‘Julia’ Review: Glossy, Surface-Level Julia Child Documentary Sticks to a Familiar Recipe

Roger Mitchell, the director of Notting Hill, passed away this week at the age of 65 and now one of the stars of the film, Julia Roberts, is paying tribute.

EXCLUSIVE: Tomorrow, the New York Film Festival opens with the World Premiere of The Tragedy of Macbeth, the Shakespearean thriller adapted and directed by Joel Coen, and starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, alongside an accomplished cast. Coen, Washington and McDormand have 10 Oscars between them, and the film from A24 and Apple lands smack in the middle of another awards season and I expect it to quickly establish itself in the race.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Hold Your Fire,” Stefan Forbes’ gripping new documentary, details a tense standoff between police and four young African American men at a sporting goods store in Brooklyn, N.Y. Though set in 1973, the issues that Forbes’ film probes, ones of racism, police brutality and gun violence, remain fiercely urgent.

Quantic Dream, the studio behind Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain, has successfully sued Le Monde for libel, after the French newspaper published stories alleging a harmful work culture.Quantic Dream had sued both Le Monde and Mediapart, an online investigative journal, for stories published in 2018 that it said damaged the studio’s reputation.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorDocumentary studio XTR is in production on “Lakota Nation vs. the United States,” the first film to chronicle the Lakota Indians’ fight to reclaim control of the Black Hills.

Julia Roberts lights up while shooting a commercial for Lancome on top of a water taxi on The Seine in Paris, France, on Friday afternoon (September 17).

Lily Rabe once again shines as Doris Gardner in.

fiesta and unveiled a Barbie inspired by legendary Cuban singer Celia Cruz and Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist Julia Alvarez.The unique dolls are part of the new one-of-a-kind “role model” collection.

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Wednesday’s episode of “American Horror Story: Double Feature.”)The first half of Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story: Double Feature” season, a.k.a. “Red Tide,” comes to a close next week with a finale that will see what becomes of the Gardener Family now that Doris (Lily Rabe) has turned into a Pale Person after taking the black pill and not being talented enough to benefit from its gift-amplifying properties.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe 33rd edition of the New York LGBTQ+ film festival NewFest will kick off with the east coast premiere of “Mayor Pete,” the Amazon Studios documentary about Pete Buttigieg run for president in 2020.Now Pres. Joe Biden’s secretary of transportation, the former mayor of Indianapolis had hoped to have been the youngest and first openly gay president of the United States.The 2021 hybrid edition of NewFest will take place Oct.

First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Prince Harry virtually reunited on Monday.

After the Cleveland Cavaliers traded for the former teammate of Kevin Love Ricky Rubio from the Minnesota Timberwolves, Rubio had an amazing game against team USA in the 2021 Summer Olympics. “I have the momentum from the Olympics, but also during the (2019 FIBA) World Cup before that,” Rubio said.

After directing the Oscar-nominated “RBG,” Cohen and West traveled to France to talk with chefs and contemporaries of Child from her days of training at Le Cordon Bleu before becoming a TV star with “The French Chef.” In an interview with TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman at the Toronto International Film Festival, Cohen and West discussed how COVID-19 hit right as they finished filming and how the experience of editing the film under quarantine deepened their appreciation for both Child and French

Billy Joel has paid tribute to The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts at his concert in Cincinnati last week (September 10).Watts died last month (August 24) at the age of 80. The drummer had undergone an undisclosed medical procedure in the weeks before his death, which had caused him to pull out of the Stones’ upcoming US tour.Joel included a partial cover of the band’s 1971 single ‘Brown Sugar’ during his show at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park on Friday.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentColcoa, the Los Angeles-based French film festival, will be launching a competitive documentary section at its upcoming 25th edition. The documentary lineup will tackle contemporary and historical topics such as climate change, immigration, transgender inclusion, holocaust revelations and centenary celebration.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentColcoa, the Los Angeles-based French film festival, will be launching a competitive documentary section at its upcoming 25th edition. The documentary lineup will tackle contemporary and historical topics such as climate change, immigration, transgender inclusion, holocaust revelations and centenary celebration.

Julia,” the documentary we directed about Julia Child, was the piece de resistance of our filming experience. On the sidewalks of Paris’ 7th arrondissement, where Julia and her husband Paul spent their early years together, cafes pulsed with voracious patrons.