Tag: FilmFestivals
Middling scores for ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ on Screen’s Cannes jury grid; ‘The Secret Agent’ impresses
Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme received middling scores on Screen’s Cannes jury grid while Kleber Mendonca Filho’s The Secret Agent impre [...]
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ knocks ‘Thunderbolts*’ off top spot at UK-Ireland box office; ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ lands fifth
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UK-Ireland top five, May 16-18, 2025
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Final Destination: Bloodlines (US)
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‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ scores franchise record opening with $102m at global box office; ‘The Salt Path’ delivers in first markets
Worldwide box office: May 16-18
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Which films are in the running for the 2025 Venice Film Festival? | News
At the Cannes halfway mark, talk is turning to the Venice Film Festival line-up.
Benny Safdie’s A24 title The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne J [...]
‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Benicio Del Toro Hilariously Dominates Wes Anderson’s Latest All-Star Wes Anderson Movie – Cannes Film Festival
Like Jacques Tati, Woody Allen and Luis Buñuel, there can be no mistaking a movie directed and written by Wes Anderson. An auteur in the truest sen [...]
‘The Last of Us’ Reunites Joel and Ellie—and Reveals What Really Happened to Eugene
It feels strange for The Last of Us to spend an episode on Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie's (Bella Ramsey) happier days together so soon after losing [...]
‘Last of Us’ Director Neil Druckmann on the Twists, Deaths, and Controversies of “The Price”
Neil Druckmann, the inventive force behind the Last of Us video games, gets why viewers of the TV show would expect any episode he directs to be pack [...]
British Urban Film Festival unveils Africa season in response to BFI’s pause of African Odysseys
The British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) is putting on a dedicated Africa season, set to showcase up to 20 African films annually across the UK, f [...]
Mubi swoops on Cannes Competition entry ‘Die, My Love’ | News
In the first on-site acquisition of a Competition title in Cannes this year, Mubi has paid $24m for North America and multiple territories on Lyn [...]
Wes Anderson Takes On the Oligarchs in The Phoenician Scheme
In the icy open of Wes Anderson’s up-to-date film, The Phoenician Scheme, we see a man blown in half by a bomb. A streak of glowing red blood spatter [...]