The BFI London Film Festival (LFF) 2024 will screen documentaries about “witches,” and zoos and animal rescue centers in Argentina, as well as first features from directors of varied backgrounds, organizers said on Wednesday as they unveiled the full program for this year’s event. Overall, LFF will screen 253 titles, including features films, shorts, series
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Demi Moore Reveals She Got Shingles and “Lost 20 Pounds” While Filming ‘The Substance’
Demi Moore is opening up about the high “intensity” of filming The Substance , her new body horror film directed by Coralie Fargeat. The Feud star, who plays Elisabeth in the upcoming movie, revealed in a recent interview with the L.A. Times that she was diagnosed with shingles while on a break from filming one
Summer Box Office Dilemma: Domestic Revenue Falls 10 Percent, But It Could Have Been Far Worse
The numbers are in — domestic revenue for the 2024 summer box office hit an estimated $3.67 billion, down 10.3 percent over 2023, according to final numbers issued Tuesday by Comscore. As counterintuitive as it may seem, Hollywood studio executives and theater owners aren’t panicking. They were experiencing far different emotions at the end of
Drew Starkey Says Recording ADR for ‘Queer’ Sex Scenes Made Him Feel “Like You’re in an Insane Asylum”
Drew Starkey said heading to the ADR recording booth for Luca Guadagnino‘s Queer was, ahem, a tidge awkward. Starkey recalled the experience while conversing with co-star Omar Apollo in Interview magazine. Both spoke about having to record Automated Dialogue Replacement during postproduction of Queer, which is Guadagnino’s adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same
Antonio Banderas Points to ‘Philadelphia’ For Inspiring His AIDS Activism at Venice’s amfAR Gala
On Sunday night on the island of Lido — amid the goings on of the 81st Venice Film Festival — amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, held its annual gala. The World Gold Council, the Red Sea International Film Festival, Chopard, Campari and the San Clemente Palace Kempinski Hotel made the night possible, along with
Anya Taylor-Joy’s Dream Disney Role Is Elsa From ‘Frozen’: “I Would Love to Do a Musical”
Anya Taylor-Joy has a few Disney dreams she won’t let go. The actress said this week she’d love to play Elsa in an adaptation of Frozen . “It would be very fun to shoot ice out of your hand,” Taylor-Joy told Vogue Hong Kong. “Also, you’d just be the favorite at every kid’s birthday party.
Production Assistants Launch Ambitious Bid for Unionization With LiUNA
A veteran Hollywood union is backing an ambitious push to unionize film and television production assistants, a move that has the potential to reshape how many entry-level creatives break into the industry. The Hollywood branch of Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA), Local 724, is partnering with the grassroots group Production Assistants United to
‘I’m Still Here’ Review: Walter Salles Returns Home With the Powerful Story of a Broken Family’s Resistance
Walter Salles’ 1998 international breakthrough, Central Station, earned an Oscar nomination for the magnificent Fernanda Montenegro. Now in her 90s, the actress turns up toward the end of the director’s first feature in his native Brazil in 16 years, the shattering I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui), in a role that requires her to speak
Venice Diary Day 5: A Bicycle in the Gala Theatre, Harmony Korine’s Cigar and Late Night Libations on the Lido
A Bicycle in the Gala Theatre Saturday kicks off with an accredited guest casually attempting to enter the Sala Grande on a bicycle. Security immediately stops him, but he retorts: “But there’s so much unused space in the foyer.” Harmony Korine’s Lighted Cigar Harmony Korine shows up at his press conference for his delirious Baby
Amazon Prime Video’s New Releases Coming in September 2024
Amazon originals like The Money Game, The Grand Tour: One for The Road and Evolution of the Black Quarterback are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video in September. Features including Bram Stoker’s Dracula, In the Heights, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Saturday Night Fever, The Big Lebowski, The American Society of Magical Negroes, Puss