Tag: The Father
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The Chilling Ways Hal 9000 Influenced Anthony Hopkins’ Hannibal Lecter
Anthony Hopkins is a pillar of acting history, as sturdy and dependable as they come. For over 60 years and counting, he’s been one of the most quietly versatile actors in the business; while nobody would ever claim he’s a chameleon, his ability to slip into the skin of almost any type of person and…
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‘The Father’ Director Florian Zeller Receives France’s Legion of Honor
Florian Zeller, the Oscar-winning director and playwright of “The Father” and “The Son,” received the Medal of Honor, France’s highest decoration, at an intimate ceremony in Paris on Wednesday.The event, hosted in the gardens of the French authors and composers guild (Sacd), gathered a flurry of talent and luminaries from the worlds of film, TV,…
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‘Rebel Moon’ Image: Anthony Hopkins’ Robot is on a Journey of Self-Discovery
Anthony Hopkins has played many notable characters throughout his career. He’s Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, Odin in Marvel’s Thor franchise, and last year he bagged an Academy Award for his heart-wrenching performance in The Father. Later this year he’ll be voicing his most mysterious character yet, a robot named Jimmy in…
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‘Son’ Shines a Light on Mental Health Epidemic
With Sony Pictures Classics’ “The Son,” writer-director Florian Zeller defies expectations about parenthood — and about traditional movie storytelling.He asks big questions, but doesn’t offer easy answers. This has thrown off some audience members who want the film to conform to familiar movie scenarios, or at least to follow the pattern of Zeller’s 2020 “The…
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How to Watch The Son Starring Hugh Jackman
At the 2021 Oscars, director Florian Zeller shocked everyone when his 2020 single-location movie The Father (based on his own play) won Best Adapted Screenplay and the Best Actor Award for Anthony Hopkins. In his directorial debut, Zeller proved he had what it takes to be a pillar in Hollywood. Only two years after the…
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‘The Son’ Review: Florian Zeller’s Follow-Up to ‘The Father’ Is a Sadistic Family Drama
Florian Zeller doesn’t make films, he makes birth control at 24fps. Adapted from his play of the same name — and adding rich cinematic dimensions to the text’s ingenious structural conceit — Zeller’s brilliant and unsparing “The Father” shook people for how it simultaneously conveyed the confusion of suffering from dementia, and the heartache of…
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Maria Bakalova to Produce and Star in Her First Bulgarian Movie Post-‘Borat’
Oscar nominee Maria Bakalova is returning to Bulgaria for a dark comedy based on wildly true events.The “Borat 2” and “Bodies Bodies Bodies” actress is set to star in and produce “Triumph,” inspired by the aftermath of the fall of Communism in the 1990s when Bulgarian army officials teamed up with psychics to find a…
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Sony Classics sets 2022 release dates for awards contenders
Mia Hansen-Løve’s One Fine Morning, Davy Chou’s Return To Seoul get one-week qualifying runs.Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the 2022 release dates for its upcoming slate including potential awards contenders The Son, and pre-2023 qualifying runs for Cannes duo One Fine Morning and Return To Seoul.Hugh Jackman stars in upcoming Venice world premiere The Son…
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Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard to receive Zurich honour
Co-founders to receive festival’s Game Changer Award.Zurich Film Festival is to honour Sony Pictures Classics co-presidents Michael Barker and Tom Bernard with its Game Changer Award.The Game Changer Award is presented during the festival to recognise outstanding achievements in the film industry. It comes as Sony Pictures Classics, which was founded by Barker and Bernard,…
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Sony Pictures Classics Chiefs Michael Barker and Tom Bernard to Receive Game Changer Award at Zurich Festival
Sony Pictures Classics co-founders Michael Barker and Tom Bernard will receive the Game Changer Award at the Zurich Film Festival (Zff), in recognition of their services to film culture.Along with Marcie Bloom, Barker and Bernard, who serve as co-presidents, founded Sony Pictures Classics as an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. To date, films produced…