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Ben Burtt on Revolutionizing Sci-Fi Sound With ‘Star Wars’ and Creating Darth Vader’s Breathing
Ben Burtt created the sound of my childhood. He gets that a lot. “Yeah, I hear that often,” says the legendary sound designer, creator of the lightsabre swish and Darth Vader’s electronic wheezing, the voice of R2-D2, Chewbacca and, for a younger generation, that of Pixar’s WALL-E. “I guess I altered the DNA of a […]
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Warner Bros. Discovery Olympics Coverage Hits Streaming Records
Warner Bros. Discovery is claiming the gold at this year’s Olympic Games, boasting record streaming and viewership figures for its coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics in Europe. Official figures released by WBD on Monday show the company reached a cumulative 215 million viewers in Europe across its television and streaming platforms, fully 23 percent, […]
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Oscars 2025: Latvia Picks Animated ‘Flow’ for International Feature Race
Latvia has picked Gints Zilbalodis’ animated feature Flow as its entry in the best international feature category for the 2025 Oscars. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes this year and screened at animated festival Annecy, where it won four awards including the audience and jury prizes. Sideshow and Janus Films […]
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Margaret Menegoz, ‘Amour,’ ‘The White Ribbon’ Producer, Dies at 83
Margaret Menegoz, the head of French production company Les Films du Losange, who produced the movies of Michael Hanke, Wim Wenders and Éric Rohmer, among others, has died. She was 83. The company issued a statement confirming that Menegoz died in Montpellier on August 7. They cited her “love of films and work, and her […]
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Travis Scott Released From Jail in Paris After Being Arrested for Alleged Assault on Security Guard
Rapper Travis Scott has been released from jail with no changes after being taken into custody earlier this week for an alleged attack on a security guard at the five-star George V hotel on Friday morning. Sources close to the rapper told The Hollywood Reporter that there are no plans for him to be charged […]
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Locarno Embraces Bollywood Legend Shah Rukh Khan
“I don’t want to sound like a fanboy,” Giona A. Nazzaro, artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival says sheepishly, “but Shah Rukh Khan is the quintessential power of cinema. There is no cynicism, there is no manipulation. Just this basic faith that you can tell a story through your persona and touch on the […]
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Locarno: Stacey Sher on Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh and the Films That Got Away
Few filmmakers can claim to have helped shape an entire era of cinema, but the boom in 1990s indie cinema is impossible to imagine without producer Stacey Sher. “If you say, U.S. independent cinema of the ’90s, whatever film touched your feelings, your emotions and your memory, most probably, it has Stacey involved in it,” […]
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San Sebastian Unveils WIP Latam Lineup
The 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival has rolled out the Latin American features in its Work in Progress (WIP) Latam section. This year’s selection, announced Wednesday, features stories from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica, with four of the six entries being directorial debuts or sophomore efforts. Among the notable entries is The Message […]
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Sony’s ‘Red Eye’ Takes Flight Globally
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has announced a series of international distribution agreements for its high-stakes action thriller Red Eye, inking deals for more than 120 territories worldwide. The TV feature, from Doctor Who producers Bad Wolf is flying to platforms and channels across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Africa. Some notable deals […]
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Zurich Film Festival to Honor Kate Winslet
Oscar-winning British actress Kate Winslet will receive the Golden Icon Award, a career achievement prize, at the upcoming 20th Zurich Film Festival. Winslet will attend the festival to receive the award on Oct. 7, where she will present her latest film, Lee. Directed by Ellen Kuras, the biopic explores the life of fashion model turned […]
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Lucca Film Festival to Honor Paul Schrader
Veteran director and screenwriter Paul Schrader will be honored at this year’s Lucaa Film Festival with a lifetime achievement award. The Italian event, which runs Sept. 21-29, will also screen a retrospective of Schrader’s work, including Blue Collar, Hardcore, The Comfort of Strangers, Affliction, Auto Focus, The Walker, The Canyons, The Card Counter, Master Gardener, […]
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Oscars 2025: Austria, Ireland Name International Feature Contenders
The international Oscars race has begun. Ireland and Austria have put up their national contenders for the 2025 Academy Awards in the best international feature category. And the two movies could hardly be more different. For its Oscar contender, Austria has selected The Devil’s Bath, Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s inspired-by-history feminist horror film. Ireland […]
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