#Thierry Frémaux: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Was a Cannes “Triumph,” Despite Tom Cruise Being “Stressed and Afraid”

#Thierry Frémaux: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Was a Cannes “Triumph,” Despite Tom Cruise Being “Stressed and Afraid”

Cannes film festival boss Thierry Frémaux has lifted the curtain on the venerable French festival and its influence, including how the success of ‘Top Gun: Maverick‘ left global star like Tom Cruise in a flop sweat. “In Cannes, the big films protect the small films,” Fremaux told a Red Sea Film Festival session at the…

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#Arabic Tech Pioneer, Sakhr Founder Biopic in the Works at Katara Studios (Exclusive)

#Arabic Tech Pioneer, Sakhr Founder Biopic in the Works at Katara Studios (Exclusive)

Doha, Qatar-based pan-Arab content studio Katara Studios is developing a film about technology trailblazer Mohammed Al-Sharekh that will put a spotlight on his pivotal role in pioneering Arabic computing in the 1980s and making technology more accessible for Arabic speakers. Katara Studios describes the biopic project, unveiled in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as “an inspiring portrayal…

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#Thierry Frémaux on ‘Lumière! The Adventure Continues!’ and Finding Inspiration From Cinema’s Founding Fathers

#Thierry Frémaux on ‘Lumière! The Adventure Continues!’ and Finding Inspiration From Cinema’s Founding Fathers

Cannes festival boss Thierry Frémaux will be presenting some of the world’s oldest moving images at the Red Sea International Film Festival when he premieres his latest documentary, Lumière! The Adventure Continues, a deep dive into the origins of cinema. The doc, a sequel to Frémaux’s Lumière! The Adventure Begins (2016) will be screened as…

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#Cynthia Erivo, Will Smith,  Michelle Yeoh, Emily Blunt Help Open Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

#Cynthia Erivo, Will Smith, Michelle Yeoh, Emily Blunt Help Open Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival

The Red Sea International Film Festival has officially kicked off its fourth edition as A-listers and international auteurs converged in Jeddah’s old town of Al–Balad in Saudi Arabia’s second-largest city for a decidedly glamorous opening ceremony. Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, Eva Longoria, Michelle Yeo, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in a flowing blue sky gown…

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#‘That Christmas’: Richard Curtis on His Joy of Writing a Family Film and That ‘Love Actually’ Easter Egg

#‘That Christmas’: Richard Curtis on His Joy of Writing a Family Film and That ‘Love Actually’ Easter Egg

Writer and director Richard Curtis (Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually) is about to get a holiday season spotlight on Netflix. He is the co-writer and executive producer of Locksmith Animation‘s That Christmas, based on a trio of his children’s books, which debuted on the streamer Saturday. Starring Brian Cox as Santa…

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#“I Wanted This Movie to Be a Reflection of Myself”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With ‘Bauryna Salu’

#“I Wanted This Movie to Be a Reflection of Myself”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With ‘Bauryna Salu’

Bauryna Salu filmmaker Askhat Kuchinchirekov couldn’t understand why a familiar Kazakh experience had gone untold on the big screen, so he took the initiative himself. Now competing on behalf of Kazakhstan for a best international feature film nomination at the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, Kuchinchirekov’s feature directorial debut chronicles a 12-year-old boy named Yersultan (Yersultan…

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