Actress Sigourney Weaver (Alien, Gorillas in the Mist, Galaxy Quest) has been awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 81st Venice International Film Festival set to take place August 28 to September 7, 2024.
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Sigourney Weaver to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice Film Festival
Sigourney Weaver (Andrew H. Walker, Variety, REX, Shutterstock)
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Cuban Drama ‘Los Frikis’ and Ukraine Docu ‘Porcelain War’ Win Top Awards at 29th Nantucket Film Festival
Porcelain War directed by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s Cuba-set early ‘90s coming of age tale Los Frikis won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 29th annual Nantucket Film Festival® (NFF). Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev’s Porcelain War, focused on Ukrainians using their art to resist during war, was the recipient of the Documentary Feature Audience Award. Puppy Love, directed by Daniel Rashid and written by Rashid and Elizabeth Valenti, about a woman who has to decide if her connection with a new man is a deep one or if she just likes his dog, received the Narrative Short Film Audience Award. Tom Dey’s Jumpman, profiling the photographer behind the iconic Michael Jordan mid-air shot, took home the Documentary Short Film Audience Award.
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‘Caligula: The Ultimate Cut’ – Return of Independent Film Cult Classic Starring Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole | Trailer
Caligula: The Ultimate Cut (Drafthouse Films / screenshot) Drafthouse Films revealed the trailer for the remastered and reconstruction of the 1980 controversial cult classic ‘Caligula’. Caligula: The Ultimate Cut is a complete reconstruction of one of cinema’s most lavish-yet-notorious productions in a glorious 4K Ultra High Definition restoration. This presentation of the legendary title made its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, introducing both new generations of movie audiences and classic filmgoers. Its miraculous reconstruction, comprised of 100% of never before seen footage, uses alternate takes and camera angles, and features – for the first time – the complete film narrative.
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‘Sleep No More’ – Antonia Bogdanovich’s Directorial Debut Gets a Directors Cut Release | Trailer
Sleep No More: The Director’s Cut Originally distributed as ‘Phantom Halo’, Sleep No More is a Los Angeles-set neo noir crime thriller, combining grit and atmospheric style, occasional comic desperation and an inspired literary bent. As the film reaches it’s 10th anniversary, director Antonia Bogdanovich revisited her feature film directorial debut with a goal of releasing the version that she originally envisioned. So, as a tribute to her late father, Peter Bogdanovich (who also executive produced the 2014 film) she produced Sleep No More: The Director’s Cut.
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‘I Am: Celine Dion’ Director Irene Taylor Among 2024 PAM CUT’s Cinema Unbound Awards Winners
Ron Funches at the 2024 Cinema Unbound Awards (Mario Gallucci) Portland Art Museum’s film and media center, PAM CUT // Center for an Untold Tomorrow held their annual Cinema Unbound Awards on June 21st 2024 honoring a number of acclaimed artists, filmmakers, and award-winning chefs.
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Christos Nikou’s ‘Fingernails’ to Close 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Fingernails The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) will close with Fingernails, Christos Nikou’s English-language debut starring Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, and Jeremy Allen White.
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‘Between the Temples’ – Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane Star in Oddball Indie Comedy Film | Trailer
Between the Temples (Sean Price Williams) Sony Classics debuted the official trailer for Between the Temples, the oddball comedy independent film starring Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly de Leon, Caroline Aaron, Robert Smigel and Madeline Weinstein
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Sandra Hüller, Danielle Brooks Among 487 Invited to Join The Academy
Danielle Brooks with Fred Berner, and Steven Spielberg at the 96th Oscars® (Richard Harbaugh ©A.M.P.A.S.) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 487 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures to join the organization. There are 71 Oscar® nominees, including 19 winners, among the invitees.
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Barbara Walters Documentary is Coming to Hulu in 2025
Barbara Walters A new documentary on Barbara Walters from ABC News Studios and Imagine Documentaries is coming to Hulu in 2025. Directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker and journalist Jackie Jesko, the film will feature unaired footage from ABC’s extensive archives and interviews with people who knew and worked with the broadcast legend who paved a path in journalism unlike any other.
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‘Heretic’ – Hugh Grant Puts Missionaries Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East Through Hell in Psychological Horror Film | Trailer
Heretic (A24 / screenshot) A24 debuted the official trailer for Heretic, a spine-chilling psychological horror film starring Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East as two young Mormon missionaries who visit a sinister man played by Hugh Grant who ends up putting them through a horrifying series of psychological games.
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‘Mother, Couch!’ – Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Ellen Burstyn Star in Chaotic Family Drama Film | Trailer
Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Lara Flynn Boyle in Mother, Couch! (Film Movement) Film Movement is teaming up with Memory to release ‘Mother, Couch!‘, the chaotic family drama film starring Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Lara Flynn Boyle as estranged siblings who come together when their mother played by Ellen Burstyn refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store.
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Documentaries and National Geographic to Produce ‘Jaws @ 50’ Documentary
Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw in Jaws. (© Universal Pictures Company, Inc.) In the wake of the 50th anniversary of the best-selling book by Peter Benchley that went on to become a record-breaking box office hit by Steven Spielberg, National Geographic greenlight the documentary centering on the creation of ‘Jaws’. With a working title of ‘Jaws @ 50’ the documentary is set to air Summer 2025 on National Geographics and Stream on Disney+ and Hulu.