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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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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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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#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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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