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EXCLUSIVE: Jane Campion, whose latest film The Power of the Dog for Netflix has been playing the fall festival circuit to critical acclaim, has been selected to receive the Director’s Tribute at this year’s Gotham Awards ceremony, which will take place live November 29 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Campion was…

As The Power of the Dog director Jane Campion was winning best director at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, Benedict Cumberbatch was at the Toronto Film Festival singing her praises as the reason for how great the chemistry was among the actors in the Oscar-winner’s new Western thriller. “She’s amazingly smart…

UPDATED with full winners list: French-Lebanese filmmaker Audrey Diwan has become the sixth female director to win the Venice Film Festival's top prize, the Golden Lion, with her 1963-set abortion drama L'Evénement (Happening). She's also the second in a row after Chloé Zhao took last year's Lion with Nomadland. An…

One thing is certain, that The Power Of The Dog is the most gorgeous-looking Western set in the early 20th century since Days Of Heaven 43 years ago. What's also clear is that Jane Campion has made a complex and probing adaptation of the late Thomas Savage's superb 1967 novel about two very different Montana rancher…

With the debut of the trailer for The Power Of The Dog today, the world got a glimpse of Oscar-winner Jane Campion’s first feature since 2009’s Bright Star. Set in 1920’s Montana and shot in New Zealand, the Netflix film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the brutal, wealthy rancher Phil Burbank. At a restaurant on their…

Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog will screen as the centerpiece selection at this fall’s 59th New York Film Festival. As the festival resumes in-person events after a 2020 edition blending online and drive-in screenings due to Covid-19, Campion’s film will debut at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on October 1…

UPDATED, with more detail: The Venice Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 78th edition Monday morning with a notably strong studio presence after last year's near dearth of Hollywood titles and muted star attendance. Universal (with Blumhouse's previously announced Halloween Kills and Focus' Last Night In Soho…

There are some changes going on at Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog. Kirsten Dunst is in talks to step in for Elisabeth Moss, who is exiting the project due to scheduling conflicts. Once negotiations are finalized, Dunst will join Benedict Cumberbatch and Paul Dano in the adaptation of the 1967 Thomas Savage novel…

Netflix on Thursday said it has acquired most worldwide rights to The Power of the Dog, the next movie from writer-director Jane Campion and which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Elisabeth Moss. The movie, from See-Saw Films and based on Thomas Savage's 1967 novel, was one of the buzz titles at the Cannes film market…

Emmy-winning The Handmaid's Tale star Elisabeth Moss and Avengers: Endgame’s Benedict Cumberbatch are in place to star in a film adaptation of Thomas Savage's 1967 novel The Power of the Dog from helmer Jane Campion. The project will be presented to buyers at Cannes via Cross City Films. The story follows wealthy…

From Dear White People and Sorry to Bother You star Tessa Thompson, Oscar winning director Damien Chazelle, Palme d'Or winner and Top of the Lake director Jane Campion, there are a lot of Sundance alums named today as jurors for the 112-film festival kicking off next week. As well as who will decided the victors in the…

On the eve of the Cannes Film Festival, one of the most influential fixtures on the international film circuit has died. Pierre Rissient, a critic, programmer, distributor, press attaché, assistant director, director and talent advocate, passed away overnight last night. He was 81. Bertrand Tavernier announced the…