'Parasite' director calls for a thorough probe into the death of actor Lee Sun-kyun
Oscar-winning โParasiteโ director Bong Joon-ho and other artists in South Korea have called for a thorough investigation into the death of popular actor Lee Sun-kyun.
Q&A: Park Chan-wook on love, genre and 'Decision to Leave'
Long before Bong Joon Hoโs โParasiteโ triumphed at the Oscars and โSquid Gameโ circled the globe, Park Chan-wook was astonishing worldwide audiences with his sumptuously stylistic, outrageously violent and devilishly elaborate vision of Korean cinema.
South Korean celebration of 'Squid Game' Emmy wins subdued
South Koreans shared congratulations on social media for the multiple wins by โSquid Gameโ at the Emmy Awards, but the overall reaction was subdued as the country grows accustomed to its increasingly prominent role in global entertainment.
Julianne Moore to lead Venice Film Festival jury this fall
Julianne Moore has been selected to serve as president of the main competition jury for the Venice International Film Festival this year, festival director Alberto Barbera announced Friday.
Emmy surprises: 'Squid Game,' Dave Chappelle, 'This Is Us'
The Emmy Award nominations announced Tuesday included some snubs and surprises, like โThis Is Usโ and โblack-ishโ walking away forever limply and Nathan Lane making history as the most-nominated best comedy guest actor in Emmy history.
'Triangle of Sadness' wins Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Fest
Ruben Ostlundโs social satire โTriangle of Sadnessโ has won the Palme dโOr at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, handing Ostlund one of cinemaโs most prestigious prizes for the second time.
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French abortion drama 'Happening' tops Venice Film Festival
The French abortion drama โHappeningโ has won the Golden Lion at the 78th International Film Festival, while Paolo Sorrentinoโs โThe Hand of Godโ won runner up.
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โSpencer,โ โThe Last Duel' set for Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival has unveiled a starry lineup of world premieres for September including Pablo Larrainโs โSpencer,โ starring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana and Ridley Scottโs medieval drama โThe Last Duel,โ featuring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver.
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'Titane' wins top Cannes honor, 2nd ever for female director
โTitaneโ has won the Palme dโOr at the Cannes Film Festival, making Julia Ducournau the second female filmmaker to win the festivalโs top honor in its 74 year history.
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Spike Lee, 'Annette' kick off 74th Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for the first time in more than two years on Tuesday, launching the French Riviera spectacular with the premiere of Leos Caraxโs โAnnette,โ the introduction of Spike Leeโs jury, and with high hopes for shrugging off a punishing pandemic year for cinema.
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Cannes lineup features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Leox Carax
The Cannes Film Festival on Thursday unveiled a lineup of films from big-name auteurs โ including Wes Anderson, Asghar Farhadi, Mia Hansen-Lรธve and Sean Penn โ for its 74th edition in July.
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'Nomadland' wins best picture at a social distanced Oscars
Chloรฉ Zhaoโs โNomadland,โ won best picture Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao also became just the second woman โ and the first woman of color โ to win best director.
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Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt join Oscars starry presenting cast
The Oscars are aiming to be more like a movie than a television show and enlisting A-list stars like Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Halle Berry and Reese Witherspoon to help.
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Chloรฉ Zhao becomes 1st woman of color to win top DGA honor
Chloรฉ Zhaoโs โNomadlandโ continued its tour of dominance through awards season Saturday night, when Zhao took top honors at the 73rd annual Directors Guild Association Awards.
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Chloรฉ Zhao, Emerald Fennell make history in DGA nominations
This image released by Focus Features shows Carey Mulligan, left, Emerald Fennell and Laverne Cox on the set of "Promising Young Woman." (Focus Features via AP)NEW YORK โ Chloรฉ Zhao and Emerald Fennell have been nominated for outstanding directorial achievement by the Directors Guild of America, marking the first time two women have ever competed for the guild's top honor. The 73rd Annual DGA Awards, considered a strong indicator of directing honors at the Academy Awards, announced nominees Tuesday. The Directors Guild Awards will be held virtually April 10. ___This story corrects the date of the Directors Guild Awards to April 10.
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'Ma Rainey,' 'Minari' and Boseman lead SAG nominations
The Screen Actors Guild has nominated the cast for a SAG Award for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture. But the SAG Awards, presented by SAG-AFTRA, are considered a far better barometer for the Academy Awards, where actors account for the largest percentage of the academy. Usually, the eventual Oscar best picture winner is first nominated for best ensemble by the SAG Awards, though โGreen Bookโ and โThe Shape of Water" were two recent exceptions. In 2019, he memorably a ccepted the SAG ensemble award for โBlack Panther." Aside from Boseman and Oldman, the nominees for best male actor in a lead role were Riz Ahmed (โSound of Metalโ), Anthony Hopkins (โThe Fatherโ) and Steven Yeun (โMinariโ).
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'Parasite's' Bong Joon Ho to head Venice Film Festival jury
The Parasite director has been selected as jury president of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, organizers said Friday. The Oscar-winner will preside over seven jurors to hand out the festivals top awards, including the prestigious Golden Lion. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)โParasiteโ director Bong Joon Ho has been selected as jury president of the 78th Venice International Film Festival, organizers said Friday. The Oscar-winner will preside over seven jurors to hand out the festivalโs top awards, including the prestigious Golden Lion. As president of the jury โ and more importantly as a perpetual cinephile โ Iโm ready to admire and applaud all the great films selected by the festival.
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Pop Culture in (ugh) 2020, from the bizarre to the sublime
on Aug. 31, 2020, actor Chadwick Boseman in character as T'Challa in "Black Panther" and 10-year old twins Lenny, left, and Bobby Homes paying tribute to Boseman at their home in in Mesa, Ariz. on Aug. 31, 2020. (Takiyah Dupas, Marvel Studios, Annalie Homes via AP)And now, for our annual look at the year in pop cultureโฆ. Truth is, people turned to culture of all kinds in 2020 โ highbrow and lowbrow โ to satisfy varied and sometimes conflicting needs: Distraction, inspiration, consolation, escapism, hope. A Broadway star serenaded health workers from his apartment window, and ballet dancers performed โSwan Lakeโ from their bathtubs. The world mourns an actor of immense talent who, like many of his characters, radiated a regal sense of dignity.
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Ang Lee on 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' 20 years later
This photo released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Chow Yun Fat, left, and Michelle Yeoh in a scene from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." (Sony Pictures Classics via AP)NEW YORK โ Itโs physically impossible to get to the forest fight scene that hovers atop slender bamboo trees in โCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragonโ and not say out loud โWhoa.โTwenty years later, the exhilarating grace of Ang Leeโs martial-arts masterwork is just as breathtaking. The way you dream about a movie, itโs very difficult to make real.โTuesday marked the 20th anniversary of the release of โCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragon,โ an occasion being celebrated with a new limited-edition 4K UHD Blu-ray. Arguably more than any other film, โCrouching Tiger Hidden Dragonโ opened mainstream American moviegoers not just to a new genre known predominantly in Asia -- the wuxia tradition -- but to subtitled films in general. It set another record with 10 Academy Awards nominations, a mark since equaled by โRomaโ and โParasite.โ โCrouching Tigerโ took home four Oscars.
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New this week: 'This Is Us,' Baby Yoda, 'The Craft' redone
(NBC via AP)Hereโs a collection curated by The Associated Pressโ entertainment journalists of whatโs arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIESโ Many things will be different about Halloween this year, but the annual rush of horror films is much the same. It stars Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku as a Sudanese refugee couple finding new horrors in life in England. But Neon, the โParasiteโ distributor, last week put a restored version into theaters and on Tuesday brings it to VOD. One is Natalie Margolin โThe Party Hop,โ which she wrote during quarantine in one week in early April.
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Q&A: Adam McKay on the lessons of the 2000 recount
FILE - Director Adam McKay appears during a photo call for the film "Vice" at the 2019 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany on Feb. 11, 2019. Itโs also a lively film that resurrects 2000 not just via hanging chads but by following the cultural atmosphere. Alongside interviews with backroom players like Roger Stone, โSNLโ sketches make frequent cameos โ including some McKay wrote. McKAY: The movie weโre making right now is about a comet thatโs going to hit Earth. McKAY: I think itโs the strangest thing Iโve ever experienced in my life.
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Cannes announces lineup for a festival canceled by COVID
Cannes Festival director Thierry Fremaux, left, festival president Pierre Lescure, sit during the presentation of the festival lineup, in an empty cinema Wednesday, June 3, 2020 in Paris. The Cannes Film Festival was canceled due to the pandemic but it announced the films that would have played at the French Riviera festival. Those films, festival organizers say, will be able to promote themselves with the Cannes "stamp of approval." The French festival, originally slated for mid-May, initially considered postponing to July but ultimately gave up on a 2020 edition. The films will be able to brand themselves as part of the official 2020 Cannes Film Festival selection.