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‘Memoir of a Snail’ Filmmaker Adam Elliot on His Quirky Animated Feature (Video Interview)

Although he’s been making stop-motion animation for close to thirty years, Australian filmmaker Adam Elliot might not be able to boast of the most prolific output. That’s probably because what he does takes time, and when he does deliver a new movie, it’s usually something special. Many might know Elliot’s work from 2009’s Mary and…

Maria | Official Trailer | Netflix : Starring Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas

©Courtesy of Netflix “Tell me how it felt to be onstage,” the journalist played by Kodi Smit-McPhee says to Maria Callas in the new trailer for Maria. “An exultation,” she responds. “An intoxication. I thought the stage itself would burn.” Starring Academy Award-winning actor Angelina Jolie, Pablo Larraín’s Maria is a swooning portrait of that cocktail…

NYFF/ Maria : Q&A with Actresses Angelina Jolie, Alba Rohrwacher, Production Designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, Cinematographer Edward Lachman, Director Pablo Larraín

Maria : The tumultuous, beautiful and tragic story of the life of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived and reimagined during her final days in 1970s Paris. Director : Pablo Larraín Screenwriter : Steven Knight Distributor : Netflix Production Co : Komplizen Film, The Apartment, Fabula Rating : R (A Sexual Reference|Some Language) Genre…

Venice Film Festival / Disclaimer : Alfonso Cuarón’s Exploration Of Orwellian Culture

The new Apple TV+ original series written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón — starring Cate Blanchett and Sasha Baron Cohen — premiered at the 81st Venice Film Festival. This marks the return of the filmmaker to the Lido, after opening the kermesse with Gravity in 2013 and winning the Golden Lion with Roma in 2018. Disclaimer is based on the novel of the same…

Netflix Acquires Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ Starring Angelina Jolie, Check Out the First Clip!

© Pablo Larraín Netflix has picked up Pablo Larraín‘s biopic Maria, which stars Angelina Jolie as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas, for release in the US. The streamer also dropped a first look at Larraín’s latest Venice-bound biopic. During the festival runup, the streamer won a bidding war with at least one major distributor. Netflix appears to…

Baz Luhrmann’s ELVIS | Official Trailer / Starring Tom Hanks, Austin Butler

CREDIT: WARNER BROS. PICTURES  From Oscar-nominated visionary filmmaker Baz Luhrmann comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler and Oscar winner Tom Hanks. The film explores the life and music of Elvis Presley (Butler), seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). The story delves into…

New York Film Festival : The Power of the Dog / Press Conference with director Jane Campion, Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and the Cinematographer Ari Wegner

Synopsis : Severe, pale-eyed, handsome, Phil Burbank is brutally beguiling. All of Phil’s romance, power and fragility is trapped in the past and in the land: He can castrate a bull calf with two swift slashes of his knife; he swims naked in the river, smearing his body with mud. He is a cowboy as…

New York Film Festival: The Power of the Dog / Review – Benedict Cumberbatch Emotionally Leads the Visually Stunning Psychodramatic Western

Creating period dramas that are fueled by psychological complexity and repressed emotions has largely driven filmmaker Jane Campion’s career over the past three decades. From one of her most notable and recognizable works, the 1993 Academy Award-winning The Piano, to her upcoming feature, The Power of the Dog, the writer-director-producer consistently proves her talent of…