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‘Love Lies Bleeding’ es la segunda película más nominada. © Elástica Films | Filmin | DeAPlaneta

Ya se conocen los nominados a los Premios BIFA (British Independent Film Awards). Estos premios son unos galardones cinematográficos que se otorgan en el Reino Unido para destacar y honrar las películas independientes británicas. Los ganadores de los premios BIFA 2024 se darán a conocer el 8 de diciembre. Aquí os dejamos con la lista de los nominados de esta edición:

Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente BRITÁNICA

Kneecap

Love Lies Bleeding

On Becoming Guinea Fowl

The Outrun

Santosh

Mejor PELÍCULA Independiente Internacional

All We Imagine as Light

Anora

La Chimera

No Other Land

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Mejor DIRECCIÓN

Andrea Arnold, Bird

Nora Fingscheidt, The Outrun

Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding

Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming A Guinea Fowl

Rich Peppiatt, Kneecap

Mejor Guion

Nora Fingscheidt & Amy Liptrot, The Outrun

Rose Glass & Weronika Tofilska, Love Lies Bleeding

Rungano Nyoni, On Becoming A Guinea Fowl...

On Wednesday October 23 2024, PBS broadcasts Secrets of the Dead!

The Civil War’s Lost Massacre Season 22 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Secrets of the Dead,” titled “The Civil War’s Lost Massacre,” promises to shed light on a dark chapter in American history. This episode focuses on the search for the remains of Black Union soldiers who were murdered after the Civil War. It highlights the struggles and injustices faced by formerly enslaved individuals who fought for their freedom.

Viewers will follow historians and archaeologists as they investigate the events surrounding this tragic massacre. The episode aims to uncover the truth about what happened to these soldiers and the circumstances that led to their deaths. Through expert interviews and on-site research, the episode seeks to piece together the story of these brave men who fought for their country.

“The Civil War’s Lost Massacre” not only aims to...

MCU is hopefully on an upward spiral as far as the future is concerned, mostly thanks to Deadpool & Wolverine and the announcement that Robert Downey Jr. is coming back to play Victor Von Doom in the next phase, which will see the legendary scientist be the main villain of the MCU.

But, aside from these exciting projects, the MCU is also going to release a bunch of other projects in the meantime, some of which triggered more excitement, some less. One of these projects is the scheduled Thunderbolts* film, which is set to be released on May 2, 2025, if nothing changes.

At this point, we know very little about the planned movie, but in order to prepare you for what is coming, we have decided to explore the best and most popular fan theories about the upcoming movie, which we are going to present to you in this report.

The Thunderbolts...

At this stage, it seems as though Denzel Washington can do no wrong. The man is a Hollywood legend, proving he can take on everything from action blockbuster franchises to thoughtful indie dramas and deliver. If his "Equalizer" movies aren't for you, there's always the expressionist nightmare that is Joel Coen's "The Tragedy Of Macbeth," in which, as /Film's review surmised, Denzel was "ferocious," threatening to "rip that Oscar right out of the throat of the Academy with his bare teeth."

At 69, the veteran star is still going strong, and will soon appear in "Gladiator II," Ridley Scott's follow-up to his 2000 historical action epic. Washington is set to play Macrinus, an arms dealer who supports Lucius Verus II (Paul Mescal) as he takes on the Roman Empire. While many of us are saddened that Scott's supernatural pitch for the "Gladiator" sequel will never get made, and that Nick Cave...

Matt Damon has had a storied career in Hollywood, with a filmography that would make many actors jealous. As a result, it is hard to imagine anyone comparing to Damon when it comes to his acting chops across the diverse list of genres he had dabbled in. However, one actor has been constantly compared to Damon.

Matt Damon has been compared to actor Jesse Plemons (Credit: Jason Bourne | Universal Pictures).

Fans have often discussed the physical resemblance between Damon and actor Jesse Plemons. During an interview, Damon was outright asked about fans calling Plemons a lookalike of him and the veteran actor had nothing but kind words for his junior. Here is what Damon had to say about the resemblance between him and Plemons.

Matt Damon Speaks Out on Comparisons With Actor Jesse Plemons

Actor Matt Damon will be next seen in the upcoming heist comedy film The Instigators. While promoting the movie,...

When you walk into David Maisel’s Los Angeles office, the first thing you see is a statue of Iron Man, one of the most recognizable superheroes in the world. Hanging on the wall above him is an illustration of a furry faced character named Grell, a hero far fewer people recognize, but who is getting the spotlight this week at San Diego Comic-Con.

Iron Man represents Maisel’s past as the founding chairman of Marvel Studios, where he had the idea for characters such as Iron Man, Captain America and Thor to live in a shared cinematic universe. Grell represents his future at Mythos Studios, where he is plotting a new cinematic universe called Ekos that will feature not just Grell, but potentially hundreds of other characters.

Just as Iron Man made a splash at San Diego Comic-Con in 2007 with a panel for Marvel Studios’ first movie, Maisel is...

Note: This is not a ranking but rather a collection of 2024’s best movies so far.

10. Civil War — War Action

If you’ve ever wondered what may happen to our country if the divide worsens,

Alex Garland’s got you covered. Civil War revolves around exactly what you’ve already deduced from the title, following a group of army journalists on their journey across dystopian America as they try to reach the White House before the rebels.

9. Immaculate — Horror

For those of you starving for either good ol’ horrors or more Sydney Sweeney content, Michael Mohan released Immaculate. This movie is a story of a devout woman of faith who settles down in a seemingly peaceful new convent… Only to soon discover that its dark secrets leave no place for the faithful in a square mile.

8. Kinds of Kindness — Dramedy

Yorgos Lanthimos went all out in Kinds of Kindness, making...

Hollywood star Kevin Costner has portrayed a wide variety of roles over many decades. From action to drama to romance, the veteran has proved his mettle in many genres while also becoming a commercially successful star at the box office. One of his marquee films that made a big impact on audiences was 1989’s Field Of Dreams.

Hollywood star Kevin Costner (image credit: Bill Ingalls/Wikimedia Commons)

This sports fantasy drama about baseball and its legends, inspired Major League Baseball (MLB) to start a special game that is played in a ballpark adjacent to the cornfield in Dyersville, Iowa where the film was set and got its title from. More than 3 decades later, Costner appeared as a special invitee for the game and gave spectators goosebumps as he recreated an iconic moment from the film.

Kevin Costner Gave Fans Goosebumps With This Nostalgic Tribute To His Cult Film

Every actor...

As if serving as the creative director of the 28th edition of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) wasn’t enough, Issa Rae will now sit for the inaugural “Creator Conversation” with two very special guests: Ava DuVernay and Kenya Barris.

The exclusive live event — which is part of a new program dubbed “Creator Conversations” — will take attendees on a journey through their Rae, DuVernay and Barris’ processes and careers, including recent projects such as DuVernay’s latest film “Origin” and Barris’ hit “Black-ish” franchise and his directorial debut “You People.”

“We are truly delighted to get a rare glimpse into the minds of three trailblazers who are reshaping the landscape of film and television. Ava DuVernay, Kenya Barris and Issa Rae are incredibly talented creators whose work and careers we admire tremendously,” ​​said Nice Crowd President Nicole Friday announcing the special event, which will be held on Friday, June...

Many people might not be familiar with the name Morgan Spurlock but in the early 2000s, Spurlock was the talk of the town. Being a documentary filmmaker and television producer, Spurlock received several accolades throughout his career. His greatest feat, however, was creating the iconic documentary Super Size Me.

Morgan Spurlock in a still from Super Size Me | The Con

Since it was the early 2000s, people hadn’t really given importance to the unhealthiness of fast food or junk food. Being a visionary person, Morgan Spurlock decided to jump on that opportunity and created the 2004 film Super Size Me. His body had some great side effects and Spurlock revealed that his body lost resilience after some time!

Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me Cost Him Greatly

For those of you who do not know what Super Size Me is, it’s a 2004 documentary film where Morgan Spurlock eats food from McDonald’s for 30 days straight.

Love, as everyone has long agreed, makes you do crazy things. Silly things, too, and vastly indulgent things, and occasionally even beautiful ones. Gilles Lellouche does all of these, in significant quantities, in his supersized gangster melodrama “Beating Hearts,” which takes the slender plot of innumerable B-movies of the past — as time and crime collaborate to derail the pure-hearted romance between two pretty young things — and blows it up to a dizzily grand scale, complete with widescreen camera gymnastics, daydreamy reality breaks and sporadic swirls of Old Hollywood musical choreography. It’s a mad indulgence, but also one fully attuned to the mindset of its two besotted lead characters: When you fall completely in love for the first (and maybe last) time, doesn’t your life become its own Technicolor epic?

That air of big-swinging, love-drunk bravado will buy Lellouche’s film a lot of goodwill from audiences — particularly those at home in France,...

Alex Garland’s Civil War has been set for a June 7 theatrical release date in China. This marks the first time an A24 production will officially hit cinemas there. The dystopian thriller was acquired by Huahua Media in the market with Alibaba set to partner on the local release.

After world premiering at SXSW, Civil War opened in North America in April, scoring an A24 best launch of $25.7M and going on to cross $100M global within its first month. Throughout its overseas run, it has opened to No. 1 in several key markets including Brazil, France and Spain. The total worldwide gross through Sunday was $108.9M including $43.7M from the international box office.

Starring Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Stephen Henderson and Wagner Moura, Garland’s film is a journey across a dystopian future America and follows a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach...

A lively dance performance by Upsc second topper Animesh Pradhan from Odisha has taken social media by storm. In a throwback video shared on X platform on April 22, Animesh showcases his dancing skills to a peppy tune. Clad in casual attire, he effortlessly grooves solo for about a minute, captivating viewers.

The video quickly gained traction, earning numerous views and comments. Animesh acknowledges the viral sensation with a caption stating, “Some people are making my dance video viral on social media. Some enjoyment.”

Some People are making my dance video viral on social media. Some Enjoyment...

Alex Garland’s dystopian Civil War, about America torn asunder by a president run amok and brutal acts of war committed on ordinary citizens, sparked plenty of speculation — and assumptions — heading into its debut in theaters over the April 12-14 weekend.

Would it be a win in blue states but a losing battle in red states? Would it galvanize those Trumpians eager to view the sort of imagery witnessed during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capital? Or would liberals assume it would be a balm for their point of view, and see them turn out in full force? After all, Hollywood isn’t known for being a bastion of Republicans. Ditto for indie studio A24, which produced the film.

In a surprise twist, Civil War played exactly down the middle as both sides put aside their differences and sat together in cinemas across the country to see for...

The following is a spoiler-filled discussion about “Civil War” between IndieWire Film Editor Ryan Lattanzio, Editorial Director Kate Erbland, and Reviews Editor and Chief Film Critic David Ehrlich. IndieWire’s review of the film can be found here.

David Ehrlich: Before Kate, Ryan, and I saw “Civil War” in IMAX on a Thursday morning earlier this month (a very chill way to start the day), I had fully expected to spend the next few weeks chewing on Alex Garland’s still-pinned hand grenade of a movie about an ununited America — a movie that had already been met with an appropriately polarized reaction at every stage of its existence, and would continue to be raved about and read for filth on the internet in the time leading up to its spectacular first weekend at the box office. I expected my brain to be on fire by the time the screening was over,...

A great many people appear to have come out of “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s a-house-divided-against-itself-can-kick-highly-equipped-military-ass dystopian combat thriller, feeling all shook up. They’re disturbed by it, unsettled by it. They experience the movie as if it were holding a violent mirror up to the simmering rage of America’s current political/spiritual/ ideological divide. Many critics have been seriously spooked by it, and so have columnists like the New York Times’ Michelle Goldberg. The filmmaker and Facebook pundit Paul Schrader said he was scared by it. And to judge from how many tickets the film is selling, in a $25 million opening weekend that bodes well for the future of adult dramas with topical resonance (on that score let’s all be grateful), I would guess that a solid portion of the audience was scared too.

But I was not scared by “Civil War,” even a little bit. Actually,...

Sunday Am: A24 is calling Civil War at a $25.7M opening, largely fueled by Democrat and Liberal moviegoers, but with overperforming business in some Red state regions like the South and Southwest.

Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak polled Civil War attendees’ politics reporting that 22% considered themselves Liberal, 19% were Democrats, 11% considered themselves moderate, whereas registered Republicans (6%), Evangelical Christians (6%) and politically conservative folks (5%) showed up as a minority.

The markets that overperformed were L.A., San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Phoenix, Austin, Navy hub San Diego, and conservative market Denver. But then there were these smaller regional markets that rallied, including El Paso and Waco, Texas, Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Charlottesville, Virginia. As we told you, South, South Central, and West were the best regions for the A24 release, which follows journalists chronicling a divided, violent America.

Civil War, from left: Wagner Moura, Kirsten Dunst, 2024. ph: Murray Close / © A24 / Courtesy...

Kirsten Dunst’s latest onscreen avatar, a hardened war photographer named after the iconic Lee Miller, doesn’t have much time to waste. In Alex Garland’s heart-pounding actioner “Civil War,” Dunst and her Lee are at the center of a fractured America that isn’t quite done combusting just yet, as she head through a bombed-out, terrifying Un-United States in a bid to get to Washington, D.C. before everything really falls apart. There’s not a lot of time for artifice or florid conversation or icing over the tough stuff.

As the Oscar nominee recently explained to IndieWire, the film isn’t exactly what people might be expecting, and while that kind of chatter might sound like standard press tour fare meant to drum up audience interest, Dunst is so straightforward in her interviews — so free of artifice, of saying stuff just to say it — that the message feels even more resonant.

Kirsten Dunst’s Civil War has received positive reviews from critics who saw its premiere at the SXSW Festival on March 14. The film showcases the plight of journalists in a dystopian future when a Civil war shook America. Dunst plays the lead role of a journalist in this film directed by Alex Garland. The Spider-Man actress revealed that her character was based on the American journalist Marie Colvin.

Kirsten Dunst as war photojournalist Lee in Alex Garland’s Civil War

Colvin was one of the famed war correspondents of her generation and she covered several conflicts across the globe. She was killed in a targeted attack while covering the siege of Homs during the Syrian Civil War.

War Correspondent Marie Colvin Influenced Kirsten Dunst’s Role In Civil War

Kirsten Dunst’s character in Civil War was inspired by famed war correspondent Marie Colvin

Kirsten Dunst plays a renowned war...

The A24 original movie Civil War is just a few days away (April 12). Famed director Alex Garland, whose past films include Men, Annihilation, and Ex Machina, is helming the dystopian thriller.

The movie’s first action-packed trailer became quite popular after it was released in December 2023. The plot of Civil War, which stars Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Nick Offerman, follows a group of journalists as they travel across the country during the rapidly intensifying Second American Civil War that has engulfed the entire country.

And, Offerman is assuming the role of President of the United States.

Screenshot from Civil War (2024) trailer | A24 – YouTube

In a recent interview, Dunst spilled the beans on Offerman’s role, which has been making headlines for its inspiration from the 45th U.S. president, Donald Trump.

Civil War: Kirsten Dunst’s Insights on Nick Offerman’s Role

Nick Offerman, best known for Parks and Recreation and Fargo,...

A24’s Alex Garland dystopian U.S. movie Civil War is looking at an $18 million-$24 million opening frame when it hits North American theaters over April 12-14.

In this oddball marketplace, ya gotta figure downside as we’re still limping away from the strike. While Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is eyeing a $45M opening this weekend, I hear presales on that title are low. If that Jason Reitman-produced movie is going to hit the mid-$40M range, it really needs a big turnout by Latino moviegoers and walk-ups.

Further boosting projections on Civil War is A24’s grab of Imax screens. The current Rotten Tomatoes critics score on Civil War following its electric SXSW world premiere is 91% fresh.

“A24 has a hit on their hands,” beamed a rival studio distribution boss. The movie starring Kirsten Dunst and Cailee Spaeny has a strong definite interest among older males, followed by older...

While bound to spark hundreds of think pieces, Alex Garland’s stirring Civil War will undoubtedly go down, too, as one of the most provocative films of the year. It’s also an early contender for one of the best, offering a stunning warning: no matter what the cause, war is hell. Civil War is less interested in the causes of conflict and more about front lines as the Western Forces march towards the White House through the East Coast, turning small towns into battlefields.

Before January 6, and certainly before 9/11, the alternate universe that Garland sets up would feel unimaginable, yet the Englishman offers a clear warning portraying a world––including a New York City–– that has been modified (à la the Covid era) for new circumstances. In some pockets, including a small town and luxury hotel, life continues with some sense of normalcy and multiple layers of security and...

This year’s SXSW Film and TV Festival (running March 8 through March 16) continues the Austin-based multimedia showcases expansion beyond typical-screen movies and into the realms of TV and Xr experiences.

The festival’s opening night premiere, Doug Liman’s “Road House,” falls somewhere in the cracks between film and TV, as controversially the Jake Gyllenhaal-led ’80s throwback reimagining will not play theaters from Amazon MGM Studios and will instead plop on Amazon Prime Video on March 21. (“Road House” and Amazon MGM are meanwhile in the thick of a copyright lawsuit filed by the 1989 original’s screenwriter R. Lance Hill that also messily involves the studio’s alleged AI usage to rush completion on the movie.)

Similarly, the deep-pocketed but theatrically stingy streamer’s “The Idea of You,” a Coachella-set romantic dramedy from director Michael Showalter and starring Anne Hathaway, will also be a Prime Video exclusive this May after playing SXSW.

Hello, and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen Podcast. I am Valerie Complex, an associate editor and film writer at Deadline. Today I’m chatting with Power Book III: Raising Kanan star, Patina Miller. As a major talent across film, television and musical theater Miller portrays Raquel “Raq” Thomas on the Starz original series which is coming up on the end of its third season.

Raising Kanan is the third show in the Power Universe. This one is about a young Kanan Stark (played by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s character from the first series) and how he joins his family’s growing and dangerous drug business. It takes place in Queens, New York during the 1990’s.

Raq is the mother of Kanan. To Kanan, she might come across as affectionate, yet on the streets, she embodies the epitome of toughness, navigating the male-dominated world with a blend of coldness, determination,...

Already one of France’s most beloved and bankable actors (“The Stronghold”), Gilles Lellouche is about to graduate as a big-shot filmmaker five years after delivering his sophomore outing, “Sink or Swim,” a B.O. hit which lured more than four million moviegoers (over $35 million) in theaters.

His next movie, “Beating Hearts” (“L’amour Ouf”), budgeted in the €30 million range, is epic in many ways. And not just because of its breadth and running time exceeding three hours. A crime romance loosely based on Neville Thompson’s 1997 novel “Jackie Loves Johnser Ok,” the movie is an emotional rollercoaster spanning over 15 years in the lives of star-crossed lovers. It took Lellouche over a decade to write (alongside Audrey Diwan and Ahmed Hamidi) and four months to shoot with a cast mixing rising and famous actors, a pulsating soundtrack of cult 1980s and 1990s songs, topnotch key crew and dream-like musical interludes created by (La) Horde.

Studiocanal rolled out the red carpet at the Unifrance Paris Rendez-vous this week for actor Gilles Lellouche’s upcoming feature film Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf).

First images for the unconventional romance played on the big screen to two packed-out screenings at the swanky Royal Monceau hotel off the Champs-Elysées on Thursday evening.

The modern Romeo and Juliet tale co-stars François Civil, who is currently riding high on the back of his D’Artagnan role in Pathé’s Three Musketeers reboot, and Adèle Exarchopoulos as former childhood sweethearts from different sides of the tracks.

Having gone their separate ways when the boy gets caught up in gang violence and lands in jail on trumped-up murder charges, the pair reconnect against the odds years later.

The picture is adapted from Irish writer Neville Thompson’s 1997 novel Jackie Loves Johnser Ok? unfolding against the backdrop of Dublin’s tough suburb of Ballyfermot in the...

Screenshot: A24/YouTube, Warner Bros. Pictures/YouTube, Photo: A24, Hector Vivas (Getty Images), Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix, Aardman / Netflix, Claire Folger/Orion Releasing, Laurie Sparham / MGM, A24, Graphic: The A.V. ClubWhat the heck is going on in Alex Garland’s Civil War trailer?Nick Offerman in Civil WarScreenshot: A...

Kirsten Dunst, Wagna Moura and Nick Offerman don’t need your civil war in an apocalyptic trailer for Alex Garland’s action epic. More below…

It looks like A24 weren’t kidding when they said they were looking to move into the action genre.

According to The Wrap, executives at the company spent this summer shopping around for “action and big IP projects”. They might have greenlit Alex Garland’s new war movie back in 2022, but from the look of the film’s first trailer, that transition into more mainstream fare seems well underway.

Check out the first Civil War trailer below:

Set in a near-future USA, the film finds a group of journalists journeying across a country tearing itself apart after 19 states secede from the union. The country’s fascist President, played by Nick Offerman, responds to the violence by ordering air strikes on his country’s citizens, and...

Writer-director Alex Garland asks you to suspend all disbelief as you watch the official trailer for Civil War. The idea that individual states could team up and fight the U.S. military isn’t as far-fetched as Garland’s choice to have California and Texas fighting on the same side. The action must be taking place on Earth-2.

Garland’s a brilliant filmmaker, so it’s possible he’ll be able to convince audiences that a universe exists in which California and Texas agree on at least one political issue.

The cast includes Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Nick Offerman, and Sonoya Mizuno from Garland’s Devs television series. Real-life couple Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) and Jesse Plemons (Killers of the Flower Moon) also star along with Wagner Moura (The Gray Man).

A24 released this brief description of Civil War: “A race to the White House in...

Slave narratives felt like horror stories long before "Antebellum" combined its Civil War setting with the themes of a story like "Get Out." But the makers of the 2020 film do want to make one thing clear: While "Antebellum" certainly doesn't shy away from the horrors of the era, it's not actually a slave movie.

That may feel counterintuitive for a film that seems to revel in its gruesome setting. With its first act, "Antebellum" answers an age-old, horrifying hypothetical: "What if the South won the Civil War?" It drops us face-first into what could be a parallel reality, one where white supremacy reigns. It'd be easy to write "Antebellum" off as a slave movie based solely on what's happening on the surface — but a closer look reveals a handful of anachronisms sprinkled throughout the Antebellum-set film. Slaves bear tattoos and nose piercings; the spirituals they sing while picking cotton...

Since premiering on HBO in 2019, Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria” has attracted almost as much attention for its chaotic production process as its outlandish plotlines and star-studded cast. Reports have circulated about the show’s lengthy shoots and alleged mistreatment of actors, with many voices speculating that Levinson’s complete creative control and decision to direct most episodes himself has needlessly slowed the process down. But “Euphoria” Emmy winner Colman Domingo thinks those rumors are overblown.

In a new interview with The Independent to promote his role in the Netflix Civil Rights drama “Rustin,” Domingo was asked if “Euphoria” is an abnormally difficult set on which to work. He disagreed with that framing, saying that long hours and difficult shoots are a standard part of any actor’s job.

“No,” Domingo said. “Not one bit. I’m not gonna invalidate [anyone’s] experience. But working in television is long hours. Sometimes you work up to 14 hours a day.

We got some sad news today as we have learned that director Jeff Burr, best known for Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Stepfather II, Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings, and more, has died. He was just 60 years old.

Like many future horror directors, Jeff Burr grew up reading horror magazines like Famous Monsters of Filmland and making his own Super-8 movies. He later attended the University of Southern California but dropped out after his third year to finish his American Civil War drama Divided We Fall with co-director Kevin Meyer. His second feature found him entering the world of horror, and he scored a superstar of the genre to star in it: The one and only Vincent Price.

From a Whisper to a Scream was a horror anthology movie which featured Vincent Price as a historian who tells four tales to a journalist, all of which take place in the small town of Oldfield,...

There’s a story of thrillingly righteous indignation sitting at the core of Maggie Betts’s The Burial. This flashy legal melodrama is fitfully stirring but too flabby to deliver the walloping blow that it needs. The high points are delivered primarily by Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones, who make a good effort to fill in the gaps left by the spotty screenplay.

Based on a New Yorker article by A Civil Action author Jonathan Harr, the film works as hard to get its audience interested in contract law as Foxx’s high-octane personal injury lawyer, Willie Gary, does when whipping up a jury’s emotions about arcane legal matters. The case in question pits Mississippi funeral home director Jeremiah O’Keefe (Jones) against the Loewen Group, a funeral home and cemetery company, after the conglomerate stalled on an agreement to buy some of the man’s locations, possibly to run him out of business.

HBO Max’s The Janes was among the top winners at the 44th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday, with the film — centered on a pre-Roe v. Wade abortion network in Chicago — taking home best documentary as well as best social issue documentary.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) presented the Documentary category winners during a live ceremony at the Palladium Times Square in New York City and streamed live on NATAS’ viewing platform powered by Vimeo, the second of a two-night celebration. The News category winners were announced in a ceremony held at the Palladium on Wednesday.

Scheduled presenters at the Thursday night Docs ceremony included HBO Documentary & Family Programming’s Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller, reporter Jelani Cobb, Nothing Compares director Kathryn Ferguson, NPR host and Is That Black Enough for You?!? writer-director Elvis Mitchell, Doc NYC co-founder Thom Powers and National Geographic correspondent Mariana van Zeller.

There are a few documentarians who dabble in feature filmmaking: R.J. Cutler (“If I Stay”), Matt Heineman (“A Private War”), even Werner Herzog (there are many). To their ranks we can now add Oscar-winner Roger Ross Williams (“Music By Prudence”), and he’s all in on making it work.

At Telluride, Williams screened his well-reviewed Sundance feature “Cassandro”; saw the world premiere of “Stamped from the Beginning” at the Toronto International Film Festival; and Apple TV+ will air his four-part docuseries “The Super Models” September 20.

It’s an eclectic and vibrant collection of work and none of it was straightforward or easy. “Cassandro” is based on the true story of Luchador Saúl Armendáriz (Gael García Bernal in a career-best performance) who finds his true identity as the cross-dressing El Exotico on the Mexico wrestling circuit. Williams met his subject on the Amazon documentary short “The Man Without a Mask” (2016).

“I knew that story inside out,...

Though the release dates for many fall films is still being questioned, due to the ongoing SAG and WGA strikes, it appears Netflix is still moving ahead with one of its most star-studded films— “Rustin.”

As seen in the trailer for “Rustin,” the upcoming Civil Rights drama follows the incredible true story of Bayard Rustin, one of the people responsible for the organization of the iconic March on Washington.

Continue reading ‘Rustin’ Teaser: Colman Domingo Leads An All-Star Cast In Netflix’s Civil Rights Drama at The Playlist.

If there's one streaming movie this year that screams "blockbuster potential," it's "Rebel Moon." Zack Snyder's sci-fi epic has not only been years in the making, but it's also already earned a sequel. In a crowded streaming landscape, it's tough to tell ahead of time which Netflix Originals will flop, which will bring in plenty of viewers yet leave a light cultural footprint, and which will become a genuine phenomenon.

But it seems like if any Netflix movie is going to make a big impression these days, it's "Rebel Moon." The sci-fi movie evolved out of an idea Snyder had for a "Star Wars" film a full decade ago, but by this point, it's its own story. "Rebel Moon" is set to follow a young woman named Kora who searches for warriors to help stand up against the forces of a villainous ruler named Regent Balisarius (per Tudum). The...

Two discordant city employees ploughing through an incredibly mundane job inspecting benches come to an unexpected and perceptive understanding of each other upon finding one of their charges housing a homeless man who offers up some astute philosophical food for thought. Filmmaker Serkan Bayrak’s debut fiction short Civil Servant (Staatsdiener) looks at the fundamental differences between us all and with his playful, carefully crafted scripting and delicately balanced characters, shows us that no matter whatever way of living you may prescribe to, there is always a middle ground to be found. Set in the natural beauty of Germany’s Erftstadt forest, Civil Servant employs well thought out visual language keeping the viewer engaged in this dialogue led short. With the film very much in the thick of its festival journey, we spoke to Bayrak about scheduling actor rehearsals months before filming in order to better tailor the script for their performances,...

“Money in the Bank” has become one of the most exciting events on the WWE calendar, right up there with the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania. Superstars battle it out in a multi-person match for the right to climb the ladder and grab the Money in the Bank briefcase, guaranteeing them a world title opportunity. We’ve seen wild cash-ins in years’ past — will 2023’s winners add their eventual cash-ins to the Mitb lore? “WWE Money in the Bank” airs this Saturday, July 1 at 3 p.m. Et on Peacock. Watch the action with a subscription to Peacock.

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Airing live from the O2 Arena in London, England, this year’s Money in the Bank matches...

Abbott Elementary, Atlanta and Better Call Saul are among the winners from the fourth night of the NAACP Image Awards‘ non-televised ceremonies.

Winners during Thursday’s night virtual ceremony encompassed the TV writing, TV directing and podcasting categories.

Brittani Nichols won best writing in a comedy series for Abbott Elementary, while Marissa Jo Cerar took the drama series writing award for Women of the Movement.

Angela Barnes won directing honors for the comedy series Atlanta, while Giancarlo Esposito won an NAACP Image Award for directing Better Call Saul.

Winners in the the podcasting categories included The Daily Show and LeVar Burton.

NAACP recognized winners in non-televised categories in virtual ceremonies over multiple nights. Beyoncé and Rihanna were among the winners from night one; Jennifer Hudson, Trevor Noah and Viola Davis were among those winning during night two; and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Quinta Brunson and Keke Palmer were among the night three winners.

The Gabriel Garcia Márquez quote that appears at the start of Joan Baez I Am a Noise — “Everyone has three lives: the public, the private and the secret” — is an apt choice for this introspective docu-portrait of the era-defining musician and activist. The veteran folk singer’s seeming self-possession and the crystalline purity of that voice thrust her into the spotlight at 18. But there’s a world of difference between that serene image and the troubled woman who initially wrestled with the privileges of fame and even now, six decades later, still struggles with demons that come and go.

Baez gets remarkably frank about her long history of therapy and her sometimes disturbing excavations of childhood experience, which makes this intimate film by Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle and Karen O’Connor feel more thorough as a personal reflection than a career summation. But anyone with an interest in the key artists...

Exclusive: Electric Panda Entertainment and The Donaldson Company announced the cast for the dramatic thriller Civil.

Directed by Mackenzie Donaldson (TNT’s Snowpiercer), and written by Cheryl Meyer and Anthony Grant, the film stars Jasmine Mathews (The Tomorrow War), Douglas Smith (Don’t Worry Darling), Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead) and Devon Sawa (Syfy’s Chucky) will star. the solo feature directorial debut of director/producer. Production is now underway in Northern Ontario, and levelFilm has the film slated for release in Canada next year with US and international rights still available.

Civil is about a near-fi future civil war is sparked by government-imposed measures due to climate change. Nia (Mathews), her sister Penny (Antoine), and her boyfriend Ethan (Smith) are hiding out with a mismatched group of family, friends and neighbors in a secluded lake house when a militia leader (Sawa) and his followers arrive on their doorstep. Nia and...

Line-up includes Martin Scorsese doc Personality Crisis: One Night Only about New York Dolls frontman David Johansen.

The world premiere of Maria Schrader’s #MeToo flm She Said starring Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan will screen in Spotlight at the 60th New York Film Festival (NYFF).

Schrader’s follow-up to I’m Your Man centres on Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey from The New York Times as they uncover decades of sexual harassment and assault in Hollywood by disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein and others, helping to start the #MeToo movement.

Selections in Spotlight, the NYFF section highlighting anticipated films from the upcoming season,...

Ewan McGregor in ‘Fargo’

Two of the best series on television return this week as HBO brings back Veep and FX debuts another season of Fargo. Additionally, there are anticipated fiction and nonfiction shows as well as a new HBO biopic we’re excited about, at the same time we’re set to say goodbye to other favorites, either for the year or forever. To help you keep track of the most important programs over the next seven days, here’s our guide to everything worth watching, whether it’s on broadcast, cable, or streaming for April 16–22:

(All listed times are Eastern)

SUNDAYVeep (HBO, 10:30pm)

This show is back for the first time since the election, and fans are surely wondering how the political humor will reflect the new administration. Probably not at all, considering it was never a reaction to current events before. Instead, the focus on the first episode of season six, “Omaha...

And now we’ve arrived at the end of the calendar year. As the final push for year-end viewing continues at a furious pace, some of the last unknown films of 2016 will finally make their way to audiences. To help focus your viewing choices, here is a list of films opening throughout the coming weeks, separated into categories of wide and limited runs. (Synopses are provided by festivals and distributors.)

If you’re interested in what still might be in a theater near you, check out our November Release Guide. For those curious what 2017 might bring, you can also visit our calendar page, which has releases through the beginning of the new year.

Happy watching!

Week of December 2 Wide

Incarnate

Director: Brad Peyton

Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Carice van Houten, Catalina Sandino Moreno, David Mazouz, John Pirruccello, Keir O’Donnell, Matthew Nable

Synopsis: A scientist with the ability to enter the...

In addition to working with M. Night Shyamalan on a new Tales From the Crypt TV series, TNT is looking to continue expanding their horror programming roster, as the network has now ordered a pilot episode for the TV series Let The Right One In, based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampiric novel of the same name.

Press Release (via TheFutonCritic.com): TNT, a division of Turner, has ordered a pilot for Let The Right One In, based on the best-selling novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. Jeff Davis (Criminal Minds, Teen Wolf) wrote the script for the pilot and serves as executive producer with Marty Adelstein (Aquarius, Prison Break, Teen Wolf) and Becky Clements (Aquarius, Last Man Standing) of Tomorrow Studios and Simon Oakes (Women in Black, Let Me In) of Hammer Films. Carl Molinder, who produced the original screenplay, and Alex Brunner (Dark Places) also serve as executive producers.

As part of its presentation at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, TNT has made several key series announcements with the big one being its naval action drama "The Last Ship" being renewed for a fourth season.

The Turner-owned network has also greenlit the limited-run discussion series "The Race Card" which famed athlete Charles Barkley will produce. Barkley plans to take on today's hot-button topics by seeking out the sharpest and most varied viewpoints from cultural leaders and tastemakers. Six hour-long episodes are planned for an early 2017 launch.

Finally, they're also doing "Monsters of God," the Rod Lurie-produced post-Civil War drama which explores the savagery and violence of Colonel "Terrible" Bill Lancaster's holy war against the Comanche as he sets out on a quest to kill off every single member of the tribe. Lurie wrote the script and serves as executive producer and director on the pilot.

The Last Ship will continue to sail!

TNT renewed its series about a life after a pandemic that decimated the earth's population for a fourth season.

The announcement was made during the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles.

The Last Ship Season 4 will air during Summer 2014.

TNT, a division of Turner, has given the greenlight to a provocative new series with NBA legend and Inside the NBA analyst Charles Barkley.

Slated to premiere in early 2017, The Race Card (working title) will follow Barkley as he goes on a personal journey to explore and understand why our country is so divided right now.

TNT has also ordered a pilot for Rod Lurie's post-Civil War drama Monsters of God, from Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment. 

TNT is in the midst of evolving its original programming slate, starting this past June with the premiere of the critically acclaimed hit Animal Kingdom.

“The Contender” director Rod Lurie has landed a pilot order at TNT for “Monsters of God,” a drama that chronicles Colonel “Terrible” Bill Lancaster’s holy war against the Comanche in post-Civil War Texas.

“Monsters of God” was previously developed at Starz. The project has been a long-gestating passion project for Lurie, a former U.S. Army artillery officer who has spent a great deal of time researching the Comanche Wars.

TNT confirmed the greenlight Sunday during its portion of the TV Critics Association press tour, where it also announced that it had ordered new Charles Barkey series “The Race Card,” and renewed “The Last Ship” for a fourth season.

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Turner Network media brands TBS and TNT have renewed three original series currently airing on the networks: the critically acclaimed TNT drama Animal Kingdom, the new TBS series Wrecked and the hit TBS comedy Angie Tribeca.

Wrecked ranks among cable's Top 25 scripted series for the year-to-date and is the #1 new cable comedy among adults 18-49.

Angie Tribeca's second season premiere delivered cable's largest increase of adults 18-49 (+41%) for a returning comedy this year.

Animal Kingdom is pulling in a young audience profile and has been on an upward trajectory since its premiere.

Today's renewals mark the latest steps in the ongoing evolution of the networks under TBS and TNT President Kevin Reilly, who has set out to energize both brands and draw in younger audiences.

Since rebranding in January, TBS has premiered and renewed four new comedies: Angie Tribeca, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, The Detour and Wrecked. All...