Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña, Steven Soderbergh to Keynote Toronto Film Festival
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled speakers for its 2024 edition next month, to include discussions with Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña and Steven Soderbergh. Blanchett will be in Toronto along with two of her latest projects: Alfonso Cuarón’s TV series Disclaimer and Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin’s Rumours, which bowed in Cannes. The […]
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Cate Blanchett Says She “Didn’t Get Paid Anything” for ‘Lord of the Rings’
During her appearance on Watch What Happens Live alongside Borderlands co-star Gina Gershon, Cate Blanchett didn’t plead the fifth when host Andy Cohen brought up her Lord of the Rings pay. When Cohen asked the Oscar winner during the late night show’s popular “Plead the Fifth” segment which film has gotten her the biggest paycheck, […]
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‘Borderlands’ Review: Cate Blanchett Is a Gunslinging Bounty Hunter in Eli Roth’s Joylessly Gonzo Adaptation of the Popular Video Game
Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt and Jamie Lee Curtis also star in this fight to survive on the lawless planet Pandora, with Jack Black providing the voice of a wisecracking robot.
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First Look at Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline and Sacha Baron Cohen in Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Disclaimer’
Ladies and gentlemen, be aware. Disclaimer, the seven-part limited series for Apple from Alfonso Cuarón, now has a teaser trailer (below). The psychological thriller created and directed by the Oscar-winning filmmaker (Roma, Gravity) stars fellow Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline, and is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Renée […]
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Cate Blanchett to Receive Toronto Film Fest Tribute Award
Cate Blanchett will be honored at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival with a Tribute Award, while also participating in an In Conversation With… event. The Oscar winner will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award in Toronto on Sept. 8. Blanchett most recently starred in Canadian director Guy Maddin’s Rumors, which bowed at the Cannes Film […]
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Cate Blanchett Named EnergaCamerimage Festival Jury President
Two-time Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett will serve as the jury president for the main competition at the 32nd edition of the EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival, the Polish fest honoring excellence in cinematography. The 2024 EnergaCamerimage festival runs Nov. 16-23 in Torun, Poland. The star of Tár, Blue Jasmine, Carol and Elizabeth is also a prolific […]
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Charlie Brooker on Predicting the Future, ‘Black Mirror’ Season 7 and His “USS Callister” Sequel
Charlie Brooker anticipates a lot of things. As the creator and writer of Black Mirror, his Emmy-winning sci-fi Netflix series has predicted everything from new Apple technology to the election of a certain U.S. president. With the season six episode “Joan Is Awful,” Brooker knew the AI-centered story would be timely. But even his dystopian […]
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Fashion Brands Prove That They Can Do Cannes Too as Michael Kors, Dior and Kilian Host Starry Parties
The Cannes Croisette has been busy with receptions, parties, pop ups, dinners and the hustle and bustle of celebrities trying to get to the red carpet. Because fashion and film are entwined in a relationship that’s stronger than ever before, film festivals like Cannes are filled with fashion brand events that extend the style conversation […]
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‘Rumours’ Review: Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander Play Clueless World Leaders in Guy Maddin’s Very Funny, Truly Silly Dark Comedy
Canadian directors Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson satirize the ineffectual meagerness of global summits and draft resolutions in their Cannes-premiering romp.
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Cult Filmmaker Guy Maddin Finally Makes It to Cannes (With Help From Two Oscar Winners)
The Cannes Film Festival launches auteur filmmakers, and the best among them have known scenes of triumph at the iconic French seaside festival. But not Guy Maddin, who for all his accolades as an original and idiosyncratic auteur prized for titles like The Forbidden Room and The Saddest Music in the World, has never — until now, that is — […]
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Jim Jarmusch Wraps Surprise Film With Cate Blanchett, Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and More
Details on Jim Jarmusch‘s surprise new film project have finally been revealed, and it’s a family affair. Paparazzi photos from the set made the rounds in January, showing Cate Blanchett filming an outdoor scene with Vicky Krieps (in a pink wig) but little was known about the project at the time as Jarmusch tends to […]
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‘Baby Reindeer’ Breakout Jessica Gunning on Unshakeable Connection to Creator Richard Gadd
Jessica Gunning is having a moment. The veteran actress has earned raves for playing unhinged stalker Martha in Netflix’s critically acclaimed limited series Baby Reindeer opposite Richard Gadd. It’s a part she’s embracing as the role of a lifetime, but she’s no overnight sensation. West Yorkshire native Gunning, 38, has been acting ever since graduating […]
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