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Although the Australian native Jai Courtney has certainly had his turn as the protagonist, it’s his dastardly work in projects like The Suicide Squad and Buffaloed — where he can use his million-dollar smarmy grin — that seems to lock in audiences the most. But, in his latest role, that smug charisma has been all but replaced by an unsettling gut feeling that tells you to run the other way. Today, Collider is thrilled to unveil an exclusive image of Courtney’s newest monstrous personality as a maniacal serial killer with an obsession for sharks in Dangerous Animals.

Bulky, bleeding, and brutal are just a few words we’d use to describe Courtney’s appearance in the photo that sees him standing on top of a ship’s deck, looking down into the water through beady little shark-like eyes. One hand is bleeding and wrapped, while the other holds a video camera,...

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in March. The Starz March 2025 schedule includes the premiere of Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4 and a selection of films celebrating Women’s History Month.

The Starz app expands in March with an exciting mix of films, including Fast X, Reagan, The Killer’s Game, Never Let Go, Bagman, White Bird, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and more.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4 Starz Highlight

Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 4

In Season Three, Kanan Stark finally stopped living in the shadow of his mother and assumed control of his life, taking matters into his own hands by orchestrating the deaths of Ronnie and Detective Howard. In season four, slates have seemingly have been wiped clean for Kanan, Raq and the rest of the Thomas family. Kanan’s drug business has hit its stride.

The following contains major spoilers from Accused Season 2, Episode 6, "Val's Story," which debuted Tuesday, Nov. 26 on Fox. It also contains discussion of abuse.

Accused Season 2, Episode 6, "Val's Story" takes the risk of upending the show's formula, and for that it should be applauded. What makes the Fox series great is its ability to think and act outside the box. However, the risk doesn't pay off for writer-director Maile Meloy. One of the most well-cast episodes of the show falls apart because of the writing in its final act.

"Val's Story" centers on Valentina Pearce (played by Marvel Cinematic Universe star Cobie Smulders), a struggling single mother desperate and envious of her ex-husband's seemingly idyllic relationship with his new wife. But when Val sneaks into their home and finds Trey dead on the garage floor, she finds herself facing murder charges. The episode has a wonderful group of actors at its...

Subversive Irish breakout pic Kneecap and Sasha Nathwani’s gentle yet ambitious debut Last Swim are among the titles that have nabbed mentions on the new talent longlists at this year’s British Independent Film Awards.

Both Kneecap and Last Swim pop up on the Douglas Hickox Best Debut Director Award longlist. Other nominees include Hoard, directed by Luna Carmoon, and Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight, which debuted at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

All four films also feature on the best screenplay longlist alongside Christopher Andrews’s Bring Them Down starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott. Other pics on the screenplay longlist include The Ceremony by Jack King and Jed Hart’s Restless.

Overall, the longlists include 31 British features, with 20 fiction and 11 documentary features across four debut filmmaking categories. Within that, there are 13 first-time fiction feature directors, 16 first-time feature documentary directors, 11 first-time writers, and 19 breakthrough producers.

The final...

Rich Peppiatt’s “Kneecap” and Luna Carmoon’s “Hoard” are among the titles in the British Independent Film Awards’ (BIFA) 2024 filmmaker new talent longlists, unveiled Friday. The selections spotlight 31 British features across four debut filmmaking categories, encompassing both fiction and documentary works.

Peppiatt and Carmoon join a group of first-time directors vying for the Douglas Hickox Award, including Amrou Al-Kadhi for “Layla,” Christopher Andrews for “Bring Them Down,” and Daina O Pusić for “Tuesday.” Other contenders in this category are Lucy Cohen with “Edge of Summer,” James Krishna Floyd for “Unicorns,” Stuart Gatt’s “Catching Dust,” Karan Kandhari’s “Sister Midnight,” Jack King’s “The Ceremony,” Rob Morgan’s “Stopmotion,” Sasha Nathwani’s “Last Swim,” and Joshua Trigg’s “Satu – Year of the Rabbit.” The category is sponsored by BBC Film.

The best debut screenwriter category, sponsored by Film4, sees Andrews and Carmoon competing alongside Floyd, Jed Hart for “Restless,...

Filmmakers from Bring Them Down, The Ceremony and Tuesday feature prominently on the filmmaker new talent longlists for the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (Bifas).

Bring Them Down’s Christopher Andrews is longlisted for the Douglas Hickox Award for best debut director and the best debut screenwriter award, while the film’s debut producer Jacob Swan Hyam is longlisted for breakthrough producer.

Scroll down for the filmmaker New Talent longlists

The Ceremony repeats that trio for writer-director Jack King and producers Hollie Bryan and Lucy Meer; as does Tuesday for writer-director Daina O Pusic and producer Helen Gladders.

Four filmmaker new...

As we enter into another awards season to keep the cold winter days at bay, Directors Notes is thrilled to partner with the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) for the longlist announcement of The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by BBC Film. An award named in honour of the British film and television director’s commitment to supporting new talent, a mission very close to our hearts, it feels particularly apt that Dn gets to share the following list of 13 impressive feature debut directors. The final five nominated filmmakers will be announced on Tuesday 5th November, with the winner revealed at the 27th BIFA awards ceremony on Sunday 8th December at iconic Camden venue the Roundhouse. As in previous years of the awards, we look forward to delving into the working processes behind these outstanding films through our signature deep dive interviews with the nominated directors. Now without further ado,...

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The following includes discussions about abuse and domestic violence.

Catching Dust gives Jai Courtney a break from his usual physically demanding roles. The actor is best known for portraying action heroes in films and television, including Captain Boomerang in The Suicide Squad and Steven Horn in The Terminal List. But in this film, he puts on his cowboy boots to take a stroll around the West Texas desert as Clyde, the emotionally withdrawn husband to Geena, portrayed by The Boys' Erin Moriarty.

Courtney and Moriarty are joined by only two other significant actors -- Ryan Corr and Dina Shihabi -- in the movie. The four characters are involved in violent quarrels involving domestic abuse and attempted poisonings, but Courtney described the cast's bond as a "love bubble." Talking with Cbr about Catching Dust, Courtney went into more detail about the closeness between...

Jai Courtney is a damaged man struggling to keep his relationship alive in Catching Dust. After his early roles in the likes of Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher and as the son of Bruce Willis' John McClane in A Good Day To Die Hard, Courtney rose to popularity with his roles in the 2014 Australian crime thriller Felony and starring in the Divergent movie franchise. He has since starred in both blockbuster and indie fare, including playing Captain Boomerang in the DC Extended Universe in both David Ayer's Suicide Squad and James Gunn's The Suicide Squad.

Courtney stars in Catching Dust as Clyde, a man with a shady past involving some level of criminal activity, which has since resulted in him and his wife, Geena, moving to the middle of the Texas desert in an abandoned commune. Clyde's past demons frequently boil into negatively affecting his and Geena's marriage,...

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Catching Dust is a tense Western drama that stars Erin Moriarty and Jai Courtney as a toxic couple in a possibly criminal relationship whose lives are suddenly changed by surprise visitors. Courtney spoke with MovieWeb's Julian Roman about the film, his complex character, and what kind of roles he likes the best.

Geena finally decides to leave her criminal husband, Clyde, and their isolated Texas hideout when a couple from New York suddenly arrives, in search of respite from the city. Ignoring the risks their presence may bring, Geena convinces Clyde to let them stay, a decision with dangerous consequences. Catching Dust is now available on digital platforms and on demand.

Fox’s Accused has added four actors to its season two cast. Cobie Smulders, Vella Lovell, Dina Shihabi, and Isabel Arraiza have joined the crime anthology series for the upcoming season.

In addition, Fox unveiled a short trailer teasing the fictional cases and timely subject matters that will be featured in the new season.

“Accused is a collection of intense, topical, and human stories of crime and punishment. Each episode is a fast-paced provocative thriller, exploring a different crime, in a different city, with an entirely original cast,” reads Fox’s synopsis. “Based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology, each episode opens in a courtroom on the defendant, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or how they ended up on trial. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, the show holds a mirror up to current times with evocative and emotional stories. In the end,...

Jai Courtney is hoping his deceased The Suicide Squad character, Captain Boomerang, can make a comeback in James Gunn's new Dcu. Courtney first played Captain Boomerang in David Ayer's 2016 Suicide Squad, alongside Will Smith as Deadshot and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. The trio stood out in an otherwise underwhelming movie. As a result, fans were excited to see Courtney join the cast of James Gunn's The Suicide Squad, (a soft reboot of Ayer's movie). However, unlike the first film, Captain Boomerang was used to enforce The Suicide Squad's title. Boomerang meets a bloody end at the beginning of Gunn's movie, ruling out his Dceu future. But with Gunn and Peter Safran rebooting the DC Universe, Captain Boomerang's fate might not be so certain.

Speaking to ComicBook, while promoting his newest movie, Catching Dust, Jai Courtney said that he would love to reprise the role under...

Jai Courtney, who played Captain Boomerang in the Suicide Squad movies, said he'd love to continue returning to the DC Universe. While his character met with a surprising demise in 2021's The Suicide Squad, Courtney is not ruling out Captain Boomerang's possible appearance in a new look and form for Dcu, now that it's under different management, with the same director as The Suicide Squad helmer, James Gunn.

The Australian actor first played the voluble, boomerang-wielding baddie in 2016's Suicide Squad, and even amidst mixed reviews, he was instantly the fan favorite of the movie. His character met an untimely demise in the 2021 sequel, but that hasn't tempered Courtney's enthusiasm for the character. As the Dcu undergoes its sea change, Courtney's desire for a comeback has been renewed.

Related 'It Was Such a Bummer': Jai Courtney Reflects on Getting Killed Off in The Suicide Squad

Jai Courtney shares his thoughts...

After Jai Courtney debuted as Captain Boomerang in David Ayer's Suicide Squad, the character was shockingly killed off early in James Gunn's sequel, The Suicide Squad. Looking back, Courtney remembers feeling bummed at the time, but he still hasn't given up hope of revisiting the role.

Courtney addressed his run as Captain Boomerang in a new Screen Rant interview to promote his latest movie, Catching Dust. Right now, there are no known plans for the Captain Boomerang character to appear in Gunn's Dcu, but Courtney is hoping to see that happen. Ideally, Courtney would also be the person in the role, as he has "unfinished business" with Captain Boomerang, despite the character's death. One reason why the actor continues to hold out some hope that he might revisit that role is that he remembers Gunn teasing the possibility to him at the time of filming The Suicide Squad.

Jai Courtney details his conversation with James Gunn about Captain Boomerang's Dceu death in The Suicide Squad.

In a new interview with Screen Rant, while promoting his film Catching Dust, Courtney opened up about his big death in The Suicide Squad. The Australian star revealed the conversation he and Gunn had, while looking at the possibility of returning for the new DC Universe, sharing the following:

I don't have talks with James. [Playing a new character is] a nice idea, but no, we're cool. We haven't caught up for some time. But, yeah, look, man, I would love to see that character get on screen again, and if I'm the guy to play it, then that'd be even better. I remember having a conversation with him before we shot that installment, and kind of feeling like it was such a bummer that he was killing him off, because I felt like it derailed any...

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The following includes discussions about abuse and domestic violence.

After a summer of ultraviolent superhero brawls in The Boys Season 4, Erin Moriarty tones it down in her new film Catching Dust. Moriarty co-stars with Suicide Squad actor Jai Courtney as a married couple hiding out in a deserted commune in Texas. Her character Geena is ready to abandon her outlaw husband Clyde -- but then another couple forces Geena and Clyde to confront the abusive tone of their relationship.

Directed and written by Stuart Gatt, Catching Dust deals with issues related to domestic violence and the societal roles of women. Geena's relationship with Clyde is something Moriarty expanded far beyond what the film showed, as she told Cbr. The actor went into detail about the preparation behind portraying a Texan with a thick accent, and the backstories she and Courtney created to understand their characters.

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for 1992, The Deliverance and Only Murders in the Building.

Adam Sandler: Love You special screening

Sandler debuted his new Netflix comedy special in NYC on Aug. 20, alongside director (and former Uncut Gems collaborator) Josh Safdie.

Josh Safdie and Adam Sandler The Crow premiere

Bill Skarsgard and FKA Twigs walked the carpet at the NY premiere of their new version of The Crow on Aug. 20. The premiere was followed by an afterparty hosted by Lionsgate, TikTok and Ssense.

Bill Skarsgard and FKA Twigs Director Rupert Sanders at the afterparty. Only Murders in the Building premiere

With season four of the hit Hulu comedy heading to Los Angeles, stars Steve Martin, Martin

Short, Selena Gomez and Meryl Streep followed suit for the premiere on the Paramount lot on Aug. 22.

Meryl Streep,...

Your browser does not support the video tag. Erin Moriarty shines as Geena in Catching Dust, portraying a woman trapped in an abusive relationship in a deserted Texas commune. The film explores complex themes of love, suppression, and toxic relationships, challenging audiences to confront uncomfortable truths. Writer/director Stuart Gatt and star Erin Moriarty discuss the emotional depth of the characters and the unique challenges of bringing the story to life.

Erin Moriarty is a woman trapped in a relationship she doesn't know how to escape in Catching Dust. Having first broken out with her role in Jessica Jones season 1, Moriarty has been on a steady rise to stardom over the better part of a decade, with other major roles in the acclaimed Viggo Mortensen-led dramedy Captain Fantastic, the biographical comedic thriller Driven and the true story-based sports drama The Miracle Season. Arguably her biggest role to date is...

Erin Moriarty has now become a household name as Annie January/Starlight in Amazon’s The Boys. The actress has been proving her mettle as an actress in the industry with films like Captain Fantastic, Blood Father, The Miracle Season, and Monster Party. Moriarty continues to get more appreciation for her acting in her latest film Catching Dust.

Erin Moriarty as Geena in Catching Dust | Credits: Vertical

Beauty standards have always existed in Hollywood and certain celebrities have resorted to plastic surgery to enhance their looks. However, this trend has also affected other actresses who have nothing to do with the procedure as seen with Moriarty earlier this year. Harry Potter star Emma Watson also felt the pressure to conform to Hollywood’s ideal beauty standards, but didn’t succumb to it.

Emma Watson Was Not Interested In Plastic Surgery As She Was Happy With Her Imperfections

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Stuart Gatt makes his feature directorial debut with Catching Dust, a somber thriller set amid the sprawling nothingness of a Texas desert. Gatt hails from Britain but wisely chooses to root his tale in the dusty heartland, crafting a rumination on suffocating isolation that only this vast yet empty landscape could inspire.

We’re introduced to two couples living off-grid in aging mobile homes stationed at the ruins of an abandoned commune. Clyde and Geena seem to be hiding from something as they eke out an existence in their trailer, while Andy and Amaya have come seeking respite from city life, though it’s unclear from what exactly.

The film wastes little time unraveling these mysteries, starting instead with a haunting flashforward—the crack of gunfire piercing the dusk, followed by an anguished scream. We’re left wondering who lies wounded or dead, the identity of the assailant yet to be seen.

Developing a Western in 2024 carries the baggage of a historical genre. So many directors have found ways to explore complex themes within the confines of the American West that coming across an original story in this space is rare. Yet this is precisely what drew Erin Moriarty to the directorial debut of Stuart Gatt, Catching Dust, which opens on August 23.

As the two couples work out their differences against the backdrop of the frontier, their lies and pain come to light. Gatt’s debut features Moriarity as Geena – a young woman looking to understand herself in the face of total isolation. Moriarity and Gatt spoke to FandomWire about the experience of making Catching Dust and how to capture the emotion of the genre.

Gatt wanted to explore isolation and the desert.

Westerns were not traditionally the kind of movies Gatt made. “I just made my last short about the Libyan refugee crisis.

Erin Moriarty plays a woman longing for freedom from a controlling husband in Catching Dust. When the pair get unexpected visitors, dark truths are revealed. Erin Moriarty and Jai Courtney shine as complex characters in a Western thriller that challenges existing expectations. Director Stuart Gatt expertly navigates themes of loneliness and resentment with bold storytelling risks.

Catching Dust is a tense and tightly crafted thriller that keeps the viewer on bated breath. In it, an abused woman trapped by a controlling husband in a remote desert landscape seeks a path to freedom through unexpected visitors. The film addresses domestic violence, spousal conflict, and hidden agendas with a layered methodology that yields surprising and uncomfortable truths. The wide open, barren exterior is beautifully juxtaposed against tight spaces, forcing a volatile collision with sophisticated characters searching for any semblance of happiness. A wild climax and equally fascinating ending may be far-fetched, but...

For those who are incredibly used to seeing Erin Moriarty in a relationship with Jack Quaid in Prime Videos The Boys, you may want to brace yourself. Today were happy to share with you an exclusive sneak peek of the actresss upcoming drama, Catching Dust, which sees her engaging in a very steamy smooch sesh with a bearded and dreamy Jai Courtney (A Good Day to Die Hard). The movie sees the pair playing a troubled couple on the outs, but in our fresh look, Moriartys Geena is certainly trying to keep the romance alive.

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Erin Moriarty stars in the new suspenseful Western drama, Catching Dust. She and filmmaker Stuart Gatt spoke with MovieWeb about creating tension and genuine emotion, and Moriarty touched on her iconic character in The Boys, Starlight (or Annie January). Catching Dust hits theaters and digital platforms on Aug. 23.

Geena finally decides to leave her criminal husband, Clyde, and their isolated Texas hideout when a couple from New York suddenly arrives, in search of respite from the city. Ignoring the risks their presence may bring, Geena convinces Clyde to let them stay, a decision with dangerous consequences.

The emptiness of the old West allowed many to start a new life. This became the critical idea behind westward expansion throughout the 1800s, and eventually, some found the happiness they craved. Catching Dust, the debut narrative feature from Stuart Gatt follows a couple trying to reinvent themselves. However, when new neighbors are dropped in the remote desert where they live, the couple frays at the seams. The secrets they hold may prove dangerous if their new neighbors were to discover the truth.

RELATEDErin Moriarty Movies You Should Definitely Watch If You Love The Boys Catching Dust Plot Summary

Living out on the fringes of the desert, Clyde (Jai Courtney) and Geena (Erin Moriarty) continually fight. Geena believes Clyde took her power to express herself by moving them away from society. In doing so, he disrupts everything about her life, and their love cannot sustain her needs. Clyde worries about...

“Catching Dust,” a thriller starring Erin Moriarty (“The Boys), has been acquired by Vertical and will arrive in select theaters and be available on demand starting on Aug 23.

The Tribeca Film Festival selection is written and directed by Stuart Gatt and stars Moriarty and Jai Courtney. The film follows Geena as she “finally decides to leave her criminal husband, Clyde, and their isolated Texas hideout when a couple from New York suddenly arrives, in search of respite from the city. Ignoring the risks their presence may bring, Geena convinces Clyde to let them stay, a decision with dangerous consequences,” reads its logline.

“Producers Mark David and Jon Katz cultivated an environment of total freedom and support to allow myself and the crew to fulfill our vision in creating the unique world of ‘Catching Dust,'” Gatt said in a statement. “Watching Erin Moriarty and Jai Courtney, as well as the rest of our brilliant cast,...

"This ain't no game, Geena, I don't want you messin' with them." Vertical has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled Catching Dust, which first premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival last year. The film marks the feature directorial debut of British filmmaker Stuart Gatt after a few other shorts, and opens in the US in August. As Geena decides to leave her criminal husband Clyde and their isolated Texas hideout, a couple from NY suddenly arrive with a trailer. Ignoring the risks, she convinces Clyde to let them stay, a decision that leads to dangerous consequences for everyone involved. Tribeca adds: "In this fascinating look at how couples sustain relationships, even in the face of erosion and dismay, audiences will grapple with the friction of romantic pursuits and conflicting friendships as much as Geena and Clyde do in Stuart Gatt's directorial debut." The indie movie stars Erin Moriarty,...

Erin Moriarty transcended into popularity with her flawless portrayal of Starlight in Eric Kripke’s The Boys. However, the actress has been chastised by her fans for alleged plastic surgery; they showed no remorse as they relentlessly trolled her following some of her recent photos that surfaced online.

Erin Moriarty as Annie January/Starlight in The Boys. Credits: Amazon Studios

Earlier in 2024, she had gone to war with Megyn Kelly, who had criticized Moriarty for her alleged facial transformation. Though the actress expects to face backlash from her fans when she makes changes to her appearance, she did not expect the trolling would be to this degree.

However, the Blood Father actress also did not expect that the real ones would come to her support on her birthday, as they showered her with overwhelmingly positive comments on social media that have got her glowing again!

Fans Take Stand For Erin...

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #369: From award winning short to festival feature...

Project Market Awards Winners

The QCinema Project Market, the industry initiative that accompanies The Philippines’ QCinema International Film Festival, revealed its winners list on Tuesday delivering almost $500,000 of grants and in-kind support.

The prizes followed a two-day networking and pitching event on Nov. 18 and 19 for 19 feature-length fiction film projects from Southeast Asia.

Two projects received the QCinema Project Market – Philippines Co-production Grant, with both collecting $55,000 (PHP3 million). They were: “The Remotes” from director-producer John Torres; and “Filipiñana,” by director Rafael Manuel. “Filipinana,” a black comedy set on a golf course, won a second prize on the night worth another $18,000. At the recent Asian Project Market in Busan it had also been a multiple prize winner.

Two film projects also received the QCinema Project Market – Philippines Co-production Grant worth $27,000 (PHP1.5 million) each: “The Boy and the Fight of Spiders (Diwalwal)” by director Jarell Serencio and “Ella Arcangel: Ballad of Tooth and...

An addition 5% bonus will be granted for “significant Indian content”.

India has increased filming incentives for international productions shooting in the country from 30% to 40% as part of an ongoing bid to attract major projects to film in India.

The cap on qualifying spend has also been substantially increased from $300,000 (INR25m) to $3.6m (INR300m$3.6m) and an additional 5% rebate bonus will be granted to films that feature “significant Indian content”.

International productions eligible for the scheme will need to have been granted shooting permission by India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting or the Ministry of External Affairs (for...

Speaking about his film ‘Catching Dust’, British filmmaker Stuart Gatt on Tuesday said that universality of human emotions is wonderful as a story from Texas gets the same reception everywhere. The 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India opened on Monday with the international premiere of ‘Catching Dust’ by director Stuart Gatt.

Stuart Gatt along with co-producers Mark David and Jonathan Katz talking at the interaction program at 54th Iffi in Goa, spoke on various aspects of the film.

While elaborating on the focus of the movie on human emotions, he said that universality of human emotions is wonderful that a story from Texas gets the same reception everywhere.

‘Catching Dust’, which is a United States, UK, Spain co-production is the feature directorial debut of Stuart Gatt who has been making short films on topical social themes till now.

When asked about choosing a dark subject for the debut film,...

Speaking about his film ‘Catching Dust’, British filmmaker Stuart Gatt on Tuesday said that universality of human emotions is wonderful as a story from Texas gets the same reception everywhere. The 54th edition of the International Film Festival of India opened on Monday with the international premiere of ‘Catching Dust’ by director Stuart Gatt.

Stuart Gatt along with co-producers Mark David and Jonathan Katz talking at the interaction program at 54th Iffi in Goa, spoke on various aspects of the film.

While elaborating on the focus of the movie on human emotions, he said that universality of human emotions is wonderful that a story from Texas gets the same reception everywhere.

‘Catching Dust’, which is a United States, UK, Spain co-production is the feature directorial debut of Stuart Gatt who has been making short films on topical social themes till now.

When asked about choosing a dark subject for the debut film,...

India’s Ministry for Information and Broadcasting has announced an increase in the country’s production incentive from a 30% to 40% rebate on qualifying spend, with a cap of $3.6M (Rs300m).

In addition, a 5% bonus will be granted for films featuring significant Indian content. In order to be eligible for the increased incentive, international productions must first receive shooting permission from the I&b Ministry (since April 1 this year). Documentaries must also receive clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs.

India’s I&b Minister Anurag Thakur announced the news at the opening ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (Iffi) in Goa.

Thakur said the changes were designed to attract more medium and large-budget international film projects to India, and also aligned with the government’s broader goal of ensuring ‘Ease of Doing Business in India’.

“This paradigm shift in incentivizing film production serves as a testament to...

Stuart Gatt’s “Catching Dust,” which premiered at Tribeca earlier this year, will open the 54th International Film Festival of India (Iffi), Goa.

Robert Kolodny’s “The Featherweight,” which bowed at Venice, will close the festival. Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses,” for which Merve Dizdar won best actress at Cannes, will be the mid-festival gala.

The fiction feature strand of the Indian panorama showcase will open with Anand Ekarshi’s “Aattam” and the documentary strand with Longjam Meena’s “Andro Dream.” The panorama will screen 25 fiction features, including five mainstream films, plus 20 documentaries.

Michael Douglas will deliver the key festival masterclass. The international competition jury will be led by eminent filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (“Elizabeth”) and also includes producers Catherine Dussart (“Silence in the Dust”) and Helen Leake (“Carnifex”), former Cannes market chief Jerome Paillard and Pedro Almodovar’s long-standing cinematographer José Luis Alcaine, P.K. Atre’s “Shyamchi Aai...

Christian Cooke’s directorial debut ‘Embers’ is among the world premieres.

The UK premieres of Jack Huston’s Day Of The Fight and Isabel Coixet’s Un Amor will respectively open and close the 31st Raindance Film Festival, which will take place in London from October 25 – November 4.

Day Of The Flight launched in Horizons at Venice earlier this month, It is the directorial debut of UK actor Huston and stars Michael Pitt, Ron Perlman and Joe Pesci in a story about a once-renowned boxer on his first day out of prison.

Coixet’s latest feature Un Amor stars Lai Costa...

Being stuck in a hopeless situation, and a location that has no other human in sight for miles, can make someone desperate enough to take extreme action. Catching Dust, written and directed by Stuart Gatt, hinges on this premise. While it plays into certain expectations regarding characters and their relationships, the film is a desert drama brimming with tension that’s wound so tight it could snap at any moment. It plays its cards right for the most part, building suspense and creating intriguing character dynamics, even though its focus gets too caught up in the climactic ending more than anything else.

Catching Dust begins with Clyde (Jai Courtney), a rough, emotionally distant man who is hiding out in the Texas desert, taking a gun into a neighbor’s mobile home. A gunshot is heard from within, a scream echoes in the distance, but it’s unclear who was shot.

From writer/director Stuart Gatt, the indie drama Catching Dust (which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival 2023) follows Geena (Erin Moriarty) and her husband Clyde (Jai Courtney), who appear to be a couple living off the grid in an abandoned commune in the desert, but who in reality are hiding out from his violent criminal past. While Geena longs for human interaction with someone she doesn’t fear, a vacationing couple (played by Dina Shihabi and Ryan Corr) crosses paths with them and decides to stay for a bit, which leads Geena to question what it is she actually wants for her life.

“The only way to really understand what it is is to play with it.”

Pressman Film CEO Sam Pressman is diving into artificial intelligence (AI) to explore the technology’s use in storytelling.

Pressman’s (Daliland) short film In Search Of Time co-created by Pierre Zandrowicz and Mathew Tierney premiered in Tribeca Festival on June 8 and is, they claim, the first AI-generated film to play at a major film festival.

It combines imagery from an iPhone with open source AI platform Stable Diffusion to create a meditation on memory and loss in honour of Pressman’s father Ed Pressman, the...

“The only way to really understand what it is is to play with it.”

Pressman Film CEO Sam Pressman is diving into artificial intelligence (AI) to explore the technology’s use in storytelling.

Pressman’s (Daliland) short film In Search Of Time co-created by Pierre Zandrowicz and Mathew Tierney premiered in Tribeca Festival on June 8 and is the first AI-generated film to play at a major film festival.

It combines imagery from an iPhone with open source AI platform Stable Diffusion to create a meditation on memory and loss in honour of Pressman’s father Ed Pressman, the pioneering independent...

In her new exclusive uInterview, Erin Moriarty discusses transforming into her character Geena in the film Catching Dust, which is premiering this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Moriarty, known for her role as Starlight in The Boys, described the strange world of her character.

“She is a young woman who is living in a trailer with her husband and she believes that they’re living in a commune that’s deserted,” she told uInterview founder Erik Meers. “But essentially she’s very secluded, she’s very suppressed by this husband and she’s living in Texas that already has weird, especially this specific part she comes from, the gender roles are not the same.”

For Moriarty, the most important way for her to prepare for this role was getting Geena’s Texas accent down.

“One of the biggest things for me, funnily enough, and it may seem trivial, was working with a dialect coach,...

Erin Moriarty was on high alert and keeping an eye out for the “Amazon snipers” during a recent interview with Collider’s own Christina Radish during which the actress cautiously opened up about the highly-anticipated fourth season of the streamer’s hit series, The Boys. While chatting with Radish about her movie Catching Dust, which is making its debut at the Tribeca Film Festival, Moriarty gave a few teasers of what’s to come next season while still keeping her cards close to her chest.