New Wave of Iranian Cinema Set to Burst Out in Cannes

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorOn Eighth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, right next to a Chik-fil-A, is Spyscape — a two-floor, futuristic-looking museum/interactive experience space that gives spycraft lovers a close-up look at the world of espionage.Now DC’s famed Caped Crusader is about to swoop down on Spyscape.Batman x Spyscape is a hybrid experience that uses a live-updating smartphone app to guide visitors through the physical headquarters of Leviathan, the criminal organization from the DC Universe. The attraction is set to open to the public on Wednesday, June 8.Spyscape founder John Hunt gave Variety a sneak peek at the installation this week (although he requested that we not share photos from inside).

aired Thursday.In a cheeky segment, the group used the metaphorical meaning of their first hit song — an allegory for carpe diem — to reference times when they’ve “seized the day” in the past.The interview took a slightly awkward turn when she probed the brothers about their wives.“Isaac, the story of how you met your wife, it really chimed with me. You saw her — have I got this right? — in the crowd at a gig and you knew there was a connection, there was something,” Thornton asked the band’s eldest member.

Some 1,000 new jobs in logistics and warehousing jobs are on the way for Cheshire. A planning application has been submitted for a 1,020,000 sq ft warehouse near Crewe.

The new Obi-Wan Kenobi series is now streaming on Disney+ and a surprise red carpet premiere took place at the Star Wars Celebration fan event!

EXCLUSIVE: Utopia has finalized its North American deal for Cannes Competition pic Holy Spider, the noir thriller from Danish-Iranian filmmaker Ali Abbasi. We told you the deal was all but there a couple of days ago.

A drastic departure from his prior films “Border” and “Shelley,” Ali Abbasi’s newest film, “Holy Spider,” draws inspiration from the 2000-2001 crimes and subsequent trial of Saeed Hanaei (played here by Mehdi Bajestani), a war veteran-turned-serial killer in the Iranian city of Mashhad who murdered 16 sex workers, claiming that he was cleansing the holy city of sinners and corruption in the name of Islam.

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Ramin Setoodeh Executive Editor“Holy Spider,” a gritty drama about a real-life Iranian serial killer, stunned the Cannes Film Festival at its premiere on Sunday afternoon, earning a thunderous seven-minute standing ovation and bringing a jolt of electricity to what’s been a sleepy festival so far.The film, from Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi (“Border”), chronicles a killing spree in the streets of the religious city of Mashhad, where 16 prostitutes were found dead from 2000 to 2001.  A local journalist, Rahimi (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi), is trying to crack the case as she grows frustrated by the police’s apathy toward finding the murderer. But in one of many twists in this drama, the identity of the serial killer is revealed early on — he’s a war veteran named Saeed (Mehdi Bajestani), a seemingly normal family man who spends his nights picking up women on his motorcycle and brutally strangling them in his home as a religious cleansing ritual.

Zendaya looks almost unrecognizable as she tranforms for her latest role, with photos making their way online this week.The 25-year-old was photographed on the set of her upcoming film, Challengers, in Lynn, Massachusetts--just north of Boston--on Thursday, May 19.The short, highlighted bob is a completely new look for the actress, who usually sports a long brunette hairstyle. Aside from the sophisticated cut, Zendaya was sporting her usual cozy clothes in the form of a oversized brown hoodie and a pair of black leggings.

Brooklyn Beckham and his new wife Nicola Peltz couldn't stop smiling as they took to the red carpet, just a little over a month after tying the knot. The newlyweds appeared on the red carpet in Los Angeles for the Dior Men's Spring/Summer 2023 Collection on Thursday (May 19) and certainly showed off their love with some PDA. Nicola, 27, donned a powder blue pant suit with a blazer that buttoned in the middle and an open shirt that showed off her midriff.

Demi Moore and Emma Heming are the epitome of love and respect. On Tuesday, Moore shared a beautiful photo with her ex-husband Bruce Willis at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003, and a lot of people have shown love in the comments, like Emma, who called it ‘beautiful.’ “All the feels,” she wrote with a heart emoji, “beautiful.” Moore reciprocated the love, replying with three red hearts.The 2022 Cannes film festival started Tuesday, May 17th in France so it was the perfect day for Demi to share the photo. “From the Cannes archives, circa 1997,” she captioned the pic.

Deadline, which first reported the news and according to an internal memo. “These changes are primarily driven by business needs rather than individual performance, which makes them especially tough as none of us want to say goodbye to such great colleagues.

By now, you’re hopefully familiar with Ali Abbasi’s“Holy Spider” film premiering at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. We premiered exclusive photos last weekend, a clip from the film was released and now a full trailer from the film has been released in what feels like a sure sign that the producers of the film are very confident about it.