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Sonya Chung to Step Down as Director of Film Forum

Sonya Chung, Director of Film Forum, NYC’s leading non-profit independent cinema since 1970, has announced plans to step down from her role at the end of this year. During her leadership tenure (Deputy Director 2020-23; Director since July 1, 2023), Chung helped Film Forum weather the closure period and complex reopening process during the COVID pandemic, led the growth…

Predator Badlands Trailer : Starring Elle Fanning

Courtesy of 20th Century Studios The Official Trailer for “Predator: Badlands“, an upcoming addition to the sci-fi action thriller series distributed by 20th Century Studios, has been released and you can view it above. November 7 is the release date for “Predator: Badlands“. Dan Trachtenberg, who previously made “Prey” and “Predator: Killer of Killers“, now…

Billie Eilish, James Cameron To Collaborate on 3D Project

©Courtesy of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, Billie Eilish Billie Eilish has revealed she’s working on a 3D collaboration with director James Cameron. The nine-time Grammy winner broke the news on Saturday at a sold-out concert in Manchester, England. She told the audience there: “So you may have noticed that there…

Japan Cuts: My Sunshine is a Luminous Coming-of-Age Sports Drama

©Courtesy of Japan Cuts The gentle fall of the first delicate snowflakes in Japan signals the change of seasons. Those seasons are not only related to the weather, but also a person’s life. That powerful symbolism is reflective of the young teen protagonist in the new coming-of-age sports drama, My Sunshine. Actor Keitatsu Koshiyama’s character…

Japan Cuts : Kajju Guy! Review / It is Sweet and Amusing, Rather Than Cutesy or Cloying

©Courtesy of Japan Cuts There is no “I” in “government bureaucrat,” but you cannot spell “DIY” without it. Ichiro Yamada once aspired to become a kaiju filmmaker, but his disastrous first screening crushed his schoolboy confidence. Years later, Yamada has a second chance at filmmaking when tasked with directing a promotional video for local tourism….

‘Life After’ To Die Or Not To Die, That Is The Question Thrust Upon The Disabled

Who holds the right to decide whether a life is worth living? What factors determine the quality of a human existence? Should their be limitations to the right to die with dignity? All these questions are explored by disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport in his investigative documentary Life After.  The motion picture — which was presented…

Joe Eszterhas To Script a Reboot of ‘Basic Instinct’ for Amazon MGM/United Artists

©Courtesy of Carolco Pictures  Eighty-year-old Joe Eszterhas, who wrote the screenplay for Basic Instinct back in 1992, has just made a $4 million deal with Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists to write what has been termed an “anti-woke” reboot of the classic film, which has been described as a sexually explicit riff on Alfred…

Japan Cuts : “A Girl Named Ann” / Q&A with Actress Yuumi Kawai

Check out our YouTube Channel  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 New…

Smurfs Review : The Original Blue Man Group

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  These little blue guys were Belgium’s biggest export since Belgian waffles. Peyo created them way back in 1958, but they became a breakout American sensation in the early 1980s. Their hit Saturday morning cartoon even inspired breakfast cereals and Ice Capade shows. Four decades later, the franchise remains healthy, even though…

Bo Bragason, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth Cast in ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Live-Action Film

©Courtesy of Nintendo Nintendo has announced that Bo Bragason will be cast in the title role in Sony’s upcoming live-action production of The Legend of Zelda, and that Benjamin Evan Ainsworth will play the part of Link. Both actors are British. In a social-media posting on Wednesday, Nintendo’s game director Shigeru Miyamoto was quoted as…

Tron: Ares | Official Trailer : Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee and Jeff Bridges

©Courtesy of Disney Disney unveiled a brand-new trailer, poster and images for “TRON” Ares,” the highly anticipated third installment in the groundbreaking “TRON” franchise, opening in theaters on October 10. Grammy-award winning rock band Nine Inch Nails composed the score for “TRON: Ares,” and today, the band dropped “As Alive As You Need Me To…