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How Kristen Stewart became SPENCER, a French Connection to Princess Diana
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent It’s been six short years since actor Kristen Stewart became the first American in 30 years to be nominated, then remarkably win, a César or “French Oscar” for CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA. With that opener, this comes as an updated version of KStew’s comeback, which should now be complete…
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Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds fresh from TIFF now Canada’s 2022 Oscar bid
by Screenmancer Staff Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) fresh from a run at TIFF is now Canada’s official Oscar entry for 2022. Drunken Birds (2021) is his newest film, and since Grbovic had his first short at TIFF, a decade later the director’s work comes to rave reviews at the festival. Debut full-length feature,…
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NEON grabs THE END, Tilda Swinton, cast, hold up theirs for Joshua Oppenheimer
NEW YORK, NY: NEON today announced that Academy Award® Winner Tilda Swinton, George Mackay (1917, Captain Fantastic), and Stephen Graham (Venom: Let There Be Carnage, The Irishman, Boardwalk Empire) will star in Academy Award® Nominated Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) golden-age musical about the last human family, The End. NEON has acquired the North American rights…
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Opening highlights from VIFF in Vancouver with Kyle Foster, Danis Goulet & more
by Zoran Dragelj, Screenmancer Canada Last night we gathered on unceded lands on the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, also known as Vancouver, Canada, to celebrate the opening of The 40th Vancouver International Film Festival. The Nations welcomed festival-goers with three unique greetings, while more than 110 feature films, over 75 shorts, various talks and conferences are set to…
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First-timer Rebeca “Beba” Huntt’s BEBA wowed at TIFF, now from NEON
New York, NY: NEON announced today it has acquired Worldwide rights to Beba, the debut film by New York Afro-Latina artist, Rebeca Huntt. The film received rave reviews at its World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), being praised for its originality, inventiveness, and the urgency of Huntt’s voice. NEON will release the film,…
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Buzzworthy KING RICHARD at Film Fest 919, Kristen Stewart’s SPENCER, plus full line-up
by Screenmancer Staff CHAPEL HILL, NC: Film Fest 919 is proud to announce the program for its highly-anticipated 4th edition, which takes place as a live, in-person event Oct. 18- 24, 2021. Film Fest 919 (FF919) embodies the true spirit of a film festival, presenting a diverse breadth of compelling features to the area’s enthusiastic,…
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Valley Relics Museum nabs Ellen Havre Weis’ Museum of Modern Mythology critters & more
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Valley Relics Museum of Van Nuys, California, has acquired a collection of 3,000 advertising characters once housed in the galleries of the Museum of Modern Mythology in San Francisco, founder Tommy Gelinas announced today. The unique collection, featuring display versions of the Jolly Green Giant, Mr. Clean, Elsie the Cow, Tony…
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GIDDY STRATOSPHERES a Day on the Set from Director Laura Jean Marsh
by Laura Jean Marsh, Filmmaker Screenmancer Exclusive: We queried GIDDY STRATOSPHERES director Laura Jean Marsh about doing a behind-the-scenes look at the making of her new film, that opened Sept. 14 from Gravitas Ventures. To set up Marsh’s reveal on how she wrote GIDDY STRATOSPHERES during the first lockdown in the UK, here’s some official…
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BRITNEY VS SPEARS from Netflix rips down the Conservatorship Curtain
by Screenmancer When the Oops, I Did It Again Popstar Britney Spears found herself the subject of CBS News “Timeline: Britney’s Meltdown” her fate from the then-temporary conservatorship on Feb. 1, 2008 was litigated in the media. It became a permanent humiliation for the next 13 years. Now there is a new release to lift…
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Valérie Lemercier’s Celine Dion-inspired ALINE from Roadside & Goldwyn sells
LOS ANGELES, CA: Cannes sensation ALINE — with Valérie Lemercier’s buzzworthy star turn of the titular character at ages 5, 12 and into adulthood — has been acquired for an early 2022 U.S. theatrical release by Roadside Attractions and Samuel Goldwyn Films. Two time Cesar Award-winning writer/director/star Lemercier’s musical dramedy begins in 1960s Quebec. Sylvette and Anglomard…
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Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG joins 40th Vancouver Intl. Film Fest (VIFF)
VANCOUVER, BC: Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is delighted to announce the 40th edition’s complete programming lineup for Special Presentations and the VIFF Short Forum, coupled with the 2021 cohort for the Catalyst mentorship program. Special Presentations are highly anticipated titles by the world’s top filmmakers; VIFF Short Forum is a showcase of the myriad…
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Inspiration4 recap of the SpaceX civilian sky shot dailies with photos
by Screenmancer Staff UPDATED: Screenmancer was among the contest entrants of the Shift4Shop Inspiration4 competition, and won some swag, though no a seat on the flight. We were honored to be among those invited to the VIP Launch Party. Here’s a daily recap from the Inspiration4 Crew The crew of Inspiration4 Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor,…
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Bradley Cooper is a vintage carny with Cate Blanchett in del Toro’s NIGHTMARE ALLEY
by Screenmancer Staff Here’s a deliciously strange first look at fantasy Director Guillermo del Toro’s NIGHTMARE ALLEY from Searchlight Pictures, to be released wide Dec. 17 in theaters. Is uncanny carny Bradley Cooper a con man who can bend minds? Or will his cat-like co-star Cate Blanchett, a wily shrink, be the first to punch…
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Will Smith’s tennis KING RICHARD from Warner Bros. serves as AFI FEST closer
LOS ANGELES, CA: Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced that AFI FEST 2021 will close with Warner Bros. Pictures’ KING RICHARD, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green with cinematography by Robert Elswit (AFI Class of 1977) and starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Will Smith. Written by Zach Baylin and produced by Tim White and Trevor White’s Star…
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Mr. Anderson in LanaLand: THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
by Screenmancer Staff When THE MATRIX came out in 1999 from the then-Brothers Wachowski, collective have minds were blown away by main character Neo’s (Keanu Reeves) bullet-dodge body language that has become a movie cliche. Ditto with the “redpill’ lingo of various pundits and political hacks, which once meant something mysterious from the MATRIX, but…
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