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At the beginning of the lockdown for covid in 2020, Italian director/writer/artist Cecilia Miniucchi asked Bob Odenkirk in the middle of a forced break from the shooting of Better Call Saul's last season, “Bob Odenkirk, how about we do something while locked up in our respective homes?” Odenkirk accepted the offer without hesitation and that was how Worlds Apart was born, a feature film shot entirely remotely, each member of the cast, the sparse crew and the director working from their Los Angeles home. Something unprecedented.

(First of a two-part series on the women filmmakers in the 79th Venice International Film Festival) Filmmaking is such a competitive field that we herald the women who share their cinematic vision without any excuses and qualms. These are women who we boldly call “film daredevils” as they juggle homemaking, motherhood, marriage, relationships, and social expectations and still march on and shine in the time-demanding task or labor of love called “filmmaking.

Alberto Barbera is striking a warning note: “I fear that Nuclear, the new documentary by Oliver Stone, will spark controversy. But that's okay, God forbid we should deny them.

Padre Pio has performed a posthumous miracle through the actor Shia LaBeouf, who portrays him in the eponymous film by Abel Ferrara. The actor converted to Catholicism during the making of the movie.

Writer/director Russell Brown’s latest movie, Loren & Rose, stars English actress Jacqueline Bisset who portrays Rose Martin, a once-famous, now troubled actress who tries to get a role in a new filmmaker’s feature debut. On March 25, 2022, at the US premiere of the Sonoma International Film Festival, Bisset received a lifetime achievement award.

Disease in all forms, and the manner in which it robs us of our loved ones, is a terrible and sad thing. But the crippling disease of addiction can deliver special heartache, because of the manner in which it not only destroys one life but metastasizes through families, ripping them apart and sometimes pitting loved ones against one another in the debate over how to best assist a person in need.

Enough people RSVP’d and watched The Invitation to make the film take the top spot at the box office. However, The Invitation’s $7 million ticket receipts made for the lowest-earning number one movie since May 2021’s Spiral.

After months of undisputed dominance, Top Gun: Maverick was ousted from the Italian box-office podium this week by the three new releases: Minions 2, Bullet Train - an action comedy starring Brad Pitt - and Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg's directorial comeback. With another €3.

Mark Wahlberg has been very busy this year – he  starred in Uncharted with Tom Holland, Father Stu, and now, Me Time with Kevin Hart. Wahlberg received two Golden Globe nominations for his acting performances in The Departed (2006) directed by Martin Scorsese and The Fighter (2010) by David O.

Director-screenwriter Damian Harris, the eldest son of legendary British actor Richard Harris, has collaborated with his two brothers, actors Jared (Chernobyl, The Crown), and Jamie (Carnival Row, West Side Story) on the long-awaited documentary about their father, The Ghost of Richard Harris.   Regarded, alongside Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton, as one of the greatest actors of his generation, Harris was born in Limerick, Ireland, and performed in numerous stage productions.