EXCLUSIVE: Five notable filmmakers from the fake-blood business have united for the horror anthology film Nightmare Cinema, which reaches theaters June 21, the same day it will be available via on-demand platforms. Now three of those same filmmakers are collaborating for a tie-in screening series that will celebrate…
Screenings, live viewings, conversations, tributes and talent appearances highlighting Deadwood, The Handmaid’s Tale, When They See Us, The Good Place, Better Things and other TV titles are among the offerings at the third annual Split Screens Festival.
The event at New York’s IFC Center runs May 29 to June 3.
Notable…
As of 3:36 p.m. Cannes Film Festival Time on Saturday–6:36 a.m. as time is reckoned here in Los Angeles– the online case records of the Los Angeles County Superior Court still showed no sign of a response by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to Roman Polanski's demand for reinstatement as an Academy…
Asif Kapadia has directed two incredibly compelling documentaries about the lives—and untimely deaths—of Ayrton Senna and Amy Winehouse. He returns to Cannes to complete the third part of his unique trilogy with Diego Maradona, this time detailing the brilliant and troubled life of the still very much alive soccer…
Saban Films has acquires U.S. distribution rights to Come to Daddy, the horror comedy starring Elijah Wood that marks the directing debut of producer Ant Timpson. The pic, which had its world premiere last month at the Tribeca Film Festival, will now get a theatrical release though no date has been set.
Wood stars as…
“Even if the movie doesn’t make one penny — which will kill Jim Gianopulos — it is the movie I wanted to make, and that doesn’t happen often,” said no one other than Elton John on Thursday as he proceeded to sing his signature “I’m Still Standing” at the Carlton Beach after-party for the world premiere of the movie…
Applications for the second Native American Feature Film Writers Lab are now open, part of the LA Skins Fest. The 10-week workshop will develop the skills of the under-served Native American community and prepare them for employment in the film industry.
The LA Skins Fest will select five Native American writers to…
The Cannes Competition line-up of 50 years ago was an extraordinary one; a who's who of iconic filmmakers. Among the 26 competing for the Palme d'Or were Sidney Lumet, Louis Malle, Andrzej Wajda, Pierre Étaix, Lindsay Anderson, Volker Schlöndorff, Costa-Gavras, Éric Rohmer, Glauber Rocha, Ronald Neame and Dennis…
Whenever a first-time feature director makes it into the Cannes Film Festival Competition it's worth taking notice. Only a small handful have achieved the honor in recent years, and one, László Nemes back in 2015, took his Son of Saul all the way from the Croisette to the Foreign Language Film Oscar. This year, Ladj Ly…
Danielle Lessovitz's feature directing debut—and Un Certain Regard entry—Port Authority follows Paul (Fionn Whitehead), who arrives at the titular bus station and quickly meets eyes with Wye (Leyna Bloom), a girl voguing on the sidewalk. An intense love blossoms, but when Paul discovers that Wye is trans, he is forced…
For a second year in a row, Kino Lorber has inked a deal for Berlin’s Golden Bear winner. The indie distributor said Thursday it has acquired North American rights to Synonyms, Nadav Lapid's drama that won Berlin’s top prize after it world premiered there in February. The pic will now get a U.S. theatrical release in…
