A defining scene in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s startling movie Evil Does Not Exist shows an adversarial meeting between the residents of an idyllic Japanese village and the representatives of an opportunistic Tokyo-based company. The two groups have gathered to discuss plans for the construction of a luxury camping site. To build goodwill for the project, the representatives, …
Think of it as a Justice League for MSNBC fans: In an expansion of its live events strategy, the cable news channel is convening more than a dozen of its hosts in Brooklyn on September 7 for a ticketed event that it is calling “MSNBC Live: Democracy 2024.” Democracy 2024 will see conversations and in-depth …
It’s now been 15 years since Krysten Ritter’s Breaking Bad arc came to a tragic, series-altering end. But that eight-episode run in season two of the beloved AMC series continues to bear fruit for the actor. Last night, she made her return to the home network of Breaking Bad as the star of Orphan Black: …
The Gotham Film & Media Institute is entering the branded entertainment space, launching a program that it is calling the 2024 Gotham Week Branded Storytellers to Watch. The program will include 10 filmmakers and creators with experience in branded entertainment and storytelling. During this year’s Gotham Week Project Market, to be held in Brooklyn Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, the …
Entertainment Squad, the boutique distribution company founded by Shaked Berenson, has acquired the relationship comedy In Fidelity, starring Chris Parnell (Saturday Night Live, Fallout) and Cara Buono (Stranger Things, Mad Men), as well as Dennis Haysbert and Illeana Douglas. The company is planning a release early next year. In Fidelity sees Parnell and Buono play a …
Indian cinema triumphs at the 23rd Transylvania International Film Festival, which took place June 14-24 in the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca. First-time director Shuchi Talati won the Transylvania Trophy, the top prize of the International competition, along with its $11,7000 (€10,000) bursary for her feature Girls Will Be Girls, a mother-daughter drama that premiered at …
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will screen the European premiere of Greg Kwedar’s prison drama Sing Sing, starring Oscar nominee Colman Domingo. In Sing Sing, a group inside an infamous maximum security correctional facility finds purpose by acting together in a theater troupe. When a wary outsider joins, the men decide to stage their …
20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing and Oscar-winning documentary about the siege of the Ukrainian port city in the first days of Russia‘s full-scale invasion, brought home the devastation wrought by war on a civilian population. A new documentary, Real, premiering at the Karlovy Vary international Film Festival, shows the reality of the Ukraine …
What did five of the most critically acclaimed Asian movies that premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have in common? They all were edited by rising Taiwanese studio Cutting Edge Films. Formally established only in 2022, the company comprises a small group of film professionals who have worked together for over a decade. They …
[This story contains spoilers from the second episode of House of the Dragon season two.] The second episode of House of the Dragon season two featured a fan-favorite scene from George R.R. Martin’s book Fire & Blood: The fatal clash of the Cargyll twins, Arryk (Luke Tittensor) and Erryk (Elliot Tittensor), whose identical looks are …