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The Financial Times is reporting that the Chinese money poured into Hollywood starting in 2012 is drying up. FT cites Rhodium Group, a research firm: “The peak came in 2016, when Chinese companies invested roughly $4.

Whoopi Goldberg stars in and is a co-producer of Till (2022) written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu. In 1986 she won a Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Drama for her movie debut in The Color Purple directed by Steven Spielberg from the 1982 novel by Alice Walker.

First, there was a movie, then there was a six-part limited series, and now, with the release of the documentary The Trapped 13: How We Survived the Thai Cave, we finally get to hear from the real survivors. Through interviews and first-hand footage from the rescue and reenactments of the events, the Netflix documentary shows how 12 young boys and their soccer coach were able to survive in the flooded Tham Luang cave for 17 days.

For Samuel Douek, director and founder of the Hola México Festival – which celebrates films made in the tricolor country – it was a great opportunity for the Los Angeles audience in these post-pandemic days to experience current, rebellious, romantic cinema, full of opportunities and characters with dilemmas and dreams of our times with a Mexican stamp and flavor. “We are very pleased to be able to count on the support of an association like the HFPA, which has done wonders for international cinema in the United States and around the world,” Douek stressed.

On October 11th, the 49th Film Fest Gent in Belgium kicked off its official competition in unique fashion: the entire red carpet was covered with hundreds of colorful bouquets of flowers to celebrate Close, the new film by Lukas Dhont. The director, born and raised in Ghent, is no stranger to the festival.

Novembre is the new number 1 movie at the French box office. Directed by Cédric Jimenez with Jean Dujardin, Anaïs Demoustier, and Sandrine Kiberlain, this movie follows the French anti-terrorism services during the 5 days after the November 13th, 2015 attacks in Paris.

Laura Mora’s second feature, The Kings of The World, which recently won the top prizes in San Sebastian and Zurich, is a film about having (or not having) a safe place in the world. It follows the 19-year-old Ra (Carlos Andres Castaneda), who lives and hustles in the streets of Medellin.

The scene could not have been more surreal. Rossy de Palma, the Spanish actress, and model who became an icon, thanks to her work with Pedro Almodóvar, received from the President of Iceland, Guoni Th.

Mike Hatton, born in the suburbs of Chicago, is seen opposite Russell Crowe, Bill Murray and Zac Efron in Apple’s latest feature The Greatest Beer Run Ever. The war comedy drama directed by Peter Farrelly is based on the true story of a man named John “Chickie” Donohue, who as a young veteran sneaks into Vietnam to bring beer to his friends.

Voodoo Macbeth marks the first theatrical release from USC Originals in association with Warner Bros and was overseen by veteran producer and USC professor, John Watson (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Backdraft and The Outer Limits). The film was made almost entirely by past and present students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts – a long-time HFPA grant recipient – and is based on the true story behind the 1936 all-black Shakespeare production of Voodoo Macbeth.