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James Dean Biopic to Focus on Reported Gay Romance

Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis – © Corbis. All Rights Reserved. A feature film that will explore the personal life of James Dean is currently being developed by writer-director Guy Guido. The filmmaker has acquired the rights to late author William Bast’s 2006 memoir, Surviving James Dean, and plans to adapt it into a biopic of the…

The Wild Robot : Press Conference With Actor Lupita Nyong’o, Director Chris Sanders and Composer Chris Bowers

@Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation The Wild Robot : The epic adventure follows the journey of a robot–ROZZUM unit 7134, “Roz” for short — that is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the animals on the island and becoming the adoptive parent of an…

NYFF/The Seed of the Sacred Fig Review: Iranian Filmmaker Thrives in Boiling Domestic Drama/Thriller

©Courtesy of Neon To avoid an eight-year prison sentence for making his latest film The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled his native country to begin a life in exile. In two hours, he made the decision to embark on the risky escape on foot across the mountains. Two weeks later his film…

Boise Film Festival Announces Lineup of Films and Events for Debut in October

Boise Film Festival announces lineup of films and events for debut in October (October 10-13) 20th Anniversary screening of Gavin O’Connor’s Miracle opens the film festival Film festival award winners on the inaugural schedule include Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind of Wilderness Zoë Eisenberg’s Chaperone, Alison Tavel’s Resynator, and Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina Miracle…

Bane and Deathstroke Movie Being Developed at DC Studios

Bane and Deathstroke, two of Batman‘s biggest archnemeses in the comic book series, are set to appear together in a new movie for DC Studios, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Matthew Orton, a scribe on the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World film, is developing a script for the feature for the James Gunn and Peter…

Paul Schrader: The Masterclass at Milan’s Prada Foundation

The Prada Foundation hosted — within its Cinema Godard — a Masterclass with the accomplished filmmaker Paul Schrader. During this occasion, the multi-hyphenate cineaste retraced his experience as film critic, screenwriter and director. Italy had previously homaged Schrader through the years, with Masterclasses and accolades at the Museum of Cinema in Turin, at the Lucca Film Festival and…

Why Frank Darabont Cames Out of Retirement to Direct ‘Stranger Things’?

© Darkstar Pictures Frank Darabont, who directed The Shawshank Redemption in 1994, is coming out of retirement to direct several episodes of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. Created by brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, Stranger Things debuted in 2016 on Netflix, where the final episodes will appear in 2025. The Shawshank Reddemption, an…

NYFF: The Brutalist as Dark Side of the “American Dream”

@Courtesy of A24 Fresh winner of the Silver Lion for Best Directing at the Venice Film Festival, The Brutalist directed by Brady Corbet follows the story of the Hungarian architect László Tóth, who emigrated to the United States after surviving the Holocaust. After a brief and complicated stay with his cousin, the man starts facing…

‘Look Back,’ Is An Immersion In The Inner World Of Manga Artists

GKIDS presents a new anime film, that is based on an autobiographical manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto best known for Chainsaw Man: Look Back. The picture is directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama, who also curated the character designs. He adapted the 143-page one-shot web manga that was published on Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ and that, upon its release,…

Morten Tyldum Reportedly Will Direct Remake of Hitchcock’s ‘Rope’

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Morten Tyldum is reportedly in the running to direct a remake of Rope, the acclaimed psychological crime thriller by Alfred Hitchcock. According to The InSneider, the project will be produced by Davis Entertainment, but casting details have yet to be revealed. Tyldum, who directed Headhunters in 2011, was acclaimed for The…

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina (2025) Official Trailer – Ana de Armas

John Wick is a franchise that Lionsgate considers to be its most important and a crown jewel. The character has been portrayed by Keanu Reeves in four films since his introduction in 2014. Now, the Lionsgate has dropped a new trailer for a highly anticipated female driven action flick, “From the World of John Wick:…