Tag: FilmFestivals
Iran calls for “official explanation” of French minister’s “insulting” comments after Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or win
Iran has called for an official explanation from the French government over a comment made by French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot, after di [...]
Kathy Bates Didn’t Expect the Lovefest: “Y’all, Where Were You When I Was Sitting on the Couch by Myself?”
Onscreen, Bates built up an unusual filmography as an adored star who rarely played the lead. Oscar nominee Alfre Woodard met her in the ’80s New Yor [...]
Elisabeth Moss Thinks The Handmaid’s Tale’s Final Scene Is “Honestly Perfection”
It wasn’t my idea to have [Holly] come back, but there was a leaning into that, or an exploration of that story, that became very prominent. It was m [...]
Seattle International Film Festival: ‘Seeds,’ ‘Tinā,’ ‘Suburban Fury,’ ‘The Crowd’ Among Top Prize Winners
Seeds is planting itself firmly in the hearts of critics around the country.
Brittany Shyne’s documentary about Black farmers in the South won [...]
‘Lilo & Stitch’, ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ smash North American Memorial Day box office record
Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch and Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning kicked off summer blockbuster season with [...]
Cannes Film Festival Power Outage Might Have Been Caused By Anarchist Groups
A power outage that snarled the final day of the Cannes Film Festival was the work of French anarchists, the groups claimed in a letter posted online [...]
Rolf Saxon Thought He Was Being Pranked When ‘Mission Impossible’ Asked Him to Return
Three decades ago, Rolf Saxon worked for just a few days on Mission: Impossible. Seven films and nearly 30 years later, he was getting a call to retu [...]
Sherri Papini, Accused of Faking Her Own Kidnapping, Finally Tells Her Side of the Story
“I tried so hard to ‘gotcha’ her,” Nicole Rittenmeyer says. The veteran true-crime filmmaker went into her latest project, an ID docuseries called Sh [...]
‘Lilo & Stitch’, ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ smash North American Memorial Day box office record | News
Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch and Paramount/Skydance’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning kicked off summer blockbuster season with a [...]
Cannes Competition fantasy epic ‘Resurrection’ swept up by international buyers
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese director Bi Gan’s fantasy epic Resurrection has sold widely for Les Films du Losange following its world premiere in Cannes’ [...]