#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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#Winslet & Ronan Find Fossils…and Love – /Film

#Winslet & Ronan Find Fossils…and Love – /Film

“#Winslet & Ronan Find Fossils…and Love – /Film” Maybe it’s because many of our traditional activities are still verboten due to the pandemic, but there’s a bit of a heightened thrill in seeing two movie characters engage in a forbidden romance right now. God’s Own Country director Francis Lee was able to entice two of the…

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#Classic neon signs are a glowing part of NYC history

#Classic neon signs are a glowing part of NYC history

“#Classic neon signs are a glowing part of NYC history” The saying goes, “Bright Lights, Big City” — and classic neon signs are a shining beacon of that legacy. But due to rent increases that are shuttering old-school establishments and cheap LED technology, they’re fast disappearing. Earlier this year, COVID-19 claimed the life of the…

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#Wild True Story to Be Retold – /Film

#Wild True Story to Be Retold – /Film

“#Wild True Story to Be Retold – /Film” When the coronavirus pandemic ramped up back in March, it became clear that 2020 would have a giant asterisk next to it when we look back on this bizarre period in history. As a movie year, it’s been…well, “unconventional” doesn’t seem accurate enough to do it justice….

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