Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness, Johnny Depp’s second movie as a director, has been added to the Official Selection of the 72nd San Sebastian Festival in out-of-competition.
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Johnny Depp’s ‘Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness’ Added to San Sebastian Festival Lineup
Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness by Johnny Depp (SSIFF)
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Sigourney Weaver, Peter Weir, Ethan Hawke Lead Masterclasses and Conversations at Venice Film Festival
Sigourney Weaver and Peter Weir (photo credits Andrew H. Walker Variety REX, Shutterstock; courtesy Venice Film Festival) Masterclasses and Conversations return for the 81st Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, with actress Sigourney Weaver, director Peter Weir, actor Ethan Hawke and director Pupi Avati among the directors and performers holding Masterclasses.
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‘Happy Clothes’ – Documentary Celebrates Iconic Costume Designer Patricia Field | Trailer
Happy Clothes (Greenwich Entertainment) Greenwich Entertainment revealed the official trailer for ‘Happy Clothes’, a documentary on the colorful world of Patricia Field, an American stylist, fashion designer, and Oscar-nominated costume designer whose work can be seen across many iconic Hollywood productions such as ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, ‘Sex and the City’, ‘Ugly Betty’, and ‘Emily in Paris’.
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Kevin Costner’s ‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1’ Coming to Max this August
Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (screenshot/Warner Bros. Pictures) Warner Bros. Discovery revealed the streaming release date for ‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1‘, the four-part feature western epic set in the pre- and post-Civil War America, directed, co-written by and starring Kevin Costner.
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Lithuanian Film ‘Toxic’ Wins Grand Prize, Pardo d’Oro at 77th Locarno Film Festival | Winners
Toxic (Akiplėša) by Saulė Bliuvaitė (Photo ©Akis bado / Locarno77) The Lithuanian drama Toxic (Akiplėša) by Saulė Bliuvaitė is the winner of the Grand Prize, Golden Leopard, Pardo d’Oro of the International Competition (Concorso Internazionale) at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. The coming-of-age film follows two 13-year-olds who form a unique bond at a local modeling school, where the promise of a better life pushes girls to violate their bodies in increasingly extreme ways.
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‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘Marco’ Bookend Perlak Program of San Sebastian Film Festival
Zoe Saldaña in Emilia Pérez (SSIFF) Emilia Pérez, which earned Jacques Audiard the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival, will open the Perlak competition of the 2024 San Sebastian International Film Festival. The female protagonists featuring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz also jointly won the Best Actress Award Cannes Film Festival for this film in which a Mexican cartel leader decides to change sex in a cast also starring Edgar Ramírez.
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‘The Substance’ – Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley Star in Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes Winning Body Horror Film | Trailer
Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’. (screenshot/MUBI) MUBI unveiled the official trailer for ‘The Substance,’ a new body horror/drama film by French director Coralie Fargeat (Revenge). The Cannes-winning film tells the story of a 50-year-old star of an aerobic show finds out about a miraculous substance that can transform her into a younger, more beautiful version of herself.
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Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow in ‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ to Open 19th Fantastic Fest Lineup
John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush in The Rule of Jenny Pen (Courtesy Fantastic Fest) Fantastic Fest is back for its 19th edition, at the world-famous Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas, from September 19th- 26th, 2024.
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‘Nightbitch’ to Close, ‘A Real Pain’ and ‘We Live in Time’ are Spotlight Films of 32nd Hamptons Film Festival
Amy Adams in Nightbitch. Photo by Anne Marie Fox. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch has its East Coast premiere as the Closing Night film of the 32nd annual Hamptons International Film Festival with Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain and the US Premiere of John Crowley’s We Live in Time as Spotlight presentations. We Live in Time lead Andrew Garfield will also participate in an “A Conversation With…” event at the festival.
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‘All Shall Be Well’ – Widowed Lesbian Struggles With Hong Kong’s Anti-LGBTQ Laws in Drama by Ray Yeung | Trailer
‘All Shall Be Well’ by Ray Yeung (Film Forum) Strand Releasing shared the official trailer and the US theatrical premiere date for ‘All Shall Be Well,’ the Hong Kong family drama from director Ray Yeung. The film follows a lesbian in her 60s struggling with legal disputes that limits her claim to their home under the Hong Kong law for LGBTQ+ couples.
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‘Wineville’ – Brande Roderick Directs and Stars in 70s Inspired Horror Film | Trailer
Wineville. (Courtesy of Dark Sky Pictures) Dark Star Pictures debuted the official trailer for Wineville, the directorial debut film of Brande Roderick. Known for her role as Leigh Dyer on the television series ‘Baywatch,’ Roderick dives into the world of directing in a 70s inspired slasher/horror set in a vineyard. The film is written by Richard Schenkman (The Man From Earth)
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‘The Tailor of Sin City’ – True Story of AJ Pratt, Tailor Turned Drug Kingpin in SundanceTV Documentary | Trailer
The Tailor of Sin City. (screenshot/AMC+) AMC Networks revealed the trailer and release date for The Tailor of Sin City, a new four-part documentary series telling the story of AJ Pratt, a tailor in 1970s Las Vegas who built a drug and fashion empire caught between his loyalties to the Mob, the Colombian cartel, the FBI, and his 7 wives.