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Interview: Julia Verdin, William Baldwin & Xander Berkeley – Americans with No Address

Interview: Julia Verdin, William Baldwin & Xander Berkeley – Americans with No Address

In conjunction with her new narrative feature No Address, which will be released in 2025, director Julia Verdin and co-director Stephen Wollwerth embarked on a simultaneous documentary project about homelessness across the country with Americans with No Address. Her crew took a bus to twenty cities over three weeks, conducting over one-hundred and seventy-five interviews as a means to research common issues and various solutions utilized to combat a complex crisis. We sat with director Julia Verdin plus actors Xander Berkley and William Baldwin, who appeared in both the narrative and documentary feature, as they relay their thoughts and experiences.… Read the rest

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Stitched Together: Ella Rumpf, Louis Garrel & Garance Marillier Join ‘Coutures’

Stitched Together: Ella Rumpf, Louis Garrel & Garance Marillier Join ‘Coutures’

Production is officially underway on Alice Winocour‘s fifth feature film, Coutures aka Stitches, and the casting announcements keep getting bigger. Joining yesterday’s reveal of Angelina Jolie are Louis Garrel and Ella Rumpf who reteams with her Raw co-star Garance Marillier, model Anyier Anei and Finnegan Oldfield who round out the ensemble. Variety reports that filming is currently underway in Paris. Other behind the line players involved include cinematographer Andre Chemetoff (he just completed Shaden Safieddine Tazi’s Un jour tout va disparaitre), costume designer Pascaline Chavanne, and production designer Florian Sanson. Producers include CG Cinéma’s Charles Gillibert and Closer Media’s Zhang Xin and William Horberg.… Read the rest

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Morbido 2024: Award Winners, THE DEVIL’S TEARDROP Sheds no Tears, Taking The Golden Skull

The seventeenth edition of Morbido has all but wrapped up for another year. Despite our absence we were still able to wrangle in some reviews for films made by our friends down south, with one more coming down the pipeline.    Gonzalo Otero’s The Devil’s Teardrop took home the Golden Skull this year in the LatAm while Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s The Devil’s Bath took home the Golden Skull in the section. Yes, the devil was in the details this year.    Morbido alumni Nico and Lucionao Loretti, and Can Evrenol, once again took home Skull Awards for their films 1978 and Sayara respectively.    All the winners and statements from programmer José Luis Mejía Razo and mi padre de teror Pablo Guisa Koestinger lead to the…

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Wicked: Part I Review: Wizard of Oz Prequel Is Stale as Blockbusters Can Be

“Are people born wicked? Or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” The conundrum of theodicy has long plagued humanity, just as it’s plagued the Ozians of Munchkinland. Like the source novel and Broadway musical, Jon M. Chu’s film adaptation of part one of Wicked (penned by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox) doesn’t dig into […]

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Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott Clash in First Teaser for Bring Them Down

Premiering at TIFF earlier this year, Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott lead the gritty revenge thriller Bring Them Down. The directorial debut from Christopher Andrews has now been set for a February 7 release from MUBI and they’ve unveiled the first teaser trailer. Here’s the synopsis: “Michael, the last son of a shepherding family, lives […]

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Alice Winocour to Direct Angelina Jolie in Stitches

After almost a few decades starring in only a couple of films of note, Angelina Jolie seems to be entering a more promising era of her career. With Pablo Larraín’s Maria arriving this month, she’s unveiled her next role, teaming with one of the most exciting directors working today. Jolie will star in the next […]

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