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Chances are anyone studying Korean cinema history today has never watched the silent films made in that country during the mid-1920s and1930. Only a few films stills have survived from this period because of the destruction wrought by Japanese colonial rule, World War II, the Korean War, and the years of repressive control by the military government that affected the Korean film industry.

While Godzilla vs. Kong continues its rampage at the domestic and international box office, Mortal Kombat managed to beat the MonsterVerse epic in Russia and even posted the biggest opening for a Hollywood release in the coronavirus pandemic era in that territory.

Evan Rachel Wood, who recently acted in Kajillionaire, written and directed by Miranda July, and completed three seasons of the TV series Westworld, was first interviewed by the journalists of the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2003 when she was 15- years old and talked about playing a troubled teenager in Thirteen directed by Catherine Hardwick. “Unfortunately, I could relate to the character and to the story pretty well.

Emerging filmmaker and screenwriter Joe Raffa is fast becoming known for character-driven storytelling with a penchant for exploring the dark corners of the human psyche. Born in Philadelphia and raised in New Jersey to Italian parents, Joe discovered his passion for storytelling at a young age.

Estonian producer Ivo Felt believed in his instinct when he founded Allfilm 25 years ago with his business partners. During the years two of his films, Tangerines and The Fencer have been nominated for the Golden Globes, in the Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language category.

Between 1948 and 1983 Golden Globes were awarded in a special category of “New Star of the Year” conceived to recognize young actors making a mark in their early roles. In this series, the HFPA’s Phil Berk highlights those that would follow their auspicious starts with distinguished careers.

Following its huge bow in the international market, Godzilla vs. Kong also set a record-shattering debut in the North American box office.

On December 14, 1944, Mexican actress Lupe Vélez was found dead in her bed wearing blue satin pajamas, with candles and flowers arranged around her. She had taken 75 pills of the barbiturate Seconal.

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Fully ceding the microphone to its loquacious subjects, both onstage and offstage, Hysterical shines a spotlight on female comedians in a manner that illuminates both the occupational similarities they share with their male counterparts as well as the many unique challenges they face in carving out a career in stand-up comedy. Unflaggingly earnest and positive-minded, and undergirded by a deceptively simple structure, Hysterical nevertheless achieves a lot simply by giving expanded voice to a wide range of highly articulate creative types whose observations carry punchy, trenchant emotional truth.