Rust: Assistant Director Fired From Previous Film Following Prop Gun Discharge
An assistant director who is cited in a search warrant as having unknowingly given actor Alec Baldwin a loaded prop gun before a fatal shooting on the set of Rust was previously fired from another film following an accident involving a weapon, a producer confirmed.
Oscars 2022: Russia Selects ‘Unclenching the Fists’ for International Feature
Kira Kovalenko’s Un Certain Regard winner, at the Cannes Film Fest, is a drama about a woman struggling to escape the stifling hold of her family.
Batgirl: Brendan Fraser as Villain
The DC film, which is set to debut on HBO Max, centers on Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham police commissioner Jim Gordon.
Jewel Robbery (1932): William Dieterle’s Pre-Code Mystery-Comedy, Starring William Powell and Kay Francis
William Dieterle directed Jewel Robbery a pre-Code comedy-mystery, starring William Powell and Kay Francis in one of their seven teaming together.
Gucci: Love Parade Fashion Show in Hollywood
The luxury fashion house, headed by Alessandro Michele and stars like Harry Styles, Jared Leto and Billie Eilish, will appear in front of the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre.
Rust: Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Killed After Alec Baldwin Rehearsed Pointing Gun at Camera, Affidavit Says
The “Rust” production had been grappling with labor issues in the lead-up to the accident. Several IATSE crew members on the New Mexico set of “Rust” quit the production because they felt producers were not following safety guidelines, according to numerous reports.
Rust Shooting: Production on Alec Baldwin Movie to Wrap Until Investigations Are Complete
In a letter to the crew, the film’s producers said the stoppage was a “pause rather than an end,” on the same evening Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office sent out warrants for evidence and revealed timeline of the incident.
Yo Yo (1965): Jean Etaix’s Singularly Original and Witty Comedy
One of Etaix’s best features, Yo Yo is deliberately casual, fragmented and loose. Artifice rules: the movie serves as a display of incomparable originality and singular virtuosity.
L’Age d’Or (1930): Making of Bunuel’s Success de Scandale
Entitled L’Age d’Or, it was begun as second collaboration with Dalí, but, while working on the scenario, the two had a falling out.
Un Chien Andalou (aka Andalusian Dog ) (1929): Bunuel and Salvador Dali’s Seminal Surrealist Short
After his apprenticeship with Jean Epstein, Luis Buñuel directed a 16-minute short, Un Chien Andalou, with Salvador Dalí. Financed by Buñuel’s mother, the film consists of a series of startling images of a Freudian nature, starting with a woman’s eyeball being sliced open with a razor blade. Un Chien Andalou, arguably the most famous and […]
James Michael Tyler, Actor Who Played Gunther on ‘Friends,’ Dies at 59
James Michael Tyler, Actor Who Played Gunther on ‘Friends,’ Dies at 59
Becoming Cousteau: Journey of French Pioneer, from Diver to Filmmaker to Educator and Environmentalist
At the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, the film won the top award, the Palme d’Or — the only documentary to earn that honor until 2004, when Michael Moore’s inflammatory documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11 took that prize.
Dune: Strong Opening Domestically and Globally
Dune‘s debut is also a needed win for Warners, as well as another boost for its young star, Timothée Chalamet.
This Man Must Die (French: Que la bête meure) (1968): Chabrol’s Psychological Thriller
Claude Chabrol directed This Man Must Die (French: Que la bête meure), a psychological thriller based on a 1938 novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, writing as Nicholas Blake.
Beast Must Die, The (1952): Argentinean Film Noir, Starring Guillermo Battaglia
Román Viñoly Barreto directed The Beast Must Die (Spanish: La bestia debe morir), a thriller film noir, starring Guillermo Battaglia, Narciso Ibáñez Menta and Warly Ceriani.
French Dispatch, The: Set Design Is All About the Feeling of Places
Oscar-winning production designer Adam Stockhausen on creating 130 sets in the town of Angoulême for the new film.
Plunder of the Sun (1953): John Farrow’s Adeventure Film Noir Based on Dodge’s 1949 Novel, Starring Glenn Ford
In 1953, it was made into a film noir of the same name, directed by John Farrow and starring Glenn Ford, with the location changed to Mexico.
French Dispatch, The: Wes Anderson’s Yet Another Eccentric but Ultimately Minor Chronicle of a Magazine (with Usual Miniatures and Marionettes)
Even by Anderson’s standards, The French Dispatch is a trifle of a movie, set entirely in a fictional, pastel-painted town called Ennui-sur-Blasé, (Anderson has been living in Paris for a while).
Warrant: Alec Baldwin Was Not Aware Weapon Contained Live Round Before Shooting
Images of the actor showed him distraught outside the sheriff’s office on Thursday.
Barbie: Ryan Gosling to Star Opposite Margot Robbie
The two-time Oscar-nominee is in final negotiations to star in the upcoming Warner and Mattel film, directed by Greta Gerwig, who also co-wrote the script with Noah Baumbach.
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