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MoreThan Films Acquires Sophy Romvari’s Locarno Entry ‘Blue Heron’ (EXCLUSIVE)
International film sales agency MoreThan Films has picked up rights to Sophy Romvari’s feature debut “Blue Heron” ahead of its world…
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New Films by Arnaud Desplechin, Agnieszka Holland, Alice Winocour’s Angelina Jolie-Led ‘Couture’ and More Added to San Sebastián Competition
New films by Arnaud Desplechin, Kentaro Hirase and Yutaro Seki, Agnieszka Holland, Milagros Mumenthaler, and Alice Winocour will compete…
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Jack Nicholson’s 89% Rotten Tomatoes Thriller Is One of the Great Underseen American Films
Jack Nicholsonreceived many accolades over the course of his impressive career, and for good reason. He’s just one of three male actors to…
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‘Wolfenstein’ TV Series in Development at Amazon From ‘Fallout’ Producer Kilter Films, Patrick Somerville (EXCLUSIVE)
A TV series adaptation of the “Wolfenstein” video games is in development at Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. Exact…
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Christine Vachon on 30 Years of Killer Films and How Her Career Was Sparked by Todd Haynes’ ‘Banned’ Karen Carpenter Biopic (Which She Recommends People ‘Watch Illegally’)
One of the icons of independent cinema, Christine Vachon is celebrating 30 years of Killer Films, the production banner she set up in 1995…
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‘28 Years Later’ Leads New Sony Deal as Spain’s Movistar Plus+ Renews Pact for Films and AXN Channels
Movistar Plus+ and Sony Pictures Entertainment have renewed their long-standing partnership, securing continued access for Spanish…
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‘April’ Director Dea Kulumbegashvili Says Freedom of Expression Is Under Threat, Claims ‘There Is No Way to Make Films in Georgia at the Moment’
Attending the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week, the Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose sophomore feature “April” received…
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‘Twilight’ Director Says Studio Gave Her a ‘Mini Cupcake’ to Celebrate Film’s Success: Male Directors Get a ‘Car or a Three-Picture Deal or Whatever You Want’
“Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke said in an interview with The Guardian that the studio gifted her a “mini cupcake” as a…
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Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku and the Women of ‘Sinners’ on the Film’s Diverse, Empowered Female Characters
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details of Ryan Coogler‘s “Sinners,” now streaming on Max. For the first half of 2025, there’s…
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We’re Only Half Way Through the Year, but These 3 Amazing Films Are Already in a Tight Oscar Race
Possibly the most confounding Oscar category for regular moviegoers, who might not fully understand how movies are made, is the Sound…
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How Eva Victor Reimagined the Trauma Plot
At one point in “Sorry, Baby,” a new film written, directed, and starring the actor and comedian Eva Victor, the main character, an…
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Denis Villeneuve, Director of the ‘Dune’ Films, Has the Chance to Bring the James Bond Series a Quality It Has Lost: Danger
With one noteworthy exception (which didn’t work out too well in my opinion), no movie in the James Bond series has ever been directed by…
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The Shrewdly Regenerative Apocalypse of “28 Years Later”
Perhaps because cannibalism comes with the territory, the zombie movie has proved uncommonly immune to a certain strain of critical…
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‘Elio’ Box Office Flop: Why Can’t Pixar Launch Original Films?
Disney’s animated adventure “Elio” failed to lift off at the box office, underscoring Pixar‘s continued struggle to launch original films.…
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How ‘Elio’ Pays Homage to Classic Sci-Fi Films Like ‘The Thing,’ ‘Close Encounters’ and ‘Alien’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Elio,” now playing in theaters. Disney Pixar’s latest animated feature, “Elio” centers on…
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The Rise of the Anti-Cinderella Story
A pair of recent films, Celine Song’s “Materialists” and Sean Baker’s “Anora,” turn the fairy tale on its head, with mixed results. Source…
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Two Films, One Vision: Igor Cobileanski Plays With Romania’s Genre Limits at Transilvania Fest With ‘Comatogen,’ ‘The Madman’
This year’s Romanian Days selection at the Transilvania Film Festival sees national filmmakers split largely into two thematic categories:…
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Warner Bros. Pictures Inks Five-Film Deal With Bhanushali Studios, JOAT Films for Indian Adaptations (EXCLUSIVE)
Warner Bros. Pictures is betting big on the Indian market with a new strategic partnership that will see the studio’s iconic titles get…
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Guillermo del Toro-Backed El Taller del Chucho, Fasten Films, Martfilms Team on ‘Sira and the Secret of the Park,’ From Adrià García, Ángeles Cruz (EXCLUSIVE)
Mexico’s Guillermo del Toro backed El Taller del Chucho and Martfilms are partnering with Spain’s Fasten Films on “Sira and the Secret of…
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Fisher Stevens on Indigenous Doc ‘We Are Guardians’: ‘We Aren’t Going to Get Paid to Do These Social Impact Films, But We Have to Continue to Make Them’
In 2019, Edivan Guajajara, Chelsea Greene, and Rob Grobman began filming “We Are Guardians,” a documentary about Indigenous forest…
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Java Films Acquires ‘Cuba & Alaska’ Ahead of Sheffield Doc Fest World Premiere, Releases First Look Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)
Java Films, a leading global documentary sales company based in Paris, France, has acquired world rights, excluding the countries of…
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Francisca Alegría’s ‘Nativity’ Sees Chile’s Madre Content Join Quijote Films on the Magical Realist Fable of a Violent Man’s Rebirth (EXCLUSIVE)
Chile’s Quijote Films, behind Un Certain Regard winner “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” and Madre Content – co-run by much-courted…
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John Malkovich, Fanny Ardant’s ‘Mr. Blake at Your Service’ Lands U.S. Distribution Deal With Sunrise Films (EXCLUSIVE)
Sunrise Films has picked up U.S. distribution rights to “Mr. Blake at Your Service,” the France-set comedy-drama starring John Malkovich,…
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‘The Visitor’ Debuts First Clip Ahead of Karlovy Vary Premiere as Totem Films Launches Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Paris-based Totem Films has shared an exclusive first-look clip of “The Visitor,” set to world premiere in the main competition at the…