Tag: Reality
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Matteo Garrone on His African Odyssey ‘Io Capitano’: ‘I’m Italian. I’m White. This Is Not My World: There Was a Risk of Getting It Wrong’
Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone, who is a two-time Cannes jury prizewinner, with “Gomorrah” in 2008 and “Reality” in 2012, is in competition at the Venice Film Festival for the first time with his immigration-themed drama “Io Capitano.”Shot in Senegal, Italy and Morocco with a cast of largely non-professional actors, “Io Capitano” narrates the Homeric journey…
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Elizabeth Olsen’s Emmy Snub for ‘Love & Death’ Angers Me
It goes without saying that when it came to the drama categories at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, HBO absolutely dominated the competition. The premium streaming network earned four nominations in the Best Drama Series category with Succession, The White Lotus, The Last of Us, and House of the Dragon, and took up a majority…
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Eva Maria Daniels, ‘Reality’ and ‘What Maisie Knew’ Producer, Dies at 43
Eva Maria Daniels, producer of independent features “Reality,” “What Maisie Knew” and “Joe Bell,” died on June 30 in London, after battling cancer. She was 43.Throughout her career, Daniels maintained longstanding partnerships with producer Riva Marker and A24, worked as a producer for The Mill and Company 3 and served as a consultant for the…
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Penelope Cruz Named Guest of Honor at Inaugural Nouvelles Vagues Festival in Biarritz
Nouvelles Vagues, a new international festival dedicated to films about youth, is set to make a splashy debut Wednesday in Biarritz, a surf haven in southwestern France, with Penélope Cruz as its inaugural guest of honor.Launching with partners such as Chanel and leading French pay TV banner Canal+, Nouvelles Vagues was founded by fashion veteran…
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Sydney Sweeney’s Performance In ‘Reality’ is More Than Your Average De-Glam
Even setting aside her performance in the titular role, Reality is a great career move for Sydney Sweeney. In contrast to the glitzy prestige TV in which she made her name as well as the high-profile film roles in her future, Reality is an austere, understated political drama that allows Sweeney to make use of…
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‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse’ Swings to Top of U.K. Box Office
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” debuted atop the U.K. and Ireland box office with £9.1 million ($11.3 million), per numbers from Comscore.Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” continued its strong performance in the territory, collecting £4.2 million in second place in its second weekend for a total of £16.2 million. In third position, in its third weekend,…
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Berlin Breakout ‘Reality,’ Starring Sydney Sweeney, Acquired by HBO Films
Following a buzzy world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, HBO Films has acquired the U.S. rights to the docudrama “Reality,” starring Sydney Sweeney.In the film, directed by Tina Satter, Sweeney portrays Reality Winner, a woman convicted of leaking a confidential report on Russian election interference to the media. The film contains verbatim dialogue from…
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‘Deerskin’: Get Weird With The Trailer For Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Entry
Across his career, Quentin Dupieux has managed to keep to his own, singular, weirdo path without every quite breaking out of the cult circuit. Nonetheless, his work is championed in the right corners, and this year he’s headed to Cannes to open the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar with “Deerskin.” And don’t worry, he’s lost none of…
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‘Dogman’ Trailer: Matteo Garrone’s Latest Cannes Film Is An “Urban Western” About A Gentle Dog Groomer
It should come as no surprise that the latest film from Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone has been announced as one of the films to premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. After winning the Grand Prix in 2012 for his film, “Reality,” and his 2015 film “Tale of Tales” was entered in the festival, everyone…