Posts by Nathan Pine
‘Rosebush Pruning’ Review: Karim Aïnouz’s Sexually Perverse Black Comedy Is A Bad-Taste Laugh Riot – Berlin Film Festival
“Passion, love, sex, money…” The Pet Shop Boys’ 1986 hit “Paninaro” acts as an unofficial manifesto for Rosebush Pruning, an outrageous pansexual pantomime so out-there that “What the actual f*ck?” doesn’t even begin to cover it. Co-scripted by Efthimis Filippou — a pioneer of the Greek “Weird Wave” with his regular collaborator Yorgos Lanthimos —…
Read MoreIt’s No Lie that Grace Van Patten and Jackson White’s Love Story Is Sweet
“I didn’t like Jackson,” she admitted on the Call Her Daddy podcast in October. “Jackson, I had heard, was the favorite. So, I’m excited for his thing. He gets on, and—I’ve told him this—I’m like, ‘Oh, this is like a serious actor, like, actor-y actor.’ So, I was just like, ‘Ugh, God.’ But he was…
Read MoreSanta Barbara International Film Festival 2026 Winners — Full List
As the Santa Barbara International Film Festival wraps up its 41st edition, the jury has selected this year’s winning films. During a ceremony on Saturday at El Encanto, SBIFF announced the winners of the 2026 festival, with directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Steal This Story, Please taking home the Audience Choice Award. The winning…
Read MoreSumerian Pictures Snaps Up U.S. Rights For Sundance Breakout ‘Josephine’
Sumerian Pictures has clinched U.S. rights for Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition and Audience Award winner Josephine, in a competitive seven-figure deal, committing to major theatrical release and awards campaign. Written, produced, and directed by Beth de Araújo, featuring a breakout debut from actress Mason Lily Reeves, and the critically acclaimed performances from Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, and Phillip Ettinger. It…
Read MoreEmerald Fennell On Why Her “Demented” Zatanna Movie Didn’t Happen: “Too Far Away From The Genre”
After five years and a couple of more titles under her belt, Emerald Fennell has enough distance from Zatanna to see where she went wrong. The Oscar winner, who was previously tapped to write the DC superhero movie for Warner Bros. and Bad Robot back in 2021, recently explained that her version of the comic…
Read MoreJacob Elordi Debuts Gold Tooth With Swoon-Worthy Hidden Meaning
Margot Robbie Shares Insight Into Intimate Scenes With ‘Wuthering Heights’ Costar Jacob Elordi You won’t find Jacob Elordi mournfully wandering the Yorkshire moor over his Wuthering Heights experience. As he and Margot Robbie returned to their native Australia for the Feb. 12 Sydney premiere of their new movie, the Euphoria star stepped out onto the…
Read MoreShawn Johnson and Andrew East Want You to Know Their Marriage Isn’t a Perfect 10
“We were in relationships where we found ourselves morphing to become the person that the other person wanted,” Shawn explained. “And it got exhausting. So we just cut straight through it. We were like, we’re going to give it our best shot and if either of us don’t vibe to it, that’s fine.” Spoiler alert:…
Read MoreDonald Trump Rages At Bill Maher, Says “It Was A Total Waste Of Time For Me To Have This Jerk At The White House”
Donald Trump returned to bashing Bill Maher on Saturday, almost a year after the HBO Real Time host dined with him at the White House. The president took offense at some of Maher’s jokes and commentary on Friday, including the president’s prediction that China would end all hockey in Canada. In a lengthy Truth Social…
Read More‘Wuthering Heights’ Smooching $80M Opening Around The World – Box Office Update
SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Warner Bros/MRC’s Wuthering Heights is heading to an $80M opening around the globe. On the foreign side with an expected $40M in 79 territories, that’s slightly ahead of the likes-for-likes start of The Housemaid‘s ($34.8M) in its first foreign weekends. Some rivals believe the Emerald Fennell directed take of the Emily Brontë…
Read More‘Nightborn’ Filmmakers Jump Into Berlinale Political Debate: “We Have A Responsibility To Speak Up Against Violence And Injustice”
The creative team behind the Berlinale competition title Nightborn gave a strong, collective response to a question about the ongoing debate around politics at the festival during a press conference this afternoon. “Art doesn’t necessarily have to be political,” Ilja Rautsi, who co-wrote the film with director Hanna Bergholm, told journalists in Berlin. “But then…
Read MoreBerlin Film Festival: ‘Crocodile’ Documents How Self-Taught Filmmakers From Nigerian Hinterlands Became Astonishing Creative Force
The Berlin Film Festival is welcoming some of the world’s most gifted moviemakers – none more talented than the young Nigerian collective known as The Critics. The group, made up primarily of siblings and some of their cousins, has managed to develop an international following with their short films despite a lack of formal training…
Read MoreWe’re Betting You Forgot About These Couples—Including the Stars Ryan Reynolds Dated Before Blake Lively
Minnie Driver and Matt Damon The Good Will Hunting stars paired off in real life, too, but they didn’t drive off into the sunset together. “Well, I’m single,” Damon said on The Oprah Winfrey Show in January 1998. “I was with Minnie for a while, but we’re not really romantically involved anymore. We’re just really good friends, and I…
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