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What surprised me is how good it is, says Deadlines Anthony DAlessandro of the Cannes-debutingDonald TrumpbiopicThe Apprentice. But let me say this: its a very good HBO movie. Holocaust Museum’s Board I just think its very well crafted. Maria Bakalova and Sebastian Stan in ‘The Apprentice’Apprentice Productions Ontario / Profile Productions / Tailored Films It has its own voice. Its not in its entirety an anti-Donald Trump movie. Its truly about this mans origins …and what he had to do to become a real estate tycoon....
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There have been some notable highs on trade jury grids. Watch on Deadline Predicting Cannes winners is tricky. The awards are not as signposted as the Oscars. ‘Anora,’ ‘The Substance,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Grand Tour’ and ‘All We Imagine As Light’Courtesy/Working Title/France 2 Cinéma/Uma Pedra No Sapato/Petite Chaos There are often curveballs or less noisy films awarded across the main prizes. Emilia Perez Previous Palme dOr winner Jacques Audiard returned with a crime musical that jolted the festival into life....
The film opens with a world in chaos. The rebellion was instigated by Harlan (Simu Liu), an AI humanoid created by Shepard Robotics. The films futuristic setting never is precisely defined, an artistic choice that both aids and hinders its narrative. Jennifer Lopez in ‘Atlas’Jeremy Paige/Netflix While this ambiguity allows for creative freedom, it left me grasping for context. All this comes as the expense of broader plot and character making this one a chore to endure....
(Get the picture?). Instead, he goes ahead with the mission, instructing his brother Kiki to stay in the car. Kiki disobeys and pays with his life: the enemy is waiting for them, and a massacre ensues. Francois Civil in ‘Beating Hearts’Tresor Films Taking a leaf from Tarantinos revisionist-history handbook, Lellouche winds back ten years. This Benedick and Beatrice routine continues until a school prom, where Clotaire fights off three attackers....
Yara ShahidiandMarcus Scribnerfirst joined the Johnson family a decade ago. Freeformsgrown-ishwrapped its sixth and final season on Wednesday, closing that chapter for Shahidi and Scribner. It leaves the cast and crew without closure, too. Grown-ishFreeform I just remember looking at him on set. And I was like, Wow, this feels like when we just startedblack-ish, Shahidi said. I truly grew up with him…it was a range of emotions. grown-ishpremiered in 2018 as a spinoff to document Shahidis Zoey as she navigated college life....
The fascination with female conductors continues in docMaestra. Netflix starts a small run withRichard LinklatercomedyHit Man. A24sI Saw TV Glowis steady on under 400 screens.Evil Does Not Existfrom Sideshow/Janus Films pops up to 138 runs. Kidnapped: The Abduction Of Edgardo MortaraCannes Film Festival Pope Pius IX resisted all calls to release the boy, who eventually becomes a priest. Stars Leonardo Maltese, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi and Paolo Pierobon. It opens in NYC, adding LA....
Arguing with his fellow players and with the umpires. McEnroe did, but not me, he says, without a hint of his trademark irony. The tour of the 1970s was complicated by geopolitics and fractious finances, but it brought the players closer. Ilie Năstase at a Cannes photocall.Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Then theyd retire to some cheap motel they were sharing and hit the town. Nastases frequent outbursts and arguments had frustrated McEnroe into a rage....
Theres a saying of Churchill that I like: Success is never final, failure is never fatal. Its the courage to continue that counts. But sadly, which is more problematic, we didnt perform as well with the under-50 demographic. Dimitri Rassam attends ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ photocall in CannesGetty Images Thats more of an existential challenge for French cinema. We ended up being in between. This is new territory in that very large French movies are not released in the summer, explains Rassam....
Woman, life, freedom. Do you know your father signs hundreds of death warrants every day? A man has to act. ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’Run Way Pictures A man has to protect his family. Appropriately, the storys central motif is a gun. She immediately recognizes it as an intruder. They must respect the hijab; they must discard dubious friends. Meanwhile, in the girls shared bedroom, a revolution is afoot....
By the time we meet them, Chatila and Reda already are down in the lower depths. Cousins from Palestine, they have spent much of their lives living as refugees on the run. Chatilas job is to snatch her handbag and run. ‘To A Land Unknown’NFW Men in the Sun Ltd. Its mean, its shabby, and its miserably cheap. Their marks purse contains 5 euros, the price of a couple of coffees....
This week also has seen the world premieres of two documentaries related to the film here. Itreceived a 15-minute standing ovation60 years apart in Cannes from another tragedy-tinged love story revolving around young people. There is nothing quite like it. Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo in ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’Criterion Collection It remains the onlyall-sung screenplay to get an Academy Award nomination in a writing category. Hopefully the Legrand and Demy documentaries will find U....
