Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 will now seemingly go ahead as planned with a rematch date and venue said to be confirmed.
09.03.2022 - 21:49 / variety.com
Manori Ravindran International EditorJake Paltrow’s forthcoming feature film “June Zero” has been picked up for sales by ICM Partners in North America and Films Boutique for the rest of world.Written by Paltrow and Tom Shoval, “June Zero” explores true stories surrounding the 1962 execution of Adolf Eichmann — one of the key architects of the Holocaust — in Israel through three characters intimately involved in the nation-defining event: David, a precocious thirteen-year-old Libyan factory worker looking to belong; Haim, Eichmann’s main prison guard, tasked with protecting this dead man walking; and the Police Investigative officer of the Eichmann trial, Micha, on his first trip back to Poland since surviving Auschwitz-Birkenau — where he tries to make sense of the future of the Jewish homeland’s soul post-execution. “June Zero” was shot on Super-16mm film in Israel and Ukraine under strict COVID-19 regulations, and represents writer-director Paltrow’s first foreign language production.
The filmmaker’s previous credits include “The Good Night” (2007), “Bad Land: Road to Fury” (2014) and documentary “De Palma” (2015).“The events unfolding in Ukraine these days are a reminder that, indeed, ‘The past isn’t dead, it isn’t even past,’ and that it’s worth continually trying to find new ways to access and listen to history,” said Paltrow. “‘June Zero’ is an attempt at this.
Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk 2 will now seemingly go ahead as planned with a rematch date and venue said to be confirmed.
Oscars, Amy Schumer made a joke about siblings Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal and referenced them as a couple. During her opening monologue, Schumer acknowledged how many couples were attending the 94th Academy Awards.
A celebrity-packed 10-hour Stars in the House telethon raising money for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine has been scheduled for Saturday, March 26, with a line-up to include such Hollywood and Broadway stars as Steve Martin, Annette Bening, Billy Porter, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Laurie Metcalf, Patrick Wilson, Judith Light and a new SCTV reunion of Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin.
This is one of the best weekends for new indie releases in some time — a bit of space in theaters to run and audiences slowly, but increasingly, willing to return.
Celebrities showed their support for Ukraine on the red carpet of the 2022 EE British Academy Film Awards through a touching subtle accessory. Taking to the pre-show of the award ceremony on Sunday evening, a whole host of famous faces posed up a storm whilst making a political statement by wearing badges and pins with the colours of Ukraine's flag out of respect of the war that is currently happening there.The invasion which started over two weeks ago has been causing devastation throughout the European country and now people are taking a stand.
Prince William continues to face criticism over the comments he made about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this week.
There has been some controversy surrounding the comments that Prince William made this week while visiting the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in London.
Joshua Tharpe — who appeared on the CMT reality series Party Down South — has passed away at the incredibly young age of just 42.
Films Boutique and ICM Partners have launched sales on Jake Paltrow’s upcoming drama June Zero, with Films Boutique handling international rights and ICM overseeing distribution in North America.
New Release WallOne of the best films of 2021, the Oscar-nominated “West Side Story” (20th Century) arrives on 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD and earns an immediate place in your library. This first release is a little lean on extras, but it does include a new documentary from Laurent Bouzereau, the king of “making-of,” offering a look at Steven Spielberg’s process in crafting this electrifying musical.Also available:“The 355” (Universal Home Entertainment) An impressive line-up of super-spies (including Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Penélope Cruz, and Fan Bingbing) can’t save this thriller from being more by-the-numbers than a Sudoku.“Belfast” (Focus/Universal) Kenneth Branagh racked up Oscar nods and very mixed notices for his nostalgic coming-of-age drama.“Coming 2 America” (Paramount Home Entertainment) Were you a fan of the original “Coming to America”? Enjoy seeing every gag repeated if not cut-and-pasted from the first movie.“Cosmic Dawn” (Kino Lorber) After witnessing her mother’s alien abduction as a child, a young woman joins a UFO cult, and it doesn’t turn out well.“A Journal for Jordan” (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) Denzel Washington directs Michael B.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAlmost two weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s film industry continues to parse the complexities of a boycott on Russian cinema in order to express solidarity with the Ukrainian film community.While some film festivals, such as Stockholm and Glasgow, haven’t hesitated in boycotting Russian state-funded films outright, others like Cannes and Venice are taking a more nuanced approach, banning official delegations, but not necessarily Russian films and directors.The war’s more immediate effect, however, is that Ukrainian cinema is set to gain an increased visibility in the festival arena and beyond.On Monday evening, Rome’s Cinema Troisi hosted a free screening in collaboration with the Venice Film Festival of Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasynovych’s “Reflection” (pictured), set during the war in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, in 2014. The film, which premiered in competition on the Lido last September, “asks, with brutal austerity, what happens to the soul of a man — and a nation — at war,” as critic Jessica Kiang put it in her Variety review.The Rome event, introduced by Venice Biennale president Roberto Cicutto, is being followed by other screenings of “Reflection,” organized by the fest in Italy.