Premieres

Hollywood Boulevard looked as if it took a dive under the sea as Disney rolled out the blue carpet for the world premiere of the live action film version of The Little Mermaid last Monday (May 8, 2023). The new film premieres in the U.

Five years ago a cave-in at Chile’s Copiapò copper and gold mine trapped thirty-three miners more than 200 feet underground. Their ordeal – which lasted a record 69 days – culminated in an amazing rescue which riveted the world.

Spotlight takes its name from a special investigative unit at the Boston Globe: four reporters who uncovered the scandal of pedophile priests in the Catholic diocese. After months of thorough research their work resulted in a series of articles published in the Globe beginning in 2001, which led Cardinal Bernard Law to resign his post.

A Spectre is haunting cineplexes (and box offices) worldwide. As the 24th James Bond film lives up to its reputation as a global film phenomenon, Daniel Craig, at his fourth time playing 007, mulls whether to continue in the role.

There is little doubt Denis Villeneuve is one of the most exciting talents to emerge from the current crop of Quebecois filmmakers. His stunning Incendies about the dark secret haunting a Canadian family of Middle Eastern origins played like a taut psychological thriller anchored to the heart of that regions conflict.

There is only one Mrs. Robinson in movie history: Anne Bancroft.

Ever since the screenplay’s leak on the internet, the ensuing lawsuit and blustery cancellation of the film by Quentin Tarantino, the director’s new western Hateful Eight, has generated more buzz than perhaps any other movie project in Hollywood. It’s no surprise therefore that Saturday’s live read of the script staged as a fundraiser by LACMA and Film Independent took place before an eager sold-out audience.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has always believed that preserving the world’s film heritage is a cultural mission of vital importance and film restoration efforts have always been a primary beneficiary of HFPA grants. That mission continued this year with a donation of $350,000 to the Film Foundation, which was accepted at the HFPA’s Installation and Grants lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel by Steven Spielberg.