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How Documentary ‘Real’ Explores “Profound” Social Change in the Digital Age, Inspired by Yoda
With devices increasingly providing access to augmented reality and virtual realities, what constitutes “reality” in the digital age? Italian director Adele Tulli (Normal) is exploring this question in her new documentary Real, which world premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival on Monday in the Cineasti del Presente section, which puts the spotlight on first and […]
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Irena Medavoy’s Vacation Diary
When one of your dearest couple friends, Lysa and Grant Heslov, move to London for the new Paramount+ series The Department, starring Michael Fassbender — which Grant and George Clooney’s company Smokehouse Pictures is producing — there is only one thing left to do. Get yourself a plane ticket. In 10 years, I have never […]
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Locarno Pro Unveils Winners of Works-in-Progress and Co-Development Programs
The Locarno Film Festival’s Locarno Pro industry strand on Sunday unveiled the winners of its industryawards, including its First Look works-in-progress section focusing on projects on the verge of completion, the co-development program Alliance 4 Development, and the second Heritage Restoration Contest. The winners were unveiled during the Locarno Pro Award Ceremony on Sunday. The promising […]
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Alan Cumming Insists, “I Act My Socks Off in ‘The Traitors’”’
For Alan Cumming, hosting The Traitors is already the reward; his Emmy nomination for reality or reality/competition host is just a bonus — one almost as coveted as immunity from elimination. “I really love doing it,” says Cumming of the hit Peacock series (which also scored a nom for best reality competition program) that has […]
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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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Aislinn Clarke on Irish Folk Horror ‘Fréwaka’: “There’s A Lot of Trauma in Ireland”
Writer and director Aislinn Clarke, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, made a name for herself with her 2018 debut horror film The Devil’s Doorway. Her new movie Fréwaka, which had its world premiere at the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, uses Irish and English and is billed as the first-ever Irish-language horror. “Shoo is sent […]
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Iraq-Born Austrian Auteur Kurdwin Ayub Keeps It Provocative With ‘Moon’: “I Want to Trigger People”
Writer and director Kurdwin Ayub was born in Iraq, but her family came to Austria as refugees when she was still a baby. Now, she is 34 and has been making a name for herself in the film world as an auteur. Her 2016 feature documentary Paradise! Paradise!, which she wrote, directed, and handled the […]
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“King Khan”: Bollywood Icon Shah Rukh Khan Rules Locarno as He Receives Lifetime Award
“King Khan” ruled the Piazza Grande, the iconic big square in the center of picturesque Swiss town Locarno, on Saturday night. Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan brought his global star power to the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival as he was honored with a lifetime achievement award, the so-called Pardo alla Carriera, or Career Leopard. […]
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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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Why ‘Drowning Dry’ Director Laurynas Bareisa Told Actors Not to Land Jokes and Has Hope for Cinema as a “Place of Freedom”
To say that Lithuanian filmmaker Laurynas Bareiša’s debut feature Pilgrims was a success is an understatement. First, the crime drama won the Horizons section award for best film at the Venice Film Festival 2021. Then, it became Lithuania’s entry for the best international feature film race. The set-up for the film is simple: A woman travels to a small town […]
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Bérénice Bejo on Playing a Rebel in ‘Mexico 86,’ the “Right to Have Secrets,” and Democracy Under Siege
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist) plays a Guatemalan rebel fighting against the military dictatorship in Mexico 86 from Guatemalan director César Díaz (Our Mothers), whose world premiere on the Swiss town’s Piazza Grande is among the highlights of the Locarno Film Festival schedule on Saturday. “1976. Death threats force Maria, a Guatemalan rebel activist fighting against […]
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‘It Ends With Us’ Banned in Qatar Due to Kissing Scenes
It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, has been blocked from theatrical release in Qatar due to its kissing scenes, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The country’s censorship committee decided to ban the Sony Pictures and Wayfarer Studios’ film, which has a PG-13 rating in the U.S. Qatar has strict censorship rules and has […]
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