Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.
The State of the Race
Now that submissions are closed for Best International Feature, the field of contenders has exploded, with more titles from different countries still to be announced.
While this is the case every year (think back to the whole debate over France snubbing “Anatomy of a Fall”), what has been striking about this year is that there seems to be the same buzz around titles that did not make the cut as there is about the films that are representing countries. For example, “No Other Land,” “April,” and “All We Imagine As Light,...
The State of the Race
Now that submissions are closed for Best International Feature, the field of contenders has exploded, with more titles from different countries still to be announced.
While this is the case every year (think back to the whole debate over France snubbing “Anatomy of a Fall”), what has been striking about this year is that there seems to be the same buzz around titles that did not make the cut as there is about the films that are representing countries. For example, “No Other Land,” “April,” and “All We Imagine As Light,...
- 10/3/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
Since the academy expanded the Best Picture category at the Oscars in 2010, Best Original Screenplay has gone to writers of a wide-range of genres: dramas; comedies (“Midnight in Paris”); biopics; true-life stories (“Spotlight”); memoirs (“Belfast”); period pictures (“Django Unchained”); war movies (“The Hurt Locker”); sci-fi (“Her”), thrillers horror (“Get Out”) and fantasies (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) . (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Original Screenplay.)
Regardless of the type of film, a nominee needs broad academy support to win this race. Indeed, all 15 of the most recent Best Original Screenplay winners were, at the least, Best Picture nominees. And seven of them won the big prize, bringing the total number of Best Picture champs with Oscar-winning original screenplays to 18. By comparison, 42 films have done this on the adapted side including the 2022 double dipper “Coda.”
Woody Allen has won this award a record three times for “Annie Hall,...
Regardless of the type of film, a nominee needs broad academy support to win this race. Indeed, all 15 of the most recent Best Original Screenplay winners were, at the least, Best Picture nominees. And seven of them won the big prize, bringing the total number of Best Picture champs with Oscar-winning original screenplays to 18. By comparison, 42 films have done this on the adapted side including the 2022 double dipper “Coda.”
Woody Allen has won this award a record three times for “Annie Hall,...
- 10/2/2024
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Nicholas Hoult is a juror with a problem. Playing Justin Kemp in Juror #2, the latest from director Clint Eastwood, he has neither a Princess Leia costume nor a disqualifying reason for skipping the trial. Well, aside from witnessing and likely committing the crime in question. Unable to figure out an...
- 10/1/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
The cinematic landscape is not just for the sake of ‘entertainment’ and ‘merriment’ alone, for oftentimes it leaves the audiences with traces of unanswered questions, tickling their brain chemistry in the right way. While in 2023, movies like Barbie posed some very vital yet harsh questions about society and women, movies like Oppenheimer made viewers question the drawbacks of progress in the scientific world and the integrity of human morality.
On the other hand, in the same year, we had a French legal drama directed by Justine Triet which sparked the most curiosity among viewers. Called The Anatomy of a Fall, the film captivated audiences at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, drawing viewers into a complex web of emotional tension, courtroom intrigue, and personal revelations.
Anatomy of a Fall | Credit: Le Pacte
A tale that follows the gripping story of a writer trying to prove her innocence in the suspicious death of her husband,...
On the other hand, in the same year, we had a French legal drama directed by Justine Triet which sparked the most curiosity among viewers. Called The Anatomy of a Fall, the film captivated audiences at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, drawing viewers into a complex web of emotional tension, courtroom intrigue, and personal revelations.
Anatomy of a Fall | Credit: Le Pacte
A tale that follows the gripping story of a writer trying to prove her innocence in the suspicious death of her husband,...
- 10/1/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
Back in 2018, while presenting Best Director alongside Ron Howard at the Golden Globe Awards, Natalie Portman created a meme: “And here are the all-male nominees,” Portman said, pointedly underlining the omission of presumed contenders like Greta Gerwig for “Lady Bird” and Patty Jenkins for “Wonder Woman.”
Speaking a month after the ceremony, Portman said she wanted to bring attention to the disparity in the directors’ field without throwing the male nominees under the bus. “It’s not their fault, and they all made great work. You don’t want to not recognize them,” she said to BuzzFeed. “It’s just, why aren’t we recognizing the people who aren’t part of this exclusive club?”
But, Portman added, her goal was to make clear the obvious. “We have to make it weird for people to walk in a room where everyone’s not in the room,” she said. “If you...
Speaking a month after the ceremony, Portman said she wanted to bring attention to the disparity in the directors’ field without throwing the male nominees under the bus. “It’s not their fault, and they all made great work. You don’t want to not recognize them,” she said to BuzzFeed. “It’s just, why aren’t we recognizing the people who aren’t part of this exclusive club?”
But, Portman added, her goal was to make clear the obvious. “We have to make it weird for people to walk in a room where everyone’s not in the room,” she said. “If you...
- 9/24/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Denis Villeneuve will receive the Director Tribute at the 34th Gotham Awards, in recognition of “Dune: Part Two.” The ceremony will take place live and in person on December 2, 2024 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The prize celebrates visionary filmmakers “responsible for bringing some of audiences’ most beloved films to life,” according to the statement released by the Gotham Awards.
“Denis Villeneuve has masterfully adapted Frank Herbert’s classic, first with 2021’s ‘Dune’ and now with ‘Dune: Part Two,’ creating a visually stunning and narratively complex conclusion to this tale in a manner that has captivated everyone from critics to audiences to devoted fans,” Executive Director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute Jeffrey Sharp said in a statement. “The Gotham is honored to present Villeneuve — a visionary who has redefined the genre for modern audiences — with The Director Tribute. This recognition celebrates not only his recent accomplishments...
“Denis Villeneuve has masterfully adapted Frank Herbert’s classic, first with 2021’s ‘Dune’ and now with ‘Dune: Part Two,’ creating a visually stunning and narratively complex conclusion to this tale in a manner that has captivated everyone from critics to audiences to devoted fans,” Executive Director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute Jeffrey Sharp said in a statement. “The Gotham is honored to present Villeneuve — a visionary who has redefined the genre for modern audiences — with The Director Tribute. This recognition celebrates not only his recent accomplishments...
- 9/24/2024
- by Missy Schwartz
- The Wrap
Oscar watchers know you can’t count on any country’s Oscar selection committee to do the smart thing. India’s track record is particularly abysmal.
Every year, the Film Federation of India (Ffi) assembles a jury of industry insiders to pick the film to best represent India at the Oscars. The country hasn’t had an Oscar nomination since “Lagaan” in 2002. India overlooked such lauded films as “The Lunchbox” and “Rrr,” and has now snubbed the first Indian film to play in the Cannes competition in 30 years as well as the first film in the history of India to win Cannes’ second prize, the Grand Prix: Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light”.
The film, about the lives of two Mayalali nurses living in Mumbai, even landed on France’s shortlist for the Oscar; France ultimately submitted another Cannes prize-winner, “Emilia Pérez.” India selected instead Kiran Rao’s...
Every year, the Film Federation of India (Ffi) assembles a jury of industry insiders to pick the film to best represent India at the Oscars. The country hasn’t had an Oscar nomination since “Lagaan” in 2002. India overlooked such lauded films as “The Lunchbox” and “Rrr,” and has now snubbed the first Indian film to play in the Cannes competition in 30 years as well as the first film in the history of India to win Cannes’ second prize, the Grand Prix: Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light”.
The film, about the lives of two Mayalali nurses living in Mumbai, even landed on France’s shortlist for the Oscar; France ultimately submitted another Cannes prize-winner, “Emilia Pérez.” India selected instead Kiran Rao’s...
- 9/23/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The fall festival trifecta of Venice/Telluride/Toronto traditionally have been venues for the serious start of Oscar season. But that kind of awards-season mojo has been shifting, however slowly, with the most recent Best Picture winners, Oppenheimer and Everything Everywhere All At Once, released July and March of their respective years. In fact, the big Oscar opponent and BAFTA winner to the latter title, All Quiet on the Western Front, also defied the odds, having first played at Berlin in late winter of 2022, around the same time Everything Everywhere debuted at SXSW.
Cannes also has become a much bigger factor in recent years, launching such winners and contenders as Parasite, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Triangle of Sadness, Anatomy of a Fall, Drive My Car, The Zone f Interest and others that went on to Best Picture nominations. That goes against the previous common wisdom that Cannes was...
Cannes also has become a much bigger factor in recent years, launching such winners and contenders as Parasite, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, Triangle of Sadness, Anatomy of a Fall, Drive My Car, The Zone f Interest and others that went on to Best Picture nominations. That goes against the previous common wisdom that Cannes was...
- 9/20/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.
The State of the Race
If there is one major Oscar race that has changed the most due to the Academy’s push to become more globally-minded, it is the Best Director race. Recent surprise nominees, from “Anatomy of a Fall” filmmaker Justine Triet last year to “Triangle of Sadness” director Ruben Östlund and “Drive My Car” director Ryusuke Hamaguchi the years prior, have often been directors that appealed more to the tastes of international voters.
Fast forward to now, and that sort of Cannes crowd really is leading the conversation...
The State of the Race
If there is one major Oscar race that has changed the most due to the Academy’s push to become more globally-minded, it is the Best Director race. Recent surprise nominees, from “Anatomy of a Fall” filmmaker Justine Triet last year to “Triangle of Sadness” director Ruben Östlund and “Drive My Car” director Ryusuke Hamaguchi the years prior, have often been directors that appealed more to the tastes of international voters.
Fast forward to now, and that sort of Cannes crowd really is leading the conversation...
- 9/19/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
There is just something about the courtroom drama. One of the greatest and most treasured settings in cinematic history, breeding compelling stories across the years. There has been something of a revival, especially in French cinema, of late. As following on from the likes of Saint Omer and the Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall, comes the equally captivating, and relevant The Goldman Case.
To mark the release we had the pleasure of speaking to three of the film’s shining lights, during our annual January trip to Paris to take part in the wonderful UniFrance event. We chatted to director Cedric Kahn, alongside two of his leading stars, the eponymous protagonist Arieh Worthhalter, and Arthur Harari, the latter of which we of course spoke about Anatomy of a Fall, given he was behind the screenplay, alongside his partner Justine Triet.
Watch the full interview with Arieh Worthalter, Cedric Kahn & Arthur...
To mark the release we had the pleasure of speaking to three of the film’s shining lights, during our annual January trip to Paris to take part in the wonderful UniFrance event. We chatted to director Cedric Kahn, alongside two of his leading stars, the eponymous protagonist Arieh Worthhalter, and Arthur Harari, the latter of which we of course spoke about Anatomy of a Fall, given he was behind the screenplay, alongside his partner Justine Triet.
Watch the full interview with Arieh Worthalter, Cedric Kahn & Arthur...
- 9/19/2024
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
MK2 Films, the European sales, production and finance powerhouse behind movies by Justine Triet and Joachim Trier, is getting ready to ramp up its global scope and move further in the English-language space.
Following its appointment of Protagonist’s former managing director Vanessa Saal as executive consultant and U.K. lead earlier this month, MK2 Films has struck a multi-year financing deal with the investment fund manager Ipr.Vc to gain financial ammunitions and build a robust slate of projects.
The company has established itself as a leading force in auteur-driven cinema with a number of critical and commercial hits in recent years, including Justine Triet’s Oscar-winning “Anatomy of a Fall,” Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” and Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” It just rolled off a successful Cannes with internationally-driven movies such as Andrew Haigh’s “Belly of the Beast” starring Ben Stiller and Colin Farrell,...
Following its appointment of Protagonist’s former managing director Vanessa Saal as executive consultant and U.K. lead earlier this month, MK2 Films has struck a multi-year financing deal with the investment fund manager Ipr.Vc to gain financial ammunitions and build a robust slate of projects.
The company has established itself as a leading force in auteur-driven cinema with a number of critical and commercial hits in recent years, including Justine Triet’s Oscar-winning “Anatomy of a Fall,” Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” and Céline Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.” It just rolled off a successful Cannes with internationally-driven movies such as Andrew Haigh’s “Belly of the Beast” starring Ben Stiller and Colin Farrell,...
- 9/19/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
European sales, production and finance company mk2 films has announced a multi-year slate financing deal with investment fund manager Ipr.Vc, which will provide “significant financial backing for a slate of future projects”.
The French firm did not divulge details of the value of the deal or how many projects it was projected to include, but said Ipr.Vc’s financial support would enable it to deliver a robust slate of projects and further strengthen “its status as a leading force in auteur-driven cinema”.
“We are thrilled to work with Ipr.Vc and its experienced management team, and to have found the perfect partners to allow us to scale our efforts while maintaining the artistic integrity that defines mk2 films and our commitment to bold, visionary filmmaking,” mk2 films CEO Nathanael Karmitz and Managing Director Fionnuala Jamison said in a joint statement.
Recent mk2 films successes include Justine Triet’s Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall,...
The French firm did not divulge details of the value of the deal or how many projects it was projected to include, but said Ipr.Vc’s financial support would enable it to deliver a robust slate of projects and further strengthen “its status as a leading force in auteur-driven cinema”.
“We are thrilled to work with Ipr.Vc and its experienced management team, and to have found the perfect partners to allow us to scale our efforts while maintaining the artistic integrity that defines mk2 films and our commitment to bold, visionary filmmaking,” mk2 films CEO Nathanael Karmitz and Managing Director Fionnuala Jamison said in a joint statement.
Recent mk2 films successes include Justine Triet’s Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall,...
- 9/19/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
French production and sales outfit mk2 films has signed a multi-year financing deal with the Finnish private equity fund Ipr.Vc to bankroll a slate of new projects, the two companies unveiled on Thursday.
The new capital will come in handy for mk2, which is looking to build on recent crossover success, including its co-productions The Worst Person in the World from director Joachim Trier, and Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, as well as Justine Triet’s Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall and Molly Manning Walker’s How to Have Sex, both of which mk2 sold worldwide.
In Cannes this year, mk2 unveiled its most ambitious slate ever, with several English-language projects, including Belly of the Beast, Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers follow-up, starring Ben Stiller and Colin Farrell, and The Zellner Brothers’ Alpha Gang starring Cate Blanchett. Among its features already in production include Trier’s Sentimental Value,...
The new capital will come in handy for mk2, which is looking to build on recent crossover success, including its co-productions The Worst Person in the World from director Joachim Trier, and Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, as well as Justine Triet’s Oscar-winning Anatomy of a Fall and Molly Manning Walker’s How to Have Sex, both of which mk2 sold worldwide.
In Cannes this year, mk2 unveiled its most ambitious slate ever, with several English-language projects, including Belly of the Beast, Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers follow-up, starring Ben Stiller and Colin Farrell, and The Zellner Brothers’ Alpha Gang starring Cate Blanchett. Among its features already in production include Trier’s Sentimental Value,...
- 9/19/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The reconstruction of the 1976 trial of voluble and charismatic leftist Pierre Goldman tackles antisemitism and history
French cinema has recently given us some sensationally good courtroom dramas, such as Alice Diop’s Saint Omer and Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, both of which put ideas as well as individuals on trial; race, gender and class. Now, Cédric Kahn has reconstructed – with some fictional licence – the 1976 trial of revolutionary leftist Pierre Goldman, who had previously been convicted of killing two pharmacists in the course of an armed robbery. After publishing his polemical autobiography Obscure Memories of a Polish Jew Born in France while in prison – which made him a cause célèbre among the fashionable Parisian classes – Goldman secured a retrial on the basis that the investigation was flawed and he had an alibi for the date and time of the killings, though he admitted to earlier robberies.
And it is this chaotic,...
French cinema has recently given us some sensationally good courtroom dramas, such as Alice Diop’s Saint Omer and Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, both of which put ideas as well as individuals on trial; race, gender and class. Now, Cédric Kahn has reconstructed – with some fictional licence – the 1976 trial of revolutionary leftist Pierre Goldman, who had previously been convicted of killing two pharmacists in the course of an armed robbery. After publishing his polemical autobiography Obscure Memories of a Polish Jew Born in France while in prison – which made him a cause célèbre among the fashionable Parisian classes – Goldman secured a retrial on the basis that the investigation was flawed and he had an alibi for the date and time of the killings, though he admitted to earlier robberies.
And it is this chaotic,...
- 9/19/2024
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
If the race for Best International Feature Film feels rushed this year, it is: the Academy pushed up country submission deadlines by a month. Films still have until November 15 to play in theaters in their respective countries. The Academy has also laid down more rigorous rules for who serves on the Oscar selection committees: 50 percent must be filmmakers (including artists and craftspeople). France, for example, beefed up its committee from seven members to 11.
As a country with a robust film industry, France has often been criticized for picking the “wrong” Oscar submission, from Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Titane” (Neon), which was not nominated, to “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films) over Neon’s eventual Best Picture contender, “Anatomy of a Fall.”
In fact, Audrey Diwan, director of “Happening” — a film many thought should have been submitted instead of “Titane” — is now on the French selection committee, along with veteran...
As a country with a robust film industry, France has often been criticized for picking the “wrong” Oscar submission, from Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Titane” (Neon), which was not nominated, to “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films) over Neon’s eventual Best Picture contender, “Anatomy of a Fall.”
In fact, Audrey Diwan, director of “Happening” — a film many thought should have been submitted instead of “Titane” — is now on the French selection committee, along with veteran...
- 9/18/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Things are looking up for “Emilia Pérez.” France has chosen the upcoming Netflix release as its submission for the Best International Feature Oscar. Acquired by the streaming service out of Cannes, the film won both the Jury Prize and Best Actress prize for its female ensemble at the 2024 edition of the annual international film festival along the French Riviera.
The operatic crime drama about a fearsome Mexican drug cartel leader that enlists a plucky lawyer to help coordinate their gender reassignment surgery is written and directed by French auteur Jacques Audiard, whose 2009 film “A Prophet” was one of the last of France’s submissions to receive a Best International Feature nomination.
The film was chosen by revamped Oscar committee featuring 11 French professionals on both the artistic and industry side of filmmaking, including recent Oscar-nominated producers Nadim Cheikhroua (“Four Daughters”) and David Thion (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Oscar-winning filmmaker Florian Zeller,...
The operatic crime drama about a fearsome Mexican drug cartel leader that enlists a plucky lawyer to help coordinate their gender reassignment surgery is written and directed by French auteur Jacques Audiard, whose 2009 film “A Prophet” was one of the last of France’s submissions to receive a Best International Feature nomination.
The film was chosen by revamped Oscar committee featuring 11 French professionals on both the artistic and industry side of filmmaking, including recent Oscar-nominated producers Nadim Cheikhroua (“Four Daughters”) and David Thion (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Oscar-winning filmmaker Florian Zeller,...
- 9/18/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
France has picked Jacques Audiard’s queer crime musical Emilia Pérez as its contender for the 2025 Oscar race in the best international feature category.
Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz star alongside Spanish trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón in the genre-jumping feature about a Mexican drug lord (Gascón) who enlists the help of a lawyer (Saldaña) to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
Emilia Pérez premiered in Cannes, where it won the Jury Prize as well as a joint best actress honor for the ensemble cast.
Audiard is already an Oscar nominee for A Prophet in 2009. His filmography includes such features as Rust and Bone (2012), The Sisters Brothers (2018) and Dheepan (2015).
Traditionally, France has been a regular in the best international feature race and has won the category 12 times. But the last time the nation that invented cinema took home the trophy was in 1992 with Régis Wargnier’s Indochine. France has been shut...
Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz star alongside Spanish trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón in the genre-jumping feature about a Mexican drug lord (Gascón) who enlists the help of a lawyer (Saldaña) to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
Emilia Pérez premiered in Cannes, where it won the Jury Prize as well as a joint best actress honor for the ensemble cast.
Audiard is already an Oscar nominee for A Prophet in 2009. His filmography includes such features as Rust and Bone (2012), The Sisters Brothers (2018) and Dheepan (2015).
Traditionally, France has been a regular in the best international feature race and has won the category 12 times. But the last time the nation that invented cinema took home the trophy was in 1992 with Régis Wargnier’s Indochine. France has been shut...
- 9/18/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
France has selected Jacques Audiard’s bold musical “Emilia Perez” to represent the country in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film race, giving that category an instant frontrunner at the 97th Academy Awards.
The Netflix film, which caused a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival with its story of a Mexican drug lord undergoing sex reassignment surgery, is considered one of the year’s likeliest Best Picture nominees, making it a clear favorite in the international category as well.
It was chosen on Wednesday by a selection committee that had narrowed its choices to four: “Emilia Perez,” Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light,” Matthieu Delaporte’s “The Count of Monte Cristo” and Alain Guiraudie’s “Misericordia.”
Last year, that committee chose “The Taste of Things” over “Anatomy of a Fall,” going with a ravishing romance over an edgier drama that had won the top prize in Cannes. “The Taste of Things...
The Netflix film, which caused a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival with its story of a Mexican drug lord undergoing sex reassignment surgery, is considered one of the year’s likeliest Best Picture nominees, making it a clear favorite in the international category as well.
It was chosen on Wednesday by a selection committee that had narrowed its choices to four: “Emilia Perez,” Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light,” Matthieu Delaporte’s “The Count of Monte Cristo” and Alain Guiraudie’s “Misericordia.”
Last year, that committee chose “The Taste of Things” over “Anatomy of a Fall,” going with a ravishing romance over an edgier drama that had won the top prize in Cannes. “The Taste of Things...
- 9/18/2024
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
France has picked Jacques Audiard’s Mexico-set musical Emilia Perez to represent the country in the best international feature category at the 2025 Academy Awards as it attempts to sing its way to a victory in the category for the first time in more than 30 years.
The primarily Spanish-language song-filled film is about cartel leader Emilia, who enlists an unappreciated lawyer to help fake her death so Emilia can live authentically as her true self.
It won both the Cannes Jury prize for director Audiard and a shared best actress award for its female cast Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana...
The primarily Spanish-language song-filled film is about cartel leader Emilia, who enlists an unappreciated lawyer to help fake her death so Emilia can live authentically as her true self.
It won both the Cannes Jury prize for director Audiard and a shared best actress award for its female cast Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana...
- 9/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
France has selected Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
The drama stars Karla Sofía Gascón as cartel leader Emilia who enlists the help of unappreciated lawyer Rita (Saldana) to help her fake her death so she can live authentically as her true self.
It premiered at Cannes, where it earned its four actresses – Gascón, Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz – a collective Best Actress award, and also clinched the jury prize.
The film was selected from a short list of four films which also included swashbuckler The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte; French-produced Indian drama All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia and Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie.
This year’s revamped selection committee featured sales agent Carole Baraton, producer Nadim Cheikhroua (Four Daughters), Venice Golden Lion...
The drama stars Karla Sofía Gascón as cartel leader Emilia who enlists the help of unappreciated lawyer Rita (Saldana) to help her fake her death so she can live authentically as her true self.
It premiered at Cannes, where it earned its four actresses – Gascón, Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz – a collective Best Actress award, and also clinched the jury prize.
The film was selected from a short list of four films which also included swashbuckler The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte; French-produced Indian drama All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia and Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie.
This year’s revamped selection committee featured sales agent Carole Baraton, producer Nadim Cheikhroua (Four Daughters), Venice Golden Lion...
- 9/18/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
France’s revamped Oscar committee has selected Jacques Audiard’s exhilarating redemption thriller “Emilia Perez” for the international feature film race. The movie won two major awards at the Cannes Film Festival and earned rave reviews.
“Emilia Perez” stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a fearsome drug lord who embraces her true self as a woman. The Spanish-language film earned one of Cannes’s longest standing ovations and went on to win the Jury Prize (in a jury presided over by Greta Gerwig), on top of a best actress prize for the ensemble cast, including Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz. The movie was bought by Netflix for the U.S. and the U.K. following its Cannes premiere.
Audiard is a revered French auteur who won a Palme d’Or with “Dheepan,” and was previously nominated for a foreign-language Oscar with “A Prophet” starring Tahar Rahim.
Although “Emilia Perez...
“Emilia Perez” stars Karla Sofía Gascón as a fearsome drug lord who embraces her true self as a woman. The Spanish-language film earned one of Cannes’s longest standing ovations and went on to win the Jury Prize (in a jury presided over by Greta Gerwig), on top of a best actress prize for the ensemble cast, including Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz. The movie was bought by Netflix for the U.S. and the U.K. following its Cannes premiere.
Audiard is a revered French auteur who won a Palme d’Or with “Dheepan,” and was previously nominated for a foreign-language Oscar with “A Prophet” starring Tahar Rahim.
Although “Emilia Perez...
- 9/18/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
There’s no Oscar front-runner for Best Picture this year as clear and as strong as “Oppenheimer” was at around this time in 2023, so we’re bound to see fluctuation in our odds for Best Picture as the season progresses. That’s especially true now after a glut of film festivals around the world from Venice to Toronto to Telluride have unveiled many of the fall’s top contenders. But the new front-runner for Best Picture and Best Director in our odds is a film that had its world premiere back in May: Cannes Film Festival champ “Anora.”
The film, about the whirlwind romance between the title character (current Best Actress favorite Mikey Madison) and the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn), made its grand entrance onto the awards stage at the Cannes Film Festival. There it became the first American film since “The Tree of Life” (2011) to win the Palme d’Or.
The film, about the whirlwind romance between the title character (current Best Actress favorite Mikey Madison) and the son of a Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn), made its grand entrance onto the awards stage at the Cannes Film Festival. There it became the first American film since “The Tree of Life” (2011) to win the Palme d’Or.
- 9/17/2024
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
French film group MK2 (“Anatomy of a Fall”), a family-owned company operating an independent cinema circuit in France and Spain, reached a milestone with the theatrical performance of “Kaizen,” a documentary film about 22-year old YouTube star Inoxtag which sold an estimated 350,000 tickets from 1,000 screenings in a single day.
The two-and-a-half-hour inspirational documentary sees Inès Benazzouz aka Inoxtag, a charismatic Parisian who doesn’t practice sports and nevertheless embarks on an epic mission to climb the world’s highest peak, the Everest, within a year.
MK2 released it on Sept. 13 in over 500 theaters (well beyond MK2 venues) across France and French-speaking territories, including Quebec, Morocco and Belgium. Approximately 310,000 admissions were sold in France and the remainder came from overseas. The next day, on Sept. 14, the doc – directed by Basille Monnot — was dropped for free on YouTube where it garnered more than 10 million views.
The performance of “Kaizen” broke the previous...
The two-and-a-half-hour inspirational documentary sees Inès Benazzouz aka Inoxtag, a charismatic Parisian who doesn’t practice sports and nevertheless embarks on an epic mission to climb the world’s highest peak, the Everest, within a year.
MK2 released it on Sept. 13 in over 500 theaters (well beyond MK2 venues) across France and French-speaking territories, including Quebec, Morocco and Belgium. Approximately 310,000 admissions were sold in France and the remainder came from overseas. The next day, on Sept. 14, the doc – directed by Basille Monnot — was dropped for free on YouTube where it garnered more than 10 million views.
The performance of “Kaizen” broke the previous...
- 9/16/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Tried for double murder and adored by the French left: the violent life and crimes of Pierre Goldman
He was a street-fighting revolutionary with a taste for flash cars and crisp shirts – a moralising bank-robber who was eventually gunned down in the streets of Paris. As a film recreates this astonishing figure’s notorious trial, we speak to his old acquaintances
Pierre Goldman was many things in his lifetime – and the polar opposite of most of those things, too. A fervent street-fighter from Lyon, who despised the French student protesters of May 1968 for getting bogged down in bourgeois debates, he was also a man of expensive tastes, whose quest for revolution got waylaid by flash cars, posh restaurants and crisp shirts. A great moraliser and a magnetic figure to the left in the 1960s and 70s, Goldman could also be a nihilistic provocateur. Feted by his country’s intelligentsia, he was a captivating writer, while also being a brute of a gangster who held up pharmacies and dairies for fistfuls of cash.
Pierre Goldman was many things in his lifetime – and the polar opposite of most of those things, too. A fervent street-fighter from Lyon, who despised the French student protesters of May 1968 for getting bogged down in bourgeois debates, he was also a man of expensive tastes, whose quest for revolution got waylaid by flash cars, posh restaurants and crisp shirts. A great moraliser and a magnetic figure to the left in the 1960s and 70s, Goldman could also be a nihilistic provocateur. Feted by his country’s intelligentsia, he was a captivating writer, while also being a brute of a gangster who held up pharmacies and dairies for fistfuls of cash.
- 9/16/2024
- by Philip Oltermann
- The Guardian - Film News
France’s Oscar committee has shortlisted four movies, including Jacques Audiard’s redemption thriller “Emilia Perez” and “The Count of Monte Cristo,” an epic adventure film adapted from Alexandre Dumas’ classic, as well as Payal Kapadia‘s “All We Imagine as Light” and Alain Guiraudie’s “Misericordia.”
All four movies word premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. “Emilia Perez” won two major awards, the Jury Prize and a best actress nod for its ensemble female cast, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and Adriana Paz; while “All We Imagine as Light,” a tale of two Mumbai nurses bonding, won the Grand Prize, becoming the first Indian film in 30 years to win the award. Kapadia was also the first Indian female director to compete at Cannes. Guiraudie’s darkly comic and provocative “Misericordia” played at Cannes Premiere and recently screened at Telluride and Toronto, while “The Count of Monte Cristo,...
All four movies word premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. “Emilia Perez” won two major awards, the Jury Prize and a best actress nod for its ensemble female cast, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldana and Adriana Paz; while “All We Imagine as Light,” a tale of two Mumbai nurses bonding, won the Grand Prize, becoming the first Indian film in 30 years to win the award. Kapadia was also the first Indian female director to compete at Cannes. Guiraudie’s darkly comic and provocative “Misericordia” played at Cannes Premiere and recently screened at Telluride and Toronto, while “The Count of Monte Cristo,...
- 9/11/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
France has unveiled the four titles in the running to represent it in the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards.
They are:
All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie
This year’s candidate is being decided by a restructured selection committee – featuring Venice Golden Lion winner Audrey Diwan and Oscar winners, writer, director and producer Florian Zeller and producer Patrick Wachsberger – as...
They are:
All We Imagine as Light by Payal Kapadia The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie
This year’s candidate is being decided by a restructured selection committee – featuring Venice Golden Lion winner Audrey Diwan and Oscar winners, writer, director and producer Florian Zeller and producer Patrick Wachsberger – as...
- 9/11/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The Bureau Sales has closed multiple sales on French romantic comedy and Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Centrepiece selection Jane Austen Wrecked My Life .
Sony Pictures Classics swooped on North America and select territories earlier in the festival.
Writer/director Laura Piani’s debut feature has sold to Australia and New Zealand (Hi Gloss Entertainment), Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Splendid Film), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Spain (La Aventura Cine), Greece (Cinobo), Benelux (Vertigo Films Distribution) and Cis (Provzglyad).
Sony Pictures Classics acquired rights last week for North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and worldwide airlines on the modern riff...
Sony Pictures Classics swooped on North America and select territories earlier in the festival.
Writer/director Laura Piani’s debut feature has sold to Australia and New Zealand (Hi Gloss Entertainment), Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Splendid Film), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Spain (La Aventura Cine), Greece (Cinobo), Benelux (Vertigo Films Distribution) and Cis (Provzglyad).
Sony Pictures Classics acquired rights last week for North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and worldwide airlines on the modern riff...
- 9/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
France has revealed the 11 members of its newly revamped Oscars selection committee as the country attempts to win its first award in the best international feature category in more than 30 years.
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson will preside over the group of leading industry figures who include Oscar-winning producer Patrick Wachsberger, Charades co-founder Carole Baraton, Kinology founder Gregoire Melin, filmmakers Audrey Diwan and Florian Zeller, producer and distributor Rosalie Varda, actress Clémence Poesy, Anatomy Of A Fall producer David Thion, distributor, producer and author Michèle Halberstadt of Arp Selection, and Four Daughters producer Nadim Cheikhroua.
France’s...
Former head of Cannes’ Critics’ Week Charles Tesson will preside over the group of leading industry figures who include Oscar-winning producer Patrick Wachsberger, Charades co-founder Carole Baraton, Kinology founder Gregoire Melin, filmmakers Audrey Diwan and Florian Zeller, producer and distributor Rosalie Varda, actress Clémence Poesy, Anatomy Of A Fall producer David Thion, distributor, producer and author Michèle Halberstadt of Arp Selection, and Four Daughters producer Nadim Cheikhroua.
France’s...
- 9/10/2024
- ScreenDaily
France’s National Film Board has unveiled its revamped and expanded Oscar committee which is presided over by Charles Tesson, the former artistic director of Cannes’ Critics Week.
Along with Tesson, the committee includes “Emmanuelle” director Audrey Diwan who won Venice’s Golden Lion with “Happening” in 2021; critically acclaimed French playwright, director and producer Florian Zeller (“The Father”); former Lionsgate boss Patrick Wachsberger; international sales veterans Carole Baraton from Charades, and Gregoire Melin from Kinology; powerful French distributor Michèle Halberstadt from Arp Selection; producers Rosalie Varda (“Faces Places”) from Ciné-Tamaris, Nadim Cheikhroua (“Olfa’s Daughters”) and David Thion (“Anatomy of a Fall”) at Les Films Pelléas; and actor Clemence Poesy.
Appointed by France’s culture minister, Rachida Dati, the committee is facing the difficult task of picking the French film that is best suited to give the country its first Oscar win for best international feature in over three decades.
Along with Tesson, the committee includes “Emmanuelle” director Audrey Diwan who won Venice’s Golden Lion with “Happening” in 2021; critically acclaimed French playwright, director and producer Florian Zeller (“The Father”); former Lionsgate boss Patrick Wachsberger; international sales veterans Carole Baraton from Charades, and Gregoire Melin from Kinology; powerful French distributor Michèle Halberstadt from Arp Selection; producers Rosalie Varda (“Faces Places”) from Ciné-Tamaris, Nadim Cheikhroua (“Olfa’s Daughters”) and David Thion (“Anatomy of a Fall”) at Les Films Pelléas; and actor Clemence Poesy.
Appointed by France’s culture minister, Rachida Dati, the committee is facing the difficult task of picking the French film that is best suited to give the country its first Oscar win for best international feature in over three decades.
- 9/10/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
CAA’s Roeg Sutherland is set to be honored with the Zurich Film Festival’s Game Changer Award for his outstanding achievements and contributions within the film industry.
The co-Head of CAA’s Media Finance department as well as its International Film Group, will be presented with the award during the festival’s industry-focused Zurich Summit, which takes place in October within the framework of the 20th Zurich Film Festival (Zff).
As part of the recognition, FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner will host the Game Changer Award recipient conversation, in which he will speak with Sutherland about his journey.
“Roeg is a passionate cinephile and industry leader, who has not only discovered, but also nurtured and developed the careers of countless artists. In the past several years, he has secured financing and sold some of the most important and critically acclaimed films, both domestic and international,” commented Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen.
The co-Head of CAA’s Media Finance department as well as its International Film Group, will be presented with the award during the festival’s industry-focused Zurich Summit, which takes place in October within the framework of the 20th Zurich Film Festival (Zff).
As part of the recognition, FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner will host the Game Changer Award recipient conversation, in which he will speak with Sutherland about his journey.
“Roeg is a passionate cinephile and industry leader, who has not only discovered, but also nurtured and developed the careers of countless artists. In the past several years, he has secured financing and sold some of the most important and critically acclaimed films, both domestic and international,” commented Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen.
- 9/10/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Mikey Madison is about to be a household name. The star leads Sean Baker’s “Anora” as sex worker and exotic dancer Ani. When a Russian nepo-baby of sorts comes to her club, events unfurl, they get married, and chaos ensues. Following the film’s world premiere at Cannes, buzz immediately emphasized her star-making turn and launched an early campaign for next year’s Best Actress race at the Oscars.
Baker, who has a knack for casting up-and-comers and showcasing them in a never-before-seen light, saw Madison in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and then 2022’s “Scream” and knew she was the one for the role. “Honestly, it was one of the easiest casting processes I’ve ever been through,” she told IndieWire at the film’s TIFF premiere. “I’ve never been offered a film like that.”
From learning Russian and pole-dance training, there were challenges ahead for Madison,...
Baker, who has a knack for casting up-and-comers and showcasing them in a never-before-seen light, saw Madison in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and then 2022’s “Scream” and knew she was the one for the role. “Honestly, it was one of the easiest casting processes I’ve ever been through,” she told IndieWire at the film’s TIFF premiere. “I’ve never been offered a film like that.”
From learning Russian and pole-dance training, there were challenges ahead for Madison,...
- 9/9/2024
- by Vincent Perella
- Indiewire
In an illustrious four-decade-long career, Tom Cruise has scaled unimaginable heights (both literally and figuratively). The Mission :Impossible star has left an indelible mark on Hollywood with the sleuth of blockbusters to his name. As he looks forward to leave his mark in the profession well into the 60s, the roles are still coming in thick for him. And it seems like he is determined to walk with a laurel that will bring him on at the same pedestal as Leonardo DiCaprio.
Tom Cruise wants everyone to know that he isn’t over yet Tom Cruise wants to focus on bagging more awards at this juncture of his career || Image by Frankie Fouganthin, licensed under Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Many people believed that Tom Cruise is heading towards the twilight of his career. But, he has proved his detractors wrong time and again, with movies like Top Gun: Maverick...
Tom Cruise wants everyone to know that he isn’t over yet Tom Cruise wants to focus on bagging more awards at this juncture of his career || Image by Frankie Fouganthin, licensed under Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Many people believed that Tom Cruise is heading towards the twilight of his career. But, he has proved his detractors wrong time and again, with movies like Top Gun: Maverick...
- 9/8/2024
- by Smriti Sneh
- FandomWire
It shouldn’t be hard for “Hard Truths” to get some Oscar love, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be.
British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers an emotionally charged performance in Mike Leigh’s powerful drama. She portrays a woman on the verge of mental collapse, navigating her life with a volatile mix of vulnerability and rage. Whether interacting with a furniture store clerk, her sister, or her husband and child, Jean-Baptiste commands the screen for nearly every one of the film’s 97 minutes, taking the audience on a turbulent emotional ride. But that can be a lot for moviegoers to handle. Hopefully, the searing nature of the performance won’t prevent voters from nominating her for best lead actress at this year’s Academy Awards.
In order for that to happen, Bleecker Street, the film’s distributor, will need strong word-of-mouth to keep the drama Jean-Baptiste and “Hard Truths” in the awards conversation.
British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers an emotionally charged performance in Mike Leigh’s powerful drama. She portrays a woman on the verge of mental collapse, navigating her life with a volatile mix of vulnerability and rage. Whether interacting with a furniture store clerk, her sister, or her husband and child, Jean-Baptiste commands the screen for nearly every one of the film’s 97 minutes, taking the audience on a turbulent emotional ride. But that can be a lot for moviegoers to handle. Hopefully, the searing nature of the performance won’t prevent voters from nominating her for best lead actress at this year’s Academy Awards.
In order for that to happen, Bleecker Street, the film’s distributor, will need strong word-of-mouth to keep the drama Jean-Baptiste and “Hard Truths” in the awards conversation.
- 9/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” a bookish romantic comedy from first-time French director Laura Piani, sold to Sony Pictures Classics ahead of its Sept. 9 world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, the distributor announced Tuesday.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired all rights to the indie feature in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and worldwide airlines.
“We are thrilled to see this film entrusted to Sony Pictures Classics, a studio with a rich history of bringing Jane Austen’s world to life on screen,” The Bureau Sales, who negotiated the deal with SPC, said in a statement. “Their extensive experience with such stories ensures that Laura Piani’s debut will be handled with the utmost care and expertise. We look forward to the film’s journey and are confident that it will be a worthy addition to SPC’s distinguished legacy.”
“I am incredibly excited to partner...
Sony Pictures Classics acquired all rights to the indie feature in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and worldwide airlines.
“We are thrilled to see this film entrusted to Sony Pictures Classics, a studio with a rich history of bringing Jane Austen’s world to life on screen,” The Bureau Sales, who negotiated the deal with SPC, said in a statement. “Their extensive experience with such stories ensures that Laura Piani’s debut will be handled with the utmost care and expertise. We look forward to the film’s journey and are confident that it will be a worthy addition to SPC’s distinguished legacy.”
“I am incredibly excited to partner...
- 9/3/2024
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North America and multiple territories on imminent Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) world premiere Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
Laura Piani’s Centrepiece selection premieres on Monday after Friday’s press and industry screening and has also gone to Sony Pictures Classics in Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and worldwide airlines.
Camille Rutherford from Anatomy Of A Fall stars alongside Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson and Annabelle Lengronne as a hopelessly clumsy yet charming single woman working at a bookstore in Paris who gets invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England.
Gabrielle Dumon served as producer.
Laura Piani’s Centrepiece selection premieres on Monday after Friday’s press and industry screening and has also gone to Sony Pictures Classics in Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and worldwide airlines.
Camille Rutherford from Anatomy Of A Fall stars alongside Pablo Pauly, Charlie Anson and Annabelle Lengronne as a hopelessly clumsy yet charming single woman working at a bookstore in Paris who gets invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England.
Gabrielle Dumon served as producer.
- 9/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired rights to “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The studio will distribute the film in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and on worldwide airlines.
Laura Piani wrote and directed “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” which stars Camille Rutherford (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Pablo Pauly (“Three Nights a Week”), Charlie Anson (“Downton Abbey”) and Annabelle Lengronne (“Mother and Son”). The film is about Agathe, a desperately single woman who dreams of experiencing love akin to those in novels like ‘Persuasion,” “Sense and Sensibility” and “Pride and Prejudice.” She dreams of becoming a writer but instead spends her days selling books at Shakespeare & Company in Paris. After she’s invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, she confronts her insecurities to finally fulfill her ambition of becoming a novelist and...
The studio will distribute the film in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and on worldwide airlines.
Laura Piani wrote and directed “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” which stars Camille Rutherford (“Anatomy of a Fall”), Pablo Pauly (“Three Nights a Week”), Charlie Anson (“Downton Abbey”) and Annabelle Lengronne (“Mother and Son”). The film is about Agathe, a desperately single woman who dreams of experiencing love akin to those in novels like ‘Persuasion,” “Sense and Sensibility” and “Pride and Prejudice.” She dreams of becoming a writer but instead spends her days selling books at Shakespeare & Company in Paris. After she’s invited to the Jane Austen Writers’ Residency in England, she confronts her insecurities to finally fulfill her ambition of becoming a novelist and...
- 9/3/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The French box office dipped 7.5% in August year on year to 14.3 million admissions but the three-month summer period was up on 2023 thanks to a strong June and July, according to Cnc figures.
Pathé’s epic Alexandre Dumas adaptation The Count Of Monte-Cristo, released June 28, continued its reign in August, topping the charts for the second month in a row with 2.1 million more admissions added in August. It has helped the box office to tackle its slow start to the year garnering 7.6 million admissions in total.
If it reaches 8 million as expected, it will be the first time since 1998 three films...
Pathé’s epic Alexandre Dumas adaptation The Count Of Monte-Cristo, released June 28, continued its reign in August, topping the charts for the second month in a row with 2.1 million more admissions added in August. It has helped the box office to tackle its slow start to the year garnering 7.6 million admissions in total.
If it reaches 8 million as expected, it will be the first time since 1998 three films...
- 9/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
French-American actor and director Julie Delpy has tackled culture clash in comedies before in ”Two Days in Paris” and “Two Days in New York,” but it’s never been as poignant as in “Meet the Barbarians,” where she explores the journey of a Syrian family who find refuge in a village in Northern France.
The movie, which marks Delpy’s feature comeback after helming the Netflix series “On the Verge,” is set in Paimpont, a small town in France’s Brittany region that is preparing to welcome Ukrainian refugees. But instead of Ukrainians, Syrian refugees settle in town, causing some tension among locals and testing their liberal beliefs.
Charades is at Venice selling the film, which will screen at the Toronto Film Festival, and also has “Vermiglio” and “Their Children After Them” on its sales slate.
Delpy penned, directed and stars in the film as Joelle, a progressive schoolteacher who...
The movie, which marks Delpy’s feature comeback after helming the Netflix series “On the Verge,” is set in Paimpont, a small town in France’s Brittany region that is preparing to welcome Ukrainian refugees. But instead of Ukrainians, Syrian refugees settle in town, causing some tension among locals and testing their liberal beliefs.
Charades is at Venice selling the film, which will screen at the Toronto Film Festival, and also has “Vermiglio” and “Their Children After Them” on its sales slate.
Delpy penned, directed and stars in the film as Joelle, a progressive schoolteacher who...
- 9/2/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Oscar-winning co-writer of Anatomy of a Fall on starring in a new hit courtroom drama, his fear of a rightwing France, and why he’d rather be behind the camera than in front of it
Rising French cinema notable Arthur Harari is a film-maker, screenwriter and actor – but the last of these only occasionally, and with reservations. He has also, a touch reluctantly, become highly visible as half of French film’s new “véritable power couple”, according to a recent national edition of Vanity Fair – partner and co-writer to Justine Triet, the director of 2023’s Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall.
When I meet Harari in a Paris photo studio in June, he is preparing to direct his own third feature but is taking time out to promote a film in which he acts – as it happens, another courtroom drama, this one based on real life.
Rising French cinema notable Arthur Harari is a film-maker, screenwriter and actor – but the last of these only occasionally, and with reservations. He has also, a touch reluctantly, become highly visible as half of French film’s new “véritable power couple”, according to a recent national edition of Vanity Fair – partner and co-writer to Justine Triet, the director of 2023’s Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall.
When I meet Harari in a Paris photo studio in June, he is preparing to direct his own third feature but is taking time out to promote a film in which he acts – as it happens, another courtroom drama, this one based on real life.
- 9/1/2024
- by Jonathan Romney
- The Guardian - Film News
For nearly 20 years, Zoe Saldaña has starred in some of the most financially successful films in history, including “Avatar” and “Avengers: Endgame.” You’d think an actress with such an impressive résumé would have scripts and prominent roles constantly coming her way. Yet, in Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” where Saldaña plays Rita Moro Castro, she sings and dances, and in one high-energy number, “El Mal,” she shows the ferocity that shows the depth of her talent. It was a moment that left me incredibly frustrated with Hollywood. Despite her box office success, Saldaña has rarely been allowed to showcase the full range of her abilities. Why are we only learning about this now?
I expressed these sentiments to Telluride executive director Julie Huntsinger during an interview with Variety, and she confidently replied, “That all stops now.”
Read: You can see all Academy Award predictions in all 23 categories on one...
I expressed these sentiments to Telluride executive director Julie Huntsinger during an interview with Variety, and she confidently replied, “That all stops now.”
Read: You can see all Academy Award predictions in all 23 categories on one...
- 8/31/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Mexican filmmaker Elisa Miller (“Hurricane Season”) is teaming up with “Roma” producer Nicolás Celis and his Pimienta Films on a legal drama-cum-psychological thriller that the duo is pitching this week at the Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market, which runs Aug. 30 – Sept. 1.
“Legítima” is based on the remarkable true story of Yakiri Rubio, a young woman who was kidnapped and raped by two brothers in Mexico City in 2013. After killing one of her attackers in self-defense, Rubio wound up finding herself behind bars and charged with murder in a case that shocked and scandalized the nation.
The film is based on “En legítima defensa,” a book written by Ana Katiria Suárez, the charismatic and unconventional lawyer who took up Rubio’s case, doing battle with Mexico’s corrupt and misogynistic legal system until justice was finally served and the young woman was freed.
Speaking to Variety from Mexico City, Miller...
“Legítima” is based on the remarkable true story of Yakiri Rubio, a young woman who was kidnapped and raped by two brothers in Mexico City in 2013. After killing one of her attackers in self-defense, Rubio wound up finding herself behind bars and charged with murder in a case that shocked and scandalized the nation.
The film is based on “En legítima defensa,” a book written by Ana Katiria Suárez, the charismatic and unconventional lawyer who took up Rubio’s case, doing battle with Mexico’s corrupt and misogynistic legal system until justice was finally served and the young woman was freed.
Speaking to Variety from Mexico City, Miller...
- 8/30/2024
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Una mirada entre bastidores al mundo contemporáneo y cambiante de la moda y el lujo franceses. © Apple TV+
Apple TV+ ha presentado el tráiler de La Maison, una serie ambientada en un icónico taller de alta costura en París.
La Maison sigue a dos familias rivales ilustres, disfuncionales y poderosas, que compiten por dominar el despiadado mundo de la alta costura. Cuando un escándalo afecta a la icónica casa de modas, la familia debe reinventarse con la ayuda de una joven diseñadora para salvar y reconstruir la centenaria Maison Ledu. Aprovechando todo esto, la despiadada directora ejecutiva del poderoso grupo de lujo Rovel, lanza una ofensiva para adquirir lo que considera su premio más importante: Maison Ledu. Se trata de algo más que adquirir una nueva marca; se trata de venganza.
La serie de 10 episodios está protagonizada por Lambert Wilson (De Gaulle), Amira Casar (Call me by your name), Carole Bouquet...
Apple TV+ ha presentado el tráiler de La Maison, una serie ambientada en un icónico taller de alta costura en París.
La Maison sigue a dos familias rivales ilustres, disfuncionales y poderosas, que compiten por dominar el despiadado mundo de la alta costura. Cuando un escándalo afecta a la icónica casa de modas, la familia debe reinventarse con la ayuda de una joven diseñadora para salvar y reconstruir la centenaria Maison Ledu. Aprovechando todo esto, la despiadada directora ejecutiva del poderoso grupo de lujo Rovel, lanza una ofensiva para adquirir lo que considera su premio más importante: Maison Ledu. Se trata de algo más que adquirir una nueva marca; se trata de venganza.
La serie de 10 episodios está protagonizada por Lambert Wilson (De Gaulle), Amira Casar (Call me by your name), Carole Bouquet...
- 8/30/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
The Academy said on Thursday that the Student Academy Awards will be presented in London this year, moving from its traditional Beverly Hills berth.
The presentation will take place at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on the evening of October 14. Winners of the 51st iteration of the competition will be announced in September.
The move is the latest step in Academy CEO Bill Kramer’s international outreach initiative, reflecting growth in the organisation’s membership base outside the United States and the increasing prevalence in awards season of films not in the English-language, like last year’s season’s best picture...
The presentation will take place at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on the evening of October 14. Winners of the 51st iteration of the competition will be announced in September.
The move is the latest step in Academy CEO Bill Kramer’s international outreach initiative, reflecting growth in the organisation’s membership base outside the United States and the increasing prevalence in awards season of films not in the English-language, like last year’s season’s best picture...
- 8/29/2024
- ScreenDaily
Screen can reveal the first trailer for French director Anne-Sophie Bailly’s My Everything, starring Laure Calamy, ahead of the film’s world premiere in Venice’s Horizons on August 30.
Calamy stars as a single mother who discovers her adult son who has intellectual disabilities has impregnated his co-worker who is also disabled, putting their bond to the test.
Les Films du Losange is handling international sales and French distribution. I Wonder Pictures will release the film in Italy.
The film is the debut feature from Bailly and co-stars Charles Peccia Galletto and Julie Froger, who are themselves disabled. Bailly...
Calamy stars as a single mother who discovers her adult son who has intellectual disabilities has impregnated his co-worker who is also disabled, putting their bond to the test.
Les Films du Losange is handling international sales and French distribution. I Wonder Pictures will release the film in Italy.
The film is the debut feature from Bailly and co-stars Charles Peccia Galletto and Julie Froger, who are themselves disabled. Bailly...
- 8/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Apple TV+ today unveiled the trailer and key art for La Maison, the upcoming French-language family drama set within an iconic Paris-based high-fashion atelier.
A behind-the-scenes look at the contemporary ever-evolving world of fashion and aspirational French elegance and luxury, La Maison follows two rival illustrious, dysfunctional, and powerful families as they vie for dominance in the cutthroat high-fashion world.
The 10-episode original series will debut globally with the first two episodes on Friday, September 20, 2024, on Apple TV+, followed by one episode weekly on Fridays through November 15, 2024.
High fashion meets high stakes in this behind-the-curtain look at how an iconic fashion house is thrown into scandal and reinvention by a viral video featuring star designer Vincent Ledu (Lambert Wilson), leaving his family’s iconic and legendary haute couture house, Ledu, hanging by a thread.
Perle Foster (Amira Casar), Vincent’s former muse still in his shadow, collaborates with visionary next-generation...
A behind-the-scenes look at the contemporary ever-evolving world of fashion and aspirational French elegance and luxury, La Maison follows two rival illustrious, dysfunctional, and powerful families as they vie for dominance in the cutthroat high-fashion world.
The 10-episode original series will debut globally with the first two episodes on Friday, September 20, 2024, on Apple TV+, followed by one episode weekly on Fridays through November 15, 2024.
High fashion meets high stakes in this behind-the-curtain look at how an iconic fashion house is thrown into scandal and reinvention by a viral video featuring star designer Vincent Ledu (Lambert Wilson), leaving his family’s iconic and legendary haute couture house, Ledu, hanging by a thread.
Perle Foster (Amira Casar), Vincent’s former muse still in his shadow, collaborates with visionary next-generation...
- 8/27/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
The cast for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s next film is taking shape with some of Hollywood’s finest joining Tom Cruise in the cast.
Last we heard about Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s next film was in February when Tom Cruise was attached to star.
Now, Deadline reports that the film’s cast has gotten significantly bigger. Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons and Sophie Wilde are all on board The Revenant director’s new film. Riz Ahmed is also in the final stages of negotiations to join the cast. That’s a lot of star power and it has certainly caught our attention.
Hüller’s career has really taken off since her Oscar nomination for the tremendous Anatomy Of A Fall and it’s great to see a young star such as Wilde in the cast. Wilde was seen in Talk To Me, one of last year’s finest horror films.
Last we heard about Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s next film was in February when Tom Cruise was attached to star.
Now, Deadline reports that the film’s cast has gotten significantly bigger. Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons and Sophie Wilde are all on board The Revenant director’s new film. Riz Ahmed is also in the final stages of negotiations to join the cast. That’s a lot of star power and it has certainly caught our attention.
Hüller’s career has really taken off since her Oscar nomination for the tremendous Anatomy Of A Fall and it’s great to see a young star such as Wilde in the cast. Wilde was seen in Talk To Me, one of last year’s finest horror films.
- 8/27/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
The Only Murders in the Building crew will soon be heading west for their fourth season. Here’s everything you need to know to watch Season 4 of the Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Steve Martin-led comedy online.
Where to Watch Only Murders in the Building Season 4 Online
Only Murders in the Building Season 4 will premiere on Hulu on Tuesday, Aug. 27, with new episodes dropping weekly. With Hulu, you can also stream The Bear, Vanderpump Villa, Shoresy Season 3 and every episode of Grey’s Anatomy and Abbott Elementary. Plus, you can stream the Oscar-winning drama Anatomy of a Fall. Below, we...
Where to Watch Only Murders in the Building Season 4 Online
Only Murders in the Building Season 4 will premiere on Hulu on Tuesday, Aug. 27, with new episodes dropping weekly. With Hulu, you can also stream The Bear, Vanderpump Villa, Shoresy Season 3 and every episode of Grey’s Anatomy and Abbott Elementary. Plus, you can stream the Oscar-winning drama Anatomy of a Fall. Below, we...
- 8/26/2024
- by Claire Franken
- TVLine.com
El proyecto marca el esperado regreso de Iñárritu al cine en inglés desde ‘El Renacido’.
De acuerdo con Deadline, un elenco estelar se ha unido a la próxima película sin título de Alejandro G. Iñárritu, el aclamado cineasta ganador de cuatro premios Oscar por Birdman o (La inesperada virtud de la ignorancia) y El renacido. Entre los actores que se han sumado al proyecto se encuentran Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons y Sophie Wilde, que se unen a Tom Cruise, que protagonizará la película.
Coescrita por Iñárritu con los coguionistas de Birdman, Nicolas Giacobone y Alexander Dinelaris, junto con Sabina Berman, la película se centra en el hombre más poderoso del mundo (Tom Cruise), que se embarca en una frenética misión para demostrar que es el salvador de la humanidad antes de que el desastre que ha desencadenado lo destruya todo.
Por ahora, se desconocen...
De acuerdo con Deadline, un elenco estelar se ha unido a la próxima película sin título de Alejandro G. Iñárritu, el aclamado cineasta ganador de cuatro premios Oscar por Birdman o (La inesperada virtud de la ignorancia) y El renacido. Entre los actores que se han sumado al proyecto se encuentran Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons y Sophie Wilde, que se unen a Tom Cruise, que protagonizará la película.
Coescrita por Iñárritu con los coguionistas de Birdman, Nicolas Giacobone y Alexander Dinelaris, junto con Sabina Berman, la película se centra en el hombre más poderoso del mundo (Tom Cruise), que se embarca en una frenética misión para demostrar que es el salvador de la humanidad antes de que el desastre que ha desencadenado lo destruya todo.
Por ahora, se desconocen...
- 8/25/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, Jesse Plemons And More Join Tom Cruise For New Alejandro G. Iñárritu Movie
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to feast your eyes on the veritable constellation of stars who've just been added to the line-up for The Revenant filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu's latest. Back in February, we brought you news that Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible action man Tom Cruise had signed on to star in Iñárritu's new as-yet-untitled movie at Warner Bros. And now today, per Deadline's reporting, we've learned that *deep breath* Anatomy Of A Fall star Sandra Hüller, Killers Of The Flower Moon's Jesse Plemons, Emmy winner John Goodman, Talk To Me breakout Sophie Wilde, Call Me By Your Name's Michael Stuhlbarg, and Oscar-winner Riz Ahmed (final negotiations pending) have all boarded the buzzy project.
Co-written by Iñárritu with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolas Giacobone last year, details on the Birdman and The Revenant director's latest have been scarce up until now.
Co-written by Iñárritu with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolas Giacobone last year, details on the Birdman and The Revenant director's latest have been scarce up until now.
- 8/23/2024
- by Jordan King
- Empire - Movies
Earlier this year, it was announced that Tom Cruise will be starring in the new film from director Alejandro Iñárritu for Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment, with this being Iñárritu’s first English language movie since The Revenant, which hit theatres back in 2015. Now Deadline has revealed the names of six of Cruise’s co-stars, breaking the news that he has been joined in the cast by John Goodman (The Big Lebowski), Jesse Plemons (Civil War), Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall), and Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me by Your Name), with Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal) in final negotiations to join in as well. Details on the characters they’ll be playing are being kept under wraps.
This will be Cruise’s first time working with all of these actors except for Plemons. Cruise and Plemons were in the 2017 film American Made together.
Iñárritu co-wrote...
This will be Cruise’s first time working with all of these actors except for Plemons. Cruise and Plemons were in the 2017 film American Made together.
Iñárritu co-wrote...
- 8/23/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
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