Peter Weir, the Australian director and screenwriter behind The Truman Show, Dead Poets Society and Gallipoli, will receive a prestigious Golden Lion award for lifetime
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The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film
Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis are working on a new Lord of the Rings film due to release in 2026, it has been announced. In
Kristen Stewart says Hollywood’s self-congratulation over gender equality ‘feels phony’
Kristen Stewart has chastised Hollywood’s efforts at gender equality, saying that the industry clapping itself on the back for an embrace of female film-makers “feels
Ian McShane: ‘When I was about to get it on with Richard Burton, he said I reminded him of Elizabeth’
Which of the so-called serious actors – Richard Burton, John Hurt, Oliver Reed etc – that you worked with were the funniest? Kellysahero1970Oli. We did
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging
The Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison, flogging, a fine and the confiscation of property, his lawyer has confirmed.
‘We were the magicians’: cinematographer Phedon Papamichael on 40 years of film-making
Phedon Papamichael is sitting in a sparse hotel room in New York, huddled in a puffer jacket and glancing at the window as his fingers
Housekeeping for Beginners review – a queer family’s fight to stay together
Each of Goran Stolevski’s films thus far has marked a departure from the last: the bewitching horrors of his debut You Won’t Be Alone; the
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review – future simians swing through cinematic jungle
After four ambitious and successful pictures, the reboot-prequel Planet of the Apes franchise now comes to what could well be the end, approaching the moment
Susan Buckner, actor known for role in Grease, dies aged 72
Susan Buckner, the actor known for her role as Patty Simcox in the 1978 movie musical hit Grease, died on Thursday at the age of
‘It was terrifying but screw it’: the director who had to disown her film to get an Oscar nomination
The director Amanda Nell Eu has always been a bit of a rebel, she says over video chat from her home in Kuala Lumpur. “When