FESTIVAL FLOURISHES BookMyShow‘s Red Lorry Film Festival has landed two Academy Award-shortlisted films to anchor its sophomore edition, set for March 21-23, in Mumbai and Hyderabad. “Hollywoodgate,” from the producers of “Navalny,” shortlisted for documentary feature, offers an on-the-ground examination of Taliban-ruled Kabul. “Universal Language,”
Sky Documentaries UK, Optomen and All3Media Intl. have revealed the trailer (above and below) for original feature documentary “Becoming Madonna,” which premieres on Dec. 30 on pay TV platform Sky in the U.K. “Becoming Madonna” is an immersive and archive built film around recently uncovered
Angelina Jolie completely transforms into opera superstar Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” through the hands of the Oscar winner’s personal makeup and hair team, Adruitha Lee and Pamela Goldammer. While subtlety was key to the transformation, Lee and Goldammer worked to establish what that
As the Verve talent agency sits on the precipice of its 15th year, managing partner Liz Parker has a mantra: “At Verve, we believe everything is fixable.” It’s an apt sentiment for the midsize firm’s journey over the last decade and a half, surviving industry
The Montreal Critics’ Week has unveiled the lineup for its inaugural festival, which will feature 19 films across a week of programming. The first-ever edition, an initiative of the Montreal-based online magazine Panorama-cinéma, will be held at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma Moderne from Jan.
Perhaps no one in the filmmaking ecosphere understands and appreciates the accomplishments of filmmakers better than their peers. And no one articulates the wonders and achievements in more rewarding or greater detail. Here are some of global cinema’s finest directors explaining why they’re in awe of
Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Marshmello are just a few of the musicians who applied for and received payouts as part of the Shuttered Venue Operations Grant, a government program meant to aid independent venues and arts groups struggling during the pandemic. But according to
Even the best worst year ever – choose the epoch closest to your offended political affiliation – has a Christmas. And every Christmas, crumbling culture or not, comes with scads of new holiday music. So, before the drones kill us with molten metal spray and