Tag: FilmFestivals
Asian buyers upbeat at Cannes market halfway point | News
Shorter queues for market screenings this year may reflect fewer buyers in Cannes than usual but executives from three top Asian distributors are [...]
Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die My Love’ With Jennifer Lawrence & Robert Pattinson Gets Nine-Minute Ovation After Cannes Premiere
One of the starrier titles to hit the Croisette this week, Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love just had its debut at the Palais, earning a nine-minute ovati [...]
Jennifer Lawrence Is Astonishing in Postpartum Drama ‘Die, My Love’
The novel film Die, My Love opens with snapshots of a flourishing relationship: a couple inspects their novel home, which the man, Jackson (Robert Pa [...]
Qatar’s Doha Film Festival launches with over $300,000 in competition prize money
The Doha Film Institute’s inaugural Doha Film Festival (DFF) will run from November 20-28 this year, with over $300,000 of prize money on offer [...]
Mariska Hargitay Was “Living a Lie” for 30 Years. Now She’s Embracing Her Mother, Jayne Mansfield—and Her Biological Father
Hargitay sees a link between the familial silence-breaking of My Mom Jayne and her work with her Joyful Heart Foundation, a nonprofit for survivors o [...]
The Department of Homeland Security is Vetting a US Citizenship Competition Reality Show
The Department of Homeland Security might soon surf the current dystopian reality competition wave, if the man behind Duck Dynasty has anything to sa [...]
Danish filmmakers launch updated Dogma 25 manifesto | News
Thirty years after the launch of the Dogma 95 filmmaking movement, five rising Danish filmmakers have launched Dogma 25 in Cannes today (May 17), [...]
Producer Injured By Falling Palm Tree On Croisette In Cannes
A man in his 30s was seriously injured while walking on Cannes’ celebrated Croisette promenade on Saturday when he was struck by a falli [...]
Cannes Croisette section closed by fallen palm tree, pedestrian reportedly injured | News
A section of the Cannes Croisette was closed on Saturday afternoon after a palm tree fell onto the walkway, reportedly injuring a pedestrian.
A p [...]
Harris Dickinson Makes a More Than Promising Directorial Debut With ‘Urchin’
There’s an ancient go-to gag about Hollywood ambition: an actor saying, “What I really want to do is direct.” It became a punchline for a reason—for [...]