‘High Life’ Director Claire Denis Talks in Panama About Shooting ‘The Stars at Noon’

“Sing 2” is out this week and completes a nearly decade-long journey for British filmmaker Garth Jennings. The filmmaker, began making music videos as part of a collective called Hammer & Tongs, has spent the better part of ten years in France working on “Despicable Me” animation house Illumination Entertainment’s two “Sing” features back-to-back.

An international romance! Following a memorable debut on Netflix, Emily in Paris only got more dramatic in season 2 when Emily (Lily Collins) found herself falling for newcomer Alfie (Lucien Laviscount).

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today unveiled its shortlist of 15 films that will advance to the next stage of voting in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars. Notable among omissions is Julia Ducournau’s Titane, the entry from France which won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or — becoming only the second movie directed by a woman to scoop that prize.

Manchester United and Manchester City are braced for an update as talks over a possible cancellation of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) are held.

When Élodie Yung signed on to The Cleaning Lady, she relished the opportunity to play a character of many layers—a Cambodian immigrant coming from the Philippines to America who meets “extreme situations” with remarkable resilience, and will do whatever it takes to protect her son.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProminent Dubai-based distribution and production outfit Front Row is going forward on its Arabic remake of French hit comedy “Intouchables,” with a writer and director team now attached and plans to start shooting in Egypt in May 2022.For the task of adapting the French original about a grumpy white paraplegic billionaire who strikes a friendship with his street-smart Black ex-con caretaker, Front Row has recruited Egyptian screenwriter Amr El Daly

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe rape claim against French director Luc Besson has been dismissed by a Paris judge following a lengthy judicial investigation.A source close to the public prosecutor’s office in Paris confirmed to Variety that the case, which stemmed from a lawsuit filed by Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy accusing Besson of rape in 2019, has been dismissed.

Ben Croll A beloved stalwart of the French film industry, actor Sandrine Kiberlain marks her directorial debut with “A Radiant Girl.” After premiering at Cannes’ Critics Week sidebar this past July, the film will now screen at the Torino Film Festival ahead of a domestic release early next year.Set during the fraught summer of 1942 and following a Jewish girl, Irene (Rebecca Marder), as she prepares for a conservatory entrance exam, the bittersweet film is most notable for what it elides – at

Marcella LeBeau was a nurse who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II and went on to advocate for Native American health.LeBeau served as an Army nurse in Belgium, England, and France, including treating soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge.

Seven years after the infamous celebrity nude leak, Jennifer Lawrence is still dealing with the aftermath of her private photos being shared with the world.