Letitia Wright on Overcoming Impostor Syndrome for Directorial Debut, Ryan Coogler Prophecy

Letitia Wright on Overcoming Impostor Syndrome for Directorial Debut, Ryan Coogler Prophecy

Actress and producer Letitia Wright (Black Panther, Death on the Nile, Black Mirror, Small Axe) recently premiered her directorial debut, the short Highway to the Moon, which she also wrote, during the South London Film Festival. On Wednesday, she shared that she had to overcome “impostor syndrome” and “humble myself” to be ready for the directing…

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‘Thus Spoke the Wind’ Trailer Hints at a Vivid, Metaphysical Ride in the Armenian Drama (Exclusive)

‘Thus Spoke the Wind’ Trailer Hints at a Vivid, Metaphysical Ride in the Armenian Drama (Exclusive)

Armenian crime drama Thus Spoke the Wind, written and directed by Maria Rigel, will have its world premiere as part of the Proxima competition lineup of the 2025 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF). The independent Armenian production stars Albert Babajanyan, Lusine Avanesyan, and Annika Abrahamyan, with cinematography by Ayrat Yamilov. THR can now exclusively…

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Uberto Pasolini’s ‘The Return,’ Ira Sachs’ ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Set for 2025 Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta

Uberto Pasolini’s ‘The Return,’ Ira Sachs’ ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Set for 2025 Mediterrane Film Festival in Malta

The third installment of Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival now officially has a lineup. Set to take place in Valletta, the island’s capital, from June 21-29, the festival has confirmed more than 40 films from 20 countries, set a series of masterclass presentations featuring filmmakers like Joe Carnahan and Catherine Hardwicke, and locked a Golden Bee…

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‘The Love That Remains’ Review: Hlynur Pálmason Follows ‘Godland’ With a Snapshot of Marital Dissolution More Elemental Than Affecting

‘The Love That Remains’ Review: Hlynur Pálmason Follows ‘Godland’ With a Snapshot of Marital Dissolution More Elemental Than Affecting

Over three features set in his native Iceland, Hlynur Pálmason has established a distinctive feel for the power of landscapes and elemental forces to shape human relationships, positioning them in stark relief. A feeling as intimate as isolation can take on epic dimensions under the writer-director’s gaze, notably in his 2022 head-turner Godland, an austerely…

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Charli XCX Pitches “It Girl” ‘Final Destination’ Film Starring Rachel Sennott, Jenna Ortega: “Just Hot People Getting Killed”

Charli XCX Pitches “It Girl” ‘Final Destination’ Film Starring Rachel Sennott, Jenna Ortega: “Just Hot People Getting Killed”

Charli XCX has an idea for the next Final Destination film. The Grammy-winning singer recently took to TikTok to express her love for the supernatural horror-thriller franchise, which just released its latest installment, Final Destination Bloodlines, as well as pitch her own version starring “It Girls.” “I’m rewatching all of the Final Destination movies, in preparation to…

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Sky Doc on Flight 149 British Airways Passengers, Crew Held Hostage by Saddam Hussein Gets Trailer

Sky Doc on Flight 149 British Airways Passengers, Crew Held Hostage by Saddam Hussein Gets Trailer

Flight 149: Hostage of War is the title of a new Sky feature documentary that recounts “one of the most extraordinary – and until recently, officially denied – chapters of the Gulf War,” the Comcast-owned company said on Friday in unveiling a trailer for the original film that will debut in the U.K. and Ireland in June. “On Aug. 2, 1990, just…

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‘Cielo’ Director on His Visceral Film About a Bolivian Girl in Search of Heaven, Aided by Female Wrestlers

‘Cielo’ Director on His Visceral Film About a Bolivian Girl in Search of Heaven, Aided by Female Wrestlers

What exactly is “heaven”? And how far would you go to reach it? Eight-year-old Santa, the protagonist of U.K.-based Spanish writer-director Alberto Sciamma’s Bolivia-shot movie Cielo, is willing to go far, very far, after swallowing a bright yellow fish. She is not only pulling a cart from her home in the desolate Bolivian Altiplano through…

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