Maverick director Alain Guiraudie rarely makes concessions. Through offbeat titles like 2013’s “Stranger by the Lake,” 2016’s “Staying Vertical” and 2022’s “Nobody’s Hero,” the French filmmaker has explored death and desire with an unflinching eye, offsetting social bemusement with an awe for nature. His work is defiant, queer, and idiosyncratic, which makes a recent bout … Read more
Kelly Bishop on new memoir, why she enjoys playing strong women like Emily Gilmore – CBS News Watch CBS News In her new memoir, Tony Award-winning actress Kelly Bishop details her life from the Broadway stage to starring in “Gilmore Girls.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and … Read more
A visually striking period drama from Woo Min-ho, “Harbin” follows Korean independence activist Ahn Jung-geun (Hyun Bin) as he plans the assassination of Japan’s Prime Minister in 1909, shortly after Korea’s annexation. The ploy involves numerous trains and several moving parts, resulting in a gripping last act that makes for a wonderful historical imagining. En … Read more
The 2024 BFI London Film Festival has unveiled a bustling lineup of speakers and events for its industry forum. Set to take place between Oct. 10-16 at the Picturehouse Central cinema in central London, the festival’s industry arm is headlined by a trio of “LFF Spotlight” conversations with Working Title Films co-chairs Tim Bevan and … Read more
Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died at age 70, his sons say. Tito was the third of nine Jackson children, which include global superstars Michael and sister Janet, part of a music-making family whose songs are still beloved today. “It’s with heavy hearts … Read more
China’s Mid-Autumn Festival brought a slew of new film releases, but little discernible uplift to the box office. Drama film, “Stand By Me” emerged on top. Official rest days for the Mid-Autumn Festival are Sunday to Tuesday (Sept 15-15), but Saturday (Sept. 14) was declared an “adjusted working day.” That meant that some new titles … Read more
The 2024 Emmy Awards have begun, honoring the best television from last year. In the drama category, “Shōgun” came into the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards with 25 nominations, the most of any show. “The Bear” led the pack in the comedy category with 23 nominations, the most for any comedy ever, beating out the … Read more
You’ve heard of “faith-based movies”? Well, “Heretic” is essentially the opposite. In A24’s thorny, impossible-to-anticipate thriller, co-directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (best known as the writers of “A Quiet Place”) ask audiences to accept Hugh Grant as a demented religious scholar so extreme, he’s arranged to trap two Mormon missionaries in his house and … Read more
Crime action film ‘I The Executioner” topped the South Korea cinema box office weekend with an utterly dominant $15 million haul. The session represented the first half of a long holiday in Korea. Data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic) showed that the film enjoyed a market share of … Read more
“September 5,” a historical thriller about the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis, will be released by Paramount Pictures. The film, which was a buzzy sales title on the festival circuit, is set to open in select theaters on Nov. 27 ahead of a nationwide release in December. After playing to rapturous crowds at Venice and … Read more