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Spike Lee Breaks the Color Barrier by Accepting Bid To Head up the CANNES FESTIVAL

Black  film mogul and director Spike Lee will be presiding over the jury at the 74th running of the Cannes Film Festival, some 35 years after one of his own early films, “She’s Gotta Have It” had premiered there. Other Spike Lee joints that  were shown at Cannes include “Do the Right Thing” in 1989…

NYFF: With ‘Anora’ You Just Need to Embrace the Chaos and Enjoy the Ride!

©Courtesy of NEON In the last ten years, Sean Baker has directed four movies that speak about life like nothing else in contemporary American cinema. Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket, and last but not least Anora are linked by a vitality that can drag the viewer into a chaotic world populated by flawed, questionable,…

Briarcliff Acquires Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dreams

Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired the American domestic distribution rights to Magazine Dreams, Deadline is reporting. The company plans to release the drama during the first quarter of 2025, but an exact date has yet to be announced. The news comes after the project received critical acclaim following its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film…

Jane Campion: The Masterclass At The Museum of Cinema in Turin

The two-time Oscar winner for The Piano and The Power of the Dog  received the Stella della Mole Award during a Masterclass held on October 1st, where she shared her thoughts on cinema and the way she nurtures her craft. The session was followed by a screening of The Portrait of a Lady, whereas the…

NYFF/The Seed of the Sacred Fig Review: Iranian Filmmaker Thrives in Boiling Domestic Drama/Thriller

©Courtesy of Neon To avoid an eight-year prison sentence for making his latest film The Seed of the Sacred Fig, Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof fled his native country to begin a life in exile. In two hours, he made the decision to embark on the risky escape on foot across the mountains. Two weeks later his film…

Boise Film Festival Announces Lineup of Films and Events for Debut in October

Boise Film Festival announces lineup of films and events for debut in October (October 10-13) 20th Anniversary screening of Gavin O’Connor’s Miracle opens the film festival Film festival award winners on the inaugural schedule include Silje Evensmo Jacobsen’s A New Kind of Wilderness Zoë Eisenberg’s Chaperone, Alison Tavel’s Resynator, and Alonso Ruizpalacios’ La Cocina Miracle…

TIFF: ‘My Sunshine’ is an Affecting Story of Young Love and Skill

There are many reasons that people might enter the world of sports. Often it’s true talent or the support – or enthusiastic encouragement, however warranted by ability – of a family member, friend, or coach. It can also just be the oldest and most basic motivation of all, to be close to and impress someone…

French Committee Nominates Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ for International Oscar

Jacques Audiard’s film Emilia Pérez will be France’s entry in the international feature film category at the 96th Academy Awards, to be bestowed on March 2, 2025. Desribed as a “redemption thriller” and as a “queer crime musical,” the Spanish-language drama film won two significant awards at the recent Cannes Film Festival: the Jury Prize…

The Apprentice | Official Trailer | Exclusively in Theaters October 11

Briarcliff Entertainment has released a trailer The Apprentice,  which based on Donal Trump’s years as an unforgiving Manhattan real estate magnate, as well as his Manhattan semester under the tutelage of infamous lawyer Roy Cohn. The film, which is set to hit theaters in October after its controversial premiere at the Cannes Film Festival left…

The Brat Pack’s Demi Moore Says Sony Plans a Sequel to ‘St Elmo’s Fire’

©Courtesy of Columbia Pictures  In an interview at the Toronto Film Festival, Demi Moore said Sony is discussing making a sequel to St. Elmo’s Fire, which debuted in 1985 under the direction of Joel Schumacher. “The update is definitely, conversations are happening,” Moore was quoted as telling Brent Lang of Variety. “[The] studio has been…