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Damien Chazelle to Direct New Feature for Paramount

According to an announcement at CinemaCom, Paramount will be backing Damien Chazelle’s next film, despite the red ink the studio incurred in producing his Babylon, which reportedly lost some $87 million. Few details are available about the new project, but it reportedly will be set in a prison and will be scripted by the director…

Director Damien Chazelle Reflects on His Post-Babylon Future

Damien Chazelle’s 2022 film Babylon was, by all accounts, a flop. With a budget of $80 million, it grossed a paltry $15 million domestically, though it picked up $48 million overseas. Reviews were tepid—57% on Rotten Tomatoes and C+ on CinemaScore—and even the star power of Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie could not persuade the…

National Museum of Cinema in Turin: Exclusive Interview With President Enzo Ghigo & Director Domenico De Gaetano

In the ancient capital of Italy (Torino lead the Kingdom of Italy right after it’s unification in 1861 until 1865), there is the impressive National Museum of Cinema. This institution welds the beauty of architecture of the Mole Antonelliana with the history and futurism of the motion picture industry. This is one out of the…

Sundance’s Top 10 Feature Films List of Past 40 Years

@Sundance Institute Whiplash has topped the list of the top 10 feature films that have screened during the Sundance Film Festival over the past four decades, Variety is reporting. The psychological drama, which premiered in competition at the festival in 2014, was written and directed by Damien Chazelle. After the movie’s premiere, the filmmaker was nominated…

Damien Chazelle Beguiled Cinephiles During His Masterclass At The Museum Of Cinema In Turin

The youngest-ever filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Director was celebrated in the Italian city where silent films moved their first steps, just a fortnight after Tim Burton’s  visit.  It is in the very Museum of Cinema — where the figure of the Moloch, featured in the 1914 epic movie Cabiria, currently stands…

Director Damien Chazelle Selected as Top Juror at Venice Film Festival

Photo by Photo Credit: Scott Garfield/Scott Garfield – © 2022 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The jurors have been selected for this year’s Venice Film Festival, which will run for its 80th season from August 30 to September 9. Heading the panels will be the U.S. director Damien Chazelle, whose acclaimed movies La La Land and…

“Babylon” Needs Overseas Box Office To Save It

Babylon has become the lowest-grossing wide release opening ever in the U.S. for lead actress Margot Robbie. The period comedy-drama from Oscar-winning writer-director Damien Chazelle, marks her second box office bomb in a row, after Amsterdam also flopped at the box office during its opening weekend, Deadline is reporting. The Golden Globe Award-nominated actress’s latest…

Babylon : Exclusive Interview with Actor Jovan Adepo 

Synopsis : A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Bloody Violence|Pervasive Language|Strong & Crude Sexual Content) Genre: Comedy, Drama Original Language: English Director: Damien Chazelle Producer:Marc Platt, Matthew Plouffe, Olivia Hamilton Writer: Damien…

Film Review – Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood Epic ‘Babylon’ is Pure Chaos

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Babylon : Exclusive Interview with Actress Li Jun Li

Synopsis : A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Bloody Violence|Pervasive Language|Strong & Crude Sexual Content) Genre: Comedy, Drama Original Language: English Director: Damien Chazelle Producer:Marc Platt, Matthew Plouffe, Olivia Hamilton Writer: Damien Chazelle…

BABYLON | Welcome to Babylon Featurette : Starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Tobey Maguire

Paramount Pictures has dropped a brand new featurette for a highly anticipated “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle’s upcoming epic film “ “Babylon.” The all-star period drama is set to release on Dec 23, 2022  Wide. “Babylon” is an original epic set in 1920s Los Angeles, during a particularly volatile time in the history of Hollywood, when the…