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An Exclusive Interview with Director Mamoru Hosoda on “Belle”

Synopsis : Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a gorgeous and globally-beloved singer. One day, her concert is interrupted by a…

Exclusive Interview: Honor Swinton Byrne on Returning to ‘The Souvenir Part II’

Two years after her film The Souvenir debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, writer-director Joanna Hogg delivers the second part of the story of her signature character Julie, played by Honor Swinton Byrne. This chapter focuses more on Julie’s independent growth and particularly her work as a filmmaker, which was inspired by Hogg’s own experiences….

GKIDS BRINGS OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR MAMORU HOSODA’S “BELLE” TO THEATERS NATIONWIDE ON JANUARY 14, 2022

  GKIDS BRINGS OSCAR® NOMINATED DIRECTOR MAMORU HOSODA’S “BELLE” TO THEATERS NATIONWIDE ON JANUARY 14, 2022 New Teasers and Images Released GKIDS, the acclaimed distributor of multiple Academy Award®-nominated animated features will bring BELLE to cinemas nationwide starting January 14. BELLE, from Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda and Japan’s Studio Chizu is an original story written and…

Dune, Visual Grandeur Does Not Compensate For Narrative Vacuity

The novel Dune, written by Frank Herbert in 1965, is a science-fiction that takes place in a distant future, within a feudal interstellar society where various noble houses control planetary fiefs. Many have defined it as an arduous, if not impossible, book to adapt for the screen. Nevertheless, David Lynch tried to embrace the challenge…

Utopia Acquires U.S rights to Jane Birkin doc, ‘Jane by Charlotte’ Directed by Charlotte Gainsbourg

The hot documentary Jane by Charlotte has been scooped up by Utopia, according to Deadline. The film is a look at Jane Birkin made by her daughter, actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, in her directorial debut. online pharmacy clomid over the counter with best prices today in the USA Jane by Charlotte premiered in July at the…

Parallel Mothers / Trailer / Directed by Pedro Almodovar, Starring Penélope Cruz

PARALLEL MOTHERS A film by Pedro Almodovar Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in theaters on December 24, 2021 Starring Penélope Cruz, Milena Smit, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, and Israel Elejalde, with Julieta Serrano and Rossy de Palma.    Synopsis : Two women, Janis and Ana, coincide in a hospital room where they are going to give birth.  Both are single and became pregnant by accident. online…

Ethan Coen Doesn’t Want to Make Movies Anymore, Says Coen Brothers Collaborator Carter Burwell

Ethan Coen is taking an indefinite break from filmmaking and it is unclear if he and his sibling Joel will ever collaborate on another movie, composer Carter Burwell said in his recent appearance on the Score podcast. The decision for the brothers to go their separate ways professionally was “amicable,” insisted Burwell, who has worked…

Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ is NYFF’s Opening Night Selection

The 59th New York Film Festival officially has its opening night selection. Film at Lincoln Center announced today in a press release that Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth will make its world premiere at Alice Tully Hall on September 24th. Described as a “boldly inventive visualization of The Scottish Play,” Coen’s film stars his…

Interview with Groundbreaking VR Director Kiira Benzing for ‘Finding Pandora X’

Photo Credit for Feature Image: Carlos Austin If a decade ago virtual reality was associated to a remote future, or even science fiction, this phantasmagorical world is very much part of our current reality, and it is thriving. Someone who knows this well is international award-winning director and virtual theatre pioneer Kiira Benzing. Through the…

NYFF / Hard Truth : Q&A With Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Actor Tuwaine Barrett and Director Mike Leigh

Hard Truth : Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us. Reunited with Leigh for the first time since multiple Oscar-nominated Secrets and Lies, the astonishing Marianne Jean-Baptiste plays Pansy, a woman wracked by fear, tormented…