Wendy Hughes in Newsfront. Wendy Hughes: ‘Careful, He Might Hear You’ actress dead at 61 Australian film, television, and stage actress Wendy Hughes, best known internationally for the big-screen dramas…
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Ritesh Batra’s Mumbai-set debut feature The Lunchbox weaves a ‘socio-romantic’ narrative connecting a married woman and an unhappy widower.
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Marta Eggerth ca. 1935: Central Europe’s Jeanette MacDonald. Operetta and film star Marta Eggerth dead at 101: The Jeanette MacDonald of Central European cinema Marta Eggerth, an international star in…
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Rossana Podesta in Helen of Troy with Jacques Sernas. Rossana Podesta dies: ‘Helen of Troy’ actress later featured in sword-and-sandal spectacles & risqué sex comedies Rossana Podesta, the sensual star…
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Edouard Molinaro: La Cage aux Folles’ Oscar-nominated filmmaker. La Cage aux Folles director Edouard Molinaro collaborated with Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau & Orson Welles Edouard Molinaro, best known internationally for…
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European Colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa legacy range from apartheid films to Neill Blomkamp’s sleeper hit District 9 + Something of Value.
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Apartheid Movies: Focus on White South Africans criticized in films (usually made by/with British and American talent) such as A World Apart and Cry Freedom.
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Zhang Ziyi: Actress seen in The Grandmaster. Golden Horse Awards: Singapore’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submission wins Best Picture Surprisingly, the 2013 Golden Horse Award for Best Picture was…
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Norma Bengell and John Herbert in As Cariocas. Norma Bengell: Iconic (and controversial) Brazilian film, stage & TV star made history as first actress seen naked (full frontal) in a…
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Patrice Chéreau and Queen Margot star Isabelle Adjani. Patrice Chéreau dies: French director best known for ‘Queen Margot’ & gay-related dramas Screenwriter, sometime actor, and stage, opera, and film director…
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Bryce Dallas Howard. Bryce Dallas Howard in Jurassic World? Howard possibly the next female star in Jurassic Park franchise Bryce Dallas Howard, Rush director Ron Howard’s daughter perhaps best known…
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Clint Eastwood Western movies: The Good the Bad and the Ugly stars the former U.S. TV actor & B Hollywood flick performer as the silent, strong – and unfeeling, unwashed,…
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European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Award-less veteran actress Danielle Darrieux. European Film Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award: Only three female recipients to date As mentioned in the previous post, French…
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Paradise: Faith sex & Christianity mix: Ulrich Seidel’s “blasphemous” movie stars Maria Hofstätter. Paradise: Faith: Sex & Christianity movie mix draw Catholic protests “Oh boy. People are picketing our box…
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Catharine Deneuve. Catherine Deneuve: Style & talent on TCM tonight A day to rejoice on Turner Classic Movies: Catherine Deneuve, one of the few true Living Film Legends, is TCM’s…
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Alec Guinness. Alec Guinness movies: Pre-‘Star Wars’ Guinness runs the gamut from Dickens’ Fagin to Japanese businessman romancing Rosalind Russell Alec Guinness is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars”…
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Alfred Hitchcock silent films’ Unesco honor: Ivor Novello in The Lodger. Alfred Hitchcock silent films added to Unesco UK Memory of the World Register The nine Alfred Hitchcock silent films…
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Jean-Pierre Melville’s Un Flic is a great neo-noir. Alain Delon stars as the cop, Richard Crenna as the crook, and Catherine Deneuve as the femme fatale.
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Peyman Moaadi Kristen Stewart movie Camp X-Ray reportedly gets leading man: Peyman Moaadi June 24 update: Two Kristen Stewart movie projects were announced a couple of weeks ago: Olivier Assayas’…
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Léa Seydoux in Blue Is the Warmest Color. ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ graphic novel writer Julie Maroh discusses Abdellatif Kechiche’s film adaptation + lesbian sex scenes Julie Maroh, the…
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Eddie Romero. Eddie Romero dies: Filipino filmmaker best known for his exploitation horror and action movies Eddie Romero, one of most best-known Filipino filmmakers, died of prostate cancer on Tuesday,…
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Gay Erotic Thriller Wins Cannes Award + Jerry Lewis ‘Disastrous’ Comeback + ‘Pussy Riot’ Documentary
Gay erotic thriller Stranger by the Lake: Cannes Film Festival’s Queer Palm winner. Gay erotic thriller ‘Stranger by the Lake’ is Cannes’ Queer Palm winner Writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s gay erotic…
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Robert Pattinson: Mission Blacklist. Robert Pattinson Mission: Blacklist movie: Filming in August? Mission: Blacklist is not the upcoming fifth installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise starring Tom Cruise. For the…
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Ulrich Seidl’s deeply affecting Paradise: Love focuses on the relationship between a middled-aged Austrian tourist and a young Kenyan man.
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A mix of science fiction and social commentary, newcomer Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral is too emotionally detached for its own good.
Los Angeles vs. New York Film Critics: Which of the 2 groups makes the most daring choices? Once upon a time the NYFCC was clear winner but not anymore.
Nelson Mandela Movies: South African guerrilla fighter turned political prisoner turned president portrayed reverentially by American or British actors.
Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 with Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski. ‘Nosferatu the Vampyre’ 1979: Werner Herzog German-language version screening Werner Herzog’s stylish 1979 horror drama Nosferatu the Vampyre will have…
With the mostly Havana-set refugee drama Una Noche, narrative feature newcomer Lucy Mulloy proves herself a capable screenwriter-director.
Nicolas Winding Refn’s good but sadistic thriller Only God Forgives isn’t for the uninitiated. Ryan Gosling and a malevolent Kristin Scott Thomas star.
While focused on anti-gay bigotry in Uganda, Call Me Kuchu is a reminder that bigots and their potentially deadly hate are found all over the planet.
Alfredo Landa. Alfredo Landa, Cannes Best Actor winner dead at 80 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor winner Alfredo Landa, who was featured in more than 100 Spanish movies, died May…