Less than two years ago, it looked like the Edinburgh International Film Festival — the world’s oldest continually running film festival — was no more. In October 2022, just two months after its 75th edition, its organizer Centre for the Moving Image went into administration (the U.K. equivalent to Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S.), while its […]
You can chart the decline and fall of the American dream through the prism of Darren Star protagonists. Carrie Bradshaw of “Sex and the City” could afford an apartment full of Manolo Blahniks as a freelance columnist, while Liza Miller of “Younger” has to deceive her way into an entry level publishing job. Like her […]
The Zurich Film Festival has revealed the first titles in their Gala section, which includes several films that will bring star power to the red carpet and directors with award-winning credentials. Among the first 11 titles to be announced are “Conclave,” by the director of Oscar winner “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Edward Berger, […]
Katy Perry’s video crew had received “verbal approval” to film the singer’s “Lifetimes” clips on an environmentally protected beach in Spain, a rep for the singer’s label said late Wednesday after news broke that the crew was being investigated for allegedly failing to receive proper authorization for the shoot. When announcing the investigation, the Environmental […]
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on Thursday tried to extricate itself from controversy caused by its earlier decision to cancel future performances by Australian-British classical pianist Jayson Gillham. “The MSO acknowledges that an error was made in asking Jayson Gillham to step back from his performance on Thursday 15 August,” it said in a new statement. Over the weekend, […]
