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‘The Substance’ Teaser: Margaret Qualley Might Be the ‘Perfect’ Version of Demi Moore in Feminist Body-Horror Thriller
Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore are teased as playing the same character for feminist body-horror thriller “The Substance.”Paul Schrader on 'Oh, Canada,' Tarantino's 'The Movie Critic,' and the 'Worst F**king Idea' of a 'Taxi Driver' Sequel The Cannes feature, which premieres in competition at the festival, has already been picked up by Mubi for worldwide distribution. French director Coralie Fargeat helms her sophomore film, following her debut “Revenge” which premiered at TIFF in 2017. “The Substance” is titled for a mysterious serum that transforms users into the ideal versions of themselves. The elusive official synopsis reads: “It generates another you. A...
‘The Big Cigar’ Review: André Holland Is Excellent in an Erratic Biopic
In “The Big Cigar,” contradictions weigh heavily on Huey P. Newton (played by the magnificent André Holland). He sees them everywhere. For instance, Huey notes that the NRA contradicted their general ideology by helping the GOP pass gun control laws in the 1960s, all because they were afraid of the group Newton co-founded: the Black Panthers. He’s also keenly aware of the contradiction inherent to a Black man being “set free” from a prison of bars and stone into the prison of the American way. “Contrary to propagated belief, I’m not living to die, but I am refusing to live...
IATSE Concluded Basic Agreement Talks Without a Deal and Some Members Want More Details
IATSE, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, announced Friday, May 17 that it has for now concluded negotiations on its Basic Agreement with the AMPTP without yet reaching a tentative agreement on a new contract. Glen Powell Is Proof That Investing in Film Beyond L.A. and New York Pays Off The guild expects to resume talks for the Basic Agreement in early June and will now shift its focus to its Area Standards Agreement, which covers film and TV workers outside of Los Angeles and encompasses another 23 locals around the country. Negotiations for that contract, as previously scheduled, will...
Glen Powell Is Proof That Investing in Film Beyond L.A. and New York Pays Off
Glen Powell’s journey to superstardom began in a creative writing class at Austin’s Westwood High School. He was the only one of the kids who was trying his hand at writing screenplays. 'Eephus' First Look: Frederick Wiseman Joins 'Uncut Gems' Reunion for '90s Baseball Dramedy “My teacher, Dr. [F.J.] Schaak was like, ‘Hey, you love writing screenplays. There is no better guy than Richard Linklater. Study all of his movies,'” the actor told IndieWire. Through Schaak, Powell, who’d already been pursuing acting — his name is still written on the dressing room wall of Austin’s Paramount Theatre, where he performed in “The...
Kino Lorber Just Launched Its Own Streaming Service
Kino Lorber is expanding its streaming footprint. The boutique art-house distributor just launched its own SVOD platform, the Kino Film Collection.Cannes Palme d'Or Contenders: Who's in the Lead So Far? The new app is available now as a standalone service on Apple TV, Fire TV, Android TV, and Roku, and it will feature hundreds of movies from Kino Lorber’s film library of more than 4,000 titles. Subscriptions will begin at $5.99 per month. In November 2023, Kino Lorber launched an Amazon Prime Video channel; you can still access its titles there. But having its own service puts the company in the race...
‘Three Kilometers to the End of the World’ Review: A Homophobic Attack Is Told from All Sides but the Victim’s
“Three Kilometers to the End of the World,” the new film from Romanian actor turned filmmaker Emanuel Parvu, feels old-fashioned in its conceit and approach to a homophobic attack that spurs a remote Romanian village into moral panic. It’s obvious from the first frames what Parvu owes to Cristian Mungiu, the great Romanian filmmaker whom Parvu starred for in the film “Graduation.” “Three Kilometers” employs a clinical-distance perspective toward the story of how a brutally beaten, closeted 17-year-old’s trauma is doubted and exploited by his parents and townspeople. The feature, Parvu’s third, blends suspenseful procedural with family drama but is...
More Period Pieces Should Take the ‘Bridgerton’ Approach to Music
Dearest readers: It’s Bridgerton Week at IndieWire. We’re celebrating the new season by diving deep on one of the best romance shows on TV.Bowen Yang Says His Body Shut Down During 'Wicked' Production: I Couldn't 'Lift an Arm' When “Bridgerton” first premiered on Netflix at the end of 2020, one could argue it was received with fascination above all. Though executive producer Shonda Rhimes had already built up a brand with elements that viewers would expect from every TV show that bears her name, this collaboration with creator Chris Van Dusen was taking a lot of big swings in its attempt to adapt Julia...
‘Kinds of Kindness’ First Reactions: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Latest Emma Stone Collaboration Is a ‘Dark’ and ‘Twisted’ Return to Form
Two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone further expands her cinematic universe alongside auteur Yorgos Lanthimos with their latest collaboration “Kinds of Kindness.” Glen Powell Is Proof That Investing in Film Beyond L.A. and New York Pays Off Yet while “Poor Things” was an Academy Award-winning feature, the Cannes premiere for “Kinds of Kindness” seemed to puzzle critics and fans alike. The feature, which was originally titled “AND”, is Lanthimos’ eighth film and co-stars Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, Hunter Schafer, Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie. Lanthimos previously described the contemporary anthology film as being “three different stories, with four or five actors who...
‘Kinds of Kindness’ Review: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Hostile Anthology Feels Like an Allergic Reaction to His Recent Success
Robert is a New Orleans businessman so devoted to his boss that he allows him to control every detail of his schedule down to the minute, from what time he goes to bed at night to what time he makes love to his wife in the morning. Daniel is a police officer who becomes suspicious of his wife after she returns to him from being lost at sea; convinced that she’s been replaced by an impostor, he asks the supposed doppelgänger to commit increasingly demented acts of self-harm as a test of her love. Andrew is a loyal cultist whose...
Aubrey Plaza Says She Enjoyed ‘Harassing’ Adam Driver on ‘Megalopolis’ Set While in Her ‘Agatha’ Costume
Despite Francis Ford Coppola criticizing Marvel’s influence on Hollywood, it was an MCU series that overlapped with his “Megalopolis.”Francis Ford Coppola's Cannes Press Conference Gets Reflective: 'When I Die, I Won't Notice' Aubrey Plaza, who plays character Wow Platinum in Coppola’s epic and also stars in upcoming “Agatha All Along” Disney+ series, told Deadline that she brought some Marvel shenanigans to the “Megalopolis” set. Both projects were filmed on the same lot in Atlanta, with their respective productions overlapping for two weeks. “I would literally go from one to the other and would put my Wow wig on and my Wow costume...
‘The Unknown’ Starring Léa Seydoux Lands at Neon
Léa Seydoux’s latest feature will be distributed by Neon.Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen to Host 'Dinner and a Movie' Reboot for TBS Seydoux stars in “The Unknown (L’Inconnue),” which will be written and directed by Academy Award-winning “Anatomy of a Fall” screenwriter Arthur Harari. The plot details for the film are still under wraps, with production looking to be completed in early 2026. Neon will release the film in U.S. and Canadian theaters. “The Unknown” will be produced by Bathysphere, with Pathé co-producing and selling the film internationally in Cannes. “The Unknown” is the third feature both written and directed by Harari. He...
Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen to Host ‘Dinner and a Movie’ Reboot for TBS
The strike-shortened 2023 production slate has left moviegoers with a lighter summer movie calendar than many have come to expect in recent years, but TBS is hoping that fans will take the opportunity to spend more time watching old movies at home. The cable network announced that married couple Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen have been tapped to host a revival of “Dinner and a Movie,” the cooking show that features recipes that can be paired with films. 'Stranger by the Lake' Director Alain Guiraudie Is Back at Cannes with 'Miséricorde' -- Gay Angst, Onscreen Penises, and All “Dinner and a...
‘Stranger by the Lake’ Director Alain Guiraudie Is Back at Cannes with ‘Miséricorde’ — Gay Angst, Onscreen Penises, and All
Alain Guiraudie is back at Cannes with a bittersweet and unexpectedly warmhearted dark comedy about latent homosexual desire, “Miséricorde.” Remember, the French writer/director is the filmmaker behind the 2013 perverse gay classic “Stranger by the Lake,” a simmering and sinister cruising tale about how our drives toward death and sex are of the same flesh. “Miséricorde,” debuting in the Cannes Premiere section, is a decidedly lighter-on-its-feet (in all senses of the idiom) story of a lonely and faithless man’s obsession with his dead former boss, who’s also the father of the childhood best friend he maybe once loved.'The Idea of...
‘The Idea of You’ Is a Massive Streaming Success, but Theaters Helped Get It There
Oscar-winning producer Cathy Schulman knows her way around a theatrical release. From “Crash” to “The Woman King,” the long-time Hollywood heavy-hitter has wide-ranging taste that’s earned her both a Best Picture win and millions of box office bucks. But as the theatrical landscape shifts — heck, as the entire entertainment industry shifts — Schulman is staying nimble. These days, that means something that would have sounded crazy a decade ago: a massive hit that goes straight to streaming.'In Our Day' Review: Hong Sang-soo Celebrates Hot Pepper Paste in Bifurcated Ode to Simple Pleasures That’s the case with Schulman’s latest, the Michael...
‘In Our Day’ Review: Hong Sang-soo Celebrates Hot Pepper Paste in Bifurcated Ode to Simple Pleasures
Writing and directing your 30th feature film is a milestone that few filmmakers ever reach, and likely prompts a bit of introspection. It could be seen as an opportunity for reinvention and experimentation now that your legacy is secure, or it could be justification to double down on the traits that made you so successful in the first place. Glen Powell Is Proof That Investing in Film Beyond L.A. and New York Pays Off Hong Sang-soo takes the latter approach with “In Our Day,” a film that sees him playing many of his greatest stylistic hits. There’s an excellent performance from...
Meet the Charmingly Awkward New ‘Bridgerton’ Star
Dearest readers: It’s Bridgerton Week at IndieWire. We’re celebrating the new season by diving deep on one of the best romance shows on TV.Jason Biggs and Jenny Mollen to Host 'Dinner and a Movie' Reboot for TBS Three seasons into “Bridgerton,” fans of the Regency drama are used to the sweeping romances filled with everything hot and heavy — banter, drama, and above all else sex. Every season has had its “diamond”—Daphne (Phoebe Dynevor) in Season 1, Edwina (Charithra Chandran) in Season 2, Francesca (Hannah Dodd) in Season 3. While Francesca might be of diamond status in the courting process of the season, her...
Francis Ford Coppola’s Cannes Press Conference Gets Reflective: ‘When I Die, I Won’t Notice’
Francis Ford Coppola has done well at Cannes, winning the Palme d’Or twice, for “The Conversation” (1974) and “Apocalypse Now” (1979), another film mired in controversy during production that sailed into release as a critical and box office success ($85 million worldwide), nominated for eight Oscars and winning two. Now the winemaker is back in Cannes with controversial “Megalopolis,” a 2 hour, 18 minute movie which he debuted at a gala premiere Thursday night to the usual sustained standing ovation (measured between seven and 10 minutes). There were a few boos at the press screening. He had dreamed of making...
Timothée Chalamet Leads Martin Scorsese’s Chanel Ad – Watch
Timothée Chalamet is making his Martin Scorsese cinematic debut in Scorseses “most difficult” project yet. Cannes Palme d'Or Contenders: Who's in the Lead So Far? The Oscar-nominated actor leads the Bleu de Chanel men’s fragrance campaign for Chanel, with auteur Scorsese helming the latest commercial. Actress Havana Liu Rose co-stars in the sultry campaign that captures an obsessive young love story. The logline reads: “An actor’s conflict between celebrity and staying true to himself. A dialogue between Timothée Chalamet’s artistic sensibility and Martin Scorsese’s virtuosity.” Chalamet told GQ in conversation with Scorsese that the ad is “not evocative of other commercials...
Cannes Palme d’Or Contenders: Who’s in the Lead So Far?
Friday at Cannes saw three competition entries make their debut at the Palais: Yorgos Lanthimos’ perverse triptych “Kinds of Kindness,” starring Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, and Willem Dafoe: Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada,” his first competition bow in decades and starring Richard Gere, Jacob Elordi, and Uma Thurman; and Emanuel Parvu’s Romanian drama “Three Kilometers to the End of the World,” added late to the competition.'The Balconettes' Review: Three Women Try to Dispose of a Rapist's Body in Noémie Merlant's Delirious Revenge Comedy The entire cast came out to a Croisette packed with starry-eyed passersby and ramparts of street security for “Kinds...
‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: Michael Cera and Francesca Scorsese Lead a Holiday Movie That Will Keep You Warm All Year
Like any Christmas film worth the time it took to wrap, Tyler Taormina’s wry but melancholy “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” has a bone-deep understanding of why all the best holidays are so painfully bittersweet: They bring the evanescence of our lives into focus, crystallizing the passage of time, while slowing it down just enough for us to appreciate how much of it has already melted into memory. Unlike the rest of its way too crowded genre, Taormina’s contribution has precious little interest in doing anything else. 'Thelma the Unicorn' Review: Brittany Howard Provides Animated Netflix Musical with Plenty of Soul And...
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