All articles by Jeremy Kay – Page 487
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News'X500', 'American Honey' triumph in Los Cabos
Juan Andrés Arango’s migrant drama claimed the México Primero prize and Andrea Arnold’s road movie prevailed in the Competencia de Los Cabos category as the fifth annual Los Cabos International Film Festival closed on Saturday.
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NewsDoctor Strange stays top in North America on $43m (update)
NOVEMBER 14 UPDATE: Marvel Studios’ tentpole ruled its second session and helped Disney score its best year on $2.31bn, while Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk scored an excellent limited debut.
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NewsUS Briefs: Casey Affleck to receive Palm Springs award
The Oscar frontrunner and star of Manchester By The Sea will collect the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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NewsRobert Redford to quit acting after next two films
The film icon and Sundance Film Festival founder has said he will cease to appear in front of the camera after Our Souls At Night and Old Man With A Gun.
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NewsTributes pour in for Robert Vaughn
Stars from the entertainment world have paid tribute to the TV and film actor who died on Friday from leukaemia. He was 83.
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NewsLos Cabos: IM Global targets 2017 move into Latin American TV
Stuart Ford’s independent powerhouse is in talks on a TV project with Mexican partners Canana and Colombian director Ciro Guerra as his company looks to expand its small screen activities in the region by next year.
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NewsJason Cassidy to lead Focus Features marketing
The executive most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road Films where he oversaw the campaign for Spotlight.
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NewsOdyssey Motion Pictures to release 'Petrol' feature
EXCLUSIVE: The company has acquired US rights to the feature version of N5 Pictures’ thriller web series that has Leviathan’s Aleksey Serebryakov in talks to star.
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NewsLos Cabos: Oliver Stone cautious, optimistic on 'rebel' Donald Trump
The president-elect can avert a potentially catastrophic cyber warfare if he translates his business skills to the geopolitical stage and cuts deals with Russia and China, filmmaker Oliver Stone said on Friday.
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NewsAcademy unveils record 27 animation Oscar submissions
Zootopia, Kubo And The Two Strings, Finding Dory, The Red Turtle, Sausage Party and My Life As A Zucchini are among those vying for Academy Awards glory.
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NewsNorth American briefs: Tom Hanks to receive Palm Springs Icon Award
The double Oscar winner – in contention again this season for his lead role in Sully – will collect the honour at the 28th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala on January 2.
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NewsLos Cabos tribute recipient Rodrigo Prieto appeals for compassion
In the wake of the shock US presidential election result, the Mexican DoP and Oscar nominee on Wednesday issued a plea for mutual understanding between Mexico and the rest of the world at the launch of the fifth Los Cabos International Film Festival.
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NewsPacific Northwest Pictures acquires 'David Lynch: The Art Life'
EXCLUSIVE: The Vancouver-based distributor has picked up all Canadian rights to the documentary by Rick Barnes, Jon Nguyen, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm.
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News'Doctor Strange' to surge past $300m international threshold
Marvel Studio’s latest outing is expected to retain pole position at the international box office this weekend.
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News'Like Crazy' to open AFI European Union Film Showcase
Paolo Virzi’s Italian buddy movie starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti will open the roster of 47 films from the 28 EU member states at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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NewsUS Briefs: Luc Besson unveils new 'Valerian' images
The EuropaCorp chief has dropped new images from his upcoming $180m sci-fi adventure Valerian And The City of A Thousand Planets ahead of the release of the new teaser trailer on Thursday.
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NewsUS Briefs: Academy hires outreach and fundraising ace
Plus: Route One options ‘Palmer’ screenplay from Cheryl Guerriero
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NewsFilm Movement acquires Polish Oscar submission 'Afterimage'
EXCLUSIVE: The New York-based distributor has picked up the last feature by the late director Andrzej Wajda, who died last month aged 90.
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NewsXLrator Media adds four docs to Lifeframe label
EXCLUSIVE: On the back of its releases of Queen Mimi and It’s So Easy And Other Lies earlier this year, the company has acquired global rights to four new titles.
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NewsCuba’s 'Soul Sisters' on Ventana Sur Primer Corte roster
Kiki Alvarez’s drama takes its place alongside five others in the Buenos Aires market’s post-production slate.