In Itsaso Arana’s Directorial Debut ‘Girls Are Alright,’ Actresses Take Over the Film

Indian singer Harrdy Sandhu prophesizes that Punjabi music will take over the world (if it hasn’t already).

Naman Ramachandran Ariel Kavoussi, whose acting credits include Netflix’s “Maniac,” Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and film “Catfight,” has wrapped her feature directorial debut “The Next Big One: A Comedy with Three Potential Problems.” In this dystopian sci-fi black comedy, a high-ranking employee at an omnipotent tech firm must help her depressed, activist brother move into their aunt’s house while a hurricane threatens New York city. Principal photography wrapped in Brooklyn, New York. Kavoussi previously directed shorts and some TV. The lead cast includes Molly Bernard (“Younger”), David H. Holmes (“The Penguin”), Deborah Rush (“Strangers with Candy”) and Kevin Corrigan (“The Get Down”).

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Over a single weekend, 28-year-old Toronto resident Daniel Konikoff will experience two life-changing events. On July 23, he’s getting married. Two days before, he’s going to the movies with his bride-to-be and their entire wedding party for a double feature of Greta Gerwig’s very pink romp “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s extremely dark historical drama “Oppenheimer.” “It stemmed from a joke, and then we started to actually create a plan,” Konikoff says. “So, the double bill is a little wedding-adjacent party.” As soon as the second movie lets out at 1 a.m. — “it’s bed!” he adds. “And then we drive to the venue. There’s not a lot of sleep, but you gotta do what you gotta do.”

Tom Brittney is on his final episodes of Grantchester.

The 1996 film Fear was an uncomfortable but “formative” part of Reese Witherspoon’s acting career.

A festive get together of friends turns dark in the new horror-thriller Our Deadly Vows, now playing in theaters in limited release. Actor Chris Chalk (When They See Us, Perry Mason) makes his directorial debut with the film, in which he stars opposite his wife, K.D. Chalk.

Guy Lodge Film Critic The loose, lolling chapters of “The Girls Are Alright” are marked and separated by a simple visual motif: for each one, a different close-up panel of ornately illustrated Toile de Jouy fabric, rendered in various pastel shades against a calico background. The material’s distinctive period pastoral scenes, depicting gussied-up women in various states of passive repose and their corresponding noblemen, contrast pleasingly with the more modern, less dependent portrait of 21st-century femininity presented in Spanish writer-director-star Itsaso Arana’s short, sweet, winsome freshman feature. When its female characters don Toile-appropriate corsets and hoop skirts, it’s with a postmodern, literally performative sense of irony.

While ghosts by themselves are frightening, the idea that they can hurt the very people we love is several shades scarier. “The Conjuring” and “Insidious”—the two James Wan joints that have spun the two most successful and sophisticated supernatural horror franchises of the last decade—understood this timeless fear at a deep level.

Associated Press.“This can be settled any time, on the steps, halfway through trial,” he said. “And hopefully it will be.

Five years after her death, the final wishes of music superstar Aretha Franklin are still unsettled. An unusual trial begins next Monday to determine which of two handwritten wills, including one found in couch cushions, will guide how her estate is handled.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent During a masterclass at the Nouvelles Vagues Festival in Biarritz, France, Penélope Cruz revealed that she will soon make her directorial debut with a mystery documentary feature. Cruz, a guest of honor of this inaugural edition of Nouvelles Vagues, took part in a Q&A following the French premiere of “On the Fringe,” a commentary on Spain’s eviction crisis which she produced with Alvaro Longoria. Set over the course of 24 hours in a working class neighborhood of Madrid, the film follows several marginalized characters whose fates are intertwined as they struggle financially and face eviction. Cruz said she set up her production company, Moonlyon, with Laura Espeso (“The Good Boss”) and Spanish powerhouse Mediapro Studio in 2022 to pursue “meaningful” projects as a producer and director.

Jake Johnson’s feature directorial debut, titled “Self Reliance,” is coming to Hulu on Sept. 8.

Bella Thorne has been on and off sets since the age of six years old, kicking off with the Farrelly Brothers’s Stuck On You, Entourage and The O.C., and then breaking out as a teenager on the Disney Channel show Shake It Up opposite Zendaya.

Naman Ramachandran Signature Entertainment has snapped up U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand distribution rights to Charlie Day’s (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) directorial debut, “Fool’s Paradise,” from Sierra/Affinity. Day also leads the cast that includes Ken Jeong (“The Hangover”), Kate Beckinsale (“Underworld”), Adrien Brody (“The Pianist”), Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”), Jason Bateman (“Ozark”), Ray Liotta (“Dangerous Waters”) and John Malkovich (“Being John Malkovich”). The comedy, written by Day, follows a down-on-his-luck publicist (Jeong), who gets his lucky break when he discovers a man (Day) recently released from a mental health ward looks just like a famous actor who refuses to leave his trailer.

Jennifer Garner appears to be letting her guard down — and showing some PDA — with boyfriend John Miller as their connection grows.

Householders can save cash by sending meter readings to their energy provider ahead of the reduced price cap, set to come into force on July 1. It follows Ofgem's decision to drop the price cap in response to plummeting wholesale prices, resulting in an average annual decrease of £426 in household energy bills from July.

Upon its release in 2014, there was a ton of acclaim thrown at the feet of David Fincher’s twisty thriller, “Gone Girl.” While a ton of recognition, including an Oscar nomination, was given to Rosamund Pike’s lead performance, there were many who saw Ben Affleck as one of the best parts of the film, playing the husband on the search for his missing wife. But, as famous and talented as Affleck is, he wasn’t the first choice for the co-lead of the Fincher film.

The 90s called and the Love Island girls have answered as they bring back the ultimate hair trend of the decade – crimped hair. The hopeful romantics have been leading the way with some major trending beauty moments this season, including Jess Harding showing how to turn micellar water from liquid into foam and Leah Taylor creating the perfect smoky eye with a must-have eyeshadow palette, and now it seems they’re bringing back crimped hair with the help of a bargain styling tool.

holds a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average critic score of 7.5/10. “As a distributor, it’s always exciting to find a new, fresh and hilarious voice,” Magnolia Pictures co-CEOs Eamonn Bowles and Dori Begley said in a statement. “We’re beyond excited to be able to present Joanna Arnow to audiences.” “I am so happy to be bringing this self-deprecating deadpan comedy to audiences with a partner like Magnolia Pictures,” Arnow said. “Magnolia has such a wonderful lineup of powerful, unique independent films, and we are thrilled to be included among them.” Written, directed, edited by and starring Arnow, “That Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed” is produced by Pierce Varous and Graham Swon.

EXCLUSIVE: Reservation Dogs and Letterkenny star Kaniehtiio Horn has revealed the cast for her feature directorial debut Seeds as production gets underway in Ontario.