‘The Projectionist’ Trailer: Abel Ferrara Makes A Documentary Love Letter To An Indie Cinema Legend

If you have to rank the legends of American comedy, no discussion can go forward without the great John Belushi at the top. A notorious wildman known for his SNL days, but also roles like “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” “The Blues Brothers” and more, Belushi’s life and comedy career were cut short in 1982 at the age of 33 due to a tragic drug and alcohol intoxication.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorThe first major blockbuster of the pandemic era, The Eight Hundred this week became the No. 1-grossing movie of 2020 worldwide, jumping ahead of Bad Boys For Life ($430.3 million global, per Sony).

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorAfter U.S. politicians called out Disney over the filming of Mulan in the Xinjiang region of China, it’s now Netflix’s turn in the crosshairs.

breast cancer just weeks after giving birth. Rebecca Broughton, who is just 26, has challenged herself to see 30 and watch her two baby sons' first days at school.

Ben Croll World premiering this week at NewImages Festival in Paris before playing at the London Film Festival in early October, the Franco-British-Taiwanese co-production “Missing Pictures Ep.

Louis Theroux has paid tribute to a subject of one of his documentaries after discovering she passed away a year after their interview.During his latest series Life on the Edge, the filmmaker discovered that transgender inmate Deborah Lee Worledge was released one year after appearing in  2008’s Behind Bars.“The following year, after I filmed, Deborah I guess was back inside and then released,” he said in last night’s (September 20) episode.“‘Today’s a different day’ – that’s the pull quote.

Guy Lodge Film CriticThere is no writing credit for “Sportin’ Life,” which feels like an omission, but an apt one. On the one hand, this documentary self-portrait by rogue auteur Abel Ferrara feels wholly the product of his eccentric imagination, colored by his voice from beginning to hasty end.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticEvery four years, a few months before the presidential election, a batch of strategically timed movies materialize in hopes of engaging voters and influencing the outcome. Some are merely opportunistic, others downright propagandistic, but few have a shelf life past that first Tuesday in November.

Regina King is earning rave reviews for her directorial feature film debut “One Night In Miami”, playing as part of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival programme.

Happy Birthday my beautiful wife. Thank you for choosing to share your light with me.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticThis once-proud category fell on hard times when the networks abandoned the format, and increasingly cable outlets did too. HBO and Netflix have kept it alive, the latter finding safe harbor here the past three years with an anthology series of ‘movies’ from its Black Mirror franchise, which was finally ruled ineligible here.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIsabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca” is a visually gorgeous drama from the auteur filmmaker who also stars in the film, now streaming on Netflix.Sandoval plays Olivia, an undocumented Filipina trans woman who spends her days working as a caretaker for Olga (the late Lynn Cohen).

Demi Lovato heaped praise on her fiance Max Ehrich in a gushing post celebrating six months together on Monday (September 7, 2020).To mark the milestone, the couple passed around a single red rose as the 29-year-old serenaded his partner with a rendition of Daniel Caesar’s 2017 track Best Part.“Happy six months to my darling,” Lovato gushed on her Instagram Stories. “(You’re) the best father these pups could ever ask for.

For Jodie Turner-Smith's 34th birthday, husband Joshua Jackson penned a sweet note to her on Instagram."Thank you for walking this path of life as my wife," he wrote. "Thank you for bringing our daughter into the world."The couple recently welcomed their first child together in April.Happy 34th birthday to Jodie Turner-Smith!The actress received a sweet message from her husband, Joshua Jackson, via Instagram.

Being a nomad is Frances McDormand’s new reality.

When it comes to BTS, the members have mostly been an open book for ARMY as witnessed by their various docuseries like Break The Silence and even variety shows like In the SOOP. While the boys have always been upfront about the pressures they have had to face with fame and being idols, they've always been very cryptic when it comes to their love lives.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorSometimes controversial director Abel Ferrara addressed the idea of cancel culture in today’s world and whether it had become more difficult to make the kinds of films he once did. “It’s on the artist to uncancel himself, to come clean with himself,” he said.