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‘Zola’ dominates the Independent Spirit Award nominations

The A24 production a film based on a 2015 Twitter thread, landed a total of seven nominations at this year's Independent Spirit Awards, celebrating films made with independent creatives and lower budgets.

15/12/2021

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Sundance 2022 boasts biopics, gamechanging debuts, and a Kanye doc

America's biggest film festival will see viewers returning in-person after 2021's virtual event, with a rollercoaster of emotions in store.

10/12/2021

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First female Oscar-nominated director Lina Wertmüller dies at 93

The director and screenwriter – best known for Seven Beauties and Swept away – died peacefully at home.

09/12/2021

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West Side Story banned in parts of Middle East over trans character

Six countries in the Middle East requested that the film receive a recut to eliminate the presence of a trans character. Disney and director Steven Spielberg refused.

08/12/2021

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Boiling Point's Bart Ruspoli on the challenges of indie filmmaking

Critically-acclaimed and now award-winning one-shot kitchen nightmare, Boiling Point, came after a 2019 short. How did producers make the transition to feature?

06/12/2021

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Netflix's 'Prayer for the Stolen': Childhood cartel tale set for Mexic

In her feature debut, documentary filmmaker Tatiana Huezo offers a harrowing tale of three girls growing up in a place terrorised by a Mexican drug gangs.

03/12/2021

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'Flee': Sundance-winning animated refugee documentary lands in Europe

Denmark's Oscar entry debuts in European cinemas this weekend. Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen discusses the reasons 'Flee' is connecting with people all around the world.

02/12/2021

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Baldwin denies pulling trigger in shooting during emotional interview

The interview, Baldwin's first since the fatal shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of "Rust", shows a vehement denial by the actor.

02/12/2021

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Get Back: 4 myths about The Beatles answered in Peter Jackson's doc

Four years ago, 'Lord of The Rings' director and Beatlemaniac Peter Jackson was enlisted to look at the band's final years with fresh eyes. Here is what he found.

25/11/2021

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Eddie Redmayne: Taking trans role in 'The Danish Girl' was a 'mistake'

The British actor received an Academy Award nomination in 2016 for his portrayal of Lili Elbe, one of the first people to ever undertake gender reassignment surgery.

22/11/2021

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David Bowie documentary coming soon from 'Montage of Heck' director

Brett Morgen's documentary of the late-Nirvana singer's complex life made serious waves at Sundance Film Festival in 2015. Can fans expect the same with David Bowie next year?

19/11/2021

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Swiss Oscar entry and Cannes triumph 'Olga' hits cinemas in Europe

'Olga' traverses the worlds of ambition and politics as one young gymnast reckons with her future during the 2013 Euromaidan uprising in Ukraine.

12/11/2021

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Gaga's House of Gucci accent: 7 Hollywood stars that went method on us

The singer has spent a full 9 months talking in an Italian accent to embody Patrizia Reggiani in one of 2021s most anticipated films. What is it with Hollywood going all method on us? And who takes it too far?

11/11/2021

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'Rust' film armorer says someone may have put bullet in gun

A statement from Hannah Gutierrez Reed says she did everything in her power to keep the set safe, adding fuel to theories the provision a real bullet was an act of "sabotage."

05/11/2021

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Who faces legal liability in 'Rust' shooting case? Euronews explains

Experts discuss who could face repercussions from the harrowing shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

28/10/2021

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Keanu Reeves buys generous gift for John Wick stunt team

One of cinema's most treasured stars surprised five stunt performers with engraved Rolex watches to mark their time shooting the John Wick sequel.

28/10/2021

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Will Compartment No.6 be Finland's first shot at an Oscar in 20 years?

Sony have just bought the US release rights to Finnish filmmaker Juho Kuosmanen's Grand Prix award winning film. He spoke to Euronews about the making of the new potential Oscar hopeful.

28/10/2021

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Guns on movie sets: How could the shooting of a crew member happen?

Exploring the structures in place on film and television sets that keep cast and crew are safe in the wake of Halyna Hutchins' passing on the set of Rust.

25/10/2021

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Despite hybrid release, 'Dune' draws well on the big screen

Long waited sci-fi epic Dune was released in cinemas at the same time as streaming, much to the behest of its director, Denis Villeneuve.

25/10/2021

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House from A Nightmare On Elm street listed just in time for Halloween

The exterior of the property has barely changed in since the horror classic hit cinema's in 1984. If you've got the money to make an offer by October 31st it could be yours.

22/10/2021