“The shark’s not working.” For weeks, the cast and crew of “Jaws” kept hearing the same four words over their walkie-talkies while shooting the film’s climactic ocean battle. That familiar message terrified Steven Spielberg, 27 years old at the time, with only one theatrical feature
Emmy-winning filmmaker and showrunner Jorge Gutiérrez is back in the director’s chair with the original independent feature “La Venganza Rodríguez,” produced by Spain’s Hampa Studio. An official synopsis for the project reads: “When tragedy strikes her wrestling family, 18-year-old Leonora Rodríguez must step into the
In a very unlikely pairing, Dolly Parton has teamed up with Motley Crue for a new version of the band’s 1985 hit “Home Sweet Home” — with a special thematic charity connection: a portion of the proceeds from the single will benefit Covenant House, which
“Stand back, I’m about to act,” Ashlie Atkinson, who plays gossipy Mrs. Fish on HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” jokes as she prepares for another take of a luncheon scene that finds her giving side-eye to Mrs. Astor (Donna Murphy), the grande dame of the upper
Genre films dominate this year’s development lab Tres Puertos Costa Rica, now on its third edition. Running June 18-23 in the run-up to the Costa Rica Media Market and the country’s annual film festival, many of the lab’s current selection of 12 projects touch on
“Jurassic World Rebirth” has finally been unveiled to members of the film press, and the first reactions on social media appear to be mixed positive on the return of the 32-year-old dinosaur franchise. From “Rogue One” and “Godzilla” director Gareth Edwards, “Rebirth” is headlined by
“The Gilded Age” has always been influenced by the work of Edith Wharton. Both the novelist’s oeuvre and the HBO drama are set among the upper echelons of New York society in the late 19th century, documenting frictions both large (the rise of a new
Costa Rican filmmaker Patricia Velásquez Guzmán, whose drama “The Skin of the Water” world premiered at Locarno last year, is gearing up to shoot a new project titled “Where Do Birds Go When It Rains?”. The drama is produced by Velasquez’s Costa Rica-based Tiempo Liquido