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Donald Trump is offering a peek into his father-son relationship with his youngest son, Barron Trump. In a recent interview, Trump shared updates about Barron's college entry efforts while acknowledging the toll his New York hush money trial has taken on the young man.
He also revealed that the criminal trial, in which he was found guilty, and his 2024 campaign have also affected his wife, Melania, who is understood to be keeping Barron behind a protective "bubble" at their Mar-a-Lago resort.
Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide hush money payments made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Donald Trump Says Barron Doesn't Want To Open Up Mega
In a new interview with Phil "Dr. Phil" McGraw, the former president discussed his New York hush money trial's impact on his family, especially his wife, Melania, and his youngest son, Barron.
Trump...
Donald Trump is offering a peek into his father-son relationship with his youngest son, Barron Trump. In a recent interview, Trump shared updates about Barron's college entry efforts while acknowledging the toll his New York hush money trial has taken on the young man.
He also revealed that the criminal trial, in which he was found guilty, and his 2024 campaign have also affected his wife, Melania, who is understood to be keeping Barron behind a protective "bubble" at their Mar-a-Lago resort.
Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to hide hush money payments made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Donald Trump Says Barron Doesn't Want To Open Up Mega
In a new interview with Phil "Dr. Phil" McGraw, the former president discussed his New York hush money trial's impact on his family, especially his wife, Melania, and his youngest son, Barron.
Trump...
- 6/7/2024
- by Favour Adegoke
- The Blast
Screen Ireland has introduced a ‘locked box’ system for its development funding process, to further support the development of Irish screenwriters and production companies across Ireland.
Development funding loans are repayable on the first day of principal photography. In the new locked box funding system, this repayment will be held by Screen Ireland for that relevant production company to re-invest in the development of new Irish feature film projects.
The locked box system will apply to any Screen Ireland development-supported Irish feature film projects that have not yet contracted for production.
This re-investment is subject to project eligibility criteria – that is,...
Development funding loans are repayable on the first day of principal photography. In the new locked box funding system, this repayment will be held by Screen Ireland for that relevant production company to re-invest in the development of new Irish feature film projects.
The locked box system will apply to any Screen Ireland development-supported Irish feature film projects that have not yet contracted for production.
This re-investment is subject to project eligibility criteria – that is,...
- 6/7/2024
- ScreenDaily
Donald Trump is speaking next week at an event hosted by a group whose mission is to “eradicate” abortion “entirely.”
As Rolling Stone reported last fall, the former president thinks he can run as a moderate on abortion. He hasn’t been doing a great job, though — repeatedly taking credit for the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade while floating a federal abortion ban — and on Monday he’ll speak virtually at an event hosted by the Danbury Institute, a group that believes the “greatest atrocity facing our generation today...
As Rolling Stone reported last fall, the former president thinks he can run as a moderate on abortion. He hasn’t been doing a great job, though — repeatedly taking credit for the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade while floating a federal abortion ban — and on Monday he’ll speak virtually at an event hosted by the Danbury Institute, a group that believes the “greatest atrocity facing our generation today...
- 6/6/2024
- by Catherina Gioino
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump reveals in the upcoming book “Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took America Through the Looking Glass,” written by Variety’s co-editor in chief Ramin Setoodeh, that he asked for a salary of $6 million per episode to host “The Apprentice” Season 2. An excerpt from the book published by Vanity Fair recounts how Trump wanted a significant salary boost for the second season of his NBC reality competition series. He made $25,000 per episode during the show’s first season.
As Trump recalls, NBC was “really in the basement” at the time of his contract negotiations for “The Apprentice” Season 2 because the network’s biggest hit, “Friends,” was on its way out after 10 seasons. “Friends” always earned more viewers than “The Apprentice” when airing a new episode, but “The Apprentice” would earn more when going up against “Friends” re-runs. It appears Trump latched onto the latter statistic...
As Trump recalls, NBC was “really in the basement” at the time of his contract negotiations for “The Apprentice” Season 2 because the network’s biggest hit, “Friends,” was on its way out after 10 seasons. “Friends” always earned more viewers than “The Apprentice” when airing a new episode, but “The Apprentice” would earn more when going up against “Friends” re-runs. It appears Trump latched onto the latter statistic...
- 6/6/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Lennox Lewis is getting into a new ring: Unscripted TV. Lennox and executive producer Eric Van Wagenen are developing a boxing-related competition that “aims to bring boxing back to its roots as fighters from across the country are highlighted in a tournament style.”
The unscripted project is the first to come out of a new strategic partnership announced by Paul Telegdy’s The Whole Spiel shingle and management house 3Point0 Labs, led by Marquel Martin. “Lennox Lewis is a titan of the boxing world,” Telegdy said. “We couldn’t be more excited to be in business with him and have him at the helm of our first project.”
Lewis was a contestant in 2008 on “The Apprentice,” where Van Wagenen was an EP. Van Wagenen’s TV boxing credits also include “The Contender.”
Added Randy Faehnrich, executive poducer and head of content at 3Point...
The unscripted project is the first to come out of a new strategic partnership announced by Paul Telegdy’s The Whole Spiel shingle and management house 3Point0 Labs, led by Marquel Martin. “Lennox Lewis is a titan of the boxing world,” Telegdy said. “We couldn’t be more excited to be in business with him and have him at the helm of our first project.”
Lewis was a contestant in 2008 on “The Apprentice,” where Van Wagenen was an EP. Van Wagenen’s TV boxing credits also include “The Contender.”
Added Randy Faehnrich, executive poducer and head of content at 3Point...
- 6/4/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The Apprentice – a movie telling the story of Donald Trump – can’t find a US distributor, and director Ali Abbasi has a few words about that.
Off the back of its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, director Ali Abbasi’s new film – The Apprentice – has been selling around the world. Here in the UK, it was quickly picked up by Studiocanal, who will be releasing the movie later this year. But in America, no distributor has acquired the movie, either for streaming or theatrical release.
The subject matter of the film concerns recently-convicted felon and former President of the United States, Donald Trump. Sebastian Stan stars as Trump in the film, with Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova and Martin Donovan also in the cast. Gabriel Sherman wrote the script, and Ali Abbasi directs.
The subject matter isn’t going down well with the Donald Trump fanbase, telling the story of...
Off the back of its debut at the Cannes Film Festival, director Ali Abbasi’s new film – The Apprentice – has been selling around the world. Here in the UK, it was quickly picked up by Studiocanal, who will be releasing the movie later this year. But in America, no distributor has acquired the movie, either for streaming or theatrical release.
The subject matter of the film concerns recently-convicted felon and former President of the United States, Donald Trump. Sebastian Stan stars as Trump in the film, with Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova and Martin Donovan also in the cast. Gabriel Sherman wrote the script, and Ali Abbasi directs.
The subject matter isn’t going down well with the Donald Trump fanbase, telling the story of...
- 6/4/2024
- by Simon Brew
- Film Stories
Exclusive: The movie Donald Trump doesn’t want people to see is going global.
While intrigue continues to surround the film’s U.S. release prospects, Cannes Competition title The Apprentice, about Trump’s rise to power, has been sold to key independent distributors in a host of international markets where demand has been strong.
International sales firm Rocket Science has set deals for the film’s release in Italy (Bim), Spain (Vertigo Films), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Benelux (The Searchers), Greece (Odeon), Portugal (Lusomundo), Eastern Europe (M2), Japan (Kino), Latin America (Sun), Israel (Lev Cinema), Airlines (Skeye) and Australia & New Zealand (Madman).
Deals were recently announced for UK (Studio Canal), France (Metropolitan) and Germany, Austria & Switzerland (Dcm). Mongrel is releasing in Canada via a pact sealed by producers.
Some of these deals were set before Cannes while others were inked on the Croisette where the film debuted last month to largely...
While intrigue continues to surround the film’s U.S. release prospects, Cannes Competition title The Apprentice, about Trump’s rise to power, has been sold to key independent distributors in a host of international markets where demand has been strong.
International sales firm Rocket Science has set deals for the film’s release in Italy (Bim), Spain (Vertigo Films), Scandinavia (Nordisk), Benelux (The Searchers), Greece (Odeon), Portugal (Lusomundo), Eastern Europe (M2), Japan (Kino), Latin America (Sun), Israel (Lev Cinema), Airlines (Skeye) and Australia & New Zealand (Madman).
Deals were recently announced for UK (Studio Canal), France (Metropolitan) and Germany, Austria & Switzerland (Dcm). Mongrel is releasing in Canada via a pact sealed by producers.
Some of these deals were set before Cannes while others were inked on the Croisette where the film debuted last month to largely...
- 6/3/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
It is a first for the United States of America to have a former president being held guilty on several counts of felony. Former President Donald Trump, also a popular presidential candidate for this year’s elections, has been found guilty of 34 counts by a New York court in Lower Manhattan.
Former President of USA Donald Trump (PC: Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons)
As he awaits sentencing, his Sebastian Stan-starrer biopic has been struggling to land distributors. While the problem is more of an economic and political one, the controversial biopic has already been sent a cease-and-desist letter by Trump’s lawyers to withhold its release.
Sebastian Stan’s Donald Trump Biopic Fails to Land Distributors
A still from The Apprentice | StudioCanal UK
In a historic event, Former President Donald Trump has just become the first American President to be convicted on 34 charges. On Thursday, a New York jury found...
Former President of USA Donald Trump (PC: Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons)
As he awaits sentencing, his Sebastian Stan-starrer biopic has been struggling to land distributors. While the problem is more of an economic and political one, the controversial biopic has already been sent a cease-and-desist letter by Trump’s lawyers to withhold its release.
Sebastian Stan’s Donald Trump Biopic Fails to Land Distributors
A still from The Apprentice | StudioCanal UK
In a historic event, Former President Donald Trump has just become the first American President to be convicted on 34 charges. On Thursday, a New York jury found...
- 6/1/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
Happy post-conviction day? Yesterday, Donald Trump became the first former American President to be convicted of felony crimes as a jury found him guilty on all 34 charges in his scheme to influence the 2016 election with his hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels who said the two engaged in sex while he was married to his current wife. Trump has also been in the news for the film, “The Apprentice,” starring Sebastian Stan, which premiered at the recent Cannes Film Festival to solid reviews.
Continue reading ‘The Apprentice’: Netflix & All The Big Streamers & Studios Have Reportedly Passed On The Cannes Donald Trump Film at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Apprentice’: Netflix & All The Big Streamers & Studios Have Reportedly Passed On The Cannes Donald Trump Film at The Playlist.
- 5/31/2024
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
“The Apprentice,” a scathing portrait of a young Donald Trump, dominated the Cannes Film Festival, scoring with critics, sparking an eight-minute standing ovation and prompting a fiery response from the 45th president’s legal team.
But nearly two weeks after its “bigly” premiere, the film still doesn’t have a U.S. distributor. Despite strong reviews, feverish media attention, a red-hot director in Ali Abbasi and a starry cast that includes Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice” remains up for grabs.
Sources close to the dealmaking say there are several potential buyers in the mix representing both theatrical distributors and streamers, and new offers continue to trickle in. But one of those sources revealed that none of the major studios are bidding, including their specialty labels like the Disney-owned Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics or Focus, which is owned by Universal. Even some of the most daring indie distributors like Neon,...
But nearly two weeks after its “bigly” premiere, the film still doesn’t have a U.S. distributor. Despite strong reviews, feverish media attention, a red-hot director in Ali Abbasi and a starry cast that includes Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, “The Apprentice” remains up for grabs.
Sources close to the dealmaking say there are several potential buyers in the mix representing both theatrical distributors and streamers, and new offers continue to trickle in. But one of those sources revealed that none of the major studios are bidding, including their specialty labels like the Disney-owned Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics or Focus, which is owned by Universal. Even some of the most daring indie distributors like Neon,...
- 5/31/2024
- by Tatiana Siegel, Elsa Keslassy and Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
For some reason, there has yet to be a mainstream Hollywood feature film about Donald Trump dramatizing any aspect of Trump's life, with an actor portraying him.
There have been countless documentaries about Trump, both for him and against him, and various comedians have portrayed him, including Alec Baldwin and later James Austin Johnson on Saturday Night Live.
The Comey Rule, a 2020 Showtime miniseries based on the memoirs of former FBI director James Comey, starred Brendan Gleeson as the 45th president, opposite Jeff Daniels as Comey.
At the same time, quite a few feature films, like The Oath in 2018 and Irresistible and The Hunt in 2020, have attempted to make dramatic hay out of the political controversies of the Trump years.
However, those who have not featured a Trump-based character have not referenced him directly.
However, what the movies have avoided is a direct dramatization of any part of Trump's life,...
There have been countless documentaries about Trump, both for him and against him, and various comedians have portrayed him, including Alec Baldwin and later James Austin Johnson on Saturday Night Live.
The Comey Rule, a 2020 Showtime miniseries based on the memoirs of former FBI director James Comey, starred Brendan Gleeson as the 45th president, opposite Jeff Daniels as Comey.
At the same time, quite a few feature films, like The Oath in 2018 and Irresistible and The Hunt in 2020, have attempted to make dramatic hay out of the political controversies of the Trump years.
However, those who have not featured a Trump-based character have not referenced him directly.
However, what the movies have avoided is a direct dramatization of any part of Trump's life,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Stephen Silver
- TVfanatic
Donald Trump Used Racial Slur on ‘The Apprentice’ Set and Other Revelations From Producer’s Tell-All
Twenty years after The Apprentice debuted on NBC, putting the catchphrase “You’re fired” on the nation’s lips and starring Donald Trump, the expansive nondisclosure agreements signed by its producers are beginning to expire. This week, one of the show’s top producers during seasons one and two is sharing previously unheard details — just as Trump’s 2024 bid to retake the White House kicks into high gear.
Bill Pruitt’s first-person telling of the early days of The Apprentice, which Slate published on Thursday, details how Trump and the team behind the NBC reality competition series “set about an American fraud that would balloon beyond its creators’ wildest imaginations.” Pruitt’s account has details akin to what many believe would have been found in the mythical “Apprentice tapes” — show outtakes and cut footage that were sought after by prosecutors during his presidency and even spawned a TV show that...
Bill Pruitt’s first-person telling of the early days of The Apprentice, which Slate published on Thursday, details how Trump and the team behind the NBC reality competition series “set about an American fraud that would balloon beyond its creators’ wildest imaginations.” Pruitt’s account has details akin to what many believe would have been found in the mythical “Apprentice tapes” — show outtakes and cut footage that were sought after by prosecutors during his presidency and even spawned a TV show that...
- 5/30/2024
- by Kevin Dolak
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Donald Trump is once again being accused of using the N-word on the set of The Apprentice, as a producer on the reality show has resurfaced the allegation following the expiration of their nondisclosure agreement.
Producer Bill Pruitt wrote about his experience working on The Apprentice in a new op-ed penned for Slate, claiming the former president and current presumptive Republican nominee said the racial slur when faced with the prospect of Black contestant and finalist Kwame Jackson winning the series’ first season.
Pruitt recalled a conversation on the precipice of the season finale,...
Producer Bill Pruitt wrote about his experience working on The Apprentice in a new op-ed penned for Slate, claiming the former president and current presumptive Republican nominee said the racial slur when faced with the prospect of Black contestant and finalist Kwame Jackson winning the series’ first season.
Pruitt recalled a conversation on the precipice of the season finale,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Daniel Kreps and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
A producer on The Apprentice whose decades-long nondisclosure agreement recently expired claims that Donald Trump used a racial slur to refer to a player on the reality competition.
Bill Pruitt, a producer who was involved in the first two seasons of the NBC series, says that he was present at a conversation in which Apprentice host/future United States president Trump used the N-word to describe Season 1 runner-up Kwame Jackson.
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Bill Pruitt, a producer who was involved in the first two seasons of the NBC series, says that he was present at a conversation in which Apprentice host/future United States president Trump used the N-word to describe Season 1 runner-up Kwame Jackson.
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- 5/30/2024
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Producer Daniel Bekerman, whose The Apprentice, just premiered in competition at Cannes to rave reviews, has set his next feature Knight’s Camp, a dark comedy starring Judy Greer and Sophia Lillis.
Filmmaking duo Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein co-wrote the screenplay, with Rideout set to helm.
Bekerman (The Witch), Chris Yurkovich (Slash/Back), and Jordan Hart are producing for Good Question Media in association with Scythia Films, along with Epstein. Casting is currently underway.
Knight’s Camp follows four bubble-wrapped teens at a medieval-themed summer camp. On the eve of the camp’s famous Battle of Twin Bridge re-enactment, the teens ignite an old legend and are accidentally transported to the real battle in 1297 A.D., where they are tasked with saving one of their ancestors...
Filmmaking duo Kyle Rideout and Josh Epstein co-wrote the screenplay, with Rideout set to helm.
Bekerman (The Witch), Chris Yurkovich (Slash/Back), and Jordan Hart are producing for Good Question Media in association with Scythia Films, along with Epstein. Casting is currently underway.
Knight’s Camp follows four bubble-wrapped teens at a medieval-themed summer camp. On the eve of the camp’s famous Battle of Twin Bridge re-enactment, the teens ignite an old legend and are accidentally transported to the real battle in 1297 A.D., where they are tasked with saving one of their ancestors...
- 5/30/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A former producer on The Apprentice is speaking out about what he saw of then-host Donald Trump on the set of the show, after his 20-year non-disclosure agreement finally reached its expiration. In a lengthy essay for Slate, Bill Pruitt makes several explosive revelations about what went on behind the briefcases and boardroom tables. Among the most shocking claims in the story is that Trump once used the “N-word” to describe Season 1 contestant Kwame Jackson while deliberating about who should win. According to Pruitt’s piece, former show judge Carolyn Kepcher suggested that Jackson would be “a great addition to the organization,” after he managed to overcome several obstacles while managing Trump’s now-defunct casino Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. After discussing Jackson’s decision-making for a few more lines, Trump then allegedly said, “Yeah, but, I mean, would America buy a [n-word] winning?” Pruitt said the reaction in the room was palpable,...
- 5/30/2024
- TV Insider
A producer of The Apprentice claims that Donald Trump used the n-word on the set of The Apprentice and that the moment was captured on tape.
Bill Pruitt, who worked on the first seasons of the NBC reality show, writes in a story on Slate that Trump used the word while dismissing the idea that a Black contestant, Kwame Jackson, could be an early winner on the series.
There has long been intrigue over the outtakes from the show and the possibility that they contained Trump using the racist phrase. Tom Arnold claimed to have seen a tape, and even hosted a reality series of his own positing a hunt for the footage.
In the Slate piece, Pruitt writes that during a discussion with Trump over who should win — Jackson or Bill Rancic, who is white — Trump weighed the choice. According to Pruitt, when informed of some of Jackson’s attributes,...
Bill Pruitt, who worked on the first seasons of the NBC reality show, writes in a story on Slate that Trump used the word while dismissing the idea that a Black contestant, Kwame Jackson, could be an early winner on the series.
There has long been intrigue over the outtakes from the show and the possibility that they contained Trump using the racist phrase. Tom Arnold claimed to have seen a tape, and even hosted a reality series of his own positing a hunt for the footage.
In the Slate piece, Pruitt writes that during a discussion with Trump over who should win — Jackson or Bill Rancic, who is white — Trump weighed the choice. According to Pruitt, when informed of some of Jackson’s attributes,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix made some noise in the unscripted world when it hired Jeff Gaspin, the former NBCUniversal chief, as its new defacto reality boss earlier this year.
The hire ostensibly signaled that the streamer wanted to step up its unscripted efforts and take on the broadcast networks when it comes to buying big entertainment formats.
During his time as NBC’s head of alternative entertainment, he developed series including The Apprentice, The Biggest Loser and Deal or No Deal and after his promotion, his last act as Chairman of NBC Universal Television was buying The Voice, which other than The Masked Singer, was arguably the last major entertainment format to breakthrough on the broadcast nets.
Netflix is now doubling down on efforts to find its version of The Voice.
“The difference from the past is we want to focus on bigger formats, more of what you would call broadcast-style shows versus the cable style shows.
The hire ostensibly signaled that the streamer wanted to step up its unscripted efforts and take on the broadcast networks when it comes to buying big entertainment formats.
During his time as NBC’s head of alternative entertainment, he developed series including The Apprentice, The Biggest Loser and Deal or No Deal and after his promotion, his last act as Chairman of NBC Universal Television was buying The Voice, which other than The Masked Singer, was arguably the last major entertainment format to breakthrough on the broadcast nets.
Netflix is now doubling down on efforts to find its version of The Voice.
“The difference from the past is we want to focus on bigger formats, more of what you would call broadcast-style shows versus the cable style shows.
- 5/30/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Illustrations by Maddie Fischer.As part of our Cannes 2024 coverage, we invited critics and programmers to share their thoughts on one moment from a film they've seen at the festival so far.Sign up for the Weekly Edit to receive exclusive reports from the Croisette straight to your inbox.Miriam BaleElizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes by Nanette Burstein (co-director of The Kid Stays in the Picture) is in some ways a straightforward chronological documentary of the movie star's fascinating, tabloid-centric life. What makes the film formally interesting, though, is the separation of voice and image. Burstein’s reliance on audio recordings of Taylor made in 1964 and 1985 foregrounds her remarkable voice over her blinding beauty, seen in stills and film clips. Taylor's voice, even at ages 32 and 53, can range from girlish and flirtatious to bawdy and shrill, sometimes within the same statement. When she describes how the AIDS crisis led...
- 5/29/2024
- MUBI
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Read All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews, Including Palme d’Or Winner ‘Anora’
Read all of Deadline’s Cannes Film Festival reviews below, including Palme d’Or winner Anora.
The New York-set romantic dramedy charts the story of a stripper from Brooklyn who transforms into a modern Cinderella when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch.
The film, playing in the official Competition three years after Baker’s success in Cannes with the Simon Rex-starring Red Rocket, scored a 10-minute ovation earlier this week. It was one of a number of critically praised films this edition. Check out all our reviews below.
All We Imagine as Light ‘All We Imagine as Light’
Section: Competition
Director: Payal Kapadia
Cast: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya KAdam, Hridhu Haroon
Deadline’s takeaway: And at a time when so much attention is being paid to the lives of the haves and the have-nots amid such financial imbalance worldwide, it’s refreshing to see the spotlight...
The New York-set romantic dramedy charts the story of a stripper from Brooklyn who transforms into a modern Cinderella when she meets the son of a Russian oligarch.
The film, playing in the official Competition three years after Baker’s success in Cannes with the Simon Rex-starring Red Rocket, scored a 10-minute ovation earlier this week. It was one of a number of critically praised films this edition. Check out all our reviews below.
All We Imagine as Light ‘All We Imagine as Light’
Section: Competition
Director: Payal Kapadia
Cast: Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya KAdam, Hridhu Haroon
Deadline’s takeaway: And at a time when so much attention is being paid to the lives of the haves and the have-nots amid such financial imbalance worldwide, it’s refreshing to see the spotlight...
- 5/29/2024
- by Pete Hammond, Joe Utichi, Damon Wise, Stephanie Bunbury and Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Ioncinema.com’s Chief Film Critic Nicholas Bell reviewed the entire competition and more. Here is a comprehensive guide to all the feature films across all sections, including logged reviews and forthcoming ones. Though Cannes might be over, we still have unpublished reviews that will be released over the next month.
In Competition:
All We Imagine as Light – [Review]
Anora – [Review]
The Apprentice – [Review]
Beating Hearts – [Review]
Bird – [Review]
Caught by the Tides – [Review]
Emilia Pérez – [Review]
The Girl with the Needle – [Review]
Grand Tour – [Review]
Kinds of Kindness – [Review]
Limonov: The Ballad – [Review]
Marcello Mio – [Review]
Megalopolis – [Review]
The Most Precious of Cargoes – [Review]
Motel Destino – [Review]
Oh, Canada – [Review]
Parthenope – [Review]
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – [Review]
The Shrouds – [Review]
The Substance – [Review]
Three Kilometres to the End of the World – [Review]
Wild Diamond – [Review]
Un Certain Regard:
Armand
Black Dog
The Damned – [Review]
Dog on Trial
Flow
Holy Cow – [Review]
The Kingdom
My Sunshine
Niki
Norah
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Santosh
September Says
The Shameless
The Story of Souleymane...
In Competition:
All We Imagine as Light – [Review]
Anora – [Review]
The Apprentice – [Review]
Beating Hearts – [Review]
Bird – [Review]
Caught by the Tides – [Review]
Emilia Pérez – [Review]
The Girl with the Needle – [Review]
Grand Tour – [Review]
Kinds of Kindness – [Review]
Limonov: The Ballad – [Review]
Marcello Mio – [Review]
Megalopolis – [Review]
The Most Precious of Cargoes – [Review]
Motel Destino – [Review]
Oh, Canada – [Review]
Parthenope – [Review]
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – [Review]
The Shrouds – [Review]
The Substance – [Review]
Three Kilometres to the End of the World – [Review]
Wild Diamond – [Review]
Un Certain Regard:
Armand
Black Dog
The Damned – [Review]
Dog on Trial
Flow
Holy Cow – [Review]
The Kingdom
My Sunshine
Niki
Norah
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
Santosh
September Says
The Shameless
The Story of Souleymane...
- 5/28/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Entre ellas, ‘Anora’, ‘The Substance’ y ‘Emilia Pérez’, que ya tienen asegurada su llegada a España.
Concluida la 77 edición del Festival de Cannes, desde mundoCine os traemos las películas más comentadas y aclamadas de la sección oficial a competición de Cannes 2024 , además de deciros si tienen o no distribución en España.
10. All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia)
¿De qué trata? La rutina de la enfermera Prabha se ve trastocada cuando recibe un regalo inesperado de su marido, del que se ha separado. Su compañera de piso y más joven que ella, Anu, trata de encontrar en vano un lugar en la ciudad para intimar con su novio. Un viaje a una ciudad costera les permite encontrar un espacio para que sus deseos se manifiesten.
Premio: Gran Premio del Jurado.
¿Tiene distribución en España? Sí. Distribuye Atalante Films.
9. Bird (Andrea Arnold)
¿De qué trata? En su pequeña y destartalada casa del norte de Kent,...
Concluida la 77 edición del Festival de Cannes, desde mundoCine os traemos las películas más comentadas y aclamadas de la sección oficial a competición de Cannes 2024 , además de deciros si tienen o no distribución en España.
10. All We Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia)
¿De qué trata? La rutina de la enfermera Prabha se ve trastocada cuando recibe un regalo inesperado de su marido, del que se ha separado. Su compañera de piso y más joven que ella, Anu, trata de encontrar en vano un lugar en la ciudad para intimar con su novio. Un viaje a una ciudad costera les permite encontrar un espacio para que sus deseos se manifiesten.
Premio: Gran Premio del Jurado.
¿Tiene distribución en España? Sí. Distribuye Atalante Films.
9. Bird (Andrea Arnold)
¿De qué trata? En su pequeña y destartalada casa del norte de Kent,...
- 5/28/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
On awards day, there is what they call le reprise des films de la Compétition – essentially each film in the comp receives one extra screening for those who might have missed the film, and while our top three films didn’t move, some scores did become official. Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig edged out Kapadia’s All We Iagine as Light but one point, while Schrader’s Oh, Canada technically edged out Arnold’s Bird and Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides if we take into consideration the decimal point differences. Here is the final grades and last chart.
The top 5:
Mohammad Rasoulof’ 3.6
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light 3.5
Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez 3.4
Sean Baker’s Anora 3.4
Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada 3.0
Andrea Arnold’s Bird, 3.0
Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides 3.0
Middle of the pack:
Miguel Gomes’ Grand Tour 2.9
Michel...
The top 5:
Mohammad Rasoulof’ 3.6
Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light 3.5
Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez 3.4
Sean Baker’s Anora 3.4
Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada 3.0
Andrea Arnold’s Bird, 3.0
Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides 3.0
Middle of the pack:
Miguel Gomes’ Grand Tour 2.9
Michel...
- 5/27/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
In our critics survey of the best movies at the Cannes Film Festival each year, it’s common to have the critics IndieWire’s polled disagree with the awards given by the festival jury itself. That is not the case for Cannes 2024. The best movies of the festival, picked by 55 critics, representing five continents, were topped by Sean Baker’s “Anora” in our poll, which, of course also won the Palme d’Or.
Last year, Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” topped our poll, differing from the Palme d’Or result, which went to Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall.” It must be said that voter enthusiasm in our poll for “The Zone of Interest” was even that much stronger: It received nearly half of all votes for best film. “Anora,” which stars Mikey Madison, received about a quarter of the overall votes for best film this time...
Last year, Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” topped our poll, differing from the Palme d’Or result, which went to Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall.” It must be said that voter enthusiasm in our poll for “The Zone of Interest” was even that much stronger: It received nearly half of all votes for best film. “Anora,” which stars Mikey Madison, received about a quarter of the overall votes for best film this time...
- 5/27/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Donald Trump’s team hits the Cannes biopic “The Apprentice” with Cease & Desist Demand, Here’s why ( Photo Credit – Facebook )
The Grand Theatre Lumiere on Monday premiered The Apprentice, a film chronicling the early years of 45th US President Donald Trump as a real estate developer. Amidst the eight-minute standing ovation that followed the film’s premiere, the producers faced pressure from the political group of the former US President to cease and desist.
“Malicious defamation”, said Trump, while threatening to take legal action.
What is “The Apprentice” about?
The film, which was written and directed by Gabriel Sherman and Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. It depicts Trump’s rise to prominence in the real estate industry, assisted by attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the husband of fashion model Ivana Zelnickova (Marina Bakalova). The movie demonstrates how Trump’s tactics were influenced by Cohn’s ideas, which included “admit nothing,...
The Grand Theatre Lumiere on Monday premiered The Apprentice, a film chronicling the early years of 45th US President Donald Trump as a real estate developer. Amidst the eight-minute standing ovation that followed the film’s premiere, the producers faced pressure from the political group of the former US President to cease and desist.
“Malicious defamation”, said Trump, while threatening to take legal action.
What is “The Apprentice” about?
The film, which was written and directed by Gabriel Sherman and Ali Abbasi, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump. It depicts Trump’s rise to prominence in the real estate industry, assisted by attorney Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the husband of fashion model Ivana Zelnickova (Marina Bakalova). The movie demonstrates how Trump’s tactics were influenced by Cohn’s ideas, which included “admit nothing,...
- 5/27/2024
- by Aastha Soni
- KoiMoi
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival concluded on Saturday, May 25 following two weeks packed with screenings, stars, press and parties. With the prizes having been handed out for the festival’s 77th anniversary, we can now start looking at what contenders might be in the best spot to get into the upcoming Oscar race. Let’s examine the winners from this year’s festival and see the history that each category has when it comes to the Oscars.
In recent years, we’ve seen the festival serve as a huge springboard for major players in the Oscar derby. Three of the last four winners of the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, have nabbed Best Picture nominations: “Parasite” (2019), “Triangle of Sadness” (2022) and “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023). Other big winners at recent festivals that became big Oscar players include “Drive My Car,” “The Zone of Interest” and “BlacKkKlansman.” This year’s...
In recent years, we’ve seen the festival serve as a huge springboard for major players in the Oscar derby. Three of the last four winners of the festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, have nabbed Best Picture nominations: “Parasite” (2019), “Triangle of Sadness” (2022) and “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023). Other big winners at recent festivals that became big Oscar players include “Drive My Car,” “The Zone of Interest” and “BlacKkKlansman.” This year’s...
- 5/25/2024
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Often, the juries at the Cannes Film Festival will try to make a political statement in their choices for the winners of the world’s most famous film festival. Not this year. At least, not in the way they might have.
I rather thought that director Mohammad Rasoulof would take the Palme d’Or for his stirring The Seed Of The Sacred Fig. It deals with the oppressive regime in Iran and the crisis in one family, where the daughters rise up to protest against the wishes of their father, a judge handing out death sentences for those who make their voices heard.
Plus, the back story of Rasoulof’s own daring escape from his home country after making this movie in secrecy and also being handed an eight-year prison sentence, is also a strong one.
He made his way to Cannes, where his film deservedly received a rapturous welcome...
I rather thought that director Mohammad Rasoulof would take the Palme d’Or for his stirring The Seed Of The Sacred Fig. It deals with the oppressive regime in Iran and the crisis in one family, where the daughters rise up to protest against the wishes of their father, a judge handing out death sentences for those who make their voices heard.
Plus, the back story of Rasoulof’s own daring escape from his home country after making this movie in secrecy and also being handed an eight-year prison sentence, is also a strong one.
He made his way to Cannes, where his film deservedly received a rapturous welcome...
- 5/25/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
After two weeks of nonstop cinema, the moment of truth finally arrived. The winners of the 77th Cannes Film Festival were announced at a gala ceremony on Saturday night.
The Palme d’Or, the fest’s top honor, went to Sean Baker’s sex worker screwball comedy Anora. A nervous and shaking Baker took the stage and thanked the jury, saying he still “couldn’t believe it.” Baker said winning Cannes’ top prize has been “my singular goal as a filmmaker for the past 30 years.”
Baker also singled out Francis Ford Coppola and David Cronenberg, two veteran directors with films in Cannes competition this year, as major inspirations. Baker has come far, going from shooting his 2015 feature Tangerine on an iPhone5s to winning the Palme d’Or. He is the first American director to win the Palme since Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life in 2011.
Commenting on the jury’s decision,...
The Palme d’Or, the fest’s top honor, went to Sean Baker’s sex worker screwball comedy Anora. A nervous and shaking Baker took the stage and thanked the jury, saying he still “couldn’t believe it.” Baker said winning Cannes’ top prize has been “my singular goal as a filmmaker for the past 30 years.”
Baker also singled out Francis Ford Coppola and David Cronenberg, two veteran directors with films in Cannes competition this year, as major inspirations. Baker has come far, going from shooting his 2015 feature Tangerine on an iPhone5s to winning the Palme d’Or. He is the first American director to win the Palme since Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life in 2011.
Commenting on the jury’s decision,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sean Baker’s “Anora” has won the Palme d’Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, a jury headed by Greta Gerwig announced on Saturday.
The win for Baker’s freewheeling film about a stripper and the son of a Russian oligarch becomes the fifth consecutive Palme winner to be distributed by Neon, which previously handled “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Triangle of Sadness,” “Titane” and “Parasite.”
TheWrap’s review said of the film, “It’s one of the most entertaining movies to play in Cannes this year, and also one of the most confounding: part character study of the title character (Mikey Madison), a sex worker from Brighton Beach who falls for rich Russian playboy Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn); part look into the world of the super-rich, an arena Baker has studiously avoided in films like ‘Tangerine,’ ‘The Florida Project’ and ‘Red Rocket’; part escalating nightmare comedy reminiscent of ’80s gems...
The win for Baker’s freewheeling film about a stripper and the son of a Russian oligarch becomes the fifth consecutive Palme winner to be distributed by Neon, which previously handled “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Triangle of Sadness,” “Titane” and “Parasite.”
TheWrap’s review said of the film, “It’s one of the most entertaining movies to play in Cannes this year, and also one of the most confounding: part character study of the title character (Mikey Madison), a sex worker from Brighton Beach who falls for rich Russian playboy Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn); part look into the world of the super-rich, an arena Baker has studiously avoided in films like ‘Tangerine,’ ‘The Florida Project’ and ‘Red Rocket’; part escalating nightmare comedy reminiscent of ’80s gems...
- 5/25/2024
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Producers of Cannes competition entry The Apprentice have said the film is “a fair and balanced portrait” of Donald Trump after after getting a cease and desist letter from lawyers for the former US president.
The letter, first reported by Variety and apparently geared towards blocking a US release of the biographical drama, comes a few days after Trump’s presidential election campaign threatened legal action against the filmmakers.
Producers of the film, directed by Ali Abbasi, responded to the cease and desist letter on Friday (May 24) with a statement that said: “The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president.
The letter, first reported by Variety and apparently geared towards blocking a US release of the biographical drama, comes a few days after Trump’s presidential election campaign threatened legal action against the filmmakers.
Producers of the film, directed by Ali Abbasi, responded to the cease and desist letter on Friday (May 24) with a statement that said: “The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president.
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Lawyers for Donald Trump have sent a cease-and-desist letter to the producers of the biopic The Apprentice in an effort to prevent the sale and distribution of the film.
After the movie — which stars Sebastian Stan as the then-young real estate scion alongside Jeremy Strong as infamous Trump lawyer Roy Cohn — debuted earlier this week at the Cannes Film Festival, Team Trump threatened to file a lawsuit against The Apprentice for its unsavory and “pure fiction” portrayal of the mogul-turned-president.
With the film festival wrapping up and producers looking at distribution deals,...
After the movie — which stars Sebastian Stan as the then-young real estate scion alongside Jeremy Strong as infamous Trump lawyer Roy Cohn — debuted earlier this week at the Cannes Film Festival, Team Trump threatened to file a lawsuit against The Apprentice for its unsavory and “pure fiction” portrayal of the mogul-turned-president.
With the film festival wrapping up and producers looking at distribution deals,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump’s lawyers are attempting to head off a U.S. sale of The Apprentice coming out of Cannes by slapping the filmmakers with a cease and desist letter, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Still, the filmmakers behind the Trump movie look like they will not be swayed from seeking distribution for the movie stateside. “The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president. We want everyone to see it and then decide,” a representative for the film’s producers said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
The legal move by Trump’s legal team follows director Ali Abbasi’s movie receiving a Cannes world premiere, and an eight-minute standing ovation, earlier this week.
Abbasi has already shrugged off a threat from Trump’fs presidential campaign to bring a lawsuit against the project. “Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people...
Still, the filmmakers behind the Trump movie look like they will not be swayed from seeking distribution for the movie stateside. “The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president. We want everyone to see it and then decide,” a representative for the film’s producers said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Friday.
The legal move by Trump’s legal team follows director Ali Abbasi’s movie receiving a Cannes world premiere, and an eight-minute standing ovation, earlier this week.
Abbasi has already shrugged off a threat from Trump’fs presidential campaign to bring a lawsuit against the project. “Everybody talks about him suing a lot of people...
- 5/24/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Donald Trump’s campaign said earlier this week they would take legal action against the filmmakers behind Cannes hit The Apprentice, and now the former Celebrity Apprentice host’s team has made their first jab.
As the Ali Abbasi-directed film seeks a distribution deal to get on U.S. screens, lawyers for the former president have sent an adjective filled cease and desist letter to the producers to stop The Apprentice being seen by anyone Stateside.
“The Movie presents itself as a factual biography of Mr. Trump, yet nothing could be further from the truth,” the May 22 letter to Abbasi and screenwriter Gabriel Sherman states.
“It is a concoction of lies that repeatedly defames President Trump and constitutes direct foreign interference in America’s elections,” the three-page correspondence adds, with a...
As the Ali Abbasi-directed film seeks a distribution deal to get on U.S. screens, lawyers for the former president have sent an adjective filled cease and desist letter to the producers to stop The Apprentice being seen by anyone Stateside.
“The Movie presents itself as a factual biography of Mr. Trump, yet nothing could be further from the truth,” the May 22 letter to Abbasi and screenwriter Gabriel Sherman states.
“It is a concoction of lies that repeatedly defames President Trump and constitutes direct foreign interference in America’s elections,” the three-page correspondence adds, with a...
- 5/24/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Bella Hadid joined The Hollywood Reporter for an exclusive photoshoot before the Beating Hearts premiere at Cannes.
The 27-year-old looked stunning in a Versace ensemble with Chopard Haute Joaillerie pieces. Hadid opted for a glimmering archival look, wearing a black halter-neck Atelier Versace gown from the Spring-Summer 2001 collection. The dress was crafted using layered silk tulle for the cinched bustier top that seamlessly shifted into a floor-length skirt embroidered with paillettes.
Bella Hadid attends the Beating Hearts Red Carpet in Versace and Chopard.
The model decided to forgo a necklace, instead drawing focus to her elegant 18-carat white gold earrings that feature 24.12 carats of diamonds. Rounding out her Chopard look were two 18-carat white gold diamond-adorned rings — one with a cushion-shaped spinel and another which with an oval-shaped diamond.
Hadid, the founder of the newly launched fragrance line Orebella, recently opened up about her decision to take a step back from modeling.
The 27-year-old looked stunning in a Versace ensemble with Chopard Haute Joaillerie pieces. Hadid opted for a glimmering archival look, wearing a black halter-neck Atelier Versace gown from the Spring-Summer 2001 collection. The dress was crafted using layered silk tulle for the cinched bustier top that seamlessly shifted into a floor-length skirt embroidered with paillettes.
Bella Hadid attends the Beating Hearts Red Carpet in Versace and Chopard.
The model decided to forgo a necklace, instead drawing focus to her elegant 18-carat white gold earrings that feature 24.12 carats of diamonds. Rounding out her Chopard look were two 18-carat white gold diamond-adorned rings — one with a cushion-shaped spinel and another which with an oval-shaped diamond.
Hadid, the founder of the newly launched fragrance line Orebella, recently opened up about her decision to take a step back from modeling.
- 5/24/2024
- by Nicole Fell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Attorneys for Donald Trump have sent a cease and desist letter to the filmmakers behind “The Apprentice” in an effort to block its U.S. sale and release. It warns the team behind the film not to pursue a distribution deal, according to two people who have read the letter. “The Apprentice,” which looks at Trump’s early years as a real estate developer and his relationship with Roy Cohn, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
“The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president,” the producers of the film said in a statement regarding the cease-and-desist letter. “We want everyone to see it and then decide.”
The movie, which was independently produced, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Cohn. It presents a damning portrait of the former president as an ethically compromised, philanderer who stiffs contractors and cuts deals with the...
“The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president,” the producers of the film said in a statement regarding the cease-and-desist letter. “We want everyone to see it and then decide.”
The movie, which was independently produced, stars Sebastian Stan as Trump and Jeremy Strong as Cohn. It presents a damning portrait of the former president as an ethically compromised, philanderer who stiffs contractors and cuts deals with the...
- 5/24/2024
- by Brent Lang and Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” has a lot going for it on the way to a potential Palme d’Or win: strong reviews, an anguished political call-out against Iranian oppression, and Rasoulof’s own status as an exile who just fled his home country and was finally able to attend Cannes after all. (Read our interview with the director here.)
On the steps of the Palais for Friday’s premiere, Rasoulof held up photos of two of the actors — Misagh Zare and Soheila Golestani – banned from leaving Iran to attend the festival. He’s already shared how the Islamic Republic has been pressuring his crew into convincing Cannes to drop the film, which charts the breakdown of a family after a Revolutionary Court judge’s gun goes missing, from its lineup. This is Rasoulof’s first time in competition. He previously won prizes in Un Certain...
On the steps of the Palais for Friday’s premiere, Rasoulof held up photos of two of the actors — Misagh Zare and Soheila Golestani – banned from leaving Iran to attend the festival. He’s already shared how the Islamic Republic has been pressuring his crew into convincing Cannes to drop the film, which charts the breakdown of a family after a Revolutionary Court judge’s gun goes missing, from its lineup. This is Rasoulof’s first time in competition. He previously won prizes in Un Certain...
- 5/24/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
“Screen Talk: went live at the American Pavilion in Cannes this year and drew a lively crowd. Anne Thompson raved about one of the big-epic Hollywood titles playing out of competition, George Miller’s prequel “Furiosa” (Warner Bros.), starring Anya Taylor-Joy in the title role, which opens May 14, while both Thompson and cohost Ryan Lattanzio panned Kevin Costner’s old-fashioned three-hour Western “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter One” (Warner Bros.).
They both agree that this vanity project makes mad genius Francis Coppola’s self-funded $120 million “Megalopolis” look brilliant by comparison. Even if the Competition title is “unhinged,” at least he’s treading new ground, unlike Costner, who has spent some $100 million so far for the first two chapters of a planned four (the second part releases August 16). Coppola still awaits a North American buyer.
Both hosts admire Jacques Audiard’s Competition title “Emilia Perez,” a Spanish-language musical shot in Mexico...
They both agree that this vanity project makes mad genius Francis Coppola’s self-funded $120 million “Megalopolis” look brilliant by comparison. Even if the Competition title is “unhinged,” at least he’s treading new ground, unlike Costner, who has spent some $100 million so far for the first two chapters of a planned four (the second part releases August 16). Coppola still awaits a North American buyer.
Both hosts admire Jacques Audiard’s Competition title “Emilia Perez,” a Spanish-language musical shot in Mexico...
- 5/24/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio and Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Mohammad Rasoulof’s latest film that he received an eight-year prison sentence from Iranian authorities for making, earned a rapturous 12-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere on Friday. Rasoulof risked his life by appearing at the premiere as he fled Iran for Europe on May 13 to avoid going to prison.
There was undeniable applause as the film’s credits began to roll (though it is Variety‘s policy to begin timing the standing ovation once the house lights come up), with Rasoulof getting teary and waving enthusiastically to the balcony. Ali Abbasi, the director of fellow competition title “The Apprentice,” stood next to Rasoulof and encouraged the crowd to keep clapping — not that they needed it, as their cheers just seemed to get louder and louder. There was even a sign in the audience reading “Femme! Vie! Liberté!” (“Woman! Life! Freedom!
There was undeniable applause as the film’s credits began to roll (though it is Variety‘s policy to begin timing the standing ovation once the house lights come up), with Rasoulof getting teary and waving enthusiastically to the balcony. Ali Abbasi, the director of fellow competition title “The Apprentice,” stood next to Rasoulof and encouraged the crowd to keep clapping — not that they needed it, as their cheers just seemed to get louder and louder. There was even a sign in the audience reading “Femme! Vie! Liberté!” (“Woman! Life! Freedom!
- 5/24/2024
- by Ramin Setoodeh and Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
From politics to buzz films, star appearances and deal making, there was – as always – plenty to talk about at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Screen gathers together the major discussion points of this year’s festival.
Muted politics
In the build-up to Cannes, there was much talk about how this year’s festival was set to be the most politically charged edition of recent years, amid Israel’s war on Gaza, festival workers threatening strike action and rumours of bombshell #MeToo accusations set to rock the French industry. The result was far more muted, with the #MeToo accusations quickly...
Muted politics
In the build-up to Cannes, there was much talk about how this year’s festival was set to be the most politically charged edition of recent years, amid Israel’s war on Gaza, festival workers threatening strike action and rumours of bombshell #MeToo accusations set to rock the French industry. The result was far more muted, with the #MeToo accusations quickly...
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
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“What surprised me is how good it is,” says Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro of the Cannes-debuting Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice. “You know, there are some people that have tried to ding it and say, ‘Oh, it’s an HBO movie,’” Deadline’s editorial director states from the South of France on today’s ElectionLine podcast. “But let me say this: it’s a very good HBO movie.”
“I just think it’s very well crafted.
“What surprised me is how good it is,” says Deadline’s Anthony D’Alessandro of the Cannes-debuting Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice. “You know, there are some people that have tried to ding it and say, ‘Oh, it’s an HBO movie,’” Deadline’s editorial director states from the South of France on today’s ElectionLine podcast. “But let me say this: it’s a very good HBO movie.”
“I just think it’s very well crafted.
- 5/24/2024
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Is Messi’s reign as cinema’s current top dog over?
The Palm Dog — Cannes’ annual celebration of on-screen canine performances which was last year won by the blue-eyed border collie from “Anatomy of a Fall,” the first step in a dramatic bound toward furry fame — has crowned a new champion.
The 2024 Palm Dog, presented at a special event on May 24, has been given to Kodi, the senior stray at the heart of acclaimed Swiss-French comedy “Dog on Trial.” The Un Certain Regard title from director and star Laetitia Dosch sees Kodi — believed to be a blonde Griffon cross — plays Cosmos, an aggressive pet who’s taken on as a client by a defense lawyer in story exploring the status of dogs in society. According to Palm Dog founder Toby Rose, Kodi is nearing his 10th birthday and will soon retire from acting, but bow-wows out having delivered a “fine four-legged swan song.
The Palm Dog — Cannes’ annual celebration of on-screen canine performances which was last year won by the blue-eyed border collie from “Anatomy of a Fall,” the first step in a dramatic bound toward furry fame — has crowned a new champion.
The 2024 Palm Dog, presented at a special event on May 24, has been given to Kodi, the senior stray at the heart of acclaimed Swiss-French comedy “Dog on Trial.” The Un Certain Regard title from director and star Laetitia Dosch sees Kodi — believed to be a blonde Griffon cross — plays Cosmos, an aggressive pet who’s taken on as a client by a defense lawyer in story exploring the status of dogs in society. According to Palm Dog founder Toby Rose, Kodi is nearing his 10th birthday and will soon retire from acting, but bow-wows out having delivered a “fine four-legged swan song.
- 5/24/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Good afternoon Insiders, Jesse Whittock back again to take you through the week’s news in the entertainment industry, as the Cannes Film Festival nears its close.
What More Cannes I Say?
Stand up for the standouts: After a quiet opening, the Cannes Film Festival received a shot of life as several buzzy titles finally hit the screen. The excitement on the ground began with The Substance, the much-anticipated blood-splattered horror thriller from French director Coralie Fargeat, which was met with a 13-minute ovation, the longest for a title at this year’s festival until Gilles Lellouche’s Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf) took that crown last night. Fargeat’s pic, which stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, is a punk rock fable centered around a new product called The Substance that promises to transform people into the best version of themselves. It’s an offer that comes with a twist.
What More Cannes I Say?
Stand up for the standouts: After a quiet opening, the Cannes Film Festival received a shot of life as several buzzy titles finally hit the screen. The excitement on the ground began with The Substance, the much-anticipated blood-splattered horror thriller from French director Coralie Fargeat, which was met with a 13-minute ovation, the longest for a title at this year’s festival until Gilles Lellouche’s Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf) took that crown last night. Fargeat’s pic, which stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, is a punk rock fable centered around a new product called The Substance that promises to transform people into the best version of themselves. It’s an offer that comes with a twist.
- 5/24/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Bella Hadid, often hailed as the “queen of Cannes,” has returned!
Since at least 2015, she has consistently been the star of the Cannes Film Festival, gracing the event with her presence and stunning fashion choices year after year.
The 27-year-old American fashion icon knows how to dominate the red carpet; this year is no exception.
Bold and Beautiful in Sheer Brown Saint Laurent Midi Dress
On Monday, May 20, Bella Hadid made her grand return to the spotlight, marking her first significant appearance since 2022. She had taken a break from modeling to continue her treatment for Lyme disease.
Though Bella did not attend the 2024 Met Gala, she made a noteworthy comeback on the red carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival in France for the premiere of Sebastian Stan’s The Apprentice.
After a hiatus due to health reasons, Bella Hadid returns to the spotlight in a sheer brown Saint Laurent midi dress,...
Since at least 2015, she has consistently been the star of the Cannes Film Festival, gracing the event with her presence and stunning fashion choices year after year.
The 27-year-old American fashion icon knows how to dominate the red carpet; this year is no exception.
Bold and Beautiful in Sheer Brown Saint Laurent Midi Dress
On Monday, May 20, Bella Hadid made her grand return to the spotlight, marking her first significant appearance since 2022. She had taken a break from modeling to continue her treatment for Lyme disease.
Though Bella did not attend the 2024 Met Gala, she made a noteworthy comeback on the red carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival in France for the premiere of Sebastian Stan’s The Apprentice.
After a hiatus due to health reasons, Bella Hadid returns to the spotlight in a sheer brown Saint Laurent midi dress,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Florie Mae Malapit
- Your Next Shoes
The 77th annual Cannes Film Festival witnessed a dazzling display of glamour as supermodel Candice Swanepoel graced the red carpet for the premiere of The Apprentice.
The South African beauty turned heads at the Palais des Festivals in a plunging-neckline gown by Vivienne Westwood with intricate floral embroidery accents. She accessorized her glam look with a statement necklace from Messika.
As cameras flashed and fans clamored for a glimpse of the renowned model, Swanepoel confidently walked the red carpet. She graciously interacted with her enthusiastic fans, signing autographs and posing for photographs.
The Apprentice, a highly anticipated film directed by Ali Abbasi, explores the early career of Donald Trump and includes a rape scene. The former president has already threatened to sue the film’s producers.
The red carpet appearance marked Swanepoel’s return to the Cannes Film Festival after a two-year hiatus. Swanepoel has become an icon in the...
The South African beauty turned heads at the Palais des Festivals in a plunging-neckline gown by Vivienne Westwood with intricate floral embroidery accents. She accessorized her glam look with a statement necklace from Messika.
As cameras flashed and fans clamored for a glimpse of the renowned model, Swanepoel confidently walked the red carpet. She graciously interacted with her enthusiastic fans, signing autographs and posing for photographs.
The Apprentice, a highly anticipated film directed by Ali Abbasi, explores the early career of Donald Trump and includes a rape scene. The former president has already threatened to sue the film’s producers.
The red carpet appearance marked Swanepoel’s return to the Cannes Film Festival after a two-year hiatus. Swanepoel has become an icon in the...
- 5/24/2024
- by Lauren Ramsey
- Uinterview
A scene depicting a rape by former President Donald Trump in a biopic, The Apprentice, inspired controversy during its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
In the movie, which premiered at Cannes on Monday night, Ivana Trump (Maria Bakalova) shows a young Trump (Sebastian Stan) a book about the female orgasm. In the scene, the former president tells his late ex-wife he is not attracted to her. He then throws her on the ground and angrily penetrates her as she asks him to stop.
“Is that your G-spot,” he asked her while sexually assaulting her. “Did I find it?” The scene inspired gasps from the audience. Ivana accused Trump of rape in a divorce deposition back in 1990. He denied the allegation, and his wife later said the incident had left her feeling “violated” but not raped “in a literal or criminal sense.”
Trump was accused by 23 women of various acts of sexual misconduct,...
In the movie, which premiered at Cannes on Monday night, Ivana Trump (Maria Bakalova) shows a young Trump (Sebastian Stan) a book about the female orgasm. In the scene, the former president tells his late ex-wife he is not attracted to her. He then throws her on the ground and angrily penetrates her as she asks him to stop.
“Is that your G-spot,” he asked her while sexually assaulting her. “Did I find it?” The scene inspired gasps from the audience. Ivana accused Trump of rape in a divorce deposition back in 1990. He denied the allegation, and his wife later said the incident had left her feeling “violated” but not raped “in a literal or criminal sense.”
Trump was accused by 23 women of various acts of sexual misconduct,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in The ApprenticeImage: Premier
In many ways Roy Cohn is one of the linchpins of the 20th century, a man whose influence on global political and social life resonates to this day. He was the prosecuting attorney who sent convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...
In many ways Roy Cohn is one of the linchpins of the 20th century, a man whose influence on global political and social life resonates to this day. He was the prosecuting attorney who sent convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...
- 5/23/2024
- by Jason Gorber
- avclub.com
Few periods on the calendar mean more to cinephiles than the two weekends in May occupied by the Cannes Film Festival. Since its founding in 1946, the French festival has been a launchpad for some of the most artistically significant films of all time. The Palme d’Or is one of the most coveted film awards on the planet, and the festival’s ability to balance subversive arthouse work with major Hollywood premieres has led many to view it as the world’s most significant celebration of cinema.
The 2024 lineup featured a mix of buzzy premieres from New Hollywood titans like Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader alongside exciting new works from emerging directors. Between the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, special screenings, and sidebars like the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week, the onslaught of new films can be overwhelming for anyone who isn’t able to give the festival their 24/7 attention.
The 2024 lineup featured a mix of buzzy premieres from New Hollywood titans like Francis Ford Coppola and Paul Schrader alongside exciting new works from emerging directors. Between the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, special screenings, and sidebars like the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week, the onslaught of new films can be overwhelming for anyone who isn’t able to give the festival their 24/7 attention.
- 5/23/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Model and actress Brande Roderick was a Playboy Playmate, played Leigh Dyer on the Baywatch TV series, and competed on a couple seasons of The Apprentice. Now she has made her feature directorial debut with the horror film Wineville, which she also stars in, and while making the movie she was drawing inspirations from ’70s genre classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Last House on the Left.
Written by Richard Schenkman (Mischief Night), who also produced the film with Roderick, Robin DeMartino, and Todd Slater, Wineville is a 1970s-set thriller that sees Roderick taking on the role of Tess Lott, a woman who escaped her abusive father as a teen. Now she returns as a single mother to her family’s vineyard after her father’s death to sort out her inheritance, only to discover the dark secrets and painful memories she left behind return as a murderous legacy sparking violence and death.
Written by Richard Schenkman (Mischief Night), who also produced the film with Roderick, Robin DeMartino, and Todd Slater, Wineville is a 1970s-set thriller that sees Roderick taking on the role of Tess Lott, a woman who escaped her abusive father as a teen. Now she returns as a single mother to her family’s vineyard after her father’s death to sort out her inheritance, only to discover the dark secrets and painful memories she left behind return as a murderous legacy sparking violence and death.
- 5/23/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
With the release of “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” on May 10, this year’s Best Visual Effects Oscar race just got a lot more interesting. That’s because we’re almost guaranteed to get three, possibly even four, movies in the race that are follow-ups to previous Visual Effects nominees. “Apes” is likely to be the fourth movie in its franchise nominated for the innovative performance capture used to help create the film’s photo-realistic apes. Three previous films, starring Andy Serkis, were nominated for Oscars in the category in 2011, 2014, and 2017, but none of them won.
The work done by director Wes Ball and his team has made “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” a serious contender in multiple below-the-line categories, not just visual effects. Its production design and sound are equally impressive. But the academy branch that’s most likely to be impressed will be the...
The work done by director Wes Ball and his team has made “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” a serious contender in multiple below-the-line categories, not just visual effects. Its production design and sound are equally impressive. But the academy branch that’s most likely to be impressed will be the...
- 5/22/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
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- 5/22/2024
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