Tag: Fahrenheit 451
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Best Dystopian Movies on Netflix Right Now
Dystopia. A concept that anybody who took a literature class should be more than a little familiar with. To put it simply for those who are unfamiliar with the term, a dystopia is the antithesis of a utopia. Where a utopia is a perfect society where every problem has been solved, a dystopia is a…
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‘Dune’ Costume Designers Created ‘1,000 or So Looks’ for Denis Villeneuve to Use in Part One
“Dune” has started rolling out overseas, collecting a strong $36.8 million in its international debut over the weekend. While the first movie in Denis Villeneuve’s planned two-part saga doesn’t arrive in the U.S. until late October, his crafts team has started making the rounds in support of what is surely one of the year’s big…
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‘The White Tiger’ Trailer: Ramin Bahrani, Priyanka Chopra Tackle the Beloved Indian Novel for Netflix
Ramin Bahrani has been close friends with novelist Aravind Adiga since college, inspiring Adiga to dedicate his 2008 Man Booker Prize-winning novel “The White Tiger” to Bahrani. That dedication on the novel’s very first page comes full circle on Netflix this December with the release of the film version of “The White Tiger” on the…
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Priyanka Chopra-Jonas to Star in Adaptation of ‘The White Tiger’ for Netflix
Priyanka Chopra-Jonas will lead an adaptation of the Man Booker-winning novel The White Tiger, which is set up at Netflix.Ramin Bahrani, who recently directed Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon in HBO’s Fahrenheit 451, will helm from a script he wrote.Rajkummar Rao will star alongside Chopra and newcomer Adarsh Gourav in the feature, which will…
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PGA Awards: ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Wins Animated Film Prize
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” has won the animated movie award at the Producers Guild Awards.“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” topped “The Grinch,” “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” and “Ralph Breaks the Internet.” The last three PGA winners in animation – “Coco,” “Zootopia,” “Inside Out” – have also won the Oscar.The fifth season of “Last Week…
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‘Fahrenheit 451’: Michael B. Jordan and Ramin Bahrani Break Down the Big Differences From Book to Screen
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Fahrenheit 451” — both the HBO movie and Ray Bradbury’s original book.]When Michael B. Jordan was first approached to play Guy Montag, the book-burning fireman-turned-resistance fighter at the center of “Fahrenheit 451,” he didn’t want the part.“I was a little hesitant about playing this role at first…
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‘Fahrenheit 451’ Review: Michael B. Jordan’s HBO Adaptation Is a Radically Different Take That’s Far From Revolutionary
There are many changes from book to screen in “Fahrenheit 451,” the new HBO movie based on Ray Bradbury’s 1953 novel of the same name, but one of the simplest is also one of the most critical: Though there are still books to burn in this dystopian future, most of them aren’t made of paper;…
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The 2018 IndieWire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview, and News Item Posted During the Festival
Lineup2018 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Spike Lee, Jean-Luc Godard, and More to Compete for Palme d’Or‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Set for Special Premiere Screening at CannesOrson Welles Is Coming to Cannes 2018 After All, but Not With NetflixCannes: Nicolas Cage’s ‘Mandy’ and Gaspar Noe’s ‘Climax’ Lead 2018 Directors’ Fortnight LineupPaul Dano’s ‘Wildlife,’ Starring Jake…
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Cannes Adds Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built,’ Sets Terry Gilliam’s ‘Don Quixote’ as Closer
Danish director Lars von Trier is returning to the Cannes fold with his serial-killer drama “The House That Jack Built” after seven years of banishment from the festival, while Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating, problem-plagued “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote” is set to close the event, organizers announced Thursday. Both films will screen out of competition.Cannes…
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Cannes Adds Lars Von Trier, Whitney Houston Doc, Michael B. Jordan Sci-Fi, Terry Gilliam’s ‘Don Quixote’, More
Things just got very exciting. Cannes has made some eye-catching additions to its 2018 lineup including Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built, Kevin Macdonald’s Whitney Houston doc Whitney, Terry Gilliam’s long-gestating The Man Who Killed Don Quixote and Fahrenheit 451 by Ramin Bahrani. Competition additions include Un Couteau Dans Le CÅ”ur (Knife +…