Cannes: The Story Of Film: A New Generation Opens Festival With A Hopeful And Optimistic View Of The Recent Past And Future Of Movies

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Ed Sheeran.The music, film, TV, gaming and merchandise retailer shut 27 shops in 2019 after falling into administration.

What initially appeared to some to be a bomb scare forced the partial evacuation of the Cannes Film Festival’s main venue, the Palais des Festivals, this afternoon. Police set up a security perimiter in the area surrounding the building, and shortly after 3PM local time, a bomb squad destroyed a suspicious package outside, causing a slight explosion, France Info reported. The alert was subsequently called off with police tweeting a “return to normal.”

A man declares he will marry the next woman to walk into a bar. That’s the most interesting thing about Ildiko Enyedi’s The Story Of My Wife, a flat Cannes Film Festival competition entry that squanders its intriguing premise.

EXCLUSIVE: Black Widow cinematographer Gabriel Beristain has signed on to direct adaptations of the books Brooklyn Story and 11 Days in Hell, which were recently acquired by Wallner Media.

Antonio Ferme editorNetflix and Gold House have created a partnership called “Netflix Gold” to amplify API stories, artists, and creators.The partnership marks an evolution for the nonprofit collective of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) cultural leaders behind Gold House.

Kristen Bell reviving her voiceover role as the anonymous social surveillant Gossip Girl.Costume designer Eric Daman reprises his fashion magic for 2.0. Daman was responsible for all the iconic sartorial moments on the series — from Blair Waldorf's fashion-forward headbands to Serena van der Woodsen's glamorous gowns.

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Fans of Amy Winehouse will be afforded a new look at the singer.

Something of a cinematic seminar course, one content to marvel at a medium rather than critically engage it, “The Story of Film: A New Generation” has a lot to say about movies yet little to say about cinema.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticEven with all the havoc the coronavirus wrought in the world, cinema could not be stopped, so why should Mark Cousins, the solicitous Irish critic-cum-tour guide whose 15-hour “The Story of Film: An Odyssey” was but a tip-of-the-iceberg survey of the medium’s infinite possibilities?Making the most of his time in lockdown, Cousins has compiled an appendix/capper to that marathon series, delivering “The Story of Film: A New Generation” on opening day of the Cannes

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Mark Cousins is kind of a film historian who makes amazing, long, expansive docs about cinema. He is best known for his 15-hour documentary from 2011, “The Story of Film: An Odyssey,” and now he’s made a follow-up to it (while it hasn’t been widely seen in the U.S.

Kate Aurthur editorBy the time Joshua Safran was pitching the “Gossip Girl” revival to HBO Max in May 2019, he knew exactly what he wanted the new incarnation to be. Based on Cecily von Ziegesar’s young adult books, and created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the original show ran on The CW from 2007 to 2012 and was a zeitgeist success, creating stars of Blake Lively and Penn Badgley, and cementing “xoxo” as a shady signoff forevermore.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“High School Musical” star Vanessa Hudgens will lead the voice cast of “My Little Pony: A New Generation,” a Netflix film based on the popular children’s toy line.The animated adventure’s cast will also include Kimiko Glenn (“Orange Is the New Black”) and James Marsden (“Enchanted”), with the two playing Izzy Moonbow and Hitch Trailblazer.

Vanessa Hudgens, Kimiko Glenn and James Marsden will star in “My Little Pony: A New Generation,” it was announced Tuesday. Additional voice cast members include Sofia Carson, Liza Koshy, Ken Jeong, Elizabeth Perkins, Jane Krakowski, Phil LaMarr and Michael McKean.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Caroline Hirsch, the founder and owner of the New York Comedy Festival, Tuesday announced the event’s return November 8-14.