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Jesse Eisenberg and Adrien Brody suit up for the premiere of their new movie, Manodrome, during the 2023 Berlinale International Film Festival held at Berlinale Palast over the weekend in Germany.

EXCLUSIVE: Pig and Manodrome producer Ben Giladi is formally launching his production banner Liminal Content at this year’s Berlin Film Festival where Manodrome debuted in Competition.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic The first rule of “Manodrome” is you don’t talk about “Fight Club.” “Fight Club” looms large over writer-director John Trengrove’s unsettling second feature, even if no one overtly mentions David Fincher’s provocative late-’90s movie in this dark psychological-thriller-cum-social-critique, which finds the state of masculinity even more fraught than Fincher did a quarter-century ago. Trengrove, who is gay and hails from South Africa (his 2017 debut “The Wound” was shortlisted for the Oscar international prize), brings a queer sensibility to his otherwise unsatisfying analysis of contemporary manhood, enlisting Jesse Eisenberg to play yet another scrawny white guy seeking outlet for deep wells of festering aggression.

Christopher Vourlias Five years ago, South African director John Trengove’s feature debut, “The Wound,” scored coveted berths at Sundance and Berlin before being short-listed for an Academy Award — even as the powerful gay drama set in the secretive world of Xhosa initiation ceremonies faced angry protests in his home country. His sophomore effort, “Manodrome,” which plays in competition in Berlin, stars Jesse Eisenberg as a down-at-the-heels Uber driver and expecting father who begins to lose his grip on reality. He’s taken under the wing of a charismatic, self-styled father figure (Adrien Brody), who inducts him into a libertarian masculinity cult, even as his repressed desires — suddenly awakened — push him toward a terrifying descent into violence.

EXCLUSIVE: South African director John Trengove’s crisis of masculinity drama Mandrome, which world premieres in Competition at the Berlinale this weekend, is one of the most topical Golden Bear contenders this year.

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA winner Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd) has been set to direct and stars in The Semplica Girl Diaries, written by Ayoade and Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders.

Julianne Moore is an Academy Award winner. But before that, she still had to endure barbs about how she looked.

There’s a terrific tension at the center of Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut, “When You Finish Saving The World,” and it seems to do with liberal ideology, identity, projection, and the push and pull fractures parents have with their teenage children and vice versa. Written and directed by Eisenberg and starring Julianne Moore and “Stranger Things” stars Finn Wolfhard, “When You Finish Saving The World” essentially is a comedic family drama about a mother and son who are trying to fill the gaps with how they no longer fit with other people.

Dead to Me is back for the third and final season this week, along with Jen (Christina Applegate) and Judy's (Linda Cardellini) off-the-walls, enjoyable-as-hell chemistry. I'll miss these two trading unintentional insults (all said with love!) as well as Jen's stunning earth-toned, coastal home.

Parents’ night out! Adam Brody and Leighton Meester made a rare red carpet appearance in New York City on Monday, November 7.

In his last film, 2019’s “Vivarium,” Lorcan Finnegan gave the fantasy of homeownership a nightmarish makeover to mediocre results. Even at 97 minutes, that movie feels like an interminable slog.

EXCLUSIVE: The award-winning production company and creative studio Riverside Entertainment has appointed Cynthia Graner as Head of Production and Brendon Nelson as Managing Director, as part of its continued expansion into scripted, unscripted and commercial content. 

EXCLUSIVE: Licorice Pizza and If Beale Street Could Talk producer Sara Murphy and War Pony producer Ryan Zacarias have launched their own TV and film production company and have struck a deal with Anonymous Content.

Does the world need another “Now You See Me” movie? After all, the last one came out in 2016 and, despite a successful pull at the box office, it didn’t win over critics. Deadline reports that Lionsgate thinks it’s okay to mine this well again, and they’ve tapped a new director to helm the franchise: “Venom” and “Uncharted” director Ruben Fleischer.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Lionsgate has tapped Ruben Fleischer to direct the third installment of action-heist franchise “Now You See Me.” The “Venom,” “Uncharted” and “Zombieland” director will take the helm of the third installment of the story of the thieving illusionists know as the Four Horsemen, while also featuring a new generation of characters. Lionsgate Motion Picture Group president Nathan Kahane announced the new film, which will get a new draft of the screenplay by “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith. The previous draft was by Eric Warren Singer.

Director Ruben Fleischer, best known for directing “Venom” and most recently “Uncharted,” is set to direct the third installment of the action-heist franchise “Now You See Me” for Lionsgate, Nathan Kahane, president, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, announced on Thursday.Seth Grahame-Smith (“Pride and Prejudice” and “Zombies”) has been tapped to work on a new draft of the screenplay, overseen by Fleischer. The previous draft was written by Eric Warren Singer, who previously co-wrote “Top Gun: Maverick” and “American Hustle.”“The Now You See Me” franchise has grossed $687 million worldwide at the box office.

EXCLUSIVE: Venom and Uncharted filmmaker Ruben Fleischer has been tapped to helm the next installment of Now You See Me from Lionsgate.

Canadian distributor Sphere Film has signed a multi-picture deal with A24 under which it will handle the release of nine of its titles in Canada.

Manori Ravindran International Editor Canada’s Sphere Films has signed a multi-picture deal with A24 that will cover nine of the U.S. studio’s films in the Canadian market. Under the deal, Sphere Films will theatrically release pics including Charlotte Wells’ Cannes breakout “Aftersun,” which is currently screening as part of TIFF, and Ari Aster’s “Disappointment Blvd.” starring Joaquin Phoenix. The latter is believed to be A24’s biggest production to date. The A24 deal comes off the back of Sphere Films’ acquisition of MK2 Mile End in April. Charles Tremblay, former boss of MK2 Mile End and now the president of Sphere Films, said: “We felt that by joining a larger media company like Sphere that would help our chances of being a larger distributor than on our own.”

previously announced star Zazie Beetz.The series logline is as follows: “An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.” Details about Danes’ character (as well as Beetz’s) are being kept under wraps.Soderbergh will direct all six episodes of the series and serve as executive producer along with Solomon, who is penning the script. Casey Silver is also an executive producer.

Available Sept. 1A fierce contender for the title of David Fincher’s best film, “The Social Network” explores the origins of Facebook and the questionable early rise of Mark Zuckerberg with an eye for nuance and humanity.