‘Rimana Wasi,’ ‘Angelo,’ ‘The Distance of Time’ Spark Buzz at Locarno at Latin American, Caribbean New Talent Platform

Travis Scott’s recently announced 27-concert ‘Utopia Presents Circus Maximus Tour,’ his first since 2021’s Astroworld tragedy, officially launches Sept. 25 at Chicago’s United Center.After that, he’ll play stadiums and arenas all over North America up until Nov.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent FIPCA, Ibero America’s huge producers’ federation, is looking to power up the region’s knowledge economy and co-production as two longterm answers to huge volatility in its member states film-TV sectors. That drive cuts several ways, FIPCA president Ignacio Rey told Variety in the run-up to Sanfic Industria, one of South America’s biggest industry events. High-end Netflix, Amazon and other streamer originals, imply new ways of producing: “We’re lacking sufficient labor force capacity for a certain scale of productions,” Rey argued.

The Strokes were joined on stage by Weyes Blood for a rare performance of their track ‘Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men’. Check out footage of the moment below.The performance was held at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre earlier this week and marked the New York band’s first show in Colorado in 17 years.Taking place on Monday (August 14), the performance was the indie veterans’ first in the state since 2006, and followed on from a series of live shows held across Asia, However, the night was made even more special for fans attending as Weyes Blood joined the band on stage, and performed a lesser-played track with them.The moment took place just five songs into their 19-track setlist, and saw the 35-year-old American singer – who was also the opening act for the band – collaborate on their track ‘Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men’.The 2004 song originally appeared as the B-side to their ‘Reptilia’ single, and was released in collaboration with Regina Spektor.

Federico Veiroj, Theo Court, Alicia Scherson and Daniel Hendler head a muscular project lineup at September’s San Sebastian Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, the Spanish festival’s industry centerpiece which underscores this year a welling sea-change in the region’s filmmaking. “The Moneychanger,” the latest film from Uruguay’s Veiroj, was selected for Toronto’s 2019 Platform; “White on White,” from Chile’s Court, won a best director Silver Lion at 2019’s Venice Horizons; Chile’s Alicia Scherson’s debut “Play” snagged new narrative director at Tribeca in 2005: multi-hyphenate Hendler, from Uruguay, scooped best director at Miami for “The Candidate” in 2017.

Matt Rife are no laughing matter.The popular comic announced his mega ‘ProbleMATTic World Tour’ in June and fans all over North America scrambled for tickets to his 250+ shows on the 2023-24 run.Now that the dust has settled, we’re here to sort through the rubble and help you find the best prices to catch the crowd work-heavy headliner live in Atlantic City, NJ.From Aug. 18-20, the 27-year-old is headed to Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort for five huge shows.After review, it appears the best price on tickets is $122 before fees on Vivid Seats.If that’s a little outside your budget, we recommend refreshing this page — it’s very possible that prices drop as we inch closer to showtime.For an encore, Rife is scheduled to hit New York City’s Radio City Music Hall for six (!) shows from Feb.

Duran Duran is about to take off on the second leg of their ‘The Future Past North American Tour’ with special guests Nile Rodgers’ Chic and Bastille.Over the course of the 19-concert run, Simon Le Bon and co. will drop into Canandaigua, NY’s Constellation Brands Performing Arts Center on Sept.

Netflix's latest limited series is a fictionalised re-telling of a drugs crisis which has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans since the late 90s.

The Strokes have two North American concerts lined up this August — and for fans wondering “Is This It,” we can confirm, it is.First up, the legendary NYC band heads southwest to perform with opening act Weyes Blood at Morrison, CO’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Monday, Aug. 14.Five days later, they’ll return home for a one-off gig at Forest Hills, NY’s Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday, Aug.

“How Did This Get Made” is going on the road.Hosts/comedians Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael are conducting a six-shows in six days U.S. tour where they’ll discuss a different flick live from Aug.

Jonas Brothers are taking over Yankee Stadium this weekend to kick off their 35-concert ‘Five Albums, One Night Tour.’Due to overwhelming demand, Kevin, Nick and Joe will play back-to-back nights at Aaron Judge and Gerrit Cole’s home field on Saturday, Aug. 12 and Sunday, Aug.

Film at Lincoln Center has set the 32 features from 18 countries making up the Main Slate of the New York Film Festival, from Cannes prize-winners Anatomy Of A Fall by Justine Triet (Palme d’Or) and Zone Of Interest by Jonathan Glazer (Grand Prix), to the latest by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, Hong Sangsoo, Radu Jude, Yorgos Lanthimos and Alice Rohrwacher.

Taylor Swift played ‘Exile’ as the ‘surprise song’ on her ‘Eras’ tour in California last night (August 7) – check it out below.The song is taken from Swift’s 2020 album ‘Folklore’, and while it had previously been played live, it hadn’t yet been played on the ‘Eras’ tour. She previously performed the song with Bon Iver, Justin Vernon and The National‘s Aaron Dessner when she made a surprise appearance at the former’s show in London in October 2022.Swift played a piano version of the song during the ‘Eras’ show – check out fan-filmed footage of it below:The other ‘surprise song’ Swift played on her fourth out of six shows at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood was an acoustic version ‘Dress’, from 2017’s ‘Reputation’.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent LOCARNO — Two movie projects which capture best the brewing revolution in Latin American filmmaking walked off with the biggest plaudits at this year’s Locarno Open Doors prize ceremony on Tuesday. Both underscore the mindset reset among cineasts – their questioning of received wisdom accompanied by the explosion in invention being brought to low-budget filmmaking in the region.

TidalWave Music Festival is splashing its way into Atlantic City, NJ’s beaches for three days of good times, country jams and huge stars by the water.Just a few of those big name country icons on the lineup include Thomas Rhett, Jelly Roll, Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn and Cole Swindell.Other can’t-miss artists this year include Dustin Lynch, Mitchell Tenpenny, Dylan Scott, Randy Houser and Jo Dee Messina.In total, 34 acts are set to perform over the long weekend.And if you want to see all of them live, last-minute tickets are still available.They’re not that expensive either compared to other major music festivals.At the time of publication, we found some three-day general admission passes going for as low as $194 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $104 before fees.Want to catch the waves at TidalWave?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the country music extravaganza below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the cheapest single and multi-day passes for the TidalWave Music Festival can be seen here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

The Boss just got back from Europe and he’s ready to get to work.After an extended overseas summer tour, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band have returned to North America and are ready to rock on U.S. and Canadian soil from August through December.Along the way, the band will stop into Springsteen’s home state, New Jersey, for a handful of gigs at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium on Wednesday, Aug.

Christopher Nolan’s mega-hit Oppenheimer features dozens of historical characters, but among them you won’t find Ted Hall. And yet Hall, who went to work on the Manhattan Project as a teenage wunderkind physicist, occupies a significant place in the overall story. As a fresh-faced and idealistic youth, he shared top secret details of the atom bomb’s design with Soviet agents — but he was never prosecuted for it.

Michaela Zee The musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ “The Notebook” is officially heading to Broadway. Preview performances will begin Feb. 6, 2024, at New York’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, with the show’s opening night set for March 14.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Legendary Television President and Starz CEO Chris Albrecht, and Jane the Virgin executive producer Jorge Granier have formed Rubicon Global Media, a firm designed to aggregate leading intellectual property from Latin America and Spain, transforming it into content with worldwide appeal. The company will also produce story-driven content for Latin American audiences. 

Open Doors is a case in point. Five takeaways on this year’s lineup: Recalibration of a Sense of Self “Three Bullets,” at Open Doors Projects Hub, is made by Dominican Génesis Valenzuela, an alum of San Sebastian’s prestigious Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, which plumbs the murder of Dominican immigrant Lucrecia Pérez, shot and killed by four neo-Nazis, the same year that Spain celebrated its conquest of Latin America. Valenzuela will come in at the film as she reconstructs her own identity as a “human being/woman/Afro-Caribbean/filmmaker.” “The driving force of this film is the desire for emancipation, both from the constraints of existence and from those of filmmaking,” she has said.

2023 Emmys have even been postponed, possibly until early next year. Nevertheless, amidst the chaos, the show must go on, and there are still many TV offerings on tap for the sultry long days of summerFrom a new prestige TV mystery series to a star-studded cooking show, an LGBT rom-com and a new reality dating series, August offers something for viewers of all ages.Here’s your handy guide.“The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart”Sigourney Weaver stars in a family drama miniseries based on a book of the same name. The story arc spans decades and follows an orphaned girl (Alicia Debnam-Carey, “Fear the Walking Dead”) with a troubled past who must move in with her grandmother, who lives on a flower farm.