Tag: Sofia Coppola
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Sofia Coppola Hasn’t Seen Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’: ‘I Don’t Know If I Want to See Rooney Mara as Me’
Sofia Coppola has no desire to see “Her” written and directed by ex-husband Spike Jonze.For the 20th anniversary of “Lost in Translation” in a Rolling Stone interview, Coppola addressed Jonze’s 2013 film “Her” which is said to have been inspired by their 2003 divorce, the same year “Lost in Translation” was released. Both “Her” and…
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France’s Arp Selection Buys Sofia Coppola’s Venice Prizewinning ‘Priscilla,’ Deauville Festival’s Big Winner ‘Laroy’ (Exclusive)
Paris-based leading distribution company Arp Selection has bought a pair of U.S. indie gems from the fall festival circuit, Shane Atkinson’s feature debut “Laroy” and Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla.”“Laroy,” a neo-noir Western comedy with Coen brothers influences, just won three major prizes at the Deauville Film Festival, including the Grand Prize, Audience Award and Critics Prize;…
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‘Poor Things’ Wins Venice Film Festival Golden Lion — See All the Winners Here
The 2023 Venice Film Festival persevered despite a dimmed Hollywood presence, with much of the onscreen talent sitting this year’s Lido event out due to the strikes. There in Italy, however, were directors like Michael Mann, David Fincher, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ava DuVernay, Wes Anderson, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Richard Linklater, Sofia Coppola, and even Woody Allen to…
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Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ Delayed to November
Following a rousing debut at the Venice Film Festival, Sofia Coppola’s much-anticipated biopic Priscilla is getting a more advantageous if slightly delayed release date. Originally planned to debut on October 27, the film is now set to make its theatrical debut on November 3. A24 is capitalizing on the roomier upcoming film schedule after Dune…
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Fremantle execs talk film strategy and upcoming films from Paolo Sorrentino and Pablo Larrain
The company has also unveiled an Israel-based €150m fund for film and scripted TV projects.With five films playing in competition, European production and distribution group Fremantle is enjoying a strong presence at this year’s Venice Film Festival.Fremantle’s Ireland-uk label Element Pictures is behind one of the hottest films on the Lido this year, Yorgos Lanthimos’…
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Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ Rocks Venice With 7-Minute Standing Ovation as Priscilla Presley Cries
To borrow a lyric from her famous husband’s hit song, Priscilla Presley was all shook up at the Venice Film Festival premiere of “Priscilla.” The subject of Sofia Coppola’s drama wiped away tears from her face on Monday night in Italy as the audience on the Lido exploded in a 7-minute standing ovation for the…
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‘Priscilla’ Review: Sofia Coppola’s Understated Biopic Lets Us Draw Our Own Conclusions [Venice]
The most powerful aspect of Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” premiering in Competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, is in the title: to focus on Priscilla Presley, née Wagner, formerly Beaulieu, is to show a side of a marriage and of the King himself less familiar than and in some ways different from the romantic popular…
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‘Priscilla’ Review: Sofia Coppola’s Piercingly Authentic Inside Drama About the Troubled Love Story of Priscilla and Elvis Presley
The last time Sofia Coppola made a movie about a teenage royal living in a rococo palace that turned out to be a lavish prison, it was 2006, and the movie, “Marie Antoinette,” was a stylized dream of history — the story of the young queen as naïve and isolated rock star. Coppola’s new movie…
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Venice film festival roundup – Adam Driver’s Ferrari roars in to soup up a subpar opening week
A ponderous Italian wartime drama and Pablo Larraín’s one-joke General Pinochet satire threatened to sink the actors’ strike-hit 80th Venice film festival – until Michael Mann’s racing thriller hit the gasThis year’s Venice may turn out to be a test case for auteur power. The US actors’ strike means that Hollywood stars are unlikely to…
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‘Priscilla’, ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ‘The Killer’ among 171 features in BFI London Film Festival 2023 line-up
Gala screenings include ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’, ‘The Holdovers’ and ‘Nyad’.Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon, David Fincher’s The Killer and Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla are among the titles screening at the 67th BFI London Film Festival.The selection comprises 171 features, up from last year’s 164, and includes 14 world premieres, six international and…