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France’s Epicentre Boards Alfredo Castro Genre Pic, ‘Dog Legs’ (EXCLUSIVE)
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (275+ words) The 76th Berlin Film Festival winds down on Sunday, Feb. 22 but new deals are still brewing. Among them is that from France's Epicentre Films, which has boarded "Dog Legs" ("Patas de perro"), the latest feature from Chile's Matias Rojas ("A Place…...
Filmology Labs, a $250 Million Studio Built for Content Creation Like Vertical Micro-Dramas and AI-Driven Media Formats, Set to Open in New Jersey (EXCLUSIVE)
1+ week, 4+ day ago (277+ words) A massive, modern new studio is headed to New Jersey. Alan Mruvka, a real estate developer and the co-creator of E! Entertainment Television, announced today the launch of Filmology Labs: Content Creation Studios. The $250 million studio complex will be located…...
Catherine O’Hara’s Career in Photos, From ‘Home Alone’ to ‘Beetlejuice’ to ‘The Studio’
3+ week, 1+ day ago (124+ words) Catherine O'Hara had a storied comedic career in films and television, from her start in the iconic sketch comedy series "Second City Television" to recent hits such as "The Studio" and "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." With her death on Jan. 30, she leaves…...
Apple to Launch ‘Creator Studio’ Bundle Including Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, Priced at $13/Month
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (220+ words) Apple is pulling together 10 different creative apps into a single bundle for the first time " making them available for one monthly subscription price. The tech giant announced Apple Creator Studio, which it touted as "designed to put studio-grade power into…...
'Marty Supreme': How Jack Fisk Recreated 1950s New York
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (772+ words) Jack Fisk is behind the looks of some of the most distinctive films of the past 30-plus years, from David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" to Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood." For Josh Safdie's "Marty Supreme," Fisk brought his long…...
‘Sinners’: Ruth E. Carter on How Historical Photography Inspired Her Costume Designs
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (173+ words) Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" follows twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) as they return to the Mississippi Delta to open a juke joint, only for Irish vampires to interrupt their plans. While the film has plenty of the genre details…...
Zahraa Ghandour’s ‘Flana’ Marks Historic Moment for Iraqi Women
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (304+ words) Her concern stems from experience. When she has spoken publicly about gendered violence in the past, she has been accused of "destroying the Iraqi image," as though acknowledging injustice were a betrayal rather than a demand for accountability. "There is…...
ApostLab Organizers Drill Down on Why Post Before Shoot Is Key Ahead of Their Helsinki-Tallinn Event
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (401+ words) Estonian producer Jevgeni Supin also shares VFX tips One of the most coveted European programs for post-supervisors and producers on the nuts and bolts of post-production, the Creative Media-supported ApostLab is being held for the first time as a two-city…...
Lucca Seen as a Place of Liberation and Community in Manlio Castagna Documentary: ‘They Put on Masks to Show Their True Selves’
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (847+ words) I first came to Lucca in 2018, and I thought at the time, it was a sort of a carnival with a lot of people with strange costumes and stuff like that," film director Manlio Castagna tells Variety. But when I…...
From Taliban Diaries to Mining Disasters: Women and Struggle Take Center Stage at San Sebastián’s Lau Haizetara Forum
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (319+ words) Mariana x BHP," Altxaliliak" and La incre'ble historia de una pel'cula que no hemos visto" win prizes at the 21st edition of the co-production forum SAN SEBASTI'N" Brazilian-Chilean production "Mariana x BHP," Basque drag story "Altxaliliak" and Peruvian-U.S. co-production "La incre'ble…...