‘Ibelin’ Filmmaker Benjamin Ree on How to Make a Documentary With an Avatar as the Main Star

and I make our case.In photos from her Argylle press tour, Howard styled a sparkly, purple and red striped sweater dress with a playful pair of red, pointed-toe stilettos. BDH could have gone with a black or a nude-colored shoe here, but the scarlet color lends the whole ensemble a sense of cohesion, while adding enough pop that the actor didn't even need to accessorize with jewelry.Bryce Dallas Howard chose to match her red shoes to the red of her outfit, and we've seen similar monochrome takes on the trendy color on the likes of , , and . But when you think about it, a pair of red shoes could be paired with basically anything.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter “It’s What’s Inside,” a horror movie that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, has sold to Netflix for $17 million. The film isn’t playing in theaters and will land directly on the streamer at a yet-to-be-determined date.

EXCLUSIVE: Israel‘s Girl from Oslo director Ofir Lobel has signed for representation with LA outfit Black Box Management.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Devo is headed to Sundance, not just for the festival premiere of the Chris Smith-directed documentary film that share’s the band’s name, but a Jan. 21 performance by the group at the just-opened Marquis on Main Street.

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Norwegian director Thea Hvistendahl’s zombie movie “Handling the Undead,” premiering at Sundance and to be released in the U.S. by Neon, sees the reunion of Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie, the stars of Oscar-nominated “The Worst Person in the World,” in a poetic, visually-charged chronicling of a hot summer’s day in Oslo when the dead mysteriously come back to life.

The US Sun on Friday. “I would certainly show up,” the actress enthused about a possible reboot.

Guy Lodge Film Critic The opening minutes of “A New Kind of Wilderness” promise some kind of documentary advertorial for off-the-grid living. Over idyllic shots of her hippy-hunky husband Nik and their three cherubic children camping, foraging for food and literally hugging trees in verdant Norwegian woodland, photographer Maria Vatne’s voiceover soothingly espouses the liberating virtues of “getting out of the rat race” and “being free and full of love.” It all looks wonderful, like “Swiss Family Robinson” updated for the era of Instagram cottagecore, and a cynic might say that it hardly seems sustainable.

Marta Balaga Thea Hvistendahl’s “Handling the Undead,” fresh off its Sundance premiere, has already scared multiple buyers into submission, Variety has found out exclusively. Starring “The Worst Person in the World’s” Renate Reinsve and sold by TrustNordisk, it has been picked up by Hungary (Vertigo Media), Benelux (September Film), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), France (KinoVista), Spain (Avalon Distribution), Korea (Pancinema), Japan (Tohokushinsha Film Corp.), Taiwan (Swallow Wings Films) and ANZ (Signature Entertainment). Neon Rated acquired North American and U.K.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Netflix has acquired “Ibelin,” a documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Benjamin Ree (“The Painter and the Thief”) directed the film, which centers on a Norwegian gamer named Mats Steen, who died of a degenerative muscle disease at the age of 25. According to the official logline, “his parents mourned what they thought had been a lonely and isolated life, when they started receiving messages from online friends around the world.” “Many of my favorite documentary films and series of all time have been distributed by Netflix,” Ree said in a statement.

Marta Balaga Norwegian documentary filmmaker Silje Evensmo Jacobsen wanted to follow a family living the dream. Instead, she witnessed them going through a nightmare. “Maria Vatne had this blog called ‘Wild+Free’ and I was fascinated by it.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba will be coming to the big screen, along with a sneak peek at the new season.Described as an extra-sized blockbuster experience, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- will allow fans to revisit the finale of the Swordsmith Village Arc while also getting a glimpse at the highly anticipated Hashira Training Arc (season four).The upcoming event marks the first time the finale of the Swordsmith Village Arc has ever been shown in cinemas, and also the first-ever showing of the Hashira Training Arc‘s beginning.Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- will screen in UK cinemas from February 23.

AURORA has shared a cathartic new single titled ‘The Conflict Of The Mind’ – check it out below.The singer returned last year with new single ‘Your Blood’, her first new music since chart-topping third album ‘The Gods We Can Touch’.Discussing ‘The Conflict Of The Mind’, which deals with themes around mental health and opening up to those around you, AURORA said: “I tend to isolate myself when I’m in pain. And with time, I’ve learnt that I’ve deprived the people around me of the great honour of being there for someone you love.

Alex Ritman The nominees for the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards are set to be revealed on Thursday, with Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir — both former BAFTA Rising Star nominees — making the announcement at 12 p.m. U.K. time (4 a.m.

Danny Brown has shared the music video for his recent track ‘Y.B.P.’ and announced a UK and European tour for 2024.‘Y.B.P.’ featuring Bruiser Wolf appeared on the US rapper and singer’s 2023 album ‘Quaranta’, his first full-length solo outing in four years.Brown and Bruiser Wolf star in the new music video as a claymation versions of themselves roaming around their home city, as they reflect on being “young, black and poor being raised in Detroit”.The video was created by UK-based directors and animators Edem Wornoo and Will Child. Check it out below.‘Quaranta’ was released digitally in November and will be available on vinyl from Friday (January 19) via Warp Records.Alongside the video drop, Brown has announced a 21-date tour of the UK and Europe in support of the new album, which follows the previously announced North American tour taking place in March.Brown will kick off the UK leg at John Dee in Oslo, Norway, before stopping off in Copenhagen, Berlin, Vienna, Prague and more.

Marta Balaga “Beware of Children” director Dag Johan Haugerud is ready to talk about “Sex” as the first part of his anticipated “Sex Dreams Love” trilogy is heading to Berlinale’s Panorama in February. “Making a film called ‘Sex’ calls for all sorts of jokes and misunderstandings during production, everything from being summoned to a ‘sex-meeting’ to emails being censored because someone had written ‘sex-props’ in the subject field,” he tells Variety ahead of the trailer premiere. “As for the screenplay, there aren’t that many jokes about sex in it.

The British Film Institute has revealed the list of TV, film, and animation companies that have won funding from its latest £3.3M ($4.2M) Global Screen Fund payout.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent After dropping on Netflix on Jan. 4 to the U.S. streaming giant’s second-biggest bow ever for a non-English language movie in hours watched, Spaniard J.A.

The Bear stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Matty Matheson toasted their Emmys win with a kiss.The show’s cast and crew took to the stage at the event in Los Angeles on Monday (January 15) to accept the award for Outstanding Comedy Series.Matheson, the real-life chef who plays Neil Fak in the series, was mid-speech when his co-star, Richie actor Moss-Bachrach, interrupted him with a prolonged kiss on the lips – to cheers and applause from the audience.After the kiss, Matheson replied: “I love you Ebon.” Check out the moment below.Matty Matheson and Ebon Moss-Bachrach share a kiss on stage after #TheBear wins the award for Outstanding Comedy Series at the #Emmys pic.twitter.com/lHT3Iu8ffd— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 16, 2024Picking up his speech afterwards, Matheson added: “I just love restaurants so much. The good, the bad, it’s rough.

Manchester City fans have shared their anger after Erling Haaland missed out on The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year award to Lionel Messi.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’s” infamous train scene was meant to take place aboard the Orient Express, as it roars through the Swiss Alps; which for production is a big request if you’re not shooting on location. “We scouted a few places and ended up in Norway,” says the film’s cinematographer Fraser Taggart who also worked on “Mission: Impossible – Fallout.” For practicality, Norway ended up being the perfect location. Not only did Taggart have a good relationship with Norway after “we filmed ‘Fallout’ there, the train scene and location needed to work with the motorcycle jump, but we found a railway in Norway from where we were going to shoot the motorcycle jump, and it all worked out.” In the film, Tom Cruise performed a stunt that has been billed as the most death-defying one of his acting career thus far.