Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are in negotiations to be the lead actors in Kristoffer Borgli’s A24 series “The Drama.”

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The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are interested in a new feature film directed by Kristoffer Borgli. The Drama, a writer-director film by Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen’s Square Peg productions, will be financed and produced by A24. The actors are in preliminary negotiations to play the lead parts in Borgli’s … Read more

A Lucca Film Festival in Paul Schrader’s Honor

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Paul Schrader, an accomplished director and screenwriter, will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Lucaa Film Festival this year. A retrospective of Schrader’s films, including Blue Collar, Hardcore, The Comfort of Strangers, Affliction, Auto Focus, The Walker, The Canyons, The Card Counter, Master Gardener, Mishima, and First Reformed, will also be screened at the … Read more

Gianluca Jodice on “The Flood,” his fascination with “the end,” and movies as icebergs at the Locarno opening night

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This fall, a cinema near you will host the documentary Luther: Never Too Much, which is about the iconic R&B musician Luther Vandross.The movie, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to play at the Tribeca, Hot Docs, and Nantucket film festivals, now has Giant Pictures on board as … Read more

“Presence” by Steven Soderbergh Receives International Premiere as Toronto’s Centerpiece Selection

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Presence, the eerie ghost drama directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, and Callina Liang, will have its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival as part of the Centerpiece sidebar. Approximately 35 years after the premiere of his breakthrough picture, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, in Park City, Soderbergh screened Presence … Read more