Universal Language from director Matthew Rankin, which earned an audience prize presented to the best film in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes film festival, has been chosen by Canada to compete in the best international feature category at the Academy Awards. The absurdist comedy in the Farsi and French languages is an offbeat homage to …
One of the finest Japanese independent films of the past few years is finally landing in U.S. cinemas this weekend. Second-time director Kei Chika-ura’s Great Absence, which debuted to strong reviews at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival and later won the best actor prize in San Sebastian for its star, Japanese screen icon Tatsuya Fuji (In the …
Another Emily Henry bestseller is getting the adaptation treatment. The romance author is set to adapt her recent novel Funny Story into a feature film, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company will produce. The bestselling novel, released in April, centers on protagonists Daphne and Miles, whose exes are dating. Daphne, a children’s …
Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan’s 1990s all-female music festival Lilith Fair is the subject of a feature documentary from the CBC and director Ally Pankiw. The first Lilith Fair, which McLachlan spearheaded to defy a male-dominated music industry that couldn’t envision more than one woman performing on a concert stage or on a radio playlist, kicked …
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 …