Anchorage International Film Festival to Celebrate 25th Anniversary With Glacier Hike and More
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCO06rTKDcU[/embed] The Anchorage International Film Festival announced that it will celebrate its 25th anniversary edition this year with a glacier hike for filmmakers, a Northern Lights bonfire, and several new awards categories — including one for shorts shot on an…
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Netflix Sets Release Date for Noah Baumbach’s ‘Jay Kelly’ Starring George Clooney
Netflix has revealed information on their upcoming release, Jay Kelly. The film is directed by Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and actress Emily Mortimer (who previously wrote episodes of Doll & Em and The Pursuit of Love and will…
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Nonnas Creators Stephen Chbosky & Liz Maccie Talk About Culture Clash and Finding Common Ground
Stephen Chbosky & Liz Maccie discuss their morivations for making 'Nonnas', and how a history with banned books inspires a new positive cultural perspective going forward. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created…
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Kevin Bacon Give Hopeful Outlook for Season 2 of His Action Horror Series ‘The Bondsman’
Kevin Bacon is one of the few actors who sees what they want and goes after it. It's not uncommon for him to state what production he'd love to join or how he'd love to continue working on a project.…
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“The Story Kept Growing Alongside My Real-life Experience”: Sisa Quispe on Her Student Short Film Showcase Winner Urpi: Her Last Wish
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwkHgbx9p6c[/embed] A Peruvian pilgrimage to visit the village of a recently-deceased relative propels the plot of Urpi: Her Last Wish. Helmed by Sisa Quispe as her MFA thesis film at the City College of New York, she also stars as…
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I Fell Head Over Heels in Love With Netflix’s Irresistible Judy Blume Adaptation
Judy Blume wrote about preteens like no other. The author wasn't afraid of getting into risqué territory, with her novels addressing themes like sex and menstruation with an ease that was unheard of at the time they were published. Her…
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Lilo & Stitch Remake Sets Multiple Presales Records That Even Exceed A Minecraft Movie
Lilo & Stitch has set multiple records during the first day of its advance ticket sales. The Disney live-action movie is a remake of their 2002 animated release of the same name, which was nominated for the Oscar for Best…
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Jillian Bell & ‘Summer of 69’ Star Sam Morelos on Their Wild Coming-of-Age Comedy
'Workaholics' vet Jillian Bell makes her directorial debut with 'Summer of 69,' a wild and wonderful coming-of-age comedy starring Sam Morelos. MovieWeb spoke with Bell and Morelos about their new movie and doing something a little different with the teen…
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A Haunting Portrait of Queer Repression
Lilies Not For Me is a quietly devastating period drama that examines the cruel intersection of queer identity and institutional control. Set in a 1920s English medical facility where homosexuality is pathologized as a disease to be “cured,” the film…
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‘Friendship’ Director Andrew DeYoung on the Weird Dynamic Between Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd
Summary Friendship is a hilarious and wild film that will leave you in stitches. Debuting at TIFF, the film had an overwhelming and memorable audience reaction. In an interview with Collider, Andrew DeYoung drew inspiration from rejection to create a…
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Marvel’s Darkest and Most Human Film Yet
It’s really no secret that I’m one of the seemingly few people who has consistently loved the recent phases of the MCU, even if I can admit that they’re nowhere near as good as the good old days ten years…
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Read Interviews With the Fifth Annual Student Short Film Showcase Winners, Awarded By The Gotham, JetBlue and Focus Features
James Ross, Sisa Quispe, Xinying Lao, Kevin Haefelin and Mel Sangyi Zhao. A creepy humanoid inches closer with every blink. A young woman returns to Peru to fulfill her grandmother’s dying wish. A nine-year-old boy attempts to hide the beloved…
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