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Elina Psykou’s ‘Patrimonial Fears and Other Illusions’ Casts Veteran Trio Ahead of Venice Gap-Financing Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Greek filmmaker Elina Psykou (“Stray Bodies”) has attached a trio of Hellenic heavyweights to the cast of “Patrimonial Fears and Other Illus
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Tallinn Black Nights Festival Sets Focus on Baltic Cinema for 30th Anniversary Special Edition (EXCLUSIVE)
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (also known as PÖFF), the largest and only A-list festival in the
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‘Chad Powers’ Season 2 Ending: Who Knows the Truth About Russ Holliday and What Happened to Gerry?
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “12th Quarter,” the Season 2 finale of “Chad Powers,” now streaming on Disney + and Hulu. It
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Theo James Steps Into His Michael Corleone Era for a Darker, More Sinister ‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2: TV Review
It’s been two and a half years since Guy Ritchie ushered viewers into the dazzling, violent criminal underworld of his Netflix series “The G
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Warner Music India Unveils Season 2 of Folk Music Franchise ‘Maati’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Warner Music India has launched season two of “Maati,” its folk music franchise, opening on Sept. 3 with the Sufi qawwali “Jalwa-e-Jaanaan”
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‘Anatomy of a Portrait’ Profiles Fernanda Wittgens, Italy’s First Female Museum Director and an Anti-Fascist Activist
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Oscars: Romania Selects Cannes Winner ‘Fjord’ for International Feature Race
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Andrew Garfield Hasn’t Seen ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Yet and Insists He’s Not in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Andrew Garfield isn’t ready to reach out to Tom Holland about the massive success of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” or “The Odyssey,” for that
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‘Ramayana’ Sets November Release Date
Sony Pictures Entertainment is set to release “Ramayana” globally on November 6. The epic, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Yash and Sai Pallavi, fol
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George Lucas Says Opening Lucas Museum ‘Almost Broke My Will’: ‘It’s Taken So Long to Get Here’
George Lucas previewed the long-in-the-works Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and Lucas said of the Herculean effo
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Utopai Studios, DeNA Team on AI-Assisted Animation Projects in Japan (EXCLUSIVE)
Utopai Studios and DeNA Co., Ltd. have unveiled an AI-assisted animation partnership in Japan. The Entertainment Development Business Unit o
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‘The Sun Never Sets’ Review: Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson Split, Maybe, in Joe Swanberg’s Unsatisfying Romcom
Long past his sexually explicit enfant terrible mumblecore origins, writer-director Joe Swanberg continues his ongoing experiments in honori
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Should Hollywood Embrace Religion? Young Audiences Crave Complex Spiritual Characters and Plotlines That Challenge Faith, New Study Shows
Could Hollywood entice younger audiences by having a little faith? A surprising new Future of Faith study from The Center for Scholars & Sto
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Ryan Reynolds Praises ‘The Odyssey’ After Passing ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ to Become Biggest R-Rated Movie Ever: ‘Christopher Nolan Literally Breathes The Rarest Air on Earth’
Hollywood is living through “the friggin’ salad days,” as Ryan Reynolds puts it, after experiencing the biggest summer at the box office sin
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Carla Jeffery, Actress in Disney Channel’s ‘Zombies,’ Dies at 33
Carla Jeffery, who played the cheerleader Bree in the Disney Channel’s 2018 movie “Zombies” and several spin-offs, died Sept. 1. She was 33.
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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Shot Without a Finished Script, but Co-Director Joe Russo Says ‘We Always View’ the Screenplay as a ‘Living Organism’
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Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-Winning Jazz Musician, Dies at 70
Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70. Wilson’s longtime manager Robert Torre shar
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Jenna Dewan Defends ‘DWTS’ Casting Amid Backlash: ‘Step Up’ Star and Ex-Janet Jackson Backup Dancer Says ‘I Do Not Know How to Ballroom Dance’
When the cast of “Dancing With the Stars” Season 35 was announced on Wednesday morning, a few of the names raised eyebrows among fans of the
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New ‘Transformers’ Animated Short ‘Optimus Prime: Awakening’ Heads to Theaters – Film News in Brief
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Jack O’Connell’s Ruthless Tabloid Editor in ‘Ink’ Fires Up Venice as Danny Boyle Drama Earns Warm 4-Minute Ovation
Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday night with the splashy premiere of “Ink,” an explosive drama about the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s
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Tim Curry’s Cause of Death Revealed
A cause of death has been confirmed for “Rocky Horror Picture Show” star Tim Curry, a week after his death at 80. The actor’s main cause of
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Elliot Page Is ‘Not Really’ Getting Casting Calls After ‘The Odyssey’: ‘If Someone Wants to Call Me…I’d Love to Do Good Work’
Elliot Page has never felt more comfortable on screen. Finding the right role, however, has proven to be more difficult. During his appearan
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Filmmaker Penny Lane Sets Documentary on Bronx Zoo Elephant, ‘Happy’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Documentary filmmaker Penny Lane (“Hail Satan?,” “Our Nixon”) has set her latest documentary on the Bronx Zoo elephant, Happy. The doc is be
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Evan Rachel Wood Got Recast in ‘Practical Magic 2’ Against Her Wish and Says ‘No One Who Worked on the Original Film’ Reached Out to Her
Evan Rachel Wood appeared to shade her original “Practical Magic” co-stars Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock by revealing in an Instagram sto
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