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TIFF 2021: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ to open fest, plus world premieres of ‘The Guilty,’ The Starling’ and more

Erik Anderson July 20, 2021

Zhang Yimou’s One Second will close the 46th Toronto International Film Festival, which runs September 9–18, 2021 TIFF Co-Heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente announced... Read More

Film Academy announces 2021 Film Scholars grant recipients

Erik Anderson July 19, 2021

Samantha N. Sheppard and J.E. Smyth have been named 2021 Academy Film Scholars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The annual grant... Read More

‘Where is Anne Frank?’ review: Heavy handed and overly preachy, Ari Folman’s visually stunning animated tale fails to compel [Cannes Review]

David Cuevas July 19, 2021

In the good ol’ days of primary school, back when we used to live freely with not a single care in the world, every student... Read More

‘A Hero’ review – An effective albeit monotonous moral parable from Asghar Farhadi [Cannes Review]

David Cuevas July 19, 2021

Somewhere in Iran, there is a bus station; a social junction where everyday commuters meet for a moment of solace. As the ongoing traffic continuously... Read More

‘Dune’ character posters for Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson and more

Erik Anderson July 19, 2021

Warner Bros today revealed the Dune character posters for Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård and Josh Brolin.... Read More

2021 Daytime Emmys: Lupita Nyong’o, Mark Hamill, Zac Efron topline big wins

Erik Anderson July 18, 2021

The 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards aren’t done yet. After announcing winners on June 27 in the Drama, Entertainment, Game Show and Talk Show categories, the... Read More

NEON picks up Cannes Directors’ Fortnight winner ‘A Chiara’

Erik Anderson July 18, 2021

The Oscar-winning studio is behind this year’s Cannes Palme winner Titane, Jury Prize winner Memoria and Best Actress winner Renate Reinsve from The Worst Person... Read More

Cannes 2021 Winners: Ties, history and a huge Spike Lee flub highlight Closing Ceremony

Erik Anderson July 17, 2021

The winners of the 74th Cannes Film Festival were revealed tonight at the Closing Ceremony of the festival, which found a split jury, ties for... Read More

Interview: Liz Garbus recounts how she found out about her Emmy nomination for ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Dewey Singleton July 17, 2021

Liz Garbus’s experience finding out she was nominated is a unique one for sure. In the span of a few moments, the exceptionally talented director... Read More

‘In Front of Your Face’ review: A competent but isolating drama about dread from Hong Sang-soo [Cannes Review]

Adam Solomons July 17, 2021

It doesn’t become clear what In Front of Your Face is really about till pretty far in, though its sheer emotional refinement means we can... Read More

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