As its title promises, Three Minutes: A Lengthening extends the lives of its unsuspecting characters far beyond the realm of individual memory, offering a poignant and sensitive tribute to so many lives erased by the Holocaust. Bianca Stigter’s cinematic masterwork of style and sensibility now becomes a most worthy addition to the pantheon of films…
Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is pondering whether Johnny Depp might eventually rejoin the Fantastic Beasts franchise, despite Depp’s legal woes involving abuse allegations from ex-wife Amber Heard. In the wake of the accusations against Depp, Mikkelsen took over the role of Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, which was released this past…
German-born director Wolfgang Petersen has died at the age of 81 near Los Angeles. The filmmaker, who first came to prominence with Das Boot, later went on to direct several high-tech feature films, including Shattered, Outbreak, In the Line of Fire, The Perfect Storm, Troy, Poseidon, and Air Force One. In the mid-1980s, Petersen also…
It’s the middle of August, and baseball season is at its sweetest during these hazy, lazy days when the sharp crack of a Louisville Slugger is the absolute best and onliest thing that can pierce the mosquito-laden humidity. Who needs A/C when you have thousands of fans stirred into action as a long, languishing fly…
Actor/comedian Steve Martin is the subject of a new two-part documentary directed and produced by Morgan Neville that’s set to be released by Apple TV+. The film, which is expected to debut in late 2023, is being produced by A24 in tandem with Neville and Caitrin Rogers’ Tremolo Productions. Neville has created many film and…
Uber-versatile character actor Jason Isaacs will play the role of Hollywood icon Cary Grant in Archie, a four-part biopic that will premiere on ITV later this year. The series is being written by Jeff Pope (of Philomena) and directed by Paul Andrews Williams (A Confession). The 59-year-old Isaacs has gained much acclaim for a variety…
Legendary actor and singer Olivia Newton-John has died at the age of 73, according to a statement posted by her husband, John Easterling. Newton-John had been a star of the first magnitude for half a century, having turned in stellar performances in films like as Grease that helped define the exuberant pop-music scene of the…
Katsuhiro Otomo, the renowned Japanese manga artist and film director, has just revealed he is at work on a major new project. Otomo is acclaimed especially for his work on Akira, which was serialized for eight years after he created it in 1982. Referring to his new work, Otomo tweeted this week: “Actually I’m drawing…
Is there something rotten in the state of Middle-earth? That’s what Peter Jackson is trying to figure out in the wake of an apparent snub by Amazon over his involvement in its upcoming series: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. According to Jackson, Amazon promised to send him scripts but then went…
The abrupt cancellation of Batgirl is still sending shock waves from Gotham and beyond, revealing tensions at the highest levels of Warner Bros. Diversity as it seeks to pivot its marketing strategy. In the wake of the brouhaha, Batgirl director Adil El Arbi shared an Instagram image of himself standing between Leslie Grace’s Batgirl and…
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