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Pedro Almodóvar meditates on death in first English feature 'The Room Next Door'
1 week, 4 days ago

Pedro Almodóvar meditates on death in first English feature 'The Room Next Door'

NPR  

Pedro Almodóvar meditates on death in first English feature 'The Room Next Door' toggle caption Iglesias Más/© El Deseo. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Pedro Almodóvar, the Spanish director known for brightly colored films filled with melodramatic plot twists, has unveiled his first English-language feature film. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics Parallel to Martha's path toward death is Ingrid's transformation …

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The best movies of 2024 as ranked by AP film writers
3 weeks, 5 days ago

The best movies of 2024 as ranked by AP film writers

Associated Press  

As much as theaters are humming right now, with “Wicked” and “Moana 2" bringing moviegoers by the droves, it’s been a fairly bruising movie year. “Anora” This image released by Neon shows Mark Eydelshteyn, left, and Mikey Madison in a scene from “Anora.” This image released by Neon shows Mark Eydelshteyn, left, and Mikey Madison in a scene from “Anora.” …

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Movie Review: Taxicab confessions with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’
6 months ago

Movie Review: Taxicab confessions with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’

Associated Press  

It’s late at night when Dakota Johnson hops into a yellow taxicab at Kennedy airport in the new film “ Daddio.” She’s just going home to Manhattan, 44th Street, between 9th and 10th avenues. Taboo subjects and ideas that might get a person “cancelled” on social media are of course part of the point of this journey, in which two …

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Sean Penn says he felt ‘misery’ making movies for years. Then Dakota Johnson knocked on his door
6 months ago

Sean Penn says he felt ‘misery’ making movies for years. Then Dakota Johnson knocked on his door

Associated Press  

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Sean Penn says he hadn’t felt joy making a movie in 15 years. “I’d felt misery in making movies,” the two-time Oscar winner recalled during a recent interview. “At first you’re putting it off to, ‘Well, this script is a problem, and this director is a problem.’ But then I caught myself a few times working …

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Q&A: Tom Tykwer, Franka Potente on the frenzy of ‘Run Lola Run’ and its theatrical re-release
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Q&A: Tom Tykwer, Franka Potente on the frenzy of ‘Run Lola Run’ and its theatrical re-release

Associated Press  

Lola’s red hair might have been a mistake. Franka Potente’s electric locks in “Run Lola Run” are as intrinsic to the adrenaline rush of her sprint through Berlin as the film’s heart-racing electronic score. Didn’t Gregory Peck’s widow say that Gregory Peck saw and loved “Run Lola Run” before he passed? This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Franka …

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Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day
8 months ago

Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Are you ready for some movies this summer? Things kick off in theaters in May with Universal’s Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt action romantic comedy “The Fall Guy”, a new installment in the Apes series, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes”, followed by Jane Shoenbrun’s buzzy thriller “I Saw the TV Glow” and closing out with …

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Summer movie season is in full swing. Here's what's coming through Labor Day
1 year, 5 months ago

Summer movie season is in full swing. Here's what's coming through Labor Day

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. “ Joy Ride ” : Adele Lim directs this …

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Summer movie season is in full swing. Here’s what’s coming through Labor Day
1 year, 5 months ago

Summer movie season is in full swing. Here’s what’s coming through Labor Day

Associated Press  

The summer movie season goes into high-gear in July, with the arrival of the seventh “Mission: Impossible” movie followed by the “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” showdown on July 21. “ Joy Ride ” : Adele Lim directs this raucous comedy about a friends trip to China to find someone’s birth mother, starring Ashley Park, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola and Sabrina Wu. …

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How ‘The Duke’ captures the weird truth behind one of the U.K.’s greatest heists
2 years, 8 months ago

How ‘The Duke’ captures the weird truth behind one of the U.K.’s greatest heists

LA Times  

In 1961, a man snuck into London’s National Gallery and stole Francisco Goya’s painting of the Duke of Wellington. The theft and the Bunton family are the subject of a new film, “The Duke,” directed by the late Roger Michell and opening today in U.S. theaters following a successful U.K. run. Jim Broadbent as Kempton Bunton in “The Duke.” “The …

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Virtually every movie coming to theaters and major streamers this holiday season
3 years, 1 month ago

Virtually every movie coming to theaters and major streamers this holiday season

LA Times  

Caitriona Balfe, from left, Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, Jude Hill and Lewis McAskie in “Belfast.” We’ve compiled a list of films set to premiere this holiday season through Jan. 28. Hey Jude Productions Belfast Jude Hill stars as “Buddy” in “Belfast.” Kenneth Branagh wrote and directed this black-and-white coming-of-age drama set in Northern Ireland during the turbulent 1960s. Netflix Nov. …

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The Charming Documentary Where Truffle-Hunting Dogs Are The Stars
3 years, 9 months ago

The Charming Documentary Where Truffle-Hunting Dogs Are The Stars

Huff Post  

"The Truffle Hunters" is now playing in select theaters and will premiere on VOD this spring. Sony Pictures Classics When Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw decided to make a documentary about the secretive world of Italian truffles, they asked a local trattoria owner to introduce them to the restaurant’s supplier. The next morning, there’s a truffle.’” These gastronomic excavators — …

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'We Don't Know What's Coming': Anthony Hopkins Plays 'The Father' With Dementia
3 years, 10 months ago

'We Don't Know What's Coming': Anthony Hopkins Plays 'The Father' With Dementia

NPR  

'We Don't Know What's Coming': Anthony Hopkins Plays 'The Father' With Dementia Enlarge this image toggle caption Sean Gleason/Sony Pictures Classics. Sponsor Message Interview Highlights On the effort to make the film mirror the experience of dementia Zeller: There are so many films about dementia.. On taking on the role of someone living with dementia Hopkins: My initial reaction when …

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Ten films to watch in February
3 years, 11 months ago

Ten films to watch in February

BBC  

Ten films to watch in February Sony Pictures Classics Nicholas Barber chooses 10 of the best films coming out next month, including a thriller starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto, Kristen Wiig's latest comedy – and two dementia dramas. Jessica Kiang at Playlist says that he "gives his best performance in quite some time", and that "Levitas' unusually …

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Zazie Beetz leads all-star cast of purgatory film Nine Days
4 years, 2 months ago

Zazie Beetz leads all-star cast of purgatory film Nine Days

Daily Mail  

Zazie Beetz leads the all-star cast of Nine Days, as a preview for the purgatory film was released Monday by Sony Pictures Classics. The latest: Zazie Beetz leads the all-star cast of Nine Days, as a preview for the purgatory film was released Monday by Sony Pictures Classics In the preview, Will is seen at the outpost watching a bank …

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