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Pixar Boss Pete Docter Admits the Studio ‘Trained’ Families to Expect Disney+ Debuts, Says Bad ‘Elemental’ Buzz at Cannes Was ‘Confusing’ - variety.com
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16.06.2023 / 18:19

Pixar Boss Pete Docter Admits the Studio ‘Trained’ Families to Expect Disney+ Debuts, Says Bad ‘Elemental’ Buzz at Cannes Was ‘Confusing’

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Pete Docter, Pixar’s creative chief officer, is hoping the animation studio’s 27th release, “Elemental,” will draw families to movie theaters this weekend. Peter Sohn‘s film is a story about immigration, families, duty and love. Not only does Docter say the visuals are “a spectacle,” but believes it should be experienced with an audience. Docter, who has been with the studio since the beginning and was upped to CCO in 2018, has come under criticism recently that Pixar has lost its magic touch. Here, Docter sits down with Variety over Zoom to discuss Pixar’s approach to programming, Cannes, “Elemental,” and what’s next for the studio.

Sigur Ros Return After a Ten-Year Hiatus With the Mesmerizing ‘Atta’: Album Review - variety.com - Iceland - Beyond
variety.com
16.06.2023 / 14:43

Sigur Ros Return After a Ten-Year Hiatus With the Mesmerizing ‘Atta’: Album Review

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Those with long memories can recall when the otherworldly Icelandic combo Sigur Ros’ music first began filtering over to these shores at the turn of this century — maybe on Napster or Limewire after Radiohead’s Thom Yorke began mentioning them in interviews, or on a burned CD from a friend who had one of their hard-to-find-even-in-metropolises imports. Hearing them for the first time was like taking a voyage to a different musical planet, guided by a vocalist named Jonsi who sang in both Icelandic and an invented language over lush, towering, majestic music that evoked National Geographic landscapes and summoned purple prose from critics even more pretentious than the line you just read. While there were certainly influences — Cocteau Twins, Eno, electronic music and film soundtracks — Sigur Ros were like absolutely no one else, and their sound (and lineup) evolved over the early ‘00s and beyond, incorporating orchestras on one album, rock-centric structures on the next, ambient on the one after, while still remaining unmistakably them.

FX’s ‘The Full Monty’ Revival Has the Heart, if Not the Nudity, of the ’90s Original: TV Review - variety.com - Britain
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16.06.2023 / 03:17

FX’s ‘The Full Monty’ Revival Has the Heart, if Not the Nudity, of the ’90s Original: TV Review

Alison Herman TV Critic The hit British film “The Full Monty” — for a brief period in 1997, the most lucrative release in U.K. history — was, in some ways, the original “Magic Mike.” The comedy chronicled six unemployed ex-steelworkers in post-Thatcher North England as they formed a stripping troupe. (The name referred to the strippers’ willingness to bare all, genitalia included.) By treating sex work as a symbol of larger economic malaise, “The Full Monty” anticipated the approach Steven Soderbergh would take stateside over two decades later.  “Magic Mike” has since ballooned into a full-blown phenomenon spanning a trilogy of films, a reality show and a globally successful stage revue. “The Full Monty” has, until now, resisted such expansion. (There have been a handful of stage adaptations, though nothing on the scale of “Magic Mike Live.”) But on June 14, FX will stream all eight episodes of a TV sequel, also called “The Full Monty,” on Hulu. The show carries the same set of core characters a quarter century into the future — minus the nudity, but retaining the same bittersweet mix of working class social realism and irreverent humor to take the edge off. Even affable British indies, it would seem, are not immune from the modern IP boom.

‘The Righteous Gemstones’ TV Review: HBO Comedy Returns With Confident, Hysterical Third Season - theplaylist.net
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16.06.2023 / 02:17

‘The Righteous Gemstones’ TV Review: HBO Comedy Returns With Confident, Hysterical Third Season

“Succession” may be over, but there’s another show still on HBO about a wealthy patriarch with three meddlesome children that seems only to be growing in popularity. And this one shows no signs of ending soon.

The Best Early Amazon Prime Day Weight Loss Deals - www.usmagazine.com
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14.06.2023 / 06:09

The Best Early Amazon Prime Day Weight Loss Deals

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‘The Book of Solutions’ Review: When Did the Talented Michel Gondry Become the World’s Most Annoying Filmmaker? - variety.com - France
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06.06.2023 / 16:35

‘The Book of Solutions’ Review: When Did the Talented Michel Gondry Become the World’s Most Annoying Filmmaker?

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic If you’ve ever wondered when it was that Michel Gondry, the gifted French director of “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” became the world’s most annoying filmmaker, you might say the answer is, “He always was.” Yet no one, including me, quite thinks of him that way. That’s because the few works of his that have come to prominence possess a special combination of facility and charm. I adore “Eternal Sunshine,” a virtuoso movie that bends your brain and breaks your heart at the same time. You might simply choose to characterize it as the masterpiece of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, but the truth is that Gondry directed it ­— the leaps in time, the emotionally convulsive performances of Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet — with a masterful sense of play and gravitational control.

Jeremy Strong tried to jump into the river while filming last ‘Succession’ scene - www.nme.com - New York
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31.05.2023 / 16:17

Jeremy Strong tried to jump into the river while filming last ‘Succession’ scene

HBO series Succession.Jeremy Strong has revealed that he attempted to jump into the river during his final scene in Succession, but was stopped by another cast member.The popular drama series came to its bitter conclusion last week (May 28), with the last episode of the fourth and final season drawing to a close with the Roy children finally losing control of their family’s media empire, and Tom Wambsgans named new CEO following the company’s acquisition by GoJo.In the last moments of the episode, the final scene shows Jeremy Strong’s character, Kendall Roy, alone in New York’s Battery Park contemplating the events that have just unfolded — and seemingly stripped of his life’s purpose.According to a new interview with Vanity Fair, however, the actor admitted that he tried to choose an alternate ending for his character, and attempted to jump into the Hudson River when filming.“To me, what happens at the board vote is an extinction level event for this character. There’s no coming back from that,” he explained, adding that he was stopped from climbing the railing by Scott Nicholson, who played Colin.“I tried to go into the water after we cut — I got up from that bench and went as fast as I could over the barrier and onto the pilings, and the actor playing Colin raced over,” he said.

Jeremy Strong Spontaneously Tried to Jump Into the River While Filming Last ‘Succession’ Scene: I Think Kendall ‘Wanted to Die’ - variety.com
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30.05.2023 / 22:35

Jeremy Strong Spontaneously Tried to Jump Into the River While Filming Last ‘Succession’ Scene: I Think Kendall ‘Wanted to Die’

Zack Sharf Digital News Director SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “With Open Eyes,” the series finale of HBO’s “Succession,” now streaming on Max. Kendall Roy finds himself alone in Battery Park during the last shot of HBO’s “Succession.” He’s officially lost control of his family’s media empire, as Tom Wambsgans has been named the new Waystar CEO following the company’s purchase to GoJo. Kendall has been stripped of his life’s purpose. The show cuts to black with Kendall starring blankly at the river ahead, but that’s not where actor Jeremy Strong was ready to leave Kendall during filming. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair following the “Succession” series finale, Strong revealed he attempted to jump into the river as Kendall during one take of filming the show’s final moment.

Pictured: The selfish M6 motorists who put other drivers 'in danger' after serious crashes - www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk - Manchester
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
30.05.2023 / 22:17

Pictured: The selfish M6 motorists who put other drivers 'in danger' after serious crashes

More than 40 drivers felt they were above the law as they selfishly ignored lane closures following two crashes on the M6. Lancashire Police has slammed those behind the wheel as 'reckless' for putting other road users at risk by shunning the red 'X' signs near junction 31 yesterday (May 29).

‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Review: Trial Wives - www.metroweekly.com
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29.05.2023 / 15:59

‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Review: Trial Wives

The Ultimatum: Queer Love (★★★★☆) is the latest in Netflix’s line of reality dating shows. This one is not hosted by Nick Lachey, but JoAnna Garcia Swisher, who is immediately clocked for being straight, and truthfully isn’t around that much.

‘Four Daughters’ And ‘The Mother Of All Lies’ Share L’Oeil d’Or, Top Documentary Prize At Cannes - deadline.com - Morocco - Tunisia
deadline.com
27.05.2023 / 12:07

‘Four Daughters’ And ‘The Mother Of All Lies’ Share L’Oeil d’Or, Top Documentary Prize At Cannes

Two films by Arab women directors are sharing the L’Oeil d’or (Golden Eye) prize for the best documentary in Cannes. Four Daughters (Les Filles d’Olfa) by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania and The Mother of All Lies (La Mère de tous les mensonges) by Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir were announced as the winners at a joint ceremony this morning at the Palais in Cannes.

Ken Loach On Whether ‘The Old Oak’ Is Really His Final Film: “One Day At A Time” – Cannes - deadline.com - Syria
deadline.com
27.05.2023 / 09:37

Ken Loach On Whether ‘The Old Oak’ Is Really His Final Film: “One Day At A Time” – Cannes

Ken Loach still has more to say against The Man in society with his cinema, that was clear coming away from the Cannes press conference for his latest movie The Old Oak.

Jane Fonda disses Robert Redford: ‘Has an issue with women’ - nypost.com - China - Italy
nypost.com
26.05.2023 / 20:11

Jane Fonda disses Robert Redford: ‘Has an issue with women’

sting.Jane Fonda revealed Friday she “was in love with” Robert Redford, her on-screen partner for four films — but the “Ordinary People” director, 86, “did not like to kiss” and “has an issue with women.”“He’s always in a bad mood, and I always thought it was my fault,” said Fonda, 85, but added that “he’s a very good person.”The two-time Oscar winner dropped tidbits about her famous male co-stars during an interview at the Cannes Film Festival. Fonda and Redford co-starred in “The Chase” (1966), “Barefoot in the Park” (1967), “The Electric Horseman” (1979) and “Our Souls at Night” (2017).“The last movie I made with him was six years ago,” Fonda said, referring to the Netflix film “Our Souls at Night.”“What was I, about 80 years old or something like that? And I finally knew I had grown up.

The Chase's 'The Beast' Mark Labbett shows off weight loss on romantic date with new girlfriend - www.ok.co.uk - city Portsmouth
ok.co.uk
26.05.2023 / 18:07

The Chase's 'The Beast' Mark Labbett shows off weight loss on romantic date with new girlfriend

The Chase star Mark Labbett is looking slimmer than ever in photos from a romantic date with his new girlfriend. Quizzer Mark, 57, is known as The Beast on the ITV gameshow and has lost around 10 stone in a bid to get fit, but still indulges in a dessert every now and then as his TV presenter girlfriend Hayley Palmer, 41, showed.

Catherine Breillat Talks Taboo-Breaking Love Story Between Child Lawyer & Teenage Stepson In Cannes Film ‘Last Summer’: “She Is Not A Predator!” - deadline.com - France
deadline.com
26.05.2023 / 11:59

Catherine Breillat Talks Taboo-Breaking Love Story Between Child Lawyer & Teenage Stepson In Cannes Film ‘Last Summer’: “She Is Not A Predator!”

French director Catherine Breillat has been breaking taboos throughout her career and her new Cannes Palme d’Or contender Last Summer is no exception.

‘The Pot-Au-Feu’ Review: Tran Anh Hung Returns With An Awe-Inspiring Ode To Pleasure In All Its Forms [Cannes] - theplaylist.net
theplaylist.net
25.05.2023 / 17:49

‘The Pot-Au-Feu’ Review: Tran Anh Hung Returns With An Awe-Inspiring Ode To Pleasure In All Its Forms [Cannes]

There has been a lot of talk in recent years about cooking as a form of care, an idea intrinsically linked to the feminist revaluation of the work usually performed by women, which is most often unremunerated yet essential to day-to-day living.

‘Only The River Flows’ Review: A Witty, Convoluted China-Noir That is Less Whodunnit Than Whodidntit - variety.com - China - Berlin
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25.05.2023 / 16:17

‘Only The River Flows’ Review: A Witty, Convoluted China-Noir That is Less Whodunnit Than Whodidntit

Jessica Kiang Imagine the gleaming surfaces of Park Chan-wook’s terrific “Decision to Leave” stripped of romance, all scuzzed-up and grimy. Imagine drilling down through Diao Yinan’s Berlin-winning “Black Coal, Thin Ice” and finding unexpected seams of absurdist dark comedy. You are now somewhere in the seamy offbeat world of “Only the River Flows,” director Wei Shujun’s inventive riff on Asian-noir that gives the expanding subgenre something its Chinese contributions often lack: a pitch-black sense of humor.  Wei has been laying claim to the title of laid-back joker in China’s new-gen pack since debuting with affable slacker comedy “Striding into the Wind” in 2020 (a selection in 2020’s canceled Cannes festival) and following it up with autoreflexive filmmaking satire “Ripples of Life.” Now he brings his wry sensibilities to bear on this murdery mindbender, which he adapts, with a healthy disdain for boring stuff like “linear plotting” and “resolution,” alongside Kang Chunlei, from a short story by postmodernist author Yu Hua.

‘The Pot Au Feu’ Review: Tràn Anh Hùng’s Tasty Cordon Bleu Romance Is Not So Filling – Cannes Film Festival - deadline.com - France
deadline.com
25.05.2023 / 01:05

‘The Pot Au Feu’ Review: Tràn Anh Hùng’s Tasty Cordon Bleu Romance Is Not So Filling – Cannes Film Festival

Cordon bleu is the warmest color in Tràn Anh Hùng’s long but surprisingly light soufflé of a movie, a highly watchable Aga saga that’s so artful, charming and non-boat-rockingly old-school that it might make you wonder, even in a non-ironic way, what Lasse Hallström has been up to lately. In Cannes film festivals gone by, it could arguably have provoked the bidding war of the fortnight, given the track record of such foodie faves as Le Grand Bouffe, Babette’s Feast and Eat Drink Man Woman, which also debuted on the Croisette. But that’s faint praise for a story that, although it’s almost all about fillings, trimmings and toppings, doesn’t seem to have that much content or, more importantly, depth.

‘Kubi’ Review: Takeshi Kitano Stages A Blood-Soaked Samurai Epic [Cannes] - theplaylist.net - Japan
theplaylist.net
24.05.2023 / 16:29

‘Kubi’ Review: Takeshi Kitano Stages A Blood-Soaked Samurai Epic [Cannes]

For three decades, filmmaker Takeshi Kitano was fixated on a period of Japanese history, in which Lord Oda Nobunaga was inexplicably betrayed by one of his closest allies, Akechi Mitsuhide, in an ambush at Honno-ji Temple. The reasons behind Mitsuhide’s deception are unknown, but Kitano dedicated years to concocting his own theories, going so far as to pen a novel imagining the events that led to the incident.  Adapted from his own book, “Kubi” is an outrageously exhilarating update of the samurai epic, dialing up the blood and guts and sprinkling in the sick humor to match.

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