Tag: Lion
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Hey, Remember When Joaquin Phoenix Played Jesus?
Although films about religious subject material are often mired in controversy, they’ve also been surprisingly successful when it comes to attracting niche audiences. Even though films like Martin Scorsese’s 1988 masterpiece The Last Temptation of Christ and Mel Gibson’s controversial 2004 religious epic The Passion of the Christ earned both defenders and critics from the…
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Ava DuVernay on Making Venice History as First African American Woman in Competition: I’ve Been Told ‘Don’t Apply, You Won’t Get In’
At the Venice Film Festival press conference for Ava DuVernay’s new film “Origin” on Wednesday, the director revealed that she has previously been told not to apply to the festival because “you won’t get in.”DuVernay is making history this year as the first African American woman in the festival’s 80-year history to have a film…
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First ‘Foe’ Images: Paul Mescal & Saoirse Ronan are Trapped in a Grim Future
First-look images at the highly anticipated movie Foe have just released, giving us a glimpse into the upcoming adaptation of Iain Reid’s 2018 novel of the same name. Vanity Fair unveiled the new images which showcase the performances of the film’s two main leads Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal. Along with the images, the film’s…
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Europe’s Major Film Festivals Are Finally Taking Documentary Seriously
Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Steve James’ “A Compassionate Spy” and Evgeny Afineevsky’s “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” are among 11 documentaries making their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival this year, with Poitras’ competition title vying for a Golden Lion — a rare feat for a doc at…
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Dev Patel breaks up fight in South Australia in which man was stabbed
English actor and others witnessed attack in Adelaide city centre and remained with victim until arrival of emergency servicesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastEnglish actor Dev Patel successfully broke up a fight outside a convenience store in South Australia in which a man was stabbed in the chest.Representatives confirmed…
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The Oscar Race is Extremely Loud, and Incredibly Too Close to Call
This past weekend proved to be a wild ride on the awards circuit.The Producers Guild of America Awards bestowed their top honors upon Apple Original Film’s “Coda” on Saturday night while the Cinema Audio Society went with Warner Bros’ “Dune.”At the Writers Guild of America Awards, several of the Oscar nominees for screenplay – “Belfast”…
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ASC Awards: ‘Dune’ Gets Oscar Momentum with Feature Cinematography Win
Powerhouse “Dune” cinematographer Greig Fraser won the feature film prize Sunday night at the 36th annual ASC Awards (held at the organization’s clubhouse in Hollywood). This marks Fraser’s second ASC win after his Oscar-nominated “Lion.” He triumphed over Bruno Delbonnel (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Dan Laustsen (“Nightmare Alley”), Ari Wegner (“The Power of the Dog”),…
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Saoirse Ronan, Lakeith Stanfield, Paul Mescal to Star in Sci-Fi Film ‘Foe’ From Director Garth Davis
Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Lakeith Stanfield are set to star in the sci-fi film “Foe” from “Lion” director Garth Davis.“Foe” is based on a novel by Iain Reid, the author of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” and Reid co-wrote the screenplay for the film along with Davis.“Foe” is being presented to buyers at the…
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Tom Hanks Treks Across the West in ‘News of the World’ First Look
Just three months after the release of “Greyhound,” a first look trailer for Tom Hanks’ next project, “News of the World,” is here.The minute-long clip was released today by Universal Pictures, in addition to first look images provided to Vanity Fair. The official trailer is said to be coming soon, and the film is slated…
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Gianfranco Rosi on Capturing Scars of Isis-Inflicted Trauma in ‘Notturno’
Gianfranco Rosi’s “Notturno” was shot over three years along the rattled borders of Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria, and Lebanon in the director’s signature observational – but also empathetic – style. The impressionistic doc captures people who have long been contending with the ravages of war and terror, most recently inflicted by Isis. Whose members, incidentally, at…