Netflix Boards Alexandre Aja’s French Survival Thriller With Melanie Laurent

While the US festival season has been in a bit of disarray since SXSW was canceled back in March, it appears that some events will actually take place before the end of 2020, led by the New York Film Festival in September.

The New York Film Festival just now unveiled the final selection of their annual big three titles, naming Azazel Jacobs’ French Exit as the 2020 incarnation of the fest’s Closing Night pick. We now know the festival’s Opener in Lovers Rock, Centerpiece in Nomadland, and Closer, so all that’s left is the Main Slate, which should be headed our way shortly.

Also Read: Steve McQueen's 'Lovers Rock' Set as New York Film Festival Opening Night Film“We’ve been watching New York filmmaker Azazel Jacobs for more than a decade, since his film ‘Momma’s Man’ screened in our New Directors/New Films festival in 2008,” New York Film Festival director Eugene Hernandez said in a statement.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAzazel Jacobs’s “French Exit,” the story of a New York socialite who jettisons her old life for a new one in Paris, has been selected as the closing night feature of the 58th New York Film Festival.The film, which stars Oscar-nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, will make its world premiere at the festival, which is expected to be a mixture of physical and virtual events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFrench Exit, which stars Michelle Pfieffer and Lucas Hedges and has Tracy Letts voicing a cat named Small Frank, will have its world premiere as the closing night entry in this fall’s New York Film Festival.Film at Lincoln Center hasn’t set final details for the 58th annual edition of the festival, which runs September 25 to October 11.

NEW YORK -- An English-language edition of “Le Consentement,” a French publisher's jarring memoir about her abusive relationship as a teenager with a prominent writer in his 50s, will come out next year. HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Monday that Vanessa Springora's “Consent” will be released in the U.S.

Kylie Jenner does that goes unnoticed. Lately, as she’s been cooped up inside amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star has been making waves by sharing some of her most beloved recipes.For example, in May 2020 the Kylie Cosmetics founder took to her Instagram Stories to divulge the secret to her “flakey” french toast.

is French, it’s clear that the ubiquitous avatar of the Parisienne erases women of color, disabled women, trans women, and countless others, making it all the more egregious and damaging.In an era of powerful conversations about representation, discrimination, and belonging, it might seem strange to fixate on the image of the girl with her bike and a baguette, but real change—especially for women—depends on shattering all the stereotypes that limit the way we see ourselves and others.

Also Read: Naya Rivera to Appear as Judge on Netflix's 'Sugar Rush' Episode Filmed Before Her Death“The Last Mercenary” is produced by Jean-Charles Levy, Nicolas Manuel (Forecast Pictures), Olivier Albou, Laurence Schonberg (Other Angle Pictures), David Charhon, Jakéma Charhon, Eponine Maillet (Mony Films), Olias Barco and Vlad Riashyn (Apple Tree).“‘The Last Mercenary’ is an incredibly exciting project and allows me to take on a new genre.

Naman Ramachandran Action star Jean-Claude Van Damme is currently shooting action-comedy “The Last Mercenary” in France for Netflix, being directed by David Charhon (“On the Other Side of the Tracks”).In the French-language film, written by Charhon and Ismael Sy Savane (“Lascars”), Van Damme plays a mysterious former secret service agent who must urgently return to France when his estranged son is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government, following a blunder by an

Andreas Wiseman International EditorNetflix is underway in France on Jean-Claude Van Damme action-comedy The Last Mercenary from director David Charhon (The Other Side Of The Tracks).Also starring in the film are Alban Ivanov, Assa Sylla, Samir Decazza, Patrick Timsit, Eric Judor and Miou-Miou.Van Damme will play a mysterious former secret service agent who must urgently return to France when his estranged son (Decazza) is falsely accused of arms and drug trafficking by the government, following

Tampa’s Ybor City, similar to Austin’s Red River District or New Orleans’ French Quarter is a community filled entirely of independently owned restaurants, bars, retail shops and concert venues. Crowbar, opened in 2006, is a 300-person venue with an outdoor beer garden.

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos tells NME about his new duet with acclaimed French singer-songwriter Clara Luciana – a cover of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood‘s swooning classic ‘Summer Wine’.“It felt like a world that was very far removed from the one I was used to, stuck inside in lockdown rainy Scotland. It was a soundscape to a landscape that I wasn’t experiencing.”Lord knows we could all use a little bit of that at the moment.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterNetflix has commissioned a third season of How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast), which the streamer has confirmed is its most-watched German original series.The show, which follows two teenagers who inadvertently become large scale drug dealers, is also popular in Italy, France, Brazil, the service said.Created by Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann, the series first premiered in May 2019 and its second season debuted last week on July 21.Käßbohrer and Murmann

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix/ITV’s hit thriller “Marcella” is set for a French adaptation produced by Elephant and commissioned by TF1. The deal was made by Cineflix Rights which has exclusive worldwide rights to the new series.Hans Rosenfeldt’s “Marcella” was produced by Buccaneer Media and stars Anna Friel who won an International Emmy Award for her role in the series.

head off to nearby secluded vacation houses rather than hopping on international flights or lining up at theme parks this year.“The Rental,” out digitally Friday, taps into our worst fears of what could happen during a quiet holiday with heart-thumping realism.The two couples — Josh (Jeremy Allen White) and Mina (Sheila Vand) and Charlie (Dan Stevens) and Michelle (Alison Brie, who is married to Franco) — head off to the calm abode they found online, French bulldog in tow, to celebrate a recent