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Canary Islands Reform Tax Break Funding, as Archipelago Looks for Further Growth in Its Film-TV Hub
In a move to consolidate its bullishly expanding audiovisual industry, Spain’s Canary Islands have just scrapped a prior €50 million ($53.5...
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‘Titane’ Director Julia Ducournau’s Next Project to Star Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim; FilmNation and Charades Launching Sales
FilmNation and Charades are teaming up to present “Alpha,” the new film from Julia Ducournau, to buyers at Cannes. It’s the same place where...
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India’s Prosenjit Chatterjee on Overcoming His Hero Image With ‘Shesh Pata’ Role: ‘It Was a Huge Task’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian actor Prosenjit Chatterjee is a veteran of more than 250 films, but his most recent endeavor “Shesh Pata” is one of the special ones....
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Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy to Star in Enid Blyton Adaptation ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ From ‘Wonka’ Writer
Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy have joined the cast of magical family adventure feature “The Magic Faraway Tree,” based on Enid Blyton’s beloved...
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‘Mars Express’ Review: Thrilling Cyberpunk Mystery Warns of a Future Conflict Between Humans and A.I.
Fears of a future where artificial intelligence overpowers flesh-and-blood humans have always been a paramount tenet of sci-fi storytelling. And...
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Brillante Mendoza, Coco Martin’s Vigilante Saga ‘Pula’ Sets Netflix World Premiere With Fire and Ice Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Philippines auteur Brillante Mendoza’s film “Pula” has set a world premiere on Netflix. The narrative unfolds in the devoutly Catholic town of Pula...
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‘Unfrosted’ Review: Jerry Seinfeld Directs and Stars in a Biopic of the Pop-Tart. It’s Based on a True Story, but It’s Knowingly Nuts
While broadly based in reality, the entire movie is a put-on, a wackazoid tall tale, a comedy that uses the breakfast wars as the spin-off point...
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‘A Photographic Memory’ Review: A Filmmaker Traces Her Late Mother’s Vibrant Life in Ingenious Meta Doc
When filmmaker Rachel Elizabeth Seed first hears the recorded voice of her late mother Sheila Turner Seed, who died when she was only 18 months...
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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Cast on Why They Forced Larry David to Let Them Read the Show’s Outlines
When “Curb Your Enthusiasm” began its run on HBO all the way back in 2000, creator/star Larry David had a very specific rule: He wouldn’t let the...
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Screaming, Stunts and Playing Dead: ‘Tarot’ Star Larsen Thompson Reveals the Six On-Set Secrets Every Horror Actor Must Know
“Tarot” has the makings of a classic sleepover horror movie, fine-tuned for an astrology-obsessed Gen Z. When a group of friends accidentally read...
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‘The Fall Guy’: How Emily Blunt’s Look Was Inspired by Hollywood Directors Including Greta Gerwig, Patty Jenkins and Kathryn Bigelow
“The Fall Guy” costume designer Sarah Evelyn received the script long before Oscar nominee Emily Blunt was on board to play Jody, an aspiring film...
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Hannah Marks on the Long Journey To Bring John Green’s ‘Turtles All the Way Down’ To the Screen
Hannah Marks started acting when she was 6 years old, after seeing her mother’s acting reel. And she’s pretty much worked nonstop, from roles in...