‘The Chair’: Nana Mensah, Bob Balaban & David Morse Among 10 Cast In Netflix Dramedy Series From Amanda Peet & ‘Game Of Thrones’ Creators

Dennis Harvey Film CriticThough there haven’t been a lot of movies about it, the tentacles of Italy-based organized crime duly reach above Scorsese territory to the even-more-frequently-Frozen North. If not for the French dialogue, however, you wouldn’t necessarily know “Mafia Inc” were taking place in Quebec, or even Canada, so familiar and insular is the brutal syndicate business depicted here.

Netflix has taken the global rights to Canadian director Ricardo Trogi's Le Guide de la famille parfaite (The Guide to the Perfect Family). The French language dramedy about an over-parenting society will get a theatrical release in Quebec via Les Films Opale and a simultaneous release in the rest of the world on Netflix in 2021.

Sally Rooney’s second novel, Normal People, was one of the major hits of the first lockdown, turning its stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal into household names. Now, excitement is building for the dramatisation of Rooney’s debut work, Conversations With Friends, which is premiering on BBC Three in 2022.

Conversations with Friends, the adaptation of Normal People author Sally Rooney’s debut novel, has just been released.Newcomer Alison Oliver will be playing the lead role of Frances, alongside Sasha Lane, Joe Alwyn and Jemima Kirke.The story follows Frances, a 21-year-old college student, alongside her ex-girlfriend and now best friend Bobbi, played by Sasha Lane.

Naman Ramachandran The Berlin Film Festival has revealed 12 titles from 16 countries that will compete in the festival’s Encounters strand, including Denis Côté’s “Social Hygiene” from Canada, Alice Diop’s “We” from France, and Fern Silva’s “Rock Bottom Riser” from the U.S.The selections also take in “As I Want” (Egypt/France/Norway/Palestine) by Samaher Alqadi; “Azor” (Switzerland/France/Argentina) by Andreas Fontana; “The Beta Test” (U.S./U.K.) by Jim Cummings, PJ McCabe; and “Bloodsuckers

Oscars ceremony. Danish tragicomedy "Another Round" stars former James Bond villain Mikkelsen as a middle-aged alcoholic who vows to get drunk every day, as part of a pseudoscientific experiment featuring three fellow school teachers.

Chloé Zhao has made three feature films to date, each of them blending narrative storytelling with non-fiction. Her debut, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, told the story of Native American siblings struggling to find their place in a changing world.

Chloé Zhao’s road movie Nomadland won three honors, including Film of the Year, at the 41st London Critics‘ Circle Film Awards, which were held in a virtual ceremony on Sunday night.

Aberdeen after agreeing a deal to sign Fraser Hornby on-loan for the rest of the season. The Scotland under-21 striker is set to move to Pittodrie on-loan to replace current target man with Sam Cosgrove.

Also Read: 'Summer of Soul' Film Review: Questlove's Vibrant Concert Film Captures a Pivotal Harlem Moment“Flee” is produced by Final Cut for Real, in co-production with animation studio Sun Creature, Denmark, Vivement Lundi!, France, MostFilm, Sweden, and Mer Film, Norway. ARTE France and Vpro, Nederland.

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If you’re looking for some new telly to get stuck into, Lupin could be just show you didn’t know you needed in your life.

With so many spare hours on our hands over lockdown to watch new TV series, it’s no surprise that streaming giant Netflix is raking in viewers with mega hit shows like Bridgerton and The Queen’s Gambit. But surprisingly, neither of those popular series have topped the channel’s ratings charts, as French series Lupin has snuck into the number one spot.The ten part show, which is an adaptation of Maurice LeBlanc’s best-selling novels, is on track to hit 70 million views by 5 February.

Lupin on is projected to surpass the streaming service's biggest hit shows, and . The French series debuted on January 8 and is expected to reach 70 million households during its first 28 days, reports.

Ahead of its fourth-quarter results later on Tuesday, global streaming giant Netflix said original series Lupin, starring Omar Sy, has become "our biggest French hit." The company, led by co-CEOs Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos, is forecasting that the crime drama, which debuted on the service on Friday, would be viewed by 70 million subscribers within its first 28 days. It has "already ranked no.

Netflix’s "Lupin" is quietly breaking records on the platform as one of the most-viewed French series on the platform.  The show focuses on a teenager whose life is upended by the death of his father after he was accused of a crime he didn’t commit.The show picks up 25 years after those events when the son uses the famous thief and master of disguise, "Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar," as an inspiration to avenge his departed dad.  Netflix reports that 28 days after its debut on the platform,