‘The Kingdom Exodus’: Opening Sequence Revealed For Lars Von Trier’s Venice-Bound Series; Local Release Date Set

The Queen has died at Balmoral, aged 96 today. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."

Don't Worry Darling is one of the most hotly anticipated film releases of the year. Last week, it was premiered at the Venice Film festival, although reviews were distinctly mixed.

Gustavo Arnal has died.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Venice Film Festival title “Music for Black Pigeons,” directed by Danish filmmakers Jørgen Leth, best known for “The Five Obstructions,” and “The Lost Leonardo” helmer Andreas Koefoed, has debuted its trailer with Variety. The documentary, which premieres on Tuesday in Venice’s Out of Competition section, explores the lives and processes of some of the world’s most renowned and prolific jazz musicians, including Jakob Bro, Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Paul Motian and Midori Takada. Leth, who has directed more than 40 films including landmark works such as “A Sunday in Hell” (1977) and the surrealist short “The Perfect Human” (1968), returns to Venice after his feature documentary “The Five Obstructions,” which he co-directed with Lars von Trier, screened on the Lido in 2003.

Film premiere and headlines spilling from a trio of fests in full swing (Venice), just starting (Telluride) and queued up (Toronto) have indie exhibitors and distributors the most hopeful since Covid hit that a stream of new films could fire up the arthouse market.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent British director Joe Wright, who helmed Winston Churchill drama “Darkest Hour” – which earned Gary Oldman an Oscar for his portrayal as the British prime minister – is set to change historical sides and direct TV drama “M,” which chronicles Benito Mussolini’s rise to power. The high-end series, which is based on Antonio Scurati’s Premio Strega-winning and international bestselling novel “M. Son of the Century,” traces the birth of Fascism in Italy and Mussolini’s ascent with an innovative approach that has sparked debate about the Fascist dictator’s legacy in Italy and abroad. “The writer understood and put on paper, with facts and documents and everything, that Mussolini is the guy – him and only him – who created what we now know as populism and Fascism,” said the show’s producer Lorenzo Mieli, speaking in Venice, where he is among producers of Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All.”

Louis Tomlinson has announced details of his second solo studio album Faith in the Future.

Noah Baumbach passed through the Lido Wednesday afternoon where he broke down the origins of his Venice Film Festival opener White Noise, starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Don Cheadle.

Right at the beginning of The March On Rome, a special screening in the Venice Days section of the Venice Film Festival, Mark Cousins draws our collective gaze to a piece of graffiti saying that cinema is most powerful weapon of all. It isn’t clear — to me, anyway — whether that joyful proclamation dates back to 1922, when Benito Mussolini led a Fascist march from Naples to Rome, or to some other eruption of historical optimism. Cinema isn’t as powerful as all that — if it were, Fascism would have been clobbered to a pulp by Chaplin, Lubitsch and all the other filmmakers who lampooned its vainglorious leaders. But images do matter. They certainly mattered to Italian Fascism.

Airing at the end of this year on The Roku Channel, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story sees Daniel Radcliffe portray the biggest-selling comedy recording artist of all time. The feature-length comedy aims to explore every aspect of Yankovic’s life, from his beginning interest in the accordion to his torrid celebrity love affairs.

Arctic Monkeys have announced the release date for their forthcoming seventh album, The Car. 

Wilson Chapman editorWeeks before its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, military drama film “The Inspection” has received a first trailer from A24. The distributor has also set a Nov. 18 theatrical release date.“The Inspection” is the narrative debut for writer-director Elegance Bratton, who previously helmed the feature documentary “Pier Kids,” which followed homeless queer youth in New York, and the Vice docuseries “My House,” which followed competitive ballroom dancing.Bratton pulled from his own experiences as a gay man in Marine Corps basic training during the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell era for “The Inspection.” The drama stars Jeremy Pope as Ellis French, a troubled man who enlists after being rejected by his mother (Gabrielle Union).

The National have shared further details of their new single, ‘Weird Goodbyes’, featuring Bon Iver.Pictures of posters advertising the new song began to circulate online, with the band later confirming their legitimacy by changing their cover photos on social media to include the same artwork.Now The National have taken to Instagram to provide more information to fans, as well as a release date.“Last spring, the band reconvened at Long Pond to begin writing and recording new music that we’ve been working on ever since,” the statement reads.“‘Weird Goodbyes’ featuring Bon Iver felt like the right track to share first and is one of a handful of new songs we’ve been performing on tour this summer. We’re so grateful to our friend Justin Vernon for joining us on this song.”The post also revealed that the single will be released worldwide at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm UK on Monday, August 22.

EXCLUSIVE: Sweden’s Arvet Agency is producing horror film The Deacon from Venice Award-winning filmmaker Tequoia Urbina.

the Duchess of Cambridge, acting as her bridesmaid at her 2011 wedding, but the mum-of-three has another royal connection that you might not be aware of.The 38-year-old is rumoured to have dated someone who married into the royal family – Thomas Kingston, who tied the knot with the Queen's cousin Lady Gabriella Windsor in 2019.MORE: The title Kate Middleton's sister Pippa is set to inherit revealedThomas and Pippa were photographed together at Cheltenham Festival in March 2013 and going for dinner at luxe London restaurant Le Caprice the following month.They clearly remain friendly, as Thomas and Gabriella attended Pippa's wedding to James Matthews in 2017.WATCH: A decade of Pippa Middleton's style Pippa and Thomas have since been photographed enjoying a walk in each other's company.MORE: Pippa Middleton's new baby girl's sweet connection to cousin Prince GeorgeREAD: Pippa Middleton's fun family plans for August with three childrenThomas and Gabriella are an impressive couple, with Gabriella, who is 52nd in line to the British throne, completing degrees at Ivy League institution Brown University and Oxford, where she graduated with a Master of Philosophy before starting work as a journalist. Her father, Prince Michael of Kent, is the Queen's first cousin.

Naman Ramachandran On the occasion of India’s 75th Independence Day on Aug. 15, the first teaser of Bollywood war epic “Pippa” has been revealed and Dec. 2 has been set as the release date.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorIFC Films has set the U.S. release date for “Corsage,” whose star Vicky Krieps won the best performance prize in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. Marie Kreutzer’s film will have its North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, and the New York Film Festival has just announced that the film will screen there too.