Pedro Almodóvar is ready to party with the best of ’em. The legendary auteur will be honored with the 50th Chaplin Award during a gala evening at Lincoln Center on April 28, as previously announced. Yet it’s the who’s who of eclectic presenters that has us abuzz today: IndieWire can confirm that Dua Lipa, John Waters, Almodóvar’s “The Room […]
The 2025 SFFILM Festival lineup is finally here! The SFFILM Festival will take place April 17 to 27 in theaters across San Franciscoʼs Marina and Presidio neighborhoods, the Mission, and in Berkeley. The festival lineup includes over 150 films from more than 50 countries including 11 World Premieres, 10 International Premieres, 10 North American Premieres, and six […]
Patricia Clarkson has played sinners, saints, and now, the singularly most impactful equal pay activist, Lilly Ledbetter. Clarkson leads eponymous biopic “Lilly” about the hard-working Alabama tire factory supervisor whose goal was to lift her impoverished family into the middle class. As Lilly endures harassment in her work environment for the sake of the best paycheck in her county, she later […]
Halloween is still seven months away, but slasher season is starting early this year thanks to the upcoming theatrical release of Eli Craig’s “Clown in a Cornfield.” Best known for directing the modern cult classic “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,” which earned acclaim among horror fans for its seamless blend of bloody horror and dark comedy, Craig […]
Amanda Seyfried doesn’t entirely regret not starring in “Guardians of the Galaxy” but does now know she was “wrong” to assume the film would flop. The “Long Bright River” actress said during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast in the below video that she was in talks to play Gamora in the first “Guardians of the Galaxy” feature. Zoe Saldaña […]
Sharon Stone is throwing stones at “Another Simple Favor.” Director Paul Feig’s sequel film stars Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, reprising their roles from 2018’s “A Simple Favor.” However, Stone claims she, too, was part of the ensemble cast. “I LOVED being cast and removed from my role unexpectedly for no reason at all LOVED it,” Stone wrote […]
Tom Cruise really is everywhere: Climbing the side of building, hanging off a plane, and apparently living rent-free in the minds of the “Severance” team. “Severance” lead star Adam Scott confirmed that “the king” Cruise was a direct inspiration for the opening sequence of Season 2. Scott’s character Mark sprints down the Lumon hallway for the scene, and Scott […]
Brand-new boutique distribution label 1-2 Special has made its first big buy — out of the Berlinale, and it’s a banger. The new shingle has Friday announced that it has acquired North American rights to “Kontinental ’25,” the latest film from Radu Jude, director of 2021 Golden Bear winner “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn” and “Do Not Expect Too Much […]
Michael Angarano is making his sophomore directorial effort with road trip coming of age comedy “Sacramento” — and it sure doesn’t hurt to have an all-star cast behind the wheel. “Minx” alum Angarano directs and stars in “Sacramento,” which he co-wrote with Chris Smith. This is Angarano’s second feature he’s directed; the star made his debut […]
A likely unexpected group was on the receiving end of Tilda Swinton’s Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement acceptance speech at Thursday night’s Berlin Film Festival opening ceremony, as the actress took to the stage to call out “war criminals, “state-perpetrated and internationally enabled mass murder,” and “greed-addicted governments.” In her speech (via Variety), Swinton lauded the festival as “a borderless […]
