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In 2011, French thesps Omar Sy and Anne Le Ny co-starred in the comedy hit “Untouchable.” Now, the two are reunited in the domestic thriller “Out of Control,” with “Lupin” star Sy in one of the leading roles next to Elodie Bouchez, José Garcia and Vanessa Paradis, while Le Ny serves as director and Axella Cachman’s co-writer.

“There was a real bond and warmth between us then, which was easy to revive 13 years later,” says Le Ny, who shared the screen time with Matt Damon in “Stillwater” and earned her first writing/helming kudos for her breakthrough movie “Those Who Remain” (2008).

Her seventh pic as helmer, “Out of Control (“Dis moi juste que tu m’aimes”) world premieres at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival official competition on Nov. 16, is being produced by Move Movie’s Bruno Levy, in co-production with Sy’s production company Korokoro, France 2 Cinéma and La Compagnie Cinématographique & Panache Productions,...

This weekend, Jesse Eisenberg returns to the big screen in A Real Pain. The film, which he wrote, directs, and stars in, follows a man struggling to keep his emotions on check during a trip with his cousin. A Real Pain has drawn considerable praise for Eisenberg’s subdued directing, brilliant writing, and Kiernan Culkin’s livewire performance. It bodes well for Eisenberg, who has been one of indie films darling performers for years. To celebrate his latest career milestone, we’re highlighting seven of his best performances to date.

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

As a young actor, Jesse Eisenberg landed on many radars for his emotional performance in The Squid and the Whale. Told from the perspective of two children struggling with their parent’s divorce, Noah Baumbach gave Eisenberg a role that required incredible pathos. With several standout scenes that could have easily been accused of overacting,...

Richard E. Grant, Emily Mortimer, Charles Dance, Fiona Shaw, Tom Davis and Weruche Opia are boarding the Netflix comedy Ladies First opposite Sacha Baron Cohen and Rosamund Pike.

Thea Sharrock is directing from a screenplay by Katie Silberman, Cinco Paul and Natalie Krinsky.

Pic, which is based on Eléonore Pourriat’s Je Ne Suis Pas Un Homme Facile, follows a womanizer who gets a real wakeup call when he finds himself in a parallel world dominated by women – a fiery female counterpart makes things far more complicated.

Producers are Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, Eleonore Dailly and Edouard de Lachomette.

The feature project falls under Chasin’s creative partnership with Netflix, which sees her produce feature films via her shingle, 3dot Productions. Recently released is Lonely Planet...

Miyagi-Do might feel a little overwhelmed in Barcelona upon arrival to the Sekai Taikai tournament.

Part 2 of the final season of “Cobra Kai” is all about the international Sekai Taikai tournament, and after a rocky selection process back in The Valley on who’d be attending the final squad was set. The roster looks like this: Robby (Tanner Buchanan) and Sam (Mary Mouser) are the captains joined by Miguel (Xolo Maridueña), Hawk (Jacob Bertrand), Demetri (Gianni DeCenzo), and Devon (Oona O’Brien).

“Cobra Kai” showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg told TheWrap that the team makeup and uptick in overall skill makes Miyagi-Do underdogs once again.

“We’ve seen them kick a lot of ass in The Valley, but on the world stage now you’re seeing fighters that are a lot more experienced and have been on that world stage themselves for a while,” Hurwitz said. “In the first five episodes,...

Exclusive: Thaddea Graham (Sex Education) has been cast as a series regular in Margo’s Got Money Troubles, joining Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer and Nick Offerman in the Apple TV+ series based on Rufi Thorpe’s novel. The eight-part series, set in the world of OnlyFans with a wrestling twist, hails from David E. Kelley and A24, with Fanning and Kidman also executive producing.

Fanning stars as Margo Millet, the child of a Hooters waitress (Pfeiffer) and an ex-pro wrestler (Offerman), who becomes pregnant after a brief affair with an English professor at the local junior college she attends. Now, at twenty, Margo is alone with an infant, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction. When her estranged father, Jinx (Offerman), shows up on her doorstep and asks to move in with her, she agrees in exchange for help with childcare. Margo starts an OnlyFans as an experiment and...

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It’s late into the evening when Louis Partridge finally finds time to talk to The Hollywood Reporter.

The British star is shooting House of Guinness, a new Netflix series from Peaky Blinders mastermind Steven Knight. Partridge explains that he is playing a young Edward Guinness, effortlessly transitioning into a spot-on Dublin accent as he speaks: “It’s a posh, Dublin, Rp in 1869, so he talked like that. It’s not like the Dublin that you hear today, which is more like [boxer] Conor McGregor.”

As you read on, you’ll see the young actor has a knack for impressions. His acting chops are landing him bigger and bigger roles. Partridge’s big break came with Netflix’s mystery movie Enola Holmes, starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown as her love interest. At just 21, he’s now worked with the likes of Danny Boyle, Paul King, and is set to star in...

Sam Nivola is set for a lead role in the Hulu comedy pilot “Phony,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Nivola will star in the pilot alongside Connie Britton, whose casting was announced in October with the pilot order.

The pilot is described as a coming-of-age mystery. The official logline states that it follows “a teenager (Nivola) who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident to discover his mom (Britton) — his only parent and his best friend — appears to have been replaced by an impostor.”

Nivola’s character is named Sonny, who is further described as “the most beloved student at his high school. But the only person who really knows him is his mom.”

Nivola was most recently seen in the hit Netflix series “The Perfect Couple,” in which he starred as Will Winbury. The show topped the Netflix Top 10 English language TV chart upon its release and remained...

The Barbie movie cut off a Margot Robbie & Emma Mackey joke ( Photo Credit – Instagram; YouTube )

Imagine a movie where Margot Robbie and Emma Mackey share a meta moment about their uncanny resemblance—sounds like a cinematic dream, right? The Barbie movie almost went there but ultimately decided to pull the plug on the doppelgänger joke. Here’s why this inside gag didn’t cut.

Fans have long noticed the striking resemblance between Robbie and Mackey, especially after an Instagram post by @morphy_me went viral in 2019. The post morphed their faces together hilariously and seamlessly, sparking a frenzy online and leaving everyone wondering: Are these two secretly twins?

In a recent interview with BuzzFeed, Robbie revealed the playful banter behind the scenes. “I’ve been getting told for years that I look like the girl from Sex Education, Emma Mackey,” she admitted. It was clear that the joke had potential.

Production designer Jess Gonchor has worked on some of the most acclaimed and rewatchable movies over the last two decades, including every feature film directed by Bennett Miller, every Joel and Ethan Coen movie from “No Country for Old Men” through “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” and notable one-off titles such as “The Devil Wears Prada,” Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women,” Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” and John Krasinski’s recent hit “If.”

“To be a production designer, you have to become an expert in a subject in a very short amount of time. So when I get a job on something, I start researching it immediately,” Gonchor tells Gold Derby.

But for his latest project, Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night,” Gonchor was already well-versed in the material. The film is about the first-ever “Saturday Night Live” episode and unfolds in real-time as the clock hits 11:30 p.m. on...

LCD Soundsystem have unveiled a new song, “X-Ray Eyes,” on Nts Radio DJ Anu’s “Soup to Nuts” show today.

The track serves as LCD Soundsystem’s first new song in two years. The show is now archived, and can be accessed here; the new LCD Soundsystem track “X-Ray Eyes” appears around the 19:40 mark.

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With keyboard stabs, droll vocals, and a predictably-danceable drum machine beat, the song features a handful of LCD Soundsystem’s signature traits. James Murphy mutters in a half-sung voice that he has eyes that “can see inside” and can “see through your disguise” before whispering “X-ray eyes” in the chorus. Meanwhile, a flute-like synth dances around the track, and the song’s contrasting keyboard lines become more and more restless. Listen to “X-Ray Eyes” below at the 19:40 mark.

LCD Soundsystem haven’t released a new song since 2022’s “New Body Rhumba,...

Movies like Lonely Planet on Netflix: Susannah Grant’s ‘Lonely Planet’ on Netflix is a gorgeous romance drama that stars Laura Dern in the leading role. Dern has had an illustrious acting career of over five decades. With projects ranging from David Lynch’s ‘Inland Empire’ to Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’, from Noah Baumbach’s ‘Marriage Story’ to HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’, she has proved herself to be a versatile actor. After a string of intricate performances, she has returned with a breezy, tender romance that celebrates the value of leisure for a much-needed soul-searching.

In this gorgeous romance, Dern plays Katherine, a reclusive novelist who travels to Morocco for a writer’s retreat. She hopes a change in setting will help her get over her writer’s block. While there, she meets her apprentice, Owen (Liam Hemsworth) and falls for him. What starts out as an...

King Bee Productions, founded by Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola, has inked a first look deal with Sony Pictures Television.

The multi-year partnership will see King Bee developing and producing globally-targeted scripted content for Sony’s international production group and U.S. studio. The production company’s team includes Lizzie Nastro, who previously worked as head of acquisitions for IFC, and former Vice exec Sam Schlaifler who is joining as VP of development.

Among King Bee’s output is two seasons of “Doll & Em” (HBO and Sky) and feature film “To Dust” starring Matthew Broderick and Geza Rohrig.

Mortimer is currently working alongside Noah Baumbach on his upcoming, as-yet-untitled Netflix feature in which she also stars alongside George Clooney and Adam Sandler. The film has completed principal photographer. She also wrote, directed and starred in the recent adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s “The Pursuit of Love” (BBC/Amazon) which...

Lady Gaga’s Joker: Folie à Deux and Adam Driver’s Megalopolis are currently locked in a box office competition. Both films were released a week apart, but their theatrical performances couldn’t be more different from one another. It’s no secret that Joker 2, despite its appalling reviews, is riding on the success of a huge IP and its 2019 predecessor, Joker‘s success.

Image from Joker: Folie À Deux | Official Trailer – Warner Bros. Pictures (YouTube)

Tod Phillips’ magnum opus has already earned a whopping $121 million at the worldwide box office, on a $200 million budget, despite releasing a week after Megalopolis. On the other hand, Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious sci-fi drama is stumbling at merely $8.5 million worldwide earnings on an enormous $120 million budget. This all has got us wondering how differently Gaga and Driver’s careers have gone since their $153 million blockbuster House of Gucci.

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“The Bikeriders” is taking a trip from original to adapted screenplay Oscar consideration.

Focus Features’ drama, directed and written by Jeff Nichols, will compete for the Academy Award in the best adapted screenplay category, Variety has learned exclusively.

The movie stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy. It premiered at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival, garnering rave reviews despite the ongoing Writers Guild and Screen Actors Guild strikes. Initially scheduled for release by 20th Century Studios on December 1, 2023, the film’s launch was delayed. Focus Features later acquired the project and released it in June. Before this acquisition, Variety exclusively confirmed that although the film draws inspiration from Danny Lyon’s iconic photobook, it was initially positioned as an original screenplay. However, those plans have shifted.

Read: You can see Academy Award predictions in all 23 categories on one page on the Variety Awards Circuit: Oscars.

“The Bikeriders” tells a fictionalized...

Meryl Streep could soon be adding another series to her growing list of TV credits. The three-time Oscar winner is attached to star in a series adaptation of author Jonathan Franzen’s National Book Award-winning novel “The Corrections,” according to Puck and Variety.

The series is being developed by CBS Studios and wiip and will be shopped around to streamers and networks, but no buyer is attached yet. Franzen is writing the adaptation and will executive produce.

The novel, which was first published in 2001, tells the story of a Midwestern family as they prepare to reconvene for “one last Christmas” before the patriarch’s health declines further. It covers themes of family, generation gaps, identity, and the pursuit of happiness. It is considered by critics to be one of the best American novels of the 21st century so far.

There have been attempts to adapt “The Corrections” since it was published.

Jonathan Franzen’s popular novel The Corrections could be getting the TV treatment, with an assist from a showbiz legend.

TVLine has confirmed that Oscar winner Meryl Streep is attached to star in a potential limited-series adaptation of The Corrections, based on Franzen’s 2001 book. A CBS Studios rep confirms to us that the project is in its “very, very early” stages, with Puck reporting that it will soon be pitched to streaming services.

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One of the most celebrated American novels of the 21st century may finally be coming to the screen, and it’s bringing one of the most celebrated American actors of the 20th century to help tell it.

Meryl Streep is set to star in a series adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s 2001 novel “The Corrections,” which Franzen himself will adapt for television. Franzen will also executive produce, as confirmed to IndieWire by a person with knowledge of the project.

The series is being set up at CBS Studios with executive producers Mark Roybal and Nicole Clemens. “The Corrections” doesn’t yet have a network or streamer attached, but the producers are bringing it to market soon.

CBS Studios declined to comment.

This particular version of “The Corrections” was originally slated to be at Paramount Television Studios, but amid Paramount layoffs, the entire Television Studios division shut down in August 2024.

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The Corrections could finally make it to the small screen — with Meryl Streep attached to headline.

Deadline has confirmed that Streep is set to star in the project from CBS Studios. Author Jonathan Franzen is adapting the 2001 novel chronicling a Midwestern couple and their adult children.

CBS Studios, which is producing with wiip, will take out the project soon. Franzen, wiip’s Mark Roybal and Nicole Clemens, formerly of Paramount TV Studios), will exec produce.

There’s been a previous attempt to bring the book to the small screen. In 2011, HBO ordered a pilot from Noah Baumbach. Scott Rudin, who had been developing the project for a decade, originally as a feature, was set to executive produce with Baumbach and Franzen. The pilot starred Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest, Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans and Greta Gerwig.

The following year, however, HBO declined to move forward. Puck first reported the news.

Greta Gerwig expressed her gratitude for being a “show person” while accepting the prize as the 2024 Pioneer of the Year.

Gerwig was the recipient of this year’s honor from the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation. The ceremony took place Wednesday at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills to celebrate Gerwig’s accomplishments that include writing and directing Lady Bird, Little Women and Barbie, all of which were nominated for the best picture Oscar.

“I’m mostly used to going to the Beverly Hilton to lose, so this is a nice change of pace,” Gerwig quipped at the start of her acceptance speech about the venue that has served for decades as home of the Golden Globe Awards.

She went on to thank the organization for supporting the moviegoing experience. “The work that you do for caring for this community that I’m part of, it’s just extraordinary,...

After creating a true cinematic phenomenon with “Barbie,” Greta Gerwig was the guest of honor at the 75th annual Pioneer of the Year Dinner at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday, an annual charity event to benefit the Will Rogers Pioneer Assistance Fund.

“This is an extraordinary thing. I’m used to going to the Beverly Hilton to lose,” Gerwig quipped, referencing to the hotel’s status as the host of the Golden Globes, where she has been nominated four times without a win.

Started in 1947, the Pioneer of the Year dinner has served as an annual fundraising gala for the benefit of the Pioneer Assistance Fund, which provides financial aid and assistance to entertainment industry workers in need.

Now run by the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, the dinner has honored leading Hollywood figures such as Bob Hope, Donna Langley, Alan Horn, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson and most recently,...

Let me get into this straightaway. [Spoilers Ahead] During the climax of His Three Daughters, Jay. O. Sanders’ Vincent, aka the father, doesn’t magically get better and give that monologue to his daughters right before his death. Given the condition of his health throughout the movie, that seems quite impossible. Makes sense that didn’t happen, then. What really happened was that Katie, Christina, and Rachel took their father to his favorite lounge chair, where he died. Before his death, though, Vincent did briefly regain consciousness, but that’s about it. However, the important thing here is that the man actually got to see his three daughters united on one front while they were carrying him to his favorite plush chair. That’s the memory he left with, which does matter a lot here.

What exactly happened then? Well, Azazel Jacobs’ film took a sudden narrative shift where you, the audience,...

After their collaboration on Nutcrackers, Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films and Rivulet Films will reteam for the pickleball comedy The Dink.

Jake Johnson has nabbed the leading role as he plays a washed-up tennis pro who, to save a club in crisis and win his father’s respect, does the one thing he swore he’d never do: play pickleball. The cast includes Mary Steenburgen and Ed Harris, while Stiller and former tennis champion Andy Roddick will have key supporting roles.

Johnson is coming off Self Reliance, his feature-length directorial debut that he also wrote and stars in. Josh Greenbaum will direct The Dink from an original screenplay from Sean Clements, with production to start in Los Angeles in November.

John Lesher and Stiller are producing through their Red Hour Films banner, alongside Rivulet’s Rob Paris and Mike Witherill. Johnson will also produce. Stiller and Rivulet Films most...

One of the brightest bulbs in the New Hollywood marquee was former film critic and historian Peter Bogdanovich. Exploding onto the scene in 1968 with the still-topical mass-shooter thriller “Targets,” Bogdanovich followed this breakout success with a slew of successful films, including “The Last Picture Show,” which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, the screwball comedy “What’s Up, Doc?,” and the Depression-set road movie “Paper Moon.”

But for as much success as he could find early on in his career, what goes up must come down, and during the latter half of the 1970s, he struggled to keep his initial spark aflame. Finally, moving further away from the studio system, Bogdanovich scaled back his approach, shooting an adaptation of Paul Theroux’s “Saint Jack” on location in Singapore with German cinematographer Robby Müller and actor Ben Gazzara. Though the film struggled at the box office, it fared well...

Brady Corbet’s ferocious love of cinema is felt every minute in The Brutalist, which won the director the Silver Lion at this year’s Venice International Film Festival and is a highlight in the Main Slate programme of the 62nd New York Film Festival. Co-written with Mona Fastvold, the film stars a virtuoso Adrien Brody who is accompanied by the swell ensemble cast of Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Alessandro Nivola, Stacy Martin, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Emma Laird, and Isaach De Bankolé.

Corbet’s go-to cinematographer Lol Crawley, together with the formidable production design by Judy Becker create a 70mm tableau that functions as a palimpsest of memories and dreams, realities and archives. A past...

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman and his longtime collaborator cinematographer Eric Steelberg will receive the third annual Variety Creative Collaborators award at Virginia’s Middleburg Film Festival in October.

The award will honor their collaborations on films such as “Juno,” “Up in the Air,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the upcoming release “Saturday Night.”

Middleburg Film Festival executive director Susan Koch said, “We are thrilled to once again partner with Variety on presenting the Creative Collaborators Award. This year’s recipients, Jason and Eric, couldn’t be more deserving. ‘Saturday Night’ is a fantastic film and beautifully showcases their remarkable decades-long partnership, which has produced so many memorable films.” Koch added, “We can’t wait to welcome Jason back to Middleburg and are delighted Eric will be joining him to share with our filmgoers a behind-the-scenes look at their collaborative process. “

“Saturday Night” editor Shane Reid, left, editor Nathan Orloff and cinematographer...

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His Three Daughters is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Azazel Jacobs. The Netflix film revolves around three estranged sisters as they reunite in New York City to take care of their ailing father but soon they find themselves fighting with each other due to their past issues and current predicament. His Three Daughter stars Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, and Natasha Lyonne in the lead roles with Jay O. Sanders, Jovan Adepo, Rudy Galvan, Jose Febus, and Jasmine Bracey starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the heartwarming comedy, dysfunctional family, and compelling characters in His Three Daughters here are some similar movies you should check out next.

This Is Where I Leave You (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Warner Bros.

This Is Where I Leave You is a comedy-drama film directed by Shawn Levy from a screenplay by Jonathan Tropper.

Ryan Gosling, with iconic movies like La La Land and The Notebook, has firmly established himself as a versatile actor. Given his extensive accolades, he is accustomed to receiving compliments for his roles. However, when such praise comes from the legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg, even Gosling was left dumbfounded.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy || Credits: Universal Pictures

In an interview, the actor detailed his encounter with the iconic director and shared significant tidbits from their meeting that are bound to leave every Ryan Gosling fan smiling.

Ryan Gosling’s Unexpected Encounter With Steven Spielberg

At the Golden Globes this year, Ryan Gosling experienced a memorable moment with the legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg. The actor was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Barbie, so he was caught off guard when the director approached him.

Steven Spielberg || Credits: Gage Skidmore || Cca 2.0/Wikimedia Commons

Initially unsure...

Steven Spielberg’s currently putting together the cast for his 2026 event film, The Dish. The Perfect Couple’s Eve Hewson could be about to join.

Irish actor Eve Hewson is the latest potential addition to The Dish, Steven Spielberg’s secretive project due out in 2026. Most recently seen in Netflix miniseries The Perfect Couple, Hewson is said to be in “early talks” to appear in Spielberg’s film according to a report at Deadline.

Hewson therefore joins Emily Blunt, Colin Firth and Josh O’Connor on the short list of actors who are said to be in the running to join Spielberg’s first movie since his 2022 drama, The Fabelmans.

Previously billed as a “new original event film,” The Dish’s title was revealed – perhaps inadvertently – during a July IMAX presentation; the name popped up on a PowerPoint slide, sandwiched between the next Avengers film and The Mandalorian And Grogu. Universal Pictures...

2019 was a great year for Scarlett Johansson. Apart from being part of the phenomenal Avengers: Endgame, which was the highest-grossing film of all time for a while, she received her first and second Oscar nominations. The actress headlined Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama Marriage Story, for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.

While the same year she also got the nod for Best Supporting Actress in Jojo Rabbit, her performance as Nicole Barber, an actress going through a divorce, has many wondering how she missed the win. The film also starred Adam Driver, who was nominated for Best Actor, and Laura Dern, who beat Johansson for Best Supporting Actress.

Scarlett Johansson’s Marriage Story Should Have Won Her An Oscar A still from Avengers: Endgame | Credits: Marvel Studios

Scarlett Johansson hit it big in 2019. Not only was she a part of the highest-grossing film (for a while...

There was a time when Ben Stiller might have starred in a movie like “Nutcrackers,” full of fart jokes and poop jokes and unruly kids. And there was a time when David Gordon Green might have directed a movie like this, back before he veered into three films in the rebooted “Halloween” franchise followed by “The Exorcist: Believer.”

But on opening night of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, that time came again for Stiller and Green in “Nutcrackers,” the movie that found both men in territory that had grown unfamiliar for them in recent years.

“I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be radical if you made a movie without viciousness or cynicism?’” Green told the audience at the Princess of Wales Theatre for the first of two opening-night screenings on Thursday. To do so, he crafted a story that sounds like a gender-swapped, romance-deprived version of about 85% of all the Hallmark...

The Toronto Film Festival on Thursday returned post-strikes with Hollywood star wattage as Ben Stiller and director David Gordon Green gave a glittering lift-off for their opening night film Nutcrackers.

Gordon Green introduced Stiller to the crowd at Roy Thomson Hall in the Canadian city that looked primed for film fest fun with the opening night comedy. The Zoolander and Tropic of Thunder star then recalled making movies in Canada.

“When people will talk to me sometimes about the Night at the Museum movies, they’ll say, Wow, what’s it like to shoot in the Museum of Natural History? And I’ll say it was actually a warehouse in Vancouver,” Stiller recounted.

“I’ve made a bunch of movies in Canada, and it’s always been an amazing experience,” Stiller added. His comments followed Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau touting Canada as a foreign location destination for Hollywood. “Our...

While his films have ranged from the sublime to the atrocious, there’s no denying the impact Brian De Palma has had on cinema. Let’s take a look back at 20 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

De Palma began his filmmaking career directing underground features shot on a shoestring, many of which starred a young Robert De Niro. He came into his own with the Hitchcock-inspired thriller “Sisters” (1973), starring Margot Kidder as a pair of killer Siamese twins. The Master of Suspense would serve as a muse to De Palma throughout his career, influencing such films as “Obsession” (1976), “Dressed to Kill” (1980), “Blow Out” (1980) and “Body Double” (1984) both in style and substance.

He enjoyed his first box office success with “Carrie” (1976), an adaptation of Stephen King’s chilling novel about a shy teenager (Sissy Spacek) with telekinesis. The film brought Oscar nominations to Spacek and Piper Laurie...

The Toronto International Film Festival 2024 is kicking off on Thursday night, and people strolling through its streets can already see that the Canadian metropolis is ready to roll.

People started taking waiting positions for fan zone spots on Thursday, the poutine and other food trucks opened up, and movie posters and other marketing messages have taken over the streets of the city.

For example, a Lego figure, put up to promote Piece by Piece, the animated documentary about singer, songwriter and record producer Pharrell Williams that recently opened the 51st Telluride Film Festival, greeted people in David Pecault Square on Thursday, and people could be spotted taking pictures of it.

‘Nightbitch’ poster at TIFF

Meanwhile, a poster for Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch, starring Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Zoë Chao and Mary Holland, which is set to premiere at TIFF ahead of its theatrical release later this year from Searchlight Pictures,...

When Tell Me Lies debuted in the fall of 2022, no one was sure how it would do. The Hulu series, about a toxic relationship between two students at a fictional college, was the first project to come out of Emma Roberts’ adaptation-focused first-look deal at the streamer and featured a cast of relatively unknown — at the time — actors. But then, very quickly, star Grace Van Patten began to notice something strange; when she walked around Los Angeles with Jackson White (who plays the other half of the aforementioned toxic relationship), girls were rolling down their car windows or stopping them on the sidewalk to scream at her to get away from White, as if the world of the show were real.

“It felt like we were on a reality show,” Van Patten says. “It was cool that people were so invested in these characters — but also a little scary because...

The “Made in NY” Awards ceremony will return this fall after a decade of handing out the honors behind the scenes.

Created in 2006 by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, the “Made in NY” Awards celebrate excellence in New York City’s creative community and recognize the achievements of individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to NYC’s entertainment and digital media industries.

Prior recipients of the “Made in NY” award include 2024 Academy Award nominees Noah Baumbach, Danielle Brooks, Robert De Niro and Jeffrey Wright, as well as Awkwafina, Alex Borstein, Tina Fey, Caroline Hirsch, “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Spike Lee, Audra McDonald, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Nas, Rosie Perez and “Sesame Street.”

From 2014 until earlier in 2024, no ceremony was held, and instead individual “Made in NY” Awards were presented to winners at various entertainment events throughout the city including the Gotham Awards and the Nywift Muse Awards.

Chris Evans couldn’t believe that none of the scenes in Scarlett Johansson’s critically acclaimed movie were improvised. Johansson shared with Evans that Noah Baumbach, the director of Marriage Story, was very specific about every spoken word in his film. Evans, who compared the film to theater, was surprised and shared that Baumbach and Johansson deserved Oscars for the film.

Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson in Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Credits: Marvel Studios

Johansson accepted the role of Nicole Barber while she was still filming reshoots for Avengers: Endgame. Evans too was ready to move on from the superhero role right after the two-part Infinity Saga finale since he wanted to explore other types of roles. He landed the role in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, while the Scoop actress had her second chance for a film with Baumbach.

Chris Evans Believed Scarlett Johansson Should’ve Won The...

The Venice Film Festival got a surprise cameo from one of the world’s most popular pop stars Thursday night.

Olivia Rodrigo — currently on a break from her Guts World Tour before it resumes in Bangkok on Sept. 15 — jetted to Italy and made a low-key appearance to support boyfriend Louis Partridge’s role in the Apple TV+ limited series Disclaimer. The occasion marked the couple’s public debut at an official event though they did not pose on the red carpet together outside Palazzo del Cinema. They did, however, attend a cocktail reception at the Hotel Excelsior before the world premiere as well as a post-screening reception at Palazzina Grassi, and they were captured in paparazzi images going to and fro. Vogue covered Rodrigo’s outing and described her ensemble as “a vision of the ’90s.”

Rodrigo also captured some photographic evidence herself. She was spotted filming Partridge during the...

Coming-of-age stories are not a new phenomenon in Cinema. In a generation where ‘Lady Bird’ and ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ are the cornerstones of growing up, the stories of characters becoming the person they are meant to be can sometimes be lost in the noise of the classics. However, a new coming-of-age story is rising to the occasion. ‘Janet Planet’ is the film debut of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Annie Baker, and the coming-of-age story is one not to be missed. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy.

IndieWire attended the New York City premiere of “Adam Sandler: Love You” on Tuesday, August 20. Following “Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh” from 2018, the actor and comedian returns to Netflix for his latest stand-up special, directed by none other than Josh Safdie.

Reuniting with one of his “Uncut Gems” directors, Sandler told IndieWire that being directed by Safdie for this special was a very, very collaborative experience. “He was very hands on,” Sandler told IndieWire. “Right when he became a part of it, he had thought after thought, and I thought I was just going to do a standard stand up special. I had an act that I’ve been working on and all my stuff [prepped], and then Josh came up with some ideas that were different than that.”

At the end of last year, it was reported that Sandler was set to make his reunion with his 2019 crime thriller directors with a “live baseball” film.

A year ago, the world experienced a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon with the Barbenheimer event. 2023 brought people out of their homes in swarms and drove them into the theaters for Greta Gerwig’s neon-hued funky Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s disruptive Oppenheimer.

Barbie [Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Mattel]

When all was said and done, the pair delivered a resounding commentary on modern society and its de-evolution, giving the audiences something to think about. 13 months later, Greta Gerwig officially broke her silence by delivering a long-awaited update on the much-deserved sequel to the film, that turned a plastic doll into humanity’s wake-up call.

Greta Gerwig Delivers a Statement on Barbie 2

Barbie was a certified success, both on paper and in reality. The dialogue surrounding the film before it premiered was filled with nervous whispers of the script’s controversial gender politics, and its billion-dollar success proved to the industry that the masses were...

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When cinematographer Bradford Young was fresh out of Howard University, he would have done anything to get near the set of his idol Harris Savides. He eventually found a way to shoot behind-the-scenes footage for the French director Fabian Barron, who hired Savides to shoot an Armani fragrance commercial in Hawaii. When Young got to the forest set, with shafts of light streaming through the trees, he became confused when he flipped on his Dv camera to capture the scene.

“The model came on set, and I was like, ‘How’s he going to light her face?,’” recalled Young, who couldn’t believe what happened next: Savides walked on to set with a flashlight in hand and shined it at the model. “He was completely secure with this little flashlight on this million-dollar set.

With his Emmy-nominated Netflix special The Old Man and the Pool, Mike Birbiglia digs deep into our sense of mortality and meaning, while literally lying on stage in true confessional comedic style and going out with a ‘bang’. Birbiglia has honed his career out of deep honesty and the importance of “sharing secrets”, as his work has traversed such revelatory topics as reluctant fatherhood and terrifying health scares. Looking back at the path that led him to his ‘specials’ specialty, Birbiglia explains his reluctance to venture into sitcom territory, his love of working with This American Life producer Ira Glass with whom he made the film Don’t Think Twice and Sundance hit Sleepwalk With Me, the SNL star who pushed him in college, and the importance of paying it all forward.

Deadline: Congratulations. You went from taking The Old Man and the Pool on Broadway to an Emmy nomination. This...

George Clooney is 63 years old and approaching things differently when it comes to acting. In a joint cover story for GQ magazine alongside his “Wolfs” co-star Brad Pitt, the Oscar winner called “time allotment” a huge deciding factor in the projects he takes on at this stage in his career. If he’s going to go away for half the year to act, then he’s not going to put himself through hell. Clooney said he only wants to work with “people who like what they do.”

“The older you get, time allotment is very different,” Clooney said. “Five months out of your life is a lot. And so it’s not just like, ‘Oh, I’m going to go do a really good film, like “Three Kings,” and I’m going to have a miserable fuck like David O. Russell making my life hell. Making every person on the crew’s life hell.

George Clooney participated in a joint cover story for GQ magazine along with his longtime friend and co-star Brad Pitt ahead of the release of their new film “Wolfs,” and he got quite candid when discussing the state of movie stars in Hollywood. Clooney playfully fired back at Quentin Tarantino, who directed Pitt to an Oscar in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and allegedly shaded Clooney recently by claiming that he is not still a movie star. Clooney and Tarantino shared the screen together in 1996’s “From Dusk Till Dawn.”

“Quentin said some shit about me recently, so I’m a little irritated by him,” Clooney said. “He did some interview where he was naming movie stars, and he was talking about [Brad], and somebody else, and then this guy goes, ‘Well, what about George?’ He goes, he’s not a movie star. And then he literally said something like,...

While Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman enjoy the spotlight after the titanic success of Deadpool & Wolverine, another pair of Hollywood BFFs, George Clooney and Brad Pitt, enjoy a charming life. Surrounded by beautiful people, the most gorgeous vistas on the planet, and many of the finest luxuries life offers, it’s tough to endure all that pampering and praise (he wrote with sarcasm). It’s not like they didn’t work for it. You only rise to the top of the Hollywood crop by contributing a few bangers to the industry, and you certainly only get to where these two gentlemen are if you pay a few dues. How did their lives become this way? Is their bromance the stuff of legend? What’s up with Clooney having choice words for Quentin Tarantino? Let’s find out.

Speaking with GQ at the Château Miraval winery, Clooney reveals why he’s limited his on-screen appearances recently,...

It Ends with Us is a romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni from a screenplay by Christy Hall. Based on a 2016 novel of the same name by author Colleen Hoover, the romantic drama film follows the story of Lily Bloom as she moves to Boston to achieve her lifelong dream of opening a business. While running her business she meets Ryle, a charming neurosurgeon, and falls in love with him. But when she sees a side of Ryle that reminds her of her parent’s relationship, their relationship begins to crumble and that’s when her first love Atlas reenters her life. It Ends with Us stars Blake Lively in the lead role with Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Isabela Ferrer, Jenny Slate, Alex Neustaedter, and Hasan Minhaj starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the drama and romance in Blake Lively’s It Ends with Us here are...

Adam Sandler and his Uncut Gems director, Josh Safdie, are set to reunite… for a new standup comedy special debuting later this month.

The special, Adam Sandler: Love You, premieres on Netflix on August 27 and marks the first time Safdie has directed a stand-up special.

As for what features in the special, Sandler outlines it in his opening remarks in the trailer: “So anyways, I talk a lot, and then I sing, and we do a bunch of shit.” The preview also teases flourishes of Safdie’s frenetic directorial style,...

Netflix announced on Wednesday that Adam Sandler: Love You, its latest special from actor and comedian Adam Sandler, will premiere on the streamer on August 27.

While a logline for Sandler’s new hour, taped at the Nocturne Theater in Glendale, CA, wasn’t disclosed, you can view a trailer for the special above. First announced back in February, it reunites Sandler with his Uncut Gems director Josh Safdie, who with Love You made his comedy special directorial debut.

Love You comes on the heels of 100% Fresh, Sandler’s 2018 special for Netflix. Prior to that, the SNL alum had only released a number of comedy albums decades prior, including Stan and Judy’s Kid (1999), What the Hell Happened to Me? (1996) and They’re All Gonna Laugh at You! (1993). A Happy Madison production of a Central Picture, the special was produced by Sandler, Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Dan Bulla, Carter Hambley,...

Last year, there was a massive uproar when “Barbie” filmmaker Greta Gerwig was left off of the Best Director lineup at the Oscars, despite the blockbuster movie reaping eight total nominations including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay (for Gerwig and Noah Baumbach). “Anatomy of a Fall” helmer Justine Triet, who won the prize for Best Original Screenplay, did wind up earning a directing bid, and it was only the ninth such time in Academy Awards history for a woman. So will the upcoming 2025 Oscars include any female Best Director nominees? Let’s consult Gold Derby’s Oscar Experts.

According to the rankings of our pundits from major media outlets, the five most likely directing nominees will all be men: Steve McQueen for “Blitz” (Apple TV+), Sean Baker for “Anora” (Neon), Denis Villeneuve for “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.), Edward Berger for “Conclave” (Focus Features), and Ridley Scott for “Gladiator II...

Exclusive: Lío Mehiel, Thaddea Graham, Will Price, Christine Dye, and Burgess Byrd have joined previously announced cast members Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny in Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming feature After the Hunt. The pic is produced by Imagine Entertainment will be released in theaters next year.

Luca Guadagnino is directing the film from a script penned by Nora Garrett. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum are producing alongside Guadagnino via his Frenesy banner. Imagine Entertainment’s Karen Lunder will executive produce alongside Nora Garrett. The film will start production this summer.

The film follows a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.

Mehiel made their feature film debut starring in Sundance 2023’s Mutt.