Donāt sleep on āIs God Is,ā a primal scream of a movie inspired by Westerns and Greek tragedy
Read full article: Donāt sleep on āIs God Is,ā a primal scream of a movie inspired by Westerns and Greek tragedyAleshea Harris wrote āIs God Isā as a story of rage and revenge, blending Greek tragedy with Spaghetti Westerns.
What to Stream: John Krasinski, 'Ladies First,' Rod Stewart, Brooke Shields and a 'Lego Batman' game
Read full article: What to Stream: John Krasinski, 'Ladies First,' Rod Stewart, Brooke Shields and a 'Lego Batman' gameJohn Krasinski returning as Jack Ryan in āJack Ryan: Ghost Warā for Prime Video and āStranger Thingsā masterminds the Duffer Brothers producing a Netflix show in which a retirement community teams up to battle monsters are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes first woman to win an Oscar for cinematography
Read full article: Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes first woman to win an Oscar for cinematographyAutumn Durald Arkapaw has made Oscars history by winning best cinematography for āSinners,ā becoming the first woman to take the prize.
VistaVision, a vintage format left for dead, is revived in 'One Battle After Another' and more
Read full article: VistaVision, a vintage format left for dead, is revived in 'One Battle After Another' and moreVistaVision, the large-scale film format used largely in the 1950s, is enjoying a big-screen revival.
Bad reviews didnāt scare off the āFive Nights at Freddyās 2ā audience. It even broke a record
Read full article: Bad reviews didnāt scare off the āFive Nights at Freddyās 2ā audience. It even broke a recordāFive Nights at Freddyās 2ā is dominating the box office in its opening weekend in North America.
With the Sundance Film Festival and filmmaker labs, Robert Redford brought change to cinema
Read full article: With the Sundance Film Festival and filmmaker labs, Robert Redford brought change to cinemaRobert Redford, who died Tuesday at 89, transformed the film industry with the Sundance Institute and Film Festival.
PenƩlope Cruz, Bruce Springsteen, Walter Salles and Bowen Yang are 2025 Academy Museum Gala honorees
Read full article: PenƩlope Cruz, Bruce Springsteen, Walter Salles and Bowen Yang are 2025 Academy Museum Gala honoreesPenƩlope Cruz, Bruce Springsteen, Walter Salles and Bowen Yang have been named the honorees of this year's Academy Museum Gala, hosted by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
The Cannes Film Festival is over. Here's some key things that happened
Read full article: The Cannes Film Festival is over. Here's some key things that happenedThis yearās Cannes Film Festival is over, ending in dramatic fashion with a power outage ahead of the closing ceremony that bestowed the Palme dāOr trophy to Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahiās film, āIt Was Just an Accident."
At Cannes opening, Robert De Niro calls Trump 'America's philistine president'
Read full article: At Cannes opening, Robert De Niro calls Trump 'America's philistine president'Much of the cinema world, including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino, descended on the Cannes Film Festival as the French Riviera extravaganza got its 78th edition underway Tuesday.
Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizon
Read full article: Cannes, the global Colosseum of film, readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizonPerhaps as much as ever, all eyes in the movie world will be on the 78th Cannes Film Festival when it gets underway Tuesday in the South of France.
āSinners,ā shot on IMAX film, is a historic first for female cinematographers
Read full article: āSinners,ā shot on IMAX film, is a historic first for female cinematographersCinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw didnāt realize she was going to make history for her profession on āSinners.ā.
'Sinnersā mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Cooglerās 1st original film
Read full article: 'Sinnersā mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Cooglerās 1st original filmFilmmaker Ryan Coogler has made his first truly original film in āSinners,ā which opens in theaters nationwide Friday.
Movie theater trade group unveils new name, Cinema United, and renewed mission to promote moviegoing
Read full article: Movie theater trade group unveils new name, Cinema United, and renewed mission to promote moviegoingThe trade organization that represents movie theater owners in the U.S. and abroad is getting a rebrand.
Sean Baker wins best director Oscar for āAnoraā in Academy Awards sweep
Read full article: Sean Baker wins best director Oscar for āAnoraā in Academy Awards sweepSean Baker has won best director at the Oscars for āAnora,ā the story of a Brooklyn exotic dancer who marries the impetuous son of a Russian oligarch.
Hugh Grant spent half his career in rom-coms. Now he plays monsters, and he's never been happier
Read full article: Hugh Grant spent half his career in rom-coms. Now he plays monsters, and he's never been happierAfter decades in romantic comedies, Hugh Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career.
Film academy adds handwritten āPulp Fictionā script, Miyazaki art, more to vast collection
Read full article: Film academy adds handwritten āPulp Fictionā script, Miyazaki art, more to vast collectionQuentin Tarantino's handwritten script for āPulp Fictionā is the stuff of moviemaking legend.
As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audience
Read full article: As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audienceIn a time when streaming and a pandemic have radically transformed cinema consumption over the past decade, a growing number of mostly younger people are contributing to a renaissance of the Los Angeles independent movie theater scene.
We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year's Oscars are evidence
Read full article: We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year's Oscars are evidenceOld age may be debated as a liability on the presidential campaign trail, but it's not at this yearās Oscars.
What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, 'Elsbeth' sleuths and Japan shines in 'Shogun'
Read full article: What to stream this week: Adam Sandler is in space, 'Elsbeth' sleuths and Japan shines in 'Shogun'This weekās new streaming entertainment releases include Ridley Scottās āNapoleonā storming Apple TV+, East meets West in feudal Japan with the kick-off of the series āShogun,ā and Disney+'s animated series āIwĆ”jĆŗā offers a coming-of-age story set in the future in Lagos, Nigeria.
Weinstein accuser takes stand in LA after New York testimony
Read full article: Weinstein accuser takes stand in LA after New York testimonyThe only Harvey Weinstein accuser to testify at both his New York and California trials has taken the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom to repeat her account of what she says was a sexual assault by the former movie mogul in 2013.
Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reigned
Read full article: Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA, where he once reignedFive years after womenās stories about him made the #MeToo movement explode, Harvey Weinstein is going on trial in Los Angeles, where he once was king of the Oscars.
Delfonics lead singer William 'Poogie' Hart dead at 77
Read full article: Delfonics lead singer William 'Poogie' Hart dead at 77William āPoogieā Hart, a founder of the Grammy-winning trio the Delfonics who helped write and sang a soft lead tenor on such classic āSound of Philadelphiaā ballads as āLa-La (Means I Love You)ā and āDidnāt I (Blow Your Mind This Time),ā has died at age 77.
'Elvis' and Austin Butler feel the temperature rising
Read full article: 'Elvis' and Austin Butler feel the temperature risingWhen āElvisā opens in theaters Friday, it will resurrect one of the most iconic figures in American music in the biggest, most bedazzled film to ever try to capture the King of Rock ānā Roll.
'Bad Guys' bests 'The Northman,' Nick Cage at the box office
Read full article: 'Bad Guys' bests 'The Northman,' Nick Cage at the box officeOn an unusually crowded weekend at movie theaters that featured a pricey Viking epic and Nicolas Cage playing himself, DreamWorks Animationās āThe Bad Guysā bested the field.
Penelope Cruz honored by MoMA for her career in cinema
Read full article: Penelope Cruz honored by MoMA for her career in cinemaDuring a tribute to her career at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), Penelope Cruz recalled the Betamax videotape store that opened in her neighborhood, in a suburb of Madrid, when she was a child and that made her discover cinema.
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Cannes lineup features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leox Carax
Read full article: Cannes lineup features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leox CaraxThe Cannes Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup of films from big-name auteurs ā including Wes Anderson, Asghar Farhadi, Mia Hansen-LĆøve and Sean Penn ā for its 74th edition in July.
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Costume Designers Guild to honor Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers
Read full article: Costume Designers Guild to honor Shonda Rhimes, Betsy BeersTelevision producers Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers will be honored for their wardrobe efforts on hit TV shows like āGreyās Anatomyā and āBridgertonā at Tuesday's Costume Designers Guild Awards.
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Clooney honored by MoMA as actor, director and humanitarian
Read full article: Clooney honored by MoMA as actor, director and humanitarianClooney was honored Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, by co-stars and colleagues at the annual film benefit for the Museum of Modern Art, held virtually. MoMAās annual film benefit raises funds to bring great works of film to the museumās collection. Also giving virtual tributes Monday evening were actors Felicity Jones, Tiffany Boone, Kyle Chandler and Demian Bichir, who appear in āA Midnight Sky,ā which Clooney stars in and directs. The benefit featured clips from some of Clooneyās many films: āMichael Clayton,ā āSyriana,ā "The Descendants,ā āGravity,ā and āGood Night, and Good Luck,ā among others. In earlier comments to The Associated Press, Clooney said āGood Night, and Good Luckā was probably his proudest professional accomplishment.
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Tarantino has deal for 2 books on films, including 1 his own
Read full article: Tarantino has deal for 2 books on films, including 1 his ownThe Oscar-winning director has a two-book deal with Harper, beginning with a novelization of āOnce Upon a Time ... In Hollywoodā was released in 2019 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as an actor and Brad Pitt as his stunt double. āIn the ā70s movie novelizations were the first adult books I grew up reading," Tarantino said in a statement Tuesday. āI see myself writing film books and starting to write theater, so Iāll still be creative. I just think Iāve given all I have to give to movies.ā_____AP Film Writer Jake Coyle contributed to this report.
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Japanese director known for single shots releases Zoom film
Read full article: Japanese director known for single shots releases Zoom filmThis undated photo provided by the @One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote shows Shinichiro Ueda, director of One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote, a YouTube spinoff of his 2017 award-winning film. A comedic horror film centered around teleworking, "One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remoteā was released earlier this year and shared for free on YouTube. It features the same characters from his award-winning 2017 film āOne Cut of the Dead,ā which has one shot that was 37-minutes long. Uedaās style incorporates slapstick comedy and focuses on visual, rather than explanatory verbal storytelling, an approach relatively rare in contemporary Japanese film. āItās only after 200 or 300 bad films you will have that one great film,ā he said.
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TV's 'Warrior' latest proof that Bruce Lee still holds sway
Read full article: TV's 'Warrior' latest proof that Bruce Lee still holds sway(Cinemax via AP)PHOENIX ā Even nearly 50 years after his death, Bruce Lee can still make ripples. Shannon Lee isnāt giving up on finding a new home for āWarrior,ā which will eventually be available on HBO Max. āI think heās really getting his due as a creative ā someone who knows how to story-tell,ā Shannon Lee said. āItās just little things that the writers put in there to pay homage to Bruce Lee without being a caricature, which I think is the danger zone whenever you get to the subject of Bruce Lee,ā Nguyen said. āHe believed in celebrating peopleās cultures and backgrounds and not holding it against them,ā Shannon Lee said.
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Grammy Museum to launch online streaming service
Read full article: Grammy Museum to launch online streaming serviceFILE - Barbara Streisand performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2011. The Grammy Museum is launching its own online streaming service featuring performances and interviews from A-list musicians, as well as material from the museums archive. The Grammy Museum is launching its own online streaming service featuring performances and interviews from A-list musicians, as well as material from the museums archive. Without the GRAMMY Museum, we wouldnt have gotten to experience or learn about so many important artists before us, FINNEAS said in a statement. We are proud to be part of this series.The Grammy Museum is a nonprofit organization through The Recording Academy, which annually produces the Grammy Awards.

'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' heads back to theaters
Read full article: 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' heads back to theatersQuentin Tarantino's passion for old Hollywood finds an interesting outlet of expression in "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," a movie that combines nostalgia, quirkiness and showy star performances while again weaving together fictional(CNN) - Quentin Tarantino's latest release, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," is being re-released in theaters with an extra 10 minutes. "Audiences have shown tremendous support for this movie," Adrian Smith, Sony's president of domestic distribution, said in a statement. "And we look forward to offering them another opportunity to see the film as it's meant to be seen -- in theaters on the big screen -- with more sights and sounds of the sixties from Quentin Tarantino as an added treat. "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" originally hit US theaters in late July. The movie is Tarantino's ninth, and grossed more than $139 million in North America and $228 million overseas.

Netflix's 'Mindhunter' returns
Read full article: Netflix's 'Mindhunter' returnsJustin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - Serial killers will be all over TV this weekend, which isn't particularly unusual these days. Yet the latest mini-wave devoted to the most sordid murderers -- including the return of Netflix's "Mindhunter" -- underscores the tension between feeding fascination with the topic and inadvertently glamorizing it. This weekend features more dives into history, with "Mindhunter" -- Netflix's series inspired by the FBI profilers who actually coined the term "serial killer" in the 1970s -- and "Mind of a Monster," an Investigation Discovery series that kicks off with a two-hour episode devoted to Ted Bundy. The question lingers, however, whether it's possible to spend so much time examining what makes serial killers tick without slipping from natural curiosity into romanticizing them through sheer overexposure. "Ted Bundy: Mind of a Monster" premieres Aug. 18 at 9 p.m. on Investigation Discovery.

Tarantino defends depiction of Bruce Lee in new film
Read full article: Tarantino defends depiction of Bruce Lee in new filmPhoto by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(CNN) - Quentin Tarantino has come under fire for the depiction of martial arts legend Bruce Lee in his new film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." "Could Cliff beat up Bruce Lee? Brad would not be able to beat up Bruce Lee, but Cliff maybe could," Tarantino said. "If you ask me the question, 'Well, who would win in a fight: Bruce Lee or Dracula?' If I say Cliff could beat Bruce Lee up, he's a fictional character, then he could beat Bruce Lee up."

Bruce Lee's Daughter Says He Would Be Mad if He Could See 'Once Upon a Time in
Read full article: Bruce Lee's Daughter Says He Would Be Mad if He Could See 'Once Upon a Time inBruce Lee's daughter found it "extremely uncomfortable" to see her dad portrayed in the new movie "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." She added she believes her martial arts icon father would be so mad" if he saw the portrayal. Bruce was a trailblazer in his craft, according to Shannon. I understand Quentin Tarantino probably doesnt want my opinion on how he should make his film," she said "... However, I am extremely confused by what the intent was.RELATED STORIESHow Margot Robbie Transformed Into Sharon TateSharon Tate Returns to Hollywood in New Quentin Tarantino Film 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'Bruce Lee's Daughter Slams 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' for Making Her Dad 'a Punching Bag'

'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood' Quentin Tarantino's biggest...
Read full article: 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood' Quentin Tarantino's biggest...(CNN) - Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" exceeded expectations this weekend becoming the director's highest-grossing opening weekend ever. 2 spot at the domestic box office this weekend. The big weekends from "Once Upon a Time In Hollywood" and "The Lion King" was welcomed news for the domestic box office, which has been sluggish so far this summer. The 2019 North American box office was down about 8% heading into Friday. This weekend's box office totals were up roughly 5% compared to the same weekend last year, according to Comscore.

How Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time' traveled back to 1969 LA
Read full article: How Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time' traveled back to 1969 LA"Quentin is so not into digital or CGI," Ling, whose film credits include "The Doors," "Falling Down" and "Batman Forever," told CNN. You're dealing with real streets and real people and real everything...He loves the real world, so you can actually see it and smell it and touch it." He had the Vogue Theater looking exactly like it did, had movies from 1969 written on the marquee. Everywhere you turned on Hollywood Boulevard was something from 1969." "Hollywood Boulevard was an amazing mix of things," she said.

Two of Hollywood's hottest stars, star in a new movie
Read full article: Two of Hollywood's hottest stars, star in a new movieThis article is sponsored by MJR Digital Cinemas. That's what we talked about on Friday's Reel Talk segment, thanks to our partners at MJR Digital Cinemas. "Leo's character is the star, the movie star, the TV star. You can check out the list of showtimes at our Partners at MJR Digital Cinemas. Remember MJR Theaters have $5 ticket Tuesdays.

'Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood' has Tarantino talking retirement
Read full article: 'Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood' has Tarantino talking retirementAcademy Award-winning director Quentin Tarantino supports The Art of Elysium, which is a charity that encourages the art community to volunteer time to children who are battling serious medical conditions. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Is 10 the magic number for Quentin Tarantino? Monday, Tarantino was asked if it was true that he plans to only do one more movie. "I kind of like the idea of making 10 motion pictures and then, boom, that's it, that's done," he said. Naturally, the "one more movie" thought begs the question: Will it be the next film in the "Star Trek" franchise?

How Margot Robbie Transformed Into Sharon Tate
Read full article: How Margot Robbie Transformed Into Sharon TateActress Margot Robbie transforms into '60s style icon Sharon Tate for the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film, "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.Lauren Lepire is the owner of Timeless Vixen and helped create Robbie's vintage look for the anticipated movie. Sharon Tate was really about being an individual and being comfortable, Lepire said. Some of the iconic styles Tate donned that Robbie matches are a knit cotton dress with a turtleneck collar, an orange mini dress and go-go boots. Brad Pitt also stars in the film, and his threads are also an homage to the era. We wanted to go with handcrafted leather, a lot of brown tones, the '60s is more of a narrower collar, he said.
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