#Cannes Hidden Gem: Elegiac ‘Eephus’ Captures the “Meditative” Quality of Baseball

#Cannes Hidden Gem: Elegiac ‘Eephus’ Captures the “Meditative” Quality of Baseball

“Half the time I was directing, I also had a glove on my hand,” says filmmaker Carson Lund of making his feature directorial debut with the Cannes title Eephus. The film, which is premiering in Directors’ Fortnight and is being sold worldwide by Film Constellation, follows a men’s recreational New England baseball team as they play their final…

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#Why Tentpoles From ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Anyone But You’ Are Flocking to Australia

#Why Tentpoles From ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Anyone But You’ Are Flocking to Australia

Lifetime Los Angeles resident and stalwart industry supporter Ron Howard landed a world away from Hollywood for the creation of his last two live-action features. The 75-year-old filmmaker shot his 2022 Thai cave rescue drama Thirteen Lives in Queensland, Australia and returned just months later to produce his upcoming survival thriller Eden, starring Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney…

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#‘The Girl With the Needle’ Review: A Dark, Urgently Timely Danish Drama About an Unwanted Pregnancy

#‘The Girl With the Needle’ Review: A Dark, Urgently Timely Danish Drama About an Unwanted Pregnancy

Like one of those fiendish knots that tighten the more you squirm, director Magnus von Horn’s Cannes competitor The Girl With the Needle builds to a devastating climax, taut as piano wire. Danish actress Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday, Godland) offers an understated but multi-layered performance as Karoline, a vulnerable but resilient seamstress living in post-WWI/early-1920s…

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#Neon Acquires North American Rights to Palme d’Or Winner Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’

#Neon Acquires North American Rights to Palme d’Or Winner Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’

Neon has acquired the North American rights to award-winning filmmaker Julia Ducournau’s (Titane, Raw) genre-defying film Alpha. Leading the cast are Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone, Paterson) and Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian, A Prophet), with principal photography on the film commencing next fall. Producers are Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film and Eric & Nicolas…

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#Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich Sci-Fi Action Film ‘World-Breaker’ Goes to Signature for U.K. (Exclusive)

#Luke Evans, Milla Jovovich Sci-Fi Action Film ‘World-Breaker’ Goes to Signature for U.K. (Exclusive)

U.K. production, sales and distribution outfit Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to action sci-fi movie World-Breaker starring Luke Evans (The Hobbit), Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil), and Billie Boullet (A Small Light) from The Exchange. The news comes as the film wraps production in Northern Ireland and the Cannes Film Festival and market…

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