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If the Cannes Film Festival is the place where films test the waters to see if they have the juice to play for awards season, the dual arrivals of the Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival are the hard launch for those who think they can
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The Cannes Market has at least one more British "Hot Package" movie that's guaranteed to start filming when the paperwork says it will: Director Michael Sarnoski's (A Quiet Place) new take on Robin Hood, which has been scooped up by the mega-successful indie producer
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It was only a couple of days ago that we discussed how hard it is to determine which projects that come to the Cannes market will be made and which ones are just fantasy packages in search of a funder. Those that already exist as finished projects have a leg
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Unless you are in the movie business, the concept of a film festival probably seems super esoteric. The idea that there are nearly enough that one could attend almost year-round would probably knock most people's socks off. Only a few festivals are famous enough for people outside the
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Most of Hollywood doesn't really tune into Awards season until the end of the summer when the back-to-back film festivals start rolling out the big contenders in Venice and Toronto, followed by London and then American theatrical releases. But for the rest of the world, the chase for
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While Hollywood is prepping for awards season leading up to the Mid-march Oscars, slowly working its way back up the calendar, the Sundance Film Festival is already looking ahead. The January event is the first major festival of the year and the first spot for filmmakers to trot out potential
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For American or international audiences, who perhaps only occasionally peer into the hysteria that is the United Kingdom, there was a year-long obsession in the media with an extremely elderly gentleman called Captain Tom. This military veteran attempted to walk the length of his garden 100 times to raise money
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Imagine you are a historian. You dedicate your life to understanding, uncovering, and preserving events of the present and past. You are a stalwart of accuracy, yet flexible of mind. Evidence is paramount. Your work is meaningful and important. Now, imagine a bulldozer driven by Ridley Scott comes through and
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It’s unclear whether The End We Start From’s choice not to change the bland, ephemeral title of Megan Hunter’s 2018 novel is bold or unwise. Going into the survival film, you have to process your expectations of the soft-focus, overly minimalistic student relationship drama such a title
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What if there existed a medical procedure that concretely proved we were in love with our partner? As long as we’re willing to give up an insignificant piece of keratin, a scientific device will determine if we were both in love, if only one of us was in love,
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It’s rare you see a British debut that so perfectly matches the sensibilities of both its co-directors and more refreshing if a British debut doesn’t concern itself with the soon-to-be tired themes of grief and trauma. Of course, The Kitchen is in part about both of those things
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Anthony Hopkins is making a play for the Oscars this year in One Life, where he plays real-life "British Schindler" Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved the lives of 669 Jewish children during World War II. It's perfect Oscar bait — real-life hero, biopic, period piece, tear-jerker, war