Tag: Official Competition
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![Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat’s ‘Official Competition’ Is A Crowd-Pleasing Comedy That Skewers Film-World Pretensions [Venice Review]](https://movieposters2.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/1533060-b.jpg)
Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat’s ‘Official Competition’ Is A Crowd-Pleasing Comedy That Skewers Film-World Pretensions [Venice Review]
There are shades of Ruben Ostlund’s “The Square”, if it were remade to target the film world, in Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s crowd-pleasing Spanish comedy “Official Competition” starring Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. Controlled pacing, visual punchlines, and an insider knowledge of the varied pretensions within filmmaking make this a consistently amusing – if…
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The Mediapro Studio Links with Disney, David Simon, Mike Leigh For New Projects
Madrid-based The Mediapro Studio (Tms), one of Europe’s biggest independent film and TV players, had a smashing 2019 with the release of 126 titles. And then the pandemic struck, forcing the company to shut down 56 shows. Months later, the Spanish outfit is slowly getting back on track by enrolling major U.S. players and Spain’s…