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The Notebook and Gloria Star Gena Rowlands Dies at 94

Courtesy of Love Streams, MGM/UA Gena Rowlands, a multiple Emmy winner whose captivating work in A Woman Under the Influence and as the elder and dementia-ridden Allie in The Notebook also moved moviegoers, died Wednesday surrounded by family at her home in Indian Wells, CA. She was 94, Deadline is reporting. No cause of death…

FLC Announces New York Film Festival 62 Spotlight Selections

©Images: Maria, A Real Pain, Emilia Pérez FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER ANNOUNCES SPOTLIGHT FOR THE 62ND NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL North American premieres are Leos Carax‘s It’s Not Me, Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, and Andrei Ujică’s TWST / Things We Said Today U.S. premiere of documentary Elton John: Never Too Late with an appearance by Elton John and directors R.J….

Daughters : What Does It Mean to Be an Incarcerated Father?

©Courtesy of Netflix After winning Festival Favorite and Audience Award: U.S. Documentary Competition at the last Sundance Film Festival, Daughters by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton finds its streaming platform on Netflix. The documentary focuses on the Daddy Daughter Dance, a program run in a Washington D.C. jail that allows incarcerated men to spend a…

The Good Half : Director Robert Schwartzman on His Nick Jonas Indie Dramedy (Video Interview)

Most people will know Robert Schwartzman for his music, particularly his rock band Rooney, which recently scored the opening slot for the final tour of Jeff Lynne’s legendary Electric Light Orchestra. In recent years, Schwartzman, part of one of Hollywood’s prolific filmmaking families – his mother is Talia Shire, part of the Coppola family –…

NYAFF : Gobangiri : Exclusive Interview with Director Kazuya Shiraishi

(c)2024 “Gobangiri” Production Committee Gobangiri : Kakunoshin Yanagida was a samurai, forced to leave the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived in poverty with his daughter Kinu. Director : Kazuya Shiraishi Writer : Masato Kato Producer : Satoshi Akagi, Yukiko Tanigawa Cast : Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kaya Kiyohara, Jun Kunimura, Masachika Ichimura, Takumi…

It Ends with Us : Interview with Director and Actor Justin Baldoni

@Courtesty of Sont Pictures It Ends with Us :  The first Colleen Hoover novel adapted for the big screen, tells the story of Lily Bloom, a woman who overcomes a traumatic childhood to embark on a new life in Boston and chase a lifelong dream of opening her own business. A chance meeting with charming…

D23: What Happened on Day 2 at the Disney Convention

©Courtesy of D23 After the incredible start of the Disney Convention yesterday, Saturday has been a quieter day at D23 in Anaheim. Even if not for the fans, who arrived at the Convention Center way more numerous than yesterday, eager to collect all the super-geek gadgets that the stands in the Exhibit Hall offered. The…

Jackpot!: Press Conference with Awkwafina, John Cena, Simu Liu, Paul Feig

Photo by Daniel McFadden/IMAGE COURTESY OF AMAZON MGM STUDIOS – © AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLC Awkwafina is learning that possessing the winning lottery ticket will lead to her admission to a different type of lifestyle. However, she learns that such a change in her financial fate isn’t a positive one the new action comedy, Jackpot!….

Disney Theatrical Plans Live Production of ‘The Greatest Showman’

Photo by Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise – © TM & © 2017 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Disney announced at D23 in Anaheim on Friday that a live version of The Greatest Showman will soon be making its debut. The extravagant musical about legendary circus impresario P. T. Barnum is among a bevy…

Iñaki Godoy’s Working on His Japanese in One Piece Season 2

It’s been over a month since the announcement of Iñaki Godoy (Monkey D. Luffy), Mackenyu (Zoro), Emily Rudd (Nami), Jacob Romero (Usopp), and Taz Skylar (Sanji) reunited at Cape Town, South Africa, to start  the second season of One Piece live action, the showrunners Joe Tracz & Matt Owens, Netflix, Tomorrow Studios, and publisher Shueisha…

Fantasia: The Tenants: Yoon Eun-kyung’s Writing is Remarkably Sharp

©Courtesy of Fantasia International Film Festival  New Yorkers might not even consider this near-future Korean metropolis (a sort of, but not exactly Seoul) a strange and unfamiliar urban dystopia, as director-screenwriter Yoon Eun-kyung intended. Yes, the air quality is awful and it is nearly impossible to find an affordable, livable apartment, thanks a bizarre and…