It’s an episode Prince Andrew would no doubt wish to be forgotten, but his car-crash “Newsnight” interview is set to enthral viewers yet again in Prime Video’s upcoming dramatization. “A Very Royal Scandal,” which stars Michael Sheen as the disgraced prince and Ruth Wilson as arch interviewer Emily Maitlis, has been set for release on […]
Corey Yuen, the actor, action choreographer and director of “So Close” and “DOA: Dead or Alive,” died in 2022, the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers confirmed to Variety. Local and English-language reports say that Yuen died of COVID-19 on an undisclosed date in Hong Kong. He was born on Feb. 15, 1951 as Ying Gang-ming. […]
LOCARNO, Switzerland — Paraguay’s Paz Encina (“Eami”) and three first time fiction feature directors – El Salvador’s Enrique Bautista, Cuba’s Rosa María Rodríguez Pupo, Peru’s Fernando Mendoza – split the big prize on offer at this year’s Locarno Open Doors with Encina and Bautista taking the lion’s share of a CHF50,000 ($58,000) cash prize. The […]
“Holy Cow,” a movie that premiered at Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard, has been bought by Kino Lorber in association with Zeitgeist Films for U.S. and English-speaking Canadian rights. A feature debut by Louise Courvoisier, “Holy Cow” won the Youth Prize at Un Certain Regard in Cannes. The heartwarming movie delves into the hardscrabble […]
Coy and smoldering attraction simmers in Argentine director Mariana Wainstein’s debut feature, “Linda,” which sees its world premiere in Toronto as part of this year’s TIFF Discovery program, showcasing debut and sophomore films from emergent global talent. The festival runs Sept. 5-15. Produced by Argentina’s Pampa Films and co-produced by Bourke Films and Spain’s Gloriamundi Producciones, […]
