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Daisy Edgar-Jones and Will Poulter on the “Hopeful” Depiction of Queer Life in 1950s America in ‘On Swift Horses’
Daisy Edgar-Jones cites admiration as her first draw to the buzzy TIFF film On Swift Horses. “I loved the producers behind the film. I love Call Me By Your Name and Nomadland so I was so excited about them taking this project on,” she says of Peter Spears and Mollye Asher while seated alongside her co-star Will Poulter in the […]
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TIFF According to Sky Original Film’s Julia Stuart
Julia Stuart, the director of Sky Original Film, heads up a team that acquires exclusive rights and commissions original feature productions for Sky Cinema’s platform as well as theatrical release. Stuart and her team have brought several major titles to Sky, including Michael Mann’s Ferrari, May December starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, and The […]
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Venice Film Festival Awards: Pedro Almodóvar Wins Golden Lion for ‘The Room Next Door’
The 2024 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony has wrapped up after a sweltering week and a half on the Lido. The prestigious Golden Lion award for best film went to Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door. The Spaniard’s first-ever English-language feature received a whopping 17-minute standing ovation when it premiered at the festival. Almodóvar said […]
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How to Hide a Movie Star at the Toronto Film Festival
The Toronto Film Festival sure likes Hollywood A-listers on its red carpets. But away from movie premieres and parties, uber-stars do a disappearing act starting with flight arrivals and departures at Pearson International Airport. Don’t expect Cate Blanchett or Ben Stiller to be jostling at a baggage carousel or going beltless and barefoot through a […]
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Olivia Wilde, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Lucy Liu Set for Chanel and Tribeca’s Through Her Lens Jury
The 2024 edition of Tribeca and Chanel’s Through Her Lens collaboration is falling into focus. The three-day workshop — returning for a ninth year in New York from Sept. 17 to 19 — will feature a roster of boldfaced name participants and rising creatives. Chanel announced the team on Wednesday, a list that includes jury […]
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Venice Diary Day 6: Oddballs on the Red Carpet
The security guards guarding the stars on the Lido have an often tricky job. Not only do they have to protect divas from their fans — they also have to deal with more than the usual number of oddballs, imposters and seat-stealers. The Fan in a Thong A 50-year-old man was camped out all night […]
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Venice Diary Day 5: A Bicycle in the Gala Theatre, Harmony Korine’s Cigar and Late Night Libations on the Lido
A Bicycle in the Gala Theatre Saturday kicks off with an accredited guest casually attempting to enter the Sala Grande on a bicycle. Security immediately stops him, but he retorts: “But there’s so much unused space in the foyer.” Harmony Korine’s Lighted Cigar Harmony Korine shows up at his press conference for his delirious Baby […]
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Richard Gere Jokes He Had “No Chemistry” With Julia Roberts in ‘Pretty Woman’
It was a role that solidified Richard Gere as one of Hollywood’s most dashing leading men, but the actor has admitted he hasn’t watched his performance in Pretty Woman for a long time. The star spoke at a master class at the 81st Venice Film Festival on Sunday on the art and craft of cinema […]
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Venice Diary Day 3: Sex and Controversy, A Pizza for Matteo, Diapers on the Red Carpet
Some Like it Hot (Some Don’t) Friday was supposed to be all about eroticism. Or so they say. Halina Reijn’s Babygirl centers around a middle-aged, successful woman who, married with children, embarks on an intense sexual relationship with a young intern. She jeopardizes her career and family, but everything resolves itself in the end. Nothing […]
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Tim Burton Closes the Door on ‘Beetlejuice 3’, Cites 36-Year Gap Since First Film: “I’ll Be About 100”
It took Tim Burton 36 years to take on the second installment of his Beetlejuice franchise, and the director thinks it could take another few decades for a third. The cast and crew of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice descended on London’s Leicester Square on Thursday night, fresh off the plane from the 81st Venice Film Festival, to […]
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Venice Day 2 Diary: Flip Flops on the Red Carpet, ‘Beetlejuice’ Cosplayers, Angry Journalists
Beetlejuiced The opening day of the Venice Film Festival was dominated by Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Lots of red carpet glamor with a slew of movie stars from Monica Bellucci to Catherine O’Hara. Michael Keaton had fun all day pointing his iPhone at fans and filming them. Beetlejuice-themed cosplayers scattered around the red carpet area […]
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Next Generation of Talent Converges at Venice Immersive
Venice Immersive is the XR (Extended Reality) section of the Venice Film Festival, the part that is dedicated to immersive arts and media. It has been going for eight years already while it was only a few months ago that the Cannes Film Festival made a furtive attempt to introduce a space dedicated to virtual […]
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