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This is Wong Kar-Wai‘s world, we’re just living in it. Despite not directing a feature since 2013’s “The Grandmaster,” the filmmaker has stayed pretty busy the past few months, and now Kar-Wai is back on the director’s chair with a new short film that feels far bigger and more visually stunning than any trailer or ad from last night’s Super Bowl.

For most teens, the scariest hurdle they’ll face is asking their crush out on a first date. But on this night, for the bashful Mike (Tyson Brown), preparing for his first outing with the headstrong Kelsey (Shelby Duclos), courting is the least of his issues.

Wong Kar-wai hasn’t directed a film in eight years, but the Hong Kong maestro has just done the next-best thing, having produced a film by a young protégé that’s both swooningly beautiful and honestly affecting in its account of some young emotional searchers.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple tapped director Lulu Wang to showcase the cinematic features of the tech company’s latest iPhone.Wang, who wrote and directed 2019 feature film “The Farewell,” directed a new short for Apple in celebration of Chinese New Year, “Nian,” which puts a fresh twist on a well-known Chinese folktale.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticNow that we’re a year into the pandemic (and have a presidential administration that’s forging a sane response to it), the time feels right for taking stock — for looking back, in a big-picture way, at how the crisis unfolded, the ways it was mismanaged, and how we can learn from the vast pileup of mistakes and corruption. Nanfu Wang, the director of the wounding and disturbing Sundance documentary “In the Same Breath,” has made exactly that kind of movie.

Penguin Bloom” after she falls from a Thailand hotel balcony, shatters her spine and is paralyzed from the waist down. Sam and her three young boys discover the sweet little bird, hurt and malnourished, under a bench and nurse it back to health. The kids call the black-and-white magpie Penguin, and his recovery parallels Sam’s own struggle to get her life back.Running time: 95 minutes.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe latest project from celebrated filmmaker Nanfu Wang, about the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in China and its spread to the U.S., will release this year from HBO Documentary Films.Titled “In the Same Breath,” HBO came on board as a producer and distributor at the start of production of the film with Wang, who won Sundance’s grand jury prize for documentary in 2019 with the acclaimed “One Child Nation.” The film will debut at the 2021 Sundance Film

Tom Holland is reportedly in the frame to play Willy Wonka in the Charlie And The Chocolate Factory prequel.The actor – who is best known for playing Spider-Man – is among the contenders for the coveted role in the upcoming movie.Timothee Chalamet is also being eyed for the role, according to Britain’s The Sun newspaper, which reports that Warner Bros. has been working on the prequel for a number of years.The studio hopes that the film – which is based around the characters from Roald Dahl’s chi

according to Deadline. Later, Collider added speculation that Timothée Chalamet, 25, and Tom Holland, 24, are being considered for the role of Willy Wonka famously — and perfectly — portrayed by Gene Wilder in 1971 during the first cinematic adaptation of the children’s book, titled “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.”“Paddington” director Paul King is slated to lead the new film, dubbed “Wonka,” with plans to begin production this fall.

Wonka.The forthcoming film was confirmed yesterday (January 19) by Warner Bros, with a 2023 release date on the cards.The studios have not yet confirmed any casting updates, but Collider has reported from sources that Call Me By Your Name star Timothée Chalamet is being considered to play the younger version of the chocolatier, and Tom Holland is also reportedly in the running.David Heyman (Harry Potter) is set to produce the film, with Paddington filmmaker on board to direct, from a script by

The Wonka Chocolate Factory is eyeing to reopen at the theatres and we are preparing ourselves for a new Willy Wonka! A Willy Wonka prequel is in the making and it has been revealed that two young lads are being considered for the leading role. According to Collider, Spider-Man: Far From Home actor Tom Holland and Call Me By Your Name star Timothee Chalamet are being looked at for the role of Willy Wonka.