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Get A Look At David Cronenberg’s New Body Horror CRIMES OF THE FUTURE Starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux & Kristen Stewart

Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg is returning to the realm of body horror with Crimes Of The Future. The film – which shares a title with a film Cronenberg made in 1970 – has just been announced as being in competition as part of the [...]

April 15, 2022

Behind The Scenes: Francis Ford Coppola & Gene Hackman On The Set Of THE CONVERSATION

The great Francis Ford Coppola‘s 1974 film, The Conversation is an expertly paced dramatic thriller. Written, directed and produced by Coppola, The Conversation was the first film the director made following the massive critical and [...]

January 20, 2022

Review: Julia Ducournau’s Boundary Pushing & Genre Blurring TITANE

Sometimes movies exist in their own realm, ornaments and statues dedicated to the singular style and thought process of one person’s vision. Julia Ducournau’s Titane is one such film. The French filmmaker scored worldwide acclaim with her [...]

December 20, 2021

Powerful Trailer For Val Kilmer Documentary VAL

From when he first came to prominence in the 1980s, Val Kilmer has always been an actor who was difficult to pin down. From Real Genius and Top Secret! to Top Gun, The Doors and Batman Forever and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Kilmer has always made [...]

July 7, 2021

The Cannes Film Festival 2021 Lineup

The Cannes Film Festival has announced its line-up for its 2021 incarnation. President Pierre Lescure and General Delegate Thierry Frémaux announced the 61 titles for the festival, which will run from July 6-17 2021. Spike Lee is president of the [...]

June 3, 2021

Documentary VAL Set To Explore The Life & Career Of The Mighty Val Kilmer

The mighty Val Kilmer is set to be the focus of a new documentary titled, Val which was produced by A24 and acquired by Amazon Studios in the U.S. and Latin America. A24 will distribute the film throughout the rest of the world and there are [...]

May 28, 2021

New Teaser For Paul Verhoeven’s Religious Thriller BENEDETTA As It Scores Distribution In The US, UK & Ireland

We knew that Paul Verhoeven‘s Benedetta was in the official selection at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, screening in competition sometime between July 6-17 2021 and that a French release was set for 9 July 2021. Now comes news that [...]

May 27, 2021

Get Ready For Controversy: Trailer For Paul Verhoeven’s Religious Thriller BENEDETTA

It looks like Paul Verhoeven is going to do what he does best with Benedetta – court controversy. I can image that the Dutch director behind Basic Instinct and Showgirls is going to get a lot a lot of press for this latest religious thriller [...]

May 5, 2021

Review: Bong Joon-Ho’s PARASITE: BLACK-AND-WHITE EDITION

From its Palme d’Or winning debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2019 to it’s triumph at the 2020 Academy Awards where it took home Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film, Bong [...]

August 9, 2020

COVID 19 Crisis: Cinema Closures & Cancellations Caused By Coronavirus

COVID-19 is a world-changing virus which is impacting everyone’s day-to-day life. People are out of work, businesses have closed and there’s stockpiling food and supplies. It’s like something straight out of a disaster movie. [...]

March 20, 2020

John McTiernan Is Back! Die Hard Director Set To Direct TAU CETI 4 Starring Uma Thurman

The mighty John Mc Tiernan will direct his first film since 2003’s Basic with Tau Ceti 4. Mc Tiernan wrote the script for the sci-actioner, which will star Uma Thurman and Travis Fimmel. The pic will be shopped at Cannes next week, but expect [...]

May 8, 2019

I’m Okay With Lars Von Trier’s THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

While I’m no supporter of Lars von Trier, I have to admit that his latest film, The House That Jack Built intrigues me (see the trailer below). The film, starring Matt Dillon as a serial killer premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and it was [...]

May 19, 2018

No Cannes Launch For Warren Beatty’s HOWARD HUGHES Movie; Distributor Found

Roger Friedman at Showbiz 411 seems to have his finger firmly on the pulse of Warren Beatty’s (as yet untitled) Howard Hughes movie. Friedman states that Beatty himself got in touch to scupper the recent rumours that his film would debut at the [...]

April 3, 2016

English Teachers Rejoice At The New Trailer For MACBETH With Michael Fassbender & Marion Cotillard

Justin Kurzel’s Macbeth went down a storm in Cannes – and it’s easy to see why. This looks to be a very earthy adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy and Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard seem to make a wonderful pairing [...]

June 4, 2015

Poster For HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT – Hollywood Style Meets The French New Wave

Alfred Hitchcock and Françoise Truffaut helped shape the language of cinema as we know it today (all the good aspects anyway). Therefore true cineastes should be thrilled at the prospect of delving deep into Kent Jones’ documentary [...]

May 12, 2015

Forget The Hateful Eight And Check Out The Poster For Kurt Russell’s BONE TOMAHAWK

The Hateful Eight isn’t the only western Kurt Russell has coming out in the next year or so. In fact any Russell fan worth their salt knows that Bone Tomahawk is the western to anticipate over the next 12 months. S. Craig Zahler’s horror-western [...]

May 8, 2015

New Poster And Trailer For Liberace Biopic BEHIND THE CANDELABRA

Steven Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra is one of Movies In Focus’ most anticipated films of the year. The Liberace biopic stars Michael Douglas as the flamboyant star and Matt Damon as his young lover, Scott Thornson. It’s getting ready for [...]

May 16, 2013