually in the same place, at the same speed, and we really connected,” said Carl Barât in a statement.

With rousing hand claps and a blown-out, singalong chorus, “Run, Run, Run” takes you straight back to The Libertines’ garage rock revival glory days. “Tonight we’re gonna bring tomorrow’s happiness/ Gonna...

The Taste of Things, a foodie period romance from French-Vietnamese filmmaker Tran Anh Hùng will be France’s official contender for the 2024 Oscars in the best international feature category. The film, starring Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel, premiered in Cannes under the title The Pot-au-Feu, where it won the best director prize. IFC Films and Sapan Studios have U.S. rights and will release the film stateside.

Set in 1885, the film follows the in-the-kitchen and in-the-bedroom romance between top chef Dodin Bouffant (Magimel) and his personal cook and lover, Eugénie (Binoche). They have been together for decades and he is desperate to marry her but she has steadfastly refused, afraid doing so will mean losing her independence. The Taste of Things was a critical and audience favorite in Cannes, with The Hollywood Reporter calling it one of “the most appetizing, art house food porn flicks to come along in a while.

The selection committee will now meet with the films’ producers, sales companies and US distributors.

Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning Anatomy Of A Fall and The Taste Of Things by Cannes’ best director winner Tran Anh Hung have been shortlisted to be France’s entry to the international Oscar category, along with Clement Cogitore’s Sons Of Ramses, Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom and Denis Imbert’s On The Wandering Paths (Sur Les Chemins Noirs).

The five films were selected by a seven-member committee comprised of the US producer of Coda, Patrick Wachsberger, composer Alexandre Desplat, producer Charles Gillibert...

The French culture ministry on Friday unveiled the new committee that will pick the French movies to enter the Oscar race in the best international film category.

The group, which French culture minister Rima Abdul Malak announced, includes the Oscar-winning producer, and ex-Lionsgate top executive and Summit boss Patrick Wachsberger (Coda), two-time Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water) and directors Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper) and Mounia Meddour (Papicha). From the film industry side, Tanja Meissner, head of sales and acquisitions at Memento Films International, and Europa International’s Sabine Chemaly will also get a vote on the French films that are submitted to the U.S. Academy.

France has overhauled its nomination process after an exceptionally long Oscar drought for Le Grand Nation. Of the last 10 French international Oscar submissions, only four made the final shortlist, and just two — Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang in 2015 and Ladj...

Former Lionsgate film co-chief Patrick Wachsberger has been named as one of the members of the selection committee that will decide the French entry for the Best International Film Oscar category this year.

He will be joined by international sales veterans Sabine Chemaly and Tanja Meissner, producer Charles Gillibert, directors Mounia Meddour and Olivier Assayas and composer Alexandre Desplat.

France has overhauled the composition of its Oscar entry selection committee twice in recent years to include more film industry professionals in a bid to improve its chances in the Best International Picture race.

The country last won the international film category with Régis Wargnier’s Indochine in 1993. Ladj Ly’s 2019 Cannes Jury Prize winner Les Misérables was the last French film to make it through to the final nomination stage for the 2020 awards, while Alice Diop’s Saint Omer made it onto the long list for the 2023 edition.

This year...

“Creatura,” the feature debut of Elena Martín, exploring female sexual desire and repression, has won this year’s 20th Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European Film at the 2022 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the closing ceremony this afternoon, the prize is one of two at Directors’ Fortnight, and awarded by one of the sidebar’s partners, given the section is non-competitive.

A second partner plaudit, the Sacd Prize, handed out by France’s Writers’ Guild, will be announced simultaneously to the Europa Cinemas Label.

“Creature” hit Cannes will multiple tailwinds. Like last year’s Berlin Golden Bear winner “Alcarràs,” it’s made by an emerging woman director associated by the so-called Catalan New Wave of helmers and producers making films twinning a strong sense of place and universal issues.

The second feature from 2021 Málaga best director Martín (“Júlia ist”) and a “Veneno” writer and “Perfect Life” director,...

Updated with Sacd prize details: Spanish director Elena Martín Gimeno’s Creatura won the Europa Cinemas prize as Best European Film, while Pierre Caton’s Le Prince scooped the Sacd for best French film at Directors’ Fortnight on Thursday.

The prizes were announced ahead of the evening closing ceremony for the non-competitive parallel Directors Fortnight section.

The Europa Cinema label and Sacd prizes are the key collateral prizes awarded to films world premiering in the section.

Under the Europa Cinema prize, the release of Creatura will receive the support of cinemas belonging to the independent exhibitor network representing 3,060 screens in 38 countries. The jury consists of four exhibitor members of the network.

Creatura revolves around a seemingly perfect couple who no longer manage to have sex, prompting one partner to probe her past and her sexual sexual awakening, from adolescence back to early childhood.

French writers guild Sacd’s prize is...

The Mustang made some changes to the real-life rehabilitation program. The 2019 film is a fictional story following Roman, a prisoner sentenced for beating his wife and causing severe brain damage. The film is set in Nevada and was filmed at the Nevada State Prison, but the program actually runs in other locations, too, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming.

The film showcases how Roman, Matthias Schoenaerts' Mustang character, relates to his horse, as they are both seen as dangerous to society, but the program tames both of them, proving with help, they can both be good. Inmates in the real-life program have had endured similar experiences. It's even been reported that very few inmates return to prison after their sentence ends because of how helpful the program was for their wellbeing. The Mustang did well to translate this aspect of the program to the big screen. That said, not...

The Mustang had a fairly easy filming schedule regarding its locations, as the whole film took place at a prison. The 2019 film is based on a real-life rehabilitation program. In the film, Schoenaerts' character Roman is in prison for beating up his wife so badly that she now suffers from brain damage. While the film's story is fictional, the rehabilitation program that teaches prisoners to train wild mustangs is a real program across Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, and Wyoming.

While some films see actors and crews traveling to different states and countries to get the perfect shots, The Mustang was shot in one location, as Roman was not allowed to leave the prison. Despite the protagonist's violent past, Schoenaerts' acting allowed fans to resonate with and have compassion for his character, especially when Jason Mitchell's Mustang character is murdered by his addict cellmate. Roman's connection with his horse...

Mubi has announced its lineup of streaming offerings for next month, including a Béla Tarr double bill, with new 4K restorations of Damnation and Sátántangó, Léa Mysius’ The Five Devils, Radu Jude’s short The Potemkinists, and Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching the Fists.

They will also present a series on past Cannes Film Festival selections with films by Abderrahmane Sissako, Alice Rohrwacher, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Jeremy Saulnier, and more. Ana Vaz’s The Age of Stone and most recent work It is Night in America will arrive on the service, plus a Merchant Ivory series.

Check out the lineup below and get 30 days free here.

May 1 – Blind Spot, directed by Claudia von Alemann | What Sets Us Free? German Feminist Cinema

May 2 – Heat and Dust, directed by James Ivory | Gilded Passions: Films by Merchant Ivory

May 3 – Damnation, directed by Béla Tarr | Béla Tarr: A Double Bill

May 4 – The Bostonians, directed by...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 9, episode 7 of “The Masked Singer,” which aired March 29 on Fox.

Everyone knows George Wendt’s name — well, at least Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg does. “Cheers” star Wendt was one of the two more celebrities who were revealed on Wednesday’s edition of “The Masked Singer.” Also unmasked: “Selling Sunset” star Christine Quinn.

For Moose, panelist Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg got it right with George Wendt. Robin Thicke went with Jon Lovitz, Nicole Scherzinger named Ed O’Neill and Ken Jeong guessed John Goodman.

As for Scorpio, no one got it right. McCarthy Wahlberg named Denise Richards, Thicke guessed Lisa Rinna. Ken Jeong thought it was Heidi Klum. Nicole Scherzinger picked Willa Ford.

Like last season, “The Masked Singer” has once again adopted a “Champion of Masked Singer” format. Each episode, three costumed celebrities will perform, but only one will win...

The Masked Singer has revealed some of the most seasoned and celebrated stars during its 9nine-season run, and some of the most impressive competitors have been the oldest in the show's history. Since The Masked Singer debuted on January 2, 2019, host Nick Cannon and panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Nicole Scherzinger have witnessed some of the most shocking unmaskings. The winners have been superstars, such as T-Pain (Monster), Wayne Brady (Fox), Kandi Burruss (Night Angel), LeAnn Rimes (Sun), Nick Lachey (Piglet), Jewel (Queen of Hearts), Teyana Taylor (Firefly), and Amber Riley (Harp).

Before The Masked Singer season 9, there have been many talented winners, but other celebrities who just competed were also fantastic. Some of those competitors were very experienced as they were the oldest in their seasons. The Masked Singer has had the honor of welcoming many older legends to its stage, including Gladys Knight, Patti Labelle,...

Music Box is unveiling the trailer for “Revoir Paris,” a French drama boasting a Cesar-winning performance by Virginie Efira. The movie, which bowed at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight and played at Toronto, will have its New York premiere on June 23 at Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Film Center.

A meditation on healing, the film tells the story of Mia (Efira), a married translator who survived a mass shooting in a Paris restaurant, and feels haunted by the trauma, yet unable to recollect memories of the tragic attack. Determined to reconstruct the sequence of events and reestablish a sense of normalcy, Mia finds herself repeatedly returning to the bistro where the shooting happened. In the process she forms bonds with fellow survivors, including banker Thomas (Benoît Magimel) and teenager Félicia (Nastya Golubeva). Efira, who just won a Cesar Award for her role in the film, stars opposite Magimel, the Cesar-winning actor of “Pacifiction,...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 9 season premiere of “The Masked Singer,” which aired Feb. 22 on Fox.

The Winner Takes It All: “The Masked Singer” paid tribute to Swedish super group Abba on Wednesday — and unmasked two 1980s icons in the process. Pop ingenue Debbie Gibson, who first hit it big in 1987 as a 17-year-old sensation who wrote and sang her own songs, was unmasked as the Night Owl, while comedian and “America’s Got Talent” judge Howie Mandel — who rose to recognition on the 1980s medical drama “St. Elsewhere” — was revealed to be the Rock Lobster.

Gibson was a last-minute addition to the episode after the celebrity who was originally set to appear had to exit after testing positive for Covid. With less than 24 hours to taping, Gibson agreed to step in.

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The Masked Singer US judges were left in tears after a Hollywood legend was unmasked in the show’s “greatest reveal ever”.

The US version of the reality TV show, in which famous figures compete anonymously in giant anthropomorphic costumes, returned for its ninth season on Wednesday (15 February).

During the season opener, Mustang, Gnome and Medusa all sung for the first time, with Gnome performing a rendition of “When You’re Smiling” by Billie Holiday.

In his Vt package, which featured clues about Gnome’s identity, he said that he had been “a mainstay in your lives over the course of my storied career”, adding: “My address book includes all the president’s men, from Barack to Biden.”

He said that he had worked with Madonna, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robin Williams and Ben Stiller, while umbrellas and a statue with a photo of Tony Danza were also shown.

Following his performance,...

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France on Thursday named the shortlist of five films in contention to be the country’s submission for the 2023 Oscars in the best international feature category.

France’s national cinema body, the Cnc, picked Alice Diop’s Saint Omer, One Fine Morning by Mia Hansen-Løve, the Éric Gravel-directed Full Time, Alice Winocour’s Paris Memories, and The Worst Ones, by directors Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret.

A commission will meet on Sept. 23 with the producers, international sales agents and, where applicable, the U.S. distributor of the five shortlisted films to decide which title has the best chances of Oscar glory. After the meetings, the commission will make its final Oscar selection.

France completely overhauled its selection process this year after an exceptionally long Oscar drought. Of the last 10 French international Oscar submissions, only four made the final shortlist, and just two...

Dakota Johnson and Maude have your weekly date nights set for the next month through a weekly film series they’re putting on at the Ace Hotel in downtown L.A.

Johnson’s TeaTime Pictures has partnered with the intimacy brand for what they’re calling “Cinemaude”: a month-long program of films that center around love and sex, ranging from coming-of-age classics to less conventional depictions of love through old age. The screenings will take place every Thursday through the month of August, commencing this Thursday, Aug. 4 at The Theatre at Dtla’s Ace Hotel. Tickets are currently available on the Ace Hotel website for 20.

This month’s screenings are set to include “Mustang,” which follows four orphaned sisters who are punished to confinement after being caught innocently playing with a group of boys; “Waves,” which follows a suburban African American family as they navigate love and forgiveness following a tragic loss; “Tangerine,...

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The French Film Board, the Cnc, on Friday unveiled the first seven-member board that will pick France’s official contender for the 2023 best international feature Oscar.

Acclaimed French directors Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, A Prophet) will sit on the committee, together with Coda producer Philippe Rousselet, Godland producer Didar Domehri, film sales executives Hengameh Panahi, president of French sales group Celluloid Dreams, Kinology president Grégoire Melin and Ariane Toscan du Plantier, director of French and international distribution at French media group Gaumont.

The seven-person board will meet twice — on Sept. 15 where they will pre-select a shortlist of three to five French films for consideration for the 2023 Oscars — and on Sept. 22 when they will meet with the producers and sales companies representing the shortlist films before making their final pick.

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It takes a few seconds for Mia’s life to unravel in Alice Winocour’s Paris Memories, then a whole lifetime to stitch it back together. Up until a fateful November night, the thirty-something (Virginie Efira) roams the French capital in a state of trouble-free bliss. She shares a luminous flat with her partner Vincent (Grégoire Colin) and an orange tabby cat; works as a Russian interpreter for politicians and intellectuals; and races through the City of Light on a Triumph, her outfit and helmet the same anthrax shade of the bike—a near superhero vision. It’s during a late-night ride that the sky suddenly breaks, forcing her to take shelter inside L’Étoile D’Or, a fancy bistro somewhere in the city center. She’s waiting for the rain to stop when a scream pierces the air and the first bullets start pelting tables and patrons.

Ostensibly a work of fiction,...

‘Paris Memories’ is about the resilience of the survivors of a terrorist attack.

Alice Winocour’s Directors’ Fortnight title Paris Memories is an intensely personal film. Virginie Efira stars as a woman who survives a terrorist attack in a bistro. Three months later she begins to investigate her memories in an effort to move forwards from the trauma of that night.

The French filmmaker’s brother was in the Bataclan concert venue when it was attacked by terrorists on November 13, 2015. He survived the attack, having had to tell Winocour not to message him while he was hidden as it could put him in greater danger.

‘One Fine Morning’ is screening in Diretors’ Fortnight.

Mia Hansen-Løve’s Directors’ Fortnight title One Fine Morning has won the Europa Cinemas’ award for best European film at the Cannnes film festival.

Europa Cinemas Network will now support the film with promotion and incentivise exhibitiors to extend its programme run.

The award is open to all films in Cannes’ Official Selection and the parallel strands.

One Fine Morning stars Léa Seydoux as a young mother who gets caught up in a passionate affair with an old friend while trying to sort out the care of her father, who is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease.

Starring Léa Seydoux, Mia Hansen-Løve’s “One Fine Morning” won this year’s Europa Cinemas Cannes Label for best European film at the 2022 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

Announced Thursday by Europa Cinemas, ahead of the closing ceremony this evening, the prize is one of two at Directors Fortnight, and awarded by one of the sidebar’s partners given the section is non-competitive.

A second partner plaudit, the Sacd Prize, handed out by France’s Writers’ Guild, will be announced later today at an awards ceremony.

“One Fine Morning” was always a frontrunner for a prize at Directors’ Fortnight, though never a shoo-in. The award comes just three days after Sony Pictures Classics announced it had acquired North American, Latin American and Middle East rights to the film.

Marking Hansen-Løve’s return to Directors’ Fortnight after Cannes competition player “Bergman Island,” “One Fine Morning” stars Séydoux as a woman stretched between long-time single motherhood,...

At long last, Cannes returns to its proper May slot. With the event kicking off next week, running from the 17th through the 28th, much cinematic greatness awaits.

Ahead of the festivities we’ve rounded up what we’re most looking forward to—and while we’re sure many surprises await, per every year, one will find twenty films that should already be on your radar. Check out our picks below and be sure to subscribe to our daily newsletter for the latest updates from the festival.

20. Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi)

Following his one-of-a-kind, Oscar-nominated fantasy drama Border, Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi is heading into Cannes competition with his next feature, Holy Spider. Based on a true story, it follows a female journalist (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) investigating a serial killer who believes it is his righteous duty to murder sex workers and cleanse society. We imagine a provocative feature is in store from Abbasi,...