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Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports coming to the Paramount+ streaming service in November. The Paramount Plus November 2024 schedule includes Taylor Sheridan’s Landman, which navigates the fortune-seeking world of Texas oil rigs.

Sports fans can also enjoy an incredible spread of games over the holiday week, including the Nwsl Championship and UEFA Champions League marquee matches, as well as NFL on CBS and Big Ten on CBS action.

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In November, audiences will be treated to the premiere of the new original series Landman, from Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of Yellowstone and starring Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton, Golden Globe nominee Demi Moore, and Emmy Award winner Jon Hamm.

Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, the series tells the gripping story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires in the world of oil rigs fueling a boom so big that it’s reshaping our climate,...

French composer, pianist and conductor Philippe Rombi will be the guest of honour at the 24th World Soundtrack Awards in Belgium on October 16, 2024.

Rombi is best known for his collaborations with François Ozon on films including Swimming Pool, Young And Beautiful, In The House, Potiche, Frantz and last year’s The Crime Is Mine.

The composer has been nominated for four Cesar awards and two Lumieres. His other credits include Oscar nominee Joyeux Noël from Christian Carion, Danny Boon’s Welcome To The Sticks and Christophe Barratier’s The Time Of Secrets.

Rombi will attend the awards at Film Fest Ghent in October,...

And so the “life-changing cab ride” sub-genre expands with Driving Madeleine, directed by Christian Carion and starring Line Renaud and Dany Boon. One likes to imagine this new film exists in the same universe as all of the rest. Somewhere in Atlanta, Morgan Freeman drives Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy) and gets a handle on prejudice. Meanwhile, Winona Ryder and Gene Rowlands (Night on Earth) have reunited in Los Angeles. Elsewhere in the City of Angels, Tom Cruise has just stepped into Jamie Foxx’s car (Collateral). Finally, in North Carolina, Souléymane Sy Savané and Red West (Goodbye Solo) carry on a gentle conversation.

Carion often trades in sentimentality (see his Joyeux Noël), and Driving Madeleine is as sentimental as it gets. Cab driver Charles (Boon) is in a bad situation. His marriage is strained, he has debts he cannot pay, and he’s one traffic stop away from losing his license.

Kicking off the new year, NYC’s Quad Cinema will present a retrospective of French filmmaker Christian Carion in anticipation of his latest feature Driving Madeleine, with the director in person. At the Wheel: The Films of Christian Carion, taking place January 8-11, includes his Oscar-nominated 2005 WWI drama Joyeux Noël, starring Diane Kruger and Guillaume Canet, on 35mm; his Ennio Morricone-scored 2015 WWII drama Come What May; his 2017 thriller My Son, a reunion with Canet also starring Mélanie Laurent; his own remake of My Son, starring James McAvoy and Claire Foy, from 2021; plus his personal pick of Steven Spielberg’s first feature Duel; along with a sneak preview of his latest film.

His latest film, which follows a nonagenarian (French national treasure Line Renaud) on a cab ride through Paris and down memory lane, driven by a tightlipped cabbie (Dany Boon), will have the sneak peak on January 11 ahead of...

Jaicy Elliot stars as Lea in Hallmark Channel’s new movie Joyeux Noel and you might be curious to know more about her life, so we’ve got you covered.

The actress has starred in a few other Hallmark movies including Romance in Style and My Southern Family Christmas.

She is best known for playing Dr. Taryn Helm in Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19.

So is she single or married?

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Jaicy is dating utility sound technician Brandon Pert, and while it’s unclear how long they’ve been together, she first started sharing photos of him on Instagram in October 2022.

Brandon has worked in the sound department for several TV shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Crank Yankers, The Imagineering Story, and Loving Elvis.

Check out some of the couple’s cute Instagram posts below…

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Brant Daugherty stars as Mark in Hallmark Channel’s new movie Joyeux Noel and you might be curious to know more about his life, so we’ve got you covered.

The 38-year-old actor has starred in several other Hallmark movies including Timeless Love, A Royal Runaway Romance, Mingle All the Way, and The Baker’s Son.

He’s starred in other TV shows including Pretty Little Liars, Days Of Our Lives, and Army Wives. Brant also played Sawyer the security guard in Fifty Shades Freed.

So, is he single or married?

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Brant has been married to wife Kim since June 2019. The two first started dating in 2016 after meeting on a dating app. The couple welcomed their first son Wilder in March 2021 and announced in October 2023 that they are expecting another baby boy.

Kim is best known for her roles in shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Bones,...

Hallmark has revealed that it will have 40 all-new, original movies for both its flagship channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, as well as special content for Hallmark Movies Now, the company’s subscription streaming service.

Even though the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes impacted TV and film productions, Hallmark anticipated the labor dispute by getting a head start on production in Canada. “Christmas is a year-round business at Hallmark, so we were able to mitigate early in the year understanding that the strikes were unfortunately imminent,” Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP of programming at Hallmark Media, was recently quoted as saying. “We’re grateful to meet all our goals for a full, all-new holiday slate and to bring our viewers the content they love most to celebrate the season.”

Holiday programming kicks off Friday, Oct. 20 with the channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas.

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Horror movie villains? Of course. But also, surprisingly, protagonists of world-famous operas.

Because while it might not seem immediately obvious, opera and horror are genres with many commonalities. Like horror, traditional classical opera thrives on grandiosity, with overwhelming visuals and soaring soundtracks to imply the conflict, intrigue and drama. Like horror, opera focuses on the extremes of human emotion and interaction: obsessive vengeance, unresolved despair, consuming passions. Both genres are stereotyped by outsiders–opera as a tedious or incomprehensible ordeal, horror movies as tawdry and tasteless. And fans of both will cry betrayal at anything that deviates from long-standing, deeply cherished genre tropes–they like what they like and they’ll throw down to defend their opinions. (Forget about your heated Freddy vs. Jason arguments; start a debate on whether a...

Melissa Joan Hart will star in multiple new “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” holiday movies, as well as the made-for-tv hoarder film “Dirty Little Secret” at Lifetime, as part of a new multi-year deal with the cable channel, Variety has learned exclusively.

Under her new pact, Hart will star in, direct and executive produce several movies for Lifetime. For the “Ripped From The Headlines” movie “Dirty Little Secret” (working title), which is set to debut this summer, Hart stars as a mother hiding her extreme hoarding tendencies that are destroying her family.

Additionally, Hart will star in and executive produce new movies for Lifetime’s 2022 and 2023 Christmas slates, having previously starred in six holiday films for the cabler, including “Mistletoe in Montana,” “Dear Christmas” and “A Very Merry Toy Store.” Hart has previously executive produced eight Lifetime films with her production company Hartbreak Films, including the recent “Christmas in Tune” starring Reba McEntire.

Kevin McHale and Justin Thorne first worked together when they were members of the boy band Nlt in the mid-aughts. Now, the two are thinking about a bear band.

McHale, best known for his work as Artie on “Glee,” and Thorne are the creators of the AlphaBeatZ, five animated singing and dancing teddy bears; they launched the group over the holidays with a short video on social media featuring the cuddly creatures coming to life in a young boy’s bedroom and performing a portion of the original tune “Christmas Everyday.” They also released “The AlphaBeatZ Christmas!,” a five-song EP of holiday music, including covers of “Feliz Navidad” and “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.”

The AlphaBeatZ are voiced by McHale, Thorne, McHale’s “Glee” co-star Jenna Ushkowitz, Chris Moy and Shelby Rabara.

“We joke that it’s the Spice Girls meets One Direction but for kids,” Thorne tells me.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas now that Michael Bublé's new holiday special is on the horizon. The award-winning singer will debut Michael Bublé's Christmas in the City on Monday, Dec. 6, which will feature a mix of comedy, music and celebrity guests, including Camila Cabello, Jimmy Fallon, Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham and more. But how does the king of Christmas celebrate the holidays when he's not creating a festive project during this time of year? In an exclusive interview with E! News, Michael revealed the sweet musical tradition that his family performs every year. "We sing the song 'Feliz Navidad' for 7,000 times...over...

“Castle Rock” and “Heavenly Creatures” star Melanie Lynskey is slated to portray the victim of real-life infamous murderess Candy Montgomery in a new Hulu limited series, entitled “Candy.” She will play Betty Gore, the small Texas town teacher, wife and mother who was axed to death on Friday the 13th, June 1980 in her laundry room by her church friend. The titular killer will be played by Jessica Biel.

Three-time Emmy nominee Robin Veith wrote the pilot script of “Candy,” and MIchael Uppendahl will direct it. Both will executive produce. Nick Antosca will serve as executive producer under his banner Eat the Cat along with Alex Hedlund. Biel and Michelle Purple will serve as executive producers for Iron Ocean. Jim Atkinson & John Bloom will serve as consulting producers. The series is from UCP and 20th Television.

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‘Tis the season. Well almost. And perhaps that is why AMC+ and Rlje recently swooped in and took the new holiday-themed dramedy Silent Night off the market (domestically at least) before its Toronto International Film Festival premiere tonight. Who doesn’t love a good ‘ol Christmas movie, perhaps the most reliable genre for feel good feelings?

Well this one certainly is a twist on the tradition as it centers on a gathering of British upper crust family and friends as they settle down for their holiday dinner knowing it is going to be the last dinner of their lives. With a deadly cloud coming in to slowly make its way presumably across the world, it is now heading directly toward the impressive English estate of Simon(Matthew Goode) and wife Nell (Keira Knightley) who have invited a group of merry makers over for their final night on earth as the...

The Zebra has been the most entertaining of the season 1 contestants on “The Masked Dancer.” Even he can’t believe he has made it to the Top 4 competing on February 10 for a place in the final. He made it to this stage of the competition by impressing the four judges with his lively routine set to “Take You Dancing” by Jason Derulo on the February 3 quarter-final.

We’ve been trying to figure out who the Zebra is all season long. We’ve watched that performance again as well as his first three appearances: “Magalenha” by Sérgio Mendes on January 6; “All My Life” by K-Ci and JoJo on January 13; and “Mi Gente” by J Balvin on January 2y. Keep reading for all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including our theory as to the true identity of the Zebra.

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The Zebra is certainly the most energetic of the six contestants still in contention on season 1 of “The Masked Dancer.” He takes to the stage again on January 27. We’ve been fans of his since he first competed on episode 2 and wowed us with his fancy footwork in a routine set to “Magalenha” by Sérgio Mendes. He returned the following week and did even better with his dance to “All My Life” by K-Ci and JoJo.

Forget those guesses by the four judges that the Zebra is someone who came to fame in a boy band like Ricky Martin or Kevin Richardson. Keep reading for all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including our theory as to the true identity of the Zebra

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We are certain that the Zebra is professional boxer Oscar De La Hoya. Don’t agree? Consider the following facts:

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“The Masked Dancer” is only three episodes old but it is already one of our favorite shows of the year. We love watching stars wearing elaborate costumes doing difficult dance steps. On the second episode of season 1, which aired on January 6, five celebrities danced and four of them made the cut; Ice Cube was revealed to be Bill Nye, “The Science Guy.” We’ve been been busy since then scouring the clues and performance videos and have all of your “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including the identity of the most energetic dancer of the bunch, Zebra, who performs again on January 13.

On episode 2, the Zebra dazzled us with his fancy footwork set to “Magalenha” by Sérgio Mendes. The four judges were way off with their guesses of Ricky Martin, Pitbull, or Kevin Richardson. Keep reading for all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including our theory as to the true identity of the Zebra.

“The Masked Dancer” continues on January 6 with the second set of five celebrities competing as Group B. Among these famous five is someone disguised as a Zebra. We got a sneak peek at the reactions of the judges to his first performance. Paula Abdul praised his “superb” costume while Brian Austin Green praised his “fancy footwork” and Ken Jeong speculated that his must be a “trained dancer.” Keep reading for all “The Masked Dancer” spoilers, including our best guess of the name of the Zebra.

The only clue we got before the Zebra took to the stage for the first time came via the show’s official Instagram account in the days before Christmas. This striped beast revealed that their favorite holiday tunes is “Feliz Navidad,” which is “Merry Christmas” in Spanish. The post also encouraged us to make some “wild guesses.”

We think that the Zebra is Mario Lopez.

Taylor Swift’s Evermore debuted at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, marking her second album to top the chart this year. Evermore amassed more than 154,000 sales and over 189 million streams, adding up to more than twice as many album-equivalent-units as the competition. As that set coasted to Number One, its predecessor Folklore also continued to thrive, enjoying more than 60,000 sales and close to 34 million streams. Swift had two of the three most popular albums in the country.

Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon III: The Chosen debuted at Number Two.

This Christmas ornament? Mariah Carey doesn't know her. On Thursday, Dec. 17, CNN Politics Senior Campaign Editor Kyle Blaine tweeted a photo of a Christmas ornament made in the pop diva's likeness. The figure sports glittering gold hair and wears a red and white belted dress and Santa hat while kneeling—an homage to the cover of her 1994 album Merry Christmas, which contains Carey's classic song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Blaine wrote, "My husband and I exchange ornaments every year and this year he got me @MariahCarey which is very festive!" The singer herself responded, "This is... Not approved [neutral face emoji] (But it's the...

Chance the Rapper will host a surprise virtual concert, dubbed Chi-Town Christmas, on Friday, December 18th.

The gig will stream on Chance’s YouTube and Instagram, as well as Oculus Quest’s Venues app, which said of the concert, “Chance the Rapper gifts the world a performance for the holidays showcasing the Grammy-winning performer moving through generations of television, culminating with a live band performance for the holidays.”

The rapper also shared a brief teaser for the event on social media:

This Friday, a new virtual concert. #chitownchristmas pic.twitter.

Overall the South Korean industry has shrunk by 63.6% according to a report by the Korean Film Council.

South Korea’s film industry is on course to have shrunk 63.6% by year’s end, according to a Korean Film Council (Kofic) report on the impact of Covid-19 published today.

The government-funded organisation estimates that, firstly, overall box office is on track to have gone down by 73.7% by year’s end, with approximately 60 million admissions for the year accounting for $467.5m (KW510bn).

Secondly, digital online sales are estimated to have gone down from $466.9m (KW509.3bn) last year to $333.28m (KW363.5bn) this year.

Bad Bunny owned the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart, amassing more than 120 million streams on his surprise release, El Último Tour Del Mundo. The 16 song set, which includes features from Rosalía, Jhay Cortez, and Abra, marks Bad Bunny’s third full-length of the year. In addition to its formidable streaming count, El Último Tour Del Mundo also earned more than 12,000 downloads.

Bad Bunny’s album-equivalent-unit total nearly doubled that of the week’s second highest seller, Miley Cyrus’ Plastic Hearts. Plastic Hearts, which includes contributions from throwback rockers like Joan Jett and Billy Idol,...

BTS Be was Number One by a landslide on the latest Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. The succinct collection, just 28 minutes long, amassed more than 136,000 sales and 27.2 million streams. In addition, the eight songs on Be combined earned close to 242,000 downloads.

Megan Thee Stallion’s Good News came in at Number Two on the Rs 200. The rapper easily out-streamed BTS, picking up more than 95 million streams. But BTS’ album sales and song downloads dwarfed Megan Thee Stallion’s, allowing the K-Pop group to pull out an easy victory on the albums chart.

20% of sites to close over the next two years.

South Korean multiplex operator Lotte Cinema is set to close 20% of its sites over the next two years and is joining fellow chains Cj Cgv and Megabox by raising ticket prices in an effort to counter losses from the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Lotte Cinema’s sales have gone down more than 70% compared to the same time last year due to the protracted effects of Covid-19,” said the company in a statement today, adding that rent and maintenance costs were increasing so that the company was operating at a loss of “approximately KW...

Mariah Carey has enlisted Ariana Grande, Tiffany Haddish, Snoop Dogg, and more for her new holiday extravaganza, Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special, premiering December 4th on Apple TV Plus.

The special, per a release, will center around Carey helping Santa solve a last-minute “holiday cheer crisis” at the North Pole to save Christmas. The show will feature a mix of musical performances and animation, while additional guests include Jennifer Hudson, Jermaine Dupri, Billy Eichner, Misty Copeland, and Mykal-Michelle Harris, plus Carey’s twins, Moroccan and Monroe.

To accompany the special,...

Ariana Grande’s Positions spent a second consecutive week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Grande’s set earned 7,300 sales and 91.5 million streams. Positions was trailed by Pop Smoke’s Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, a former Number One that picked up another 73.2 million streams last week.

The Australian rapper the Kid Laroi landed at Number Three with the deluxe edition of Fuck Love, which originally came out in July. The music industry has become increasingly enamored with the idea of re-releasing recent...

Turn on the twinkling holiday lights and cuddle up with a soft blanket because Lifetime's 2020 Christmas movie schedule is here - and the first movie premieres Oct. 23! Hopeless romantics, Christmas enthusiasts, and happy-ending seekers will love the amazing holiday-themed movies playing on Lifetime this season. Expect to see some familiar faces, like Tiffany Haddish, Beverley Mitchell, Mario Lopez, Melissa Joan Hart, Kelly Rowland, Vanessa Lachey, Kyla Pratt, and many others. Read the full schedule and list of stars below and get ready to mark your calendar for some serious holiday viewing!

It's a Wonderful Lifetime 2020 Schedule

Oct. 23, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas on Ice: starring Abigail Klein, Ryan Cooper, Caroline Portu, Will Lyman, and Meara Mahoney Gross

Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas Unwrapped: starring Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini, Cheryl Ladd, and executive producer Tiffany Haddish

Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et – Forever Christmas: starring Chelsea Hobbs, Christopher Russell,...

James McAvoy and Claire Foy will star in the upcoming English-language remake of the French thriller “My Son.” STXfilms has bought the worldwide rights to the film.

McAvoy will portray a man whose only son goes missing, leading to him travel to the town where his ex-wife (Foy) lives in search of answers. To play a man whose life is clouded by mystery, McAvoy will not be given a script or dialogue, so his character will only be aware of basic aspects of his story, and he will have to improvise and react to each moment as it unfolds. The rest of the cast and crew will be aware of the scenes.

The original film was released in 2017 with Christian Carion directing and Guillaume Canet starring in McAvoy’s role an absentee father searching for his kidnapped son in the mountains of southeast France. Carion has been attached to direct the English-language version,...

James McAvoy and Claire Foy will star in a thriller about a father’s missing child called “My Son” for STXfilms that’s an English-language remake of the 2017 French film of the same name, the studio announced Monday.

Christian Carion, who directed the original “My Son” starring Guillaume Canet and Mélanie Laurent, will also direct McAvoy and Foy in the remake. STX has closed the rights to distribute the film in North America and the UK, as well as Italy, Benelux, Latin America, Spain, Australia and China.

“My Son” stars McAvoy as a man searching for his missing son in the town where his ex-wife (Foy) now lives. But McAvoy will go about filming the project in an unusual way: he will not be given a script or dialogue, only the basic aspects of the story, and he will have to improvise and react to reach moment as it unfolds,...

Visar Morina's drama won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Feature and Cineuropa Award, Ru Hasanov received the Best Director award, and Merry Christmas, Yiwu was crowned Best Documentary. Kosovo-born and Germany-based filmmaker Visar Morina's Sundance and Berlinale title Exile, starring Michel Maticevic and Sandra Hüller, triumphed at the online, 26th edition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, winning the Heart of Sarajevo for best feature film as well as the Cineuropa Award. Azerbaijan's Ru Hasanov received the Heart of Sarajevo for best director for his second feature film, The Island Within, which had its world premiere at the festival. Croatia's Marija Škaričić won the Heart of Sarajevo for best actress for her role in Andrea Štaka's Mare, repeating her 2006 success when she triumphed for her role in Fräulein, the first feature film by the same director. Mare also received the Cicae Award. The Heart of Sarajevo for best actor.

After being forced to pivot entirely online last-minute due to a Covid spike, Bosnia’s Sarajevo Film Festival is coming to a close and has unveiled its prize winners for this year’s edition.

A jury chaired by Michel Hazanavicius and featuring Berlinale director Carlo Chatrian, actress Jadranka Đokić, director Srdan Golubović and the Morelia Film Festival’s Andrea Stavenhagen, awarded the festival’s top prize, the Heart of Sarajevo, to Visar Morina’s Exile. The pic stars Misel Maticevic and Sandra Huller in the story of a chemical engineer of foreign origin who plunges into an identity crisis. It debuted at Sundance this year.

The Heart of Sarajevo for Best Director went to Ru Hasanov for The Island Within, while Best Actress went to Marija Škaričić for Mare, and Best Actor went to Vangelis Mourikis for Digger. You can see the list of awards below, as well as the festival’s industry winners.

Filmmaker Joe Swanberg is best known for his work in the mumblecore subgenre, writing and directing micro-budget films with an emphasis on naturalistic acting and improvised dialogue. His movies, like 2013's Drinking Buddies and 2014's Happy Christmas, are indie comedy-dramas concerned with the interpersonal relationships and the romantic entanglements of people in their twenties and early thirties. Occasionally, however, Swanberg works in the horror genre, as an actor and director. Now, he's collaborating with Dave Franco on the actor's directorial debut, a film titled The Rental, which combines Swanberg's mumblecore and horror sensibilities with mixed results. To celebrate the success of their tech start-up, business partners Charlie (Dan Stevens from The Guest and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga) and Mina (Sheila Vand from A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night) ...

Festival will world premiere 12 features across its dramatic and documentary competitions.

Eight features have been selected for the main competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, which is taking place as a physical event from August 14-21.

They include the world premieres of More Raça’s Andromeda Galaxy; Fatih Özcan’s Mavzer; Ruxandra Ghițescu’s Otto The Barbarian; and Ru Hasanov’s The Island Within. A further three films played in the Berlinale’s Panorama section earlier this year: Visar Morina’s Exile; Andrea Staka’s Mare; and Georgis Grigorakis’ Digger, which won the strand’s Cicae Award.

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Mariah Carey will be telling all with her new memoir The Meaning of Mariah. Carey revealed to fans that she finished the book earlier this week.

Officially announced Thursday morning, The Meaning of Mariah Carey will be released on September 29th by Andy Cohen Books, an imprint at Henry Holt & Company, while the audio book will be produced by Audible. The book was written in collaboration with Michaela Angela Davis, who has worked extensively in fashion, journalism and activism.

“This book is composed of my memories, my mishaps, my struggles,...

Arrow Video Channel Bites Into July Lineup SVOD Channel Offers Classic and Cutting Edge Cult Cinema July Seasons Include Asia Extreme & 80s Horror New Titles Include Zombie for Sale, The 12-Film Gamera Collection, Creepshow 2, Bloodstone, Black Rainbow & Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence London, UK – Arrow Video is excited to announce the July …

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Dave Franco’s Directorial Debut The Rental will be in Select Drive-Ins, Theaters and On Demand July 24, 2020. Here’s a clip from the film. Looks pretty scary!

Featuring an all-star cast including Dan Stevens (“Downton Abbey,” Beauty and the Beast), Alison Brie (“BoJack Horseman,” “Glow”), Sheila Vand (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Argo) and Jeremy Allen (“Shameless,”Movie 43),The Rental was also co-written by Franco and Joe Swanberg (“Easy,” Drinking Buddies, Happy Christmas).

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Two couples looking to celebrate their seed money from a new business venture, embark on a weekend getaway to a seemingly perfect house they’ve booked online. But what begins as a festive weekend for the four close friends turns into something far more sinister as secrets they’ve kept from each other are exposed and paranoia grows that they may not be alone.

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A+E Networks says there is plenty of content in its production pipeline.

The company will renew its successful “Live Pd” franchise for an additional 160 episodes on A&e, while launching a live showcase led by comedian Jeff Foxworthy and a series featuring WWE wrestlers tracking the professional-wrestling organization’s memorabilia – a sign that many TV companies will likely rely on reality programming in weeks ahead as production is crimped by the coronavirus pandemic. And it will also unveil a spate of original movies for its Lifetime cable network, says Paul Buccieri, president of A+E Networks Group, in an interivew.

“We are in production 52 weeks a year, and have a long-term view,” says Buccieri The executive said the company has been able to continue post-production work on its array of unscripted series by moving staffers to work at home. The company has also been “pushing our scripted movies,” a staple of the company’s Lifetime network,...

Oslo-based Fantefilm is the production company behind ‘The Quake’ and ‘The Wave’.

Scandinavian studio Nordisk Film has acquired a minority stake in Fantefilm, the Norwegian production company behind disaster features The Quake and The Wave.

The deal will also see Nordisk secure an output deal with Fantefilm, which has four features in production and is also developing a major TV series. It will give the studio Nordic distribution and international sales rights to Fantefilm’s future slate.

Kenneth Wiberg, president of Nordisk Film Distribution and VP of Nordisk Film, said the move was part of its ongoing strategic to be...

Once again, a new documentary tops the specialized top 10 with “The Biggest Little Farm.” And, once again, a high-profile narrative film from a major director and well-known cast — “All Is True” — struggled in its opening weekend.

It’s a pattern we’ve seen repeatedly, most recently with Aretha Franklin documentary “Amazing Grace” and Judi Dench drama “Red Joan.” And where “Tolkien” might have been a platform release in the past, it opened in over 1,400 theaters. The emphasis on wider play shifts from the conventional paradigm, as well as a lack of faith given its mediocre reviews.

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The Biggest Little Farm (Neon) – Metacritic: 72; Festivals include: Telluride, Toronto, Hamptons 2018

$101,012 in 5 theaters; PTA (per theater average): $20,002

It’s an impressive initial response in five major New York/Los Angeles venues for this documentary about a Southern California farm that uses biodiversity and ecologically friendly methods. This is a topic that receives significant interest in social media,...

Playtime, the Paris-based co-production and sales company which will be presenting Francois Ozon’s anticipated “By the Grace of God” in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, has acquired three offbeat French comedies: Geraldine Nakache’s “I’ll Go Where You Go,” “The Bare Necessity” with Fanny Ardant, and Valerie Donzelli’s “Our Lady of Paris.”

“Our Lady of Paris” marks Donzelli’s fifth feature film, following “Marguerite & Julien,” which competed at the Cannes Film Festival; “Hand in Hand”; “Declaration of War,” which played at Cannes’ Critics’ Week and earned six Cesar nominations; and “Queen of Hearts.”

Donzelli stars in the film as Maud Crayon, a failing architect and single mom of two who unexpectedly wins the contest to spearhead the renovation of the esplanade of Notre-Dame de Paris, and who has to deal with a pair of exes – both of whom she still has feelings for.

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Daniel Bruhl was “immediately fascinated” by “The Alienist” when he first read Caleb Carr‘s original novel. That novel was adapted into a TNT limited series in which Bruhl plays Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a criminal psychologist (known at the time as an alienist) who teams up with a newspaper illustrator (Luke Evans) and a headstrong NYPD secretary (Dakota Fanning) to investigate a serial killer in 19th century New York City. The actor, who grew up in Germany, was particularly struck by the show’s combination of “gripping, dark thriller” and “entertaining history lesson about New York … I learned so many things I didn’t know.” He was also excited by the opportunity to go “back in time” to explore “the beginning of so many sciences that now we know so much better.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Brühl above.

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When a father’s little boy disappears in the snowy woods of eastern France, he embarks on a nail-biting crusade to get him back before it’s too late. Seen this one before?

From Taken to Prisoners to the recent Kidnap, there's been no shortage of movies depicting parents going out on a limb to save their children from imminent doom. And while My Son (Mon Garcon), which marks the latest collaboration between Joyeux Noel director Christian Carion and star Guillaume Canet, hardly deviates from formula, it’s got a nervously eerie feel to it that’s grounded in Canet’s gripping turn as a...

Wild Bunch screens Christian Carion’s latest film in Cannes.

Cohen Media Group has acquired North American rights to the thriller My Son (Mon Garcon) starring Guillaume Canet and Melanie Laurent.

Christian Carion directs the recently completed film that Wild Bunch is screening in Cannes.

My Son centres on a husband and wife who are growing apart as the man receives a message from his distraught ex-wife during a stop-over in France.

When she says their son has gone missing, the man begins a search and will stop at nothing to get him back.

Carion directed French Oscar nominee Joyeux Noel and Farewell (L’affaire Farewell) and most recently Come What May, which Cohen Media Group distributed last autumn.

“Following our success with Come What May we are delighted to continue our close relationship with Christian Carion,” Cohen Media Group chairman and CEO Charles Cohen said.

“I’m really happy to work again with Cohen’s crew...

Cohen Media Group CEO Charles S. Cohen closed North American distribution rights to My Son, the Christian Carion (Joyeux Noel)-written/directed French thriller that stars Guillaume Canet (Tell No One) and Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds). The film, which will screen at Cannes, focuses on a husband and wife as they face the crisis of their lives. Julien (Canet) travels constantly for work, and his perpetual absence from home has wrecked his marriage. During a…...

By: Carson Blackwelder

Managing Editor

The greatest thing about the best foreign-language film category is the recognition of works from all around the world. Throughout the years, movies made outside the United States of America have gotten the recognition they deserve thanks to the implementation of this specific award. With the 2017 Oscars right around the corner, let’s take a look back at the distribution of nominations and wins across the seven continents that make up this big world we inhabit.

This year’s best foreign-language film contenders are: Toni Erdmann (Germany), The Salesman (Iran), Land of Mine (Denmark), A Man Called Ove (Sweden), Paradise (Russia), The King’s Choice (Norway), My Life as a Zucchini (Switzerland), It’s Only the End of the World (Canada), and Tanna (Australia). This site’s namesake, The Hollywood’s Scott Feinberg, lists the first five of those as frontrunners and the other four as major threats.

Exclusive: Paris-based company reshuffles sales team as Carole Baraton steps down as head of sales.

Wild Bunch will launch sales on new films by Jean-Luc Godard, Christian Carion, Michel Ocelot, Raymond Depardon as well as a feel-good, Senegal-set drama starring Omar Sy at Unifrance’s upcoming Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris (Jan 12-16).

The event will also mark the first outing for the company’s reconfigured sales team following Carole Baraton’s decision to step down as head of sales to set-up her own company.

Baraton’s long-time territories the Us, France and the UK will be carved up between the sales team, now consisting of Silvia Simonutti, Emilie Serres, Olivier Barbier, recent hire Fanny Beauville and Esther Devos for festivals.

Notably, Beauville will co-handle Canada and the Us in partnership with La’s Creative Artist Agency (CAA), working closely with the agency’s film finance and sales group co-chief Roeg Sutherland and his team.

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In an unusual take on the World War II movie, French director Christian Carion focuses on a group of French villagers attempting to flee on the eve of the German invasion, in Come What May. Carion directed Joyeux Noel, the crowd-pleasing film about the real World War I Christmas Truce, when some soldiers on both sides called a one-day unofficial truce. Carion’s new film, in French with some German and English and with subtitles,centers on a group of people whose stories are drawn from those of real civilian refugees. It is a well-made historical film with a talented international cast, fine period detail and filmed in lovely rural locations but the story leans towards the sentimental and conventional.

Carion co-wrote the film, which opens (and closes) with photos of real French refugees and a few words about their struggles, plus a dedication to the director’s mother, who...

Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.

This Past Weekend:

As expected, Labor Day weekend wasn’t good for the two new wide releases at all, although the romantic drama The Light Between Oceans (DreamWorks), starring Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, ended up doing far better of the two. Also as expected, Fede Alvarez’s Don’t Breathe (Screen Gems) won the weekend with a four-day total of $19.7 million, a little less than I predicted. The Light Between Oceans ended up with slightly over $6 million, roughly the same as my original prediction but 20th Century Fox’s thriller Morgan, starring Kate Mara, bomb-bomb-bombed with a ridiculously bad four-day opening of just $2.5 million in its first four days. The Mexican comedy No Manches Frida (Lionsgate/Pantelion) ended up faring better in just 362 theaters,...

New York Film Critics Awards: Best Film winner 'Carol' with Cate Blanchett. 2015 New York Film Critics Awards have enlivened Oscar race Catching up with previously announced awards season winners that will likely influence the 2016 Oscar nominations. Early this month, the New York Film Critics Circle announced their Best of 2015 picks, somewhat unexpectedly boosting the chances of Todd Haynes' lesbian romantic drama Carol, Clouds of Sils Maria actress Kristen Stewart, and László Nemes' Holocaust drama Son of Saul. Below is a brief commentary about each of these Nyfcc choices. 'Carol' Directed by Todd Haynes, starring two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (The Aviator, Blue Jasmine) and Oscar nominee Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), and adapted by Phyllis Nagy from Patricia Highsmith's 1952 novel The Price of Salt,[1] Carol won a total of four New York Film Critics awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay,...

'Everest' 2015, with Jake Gyllenhaal at the Venice Film Festival. What global warming? Venice Film Festival 2015 jury: Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón president The 2015 Venice Film Festival, to be held Sept. 2–12, has announced the members of its three main juries: Venezia 72, Horizons, and the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Best Debut Film. In case you're wondering, “Why Venezia 72”? Well, the simple answer is that this is the 72nd edition of the festival. Looking at the lists below, you'll notice that, as usual, Europeans dominate the award juries. The only two countries from the Americas represented are the U.S. and Mexico, and here and there you'll find a sprinkling of Asian film talent. Golden Lion jury The Golden Lion – Venezia 72 Competition – jury is comprised by the following: Jury President Alfonso Cuarón, the first Mexican national to take home the Best Director Academy Award (for the Sandra Bullock-George Clooney...