Trailer For “Minari” Showcases Another Potential Oscar Player

Cinephiles were offered an interesting proposal this summer: an HBO limited series remake of Ingmar Bergman‘s “Scenes From A Marriage,” a 1973 Swedish Television miniseries that the filmmaker wrote and directed, but this time starring the excellent pairing of Michelle Williams and Oscar Isaac. Now, the offering has changed, but is no less appealing.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorGerman Films has released a list of ten films that were submitted by German producers for consideration to become the country’s International Feature Oscar contender.Among the front-runners for selection are likely to be Julia Von Heinz’s And Tomorrow The Entire World, Caroline Link’s When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, Burhan Qurbani’s Berlin Alexanderplatz and Christian Petzold’s Undine.The ten films:•    WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT – Caroline Link (Sommerhaus

This morning, Netflix dropped another potential Academy Award player on us with the release of the first Trailer for Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy. Not only is the movie pegged as a possible major Oscar contender, it features two long overdue nominated actresses in Amy Adams and Glenn Close, both of whom could be competing for wins once again here.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNBCUniversal International Studios’ Matchbox Pictures and The Voice Australia producer Eureka Productions are to co-produce an Australian version of Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman’s NBC competition series Making It.Network 10 has picked up the format, in which Australia’s most talented craftspeople will showcase their skills as they take on a variety of design and creation challenges in the hope of winning an AU $100,000 ($72,000) cash prize.Making It Australia

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentThe Czech Film and Television Academy has selected Agnieszka Holland’s “Charlatan” to be its official entry in the International Feature Film category of the 93rd Academy Awards.Its decision follows recent submissions by Singapore, Kosovo and Georgia.

Fans can finally get excited for more of “The Expanse”.

We’ve seen the Best Picture race slowly come into view thanks to a pandemic delayed deadline, but other categories are also coming into play. Best Animated Feature film already has a number of contenders that found audiences on PVOD with “Onward,” “Trolls World Tour” and “The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run” while “Over the Moon,” “The Willoughbys” and “Soul” still loom on the horizon.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Brazilian Petra Costa’s Oscar-nominated documentary “The Edge of Democracy” is getting the sincerest form of flattery this Christmas: a parody.The wildly popular Brazilian comedy troupe, Porta dos Fundos, has decided to make its upcoming annual Christmas Special a satirical take on Costa’s chilling documentary about Brazil’s slide into far-right politics, calling it “The Edge of Theocracy.” And Costa has gleefully agreed to participate in it.In a behind-the-scenes

#developing Oscar Grants family reading a statement from Nancy O’Malle just as they learned the DAs office will reopen the case. #kpix5pic.twitter.com/h2DpBuHjBz“We’re not holding our breath, but we definitely will be praying that she sees the truth in this issue,” said Bobby Johnson, Oscar Grant’s uncle, after the announcement was made by the DA’s office.The slaying took place in the early morning hours of January 1, 2009.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAlameda County district attorney Nancy O’Malley announced today that they are reopening the investigation of the 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant, who was killed on New Year’s Day by Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer Johannes Mehserle at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, Calif. The case was the subject in Ryan Coogler’s 2013 film Fruitvale Station.Mehserle claimed he grabbed his gun instead of his taser.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticEXCLUSIVE:  With the West Coast still threatened daily by raging wildfires, an Oscar -contending documentary is planning to try to help the cause.National Geographic Documentary Films announced today the commercial-free broadcast premiere of Rebuilding Paradise, from director Ron Howard and Imagine Documentaries, on National Geographic Sunday, Nov. 8 at 9/8c,  the second anniversary of the Camp Fire in Paradise, California.

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Oscar Isaac and Jake Gyllenhaal are set to star in a film focusing on the making of The Godfather.The actors will portray Francis Ford Coppola, the director of the 1972 classic, and Robert Evans, who produced the crime drama, respectively.Directed by Barry Levinson, the big screen venture will chronicle the behind-the-scenes drama, which prompted Coppola to clash with studio bosses at Paramount.“Out of the madness of production, and against all odds, a classic film happened,” Levinson said in a

Oscar Isaac is set to play director Francis Ford Coppola, while Jake Gyllenhaal will play former Paramount studio head Robert Evans in a movie about the making of Coppola's seminal feature The Godfather. Barry Levinson will directFrancis and The Godfather, which is based on a Black List script by Andrew Farotte that was redeveloped with Levinson.

according to Deadline.The film, “Francis and the Godfather,” centers on director Francis Ford Coppola as he creates the iconic 1972 film. Isaac, 41, will play Coppola, while Gyllenhaal, 39, will play producer Robert Evans.Evans and Coppola clashed behind the scenes of the mobster flick, in part over the film location and the casting of Marlon Brando as mob boss Vito Corleone and Al Pacino as his son Michael.

The story of how “The Godfather” became an iconic movie classic is finally being told.