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Cate Blanchett, Afghan, Syrian Creators on Fund for Displaced Directors Backing “Surprising Narratives”
Five filmmakers from Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia and Ukraine are the recipients of the inaugural Displacement Film Fund, a short…
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Mubi Nabs Oliver Laxe’s Cannes Pic ‘Sirat’ For Multiple Territories
Mubi has picked up yet another Cannes title after taking Oliver Laxe’s Sirat for Italy, Turkey and India. The deal with sales…
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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Blows Up Memorial Day Box Office With $183M Bow, ‘Mission: Impossible’ Nabs Series-Best $77.5M
The Memorial Day box office is on fire. Disney’s live-action redo of Lilo & Stitch and Tom Cruise‘s final Mission: Impossible movie from…
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Cannes Gives Warm Welcome to Dardennes and ‘Young Mother’s Home’
In what has become a familiar sight on the Croisette, Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne strolled up the red…
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A24 to Shut Down Doc Division
A24 is shutting down its stand-alone in-house documentary arm, a division that was behind titles like Netflix doc The Deepest…
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Barry Diller Says John Travolta Exited ‘American Gigolo’ Because of “Somewhat Gay Subtext”
According to Barry Diller, John Travolta backed out of starring in American Gigolo because of the film’s “somewhat gay subtext.” …
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Michael Jackson Biopic Moonwalking to 22 Days of Additional Photography in June (Exclusive)
Lionsgate and producer Graham King have looked at the man in the mirror and decided he needs some work done.…
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Josh O’Connor Lights Up Cannes With ‘The Mastermind’ World Premiere
In the end, Josh O’Connor made it to Cannes. The La Chimera and Challengers actor was unable to make the…
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Cannes: ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Wins Un Certain Regard Top Prize
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, Chilean writer-director Diego Céspedes’ AIDS bigotry drama and feature debut, spotlighted by THR as…
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Cannes: Eugene Jarecki on Why ‘Six Billion Dollar Man’ Subject Julian Assange is “Probably Not Dr. Evil”
For over a decade, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been a lightning rod in the global debate over press freedom,…
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