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Made In India: The World’s Biggest Film Industry Hasn’t Had A Film In The Cannes Competition Since 1994 … Until Now
The first iteration of the Cannes Film Festival, planned for 1939, was scuppered when Germany invaded Poland to trigger the start of World War II. But when the festival finally got off the ground in 1946, Indian cinema came out swinging. Mounted shortly after the conclusion of the war, the first “real” Cannes Film Festival …
7-min read - EntertainmentVariety
‘Lamb’ Scribe Sjón Boards Gothic Drama ‘The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands’ From ‘Clara Sola’’s Nathalie Álvarez Mesén ‘(EXCLUSIVE)
Maverick Icelandic scribe Sjón, Oscar-nominated for the lyrics of Lars von Trier’s “Dancer in the Dark” and co-writer of the eerie Cannes Un Certain Regard title “Lamb,” has teamed up with multi-awarded Swedish-Costa-Rican Nathalie Álvarez-Mesén (“Clara Sola”) on her sophomore feature “The Wolf Will Tear Your Immaculate Hands,”, Variety has learned. The English-language gothic period drama is …
4-min read - EntertainmentEvening Standard
Kinds of Kindness review: Emma Stone and Jessie Plemons shine in these intelligent and darkly funny tales
4/5 Although it lacks the totally out-there oddness of Yorgos Lanthimos’ earlier works and the richness of his latter films like Poor Things and The Favourite, his trademark inventiveness is here in spades
3-min read - BusinessDeadline
Fundamental Films’ Mark Gao Talks New Strategy For Buying, Producing & Co-Productions: “China Market Is Just Looking For Something New”
Fundamental Films chairman Mark Gao and his CEO Ivy Hua are in Cannes to reconnect with the international industry as part of the Shanghai-based company’s return to international acquisitions and production. One of the biggest and longest-established Chinese buyers before the pandemic, Fundamental is also an investor in Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp and has a long-standing …
4-min read - EntertainmentVariety
Ruben Östlund Regular Partner Film i Väst Hikes Co-Pros with Noomi Rapace Starrer ‘Mother,’ Flags Five Films in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
Billed the ‘Trollywood’ of the North for its close ties to talent, the leading Scandinavian regional film fund Film i Väst in Sweden’s Trollhättan has boarded the Noomi Rapace starrer “Mother, to be helmed by Macedonia’s Teona Stugar Mitevska. The biopic, in which Rapace will play the legendary religious figure Mother Teresa, will mark the …
4-min read - LifestyleThe Hollywood Reporter
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal Pair Up for Joint Appearance in Louis Vuitton Core Values Campaign
Louis Vuitton is reviving its Core Values campaign with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The campaign, shot by iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz, features the tennis champions, a rare off-the-court pairing, ascending to the summit of Italy’s Dolomites mountain range. The imagery fits the campaign’s tagline: “There are Journeys that turn into Legends.” The newly released …
2-min read - CelebrityThe Hollywood Reporter
Jeremy Renner Recalls Falling Asleep Filming ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ After Accident: “Worked Me Too Hard”
Jeremy Renner is sharing some unexpected physical challenges he faced once he returned to filming Mayor of Kingstown following his devastating snowplow accident. The actor went back to work on season three of his Paramount+ drama one year after being run over by a snowcat at his home in Reno, Nevada, on Jan. 1, 2023. …
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