Celine Song Takes Her ‘Materialists’ Victory Lap: “I’m Able to Be Fearless Because I’m Not Full of Sh**”

Celine Song Takes Her ‘Materialists’ Victory Lap: “I’m Able to Be Fearless Because I’m Not Full of Sh**”

Celine Song was waiting for it. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker was in London, a few months after her sophomore feature Materialists had bowed to critical and commercial success in the U.S. — and spurred dozens of thinkpieces about its depictions of modern dating, capitalism, and gender roles (okay, and leg-lengthening surgery). She’d noticed a pattern in…

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Stockholm Fest to Honor Alexander Skarsgård, Benny Safdie

Stockholm Fest to Honor Alexander Skarsgård, Benny Safdie

Alexander Skarsgård and Benny Safdie will be honored at this year’s Stockholm Film Festival, with the Swedish actor receiving Stockholm’s Achievement Award, and the New York director getting the festival’s Visionary Award. Skarsgård’s latest Pillion, in which he stars as a domineering biker who begins a turbulent relationship with the submissive Colin, played by Harry…

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#New York Film Festival Unveils Spotlight Slate With ‘The Boy and the Heron’ and Garth Davis’ ‘Foe’ Starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal

#New York Film Festival Unveils Spotlight Slate With ‘The Boy and the Heron’ and Garth Davis’ ‘Foe’ Starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal

The 2023 New York Film Festival has revealed the lineup for its Spotlight section, featuring world premieres of Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s Showtime series The Curse, starring Emma Stone, and Garth Davis’ Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal starrer Foe. Other noteworthy Spotlight selections include the U.S. premieres of Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in a…

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