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Ben Whishaw Channels The Controversial Punk Russian Poet [Cannes]
Ben Whishaw Channels The Controversial Punk Russian Poet [Cannes]

CANNES – Eduard Limonov was a complicated man. He was a poet, a novelist, and a political activist; at one point, a Russian dissident who lived in New York and Paris; he returned to his homeland to lead a fascist…

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‘Back to Black’s Marisa Abela on the Challenge of Portraying Amy Winehouse
‘Back to Black’s Marisa Abela on the Challenge of Portraying Amy Winehouse

The Big Picture 'Back to Black' is a biopic that explores Amy Winehouse's life, music, and struggle with fame and addiction. Marisa Abela sings all the songs in the film, bringing emotional depth to Amy Winehouse's performances. Director Sam Taylor-Johnson…

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Guy Maddin’s Bonkers Political Satire With Cate Blanchett Loses Steam Midway Through [Cannes]
Guy Maddin’s Bonkers Political Satire With Cate Blanchett Loses Steam Midway Through [Cannes]

Imagine a film where Cate Blanchett plays a version of Angela Merkel. And Charles Dance is a Joe Biden parody in full British accent. Now add Denis Ménochet as a boisterous French president carried around a damp forest in a…

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“We Wanted to Film These Beige Structures the Way Terrence Malick Films a Sunset”: Director Matthew Rankin on the Canadian/Iranian Interzone of his Cannes-Premiering Universal Language
“We Wanted to Film These Beige Structures the Way Terrence Malick Films a Sunset”: Director Matthew Rankin on the Canadian/Iranian Interzone of his Cannes-Premiering Universal Language

#image_title There are plenty of North American filmmakers influenced by the giants of international cinema. These filmmakers import stylistic references, different tones and rhythms, perhaps key collaborators, such as a cinematographer, to films that nonetheless are born of their own…

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Diddy Seen Allegedly Attacking Cassie in 2016 Video
Diddy Seen Allegedly Attacking Cassie in 2016 Video

Sean “Diddy” Combs is seen allegedly physically assaulting his ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in a 2016 surveillance video obtained by CNN. The footage dated March 5, 2016, shows what appears to be Combs, holding a towel around his waist, running…

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Josh Brolin Explains the ‘Outer Range’ Season 2 Finale and What It All Means
Josh Brolin Explains the ‘Outer Range’ Season 2 Finale and What It All Means

The Big Picture Collider's Steve Weintraub speaks with Outer Range star Josh Brolin for Season 2 of the Prime Video series and the way the season ends. Brolin discusses working with the new showrunner, Charles Murray, embracing more of the…

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The Soul Trader Featured, Reviews Film Threat
The Soul Trader Featured, Reviews Film Threat

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! The 12-minute short The Soul Trader, directed by Susan Dynner, is very fitting for the chic French Riviera experience at the 77th Festival de Cannes. A supernatural thriller starring Donna Mills, it harkens back to…

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Did a Star Wars Producer Just Reveal the Title For James Mangold’s Movie?
Did a Star Wars Producer Just Reveal the Title For James Mangold’s Movie?

The Big Picture The Star Wars movie formerly known as Dawn of the Jedi might finally have an official title: Star Wars: Jedi Prime. The project, directed by James Mangold, currently has no release date. The possible new title connects…

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“Everything About Women Interests Me”: Lizzie Borden on the New York Feminisms Trilogy
“Everything About Women Interests Me”: Lizzie Borden on the New York Feminisms Trilogy

Regrouping In 2022, Lizzie Borden’s virtually unseen first feature Regrouping was restored and given its first-ever theatrical run. That film joins the now-canonical Born in Flames (1983) and Working Girls (1986) in what some have termed her “New York Feminisms”…

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Time Of The Heathen Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Time Of The Heathen Featured, Reviews Film Threat

NOW IN THEATERS! Just like it says in the song by The Obsessed, we are going to get stoned back to the Bomb Age with the gorgeous 4k restoration of the 1961 mind-blowing lost classic Time Of The Heathen, directed by…

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Clint Eastwood Made His Biggest Box-Office Hit After Replacing Spielberg
Clint Eastwood Made His Biggest Box-Office Hit After Replacing Spielberg

The Big Picture American Sniper was the highest-grossing film in 2014, breaking the traditional blockbuster mold. Clint Eastwood directed the biographical war drama after Spielberg dropped out due to budget constraints. Spielberg's original vision could have added nuance to the…

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The Complete History of Spider-Man Noir, Explained
The Complete History of Spider-Man Noir, Explained

Summary Prime Video confirmed a live-action Spider-Man Noir series starring Nicolas Cage, expanding the Spider-Verse into television. Spider-Man Noir's popularity soared due to its distinctive design and media appearances, including a key role in the Spider-Verse films. The Noir series…

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