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Cannes Film Festival workers call for a strike
May 10, 2024Just one week before the event was scheduled to begin, workers at the Cannes Film Festival called for a walkout on Monday due to concerns over wages and working conditions. Sous les Ecrans la Deche (“Poverty... -
French Palme d’Or winner Laurent Cantet dies
Apr 26, 2024French filmmaker Laurent Cantet, who won the Palme d’Or in Cannes in 2008 for his school-set film “The Class”, died on Thursday aged 63, his agent said on Thursday. “He died this morning in Paris of... -
Algerian film industry vies for revival after decades of neglect
Apr 9, 2024Algerian cinema is in search of a revival, decades after its 1970s heyday and steep decline, with authorities having blown hot and cold in their support. Today, the country counts only a few dozen theatres against... -
A-bomb saga ‘Oppenheimer’ finally opens in Japan
Mar 29, 2024The Oscar winner for best picture, “Oppenheimer,” was finally released in Japan on Friday. The film’s subject, the man who oversaw the development of the atomic bomb, is a very delicate and sentimental subject there. The... -
Oppenheimer wins big, and Cillian Murphy takes home the best actor prize
Mar 11, 2024“Oppenheimer” won the best picture Oscar on Sunday, capping up its unstoppable ascent to Hollywood’s most coveted award. Cillian Murphy became the first Irish-born recipient of the Best Actor award winner. Robert Downey Jr. won best... -
Actor Kenneth Mitchell passes away
Feb 27, 2024Actor Kenneth Mitchell, best known for his role in ‘Captain Marvel’, has died. As per a media outlet, Mitchell died on Saturday in Los Angeles from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He was 49. Sharing... -
Priyanka Chopra joins the team of this Oscar-nominated film
Feb 26, 2024“To Kill a Tiger” is an Oscar-nominated documentary. Priyanka Chopra said she was thrilled to be joining the team and that the project really touched her. Well-known for her contributions to international and Indian film, the... -
‘Dahomey’ doc on looted African art wins Berlin’s Golden Bear
Feb 25, 2024The top award at the Berlin film festival went to Mati Diop’s Franco-Senegalese documentary “Dahomey,” which explores the complex problems surrounding Europe’s return of looted treasures to Africa. At a glamorous ceremony, Kenyan-Mexican Oscar winner Lupita... -
Jennifer Lopez plans to produce Bob the Builder film set in Puerto Rico
Jan 27, 2024As “Roberto” in a movie that she and singer Jennifer Lopez will co-produce, the children’s TV favorite Bob the Builder will travel to Puerto Rico. The news follows closely on the heels of Barbie, another Mattel... -
‘Oppenheimer’ to be shown in Japan, 8 months after ‘Barbenheimer’ outrage
Jan 27, 2024After the epic about the man who invented the nuclear weapon was nominated for 13 Oscar Awards, distribution company Bitters End announced on Wednesday that Japanese fans can see “Oppenheimer” in theaters starting on March 29....
