The bit in Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘60s film “Pierrot le Fou” where Belmondo asks maverick filmmaker Sam Fuller, playing himself, to give him a precise definition of cinema has been quoted within an inch of its life. So, to preface with a paraphrase of Reagan, here I go again. Quoth Fuller: “Film is like a battleground … It’s love, hate, action, …
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Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother Gets Over 6-Minute Ovation
Indie stalwart Jim Jarmusch just unveiled his latest feature, Father Mother Sister Brother, at the Venice Film Festival, where it received a six-and-a-half-minute ovation. Built as a triptych, the movie is playing in competition — a first for Jarmusch whose Coffee and Cigarettes was here on the Lido out of competition in 2003. In a video captured by Deadline post-screening …
Read More »Cate Blanchett Delights at Father Mother Sister Brother Venice Premiere
Cate Blanchett’s newest movie, “Father Mother Sister Brother” from indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, premiered at Venice Film Festival on Sunday night to a five-minute standing ovation. Blanchett, who plays a pair of sisters with Vicky Krieps in the slice-of-life tale of three different families, positively beamed as the applause roared in the Sala Grande theater. As the credits rolled, director …
Read More »Liam Payne’s Sister Details Last Time She Saw Him Before His Death
Liam Payne’s older sister Nicola Payne is reflecting on her final moments with her brother. On Friday (Aug. 29), which would’ve marked Liam’s 32nd birthday, Nicola shared a heartfelt tribute on social media, remembering the last time she saw the former One Direction star. Liam passed away in October 2024 after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in …
Read More »Father Mother Sister Brother Review: Simple, Quiet Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother finds the director in a minor key, which is sometimes his best key. A triptych built around a series of aggressively unremarkable interactions, it feels like a film that the director might have made while waiting to make a different, bigger film. It takes place in three different cities, and at times feels like …
Read More »‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Review: Jim Jarmusch’s Family Triptych
Jim Jarmusch has been doing his idiosyncratic thing for so long we sometimes take him for granted. But then he comes along with a film as delicate and lovely, as singular and perfectly realized as Father Mother Sister Brother and quietly floors you. What a pleasure to see a study of family relationships so entirely unconcerned with banal platitudes, emotional …
Read More »Father Mother Sister Brother review – Blanchett and Rampling pick at family guilt in Jarmusch’s delectable triptych | Venice film festival
Jim Jarmusch has made anthology films before: Mystery Train (1989), Night on Earth (1991), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003). In fact, he could claim to be the pre-eminent specialist in this now very unfashionable movie form. But with his new one, a deeply pleasing and gently quietist triptych on the subject of family, he is giving us something new and personal. …
Read More »Liam Payne’s Sister Nicola Recalls Final Encounter Before His Death
“If I had known that would be the last time I’d see you, I would have said so much more. I wish I could step into a time machine and relive that night,” Nicola wrote in a touching tribute on the singer’s “heavenly birthday.” Liam Payne’s sister is honoring her late brother on what would have been his 32nd birthday. …
Read More »Jack Osbourne Says He Was ‘Not Close at All’ with Sister Aimee Osbourne Before Ozzy’s Death | Aimee Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
Jack Osbourne is opening up about his relationship with his older sister, Aimee Osbourne, after she was spotted at their dad’s funeral. The 39-year-old son of the late Ozzy Osbourne was a guest on the Disrespectfully podcast on the July 16 episode. During the podcast, he talked about his relationship with Aimee, 41, and shared why she wasn’t on their …
Read More »Jack Osbourne Admitted He’s Not Close to Older Sister Aimee Shortly Before Ozzy’s Death
“We don’t have a great relationship, she’ll be the first to tell you that, so it’s no secret,” Jack said in a recent interview, before revealing whether or not Aimee regrets not coming on the family’s popular MTV reality series. Jack Osbourne opened up about his strained relationship with older sister Aimee Osbourne, and shared where they stood shortly before …
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