Few K-pop girl groups are conquering the globe quite like TWICE.
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How can women overcome negative perceptions about them disguised as societal ideals? Filmmaker Nathalie Álvarez Mesén presents her own examination of feminine reinvention with “Clara Sola.” The 2021 Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight selection sees a 40-year-old woman facing what she’s accepted as the norm, and how wrong it can be to give in to those notions. READ MORE: Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight 2021 Lineup Includes ‘The Souvenir Part II,’ The Latest From Clio Barnard, Miguel Gomes & More Álvarez Mesén — a participant in Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab, and NYFF Artist Academy — was intent on showcasing patriarchal concepts that move from generation to generation.
Few K-pop girl groups are conquering the globe quite like TWICE.
Over the years, we’ve seen documentary filmmakers try all sorts of stylish tricks to add a bit of flair to their films. And in the case of “My Old School,” director Jono McLeod tries for something really unique.
Now leaving Riverdale, next stop … New Zealand? KJ Apa revealed he’s planning to visit home later this year — and the actor just might need to convince partner Clara Berry to make their vacation a little more permanent.
Kevin Feige and the folks at Marvel Studios sure weren’t lying when they kept saying that “Avengers: Endgame” marked an end to that chapter of superhero storytelling. Since the end of ‘Endgame’ and the beginning of what is dubbed Phase 4, fans have been wondering what all of these new films (and TV shows) are building towards? Well, True Believer, Feige assures you that it will become much more clear soon enough.
Multi-million pound plans to revamp Partington, Sale town centre and the parks and trails across Trafford are in the pipeline.
Biffy Clyro have announced details of a UK and Ireland arena tour for November – you can find out ticket details below.The news follows on from the Scottish trio’s recent headline set at Download Festival, with the band set to celebrate their 2020 album ‘A Celebration Of Endings’ and 2021’s ‘The Myth Of The Happily Ever After’ at the gigs.Biffy will be joined by Architects on all of the dates of their UK and Ireland tour, which will kick off in Leeds on November 5.Dates in Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Birmingham, London, Cardiff and Bournemouth will also take place.“It’s been way too long,” the band said in a statement about their tour news.“We are so excited to announce our tour of UK/Ireland this November and over the moon to have Architects join us on what is going to be a very special tour. You will not want to miss it.”General sale tickets for Biffy Clyro’s UK and Ireland tour in November will be available from 9am on Friday (June 24) from here.
Paradise doesn’t last forever. Josh Goldstein and Shannon St. Clair have broken up after nearly one year of dating.
AJ Tracey has officially released ‘Seoul’, a track he first debuted during a freestyle for New York rap show On The Radar.The London rapper went viral last month when he stopped by On The Radar to visit host Gabe P, and the freestyle that ensued – produced by MDS X Larry – caught the attention of fans, many of whom urged Tracey to release it in full.“I told bro, ‘Let it go’ and I meant it/ I don’t care if this car gets dented/ I paid full price and this star ain’t rented,” Tracey raps on the song’s chorus.
EastEnders actress wrote as she posted a photo of her attending the British Soap Awards. She wore a floral midi dress with sheer white sleeves and accessorised the look with a mint green bag and strappy off-white sandals. Fans couldn't get over how stunning she looked as one wrote "you need no lessons queenie" and another said "honestly in love with you".
The BFI has named its first Disability Equality Lead. Clare Baines will take the post to further promotion of disability equality within the screen industries and internally at the organization.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentCharades (“I Lost My Body”) has boarded “Clara Wants Some Chicken,” an animated feature directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach (“The Girl Without Hands”) in the run up to this week’s Annecy Animation Festival.Produced by Dolcevita Films (“A Son”) and Miyu Productions (“Plethore de Nords”), “Clara Wants Some Chicken” will be presented in the work-in-progress section at Annecy.Comedy-laced, the animated feature follows a loving mom, Paulette, who feels guilty after unfairly punishing her daughter Linda and would do anything to make it up to her. She sets off to make a chicken with peppers, even though she doesn’t know how to cook.But how will she find a chicken on the day of a general strike? The heartwarming mother-daughter tale also touches on overcoming grief through the plot involving the recent death of the young girl’s father.
A minor but affecting character study about buried family trauma, Clara Stern’s feature-length narrative debut “Breaking the Ice” works well as both a sports drama — focusing on an Austrian minor-league women’s hockey team — and a romantic drama. While perhaps too contained within its protagonist’s point of view, Stern’s film is nevertheless an impressive debut.
EastEnders star Clair Norris joined her soap colleagues as she took to the British Soap Awards on Saturday.The actress, 24, who plays Bernadette Taylor in Albert Square, looked world’s away from her on screen character as she stepped out for the do. Clair looked stunning in a white dress that flowed to her calves and came in an elegant floral print.
EastEnders stars posed for a photo, some looking worlds away from their characters on the show. READ MORE: BBC EastEnders: Inside Kellie Bright's life away from Linda Carter including Only Fools and Horses role, net worth, and famous husband Clair Norris, 24, ditched her usual on-screen look of a denim jacket and messy bun for a leopard print top teamed with her long flowing locks and flawless make-up for a glammed-up look. Milly shared the series of snaps and confirmed she was celebrating her past three birthdays as plans had been shunned twice due to the Covid pandemic.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentKino Lorber has acquired North American rights to first-time Lebanese director Mounia Akl’s timely drama “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” which launched positively last year from Venice.“Costa Brava” provides an acerbic take on Lebanon’s waste management crisis and its turbulent political landscape and combines the country’s strife with the global climate crisis. The darkly comic drama pairs Oscar-nominated Lebanese star and filmmaker Nadine Labaki (“Capernaum”) and Palestinian actor Saleh Bakri (“The Band’s Visit”) as a couple who has moved from Beirut to live idyllically in the mountains, until one day the government decides to build a garbage landfill right beside their house.
What would you do to escape a miserable situation? A young woman discovers the possibilities — and ramifications — of pursuing an escape in “Murina.” Co-writer and director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s feature debut became a buzzed-about title after the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The Directors’ Fortnight selection went on to win Caméra D’or (Best First Film) before showing at festivals around the world.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be attending the Queen’s Trooping of the Colour for her Platinum Jubilee.
John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAs genre makes much of the running in sales at this year’s Cannes Film Market, Filmax, traditionally one of its biggest vendors, has swooped on “32 Gats,” the next feature from Hèctor Hernandez Vicens who broke out with the 2015 SXSW premiere, “The Corpse of Anna Fritz.”Filmax will handle distribution in Spain as well as sell international rights.Produced by Carles Torras at Zabriskie Films, ”32 Gats,” writer-director Hernández Vicens’ fourth feature, turns on a couple, Ana, 36, and Salva, 49, who move into a house in the country where there’s space for the 32 cats that Ana has adopted in the last years.Ana is two-months pregnant. The couple begins to rehabilitate the house for the baby’s birth, but Ana begins to sense a presence in the house, and she isn’t the only one, it seems.
EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo 8 has acquired North American rights to the musical drama Love Gets a Room from director Rodrigo Cortés (Buried) out of the Cannes Film Festival, slating it for a limited theatrical release this fall.