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New York Film Festival : TÁR / Press Conference with Actors Cate Blanchett, Sophie Kauer, Nina Hoss, Director Todd Field, Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir
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New York Film Festival : TÁR / Press Conference with Actors Cate Blanchett, Sophie Kauer, Nina Hoss, Director Todd Field, Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir

Synopsis : From writer-producer-director Todd Field comes TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, the groundbreaking conductor of a major German Orchestra. We meet Tár at the height of her career, as she’s preparing both a book launch and much-anticipated live performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. Over the ensuing weeks her life begins to unravel…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Armageddon Time
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New York Film Festival Review -‘Armageddon Time’ Delves into Director James Gray’s Influential Childhood

It’s natural for filmmakers to want to revisit their pasts through their chosen medium of artistic expression. They create stories that might reflect other people’s experiences or adapt someone else’s memories or fiction, and it’s impossible for them not to be influenced at least somewhat by what they’ve been through in their lives. It’s particularly…

Abe Friedtanzer
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Tár
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New York Film Festival Review – ‘Tár’ is a Towering Showcase for Cate Blanchett

A conductor exhibits a great degree of control over an orchestra, guiding and timing all movements. What may appear as a simple and superfluous job, unnecessary because each musician is capable of keeping their own time, is anything but, requiring a mastery of sound and meter. The unforgettable protagonist of Todd Field’s new film Tár…

Abe Friedtanzer
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Who Will Replace Anya Taylor-Joy and Harry Styles in Robert’s Eggers’ Nosferatu
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Who Will Replace Anya Taylor-Joy and Harry Styles in Robert’s Eggers’ Nosferatu

“The Witch” and “The Lighthouse” Director Robert Eggers is finally bringing his longtime passion project, “Nosferatu” , to the silver screen with a new cast. Focus Features will tackle a new take of the original 1922 silent film and Werner Herzog’s 1979 remake. The new rendition of “Nosferatu” has been in development since at least…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Beanie Feldstein Cast in Ethan Coen’s Untitled Solo Directorial Debut Film at Working Title and Focus Features
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Beanie Feldstein Cast in Ethan Coen’s Untitled Solo Directorial Debut Film at Working Title and Focus Features

Beanie Feldstein has been cast alongside Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan in Ethan Coen’s untitled movie at Working Title and Focus Features, Deadline is reporting. No plot or character details have been released yet for the upcoming film, which the Oscar-winning filmmaker co-wrote with his wife, Tricia Cooke. Coen is making his solo narrative feature…

Karen Benardello
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ARMAGEDDON TIME – Official Trailer : Starring Banks Repeta, Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins
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ARMAGEDDON TIME – Official Trailer : Starring Banks Repeta, Jeremy Strong and Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins

Focus Features has released a new trailer for director James Gray’s latest outing, “Armageddon Time” which is a deeply personal story on the strength of family, the complexity of friendship and the generational pursuit of the American Dream. The film features an all-star cast including Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong. online pharmacy bactroban…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. : Exclusive Video Interview with The Ebo Sisters and Nicole Beharie
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. : Exclusive Video Interview with The Ebo Sisters and Nicole Beharie

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. The cultural traditions in organized religion often have a positive affect on followers who faithfully attend their congregation’s services. But the upcoming satirical comedy, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., offers a powerfully different outlook into how religious institution can at times leave a…

Karen Benardello
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Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse to Star in Focus Features’ “LISA FRANKENSTEIN” Written by Academy Award Winner Diablo Cody
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Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse to Star in Focus Features’ “LISA FRANKENSTEIN” Written by Academy Award Winner Diablo Cody

Focus Features has cast Kathryn Newton (Big Little Lies, ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA) and Cole Sprouse (Moonshot, Riverdale) to star in the upcoming feature, LISA FRANKENSTEIN directed by Zelda Williams from a script written by Academy Award winner Diablo Cody (JUNO, TULLY). Principal photography is slated to begin later this summer. Cody will write and serve as…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Vengeance
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Tribeca Festival / Review – B.J. Novak Makes His Superbly Entertaining Directorial Debut with ‘Vengeance’

There’s a basic human instinct to seek revenge when someone is wronged. What constitutes being wronged is up for debate and will be interpreted differently by each person, but the natural response to any sort of offense will likely be first defined by a desire to get even and then a more rational evaluation of…

Abe Friedtanzer
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Exclusive Interview: Director Simon Curtis, Actress Laura Carmichael and Actor Hugh Bonneville on Downton Abbey: A New Era
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Exclusive Interview: Director Simon Curtis, Actress Laura Carmichael and Actor Hugh Bonneville on Downton Abbey: A New Era

Honoring the past and long-held family traditions while also embracing the ever-evolving social norms and personal relationships of the present has been a cherished main story element in the acclaimed Downton Abbey franchise. That plot component is powerfully upheld in the franchise’s upcoming movie sequel, Downton Abbey: A New Era, which serves as a follow-up…

Karen Benardello
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The Northman
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Review: The Brutal Truths of “The Northman”

At almost the exact same time, the film world was seemingly overtaken by two young writer/directors; Ari Aster and Robert Eggers. Both directors delivered their unique visions by way of the famed distributor, A24. Now the latter with a 90 million dollar budget through new partner Focus Features has returned with what promises to be…

Matthew Schuchman
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