Category: Festivals
Florence Pugh Watches Over A Miracle
Florence Pugh Watches Over A Miracle

TELLURIDE – At this point in his career, Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio continues to veer toward slightly unexpected choices. He broke through the global cinephile consciousness with 2013’s “Gloria,” a crowd-pleaser about a fiftysomething woman trying to find love in…

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Festival Line-Up Includes ‘Empire Of Light,’ ‘Women Talking’ & More
Festival Line-Up Includes ‘Empire Of Light,’ ‘Women Talking’ & More

Over the past decade, The Telluride Film Festival has made itself something of an Oscar-kingmaker. Numerous Best Picture winners, including “Slumdog Millionaire,” “Argo,” “12 Years A Slave,” and “Moonlight,” each had their world premieres at the picturesque Colorado fest. However,…

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Romain Gavras & Ladj Ly’s Thriller Tackles A Community Under Seige
Romain Gavras & Ladj Ly’s Thriller Tackles A Community Under Seige

The deadline for submissions for the International Film Oscar is less than two months away. While some nations’ selections have been announced (South Korea selecting “Decision to Leave“) or are obvious (“Close” for Belgium), others are very up in the…

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J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay Achieve The Impossible, But It’s Not What You Think
J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay Achieve The Impossible, But It’s Not What You Think

To be frank, it shouldn’t have happened. And while it’s not unprecedented it’s pretty damn close. No, we’re not talking about Amazon Prime Video spending $250 million for the television rights to “The Appendices” at the end of J.R.R. Tolkein’s…

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Spirit Awards Go Gender Neutral And Increase Budget Cap For 2023
Spirit Awards Go Gender Neutral And Increase Budget Cap For 2023

In a surprise move, Film Independent shook up their annual Independent Spirit Awards this morning. The hipper sibling of the Oscars became yet another awards show to make the change to gender-neutral for its awards categories. What was a more…

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Gabrielle Union And Jeremy Pope Clash In New Trailer For The Inspection
Gabrielle Union And Jeremy Pope Clash In New Trailer For The Inspection

A24 has several highly anticipated new films on their fall slate, including Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” and Joanna Hogg’s “The Eternal Daughter.” The third world premiere you should be paying attention to is Elegance Bratton‘s narrative directorial debut, “The Inspection.”…

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Karyn Kusama Is Returning To Yellowjackets Season 2 With An Emmy Nod In Hand
Karyn Kusama Is Returning To Yellowjackets Season 2 With An Emmy Nod In Hand

If you watched the first season of “Yellowjackets” it was obvious that some new actors would enter the fold in season two. Who would play the adult versions of Van and Lottie? And, with production ramping up it’s now surprise…

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Patrick Somerville Cried For Joy After ‘Station Eleven’ Emmy Nods [Interview]
Patrick Somerville Cried For Joy After ‘Station Eleven’ Emmy Nods [Interview]

When writer and producer Patrick Somerville is making something, he wants it to give you that “Everlasting Gobstopper” feeling. To Somerville, that’s a project that is not only beautiful but emotionally true. That focus is one of the reasons his…

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Cathy Yan’s Fandom Of ‘Succession’ Turned Into An Emmy Nod [Interview]
Cathy Yan’s Fandom Of ‘Succession’ Turned Into An Emmy Nod [Interview]

Are you’re a writer or director in the industry in love with an established show you’re not working on? Let the journey Cathy Yan went on be a lesson to you. The “Birds of Prey” filmmaker is an Emmy nominee…

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Amanda Seyfried Doesn’t Believe For A Second Elizabeth Holmes Avoided Watching ‘The Dropout’ [Inteview]
Amanda Seyfried Doesn’t Believe For A Second Elizabeth Holmes Avoided Watching ‘The Dropout’ [Inteview]

It seems like Elizabeth Holmes is still a little stuck in Amanda Seyfried‘s head. During a conversation about her Emmy nominated performance as the convicted Theranos founder, Seyfriend said she’s had moments during her current gig, the Apple TV+ limited…

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Himesh Patel On His Emmy Nod For ‘Station Eleven,’ The Series That Almost Didn’t Happen [Interview]
Himesh Patel On His Emmy Nod For ‘Station Eleven,’ The Series That Almost Didn’t Happen [Interview]

Himesh Patel wanted to scream when he found out he was Emmy nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for “Station Eleven.” Because he was on a train, however, he kept quiet.…

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Michelle Visage On The Surprise Emmy Nod For ‘Watcha Packin’ [Interview]
Michelle Visage On The Surprise Emmy Nod For ‘Watcha Packin’ [Interview]

There are a lot of hard-working people in Hollywood both in front of and behind the camera. It’s hard to find one as busy as Michelle Visage, however. The star of late 80’s girl group Seduction spent over a decade…

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