Daily Archives: February 6, 2025

‘Wind, Talk to Me’ Review: A Filmmaker Works Through His Grief With Wit, Grace and Imagination

For many of us, periods of intense grieving don’t leave clear, linear memories. Time stretches, compresses and fragments, words and faces and gestures emerge irregularly from an overwhelmed blur, and often it’s everyday banalities — what we ate, bought or wore — that stick faster

‘Wild at Heart’ Producer Joni Sighvatsson Sets ‘The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden’ With the Global Ensemble Drama, Diprente Media

Hollywood Icelandic mogul Joni Sighvatsson, producer of David Lynch’s Palme d’Or winner “Wild at Heart” and head of L.A.-based Palomar Entertainment, has partnered the Scandinavian powerhouse The Global Ensemble Drama and South Africa’s Diprente Media for the feature adaptation of Jonas Jonasson’s best-selling book “The

Robert De Niro Says Filming ‘Zero Day,’ His First Big TV Role, Was Like ‘Swimming the English Channel’: ‘I Gotta Keep Going, Otherwise I’m Gonna Sink’

Robert De Niro’s first foray into series television proved to be an endurance test for the legendary actor, who compared filming Netflix’s “Zero Day” to swimming the English Channel — with no sight of either shore. “It is like doing three features back to back,”

‘Facing War,’ Documentary on Former NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg, to Open CPH:DOX

Tommy Gulliksen’s documentary “Facing War,” which depicts Jens Stoltenberg’s final year as NATO secretary general, has been selected as the opening film of the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival, a.k.a. CPH:DOX. The festival runs March 19-30. “Facing War” will also compete for CPH:DOX’s main prize,

Filipino Rom-Com ‘My Love Will Make You Disappear’ Sets North American Bow (EXCLUSIVE)

ABS-CBN’s Star Cinema is betting big on romantic comedy again, setting a March 28 theatrical release for “My Love Will Make You Disappear” across the U.S. and Canada. The film marks the first big-screen team-up of Filipino stars Kim Chiu and Paulo Avelino, whose combined

Corneliu Porumboiu to Be Special Guest at Visions du Réel: His Films ‘Cast an Offbeat, Critical Eye on the Changes to Romanian Society’

Romanian filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu will be the special guest at the 56th edition of documentary festival Visions du Réel, which runs April 4 – 13 in Nyon, Switzerland. There will be a retrospective of all Porumboiu’s feature films, and he will deliver a masterclass. “Imbued

Shu Qi, Lee Sinje Lead Netflix’s 2025 Chinese-Language Slate

Netflix has unveiled a five-series Chinese-language lineup for 2025, headlined by major stars and spanning genres from supernatural thrillers to romantic comedies. International film stars Shu Qi and Lee Sinje will make their Netflix series debut in “The Resurrected” (Q3), a dark thriller following two

‘Kinda Pregnant’ Review: Amy Schumer Gets Her Comic Fury Back as a Teacher Who Pretends to Be Pregnant

In “Kinda Pregnant,” it’s Amy Schumer’s go-for-broke honesty that’s funny.