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‘Seven Veils’ Filmmaker Atom Egoyan on Melding His Passion for Opera into Latest Film (Video Interview)

It’s unclear how many fans of Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan’s film work are aware of his side project directing operas for a number of Canadian opera companies, going back to 1996 when he directed his first production of Richard Strauss’ “Salomé.”  In 2023, Egoyan returned to direct that opera for the Canadian Opera Company at…

“Past Lives” Celine Song’s “Materialists” Arrives in June

©Courtesy of A24 A24 has set a US release date for ”Materialists”, the all-star follow-up to Celine Song‘s “Past Lives” directorial debut. Rumors are flying that the company is planning a world premiere in Cannes a month earlier because the film is set to launch in theaters nationwide on June 13. David Hinojosa of 2AM…

Warfare : Official First Look | A24 / Starring Charles Melton, Joseph Quinn, Cosmo Jarvis, Will Poulter, Directed by Alex Garland & Ray Mendoza

©Courtesy of A24 A24 has released a new featurette about the making of Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland‘s “Warfare“, which is scheduled to be released in cinemas shortly. Mendoza is an Iraq War veteran who served as the military supervisor on Garland’s controversial 2024 title “Civil War“, which was released by A24 last year and…

New York International Children’s Film Festival : Michel Gondry’s Maya, Give Me a Title Review

©Courtesy of NYICFF So far, Michel Gondry has only released about a dozen features, but his prolific filmography includes dozens of short films and music videos. Unfortunately, we may never have a chance to see his Pharell Williams musical Golden, which was reportedly cancelled due to a creative impasse. Instead, we finally get to enjoy…

Woman in the Yard : Starring Danielle Deadwyler

©Courtesy of Universal Pictures A lone, spectral woman shrouded entirely in black appears on a family’s front lawn without explanation and warns them “today’s the day.” Where did she come from? What does she want? When will she leave? Only The Woman in the Yard knows. From Blumhouse, the most successful global brand in horror,…

The Oscars 2025 : The List of Winners!

On the night of the 97th Academy Awards, Conan O’Brien hosted and Sean Baker, who directed “Anora“, became the first person to win four Oscars in one night for the same movie. Mikey Madison, one of the movie’s stars, was named the lead actress, and Adrien Brody won his second Oscar for lead actor. Zoe…

Hannibal Q&A at New York Comi-Con

©Courtesy of NBC Universal Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at the…

Natalie Portman & Lena Dunham’s Rom-Com ‘Good Sex’ is Sold to Netflix for $55 million in a Bidding War

©Courtesy of Jackie Netflix has won over multiple suitors and is clinching a worldwide deal for Natalie Portman‘s rom-com, “Good Sex” with a price tag of $55M. At the European Film Market last month, CAA Media Finance and FilmNation revealed the film to buyers, and Netflix is now closing a worldwide deal that is one…

Wang Bing’s ’15 Hours’ At Fondation Cartier’s Triennale Exhibition

The Xi’an documentarian, whose style brings to light the harsh and hidden folds of Chinese microcosms, is part of a cinematic exhibition in Italy. Wang Bing is one of the 12 film directors of ‘Il nostro tempo’ (Our time) – CinéFondationCartier, the show at the Triennale Museum in Milan curated by Chiara Agradi, where different…

‘Riff Raff’ Director Dito Montiel on Assembling the Cast for His Crime-Comedy (Video Interview)

Since coming onto the scene in 2006 with A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, filmmaker Dito Montiel has made eight feature films, but his latest, Riff Raff, is a rare exception, as it’s one that Montiel didn’t also write. The ensemble crime-comedy stars Lewis Pullman as Rocco, who shows up at the home of his…

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ TV Series in the Works at Max With Adele Lim, Jon M. Chu

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers 7 years after the original film, “Crazy Rich Asians” will come back, but not in the way you expected. Kevin Kwan’s trilogy of novels will be made into a TV series, and Max is creating a series that is based on them.  Jon M. Chu, who directed the 2018 feature, and…