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Housekeeping for Beginners : Exclusive Interview with Director Goran Stolevski 

©Photo by Viktor Irvin Ivanov – © 2013 Focus Features From acclaimed filmmaker Goran Stolevski comes a story exploring the universal truths of family, both the ones we’re born into and the ones we find for ourselves. Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters, tiny troublemaker…

‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Review: A Fun and Crazy Screwball Ride

The Coen Brothers are a household name, collaborating on darkly funny, violent cinema beginning four decades ago with Blood Simple. Since then, they’ve won Oscars for their Fargo screenplay and for writing, directing, and producing No Country for Old Men. Joel Coen made his first film without his brother in 2021, the black-and-white Shakespearean adaptation…

BACK TO BLACK -Official Trailer- Only In Theaters May 17

Focus Features and StudioCanal finally released the full trailer for ”Back to Black,” the long-gestating biopic of Amy Winehouse, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Marisa Abela, an actress from Industry, portrays the late singer in her rise from a rebellious teenager in London to a tangled figure of jazz and pop. The trailer focuses on her…

Amy Winehouse Biopic BACK TO BLACK/Teaser | STUDIOCANAL

@Photo by Courtesy of Dean Rogers/Focus Features – © 2023 STUDIOCANAL SAS STUDIOCANAL International has dropped a new trailer for “Back To Black,” a new biopic about the late Amy Winehouse, has debuted its first footage. The film is starring “Industry” actor Marisa Abela as Winehouse and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (“Nowhere Boy,” “Fifty Shades of…

Lisa Frankenstein : Trailer / Robin Williams’ Daughter Zelda Williams’ Directorial Debut film

Focus Features has dropped a full-length trailer for the Diablo Cody-penned new horror comedy “Lisa Frankenstein” which is set to open exclusively in cinemas on February 9th. Directed by Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda Williams, the film marks her feature directorial debut. A new project, starring Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest…

‘Every Body’ DOC NYC Film Review – An Eye-Opening Look at Intersexuality

Much of society embraces the idea of binary definitions of what a person is. A recent push in liberal communities to recognize new gender identities, sexual orientations, and a variety of other descriptors has been met with intense pushback from traditionalists who feel that the recognition of something that hasn’t been historically acknowledged is somehow…

“The Holdovers” : Exclusive Interview with Actor Dominic Sessa on Working with Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne for His Debut Film

@Photo by Courtesy of FOCUS FEATURES – © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Synopsis : From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go….

“The Holdovers” : Exclusive Interview with Writer David Hemingson on Working with Director Alexander Payne

Photo by Courtesy of FOCUS FEATURES – © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Synopsis : From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to…

“Asteroid City” : Press Conference with Writer/Director Wes Anderson, Actors Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Bryan Cranston, and More!

Synopsis : The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. Rating: PG-13 (Some Suggestive Material|Smoking|Brief Graphic Nudity) Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Original Language: English Director: Wes Anderson Producer: Wes Anderson, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson Writer: Wes…

Film Review – ‘Asteroid City’ is the Latest Weird Cinematic Meditation from the One and Only Wes Anderson

Certain filmmakers have a particular style that makes their films instantly recognizable to audiences, be it a color palette, troupe of regular actors, or a narrator to anchor their stories. Wes Anderson utilizes all these and many more, and each of his projects adds a handful of new performers to his already extensive ensemble as…

Polite Society / Review : “This Film is Fire !”

It’s still Spring but Focus Features comes out with full punches with this Summer like Action Flick “Polite Society.” Mind you, there is nothing polite about this film. It’s full of curse words, raw catfights with full on punches and rudeness that would make your Mother cringe, But mind you this film is FIRE !…