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Barbara O. Jones, ‘Daughters of the Dust’ Actress, Dies at 82
Barbara O. Jones, the admired actress who emerged from the L.A. Rebellion movement of Black filmmakers at UCLA in the 1970s to star in Haile Gerima’s Bush Mama and Julie Dash’s Daughters of the Dust, has died. She was 82. Jones died Tuesday at her home in Dayton, Ohio, her brother, Raymond Minor, told The […]
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‘Transformers One’: Paramount Reveals New Release Date as Official Trailer Launches From Space
Paramount and Hasbro’s animated Transformers One is pushing back its release in theaters by one week in order to take advantage of Imax screens and to provide some breathing room from the competition. The film will now open on Sept. 20 of this year instead of Sept. 13. That gives it two weeks of distance […]
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Roger Dicken, VFX Artist on ‘Alien’ and ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth,’ Dies at 84
Roger Dicken, the Oscar-nominated British special effects artist, sculptor and model maker known for his work on Alien and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, has died. He was 84. Dicken died Feb. 18 at his home in North Wales, Mick Cooper, a friend of more than five decades, told The Hollywood Reporter. On his first […]
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How the Beijing Film Fest Played a Crucial Role in the Career of Acclaimed Director Gu Xiaogang
Gu Xiaogang knows firsthand the impact that international film festivals can have. Gu turned to the Beijing International Film Festival back in 2018 in an effort to get his breakthrough feature, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, made. He took his film to BJIFF’s project market and he walked away with the funds he needed after […]
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Gwyneth Paltrow Says Fans Would Be “Shocked” to Learn Which Movies She Passed on to Raise Kids
Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about the sacrifices she’s made as a mother of two children. During an interview for Today With Hoda & Jenna, Zanna Roberts Rassi mentioned that Paltrow’s mother, actress Blythe Danner, “gave up some incredible roles” to raise her family, and was wondering if the actress-turned-wellness guru has done the same. […]
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Director John Ford Is Focus of Next TCM ‘Plot Thickens’ Podcast
John Ford, the iconic director known for such films as Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, The Searchers and much more, will be the subject of the next edition of the TCM podcast The Plot Thickens, it was announced Wednesday. “Decoding John Ford,” hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, premieres June 6. The fifth season […]
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Quentin Tarantino No Longer Making ‘The Movie Critic’ as Final Film
Quentin Tarantino is going back to the drawing board for his 10th and final film. The auteur had been preparing to start shooting The Movie Critic this year, but is backing away from the project, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Tarantino had been honing The Movie Critic for months. Set in 1977 California, it initially […]
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A24’s New AI-Generated ‘Civil War’ Ads Generate Controversy
A24 has released a series of epic new posters touting its acclaimed film Civil War. There’s just one problem. Well, perhaps more than one. Or none, depending on your point of view. We’ll explain. The five images (below) tease postapocalyptic scenes in major United States cities that have been torn apart by conflict. The Sphere […]
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Jesse Eisenberg Hosts ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Screening for Apes: “The Bonobos Were Very Curious”
Jesse Eisenberg’s latest Sasquatch Sunset audience looked a little different than your typical film screening. The actor-producer took his movie back to the source material this week, showing it to a group of bonobos at Ape Initiative in Des Moines, Iowa. The film, released at Sundance earlier this year, features Eisenberg and co-star Riley Keough […]
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NYU’s Black List-Inspired Purple List Reveals 2024 Picks (Exclusive)
New York University has revealed its 2024 picks for its Black List-inspired Purple List of the best production-ready screenplays from Tisch School of the Arts graduate film students and recent alumni. The four screenplays, selected via a blind reading process by industry insiders, are Blue Comedy by Vincent Lee Accettola, Little Phnom Penh by Chheangkea, […]
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Sundance Institute Opens Exploratory Process for Potential Host Cities for Festival in 2027 and Beyond
During January’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente was asked to look to the future: Could the fest ever move from the beloved and snowy enclave it has called home for 40 years? “There is a negotiation coming up,” Vicente told Puck founding partner Matthew Belloni during a live taping […]
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Henry Cavill James Bond Trailer Gets 2.3M Views Despite Being an AI Fake
Henry Cavill fans can finally see the British actor as James Bond — sorta. A fake Bond movie trailer “starring” the former Witcher star has been racking up millions of views on YouTube despite being a total fake. The “Bond 26” trailer introduces Cavill as the new Bond using a mix of footage from other […]
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Mubi Picks Up Elizabeth Sankey’s ‘Witches’ Worldwide (Exclusive)
Art house streamer Mubi has picked up worldwide rights for Witches, the new documentary feature from British director Elizabeth Sankey (Romantic Comedy) and will roll out the movie globally following its world premiere in the Viewpoints section of the Tribeca Festival in June. Inspired by Sankey’s own struggles with mental health, the film draws connections […]
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Studio Ghibli to Receive Honorary Cannes Palme d’Or
The Cannes Film Festival will award legendary Japanese anime house Studio Ghibli with its honorary Palme d’Or this year, the first time Cannes has given its highest award to a company instead of an individual. “For the first time in our history, it’s not a person but an institution that we have chosen to celebrate,” […]
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Zendaya Got Advice From Timothée Chalamet Before Working With Luca Guadagnino on ‘Challengers’
Before teaming up with director Luca Guadagnino on Challengers, Zendaya sought advice from Dune co-star Timothée Chalamet, who starred in Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name in 2017. “He said wonderful things,” Zendaya told The Hollywood Reporter at the Los Angeles premiere of Challengers on Tuesday. “Luca is brilliant and I’ve wanted to work with […]
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Tribeca Festival 2024 to Feature Jenna Ortega, Kristen Stewart and Lily Gladstone Movies
The Tribeca Festival has announced the features lineup for its 2024 edition, which will open with the world premiere of Hulu documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton. Other highlights in this year’s features lineup include the world premieres of documentaries about Liza Minnelli (Liza: A Truly Terrific […]
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