All articles by Ben Dalton – Page 53
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News101 Films International adds Isaiah Washington’s ‘Corsicana’ to Cannes market slate (exclusive)
Source: 101 Films International Isaiah Washington 101 Films International has picked up worldwide sales rights on Western thriller Corsicana, written, directed by and starring Isaiah Washington. The completed film stars Washington as deputy US marshal Bass Reeves, a real-life Black cowboy tracking a gang of killers to ...
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NewsMartin Scorsese voices support for Ukraine, freedom of speech at Cannes 2023
Director is “very nervous about the aggression of Russia”; says “freedom to speak is the most important.”
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News‘May December’ star Natalie Portman highlights "different expectations" for women at Cannes Film Festival
“Some people in France call May-December relationships ‘Le Macron’” jokes Todd Haynes.
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NewsGlobal Screen boards Emily Atef’s Kenya-set AIDS drama ‘Mercy’ (exclusive)
UK-France-Germany co-production depicts the AIDS pandemic at the end of 1990s.
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NewsJonathan Glazer talks connection between Cannes title ‘The Zone Of Interest’ and modern far-right movements
“The film is trying to talk to the capacity within each of us for violence.”
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NewsMetFilm secures key deals including UK, Italy, Spain on ‘Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer’ (exclusive)
Documentary includes interviews with Christian Bale, Chloe Zhao, Robert Pattinson, Nicole Kidman.
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Features‘Firebrand’ team talk female-led crew, Jude Law transformation and parallels with “puzzling” modern monarchy
Director Karim Aïnouz and producer Gabrielle Tana tell Screen about their collaboration on Tudor-era royal drama — and Competition title — Firebrand
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NewsFrances de la Tour, Calvin Demba to star in UK feature ‘To The Girl I Once Knew’ (exclusive)
Ninety percent of HODs on the film are women, including casting director, production designer.
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NewsAnimated musical comedy ‘Unstable’ saddles up US, international deals (exclusive)
Film from ‘The Amazing Maurice’ producers Cantilever Productions.
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NewsUK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Fast X’ revs its engine in over 650 cinemas
‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ and ‘Beau Is Afraid’ both opening.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 29 projects for 2023 spring grants at Cannes
Four projects are by Qatari and Qatar-based filmmakers.
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NewsLucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy on WGA strike: “I’m in full support of writers getting what they deserve”
Director James Mangold also voiced support for striking writers at ’Indiana Jones’ Cannes press conference.
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NewsTrustNordisk boards Zentropa titles ‘Back To Reality’, ‘The Quiet Ones’
‘Back To Reality’ is a dark comedy from writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen.
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Sally Potter to retell ‘Orlando’ with new feature film ‘Orlando, Now’ (exclusive)
Potter is teaming with debut producers Joanna Vymeris and Solomon Golding for a retelling of her Oscar-nominated 1992 film.
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Features‘How To Have Sex’ director Molly Manning Walker: “I hope we can start a conversation”
UK filmmaker Molly Manning Walker hopes her holiday drama, showing in Un Certain Regard, can resonate with young audiences — and Cannes critics.
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NewsCharlie Murphy, Flora Nicholson to lead ‘Miss Pirie And Miss Woods’ from ‘Winners’ producer (exclusive)
Sophie Heldman will direct the real-life LGBTQI+ drama.
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NewsCaptain Sir Tom Moore to receive film treatment from ‘Fisherman’s Friends’ writers (exclusive)
‘Finding Your Feet’ director Richard Loncraine will direct; Circus Studios selling in Cannes.
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News‘McQueen’ filmmakers reunite for documentary about ‘Superman’ star Christopher Reeve (exclusive)
Film is currently in production, with first-ever access to the Reeve Estate’s archives.
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NewsSheffield DocFest international competition title ‘Stephen’ picked up for UK-Ireland (exclusive)
Narrative-documentary hybrid follows a man auditioning for a film while transforming his real life.
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NewsBulldog takes four films for UK-Ireland release including comic thriller ‘A Kind Of Kidnapping’ (exclusive)
Also picks up festival favourite ‘A Life On The Farm’.