The Brutalist, Superboys Of Malegaon To A Complete Unknown: What To Watch In Theatres This Week
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The Brutalist, Superboys Of Malegaon To A Complete Unknown: What To Watch In Theatres This Week

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Emilia Pérez: Emilia Pérez brings a bold and genre-defying story to theatres this week. Set in Mexico, it centres on Rita, a high-powered but underappreciated lawyer, played by Zoe Saldaña, whose life takes an unforeseen turn when a notorious cartel leader hires her. That leader, portrayed by Karla Sofía Gascón, isn’t seeking legal loopholes or deals—but a chance to disappear and live authentically as her true self. Gascón delivers a magnetic performance as Emilia, embodying both the fierce past of a cartel leader and the vulnerability of someone seeking personal freedom. Adding to the film’s layered narrative, Selena Gomez appears in a key supporting role, rounding out a cast that brings depth and nuance to this complex tale.

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‘Emilia Perez’ finally won two Oscars, but silence on trans issues, Mexican criticism sparks backlash
3 weeks, 5 days ago

‘Emilia Perez’ finally won two Oscars, but silence on trans issues, Mexican criticism sparks backlash

The Hindu  

Despite its controversial run through awards season, Emilia Pérez took home two Oscars on Sunday night, with Zoe Saldaña winning Best Supporting Actress and the film’s musical number “El Mal” securing Best Original Song. Director Jacques Audiard’s admission that he did little research on Mexico only fueled the backlash, and the controversy intensified after lead actor Karla Sofía Gascón — …

Zoe Saldaña Defends 'Emilia Pérez': It's Not 'About A Country'
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Zoe Saldaña Defends 'Emilia Pérez': It's Not 'About A Country'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Zoe Saldaña, who won an Oscar for her role in the Spanish-language musical comedy “Emilia Pérez” on Sunday, told a Mexican journalist who said the film was “really hurtful” for her people that the film “came from a place of love.” Saldaña, in remarks to the media following her Best Supporting Actress win, took a question from …

Oscars 2025 | Zoe Saldaña wins Best Supporting Actress for ‘Emilia Pérez’
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Oscars 2025 | Zoe Saldaña wins Best Supporting Actress for ‘Emilia Pérez’

The Hindu  

Zoe Saldaña earned her first Academy Award for best supporting actress in Emilia Pérez, capping an already accomplished awards season. That drug lord becomes Emilia Pérez, played by best actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón, the first openly transgender actor nominated for an Oscar. I believe that everybody has the right to be who they are and ‘Emilia Perez’ is about …

Zoe Saldaña wins first Oscar, sweeping awards season as best supporting actress in ‘Emilia Pérez’
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Zoe Saldaña wins first Oscar, sweeping awards season as best supporting actress in ‘Emilia Pérez’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Zoe Saldaña earned her first Academy Award for best supporting actress in “Emilia Pérez,” capping an already accomplished awards season Sunday. When you learn to let that go, it is about the work day in and day out, the day that you do win, you just have a deeper appreciation for it and you feel that you …

‘Emilia Perez’ star Karla Sofia Gascon to attend Oscars despite controversy
1 month ago

‘Emilia Perez’ star Karla Sofia Gascon to attend Oscars despite controversy

The Hindu  

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón is set to attend the Academy Awards this weekend, despite recent controversy over resurfaced social media posts. She previously opted out of attending several awards season events, including the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where she was nominated both individually and as part of the film’s ensemble. She has since apologised and announced earlier this …

BAFTA 2025: 'All We Imagine As Light' loses to 'Emilia Perez'
1 month, 1 week ago

BAFTA 2025: 'All We Imagine As Light' loses to 'Emilia Perez'

Deccan Chronicle  

Payal Kapadia's critically acclaimed movie "All We Imagine As Light" lost out the BAFTA in the Best Film Not in the English Language category to French title "Emilia Perez".Despite the controversy surrounding its lead star Karla Sofia Gascon's old tweets, which were viewed as Islamophobic and racist, "Emilia Perez" won the award at Sunday's ceremony in London with film's second …

From Zoe Saldaña to Jesse Eisenberg: 7 most memorable moments from BAFTAs
1 month, 1 week ago

From Zoe Saldaña to Jesse Eisenberg: 7 most memorable moments from BAFTAs

Deccan Chronicle  

The British Academy Film Awards, or BAFTAs, have given audiences some great moments in recent years. ‘’ singalong with Brian Cox Host David Tennant got the ceremony off to an amusing start with a pre-recorded bit where various actors give him a little pep talk, appearing in his dressing room mirror — including fellow Scot Brian Cox, who kicked off …

Emilia Pérez is a mess of a film – it is also a worrying tale of our time
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Emilia Pérez is a mess of a film – it is also a worrying tale of our time

The Independent  

The Oscars are two weeks away. But, this year, there’s one conversation, and one conversation alone, being had: how do we solve a problem like Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón? open image in gallery The ‘Emilia Pérez’ cast at the 82nd Golden Globes in January Here, it received largely positive reviews and won the Jury Prize, plus the Best …

Disgraced 'Emilia Perez' star vows to remain 'silent'
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Disgraced 'Emilia Perez' star vows to remain 'silent'

Raw Story  

Actor Karla Sofia Gascon appeared to step back Friday from the Oscar campaign for her hit Netflix narco-musical "Emilia Perez" after her offensive past social media posts hit its chances of glory. Gascon, the first transgender woman nominated for best actress, plays a Mexican cartel boss in the movie, which won a record number of Oscar nominations for a foreign-language …

The never-ending Emilia Perez fiasco has created the most open Oscar race in decades
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The never-ending Emilia Perez fiasco has created the most open Oscar race in decades

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Until a couple of weeks ago, Netflix’s Emilia Perez – a Spanish-language French musical film …

Netflix pulls itself away from Oscar-nominated film 'Emilia Perez' star Karla Sofia Gascon due to her controversial posts
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Netflix pulls itself away from Oscar-nominated film 'Emilia Perez' star Karla Sofia Gascon due to her controversial posts

Firstpost  

The streamer is also no longer covering expenses for “her travel to the various awards shows or her styling for any appearances at these events”, they said Netflix has reportedly pulled away itself from Karla Sofia Gascon, the star of its multiple Oscar-nominated film Emilia Perez, amid the controversy over her old social media posts that were viewed as Islamophobic …

Zoe Saldaña says she’s taking ‘time to process’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s comments
Trending News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Zoe Saldaña says she’s taking ‘time to process’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s comments

CNN  

CNN — Zoe Saldaña isn’t letting the controversy surrounding her “Emilia Pérez” costar Karla Sofía Gascón’s offensive social media comments take the joy out of her experience as an Oscar nominee, but she says she still has a lot to process about it. Saldaña earned her first-ever Academy Award nomination in the best supporting actress category for Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez,” …

Zoe Saldana breaks silence over Karla Sofía Gascón scandal as Oscars loom
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Zoe Saldana breaks silence over Karla Sofía Gascón scandal as Oscars loom

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Zoe Saldaña has responded to the controversy enveloping her Emilia Pérez …

This French film about Mexico has 13 Oscar nominations. Why ‘Emilia Pérez’ is tanking in Mexico
1 month, 4 weeks ago

This French film about Mexico has 13 Oscar nominations. Why ‘Emilia Pérez’ is tanking in Mexico

LA Times  

The movie “Emilia Pérez” has finally hit the big screen in Mexico City — the principal setting for the genre-bending musical about narco-violence and transgender culture that just garnered 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture. Actor Adriana Paz speaks at a press conference to promote the movie “Emilia Pérez” in Mexico City on Jan. 15, 2025. Director Jacques Audiard gestures …

Karla Sofia Gascón apologizes for old tweets, says she is 'deeply sorry to those I have caused pain'
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Karla Sofia Gascón apologizes for old tweets, says she is 'deeply sorry to those I have caused pain'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Karla Sofia Gascón, the Oscar-nominated …

Karla Sofia Gascon Makes Oscar History with Best Actress Nomination
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2 months ago

Karla Sofia Gascon Makes Oscar History with Best Actress Nomination

Deccan Chronicle  

Karla Sofia Gascon, the star of the Spanish-language movie musical Emilia Perez, has made history as the first openly transgender female actor to earn an Academy Award nomination. Gascon’s Role in Emilia Perez In Emilia Perez, Gascon portrays a Mexican drug kingpin who undergoes gender-affirming surgery and begins a new life as a social worker. Gascon revealed instances of prejudice …

What does Mexico really think of ‘Emilia Pérez?’
2 months ago

What does Mexico really think of ‘Emilia Pérez?’

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — It may have been embraced by the Academy, but just a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed “narco-musical” Emilia Pérez was already drawing rebukes for superficial portrayals of sensitive subjects. The film tells the story of a fictional Mexican drug trafficker nicknamed Manitas del Monte, who leaves behind her life of crime by becoming a …

Zoe Saldana shares rare photos with all three of her sons to celebrate Oscar nom for Emilia Perez
2 months ago

Zoe Saldana shares rare photos with all three of her sons to celebrate Oscar nom for Emilia Perez

Daily Mail  

Zoe Saldana marked her Oscar nomination on Thursday with a rare and heartwarming series of snapshots featuring her beautiful family. The 46-year-old actress, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Emilia Perez, shared joyful moments on Instagram with her husband of 12 years, Marco Perego, 44, and their three children: twins Cy and Bowie, 10, and Zen, 7. Another image showed …

Emilia Perez leads Oscars 2025 race with 13 nods but slammed in Mexico as 'insensitive' film trivialising drug violence
2 months ago

Emilia Perez leads Oscars 2025 race with 13 nods but slammed in Mexico as 'insensitive' film trivialising drug violence

Hindustan Times  

Despite its huge international success, including a leading 13 Oscar nominations, Emilia Perez faces criticism in Mexico, where the transgender narco-musical has been accused of trivialising raging drug-related violence. Audiard has rejected criticism that the film misrepresented Mexico, but acknowledged on Thursday in an interview with AFP that he perhaps "handled it clumsily." Ahead of the nominations, he told AFP …

'Emilia Perez' lauded in Hollywood but criticized in Mexico
2 months ago

'Emilia Perez' lauded in Hollywood but criticized in Mexico

Raw Story  

by Samir Tounsi Despite its huge international success, including a leading 13 Oscar nominations, "Emilia Perez" faces criticism in Mexico, where the transgender narco-musical has been accused of trivializing raging drug-related violence. Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, launched an early salvo late last year against "Emilia Perez," which was mainly filmed in a studio in France. Audiard has rejected criticism that …

Column: The narco musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ isn’t as bad as critics say — it’s worse
2 months, 1 week ago

Column: The narco musical ‘Emilia Pérez’ isn’t as bad as critics say — it’s worse

LA Times  

With 13 Academy Award nominations, the — take a deep breath — French-made, Netflix-distributed, Mexican trans-narco musical “Emilia Pérez” made history Thursday morning. The LGBTQ+ advocacy organization GLAAD described it as “a profoundly retrograde portrayal of a trans woman.” On a podcast, superstar Mexican comic Eugenio Derbez ridiculed the accent of Mexican American Selena Gomez — who plays Emilia’s wife …

Emilia Pérez is a star-studded Oscars favourite, but it has become mired in controversy and criticism
2 months, 1 week ago

Emilia Pérez is a star-studded Oscars favourite, but it has become mired in controversy and criticism

ABC  

If the buzz surrounding Emilia Pérez is anything to go by, you'd be forgiven for thinking the award-winning Mexican musical telenovela directed by French filmmaker Jacques Audiard is worth its salt. But Greta Gerwig — jury president at the 2024 Cannes, who presented the Best Actress award to the cast of Emilia Pérez — feting a film does not necessarily …

Emilia Perez actor Karla Sofia Gascón on getting death threats online: ‘I love it. It’s my gasoline'
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Emilia Perez actor Karla Sofia Gascón on getting death threats online: ‘I love it. It’s my gasoline'

Hindustan Times  

Karla Sofia Gascon is touted to become the first transgender person to win an Academy Award, if she gets nominated in the Best Actress category at Oscars 2025 for her role in Jacques Audiard's Spanish musical crime comedy Emilia Perez. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} Karla revealed that the hate she receives online also includes death threats, such as “I hope you die …

Golden Globes: Emilia Perez star Selena Gomez praised for reaction to losing to Zoe Saldana
Trending News
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Golden Globes: Emilia Perez star Selena Gomez praised for reaction to losing to Zoe Saldana

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Selena Gomez is receiving praise for her response to losing at …

Golden Globes: Emilia Perez star Selena Gomez praised for reaction to losing to Zoe Saldana
Trending News
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Golden Globes: Emilia Perez star Selena Gomez praised for reaction to losing to Zoe Saldana

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Selena Gomez is receiving praise for her response to losing at …

Emilia Perez review: Oscar frontrunner is a reductive take on the trans experience – starring a miscast Selena Gomez
4 months ago

Emilia Perez review: Oscar frontrunner is a reductive take on the trans experience – starring a miscast Selena Gomez

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s a frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars, a florid …

The choreographed spectacle of ‘Emilia Pérez’
4 months ago

The choreographed spectacle of ‘Emilia Pérez’

LA Times  

“Emilia Pérez” transcends traditional narrative filmmaking to tell the story of a Mexican cartel leader who hires a lawyer to help her forever disappear and live her dream of transitioning into a woman. “Jacques wanted the actual drama to unfold during the musical pieces, so each song was a key moment to the storytelling,” Guilhaume says of the director. How …

Zoe Saldaña’s Spanish-speaking role in ‘Emilia Pérez’ was a long time coming, says the star
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Zoe Saldaña’s Spanish-speaking role in ‘Emilia Pérez’ was a long time coming, says the star

CNN  

CNN — Zoe Saldaña has already given us so much – emotionally pivotal characters in three bestselling film franchises, on top of a long list of TV and movie credits – her role in Netflix’s genre-busting new thriller/musical hybrid “Emilia Pérez” feels like icing on a very rich cake. “I was very much like, ‘Well, that’s okay, I’m going to …

'Emilia Perez' ranges from gritty and gunshot-riddled, to downright campy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Emilia Perez' ranges from gritty and gunshot-riddled, to downright campy

NPR  

'Emilia Perez' ranges from gritty and gunshot-riddled, to downright campy In Jacques Audiard's melodrama Emilia Perez, a prosecutor gets an unusual request from the head of a Mexican cartel. MONDELLO: Film maker Jacques Audiard has made what you'd have to call a genre-defying movie, a trans musical cartel melodrama that ranges from gritty and gunshot-riddled to downright campy, as when …

Emilia Pérez: Selena Gomez’s Netflix movie is a musical about a trans drug lord. It … rips?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Emilia Pérez: Selena Gomez’s Netflix movie is a musical about a trans drug lord. It … rips?

Slate  

From the first frames of Emilia Pérez, writer-director Jacques Audiard makes it clear this is going to be a musical. The story, part crime caper, part domestic melodrama, part meditation on the mystery of selfhood, will involve suspense, disguised identity, the search for redemption, tragic hubris—a full complement of themes from genres as divergent as film noir and the kind …

‘Emilia Pérez’ wouldn’t work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history
4 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Emilia Pérez’ wouldn’t work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar. There are things that make you happy and instead they make you …

'Emilia Pérez' wouldn't work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Emilia Pérez' wouldn't work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in …

Emilia Pérez movie review: Karla Sofia Gascón and Zoe Saldaña’s narco-musical melange is an acquired taste
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Emilia Pérez movie review: Karla Sofia Gascón and Zoe Saldaña’s narco-musical melange is an acquired taste

The Hindu  

French director Jacques Audiard embarks on his latest jaunt that’s part telenovela, part musical, and entirely a potpourri of genre-hopping that meanders between amusing and exhausting. If a film about a ruthless Mexican drug lord turned flamboyant philanthropist through gender-affirming surgery sounds outlandish, rest assured, Audiard’s first tryst with the musical genre is unapologetically, sometimes breathtakingly, so. At the film’s …

‘Emilia Pérez’ interview: Director Jacques Audiard on Karla Sofía Gascón and the operatic influences of writing a musical
4 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Emilia Pérez’ interview: Director Jacques Audiard on Karla Sofía Gascón and the operatic influences of writing a musical

The Hindu  

Well before his summer at Cannes this year, Jacques Audiard had always been a storyteller who thrives in contradictions. But dive a little deeper, and you’ll find the soul of an unlikely redemption story through which Jacques has pulled from disparate genres and settings to create a world both foreign and familiar — one where the vibrancy of musical numbers …

'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life'
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life'

NPR  

'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life' toggle caption Shanna Besson/Page 114, Why Not Productions, Pathé Films, France 2 Cinéma Karla Sofia Gascón is living the time of her life. Sponsor Message When we first meet Gascón's character, she is known as "Manitas" del Monte, a Mexican cartel leader who rules by fear and deadly …

Review: In ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a musical heightened by danger, passion pours out like a confession
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Review: In ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a musical heightened by danger, passion pours out like a confession

LA Times  

A lawyer, a kingpin and his wife walk into a musical, and “Emilia Pérez” is born, Frenchman Jacques Audiard’s full-bodied, colorful epic about transformation, redemption and finding one’s voice in a hard world. Never one to ignore how rich the crime genre can be in girding his tales of pain and release, the writer-director has taken his biggest swing yet …

Why a Frenchman was the right director for women-led, Mexico-set ‘Emilia Perez’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why a Frenchman was the right director for women-led, Mexico-set ‘Emilia Perez’

LA Times  

Welcome to our fourth and final special edition of the Envelope newsletter from the 2024 Toronto International Festival. The day’s buzziest premieres A scene from the Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man.” At least since “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox” story was released almost two decades ago, it’s been clear that the musical biopic is in desperate need of reinvention, yet …

Netflix's ‘Emilia Pérez’ trailer features Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez
7 months ago

Netflix's ‘Emilia Pérez’ trailer features Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez

LA Times  

A blistering new Netflix trailer starring Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez place the American actors at the center of a Spanish-language musical crime comedy heralded as an “audacious fever dream.” “Emilia Pérez,” which recently took special awards at the Cannes Film Festival, introduces the concept of “halves” set against a monotone backdrop. Though “Emilia Pérez” centers a Mexican storyline, the …

The gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical ‘Emilia Perez’ lights up Cannes
10 months, 1 week ago

The gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical ‘Emilia Perez’ lights up Cannes

Associated Press  

CANNES, France — On paper, Jacques Audiard’s buzzed-about Cannes Film Festival entry “Emilia Perez” would not seem anything like a good idea for a movie. Audiard, the protean French filmmaker of “A Prophet,” “Rust and Bone” and the 2015 Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Dheepan,” said the idea first occurred to him while reading a novel with a chapter about a …

Zoe Saldana exudes glamour in a black and rose hued gown as she graces the red carpet at the Emilia Perez Cannes Film Festival premiere
10 months, 1 week ago

Zoe Saldana exudes glamour in a black and rose hued gown as she graces the red carpet at the Emilia Perez Cannes Film Festival premiere

Daily Mail  

Zoe Saldana cut a glamorous figure on Saturday as she graced the Emilia Perez red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival. Zoe Saldana cut a glamorous figure in a black and rose gown on Saturday as she graced the Emilia Perez red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival The Avatar actress, 45, looked nothing short of sensational as she wore …

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