Not holding back! Amid Molly Bernard’s first pregnancy, she has slammed criticism that she is merely “pretending” to be expecting a child.
10.12.2022 - 00:15 / theplaylist.net
The recent Greatest Films of All Time list made by Sight and Sound was obviously controversial, naming Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels,” the greatest film of all time (it’s great, watch it, and just let it be experiential). I tend not to get worked up over these lists cause it’s just voting and math—no one is trying to collectively conspire against you and your taste with some agenda, ok?— and it’s tough to get mad at arithmetic and a democratic process.
Not holding back! Amid Molly Bernard’s first pregnancy, she has slammed criticism that she is merely “pretending” to be expecting a child.
Love Actually star Olivia Olson has told of how she turned her back on the big screen as she feared she was close to a "mental breakdown". Olivia played American schoolgirl Joanna in the festive favourite but decided to pursue a different career.
While theaters are still recovering from the pandemic directly impacting attendance and box office outcomes, there are still really great movies struggling to find audiences outside of streaming and VOD options when they are released in theaters. Some smaller to mid-range pictures, mainly horror, have done better than expected in the shadow of the $100-200 million-dollar budgeted blockbusters that seemingly come out round-year now.
Rapper Big Scarr has tragically passed away at just 22 years old.
Indonesian movies had racked up close to 55 million admissions in their home market as of December 18, according to local box office analyst Bicara Box Office, overtaking the previous record of 51.9 million admissions set in the pre-pandemic year of 2019.
At 75 years of age and having already directed nearly 20 films, at this point in his career, Chinese-born Taiwanese film director and screenwriter Hou Hsiao-hsien delivers a film every ten years or so or whenever he’s damn ready. The last film he made, “The Assassin” (2015; our review), possibly the artiest, most meditative wuxia film ever made and something of a masterpiece (I don’t really make top 10 lists anymore, but the last time I did one, “The Assassin” was on it).
The night Baz Luhrmann premiered his film Elvis at the Cannes Film Festival, all eyes were on Priscilla Presley. She had turned 77 the day before, and in the 45 years since her former husband’s death, she’d suffered many cartoonish caricatures and lame imitations of the man she loved. But that night, as the credits rolled, she cried.
Robert A. Fishman, CBS’ legendary director of televised sporting events, will be awarded one of the Directors Guild of America’s highest honors: the Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Achievement in Television Direction. It will be presented February 18 during the 75th annual DGA Awards.
EXCLUSIVE: Creation Entertainment Media and Magic Frame Animation today announced that they will team up to adapt Georges Alexander Vagan’s Christmas-set book series Paul Martin and the Magic Magnifying Glass for the big screen.
French author and now filmmaker Annie Ernaux is having a year. She was just awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize for literature. Her autobiographical L’Événement was adapted by director Audrey Diwan into the critically acclaimed Happening, released last spring. And this weekend, Kino Lorber presents her directorial debut, The Super 8 Years, at Film at Lincoln Center and DCTV Firehouse in NYC, expanding to LA and select markets through January.
Adam Scott has felt critical and audience love before. He was a member of the celebrated “Parks and Recreation” ensemble which ran on NBC for seven seasons from 2009 to 2015.
Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, in its tale of how the talkies rocked the silent motion picture era, is no doubt, a metaphor for the streaming revolution which is impacting the film industry today.
Sharing is caring! During an episode of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Netflix series, Harry & Meghan, baby Lilibet was shown wearing a cute hat that once belonged to her big brother, Archie.
Elvis director Baz Luhrmann joined Deadline’s Contenders Film: LA3C awards-season event to talk about the craft of making his larger-than-life biopic and capturing the unique frenzy of the King’s aura and music.
With all the shake-ups at DC Studios right now, it’s hard to tell what the future holds in the DCU. And it’s probably too early to tell at this point too. James Gunn and Peter Safran have only been in their new jobs as studio co-heads for a month, with scrapped movies and recasting rumors galore.
Barbara ‘Babs’ Thore has died.