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Cannes Film Festival Contenders: 60 Movies That Could Make the 2025 Lineup
The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival is just two months away, and speculation is building that new features from Paul Thomas Anderson, Park Chan-wook, Wes Anderson, Kristen Stewart, Richard Linklater, Nicolas Winding Refn, Spike Lee and Scarlett Johansson could be among the titles competing for this year's Palme d'Or.
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BBC Takes Thomas Vinterberg’s Climate Change Drama Series ‘Families Like Ours’ for U.K.
The show from the Oscar-winning director of 'Another Round' imagines rising sea levels forcing the entire population of Denmark to become refugees.
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German “Casting Queen” An Dorthe Braker to Receive Lifetime Honor
The casting director behind such films as 'Run Lola Run,' 'Downfall' and 'Nowhere in Africa' will be honored for her life's work at the 75th German Film Awards in Berlin on May 9.
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“Great Expectations”: British Postwar Cinema Gets Spotlight With Locarno Film Festival Retrospective
"British cinema made in the studio system managed to blend popular entertainment with some of the most stylistically innovative forms, elevating it to the status of art," says curator Ehsan Khoshbakht.
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China’s $2B Blockbuster ‘Ne Zha 2’ to Release Across Europe
Already the highest-grossing animated film in movie history, the film will soon launch in the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and 30 more territories, courtesy of Trinity CineAsia.
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John Oliver Criticizes Democrats Over Response to Trump’s Speech to Congress
The 'Last Week Tonight' host isn't happy about "centrist Democrats' current insistence on bending over backwards to cater to conservatives."Â
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Brian Durnin’s ‘Spilt Milk’ Wins Audience Award at Star-Studded Glasgow Film Fest
German comedy 'Two to One,' starring Sandra Huller, was the runner-up as the fest, attended by the likes of James McAvoy, Toni Collette, Jessica Lange and Ed Harris, closed with 'Make It to Munich.'
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Karla SofÃa Gascón Reflects on Tumultuous Oscars Season: “The Pain Has Been So Overwhelming That I Contemplated the Unthinkable”
The Oscar-nominated 'Emilia Pérez' star, whose awards campaign was thrown into disarray after past, controversial tweets were resurfaced, is opening up about her mental-health struggles and again apologizes to "all I have offended" as she vows to "learn" as she moves forward.
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Style Notes: The Louvre’s Answer to the Met Gala
Also in your weekly style update: Dior's new doc, Zac Posen releases designs based on his GapStudio suit for Timothée Chalamet, Vuitton taps makeup artist Pat McGrath and a Marilyn Monroe evening bag arrives at auction.
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Why Hans Zimmer Passed on Scoring MCU Films: “I’ve Done the Trifecta”
Zimmer has previously composed music for Batman, Spider-Man and Wonder Woman movies.
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‘Drive to Survive’ Boss Teases a Few Different Episodes Amid Controversy and Chaos in Season 7
James Gay-Rees, executive producer of the hit Netflix reality series, talks about the show's experimental approach this season: "There are definitely two or three episodes which are a departure for us."
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Oscar Winner Alejandro Amenábar on Miguel de Cervantes Film and His World War III Fears
From the Luxembourg City Film Fest, the director of 'The Others' weighs in on Hollywood, being scared of algorithms, Nazi salutes and why he voted for Karla SofÃa Gascón for the Oscars.
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