Category: Film

Emmy nominees in key categories

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Here is a list of the nominees in key categories for the 76th Emmy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday. ‘Shogun’ leads the Emmy nominations with 25, ahead of the…
Toronto festival drops Russian war film screenings over threats

Ottawa (AFP) – The controversial documentary “Russians at War” about Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine was to be unveiled to North American audiences on Friday but the Toronto International Film Festival paused the screenings after receiving “significant threats.” Director Anastasia Trofimova attending…
Oscar hopefuls to bookend US French film festival

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – The American French Film Festival, an annual Los Angeles jamboree of cinema from France, will bookend its run with two possible Oscar nominees, organizers announced Thursday. US singer and actress Selena Gomez attends the Canadian…
War in all its horrors looms large over Venice festival

Venice (AFP) – The roots of war, its harrowing realities and aftermath are explored in a host of offerings at the Venice Film Festival this year, including a remarkable documentary going behind the lines with Russian soldiers. Anastasia Trofimova embedded with…
Plenty of star power as Toronto film fest opens

Toronto (Canada) (AFP) – Hollywood’s A-list stars are convening in Toronto for North America’s largest film festival — a 10-day extravaganza of Oscar bait movies, timely documentaries and glamour that opened Thursday. Roy Thomson Hall is one of the main venues…
Trump vows to sue over explosive biopic

Cannes (France) (AFP) – Donald Trump’s team has vowed to sue over a biopic about his early years that includes rape, erectile dysfunction and ruthless betrayal, but the makers said on Tuesday the film allowed viewers to feel “sympathy” with the…
AI deepfake Putin film sells big at Cannes

Cannes (France) (AFP) – When Russian President Vladimir Putin was unavailable to star in his biopic, Polish director Patryk Vega turned to artificial intelligence. Putin — here the real one — is to star in a damning AI-enhanced biopic © Mikhail METZEL…
Coppola’s epic ‘Megalopolis’ finally arrives at Cannes

Cannes (France) (AFP) – Another masterpiece emerging from chaos, or just a chaotic mess? One of Hollywood’s most mythologised directors, Francis Ford Coppola, returns Thursday to the Cannes Film Festival with the almost impossibly hyped “Megalopolis”. Adam Driver stars in ‘Megalopolis’ ©…
Winnie the Pooh slasher film ‘wins’ Razzies

Hollywood (United States) (AFP) – An ultra-low-budget horror film in which Winnie the Pooh and Piglet go on a brutal killing spree has been named the year’s worst movie by the Razzie Awards. The characters of Winnie the Pooh were originally…
The 10 contenders for the best picture Oscar

Los Angeles (AFP) – From dramas about the atomic bomb and Auschwitz, to comedies about dolls and sex-mad reanimated corpses, the lineup of best picture contenders at Sunday’s Oscars is the most varied in years. Ten movies will go head-to-head for…