Xavier Dolan’s jury picked Chinese director Guan Hu’s genre fusion as the best film in Un Certain Regard selection, also handing two prizes to French social drama ‘The Story of Souleymane.’
Oscar Directors: Scorsese–Directors Who Influenced Him–Powell and Pressburger
April 7, 2024 by
Martin Scorsese likes to talk at length about the work of other filmmakers. In interview he gave to BBC Culture, in which he summarized his love of — and debt to — the past, saying, “I look at the filmmakers of the past and many filmmakers of the present and I have really nothing but […]
Spermworld: Sperm Kings, Men Who Use Facebook to Donate and Help Women
March 30, 2024 by
Oppenheim fell into the world of prolific sperm donors through former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, who is married to ex-New York Times columnist Bari Weiss. She was interested in finding donor. “She was in a relationship with another woman and they were looking, and they weren’t happy with the options they were finding […]
Studio, The: Catherine O’Hara and Kathryn Hahn Among Cast in Apple’s Seth Rogen Comedy “The Studio”
March 26, 2024 by
Joining co-creator and lead Rogen in the sendup of the film industry are series regulars Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Kathryn Hahn (WandaVision), Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors) and Chase Sui Wonders (Apple’s City on Fire).
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire–Mixed Critical Response, Commercial Disappointment
March 23, 2024 by
The latest Ghostbusters entry suffers from middling reviews and B+ CinemaScore from audiences, compared to an A- for Afterlife. Another challenge is bad weather along the east coast.
