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EntertainmentVarietyRaul Ruiz’s Rescued ‘Socialist Realism’ World Premieres in San Sebastian 50 Years After He Shelved It
A sardonic view of Popular Unity, the left-wing alliance once led by the assassinated Chilean socialist president Salvador Allende, Raul Ruiz’s docu-fiction hybrid, “Socialist Realism,” world premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival on Sept 23, 50 years after the prolific filmmaker was forced to abandon it. It finally unspools after his widow, filmmaker-editor Valeria …
EntertainmentDigital SpyGood Burger 2 confirms release date on Paramount+
Good Burger 2 has confirmed its release date on Paramount+, with fans not having to wait long until they see the reunion of Kenan and Kel.
EntertainmentVarietyECAM Incubator Title ‘¿Es Usted Secuestrable?’ Plumbs Highjacking
As one of five intriguing titles selected by the Madrid Film School’s ECAM Incubator, now on its sixth year, Charli Bujosa Cortés’ feature debut “¿Es usted secuestrable?” (“Are You Kidnappable?”) offers a hybrid of sorts. He describes it as non-binary, just like him. Developed at Eurodoc, Mallorca Talents Lab and the Mentoring Project of L’Alternativa Desarrolla among others, the film turns …
EntertainmentVarietyRaven Jackson Talks Love, Patience and ‘Small Moments That Make up a Life’ in Barry Jenkins-Produced ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’
“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” director Raven Jackson is taking her time. “I’m interested in patience,” she says ahead of her feature debut’s San Sebastian screening, following the Sundance premiere earlier this year. “I am interested in slow cinema, even though in the U.S. it’s not as prominent. When I was in the edit …
EntertainmentVarietyIsabella Eklöf Follows ‘Holiday’ with ‘Potentially Provocative’ ‘Kalak,’ Talks ‘Personal Quest to Have Truth in Filmmaking’
Sweden’s Isabella Eklöf has followed up her acclaimed debut “Holiday” with the Greenland-set “Kalak,” this time around opting for a male protagonist. “He’s a guy, but the story is exactly the same,” she says. “It’s still about sexual assault and ‘restaging’ your trauma, or looking for family and connection, but I have never explored that …
EntertainmentThe Canadian Press'Spirit of MuchMusic' still alive at doc premiere with former VJs in attendance
TORONTO — While the party died years ago at MuchMusic's broadcast centre on the corner of Queen and John streets in Toronto, the screening of a new documentary on Friday proved nostalgia for the nation's music station is still very much alive. Thousands of people filed into Roy Thomson Hall, only a few blocks away from Much's former headquarters, to catch the Canadian premiere of "299 Queen Street West," a feature-length look at the legacy of the TV channel. Joining the crowd were some of Much's
EntertainmentVariety‘Day of the Fight’ Review: Another Broken-Down Boxer Travels the Comeback Trail
As directorial head-to-heads go, Jack Huston versus Stanley Kubrick isn’t anyone’s idea of a fair fight. But that’s exactly the clash the actor and Hollywood scion sets up for himself in his directorial debut “Day of the Fight” — named for Kubrick’s famous 1951 documentary short of the same title, and likewise following an Irish-American …
EntertainmentVarietyFamed Spanish Stand-Up Comedian Berto Romero Talks ‘The Other Side,’ Genre Mashups, ‘Connecting with the Spanish Character’
“Modestly speaking, we’ve tried to create a culture at Movistar Plus+ which attracts talent. We have a lot of respect for what creators want to tell and believe in them,” Domingo Corral, Movistar Plus+ director of fiction and entertainment, has said. One case in point is Berto Romero, whose latest series, “The Other Side” (“El …
EntertainmentDigital SpySmile 2 and new Mean Girls movie confirm 2024 release dates
Sequel to horror smash Smile and the long-awaited movie musical adaptation of Mean Girls have both received 2024 release dates.
EntertainmentVarietyBox Office: ‘Expend4bles’ Scrapes Up Franchise-Low $3.2 Million Opening Day
Audiences don’t seem to intend to attend the latest “Expendables.” The fourth entry in the ensemble action franchise is notching a series-low opening day from 3,518 theaters with $3.2 million, a figure that includes a meagre $750,000 in Thursday previews. “Expend4bles” is projecting a debut that’ll fall well short of the $15 million to $17 …
EntertainmentDeadlineWeekend Box Office Hits YTD Low With $49M, As ‘Expendables 4’ & ‘Nun 2’ Butt Heads For No. 1
SATURDAY AM: An over-the-hill franchise fourthquel, Expendables 4, arriving in the thick of a SAG-AFTRA strike, is sending the weekend box office to its lowest level year-to-date, with all movies set to make $49M. And there isn’t even snow on the ground. That figure is lower than the box office over Super Bowl weekend of …
CelebrityPA Media: MoviesRupert Everett reflects on his career: I never learnt how to focus
The actor started off his professional life starring alongside Sir Kenneth Branagh in a West End play.
EntertainmentDigital SpyBarbie star Michael Cera lands next role in Wes Anderson’s next movie
Barbie and Scott Pilgrim vs the World actor Michael Cera has landed his next movie in, in Wes Anderson's next project.
EntertainmentDigital SpyPaddington 3 compared to unexpected award-winning black comedy
Paul King, the producer of Paddington 3, has compared the upcoming sequel to black comedy, Triangle of Sadness.
EntertainmentVarietyInternational Oscar Race: Bangladesh Selects ‘No Ground Beneath the Feet’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Bangladesh has selected ‘No Ground Beneath the Feet’ as its contender for the best international feature film category of the Oscars. Directed by first time feature director Mohammad Rabby Mridha and produced by Abu Shahed Emon, the film follows the travails of an ambulance driver in Dhaka and the struggles of his wife in a …
SportsDeadlineUK Star Presenters In Social Media Clash Over Fading Fortunes Of Veteran Sport Show
Two of the UK’s leading presenters have engaged in a public spat over the fading fortunes of one of the country’s most established sports shows. The BBC’s Football Focus – a studio show inviting football pundits to analyse the day’s games following the final whistle on Saturday afternoons – has been running for 49 years, …
EntertainmentDeadlineTupac Biographer Says Assault By Iconic Rapper Was Clash Of Egos – “We Saw Things The Same Way”
Tupac Shakur’s one-time video director and now biographer has explained why he made a docuseries about the late rapper, despite being previously beaten up by him. Allen Hughes, whose five-part docuseries Dear Mama is available on Hulu in the US, and will debut on the Disney+ platform in the UK on 1st October, told The …
EntertainmentVarietySan Sebastian’s WIP Europa Features Schwechtje’s ‘A Hunt for Hedgehogs,’ Trénor’s ‘Rock Bottom’
“A Hunt for Hedgehogs,” the new film by Hungarian director Mihály Schwechtje and “Rock Bottom,” the feature debut of Spaniard María Trénor mark two potential highlights of San Sebastian’s pix-in-post sidebar WIP Europa, that runs Sept 25-27. In 2020, the San Sebastian Film Festival, the highest-profile film event in the Spanish-speaking world, launched two new …
CelebrityDeadlineMichael Caine: “We Never Had Intimacy Coordinators In My Day, Thank God”
Veteran actor Michael Caine has questioned the need for intimacy coordinators on film and TV production sets, saying they have only recently become a thing. Caine, now 90, was asked about them in an interview for the Daily Mail, when he replied: “Really? Seriously? What are they? We never had that in my day. Thank …
EntertainmentVarietyDivorce Drama ‘Lovable’ Asks What It Means to Be a ‘Strong, Modern Woman’ in the Face of a Messy Break-Up
Norway’s Lilja Ingolfsdottir won the top prize this week at the Finnish Film Affair for her feature directorial debut “Lovable,” a relationship drama about a woman forced to find herself as her marriage falls apart. Pic is produced by “The Worst Person in the World’s” Thomas Robsahm and Nordisk Film Production, with Scandinavian powerhouse TrustNordisk …
BusinessDeadlineMeghan Markle Gives Up On Archetypes Podcast After One Series; Trademark Application Abandoned
It seems another chapter in the rollercoaster career of Meghan Markle has closed, with the Daily Mail reporting that the former actress has withdrawn applications to trademark the Archetypes podcast name. Markle had previously released one series of the podcast on the Spotify platform – billed as an attempt to “examine and subject the labels …
EntertainmentVarietySan Sebastian’s WIP Latam: Grounded Tales & Genre From a Chilean True Horror Tale to the Return of the Antichrist in Colombia
San Sebastian’s pix-in-post showcases have often launched standout movies, such as Sebastian Lelio’s “Gloria,” winner of the Films in Progress Award at the 2012 edition, plus notable directors, such as Jayro Bustamante, whose praised debut “Ixcanul” played at the festival in rough cut in 2015 before winning the Alfred Bauer prize for innovation at 2016’s Berlinale, …
EntertainmentVarietySan Sebastian Supernatural Drama ‘Last Shadow at First Light’ Unveils First Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
A first trailer has been unveiled for Nicole Midori Woodford’s feature debut “Last Shadow at First Light,” which world premieres at the New Directors strand of the San Sebastian Film Festival. The film is in competition for the New Directors Award. Starring acclaimed Japanese actor Nagase Masatoshi (“Sweet Bean”) and newcomer Shirata Mihaya, the film …
SportsDeadlineWGA Confirms Weekend Talks With Studio CEOs After Friday Negotiations End With No Deal – Update
(Updated with WGA statement) The Writers Guild brass and studios CEOs were working Friday night to close a deal to end the scribes’ strike, but it seems they aren’t quite there yet. Running from around 11 a.m. to 8:45 p.m., the third day of direct talks between the WGA negotiating committee and the heads of …
NewsDeadlineGita Mehta Dies: Prominent Author And TV Director Was 80
Gita Mehta, whose books transformed Western ideas on India, died today at her home in New Delhi. She was 80. Nicholas Latimer, a vice president and director of publicity at Knopf, where Ms. Mehta’s husband, Sonny Mehta, was president and editor in chief for many years, said the cause was complications of a stroke. Gita …
