May 20, 2016 | Film Festivals
What boos? On Tuesday night, “Personal Shopper” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to a five-minute standing ovation for star Kristen Stewart and director Olivier Assayas. Although some critics hissed at the film’s ending at a previous screening, the Cannes...
May 20, 2016 | Film Festivals
Amazon Studios rolled into Cannes with five major Festival titles: Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society,” Nicolas Winding Refn’s “The Neon Demon,” Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson” and his Iggy Pop documentary “Gimme Danger” and Park Chan-wook’s “The Handmaiden.” The presence of so...
May 3, 2016 | Film Festivals, Gossip, Red Carpet Fashion
As everyone from reality TV stars to singers and more gather for the biggest party in the showbiz calendar, a few famous faces stole the red carpet crown of 2016. With this year’s Met Gala theme being Manus x Machina-theme: Fashion in an Age of Technology, Kim...
Apr 25, 2016 | Film Festivals
Last week, Cannes announced its official selection, and while critics have only seen a couple of the films so far — including Pedro Almodovar’s Spain-released “Julieta” and Matt Ross’ Sundance-launched “Captain Fantastic” — the lineup reveals some intriguing trends in...
Mar 29, 2016 | Film Festivals
Woody Allen’s “Cafe Society” starring Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg has been selected to open the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival. The film will make its world premiere in an out-of-competition slot on May 11, in advance of its release later this year through...
Mar 10, 2016 | Film Festivals
Michael Shannon playing Elvis, Kevin Spacey as Nixon, Tom Hanks, Viola Davis, the directorial debut of Katie Holmes and a documentary about “Ghostbusters” fandom are all on the slate of the 2016Tribeca Film Festival, which has unveiled its centerpiece film, “Elvis and...
