Cannes: Salty Pictures Sets Martial Arts Drama ‘8 Limbed Dragon,’ Starring UFC Fighter Jingliang Li (Exclusive)

Cannes: Salty Pictures Sets Martial Arts Drama ‘8 Limbed Dragon,’ Starring UFC Fighter Jingliang Li (Exclusive)

Hong Kong-based boutique studio Salty Pictures has revealed its next feature project, 8 Limbed Dragon, a martial arts action drama starring Chinese UFC fighter Jingliang “The Leech” Li in his acting debut. The project was unveiled Friday at the Cannes market, where The Leech is currently attending the 78th edition of the festival.  Inspired by…

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Cannes: ‘Militantropos’ Directors on Identity and the Limits of Art: “The War Has Become Part of Us”

Cannes: ‘Militantropos’ Directors on Identity and the Limits of Art: “The War Has Become Part of Us”

Cannes devoted its opening day, May 13, to Ukraine, screening three documentaries, outside its official selection, dedicated to the Ukrainian people in their ongoing fight against the Russian invasion. Those films look at a key figure in the conflict — Zelensky, which traces the life of Ukraine’s wartime president Volodymyr Zelensky — and directly at the…

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‘Bono: Stories of Surrender’ Review: Andrew Dominik’s Apple TV+ Doc Aims Loving Spotlight on the Music and the Man

‘Bono: Stories of Surrender’ Review: Andrew Dominik’s Apple TV+ Doc Aims Loving Spotlight on the Music and the Man

Anyone who’s seen the band U2 live knows that their shows are much more than concerts. They’re full-blown theatrical extravaganzas, elaborately staged for maximum dramatic and visual effect. So it makes sense that when its frontman Bono finally got around to writing his memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, he wouldn’t just go on your…

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‘Eddington’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Shoot Blanks in Ari Aster’s Neo-Western, Which Confuses Absurdism With Incoherence

‘Eddington’ Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Shoot Blanks in Ari Aster’s Neo-Western, Which Confuses Absurdism With Incoherence

Did we all go completely nuts during those unsettlingly strange first months of COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, when cities became ghost towns and people thrust into isolation started gambling with their mental health by living online and buying whatever the social media echo chamber coughed up? That’s the assessment in Ari Aster’s Eddington, which views…

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Cannes: ‘Frank & Lewis’ Inks European Deals

Cannes: ‘Frank & Lewis’ Inks European Deals

Frank & Louis, the upcoming drama from director Petra Volpe, secured multiple key European pre-sales as production kicks off. Constantin Film picked up the film for Germany and Austria, Filmcoopi has acquired rights for Switzerland, and September Film will handle release in the Benelux region. Kingsley Ben-Adir (Bob Marley: One Love, Barbie) and Rob Morgan (Mudbound, Don’t Look…

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‘The Plague’ Review: Joel Edgerton in a Thrilling Drama That Captures the Terror of Adolescent Masculinity

‘The Plague’ Review: Joel Edgerton in a Thrilling Drama That Captures the Terror of Adolescent Masculinity

Charlie Polinger opens his thrilling and uneasy directorial debut feature The Plague with an arresting sequence that quickly establishes the haunting undertones of this adolescent psychological thriller. The ambient, muffled sound of sloshing water is set against a shot of the bottom of a pool. One by one, swimmers drop into the massive indoor basin….

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Cannes Showcases Africa’s Film Future

Cannes Showcases Africa’s Film Future

African cinema has arrived in Cannes determined to blaze its own trail amid signs of a slowdown in investment across the continent from the world’s leading streamers. Leading the way is Akinola Davies Jr.’s drama My Father’s Shadow, an Un Certain Regard contender that’s being touted as the first Nigerian film ever selected for Cannes’…

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Skincare Guru Ole Henriksen to Get Biopic Treatment in Collaboration With Niels Juul, Scribe James Wyllie

Skincare Guru Ole Henriksen to Get Biopic Treatment in Collaboration With Niels Juul, Scribe James Wyllie

The wild, hydrated life of skincare guru to the stars Ole Henriksen is being prepped for the big screen. The 74-year-old is the subject of a new biopic project mounted by frequent Martin Scorsese collaborator Niels Juul and author-turned-screenwriter James Wyllie. The news was announced during the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday morning at a…

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