Above: 1973 New York Film Festival poster designed by Niki de Saint Phalle.The 61st edition of the New York Film Festival, which opens tonight, has 32 films in its Main Slate, fifteen films in its Spotlight section, ten films and seven collections of shorts in the Currents sidebar, and eleven revivals. That's over 60 feature films. Fifty years ago, in 1973, the 11th edition of the festival had just eighteen feature films and nineteen shorts. Just like this year’s opener—Todd Haynes’s May December—1973’s opening night film, François Truffaut’s Day for Night, had premiered four months earlier at the Cannes Film Festival. And as with this year’s festival, the 1973 edition opened, fifty years and one day ago exactly, in the shadow of an artists' strike. Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians had been picketing the New York Philharmonic outside Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, where the festival was taking place,...
- 9/29/2023
- MUBI
Royal family followers know all about Prince Harry and his relationship with his father, King Charles III. Prince Harry and King Charles have had their differences through the years, but Harry respects his father greatly, as they appear to have a civil relationship. Unfortunately, rumors swirled that suggested King Charles wasn’t Prince Harry’s birth father. Here’s what Harry had to say about this.
What does Prince Harry think about the rumors that King Charles III isn’t his father?
Is King Charles III Prince Harry’s birth father? Past rumors suggested Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, became pregnant with Harry thanks to her lover, James Hewitt. Diana and Hewitt reportedly had a romance in 1987.
So, what does Harry think of the rumors? He touched on them in his memoir, Spare.
“Pa liked telling stories, and this was one of the best in his repertoire,” Harry wrote, according to E! News.
What does Prince Harry think about the rumors that King Charles III isn’t his father?
Is King Charles III Prince Harry’s birth father? Past rumors suggested Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, became pregnant with Harry thanks to her lover, James Hewitt. Diana and Hewitt reportedly had a romance in 1987.
So, what does Harry think of the rumors? He touched on them in his memoir, Spare.
“Pa liked telling stories, and this was one of the best in his repertoire,” Harry wrote, according to E! News.
- 8/20/2023
- by Lauren Weiler
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Despite doing well in its first season, Prime Video has sadly reversed its renewal of The Peripheral.
The change of heart likely stemmed from the dual strikes occurring across the industry.
The series starred Chloë Grace Moretz as Flynne Fischer, a woman who discovered a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.
What is one of the first of likely many strike-related cancellations, The Peripheral seemed to fare well on the streamer.
Each week, Twitter would be abuzz with theories and praise for the show, especially for the performances from Moretz and one of the lead antagonists, played by T'Nia Miller.
With the WGA on strike for over 100 days and SAG-AFTRA on strike for over a month, we expect there to be many similar cases of reversals when it comes to renewed series that hadn't already begun production.
There are still...
The change of heart likely stemmed from the dual strikes occurring across the industry.
The series starred Chloë Grace Moretz as Flynne Fischer, a woman who discovered a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.
What is one of the first of likely many strike-related cancellations, The Peripheral seemed to fare well on the streamer.
Each week, Twitter would be abuzz with theories and praise for the show, especially for the performances from Moretz and one of the lead antagonists, played by T'Nia Miller.
With the WGA on strike for over 100 days and SAG-AFTRA on strike for over a month, we expect there to be many similar cases of reversals when it comes to renewed series that hadn't already begun production.
There are still...
- 8/18/2023
- by Michael T. Stack
- TVfanatic
It's been almost five years since Bradley Cooper made waves with his directorial debut, the 2018 remake of "A Star is Born," a film he also starred in as the troubled singer/songwriter Jackson Maine. Not too many actors-turned-directors immediately carve a path to the Oscars as triumphantly as Cooper did that year, alongside co-star Lady Gaga, and bolstered by some of the catchiest songs that some of us still have on a regular rotation on Spotify (guilty as charged). Fans have been waiting ever since to see what Cooper's next directorial feature film might be -- somehow squeezed into his increasingly busy schedule as an actor, of course.
That project turned out to be a biographical drama centered on musical legend Leonard Bernstein, titled "Maestro," and it sure looks like it'll be worth the wait. After audiences had their minds blown earlier this year by our first look at the...
That project turned out to be a biographical drama centered on musical legend Leonard Bernstein, titled "Maestro," and it sure looks like it'll be worth the wait. After audiences had their minds blown earlier this year by our first look at the...
- 8/15/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Graphic: Paramount Pictures
Even if you’ve never seen a single film by the writing and directing team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (collectively known as Zaz), surely you’re familiar with the ubiquitous references to their work in popular culture. And if you just read that...
Even if you’ve never seen a single film by the writing and directing team of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (collectively known as Zaz), surely you’re familiar with the ubiquitous references to their work in popular culture. And if you just read that...
- 8/3/2023
- by Cindy White
- avclub.com
"The Haunting of Hill House" is one of the best horror shows ever made, and one of the best TV shows of the past decade, regardless of genre. Mike Flanagan's first TV series is more than an adaptation — it is an homage and a love letter to Shirley Jackson's novel that it is loosely based on. It follows the Crain siblings across two timelines: how they as kids survived living in a haunted house of horrors, and how they as adults reckon with past traumas and tragic deaths.
The show is a beautiful exploration of grief, a ghost story that is both a tear-jerker but also very spooky. Flanagan weaves together emotions like he's a tailor, with a deeply unsettling sense of horror that is not about jump scares or intense gore. Instead, it's more of a slow meditation on grief covered in layers upon layers of dread and uneasiness.
The show is a beautiful exploration of grief, a ghost story that is both a tear-jerker but also very spooky. Flanagan weaves together emotions like he's a tailor, with a deeply unsettling sense of horror that is not about jump scares or intense gore. Instead, it's more of a slow meditation on grief covered in layers upon layers of dread and uneasiness.
- 3/31/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
It's been nearly a decade since "Community" wrapped up its six-season run, and the cult favorite comedy still offers a rewarding rewatch. While some parts of the Dan Harmon-made series have aged poorly, others are even funnier with time, thanks to a cast full of rising stars and industry veterans. Not all of the show's best jokes came straight from the mouths of Donald Glover or Danny Pudi, though; several of the best parts of "Community" actually take place in the background.
While most network sitcoms barely utilize the space within the camera's frame, "Community" makes good use of every inch of it, with jokes unfolding in the background as well as the foreground. In one episode, Abed (Pudi) helps deliver a baby in the Greendale parking lot while the rest of the study group is busy trying to help Pierce (Chevy Chase) process his mom's death. The subplot...
While most network sitcoms barely utilize the space within the camera's frame, "Community" makes good use of every inch of it, with jokes unfolding in the background as well as the foreground. In one episode, Abed (Pudi) helps deliver a baby in the Greendale parking lot while the rest of the study group is busy trying to help Pierce (Chevy Chase) process his mom's death. The subplot...
- 3/30/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Mumbai, March 29 (Ians) Singer-actress Shirley Setia recently released her new track titled ‘Kaho Na’. This is the first time that she has composed a song and penned the lyrics for the same.
Talking about the track, the singer told Ians: “This song is quite special to me because I have composed it for the first time and the lyrics have been written by me completely. It’s very simply written like how a GenZ relationship has its own special charm and the kind of feelings they would feel, I captured those and put that up through my song.”
Commenting on the different textures and sound elements used in the song, Shirley, who started her journey with YouTube, further mentioned: “The song is a mixture of acoustic pop with afro pop with ambient synth elements, making it more soothing to the ears but expressive to the listeners.”
“Since it’s the...
Talking about the track, the singer told Ians: “This song is quite special to me because I have composed it for the first time and the lyrics have been written by me completely. It’s very simply written like how a GenZ relationship has its own special charm and the kind of feelings they would feel, I captured those and put that up through my song.”
Commenting on the different textures and sound elements used in the song, Shirley, who started her journey with YouTube, further mentioned: “The song is a mixture of acoustic pop with afro pop with ambient synth elements, making it more soothing to the ears but expressive to the listeners.”
“Since it’s the...
- 3/29/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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