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Happy May! And may it be filled with many a cool cultural plan. As anticipation builds for Cannes 2024 (Messi, the dog from Anatomy of a Fall, will be filming his own show at the festival FYI) there's also the fashion mecca that is 2024's Met Gala, the Eurovision Song Contest, the ongoing Venice Biennale and much, much more in store for the rest of the month. This week, we're perhaps most excited about a Kimono exhibition opening in Scotland, Ryan Gosling's fun new action movie The Fall Guy, and listening to Dua Lipa's latest album, 'Radical Optimism' \- a thing we try to channel in these dige...
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After his inventive and rather wonderful animated film J’ai perdu mon corps (I Lost My Body), French filmmaker Jérémy Clapin returns with a live action sci-fi feature for his sophomore effort. And he’s still got loss on his mind. While a hand was looking for its body in his first feature, Pendant ce temps sur Terre (Meanwhile on Earth) revolves around another absence – that of Elsa's brother, Franck. The two siblings (Les passagers de la nuit ’s Megan Northam and Sam Louwyck) were close, and nothing was ever the same after the eldest mysteriously disappeared during a space mission three years ...
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Daniel Radcliffe has opened up about J.K. Rowling’s comments about the trans community. Her main star, who played the famous wizard in the film series, has commented in a new interview. Speaking to The Atlantic about his current role in the Broadway production of "Merrily We Roll Along", Radcliffe said: “It makes me really sad, ultimately. Because I do look at the person that I met, the times that we met, and the books that she wrote, and the world that she created, and all of that is to me so deeply empathic.” He confirmed that he has not had any contact with Rowling since she began making th...
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The review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes has revealed its list of the highest-rated movies of all time. The list of 300 titles is based on reviews from critics, as Rotten Tomatoes collects online reviews from writers who are certified members of various writing guilds or film critic-associations. These are all ‘Certified Fresh’ (100–75%) and ranked using a combination of a movie’s Tomatometer rating and its Audience Score. So, is it Titanic? Nope, not even in the Top 10. The Godfather? Close, but Francis Ford Coppola’s epic crime drama got second place on the podium. The misunderstood ma...
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Iranian authorities have interrogated the producers of Mohammad Rasoulof's new film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, following its selection in Competition for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. They were interrogated and subsequently prohibited from leaving the country. Lawyer Babak Paknia confirmed the news on X, stating that the film crew, after enduring hours of interrogation, were pressured to convince the director to withdraw the film from the Cannes line-up. Paknia added that it was not clear if Rasoulof would be allowed to leave Iran to attend the festival. "1/3 Some of the production agent...
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Paul Auster, the prolific American author whose works include “The New York Trilogy” has died aged 77 after complications from lung cancer. Auster died at his home in Brooklyn, New York, according to the New York Times, citing a friend of the novelist. Auster ‘s diagnosis with cancer was first announced last year by his wife and fellow author Siri Hustvedt. Born in neighboring New Jersey, Auster became a literary icon in New York during the 1980s with works like “The New York Trilogy,” which put a philosophical twist on the detective genre. His other major works include “Moon Palace” (1989), “...
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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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