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John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentMunich-based Beta Film, one of Europe’s biggest independent TV companies, has acquired worldwide distribution rights outside France to “The Island of Thirty Coffins,” a French series adaptation of a novel by “Lupin” author Maurice Leblanc.An atmospheric crime thriller from Leblanc – whose Arsène Lupin character, created in 1905, inspired Netflix biggest foreign-language global hit “Lupin” – “The Island of Thirty Coffins” stars Virginie Ledoyen

Jamie Lang Heading into its 60th edition, France’s Annecy Festival long ago established itself as one of the world’s most important animation events, but this year it holds the added distinction of being one of the first major international festivals in Europe to return to an at least part in-person format.

Fresh off her surprising debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe during “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus is retreating from blockbusters for now and heading to the world of independent cinema in a new film from A24 titled “Tuesday.” READ MORE: ‘Macbeth’: Apple TV+ Makes An Awards Play With Joel Coen’s Film Starring Frances McDormand & Denzel Washington According to THR, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has signed on to star in the forthcoming drama, “Tuesday,” which will be produced by

This review was initially published after the 2019 Venice Film Festival premiere of “The Perfect Candidate.”As someone with a side gig on the programming team of an LGBT film festival, I’ve noticed that, while the coming-out drama is often tired and clichéd coming from American filmmakers, it can be thrilling when one is produced a part of the world (Bermuda or South Korea, for instance) where an honest conversation about queer lives is in its early stages.It’s not a put-down, then, when I say

Apple TV+ is still in its toddler stage of development. The newborn/infant stage was rife with lackluster reviews, not-so-great viewership, and a general feeling of disinterest by the greater public.

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century which became – of course - a 2021 Oscar winning film starring Frances McDormand. “It was a little scary to hand over material I'd spent many, many years working on with people I’d come to care about,” she says, “But for me, looking at Chloé Zhao’s past work, I just thought, she's a phenomenal chef.

“Sparkles It’s confirmed, official, and it’s going to be hard to wait: #Benedetta by Paul Verhoeven with Virginie Efira joins the #Cannes2021 #Competition! Projected in World premiere in Cannes on July 9th, the film will be released in theatres in France on the same day,” and with that, the Cannes Film Festival finally announced the new Paul Verhoeven film, “Benedetta,” at their festival, a year after it was supposed to initially premiere.

EXCLUSIVE: Beta Film has closed pre-sales with two leading European broadcasters, France’s TF1 and Austria’s ORF, on RTL Group’s series about iconic Austrian Empress Sisi.

Guy Lodge Film CriticThe 1978 theft of Charlie Chaplin’s coffin from its rural Swiss resting place was the kind of bizarre case — equal parts absurd caper and poignant story of human desperation, escalating wildly and ending with peace restored — that you’d expect to have been the subject of at least one hefty true-crime movie.

“Sparkles It’s confirmed, official, and it’s going to be hard to wait: #Benedetta by Paul Verhoeven with Virginie Efira joins the #Cannes2021 #Competition! Projected in World premiere in Cannes on July 9th, the film will be released in theatres in France on the same day,” and with that, the Cannes Film Festival finally announced the new Paul Verhoeven film, “Benedetta,” at their festival, a year after it was supposed to initially premiere.

On Sunday, Chloé Zhao's elegiac neo-Western Nomadland made Oscar history, winning best picture, best director and best actress at the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony. It is the first directing victory for a non-white female filmmaker.

Nomadland’s award for Best Picture. McDormand served as a producer on Chloe Zhao’s independent drama, in which she also stars as a woman struggling to stay afloat on the fringes of society.

Nomadland won best feature at the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards on Thursday. "We are so honored to be recognized with our tribe," said producer Mollye Asher, acknowledging the community of Film Independent.

Nomadland was the big winner at Thursday's Film Independent Spirit Awards, taking best feature and best director for Chloé Zhao, among other awards. In the acceptance speech, producer Peter Spears noted that Zhao met star Frances McDormand at a previous Spirit Award ceremony.

environment as part of a tough and competitive business.Upcoming film projects for Rudin include Netflix's starry adaptation of the bestseller “The Woman in the Window,” A24's adaptation of the Tony-winning play “The Humans" and Joel Coen's Shakespeare adaptation “The Tragedy of Macbeth," with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand — also for A24 Current Broadway shows produced by Rudin include “The Book of Mormon,” “To Kill a Mockingbird," “West Side Story" and the upcoming revival of “The

Nomadland,” Frances McDormand never once slices open a four-armed Hulk so his innards spill out onto the pavement. In “Mortal Kombat,” that’s one of the less gratuitous scenes.