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How the ‘Halloween’ Director Went From Slashers to Slapstick
After successfully reviving one legendary horror franchise and not quite managing to relaunch another, David Gordon Green needed a “bit of a palate cleanser.” Since Halloween, his 2018 reboot of the John Carpenter slasher pic, Green has become a bit of a go-to-guy for mid-budget horror masters Blumhouse, delivering a full trilogy of new Halloweens […]
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TIFF Hot List: Sydney Sweeney, Mads Mikkelsen and Pamela Anderson Films to Tempt Buyers in Toronto
At this time last year, picketers were walking outside of studio gates, still two months away from resolving Hollywood’s dual strikes. Of the big festivals, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), with its focus on star-heavy independent projects, was hardest hit by the labor action, with empty red carpets turning much-hyped premieres into damp squibs. […]
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Oldenburg Film Festival to Honor German Director Dominik Graf
The Oldenburg International Film Festival, often dubbed Germany’s Sundance, will this year pay tribute to one of the country’s most revered filmmakers, Dominik Graf, with a special retrospective. The 31st edition of the festival, running from Sept. 11 to 15, will spotlight Graf’s prolific career, as one of Germany’s few masters in genre filmmaking. Graf, […]
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Leni Riefenstahl Documentary Sells Wide After Venice, Telluride Premiere
Andres Veiel’s Riefenstahl, a new documentary on the infamous Nazi-era German director Leni Riefenstahl, has sold strongly internationally following its world premiere at the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals. Beta Cinema, who are handling world sales on the film, locked down deals across Europe for the documentary, including with ARP for France, Filmin for Spain, Midas Filmes […]
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Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby: Erotic Films Seduce Venice
Venice has got its sexy back. Erotica of all varieties — gay, straight, kinky and theoretical — is on glorious display at this year’s Venice Film Festival, with plenty of sizzling action onscreen and little of it gratuitous. Two of the, em, hottest festival titles this year — Halina Reijn’s Babygirl and the TV series […]
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Soviet Cinema Legend Inspires Artist in Exile in ‘I Will Revenge This World With Love – S. Parajanov’ (Exclusive Trailer)
The legacy and inspiration of Soviet director Sergei Parajanov is at the center of I Will Revenge This World With Love – S. Parajanov, a new documentary from director Zara Jian, which premieres at this year’s Venice Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter has gotten the exclusive first look at the trailer for the film — […]
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Thomas Vinterberg on Avoiding “Disaster Film Cliches” in Climate Change Miniseries ‘Families Like Ours’
When the Syrian War broke out in 2011, triggering a wave of refugees to Europe, Thomas Vinterberg felt a surge of empathy towards the millions of families forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in foreign lands. But when the Oscar-winning director of Another Round, The Hunt, and The Celebration saw the response of […]
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Venice Trips Out on Harmony Korine’s ‘Baby Invasion’
The Venice audience stayed up late to take drugs and play video games with Harmony Korine. The midnight premiere of Korine’s latest, Baby Invasion, gave the festival a full dose of the video game/cinema mash-up Korine pioneered with AGGRO DR1FT, which hit Venice last year. And they seemed to like it. The crowd at the […]
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Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult Went to a Dark Place to Explore American Racism in Neo-Nazi Crime Thriller ‘The Order’
The cast of The Order went to some pretty dark places to tell a true story of American racism. The new film from Justin Kurzel (Macbeth, Assassin’s Creed) stars Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, and Zach Baylin, all of whom were in attendance for the film’s world premiere in competition at the […]
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Venice: Amos Gitai Rejects Calls for Boycott of New Film ‘Why War’
Israeli director Amos Gitai has batted back calls for a boycott of his new film Why War and said both sides of the Israel–Palestine conflict need to clean out their current leaderships for peace to prevail. Premiering this weekend of out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, Why War takes its cue from correspondence […]
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Nicolas Winding Refn on Revisiting His Origin Story With ‘Pusher’ and Why He Won’t Be Making That ‘Barbarella’ Adaptation
Nicolas Winding Refn, is one of the few directors who deserves the enfant terrible label. The Danish filmmaker, best-known for his neon-drenched tales of sex, violence and revenge — Drive, Only God Forgives, The Neon Demon — is at the Venice Film Festival this year with two works that, he says, represents both his “classic […]
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Nicole Kidman Steamy Pic ‘Babygirl’ Wows Venice Film Festival Crowd at World Premiere
The Venice Film Festival finally got to meet Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. The erotic thriller from A24 had its world premiere inside Palazzo del Cinema on Friday evening on the Lido. The capacity crowd seated inside Sala Grande responded with a wild standing ovation for star Nicole Kidman and her cast of collaborators Harris Dickinson, Antonio […]
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