Annette, the upcoming English musical film starring Marion Cotillard and Adam Driver, will be the opening film of the 74th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival.
Fifteen minutes into Aaadama Jaichomada, the Police Commissioner (an affable KS Ravikumar) introduces his trusted lieutenant – daredevil inspector Bhoominathan (Bobby Simha). “Avanaala mattum dhan mudiyum,” he declares as he assigns Bhoominathan the task of making a hardened criminal confess.There is a scene where a smug Bhoomi, after catching Panneer, struts into the Commissioner’s office expecting to be patted on his back for his brave deed only to be told that he ruined the bathroom pipelines among other things in the bargain.
The film, directed by Rian Johnson, stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, and Gwendoline Christie in returning roles.Rey (Daisy Ridley), the highly Force-sensitive scavenger from Jakku, is back, picking things where she left off in the 2015 film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. With Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), they train and try to get more powerful ever since the death of Han Solo.
Director Rian Johnson has confirmed that Harrison Ford’s iconic character, Han Solo, will have a major role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, despite being killed off in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), reports IANS.Han Solo was murdered by his own son Ben Solo/Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) in The Force Awakens. The director thinks it was important to still retain his “figurative ghost”.
One of the most revered directors in the history of cinema, Scorsese has just made a film, Silence, which is different from the kind of films Hollywood is making these days.Silence, a religious epic about two Jesuit priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) travelling to an anti-Catholic 17th century feudal Japan in search of a missing colleague is Scorsese’s dream project.
Ray Liotta, best known for starring in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 film Goodfellas, died in his sleep on Thursday. The 67-year-old actor was in the Dominican Republic, filming for Dangerous Waters.
This Hindi coming-of-age drama starring Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan deals with a single millennial cinematographer (Bhatt) who is discontented with her life and relationships, until she meets a free-spirited psychologist (Khan).This American romantic comedy-drama film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel revolves around the protagonist (Gordon-Levitt) who introspects on his failed relationships, break ups and rebound love.
Members of the Gucci family slammed the director of the film House of Gucci, Ridley Scott, for the depiction of its members in the film. Former company chairman, Aldo Gucci’s heirs threatened to take legal action against Scott for ‘ignorant and insensitive’ portrayal of the family according to a statement published by ANSA.
The 78th edition of the Venice International Film Festival kick-started on Wednesday, with Bong Joon-Ho, Chloe Zhao, Penelope Cruz, Pedro Almodovar, Roberto Benigni, and others on the red carpet. Benigni was awarded the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement.
The 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will begin late on Tuesday after a year of absence at the French Riviera.
The Cannes Film Festival will be held from July 6 to 17 with strict security and Covid-preventive protocols in place. Wearing masks will be made mandatory, not just during the screenings but also on and around the red carpet, Variety reported.
The Cannes Film Festival announced the lineup of its selection of films for the 74th edition scheduled to be held from July 6 to 17. American actor and director Jodie Foster along with others, will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or for their contribution to cinema.
Patrizia Gucci, the great grandchild of Guccio Gucci, slammed the upcoming English film House of Gucci for “stealing the identity of a family to make a profit” and going “beyond the headline-grabbing true-crime star and pries into the private lives of Guccio Gucci heirs”.
Noam Baumbach, director of the Oscar-nominated film Marriage Story, will be writing and directing Netflix’s adaptation of White Noise, Don DeLillo’s novel of the same, the streaming giant announced on Thursday. The film is the first project in an exclusive deal Baumbach has signed with Netflix.
The film opens with old-worldly music and Scar Jo looking lost on stage. (She looks just as lost in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, but here she’s carrying the weight of a marriage in which she does not feel seen).The lawyer who represents Nicole (Laura Dern as Nora Fanshaw who mouths some of the best lines in the film; sample this “his genius was an intangible asset built during the marriage”), explains this in a meta speech in the film.
Period, End of Sentence has won the Oscar for the best documentary. The film, set in India, and based on the topic of menstruation beat films like Black Sheep, End Game, Lifeboat and A Night At The Garden to emerge as the winner. Period End of Sentence has been co-produced by Guneet Monga under her banner Sikhya Entertainment – the production house behind movies like Masaan and The Lunchbox.
Led by Cate Blanchett and French filmmaker Agnes Varda on last Saturday, before the premiere of Eva Husson’s Girls of the Sun, 82 women marched up the red carpet, stood on the stairs, locked arms, and turned to face away from the Palais des Festivals and toward the crowd. The number 82 was significant; it’s the number of films by female directors (including seven in mixed-gender teams) that have premiered in competition at Cannes in its 71-year history.
The trio are well-supported by Brian Gleeson and Jack Quaid – who ham it up amusingly as idiotic attendants, MacFarlane as the heavily accented millionaire, Hilary Swank as Sarah Grayson – the special agent who is investigating the heist, Katie Holmes as Jimmy’s ex-wife Bobbie Jo, Katherine Waterson as Jimmy’s schoolmate – Sylvia Harrison who now works in a mobile clinic.
Quite often do mainstream film industries lose sight of that line that separates a feminist film from run-of-the-mill scripts that just have a woman in the lead role.If we are yet to see similar stories about modern women in Bollywood, that is because the biggest film industry in India is yet to come of age with feminist narratives.
A new petition has been launched to make Princess Leia, the saber-wielding female lead from George Lucas’ Star Wars series, an official Disney Princess.What we are asking is that the Walt Disney Corporation hold a full ceremony inducting Leia as the newest Disney princess as well as a special service in memory of Carrie Fisher”.
Silence – Martin Scorsese’s cinematic adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s novel, is gearing up for release. In the past, the auteur has stated many times that Silence was the movie that he really wanted to make. Now, twenty eight years after Scorsese first read the Japanese author’s book, the film will release in theatres December 23.
Director Martin Scorsese will begin filming The Irishman soon. The long-gestating production was given a new lease of life when the movie rights were snapped up by STX Entertainment at Cannes this year for a reported $50 Million.
Veteran director Martin Scorsese’s Silence will release on December 23, said a Deadline report. Paramount Pictures, who acquired the film’s US distribution rights in July 2014, announced that it will open Silence in limited release on December 23, and give it a wide release in January 2017.
The official list of films which will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival was released on Thursday, and no Indian film has made it to the list. The prestigious film festival will begin on May 11. 49 films will be screened at the festival in various sections, including Competition, Out of Competition, A Certain Regard, and Special Screenings.
While ideally a good film should leave us with new eyes, and any Star Wars movie should really be a good film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens gives its die-hard fans plenty to chew on, discuss, and watch over and over again.From the moment the theatre darkens, and the film starts playing; from the moment the green and black LucasFilm logo appears with a bang; from the moment the all-too-familiar black-and-gold text (no spoilers, see? ) scrolls up the screen, we are happily submerged into the Star Wars universe.