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International Insider: Ciao, Venice; ‘Bake Off’ Battle Heats Up; Leslie Odom Jr. Chat
Buongiorno, my good reader. It’s a Venice-heavy Insider this week, as the A-lister festival got underway amid the cameras and gondolas of the canal-strewn city. Back here in the...
Venice Competition Filmmaker May El-Toukhy On Gender Imbalance: “I’ve Been The Only Woman In Many, Many Settings”
May el-Toukhy is in competition at the Venice Film Festival with post-World War Two psychological thriller Woman Unknown as one of just two female directors in the running for...
Tony Gatlif Dies: Director Whose Work Celebrated Roma Culture Was 77
Director Tony Gatlif, who was known for films such as Gadjo Dilo exploring Roma culture, died in the Southern French town of Arles on September 3. He was 77....
Ron Perlman, Peter Facinelli & Mark Elias Starring In Indie Film ‘We Could Be Heroes’
EXCLUSIVE: Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Peter Facinelli (The Twilight Saga) and Mark Elias (9-11: Lone Star) are starring in comedy-adventure We Could Be Heroes, which is soon to wrap in Ontario, Canada....
Jack Huston On The Tough Questions About Sexual Abuse Posed By Paul Schrader’s Film ‘The Basics Of Philosophy’: “It’s Almost Become A Taboo Subject” – Venice Film Festival
Paul Schrader writes great parts for great actors, and has been doing so for 50 years, since Robert De Niro played Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. Since...
Raffaele Annecchino Dies: Former Viacom & Paramount Int’l Boss Was 55
Raffaele Annecchino, the former international chief at Paramount and its predecessor Viacom, has died aged 55 from acute meningitis. The Italian executive, known for his negotiating skills and business...
Lorenzo Mieli Talks AI-Made Diesel/Renzo Rosso Bio-Doc ‘Be Brave’
Italian producer Lorenzo Mieli is one of the guests of the CAA and Finch & Partners The Future of… Creativity forum unfolding today on the fringes of the Venice...
Louis Partridge & Anson Boon Set For Coming-Of-Age Film ‘Andy & Orson’
EXCLUSIVE: Louis Partridge (Enola Holmes) and Anson Boon (MobLand) are set to star in Andy & Orson, the feature directorial debut of writer-directors Nathan Newman and Arnold T. Rice....
‘Coming Of Age’: First Look At Josh Appignanesi’s Upcoming Comedy About “The Power Of Aging”
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first look at writer-director Josh Appignanesi’s seventh feature Coming of Age, which he co-wrote with longtime collaborator Devorah Baum. The film, which is told across 30 years...
RTE Sets ‘The Murder Of Mr. Moonlight’; BBC & Banijay Rights On Board
EXCLUSIVE: Ireland’s RTÉ will explore one of the most talked-about murders of recent Irish history in a drama series. The Murder of Mr. Moonlight, from Conker Pictures and Samson...
