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Real psychiatric hospitals haven't used straitjackets for decades, but no self-respecting genre filmmaker is going to let that get in her way. From the moment Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon provides a ceiling's-eye view of Jeon Jong-seo writhing on the white floor of her white hospital room, buckled up inside a canvas…

Panelists at the press conference for Ana Lily Amirpour's Venice Film Festival competition title Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon today said they have experienced feeling like an outsider, a theme that runs through the story. The film follows a girl with unusual and dangerous powers who escapes from a mental asylum and…

More than 30 unpaid crewmembers on the indie film Please Give Me You have filed wage claims with the California Labor Commissioner's office after the production was shut down last month when its financing fell through following a Covid-19 scare on the set. The film, written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour and which…

EXCLUSIVE: Twenty six years after the iconic original debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, Neal Moritz’s (The Fast And The Furious) awaited reboot of hit action-thriller Cliffhanger is heading to the Cannes Marché where it will be among the buzziest projects on sale. In a zeitgeisty twist, the reimagined, big-canvas…

An elite group of film directors have appealed directly to Warner Bros Picture Group chairman Toby Emmerich to try and save FilmStruck, the subscription streaming service that offers indie and prestige titles that are part of the Criterion Collection. This after WarnerMedia said it would shutter the service at the end…

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) and Craig Robinson (The Office) are set to star in writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour’s (A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night) third feature Blood Moon, which is being produced by Oscar-winner John Lesher (Birdman) via his Le Grisbi banner. Zac Efron is in talks to join the intriguing…

Making a splash in the indie film world with her debut feature—the Iranian vampire Western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night—Ana Lily Amirpour declared herself an undeniable talent and filmmaker to watch. With her follow-up effort The Bad Batch—following a young woman in a desert dystopia who finds herself kidnapped by…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour has a late addition to the hot titles unveiling for international buyers in the Cannes market next week. Amirpour, who debuted with the Iranian Vampire Western A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night and followed with the Venice Special Jury Prize winner The Bad Batch, will next…

EXCLUSIVE: There’s another female filmmaker whose star is on the rise. Ana Lily Amirpour, the filmmaker whose feature debut A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night premiered at Sundance three years ago and was noted as Someone to Watch at the Independent Spirit Awards, has signed with CAA. Amirpour is a writer, director, and…

Screen Media Films has acquired U.S. rights to Ana Lily Amirpour's The Bad Batch, a day before its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. The deal, which was negotiated well into the night, comes after the film scored a Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival where it had its world premiere. With…

Dystopian love story The Bad Batch has pulled together a cast that would set even stone hearts aflutter. Diego Luna and Suki Waterhouse along with Keanu Reeves and Jim Carrey have joined the Ana Lily Amirpour-directed pic from Megan Ellison's Annapurna Pictures and VICE. As rumored, Jason Momoa also is on board…

Annapurna Pictures and VICE are teaming up to produce The Bad Batch, the next film from breakout indie helmer Ana Lily Amirpour. Amirpour made waves last year with her striking debut A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, the black and white Iranian vampire Western that debuted at Sundance and hit theaters in November…