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Actress-Singer-Fashion Icon Jane Birkin Dies in Paris at Age 76

Acclaimed actress-singer Jane Birkin died earlier today in her Paris home, ABC News is reporting. The British-French entertainer, who also became known as a fashion icon later in her career, was 76. The César Award-nominated actress moved to France in the late 1960s, after she was born in London in December 1946. She was the…

Is Xavier Dolan Finally Saying ‘Adieu’ to Filmmaking?

After repeatedly expressing his disillusionment with filmmaking, Xavier Dolan suggests he’s finally folding up his director’s chair. The 34-year-old Québécois writer-director recently told a Spanish media outlet, El Pais that he no longer feels like “committing two years to a project that barely anyone sees. I put too much passion into it to have these…

Elemental: Press Conference with Director Peter Sohn, Actress Leah Lewis, Actor Mamoudou Athie, Producer Denise Ream and Singer-Songwriter Lauv

Infusing its latest visually dazzling computer-animated family film with such contemporary messages as the importance of overcoming ethnic strife and instead practicing racial tolerance has become Pixar’s signature theme in recent years. It’s latest movie, the romantic comedy-drama Elemental, perfectly continues the production company’s tradition. The high-concept film reimagines the four elements as identified by…

Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Cannes Prizewinning Film ‘Monster’ to be Distributed in U.S. by Well Go USA

Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired the U.S. rights to Japanese director Kore-eda Hirokazu‘s thriller, Monster, Variety is reporting. The distributor plans to release the movie in American theaters late this year or early next year. The deal comes after the feature had its world premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival last month….

Japanese Actor Koji Yakusho Won Best Actor at Cannes for “Perfect Days” by German Director Wim Wenders

Director Justine Triet’s courtroom drama, “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.  “Anatomy of a Fall” is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for “Titane“ in 2021. Jane Campion was the first-ever female Palme…

Quentin Tarantino Reveals New Details on His Next Movie, ‘The Movie Critic’

Quentin Tarantino revealed new details about his next movie, The Movie Critic, during an interview with Deadline this week at the Carlton Hotel in Nice, France during the Cannes Film Festival. The two-time Oscar-winning screenwriter confirmed during the interview that the project will be about a movie critic from the 1970s. Tarantino also noted that…

Cannes Film Festival: Rapito (Kidnapped), Bellocchio’s Historical Drama Exposes The Violence Of Dogmatism

Marco Bellocchio, the secular director from Piacenza, has often explored the consequences of religious imposition — never being sententious yet remaining truthful to his laical perspective. In his 2002 film, My Mother’s Smile (L’ora di religione), he touched upon the sensitive issue of being baptised in treason. In that case it occurred to the son of the…

Natalie Portman Talks about ‘Cringey’ Elements of Her Debut film, “Leon : The Professional”

Natalie Portman‘s character of Elizabeth in her latest movie, the romantic drama May December, is presented as fragile, predatory and at times uncomfortable. The feature, which was directed by three-time Palme d’Or nominated filmmaker, Todd Haynes, will premiere in competition on May 20 at the Cannes Film Festival. The upcoming movie is seeking distribution at…

Il Sol Dell’Avvenire, Moretti Returns To His Humorous Social Commentary With Felliniesque Charm

Nanni Moretti’s new film Il Sol Dell’Avvenire, in competition at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, is a compelling journey through the director’s themes such as cinema, communism, therapy, romantic problematics, family issues, and observations on society. His habitual and irresistible sardonic style — that was temporarily dispersed in his previous film Three Floors (Tre Piani)…

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Official Trailer : Starring Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas

This year’s “STAR WARS“ Celebration got off to a sensational start today in London with the stars and filmmakers of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” wowing the fans with the first look at the never-before-seen trailer and an extensive exclusive look at the film as well as the new poster. Appearing in person were…

Historical Drama “Jeanne du Barry” Starring Johnny Depp as Louis XV to Open 76th Cannes Film Festival

Johnny Depp‘s comeback movie, the historical drama Jeanne du Barry, is set to have its world premiere on opening night of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, Variety is reporting. The three-time Oscar-nominated performer plays Louis XV in his return to acting, following a three-year hiatus. He last appeared on screen in the 2020 biographical drama,…