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mumsnet.com - Old films that badly predicted the future...
Old films that badly predicted the future...
Mumsnet

Please or to access all these features Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting. Currently watching T2;judgement day. The terminators have come back from 2029. Not sure we're at time…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Berlin, Toronto and Hong Kong Film Festival Chiefs Gather at Shanghai to Champion New Talent
Berlin, Toronto and Hong Kong Film Festival Chiefs Gather at Shanghai to Champion New Talent
Variety

The leaders of three of the world's most influential film festivals told Shanghai on Sunday that the role of the festival circuit in discovering and developing new voices has never been more critical – and that personal connection, not data…

smh.com.au - Garry Maddox - Exiled Russian master continues rebirth with Sydney Film Festival win
Exiled Russian master continues rebirth with Sydney Film Festival win
The Sydney Morning Herald

Exiled Russian master Andrey Zvyagintsev is continuing his brilliant comeback since a life-threatening bout of COVID in 2021. One of the world's greatest living filmmakers, best known for The Return, Leviathan and Loveless, was in a medically…

express.co.uk - Chris Samuel - 'Masterpiece' gangster 1995 film that's 'better than The Godfather' streaming free
'Masterpiece' gangster 1995 film that's 'better than The Godfather' streaming free
Daily Express

A 'masterpiece' gangster film starring Robert De Niro is streaming for free in the UK. Casino (1995) is set in 1970s and 80s Las Vegas, and follows gambling expert Sam 'Ace' Rothstein (De Niro) who is tasked by the Mafia with overseeing a major…

leicestermercury.co.uk - Tom Mack - Drivers fined for filming crash that left driver seriously injured
Drivers fined for filming crash that left driver seriously injured
Leicestershire Live

Three Leicester have been prosecuted and fined for filming the scene of a serious crash that had left one driver seriously injured. The trio are among 11 drivers to be fined for their part in filming the crash which happened in September last year…

nypost.com - Titus Wu - Spielberg's ailen film Disclosure Day could be 'cursed,' priest says
Spielberg's ailen film Disclosure Day could be 'cursed,' priest says
New York Post

A Tennessee Roman Catholic priest is making a wild claim that “demons can be attached” to movies in response to comments from Steven Spielberg on his new alien film “Disclosure Day.” Spielberg, the famed filmmaker behind…

variety.com - Marcus Lim - Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Lead Shanghai Film Festival's Star-Studded Opening
Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Lead Shanghai Film Festival's Star-Studded Opening
Variety

The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival launched Saturday at the city's Grand Theatre, drawing a constellation of Chinese-language stars to its opening red carpet and centering its ceremony on cinema's human core rather than the geopolitical…

screenrant.com - Joshua Fox - 10 Years, 10 Movies: The Best Anime Films Released Since 2016
10 Years, 10 Movies: The Best Anime Films Released Since 2016
ScreenRant

Anime has never been better and more mainstream than it has been in the past decade; whether by coincidence or by design, the visual and narrative quality of anime has reached heights many people likely thought would be impossible, and with…

indianexpress.com - Entertainment Desk - Govind Namdev distances himself from Salman Khan blackbuck film: 'I was kept in the dark'
Govind Namdev distances himself from Salman Khan blackbuck film: 'I was kept in the dark'
The Indian Express

5 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google In 1998, Salman Khan made headlines after being accused of hunting two blackbucks in Kankani village near Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Following the incident, members of the Bishnoi community filed a…

variety.com - Nick Vivarelli - Italy's 'King of Cashmere' Brunello Cucinelli on Taking Giuseppe Tornatore's Docufilm About His Life to the Shanghai Film Fest: 'It Can Connect With the Chinese Mindset'
Italy's 'King of Cashmere' Brunello Cucinelli on Taking Giuseppe Tornatore's Docufilm About His Life to the Shanghai Film Fest: 'It Can Connect With the Chinese Mindset'
Variety

After premiering at Rome's Cinecittà Studios and Lincoln Center in New York, Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore ‘s docudrama, “Brunello: The Gracious Visionary” – about Brunello Cucinelli, the fashion designer known…

indianexpress.com - Entertainment Desk - Main Vaapas Aaunga Box Office Collection Day 2: Imtiaz Ali's film sees 60.9% growth
Main Vaapas Aaunga Box Office Collection Day 2: Imtiaz Ali's film sees 60.9% growth
The Indian Express

Main Vaapas Aaunga Box Office Collection Day 2: After opening with Rs 1.15 crore on Friday, Imtiaz Ali's film Main Vaapas Aaunga, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Diljit Dosanjh, Sharvari, and Vedang Raina in lead roles, registered a healthy 60.9%…

thehindubusinessline.com - CineNow to shortly close ₹1,350-cr fund to finance films
CineNow to shortly close ₹1,350-cr fund to finance films
BusinessLine

CineNow Ltd, a British Virgin Islands-registered company, is in the process of closing a ₹1,350 crore fund with commitments from overseas investors and family offices to finance films in India. Most of the commitments have come for this…

screenrant.com - Matthew Biggin - Henry Cavill's New Highlander Reboot Gets Exciting Filming Update From Russell Crowe
Henry Cavill's New Highlander Reboot Gets Exciting Filming Update From Russell Crowe
ScreenRant

Henry Cavill's upcoming Highlander remake has received a strong update from co-star Russell Crowe. The original 1986 movie followed an immortal Scottish Highlander in present-day New York, confronting the last of his immortal opponents to fulfill…

indianexpress.com - Entertainment Desk - Haunted 3D Echoes of the Past Box Office Collection Day 2: Mimoh film crosses Rs 5 cr mark
Haunted 3D Echoes of the Past Box Office Collection Day 2: Mimoh film crosses Rs 5 cr mark
The Indian Express

2 min read Bengaluru Make us preferred source on Google Haunted 3D Echoes of the Past Box Office Collection Day 2: Vikram Bhatt's Haunted 3D: Echoes of the Past is enjoying a strong run at the box office. While the other major releases this Friday…

scmp.com - Richard James Havis - How Pang Ho-cheung's early black comedies disrupted Hong Kong cinema
How Pang Ho-cheung's early black comedies disrupted Hong Kong cinema
South China Morning Post

Before he became a film festival darling with Isabella (2006) and defined a generation's romantic cynicism with Love in a Puff (2010), writer-director Pang Ho-cheung was a published novelist injecting a much-needed dose of dark satire into a…

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