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‘The Struggle for Mother Water’ Director Michael Zelniker on His Taormina Film Festival Prize: ‘It’s Validation for Those Who Are on the Front Lines’

Canadian filmmaker Michael Zelniker, who will receive the Taormina Film Festival’s Special Sustainability Award on Thursday evening, is on a mission to try and heal the damages humanity is inflicting on planet Earth. Zelniker, who previously helmed the acclaimed 2022 deforestation docuseries “The Issue With Tissue — a Boreal Love Story” — which will soon […]

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DR Sales Closes With WDR/Arte, VRT, NRK in Multi Buyers Pact on Norwegian Wildlife Doc ‘Frost Without Snow and Ice’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Copenhagen-based DR Sales, sales rep of the Oscar-winning “Mr Nobody Against Putin” and Sundance hit “A New Kind of Wilderness,” has closed a raft of deals on the Norwegian wildlife documentary “Frost Without Snow and Ice” (“Frost uten Snø og Is”) on the heels of its world premiere at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Broadcasters and […]

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DR Sales Closes With WDR/Arte, VRT, NRK in Multi Buyers Pact on Norwegian Wildlife Doc ‘Frost Without Snow and Ice’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Copenhagen-based DR Sales, sales rep of the Oscar-winning “Mr Nobody Against Putin” and Sundance hit “A New Kind of Wilderness,” has closed a raft of deals on the Norwegian wildlife documentary “Frost Without Snow and Ice” (“Frost uten Snø og Is”) on the heels of its world premiere at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Broadcasters and […]

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Sundance Prizewinning Documentary ‘Birds of War’ Sells to Several Territories, Lines Up Oscar-Qualifying Run, Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

London-based sales, production and distribution company Dogwoof has closed a raft of international deals on Sundance prizewinning documentary “Birds of War,” which has been lined up for an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run in the U.S. as Dogwoof launches the film’s trailer ahead of its U.K. premiere at Sheffield DocFest. Dogwoof revealed Thursday it has secured international […]

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‘Stop! That! Train!’ Review: RuPaul Presides Over an Irreverent, Appealing Disaster-Movie Parody

The tale of two heroic stewardesses who team up with RuPaul Charles, the President of the United States, to stop a train on a collision course with a once-a-century weather event, “Stop! That! Train!” is billed as a “true story” where every scene unfolds “exactly as it happened in real life.” Given such an extraordinary […]

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Steven Spielberg Says James Bond Movies ‘Constantly Turned Me Down’ and ‘If They Asked Me Now’ to Direct the Answer Would Be: ‘You Can’t Afford Me’

Steven Spielberg joined “The Rest Is Entertainment” podcast on his “Disclosure Day” press tour and opened up about his repeated failed attempts to direct a James Bond movie. The Oscar winner made a personal plea to franchise producer Cubby Broccoli after “Jaws” became a blockbuster sensation, but Spielberg was turned down. “I approached Cubby after ‘Jaws’ […]

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‘Happy Hours’ Review: Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson Are Reunited in a Romcom Made for Nineties Nostalgists

The star pairing of “Happy Hours” isn’t just its selling point, but its audience filter. If the words “Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson together again” make your heart go a little soft, then congratulations: This equally soft-hearted romantic comedy has been made directly for you. If, however, you’re unmoved by the prospect of a “Dawson’s […]

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Radiohead’s ‘Hamlet Hail to the Thief’ Heads to London’s Barbican With ‘Alien: Earth’ Star Samuel Blenkin

Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy will collide with Radiohead’s 2003 album “Hail to the Thief” when “Hamlet Hail to the Thief” opens at London’s Barbican Theatre on Oct. 31, running through Jan. 23, 2027. The production marks the London premiere of the show, which played to sold-out houses at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Aviva Studios, […]

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Taormina Film Festival Opens With ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Screening in a Greek Theater Dating Back to the 3rd Century B.C.

Italy’s Taormina Film Festival kicked off with a double dose of ancient firepower on Wednesday evening as the first episode of HBO’s “House of the Dragon” Season 3 was unveiled on a gigantic outdoor screen to a cheering crowd of 5,000 spectators in the Sicilian resort’s Greek theater which dates back to the 3rd century […]

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Cush Jumbo Talks ‘Criminal Record’ Season 2, June and Hegarty’s Odd Bond and [SPOILER’S] Shocking Death

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from the Season 2 finale of “Criminal Record” now streaming on Apple TV. In the second season of Apple TV’s captivating crime drama, “Criminal Record,” Detective Sergeant June Lenker (Cush Jumbo) finds herself investigating the horrifying death of a young man at the hands of a right-wing, […]

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Paris Barclay’s ‘Billy Preston’ Doc Is First Film in Academy Screening Room for Oscar Season (EXCLUSIVE)

The upcoming film awards season has its first official entry. Variety has learned exclusively that Paris Barclay’s documentary “Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It” is the first film uploaded to the Academy Screening Room. On the members-only platform, Oscar voters can stream movies for awards consideration for the 99th Academy Awards. The upload […]

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Liz Garbus’ ESPN Doc ‘Give Me The Ball!’ About Billie Jean King Will Open Croatia International Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

‘ “Give Me The Ball!,” an upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, will open the third annual Croatia International Film Festival on July 24 in the coastal city of Sibenik. Oscar nominee and Primetime Emmy winner Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff directed the doc about American tennis player Billie Jean King. The film, which includes […]

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