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In response to last week’s Film of the Week review, which praised the film, here's a counter-argument... With a remix of Rihanna’s S&M, the trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s new film Challengers would have us think we’re in for an intense two-hour sexy romp, focused on the dynamics of a love triangle between its glowing leading stars. The film follows the story of three central characters. There’s Art Donaldson (Mike Faist) and Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor), bunkmates at a tennis academy who both end up fawning over Tashi Duncan (Zendaya), a young prodigy whose career is cut short by an injury. Gu...
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Prosecutors have announced that French actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of a film. This follows the news yesterday that the 75-year-old actor had been taken into custody by police for questioning in Paris. Depardieu’s lawyer, Christian Saint-Palais, declined to comment to reporters other than to say that the actor was no longer in custody. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the actor has been “summoned to appear before the criminal court” after the questioning. A trial will s...
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Old Yeller? Round of a-paws, but your time has passed. Lassie? Love you, fur real, but you lost the spotlight. It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Pongo, Snoopy, and Scooby-Doo? You’re all animated. Sorry, but you are. The Artist ’s Uggie? You are missed. Rest in power, pooch. Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog? Paw-lease. There’s a new redoubtable pup in town. Messi the Border Collie, who stole the show – and our hearts - in Anatomy of a Fall as Snoop, is now set to star in his own TV show at Cannes Film Festival. Yes, you read that correctly. The four-legged showstealing good boy will featu...
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Are we getting a sequel (or a spiritual successor) to The Social Network? Playwright and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, the talent behind The West Wing and The Newsroom, has confirmed that he is currently working on some kind of sequel to The Social Network \- David Fincher’s acclaimed 2010 drama about the creation of Facebook that won Sorkin the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. “I blame Facebook for January 6,” Sorkin said during a live recording of “The Town” podcast , about Trump supporters storming the US Capitol, and the involvement of Facebook disinformation. He did not elaborate further. ...
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French actor Omar Sy, the star of the hit Netflix series Lupin and recently appointed jury member at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, has said France must rebuild a sense of the collective if it is to counter the far-right. Promoting his new book "Viens, on se parle", written with Elsa Vigoureux, Sy said the notions of justice, equality and fraternity had been shaken, and it was hard to be a Black person in France. The actor, 46, who grew up in the banlieue outside Paris with his parents from Mauritania and Senegal, cited the controversy surrounding the possible participation of Aya Nakamura,...
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The full Cannes Film Festival jury has been announced, and it’s looking mighty good. The eight members of its main Competition jury join previously announced president Greta Gerwig in deciding the Palme d’Or and other key prizes at 77th edition, which runs from 14 – 25 May. They are: US actress Lily Gladstone, who became the first Native American to be Oscar nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Killers of the Flower Moon;Japanese director and Palme d’Or winner Hirokazu Kore-eda, whose film Monster was screened in Competition last year in Cannes and won Best Screenplay;French actre...
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Well, there goes another eventful week. Mona Lisa is moving, AI beauty pageants are a thing, and there's also a new Eminem album on the horizon. Yet none of these announcements could detract from what the internet really cares about right now: Challengers. Yes, Luca Guadagnino's new film, a titillating tennis-themed loved triangle starring Zendaya, is out at cinemas and serving memes (and thirst posts) left, right and centre (more on this below.) Away from all that racket, here's what else is happening around Europe to love. ExhibitionVenice biennale 2024 The 60th edition of the Venice Biennal...
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How bad is your drive to win? And what if you’re not playing the same game as your opponent? Challengers follows three ambitious tennis players: best friends Patrick (Josh O’Connor) and Art (Mike Faist), and rising star Tashi (Zendaya). When the two boys meet Tashi for the first time, they are adolescent wrecks, both instantaneously lust struck. It’s a libidinous spark that will affect the trio for the rest of their lives, as cocksure Patrick and more reserved Art decide to simultaneously pursue her. She promises to give her phone number to whoever wins the next match. Game on, as the on-court...
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French filmmaker Laurent Cantet, who won the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2008 for his school-set film Entre Les Murs (The Class), died on Thursday aged 63. "He died this morning in Paris of an illness," his agent Isabelle de la Patelliere told AFP. The Class is based on the novel of the same name by François Bégaudeau and is a semi-autobiographical account of his experience as a teacher in Paris’ diverse 20th arrondissement of Paris. Bégaudeau also starred in the film. It is both moving and at times wonderfully humorous portrait of precious idealism in the classroom – and doubly impressive conside...
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Weeks after it was published in its entirety in the US, Australian actress Rebel Wilson’s memoir “Rebel Rising” has hit bookshelves today in the UK - with redacted passages about her experience working with Sacha Baron Cohen. “We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the U.K. edition, we are redacting most of one page with some other small redactions and an explanatory note,” publisher HarperCollins told The Guardian in a statement. “Those sections are a very small part of a much bigger story.” The explanatory note says the redaction has been made "due to the peculiarities of th...
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