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Award-winning Film ‘Agent of Happiness’ Set for North American Theatrical Release

©Courtesy of BNB Films/Match Frame Production Agent of Happiness, a documentary about the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan that debuted at Sundance, will be released in North America later this year by Film Movement. Cinephil has licensed the rights to agents in the United Kingdom and most of Europe as well as Australia, New Zealand, and…

Chloé Zhao Will Executive Produce Participant’s Limited Scripted Series Based on Vincent Chin’s Death

Eternals writer-director, Chloé Zhao has signed to executive produce Participant’s limited scripted series based on the 1982 murder of Chinese-American auto engineer, Vincent Chin. The production company’s upcoming show, which marks the filmmaker’s first venture into television, will also focus on the civil rights case that followed his death, Deadline is reporting. The untitled series…

Chloé Zhao Turned Down ‘Black Widow’ to Pitch MCU’s ‘Eternals’ Instead

Fresh off double Oscar wins for directing and producing Nomadland, Chloé Zhao, the second woman ever to win the Oscar for Best Director, is talking about her next project, the highly-anticipated Eternals. The latest installment of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following Disney Plus’ WandaVision and the long-delayed Black Widow, is now scheduled…

Academy Awards Spread the Wealth, Honor ‘Nomadland’ and Others

The 93rd Academy Awards were handed out tonight, in a ceremony that featured in-person nominees in a variety of venues including Union Station in Los Angeles. There was clearly excitement around the idea of people being in the same room and getting to gather together, though some of the staging of the ceremony was awkward,…

We have selected our picks for the Oscar!

At last, tomorrow will be the Oscar ceremony. So I asked our staff to personally choose their selection in six major categories of the Academy Awards. Those are six categories. Actor in a Supporting Role Sacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah” Leslie Odom, Jr., “One…

An Exclusive Interview with Jessica Bruder, The Author of “Nomadland,” Takes Us into the World of Nomad Lifestyle

In 2017’s Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, author Jessica Bruder wrote about van-dwelling Americans, mostly older people who, in the wake of the Great Recession, were losing steady jobs, had paltry Social Security payments, and, with ballooning housing costs, found themselves unable to get by.  They hit the road following seasonal gigs across…

Nomadland, An Ode To Fernweh – Film Review

What makes a place a home? This is the theme explored by filmmaker Chloé Zhao, in the drama she wrote and directed: Nomadland. The story portrays the life journey of Fern — majestically played by Frances McDormand — who lives a vagabond life, making a virtue of necessity. online pharmacy strattera over the counter with…