I may not be the target demographic for the latest action figures franchise film but, it turns out, I even found the inner teenager in me and made a TikTok video about the experience.
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Pharrell Williams releases new original song for his Lego animated biopic 'Piece by Piece'
The film, directed by Morgan Neville, world premiered at Telluride before screening at TIFF to glowing reviews, and will close this year’s BFI London Film Festival.
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BFI London Film Festival announces full line up for upcoming 68th edition
And the numerous titles include the latest titles from Luca Guadagnino, Pablo Larraín, Mati Diop, Kevin Macdonald, Sam Mendes and Leos Carax — along with allowing the UK public to discover visionary up and coming filmmakers like Laila Abbas, Meryam Joobeur, Mo Harawe and Shiori Ito.
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BFI London Film Festival announces Competition line up for upcoming edition
And the titles include ‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’ by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ by Rungano Nyoni and Georgian film ‘April’, produced by Luca Guadagnino.
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Controversy brewing at this year's Venice Film Festival over lack of press access
Granted, it wouldn’t be a film festival if some sort of polemic didn’t arise and this year’s 81st Venice International Film Festival will probably go down in history as the beginning of the end for independent film journalism. Here’s why.
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More to love from the Doha Film Institute at this year's Venice Film Fest
This year there are 12 Doha Film Institute supported films in the lineup on the Lido, plus the DFI is hosting a special afternoon and even a gala dinner celebrating their achievements in the world of cinema and art.
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Malaysian Tan Chui Mui and Argentinian Laura Citarella are 2024 Miu Miu Women's Tales directors
A yearly appointment at the Venice Film Festival, fashion brand Miu Miu, also a Creative Partner of Giornate degli Autori, has once again sponsored two women filmmakers in the creation of a short film each, about women and their world; the shorts will screened during the upcoming festival, with their directors and casts in attendance.
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Three fantastic takeaways from this year's San Diego Comic-Con
And they include a certain favorite animated robot of mine, plus the return to the Marvel universe by a beloved actor, and a performance out of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ — all the stuff geek dreams are made of!
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Venice Film Festival announces Orizzonti and Debut Film juries
And they include one of my all-time favorite filmmakers, Soudade Kaadan, along with American director and screenwriter Debra Granik, and Canadian actress Taylor Russell.
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The Official 2024 Venice Immersive Selection and Competition revealed
And it includes 63 projects from 25 countries.
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'A Journey with Aparna Sen' at London's Ciné Lumière
Be prepared to be awed and inspired by this legend of Indian cinema, in town for a mini-retrospective of her directorial work screening this weekend.
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Venice Film Festival Competition jury will include Andrew Haigh and Abderrahmane Sissako along with president Isabelle Huppert
Other members of the esteemed Venezia 81 jury include James Gray, Agnieszka Holland, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Giuseppe Tornatore, Julia von Heinz and Zhang Ziyi.
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World premiere of Steve McQueen's 'Blitz' to open 68th BFI London Film Fest
Making it the perfect time to discover, or revisit, some of the Academy Award and BAFTA winning UK filmmaker’s previous work.
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The 5th Amman International Film Festival kicks off with style and a somber tone
Respectful of the ongoing Gaza tragedy and in tune with the mood of the Region in general, the Jordanian film festival still managed to celebrate its theme for this edition — “Our Stories, Our Narratives”.
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Tim Burton’s 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' to kick off 81st Venice Film Fest
The film features Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, with Jenna Ortega, and Willem Dafoe and will be screened on the 28th of August in the Sala Grande.
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Amos Gitai's latest, plus Nicolas Cage starrer 'The Surfer' among titles announced in upcoming Taormina Film Fest
Always a star-studded event, the festival will also revisit ‘Diario di Guttuso’ a television work from 1982 featuring the beloved Italian artist that already showed the highly personal style of Oscar winning filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore.
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A still from ‘The Wild Robot’ directed by Christ Sanders, photo courtesy of DreamWorks Animation & Universal
How 'The Wild Robot' taught me to Annecy: A short guide to the animation festival for non-believers
So you think animated films are just for kids and you won’t enjoy the largest festival in the world dedicated to the genre? I’m here to tell you that you’re wrong — and a major reason why for me was a film that’s not even finished yet but now burrows deep inside my heart. Read on to find out more.
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What to do and watch at this year's Sundance Film Festival: London 2024
A film festival in the heart of The Big Smoke (London that is) focusing on indie cinema and cool industry panels? Yes please. Read on for all you need to know, and watch.
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The second Mediterrane Film Festival's line up and what you need to know about it
The Mediterrane Film Festival’s second edition, will be taking place from the 22nd of June to the 30th June, 2024 in Malta, and it recently confirmed its new Artistic Director, renowned programmer and industry insider Teresa Cavina.
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Cannes Film Festival awards include top prizes for Sean Baker's 'Anora' and Guan Hu's 'Black Dog' in Un Certain Regard
Many women-directed gems were snubbed, in favor of a story about a sex worker written and directed by a male filmmaker.
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