Cai Shangjun on Returning to Venice With ‘The Sun Rises on Us All’ and Exploring Morality in Contemporary China
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Silver Lion winner Cai Shangjun is back at the Venice Film Festival with competition title “The Sun Rises on Us All,” a restrained [more…]
How ’Motor City’ Helmer Ponciroli Found a Way to Wed Action, Music and an Almost Dialogue-Free Script: ‘I Think the Audience Is Smarter Than People Give Them Credit For.’
By Carole Horst According To The variety Filmmaker Potsy Ponciroli (“Old Henry”) is back in Venice with “Motor City,” a film with about three lines of [more…]
KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’
By Brent Lang According To The variety “KPop Demon Hunters,” the animated phenomenon of the summer, is now the most-streamed movie in Netflix history. The film about a [more…]
Denzel Washington Says ‘I Don’t Watch Movies’ Anymore: ‘I Don’t Go to the Movies. I’m Tired of Movies’
By Zack Sharf According To The variety Denzel Washington joined GQ for a video interview with his “Highest 2 Lowest” director Spike Lee and co-star A$AP Rocky [more…]
Chloé Zhao, Lee Sang-il to Receive Tokyo Film Festival’s Kurosawa Akira Award
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety The Tokyo International Film Festival has tapped two acclaimed directors from opposite sides of the Pacific for its Kurosawa Akira Award: Japan Academy [more…]
Original ‘Harry Potter’ Director Chris Columbus Doesn’t Want to Be Involved in HBO’s Series Reboot, Calls J.K. Rowling Controversy ‘Very Sad’
By Alex Ritman According To The variety Chris Columbus has absolutely zero desire to be involved in HBO’s all-star small-screen “Harry Potter” reboot. The filmmaker — arguably best [more…]
‘Andor’ Star Diego Luna on Producing Venice Drama ‘On the Road’: ‘I Can’t Really Compare This Film to Anything I’ve Been Involved in Before’ (EXCLUSIVE)
By Anna Marie De La Fuente According To The variety Sex, drugs and big rigs feature prominently in David Pablos’ edgy road movie “On the Road” [more…]
Dwayne Johnson Spent ‘Three to Four Hours’ Putting on ‘Smashing Machine’ Prosthetics Each Day, Says ‘Gritty’ Roles ‘Weren’t Coming My Way Because I Was Too Scared’
By Zack Sharf According To The variety Dwayne Johnson recently told Vanity Fair that he spent “three to four hours” in the makeup chair each morning during the filming [more…]
Jackie Chan’s ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ Rises to No. 1 at China Box Office
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety iQiYi Pictures’ thriller “The Shadow’s Edge” climbed to the top of the Chinese box office in its second weekend [more…]