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Stars not the lone success factor for films - Opinion
Patrons watch a 3D IMAX movie at a theater of Wanda cinema run by Dalian Wanda Group Co. in Beijing, China, Monday, May 21, 2012.[Photo/IC] A recent list of the top 100 Chinese mainland celebrities' pay for starring in a film or TV serial has left…
Trading expo for Chinese films to be held in Fuzhou - Culture
By Liu Xiangrui | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-10-30 09:33 The 21st Beijing Screenings, jointly hosted by the film bureau of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, the Fujian provincial bureau of Press…
30th Tokyo International Film Festival kicks off - Culture
Xinhua | Updated: 2017-10-26 14:41 The 30th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off Wednesday, with some 200 films to be screened at theaters in Tokyo's downtown Roppongi and other areas in the next 10 days. A total of 15 works from…
Mel Gibson Says 'Lethal Weapon 5' Is Stuck in 'Some Kind of Industrial Film Hell' Even Though the 'Script Is Better Than All the Others'
Mel Gibson gave an update on the long-gestating “ Lethal Weapon 5″ this week, saying the sequel is “tied up in some kind of industrial film hell that you can't extract it from to make it.” Gibson says that he and the…
Star-studded Rome Film Festival kicks off - Culture
Italy's capital city braced for a star-studded event as its 12th film festival kicked off Thursday. The opening movie is 'Hostiles' by American director Scott Cooper, described as an unconventional Western starring Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike.
China-EU film fest enthralls audience in Brussels - Culture
Head of the Chinese Mission to the European Union, H.E. Zhang Ming, delivers a speech as part of the opening ceremony of the China-EU Film Festival on Nov 17 in Brussels, Belgium. [Photo/People's Daily] The China-EU Film Festival concluded its…
American Film Market Expands Century City Campus With Marché du Film Partnership
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… The American Film Market is expanding its campus with this November's edition of the annual sales market in Century City with the AFM House, a 15,000-square foot installation created via a partnership…
Semi-pro footballer from Leeds filmed driving at 191mph
A semi-professional footballer who was filmed driving at 191mph has been jailed. Connor Charlton, 32, was also involved in a scam where other drivers took penalty points for speeding offences in return for cash, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
American Film Market Expands With Launch of AFM House, Site of Its Innovation Hub
The American Film Market is expanding its scope with the launch of a new Los Angeles venue called The AFM House that will be site of its Innovation Hub. The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), that produces the AFM, on Wed, announced the…
American Film Market Expands to Include AI and Tech Companies
All film markets and festivals need to evolve and continue to stay relevant, and the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) is aiming to do just that with its flagship American Film Market, or AFM. IFTA announced that it will expand its film…
Taika Waititi Is Willy Wonka in a Very Unexpected New Animated Film
What happened to Willy Wonka after he gave all those kids Golden Tickets? That's at the heart of an upcoming animated movie that just put itself on the map in a big, big way. It's called Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory, and it's coming to Netflix…
Michelle Keegan and Inbetweeners star James Buckley seen filming Netflix show
Michelle Keegan has been spotted filming her new Netflix show with The Inbetweeners star James Buckley. The former Coronation Street actress, 39, will be seen alongside James, who shot to fame when he played Jay Cartwright in the E4 comedy series…
In Venice, it's not politics as usual as film-makers aim to recapture our attention
Europe is in an economic crisis that, unlike the eurozone downturn at the beginning of the millennium, cannot be measured in ratings downgrades and borrowing costs. For metrics, try engagement depth and consumer trust instead. The unedifying…
Can You Watch Neon's New Film 'It Ends' for 36 Hours Straight?
In the new film, It Ends, it doesn't. A group of friends goes on a drive and ends up on a road that never ends. They drive for days, weeks, months; they don't really know. But what they do know is that nothing about this is normal or good. To…
'Sometimes they credit the janitor. But not us': what's it like to be a child chaperone on a film set?
Linda Matthews has rarely had to stop a production in its tracks. Steve Stone's 2017 psychological horror In Extremis was an exception. Set on an isolated country estate during an apocalyptic storm, it follows a family that have to confront the…
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