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biggest commercial hit was “Notting Hill,” the Richard Curtis-penned comedy about an awkward romance between a movie star played by Julia Roberts and a London bookshop owner, played by Hugh Grant.After its release in 1999, it was for a time the highest-grossing British film in history, and Michell followed it with Hollywood thriller “Changing Lanes,” starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L.

South African-born British theatre, TV and film director Roger Michell has died at the age of 65, his publicist has announced.

The Guardian). No cause of death was given.

LONDON -- Roger Michell, the British stage, television and film director whose movies include the hit romcom “Notting Hill,” has died. He was 65.Michell’s family announced his death on Wednesday in a statement on Thursday.

Tubi is continuing to expand its originals slate.

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Jamie Lang Raindance Film Festival, Britain’s largest independent film festival, will return to cinemas this year, reimagined and restructured with a host of new partners and new films. Running Oct.

K.J. Yossman The BBC have released new images of Christopher Walken (“Severance”) and “Poldark” star Eleanor Tomlinson in upcoming Stephen Merchant production “The Outlaws.”The show, which is written and directed by Merchant (“Jojo Rabbit”), marks Walken’s first role in a British television series.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEli Roth, who is known to have a passion for Italian B-movies, is at the Venice Film Festival to help promote biographical doc “Inferno Rosso: Joe D’Amato on the Road to Excess,” directed by Manlio Gomarasca and Massimiliano Zanin, in which Roth features as a talking head.The doc, which premiered on the Lido as a special screening, sheds light on Aristide Massaccesi, known as Joe D’Amato, the under-the-radar producer, director and cinematographer who

Rebecca Davis editorChinese actor Zhang Ziyi will make her directorial debut with a short titled “Poetry,” part of a high-profile patriotic omnibus blockbuster set for release on Oct.

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Ester Exposito is looking amazing at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

Ann-Marie Corvin A perfect storm of titles previously delayed by the pandemic combined with features set to launch on the back of the Netherlands Film Festival later this month means that a bumper harvest of home-grown films is set for release in Dutch theaters this autumn.Anticipated titles include Alex van Warmerdam’s latest feature “No.

Here’s a pairing that you probably didn’t expect – Jessica Chastain and Maria Sharapova!

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentPlans to overhaul Rome’s iconic Cinecittà Studios and potentially turn them into the top European filming facility were officially unveiled Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival with Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini and Stan McCoy, who is chief of the Motion Picture Assn.

Roberto Benigni is feeling the love.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentStudiocanal and Amazon Studios have unveiled the first clip and still of “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain,” Will Sharpe’s anticipated film about the eccentric British artist played by Oscar-nominated actor Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game), ahead of the movie’s world premiere at Telluride.