Italy’s Award-Winning Oscar Submission Is A Sprawling, Ambitious Family Chronicle
TIFF: Sprawling, historical family sagas used to be de rigueur as culminating artistic statements from our greatest talents. They were characterized by the intertwined lives of a large cast of characters—parents, children, and siblings—their hopes and fears, triumphs and disappointments—situated…
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‘Rez Ball’ Director Sydney Freeland Explains Why They Refused to Have a “White Savior” Save the Team
The Big Picture Collider's Steve Weintraub sits down with the cast and director of Rez Ball at TIFF. Rez Ball 's crew discuss inspiring Native communities and youth, and the importance of filming in the Navajo Nation. Jessica Matten teases…
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Will Ferrell to Receive 2024 Kirk Douglas Award at SBIFF
This year, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival is honoring Will Ferrell will the 17th annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film. Set to be presented on Dec. 11, 2024 at a black-tie dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa…
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‘Survivor 47’ Episode 2 Recap: Losers Shouldn’t Smile
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Survivor Season 47 Episode 2. Survivor Season 47 is starting off with the thing that all diehard fans love: chaos! CBS's groundbreaking reality series is two weeks in, but viewers are still…
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‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Episode 7 Recap
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 Episode 7. Can you believe we're already one week away from the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season…
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HBO’s Hit Series With Pedro Pascal & Bella Ramsey Returns In 2025
HBO has a stacked 2025 release schedule, with “The White Lotus” Season 3, “It: Welcome To Derry,” and a new “Game Of Thrones” spinoff premiering next year. But “The Last Of Us” Season 2 is far and away the network’s…
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‘A Different Man’s Sebastian Stan Pinpoints Parallels With ‘The Apprentice’
The Big Picture Collider's Steve Weintraub talks with A24's A Different Man co-stars Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson. From writer-director Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man is a darkly comedic thriller about an aspiring actor who undergoes cosmetic surgery, only to…
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‘Rez Ball’ Film Review: Grief Becomes Hope
To make a successful sports film, a screenplay must create characters who endear themselves to the audience. In a cinema landscape littered with films of this ilk, viewers deserve something more than yet another story about a ragtag bunch of…
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MCU Star Frank Grillo Says Marvel ‘Almost Fired’ Him Several Times
Frank Grillo, who played Crossbones in the MCU, was nearly fired by Marvel Studios multiple times for leaking news and spoilers during his tenure in the franchise. Grillo made his MCU debut in Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Brock…
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Jason Segel & Harrison Ford Return For More Therapeutic Hijinks On October 16
Are Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein the TV producer tandem to beat in the industry right now? After the success of “Ted Lasso,” it’s hard to argue with that assessment. And while that show may get revived for a Season 4,…
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Agatha All Along Director Says Marvel Fans Have Missed a Major Teen Clue
Fans of Agatha All Along might not cut it as real prestige TV detectives as, according to the show's creator, we're all missing a big clue about the identity of Teen in the very first episode. The MCU is back…
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s Ending Has Finally Been Explained By the Writers
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice has taken the box office by storm, and after so many years of wondering whether or not a sequel would even happen, it’s not hard to see why. But as much as audiences have enjoyed the movie, there…
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