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Dennis Harvey Film CriticSticking to the thriller genre that’s been his stomping ground on both the big and small screen, Stephan Rick’s second English-language film “The Good Neighbor” is a remake of his 2011 German-language debut feature of the same title. The setting has changed (to Latvia, presumably for financing reasons), but the story remains largely untouched.

Marta Balaga As the Berlinale Series Market celebrates its 10th anniversary, series continue to stand “side by side” with films at the German fest, observes EFM director Dennis Ruh. “BSM continues to be a beacon for all aspects of serialized content, even in years where space feels tighter with less films and series, giving selected titles more exposure,” he says, mentioning a “vibrant influx” of international professionals eager to showcase their shows.

Marta Balaga Beta Film has picked up international distribution rights to Latvia’s “Soviet Jeans.” Presented at Berlinale Series Market Selects, the show will premiere at Series Mania in March. Set in Riga in the late 1970s and based on multiple true stories, it zooms in onto young rock fan Renars (Karlis Arnolds Avots), sent to a mental asylum for political reasons. Undeterred, he starts illegal production of counterfeit U.S.

Alissa Simon Film Critic With “My Love Affair with Marriage,” animator Signe Baumane creates another dense personal narrative that expresses complicated concepts and ideas in images. Stuffed with irony, humor, Soviet history and musical numbers, her ambitious second feature (following 2014’s festival hit “Rocks In My Pockets”) boasts 30 singing and speaking characters (including a talking neuron that explains the biochemical processes of the brain) and about 200 non-speaking ones.

Holidaymakers who want to go on a last-minute getaway for under £100 will have to act fast, as a deal offering just that ends this weekend.

Elizabeth Taylor’s middle-aged married woman after she has full-body plastic surgery. In Joseph Losey’s The Romantic Englishwoman (1975) he was Glenda Jackson’s paramour, while in Tinto Brass’s X-rated “erotic-war-drama” Salon Kitty (1976), he played a Nazi SS commandant who recruits a group of female SS auxiliaries in order to plant them as prostitutes in a high-class brothel to collect intelligence on patrons of the establishment. After Visconti’s death, Berger’s acting career dwindled to mainly small roles.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures International Productions has optioned remake rights to Latvian Christmas comedy Accidental Santa in eight territories: North America, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Brazil.

Christopher Vourlias Latvian director Viesturs Kairiss, who won the international narrative competition at the Tribeca Film Festival last year with his coming-of-age drama “January,” is prepping his next feature film. “Ulya” is based on the real-life story of Ulyana Semjonova, a girl raised in the Latvian countryside who reaches a height of seven feet and would go on to become a famous professional basketball player. Set in the 1970s in Latvia, which was then part of the Soviet Union, the film follows its titular heroine from the time she leaves the countryside at the age of 14 and travels to Riga to play basketball. Kairiss described that as a “crucial stage” in Semjonova’s life, as her body was undergoing dramatic — and traumatic — changes for a teenage girl, while she also began to learn how to overcome adversity and, through basketball, find her place in life.

The European Film Academy has unveiled a new public-facing event called the Month of European Film.

Michael Smith is looking for Hearts to get their season back on track when they host RFS in the Europa Conference League on Thursday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Taiwan-based development and production operation Organic Media is teaming up with Los Angeles-based sales agency and content aggregator Shoreline Entertainment in a strategic pact that sees Shoreline take responsibility for much of Organic’s sales function. The pairing will make its debut at this week’s MIPCOM TV rights market in Cannes. It will follow that with an appearance at the American Film Market in Santa Monica in early November. Organic was co-founded in 2019 by veteran sales and production executive Steve Chicorel and Kelly Mi Li (“Bling Empire”) and now has operations in Taipei, Los Angeles, London, Riga and Brisbane. The operation, now headed by Chicorel and Shari Hamrick, is currently in post-production on two movies and the second season of “Cypher,” a series for Roku.

Louis Tomlinson has shared a new track called ‘Out Of My System’ and announced a 2023 UK and European tour – listen to the track below and buy tickets for the tour here.‘Out Of My System’ is the latest preview of the singer’s second solo album ‘Faith In The Future’, which follows his debut full-length effort, 2020’s ‘Walls’, and will be released on November 11. You can pre-order/pre-save the record here.Tomlinson’s forthcoming album was produced by Mike Crossey, who’s previously worked with the likes of Arctic Monkeys, The 1975 and Wolf Alice.

Ex-Rangers captain Lorenzo Amoruso has branded Hearts no better than a struggling Serie B side.

The Cure kicked off their 2022 world tour in Latvia tonight (Thursday October 6), debuting two new songs and welcoming guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte back to the band. Check out footage and the setlist below.The icons, supported by now-regular touring partners and one of frontman Robert Smith’s favourite bands The Twilight Sad, began their long run of 2022 dates with a show at Arena Riga in Riga this evening – airing two new songs fans assume are from their long-awaited new album, ‘Songs Of A Lost World‘.Opening their 25 song set – where they were also joined by Bamonte, returning to the band having been a member between 1990 and 2005 – The Cure started with the sprawling and bittersweet ‘Alone’; a tender track that saw Smith begin with the line: ‘This is the end of every song we sing‘.At the end of the first set, which included classics and fan favourites such as ‘Pictures Of You’, ‘Trust’, ‘Fascination Street’ and ‘In Between Days’, The Cure debuted another new song ‘Endsong’ – a much more sombre number where Smith lamented how ‘it’s all gone‘ repeatedly, in a life with ‘no hopes, no dreams, no love – I don’t belong‘.The band then returned for more more encores, delivering the likes of ‘Plainsong’, ‘Close To Me’, ‘Friday I’m In Love’ and ‘Boys Don’t Cry’.The new band #thecure #TheCureLostWorld22 (thanks lyse) pic.twitter.com/xaFSV1d882— Jeremy Wulc ©️ (@jeremyWulc) October 6, 2022The new songs are excellent.

Naman Ramachandran Magnolia Pictures International has acquired worldwide rights, including U.S. sales rights, to “Neon Spring” by writer-director Matīss Kaža (“One Ticket Please”). The film will have its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival on Aug.

Bolton Wanderers are understood to have had a second bid for defender Eoin Toal accepted by Derry City.

Dennis Harvey Film CriticHistory currently repeating itself lends a particular frisson to Latvian theater, opera and film director Viesturs Kairiss’ “January.” It takes place in early 1991, when the nation’s push for independence (alongside other Baltic states) met with armed Soviet resistance even as the U.S.S.R. was falling apart. Those historical events are interwoven with vaguely autobiographical fiction revolving around a mildly nonconformist Riga film school student, one admittedly drawn much as the director was himself in that time and place.With Moscow leadership again hawkish toward retaining and/or regaining territories of a former empire, this flashback has particular resonance, amplified by the use of archival news and activist-shot footage.

Vladimir Putin once warned that he could have Russian troops in six capital cities in just 48 hours, it is claimed.

Chulpan Khamatova, a leading Russian actress who has also made several international film appearances, has given an interview saying that she has gone into exile in Latvia, following her country’s invasion of Ukraine.

EXCLUSIVE: Desmond Chiam, the Australian-born actor who currently be seen as Flag Smashers member Dovich in the Marvel and Disney+ series, The Falcon and Winter Soldier, has signed with The Gersh Agency for representation.

Elizabeth Hurley has been back in the UK for several months following a working trip to Riga at the end of 2020.MORE: Elizabeth Hurley wows in red jumpsuit inside family homeThe Royals actress spent time shooting campaign photos for her latest Elizabeth Hurley Beach collection, and while she's no longer there, the pictures keep on coming! On the star's company's official Instagram page, a new picture of her posing in a white swimsuit was recently posted to mark a promotion on white

Elizabeth Hurley has been back in the UK after spending several months in Riga where she shot her latest swimsuit campaign.The Elizabeth Hurley Beach founder and model has now found herself unable to go ahead with her next shoot as a result of the new lockdown restrictions.MORE: Elizabeth Hurley wows in tiny white swimsuit during sunny photoshootThe mother-of-one got candid on Instagram as she reflected on her new normal.

"Lockdown shoot in my l’il ole bubble" with the hashtags "Stay Home" and "Save Lives."MORE: Elizabeth Hurley is sizzling in daring new selfie you have to seeWATCH: Elizabeth Hurley dances in a white swimsuit The color white clearly suits the actress!She recently shared a fun never-before-seen video from her swimsuit shoot in Riga – looking of course incredible!MORE: 11 times Elizabeth Hurley stunned us with her gorgeous bikini photosMORE: Elizabeth Hurley leads celebrity Christmas snaps in

Elizabeth Hurley has shared a fun never-before-seen video from her swimsuit shoot in Riga – and she looks incredible! The Royals actress had been working in the Latvian capital during the autumn while shooting her latest Elizabeth Hurley Beach campaign, and has since posted a behind-the-scenes clip from her sunny location.MORE: Elizabeth Hurley wows in cut-out dress in dazzling new videoIn the footage shared on Instagram Stories, the model was seen dancing in an off-the-shoulder white swimsuit

Elizabeth Hurley returned to the UK in time for Christmas, but until recently the star was enjoying a working holiday in Riga.The swimwear model was out in the Latvian capital to shoot pictures for her latest Elizabeth Hurley Beach campaign, and she looked incredible!MORE: Elizabeth Hurley is sizzling in daring new selfie you have to seeOn her swimwear brand's official Instagram account, the mother-of-one was pictured in a strapless turquoise swimsuit, posing outside in the sun.

Elizabeth Hurley recently reunited with her family just in time for Christmas, having spent the past few months in Riga.And The Royals actress looked to have had an amazing time over the festive weekend, looking as glamorous as ever during the celebrations.MORE: Elizabeth Hurley leads celebrity Christmas photos in red bikiniTaking to Instagram on Boxing Day, the model posted a series of pictures from an at-home photoshoot. VIDEO: Elizabeth Hurley exercises on the beach in a bikiniIn the images,

according to the Associated Press. He was 59.The death of the filmmaker, who won top prize at 2012 Venice Film Festival with “Pieta,” was first confirmed by Vitaly Mansky, president of an international doc film festival in Riga, and later “indirectly” by the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, which revealed a “South Korean male in his 50s died while being treated for COVID-19 at a hospital in Latvia during the early hours of Dec.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- South Korean director Kim Ki-duk, who won the top award at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 but later faced allegations at home of trying to force an actress into shooting off-script sexual scenes while making another movie, has died in Latvia. He was 59.The Baltic News Service cited Latvia-based Russian documentary filmmaker Vitaly Mansky, president of an international documentary film festival in Riga, as saying Kim died after falling ill with COVID-19.

Elizabeth Hurley has been away from her son Damian for the past few weeks while she works on her latest swimwear campaign in Riga.