EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first trailer for UK drama A Bird Flew In (previously known as Alone), the Goldfinch-backed drama shot during lockdown.
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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentFor the second year running, Canneseries, one of the biggest TV festivals in France, has been forced to push back to Mipcom.Originally scheduled to take place from April 9-14 this year, running parallel to mid-April’s online MipTV, the 4th Canneseries, which was envisaged as an onsite-online hybrid event, will now take place like 2020’s third edition, at the same time as Mipcom, running this year over Oct.
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.EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first trailer for UK drama A Bird Flew In (previously known as Alone), the Goldfinch-backed drama shot during lockdown.
Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticA French cop movie with far more on its mind than simply solving the case, Xavier Beauvois’ Berlinale competition entry “Drift Away” examines the toll that law enforcement takes on an earnest sergeant (Jérémie Renier), and also how the locals react to being ordered around by such authority figures in Normandy.
Chloé Zhao has been a Golden Globe winner for less than 24 hours and she’s still taking in the historic win.
Nomadlandwon best motion picture in the drama category at the 78th annualGolden Globe Awards on Sunday night. Director Chloe Zhao said as she accepted the award, "Thank you to my fellow nominees for your beautiful, beautiful movies." Zhao also became the second woman to win best director at the Golden Globes earlier in the evening.
The Killer, an assassin drama that has proved to be something of a passion project for the Se7en director.Fincher has been linked to the assassin drama, an adaptation of the French graphic novel, since talks first emerged at Paramount in 2007.The Hollywood Reporter now reports that Netflix will pick up the long-gestating project – which will see Fincher reuniting with Se7en scribe Andrew Kevin Walker.The film, which is set to start shooting in September, will see Fassbender star as a ruthless
Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel and Cécile de France, “Peaceful,” directed by Cannes best actress winner Emmanuelle Bercot, will head Studiocanal’s 2021 Berlin slate.“Peaceful” is produced by Les Films du Kiosque, whose credits include “La Belle Epoque” and Bercot’s own “Standing Tall.”Introduced to buyers from Feb.
Also Read: 'Nomadland': How Frances McDormand Got Amazon to Agree to Shooting in a Real WarehouseThe drama from Searchlight is the biggest awards push of this truncated fall festival season: It premiered at the Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival simultaneously, along with a Los Angeles drive-in screening in collaboration with the canceled Telluride Film Festival.
is an awards-season favorite, and it doesn’t let you forget that for a second.Beneath the veneer of prestige, however, is a prescient and affecting story of a lost American class: van dwellers.They’re often older adults who, while reeling from the aftermath of the 2008 recession, became migrant workers to make ends meet.
Cannes director Thierry Fremaux is probably best known as the vocal leader of one of the biggest film events each year. However, he’s doing the publicity rounds nowadays to hype up his new book, “Judoka,” about his time learning Judo.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe Barack and Michelle Obama-led shingle Higher Ground has acquired the Michael Keaton film “Worth,” in partnership with their distributor Netflix.Directed by Sara Colangelo (“The Kindergarten Teacher”), the film is adapted from the Kenneth Feinberg memoir “What Is Life Worth?” and follows the lawyer’s process in awarding the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.Netflix will stream the film in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Australia, the UK, France, Turkey and
MARSEILLE, France -- It’s been a tough year for the performing arts in most countries, with virus lockdowns canceling shows and shuttering venues.But the world's top circus festival has found a way to flourish between the cracks in the rules — even without the huge crowds that would normally have attended.Ending Saturday in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, the fourth edition of the Circus Biennale (BIAC), held every two years in the south of France, celebrates the injury-defying and
Olivier Ntcham is a shoe-in for success at Marseille.The Celtic midfielder endured a rough start to his Ligue 1 loan move but has raked in the plaudits over the past week.His arrival at OM was marked by former boss Andre Villas-Boas claiming he'd said no to the transfer.The manager offered to resign but was later sacked, with Ntcham then making his debut in a Coupe de France win over Auxerre.Christopher Jullien sent his support to the 24-year-old last week and now Edouard has joined in,
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentSeries Mania, the TV drama showcase held in Lille, France, is postponing its 2021 edition to Aug. 26-Sept.
EXCLUSIVE: In 2014, French playwright Florian Zeller won the Molière Award for Le Pere, a play about an aging man’s bout with dementia. Seven years, a TV series and a French film adaptation later, Zeller brings his words to the big screen and to the Oscar-season awards race.
“One of the things I love most about this life, is there’s no final goodbye’s, let’s just say, I’ll see ya down the road,” a nomad and non-professional actor says to Frances McDormand in Chloé Zhao‘s critically acclaimed drama “Nomadland.”Co-starring David Strathairn, the film, a soulful, sad American Western drama about economic hardship and life on the open road is otherwise, free of stars and populated with real nomad, non-professional actors, many of whom are excellent revelations like Linda
Oscars ceremony. Danish tragicomedy "Another Round" stars former James Bond villain Mikkelsen as a middle-aged alcoholic who vows to get drunk every day, as part of a pseudoscientific experiment featuring three fellow school teachers.
Jean-Claude Carrière, the prolific French screenwriter who collaborated with some of the greatest art house auteurs of his time, has died. He was 89.
After renovating her London home last year, Binky Felstead has now put the finishing touches to her ‘dream’ abode and shown off the new décor on social media. From her farmhouse-style country kitchen to her cosy snug room, Binky took her followers around her south west London in a new house tour posted on her Instagram.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterStarz has ordered the period drama series “The Serpent Queen,” based on the life of Catherine de Medici.The eight-episode series is based on the book “Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France” by Leonie Frieda. Justin Haythe will write and executive produce the series, with Francis Lawrence and Erwin Stoff also executive producing.