Andrea Arnold Says Her New Film ‘Bird’ Started With the Vision of a ‘Tall, Thin Man With a Long Penis Standing on a Roof’

EXCLUSIVE: Global TV and film studio Sister is gearing up for a string of projects to hit the small and big screens and today might well see the launch of its most daring.

A free petting farm offering pony rides at pocket money prices has had families flocking to visit during the school holidays.

Murder with the Stars.” Craig Shoemaker penned the screenplay and will serve as a producer, with Jonathan Silverman set to direct and act in the movie. “This concept came to me several months ago, and I knew I was onto something unique and fun,” Shoemaker said. “Since then, the creative process has unfolded effortlessly with two old friends signing on, Jonathan Silverman and Jeff Franklin.

While there are many people eagerly anticipating the release of the “Joker” sequel, titled “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the main point of concern is whether or not the role of Harley Quinn, played by Lady Gaga, can live up to the expectations. Regardless of your opinion of the film, there’s no denying that Joaquin Phoenix was incredible as the villain in “Joker.” He took home an Oscar for it.

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic A Complete Unknown has emerged online – watch below.Last month, the Dune star was captured in New Jersey filming a scene alongside Monica Barbaro, who plays Joan Baez.Now, fans have been sharing footage of Chalamet in scenes in Hoboken with Edward Norton (who plays Pete Seeger).The biopic, which is currently titled after lyrics in Dylan’s song ‘Like A Rolling Stone’, will also star Elle Fanning and Boyd Holbrook.Watch the footage and see a selection of behind-the-scenes images here:timothée chalamet at work! yesterday, on “a complete unknown” set, while shooting pic.twitter.com/piHfVg3y2C— musetta-timothée-chalamet-daily (@Musetta_May) May 29, 2024I love the days when Timothée Chalamet’s contents are this beautiful pic.twitter.com/aD5dnbZR3M— musetta-timothée-chalamet-daily (@Musetta_May) May 29, 2024More photos of Timothée Chalamet filming ‘A Complete Unknown’ today.

Sabrina Carpenter has responded to the BBC after she was allegedly told to keep her performance “PG” at their Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2024 festival, which took place on Sunday (May 26) at Stockwood Park, Luton.During the outro of her single ‘Nonsense’, Carpenter adlibbed by mentioning BBC by name: “BBC said I should keep it PG / BBC I wish I had it in me”, during which she gestured with her hand before singing “There’s a double meaning if you dig deep” and blowing a kiss to the crowd.This is likely in reference to her performance of the song on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge in 2023, where she riffed during the outro: “How quickly can you take your clothes off, pop quiz / I’m American I am not British, so BBC it stands for something different / This live lounge is so lit because I’m in it, innit.”According to Deadline, the clip of her performance on YouTube originally featured the line before being taken down and re-uploaded without it. In the US, BBC is a term used to describe a specific subgenre of pornography.

Mubi has doubled down on Andrea Arnold‘s “Bird” — starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogoswki — swooping on North American and Turkish rights to the Cannes competition entry less than two weeks after it announced it had bought the film for the U.K. and Ireland. The acquisition — which Variety understands came after a fierce bidding war — marks another buzzy U.S.

The Boys Season 4 is headed for darker times according to the teaser trailer recently released ahead of launch. 

Netflix, which for years had claimed that live sports did not factor into its business model, is now a major player in the field, recently snapping up Christmas NFL games. But before committing to established, conventional sports franchises like NFL football games and WWE Raw, the streamer tested the waters with stunt-y, made-for-TV sport events, starting with The Netflix Cup on Nov. 14, 2023.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch said she learned about the “power of cinema to carry messages, liberate speech and accomplish a duty of remembrance” from her parents, who are Holocaust survivors. Speaking at the Kering Women in Motion Talks at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, the Munich-born Knobloch said her parents took her to the movie theater several times a week.

CANNES – The “Anora” in Sean Baker’s latest creation is actually the birth name of Ani (Mikey Madison), a private dancer who works in a pretty nice strip club in New York City. Sure, the hours ain’t ideal, and there’s that long subway ride back to the rundown duplex she shares with her sister in Brighton Beach, but she’s not complaining.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Local blockbuster, “The Roundup: Punishment” extended its dominance of the South Korea theatrical box office for a fourth weekend. That lifted its cumulative total to a powerful $75 million. “Punishment,” the fourth part of a brutal action comedy film franchise produced by and starring Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok), earned $3.05 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (KOFIC).

Ellise Shafer Cate Blanchett‘s new film “Rumours” took its name from the iconic Fleetwood Mac album, it was revealed on Sunday at a Cannes Film Festival press conference. The dark comedy, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, follows a group of world leaders who meet at the G7 — a political and economic meeting of the minds between Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States — but get lost in the woods while trying to compose a joint statement.

Mubi has swooped on its third 2024 Cannes competition title, Variety has learned. Having acquired worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s buzzy body horror “The Substance” and U.K.

Kathleen Hanna has spoken to NME about her brand new memoir Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk – tackling her life and experiences with the riot grrrl movement, Fugazi and Courtney Love. Having risen to fame fronting the legendary punk band Bikini Kill – who pioneered the riot grrrl movement with their fiery lyrics and electrifying live performances – Hanna worked to make the punk scene a safe and inclusive space for women. Upon the band’s breakup, Hanna went on to front seminal bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin.Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk – released this week – provides an in-depth look into the story of Hanna’s tumultuous childhood and the realities of being a feminist on the frontlines of the male-dominated punk scene; facing violence and antagonism that threatened at every turn.“I did an interview with Sarah Marcus, who wrote the book Girls To The Front and when I was telling her about some of the stuff, she was shocked,” Hanna told NME.

Barry Keoghan‘s forthcoming film Bird received a seven-minute standing ovation following its premiere at Cannes Film Festival.The Saltburn actor stars in the new drama directed by Andrea Arnold (American Honey, Fish Tank).Also starring Bafta-winning Top Boy actor Jasmine Jobson, Passages star Franz Rogowski, and child actor Nykiya Adams, Bird centres around a 12-year-old named Bailey (Adams) who, after searching for attention and adventure outside of her family, comes across a mysterious stranger named Bird (Rogowski) who asks for her help.The film premiered at Cannes on Thursday (May 16) and received a seven-minute standing ovation from the audience upon its conclusion. The festival is known for its lengthy applauses, with the longest-ever thought to last 22 minutes for Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 fantasy-horror Pan’s Labyrinth.Elsewhere at the festival, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga received a six-minute standing ovation.

A teacher faces jail after being found guilty of sexual offences against two of her pupils. Rebecca Joynes, 30, groomed one boy with a shopping trip to the Trafford Centre before taking him back to her apartment and having sex with him when he was 15. She then fell pregnant with another teenage pupil.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Eight years ago, the writer-director Andrea Arnold packed up her hand-held-camera brand of kitchen-sink British austerity and took it across the pond to make “American Honey,” a movie about a wolf pack of kids in a van who seemed to incarnate the tumult of the 21st century. The movie, crafted in a style that I thought of as hip-hop Dardenne brothers, was an indie explosion that felt like a landmark. Now, though, in “Bird,” the first dramatic feature that Arnold has made since (in between, she directed episodes of “Big Little Lies” and “Transparent” and made the documentary “Cow”), she’s back to chronicling the miserablism of aimless, scroungy British young folk who experience their lives as a dead zone.

Tess Daly was full of nostalgia which led to fans flooding her with messages as she reflected on Strictly Come Dancing's huge milestone. The hit BBC One dance contest first aired on May 15 2004 as a new incarnation of the professional dancing series Come Dancing.