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Jon Heder Reflects on Napoleon Dynamite Twenty Years Later, Hints at Sequel

In a recent interview with E! News, Jon Heder, the 46-year-old actor who played the role of a teenaged Napoleon Dynamite back in 2004, speculated this week on what the character might be doing today. Heder was bluntly frank in his assessment, telling E!’s Shania Russell:  “I don’t think it’s looking pretty for Napoleon. I…

NEW PLAY VOICE PROUD PARTICIPANT OF TIME CAPSULE PROJECT : July 5th & July 6th at Chain Theater

 NEW PLAY “VOICE” PROUD PARTICIPANT OF TIME CAPSULE PROJECT July 5th & July 6th A World Premier Play featuring Mai Ozeki in collaboration with Momo Akashi                         Project : https://www.timecapsuleprojectnyc.com/friday-saturday June 23, 2024 – NEW YORK, NY: Mai Ozeki and Momo Akashi are pleased to…

Bringing the Manic Pixie Male Best Friend to Life in Sacramento

Friendship, adulthood, anxiety, parenthood, relationships, death…Michael Angarano covers it all and more in Sacramento. Co-written by, starring, and directed by Angarano, this new film which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival found ways to tell a familiar story through a new light. Along with Michael Cera, Kristen Stewart, and Maya Erskine, Sacramento treats its…

Songs of Earth : Exclusive Interview with Director Margreth Olin on One the Best Documentary of This Year!

©Courtesy of Strand Releasing Songs of Earth : Experiencing Norway’s adventurous valley, Oldedalen in Nordfjord, with Olin and his 85-year-old father; this is where he grew up, and where generations before him have lived in balance with nature. Director : Margreth Olin Producer : Margreth Olin, Lena Faye-Lund Sandvik Screenwriter : Margreth Olin Distributor :…

Tribeca Festival: Interview with Directors Kelly Anderson and Jay Arthur Sterrenberg on Emergent City

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Assigning the responsibility to shape the evolution and future of an already built environment in a thriving, bustling city has long served as an existential crisis. The way people work within – and outside of – existing systems to try to strengthen and protect a specific neighborhood is the driving force…

Tribeca, ‘Hunters on a White Field’ and the Dark Side of Swedish Masculinity

The first-time screenwriter and director Sarah Gyllenstierna with her debut thriller set in the Swedish woods shows a knowledge of men’s psychology way deeper than many of her male colleagues. Focusing on the atmosphere and genre aspect of the movie, she is capable of depicting a universe where all the dark sides and ancestral fears…

Tribeca: ‘Griffin in Summer’ is a Way Too Classic Coming-of-Age Story

@Courtesy of Tribeca Film Festival Winner of Best Movie and Best Screenplay in the U.S. Narrative Feature section at the Tribeca Film Festival, Griffin in Summer by the first-time director Nicholas Colia is a classic coming-of-age story. It’s way too classic. Set in the nice, clean, suburban small town that has no real name (let…

Prime Video Announces Live-Action Adaptation of ‘Oshi no Ko’ Anime Series

©Courtesy of Amazon Prime Japan Oshi no Ko, a live-action adaptation of a highly popular Japanese anime series, is getting a live-action animation, according to Prime Video. The upcoming series, consisting of eight episodes, will have its streaming debut on November 28. As a bonus, a sequel will be released on December 20. Directed by…

Tribeca Festival / The Freshly Cut Grass Review: Subtle and Skillful on Infidelity in Argentina

It’s in the common things we come across daily that life happens, not among the grand gestures, the dramatic moments, decisive turning points or splendid vacations. Although many yearn for the smell of freshly cut grass on the other side of the fence – if only a small or big change takes place, life would…

Tribeca Festival : Exclusive Interview with Kosai Sekine on Dust to Dust

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival While the environmental and ethical damages caused by the fashion industry have garnered significant attention in recent years, fashion remains an enduring aspect of human culture, and people’s desire to shop for clothes continues unabated. If eradicating the source of harm is impossible, we must seek a middle ground where fashion…

‘Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs’ : Interview with Actress/Producer Monica Bellucci

©Courtesy of (SIC)Pictures/ Ibla Films   On June 17th Monica Bellucci was in New York to present at MoMA the documentary Maria Callas: Letters and Memoirs. Directed by Yannis Dimolitsas and Tom Volf, it talks about the international tour of the stage play that Monica Bellucci performed between November 2019 and January 2023, ending at…