04 Jun, 2025
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Interview: Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident

This text appeared within the Might 23, 2025 version of The Movie Remark Letter, our free weekly e-newsletter that includes authentic movie criticism and writing. Join the Letter right here. It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi, 2025) Essentially the most momentous event at this yr’s Cannes was neither Tom Cruise’s red-carpet arrival nor Denzel Washington’s shock honorary Palme d’Or—it […]

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FX Navigates Familiar Comic Waters with Flair in Clever “Adults” | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Some readers could also be sufficiently old to recollect when each community was actively looking for the following “Pals,” hiring usually random collections of unknown younger performers and throwing them into comedian hijinks collectively. The outcome was a wave of terrible tv with a couple of standouts (lengthy stay “Comfortable Endings”) and a type that […]

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Man of Steel 2: Christopher McQuarrie on his unmade Superman sequel and the surprising antagonist

A number of years in the past, it was rumoured that Warner Bros wished to rent Christopher McQuarrie, contemporary off of his Mission: Unattainable sequels, to helm Man of Steel 2, which might have allowed Henry Cavill to reprise his position as Superman. Whereas showing on the HappySadConfused podcast, McQuarrie revealed that it was imagined […]

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Laura Segura Departs MusiCares, Harvey Mason Jr. Announces in Memo to Staff

Laura Segura, government director of MusiCares, has departed the group after 5 years as government director, in accordance to an e-mail despatched to workers by Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of the Recording Academy and MusiCares. The memo introduced a “key management transition” heading into Memorial Day weekend, revealing that Segura is “now not with MusiCares” […]

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The Film Comment Podcast: Cannes 2025 #8

Cannes 2025 has arrived—and you may depend on our on-the-Croisette crew of Film Comment contributors to chop by means of the noise with considerate dispatches, interviews, and Podcasts. This yr’s pageant is filled with thrilling premieres, together with new movies from Richard Linklater, Lynne Ramsay, Spike Lee, Bi Gan, Julia Ducournau, Wes Anderson, and plenty […]

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Cannes 2025: Sentimental Value, Romería, The History of Sound | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

If you happen to’ve been following alongside, you’ll discover that the majority of these capsules have been seize baggage that aren’t essentially linked by their pageant placement and even themes. However this one is totally different. Each movie right here not solely performed as half of the Foremost Competitors. In addition they premiered on the […]

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Kieran Culkin joins The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Caesar Flickerman

The solid of The Hunger Video games: Sunrise on the Reaping is positively star-studded, and it’s nonetheless rising. It’s been announced that Kieran Culkin will be part of the venture as Caesar Flickerman, host of the Hunger Video games. Stanley Tucci performed the function in the earlier movies. “Kieran’s scene-stealing presence and plain appeal are […]