Oscar winning filmmaker Alexander Payne is presiding over the Venice Film Festival’s main competition jury this year, returning for the first time since his Downsizing world premiered on the Lido in 2017. That time around, spending just 36 hours here, everything was “a blur.” Today, he said he’s reveling in a sort of paradise that only became real yesterday. “I …
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Nintendo has restructured and rebranded a division that is now dedicated to developing films featuring the company’s characters, such as Mario and Zelda. Now titled Nintendo Stars, the subsidiary is tasked with “implementing and licensing various ancillary uses in films” of Nintendo intellectual property, the company announced today, in order to “familiarize people around the world with Nintendo IP and …
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Amazon MGM Studios, Cheryl Dunn/A24, Atsushi Nishijima/Focus Features, Peter Mountain/Netflix The Venice Film Festival wasn’t always the unofficial start of awards season. For many years, the festival was regarded as a high-minded and only moderately star-studded showcase for the latest and greatest in art cinema. But a little over a decade ago, Venice decided to embrace its …
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The moment has finally arrived: Kpop Demon Hunters has officially become Netflix’s most popular film of all time. The animated musical produced by Sony Pictures Animation added another 25.4M views from August 18 to 24, bringing its total since its June 20 premiere to 236M views. It has now surpassed Red Notice to take the top spot on the Most …
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Venice Film Festival faces pressure to disinvite Gal Gadot | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Diaspora/Antisemitism Venice4Palestine also called on the festival organizers to rescind Butler’s invitation to the festival, because he has made appearances at events for a pro-Israel group. Gal Gadot attends the 2025 Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Santa Monica, California, U.S., April 5, 2025 (photo credit: REUTERS/MARIO ANZUONI) …
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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned Woody Allen for speaking virtually at a Russian film festival over the weekend, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Russian media, Allen spoke Sunday at the Moscow International Film Week via video conference. The appearance put him …
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When Guillermo del Toro accepted the Bafta for best director in 2018, he used his speech to pay homage to Mary Shelley, calling her “the most important figure from English legacy”. “She picked up the plight of Caliban and she gave weight to the burden of Prometheus,” Del Toro said. “She gave voice to the voiceless and presence to the …
Read More »The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned Woody Allen for speaking virtually at a Russian film festival over the weekend, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Russian media, Allen spoke Sunday at the Moscow International Film Week via video conference. The appearance put him …
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