New York Jewish Film Festival

Lin-Manuel Miranda Open to the Idea of a Hamilton Movie!

© 2020 Lin-Manuel Miranda and Nevis Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Lin-Manuel Miranda is enthusiastic about the possibility of making a movie based on the musical, Hamilton, but he needs the right director and idea to come to him first. Miranda made it clear to Variety this month that he was willing to consider transforming his…

Actress Olivia Hussey, Who Played Juliet at 15, Dies at 73

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  Olivia Hussey, the Buenos Aires-born actress who in 1968 portrayed Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, died in Los Angeles on December 27 at the age of 73. Hussey was only 15 when she starred in the film alongside 16-year-old Leonard Whiting, who played the part…

Unstoppable : Exclusive Interview with Director William Goldenberg

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on 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…

Lin-Manuel Miranda Open to the Idea of a Hamilton Movie!

© 2020 Lin-Manuel Miranda and Nevis Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Lin-Manuel Miranda is enthusiastic about the possibility of making a movie based on the musical, Hamilton, but he needs the right director and idea to come to him first. Miranda made it clear to Variety this month that he was willing to consider transforming his…

Actress Olivia Hussey, Who Played Juliet at 15, Dies at 73

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures  Olivia Hussey, the Buenos Aires-born actress who in 1968 portrayed Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, died in Los Angeles on December 27 at the age of 73. Hussey was only 15 when she starred in the film alongside 16-year-old Leonard Whiting, who played the part…

Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Scarlet’ is Set to Be Released in Winter 2025

©Courtesy of Studio Chizu The Academy Award-nominated Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda‘s new animated feature Scarlet is being co-produced and co-financed by Sony Pictures, Studio CHIZU, and Nippon TV. Sony Pictures will distribute the film globally, and a theatrical release in the U.S. is set for winter 2025. The animation studio co-founded by Hosoda and producer…

Unstoppable : Exclusive Interview with Director William Goldenberg

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on 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…

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim : Exclusive Interview with Director Kenji Kamiyama 

©Warner Bros. Animation The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim : Set 183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy of films, “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” tells the fate of the House of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. A sudden attack by…

The End : Exclusive Interview with Director Joshua Oppenheimer

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on 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…

Vermiglio Should be a Serious Oscar Contender

©Courtesy of Janus Films & Sideshow Cesare Graziadei’s sprawling household might be a little like The Waltons of 1940s Italy, but they have a sadness and perhaps even a darkness that would be alien to America’s favorite Appalachian TV family. On the surface, there is a pastoral beauty to their roughhewn life beneath the towering Italian…

Netflix’s ‘Black Doves’: A Chilling Tale of Espionage for the Holidays

©Courtesy of Netflix  Christmas isn’t just about pear-tree partridges and turtle doves. It’s also about (ammunition) cartridges and black doves, an image that provides an apt title for this London-based spy thriller that serves up a hearty brew of holiday cheer spiced with intrigue and espionage. Black Doves made its debut on Netflix in early…

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Forms an Unlikely Alliance in His Most Thrilling Adventure Yet

©Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Video games often thrive on their repetitive nature once they find a recipe for success, especially ones that feature an innocent, family-family appeal. Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog series is such a prime example that it has spawned an equally exhilarating film trilogy adaptation by Paramount Pictures. The movie series’ latest installment,…

Gladiator II : Screenplay & Cinematography Featurette

It took a lot of effort to construct the vast worlds of ‘Gladiator II‘. Ridley Scott explains in an exclusive new feature, which can be watched below, that it all began with ensuring the screenplay was just right. “Writing is the most important entity you can possibly have before beginning anything,” Scott said in the…

Snow White : Watch Rachel Zegler Sing New Song ‘Waiting On a Wish’

Disney has given fans a magical clip of their highly anticipated live-action version of Snow White, which is about the new song “Waiting on a Wish” sung by Rachel Zegler, composed by La La Land and The Greatest Showman composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The clip captured the character’s aspirations for a bright future…

Cobra Kai: Season 6 | The Final Five Episodes Will be Released on February 13th!

@Courtesy of Netflix Netflix has premiered the teaser trailer for the third and final part of the sixth and final season of its celebrated The Karate Kid spin-off Cobra Kai. The final five episodes will be released on February 13th, following the first two batches released this year in July and November respectively.  And no…

2025 Sundance Film Festival Full Program Lineup Announcement!

©Courtesy of Sundance Institute  Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, revealing a lineup full of bold independent storytelling. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with all of the…

Chicago Japan Film Collective : Check Out the Line Up and Get Discounts For Online Streaming!

Chicago Japan Film Collective Website: https://cjfc.us Inquiries: contact@cjfc.us Discount code: CJFC2024GST Available: Until November 24th, 19:00 Chicago time Discounts:: $2 off (can be used multiple times) Applicable to: 9 individual films and/or festival pass 99% Cloudy… Always/99%、いつも曇り [SANGOUMI Midori | Drama, Family | Japan | 2023 | 110 min. | International Premiere | (c)35 Films Parks] *Tanabe…

Dances With Films NYC 2024 Announces Film Line-Up

3rd Annual Dances With Films – NYC announces lineup for premiere-rich film event (December 5-8) Celebrated truly indie-focused film festival will feature 77 Feature-length Narrative and Documentary films, Pilots and Shorts making World, North American, and US Premieres    Evan Oppenheimer’s PEAS AND CARROTS makes its World Premiere as the Opening Night selection, and Christina…

Squid Game S2 : An Addictive K-Drama Takes You on a Wide Ride

©Courtesy of Netflix  Repeat championships are rare in most legitimate sports, but that is especially true for this secret life-and-death game. As fans of the 2021 Korean streaming phenomenon well remember, Seong Gi-hun was the only survivor from a field of 456 contestants when he first played. Seong had no desire for a rematch, but…

Oshi no Ko Executes Both Sugary-Sweet J-pop & Sinister Suspense at Equally High Levels

©Courtesy of Amazon  The business of cuteness sure can get ugly. Just ask the secret children of Japanese idol Ai Hoshino—make that the late Japanese idol. She was murdered by a psycho-stalker calling himself a “fan.” Despite their deceptively young ages, her son Aquamarine (Aqua) and daughter Ruby were already no strangers to tragedy. Somehow,…

‘Our Oceans,’ Is A Bewitching Natatory Experience

The five-part Netflix series Our Oceans is executive produced by James Honeyborne, Michelle Obama and Barack Obama, and narrated by the latter. The voice of the 44th President of the United States narrates what life is like in our oceans: Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic and Southern. Five filmmakers have curated each episode: Rachel Scott, Joe…