Austin Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Including 'Dave Not Coming Back,' 'The Catch' (Exclusive)

Johnny Flynn, who stars as David Bowie in the forthcoming biopic Stardust, has said that the film might not please all fans of the late singer.Flynn lost two and a half stone for the film, which follows Bowie travelling across the USA in 1971, shortly before he saw widespread acclaim by reinventing himself as Ziggy Stardust.The film does not contain any original David Bowie songs, which Flynn told The Guardian will mean “we’re potentially going to get a lot of flak from the Bowie army.”Flynn,

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is changing the game with its latest venture.

Clayton Davis The common ground between American film consumers and critics is when the two get to converge at a film festival. Equally measured in their “first look” at a film that has yet to open in a theater near you, the two get to take in the spectacle of a movie, sharing in those experiences and reacting to it on Film Twitter or with one another outside a theater.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe 24th Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival, which had to pivot into a digital only event at the last minute, has unveiled a lineup (see link here) with more than 220 films, including 59 world and 26 international premieres.The festival, which runs from Oct.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerGravitas Ventures has closed the deal for the North American rights to Vanguard, an action feature starring Jackie Chan and directed by his frequent collaborator Stanley Tong.

Also Read: Here Are All the Studio Movies Still Scheduled to Open in Theaters in 2020 (For Now)“Each time I work with Jackie, we are always trying to impress our audience with the best picture and idea. Especially this time, we put a lot of innovation in it.

here.Film Life Foundation is the festival organizer, with Coalition Partners to include ABFF Ventures, Endeavor Content, One Community, and Outlier Society.

Aston Martin revealed the first house designed as part of its Automotive Galleries and Lairs residential design service, which launched last year.Designed as a collaboration between US studio S3 Architecture and the luxury carmaker, the angular black-cedar home is set to be built in Hudson Valley, New York.It will be the first property built as part of the carmaker's service that aims to design bespoke spaces for its clients to show off their most cherished motors.This week saw two high-profile

Chris Willman Music WriterThe idea of a U.S. film festival sticking to its dates in 2020 with a fully programmed, all-physical, non-virtual slate of screenings? It might seem beyond possibility, but then, the suspension of disbelief is particularly accentuated at L.A.’s annual Beyond Fest, which programs “genre” films every fall at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

Dave McNary Film ReporterThe American Film Institute has unveiled its lineup of 124 films, adding notable titles including the documentaries “Belushi,” “Citizen Penn” and “Hopper/Welles” and the Albert and Allen Hughes 1995 thriller “Dead Presidents.”AFI Fest, which is going virtual this year without the usual glitzy Hollywood premieres at the TCL Chinese Theatre, had announced previously that Rachel Brosnahan’s crime drama “I’m Your Woman” had been selected as its opening night title on Oct.

The boss of Cineworld has cited the “wrong decision” of film studios shifting release dates of titles as a contributing factor to the temporary closure of its theatres in the UK and the US.

Mexican migration drama Identifying Features from director Fernanda Valadez has won the top prize for best film, the Golden Eye, at the 2020 Zurich International Film Festival. Valadez's directorial debut, which premiered in Sundance, where it won the audience award in the World Cinema, Dramatic category, follows a mother in search of her missing son,who left for the United States and is presumed dead.She's joined on her journey by a young man recently deported from the U.S..

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterUPDATE: October 1, 2020: The Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference (AFF), has unveiled their full schedule for its 27th annual Festival which takes place October 22-29.Marquee selections include the US Premiere of Dave Not Coming Back, which chronicles the 283-meter cave dive of friends Don and Dave, who find a dead body after breaking a world record.

Chadwick Boseman will receive a special tribute during the virtual American Black Film Festival.The actor, who lost his battle with colon cancer at the age of 43 in August 2020, will be honored with a retrospective that includes his movies 42, Get On Up, and Marshall.“We truly appreciate WarnerBros, Universal Pictures, and Open Road Films for providing these three films in support of the Chadwick Boseman retrospective,” ABFF Ventures president Nicole Friday said in a statement.

The American Black Film Festival has unveiled plans for a Remembering Chadwick Boseman Film Retrospective on Oct. 3 and 4, via its newly launched streaming platform ABFF Play.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe American Black Film Festival announced today their plans to remember Chadwick Boseman. With support from three major Hollywood studios, the American Black Film Festival will be airing a Chadwick Boseman tribute on its streaming service ABFF Play.The Remembering Chadwick Boseman Film Retrospective will be available for free on October 3 and 4.

American audiences might not be very familiar with Ester Exposito, but she’s a huge international star thanks to her hit Netflix series Elite!

American audiences might not be very familiar with Ester Exposito, but she’s a huge international star thanks to her hit Netflix series Elite!

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to “My Little Sister,” a poignant drama that will represent Switzerland in the international feature film race at the Oscars. “My Little Sister,” penned and directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond, is handled in international markets by Beta Cinema.