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Tribeca Festival : ‘Come Closer’ is a Poignant Tale of Grief and Bonding

The relationship between two people is an intimate thing that can’t be completely understood by those outside of it. When a relationship ends, for whatever reason, it will be difficult to convey just what exactly has been lost to anyone else. When one person dies, however, it can be exponentially more painful since it’s not…

Cottontail: A Japanese-British Co-Production, Starring Lily Franky

©Courtesy of Longride/Level 33 Entertainment  England’s Lake District has a rich literary history, often involving bunny rabbits. Richard Adams’ Watership Down was set in the area, but for Kenzaburo Oshima’s wife Akiko, the Beatrix Potter connection was much more important. Her love of Peter Cottontail attracted her to Lake Windermere in her youthful student days….

“Train to Busan” Director Yeon Sang-ho to Direct His First English-Language Film, “35th Street”

© 2019 CJ ENM Corporation All right reserved. Yeon Sang-ho, the prolific Korean director acclaimed for Train to Busan (2016), is poised to make his first English-language film for TriStar Pictures. Titled 35th Street, the movie will also be in the action/horror genre. Yeon will be directing the film and co-writing it with Ryu Yong-jae. No…

Let The Canary Sing : An Awe-Inspiring Rockumentary About Cyndi Lauper

“I come home, in the mornin’ light My mother says, ‘When you gonna live your life right?’ Oh momma dear, we’re not the fortunate ones And girls, they wanna have fun Oh girls just wanna have fun…” This is the first verse of the song that was made legendary by a one-of-a-kind artist, iconic performer,…

Open Roads: Interview with Director Edoardo De Angelis on “The War Machine”

©Courtesy of Cinecittà Studios Edoardo De Angelis (The Vice of Hope, Open Roads 2019; Indivisible, Open Roads 2017) returns to Film at Lincoln Center with his latest, a gripping maritime thriller driven by a powerhouse performance from Pierfrancesco Favino. Favino stars as Salvatore Todaro, the Italian Royal Navy officer in charge of the submarine Cappellini in…

Shawn Levy Reported in Talks to Direct New ‘Avengers’ film for MCU

©Photo by Sergei Bachlakov/ABC – © 2016 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. According to press reports, Canadian director Shawn Levy is being seriously considered to direct Marvel Studios’ next Avengers film, the fifth in the series. Destin Daniel Cretton had originally been attached to the project, but he left in November of 2023…

Open Roads: ‘In The Mirror,’ Cinema As A Therapeutic Experience

Director Roberta Torre, inscribes on reel her love letter towards the esteemed Italian actress Monica Vitti. However, In The Mirror is not a biopic, it’s much better. It portrays how the power of cinema may be therapeutic to someone who is struggling with a neurological disorder. Monica (Alba Rohrwacher) suffers from the Korsakoff syndrome that…

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Review: Smith and Lawrence Entertain with More of the Same

Photo courtesy and © Sony Pictures  Four years ago, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reunited for their third go-round as Lt.  Mike Lowery and Lt. Marcus Burnett, the Miami police detectives first introduced back in Michael Bay’s 1995 buddy comedy classic, Bad Boys. Due to COVID shutting down movie theaters, that 2020 three-quel, Bad Boys…

The Dead Don’t Hurt : Exclusive Video Interview with Viggo Mortensen & Vicky Krieps

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Not many people realize that Viggo Mortensen’s career as an actor stretches back to way before Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Ever since that pivotal moment in his career, he’s been a go-to actor for filmmakers like David Cronenberg…

The Cannes Film Festival : The Substance Review by Luis Pedron

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. 𝐋𝐮𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧 is a Director, Actor, Founder and Film Festival Director of the International Film Festival Manhattan, New York, now in its 13th edition, proudly promoting Filipino, Asian, Scandinavian and European films and presenting them in New York. 👉https://iffmusa.com/ A winner of numerous awards…

Ezra: Exclusive Video Interview with Director Tony Goldwyn 

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Although Tony Goldwyn may be better known to people for his acting roles in movies like Ghost and on the TV series, Scandal, he’s also been directing since making A Walk on the Moon in 1999. His new dramedy Ezra, hitting theaters nationwide…