Paolo Sorrentino’s Cannes Competition entry “Parthenope” has been acquired by A24 for North American distribution. Inspired by the Greek myth of the siren who threw herself into the sea after failing to seduce Ulysses with her voice, “Parthenope” marks Sorrentino’s seventh Cannes Competition selection. Previous selections include “Youth” in 2015, as well as the eventual… Continue reading A24 acquires Paolo Sorrentino’s Cannes Competition entry ‘Parthenope’
According to this Production Weekly, Michael Mann’s “Heat 2” is scheduled to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2024, likely in October or November. In a recent interview with Radio France, Mann confirmed that he is currently in pre-production for “Heat 2” and expressed that, judging by the stack of papers on his desk,… Continue reading Michael Mann’s ‘Heat 2′ to Shoot in October or November
Universal Pictures has secured a director for its highly anticipated Leonardo da Vinci film. Andrew Haigh, known for his work on “All of Us Strangers,” has been chosen to direct and adapt Walter Isaacson’s celebrated biography of the Renaissance polymath. Isaacson’s book, based on thousands of pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and recent discoveries… Continue reading ‘All of Us Strangers’ Director Andrew Haigh Set to direct Leonardo Da Vinci film for Universal
Quentin Tarantino has reportedly scrapped what was supposed to be his tenth and final feature film, The Movie Critic, deep into pre-production. This decision is one in a long line of cancelled or unproduced projects left by the Hollywood wayside. For every film that makes it to our screens, hundreds if not thousands fail to… Continue reading Tarantino abandons his tenth film – five other times Hollywood giants cancelled big projects
Trần Anh Hùng, the Vietnamese-born French director known for his Oscar-nominated film The Scent of Green Papaya (1993) and Norwegian Wood (2010), returns with another gorgeous work, The Taste of Things. Due for UK release in February 2024, the film is already out in France. The Taste of Things won the best director award at… Continue reading The Taste of Things review: this gastronomic French tale is a feast for the senses
Science fiction is never really about the future. The best sci-fi makes use of an imagined future world to provide a critical distance from our current time; to ask questions about what we are doing rather than where we are going. Director Garth Davis’ Foe, adapted from the novel by Iain Reid, is sci-fi for… Continue reading Foe review: a Frankenstein tale of the not-so-distant future
There have been more than 60,000 books written about Napoleon since his death in 1821. Cinema too has been drawn to him time and again. The Lumière brothers made a short film in 1897 and he featured in the mostly lost British film The Battle of Waterloo (1913). Already, the standard image of Napoleon was… Continue reading Napoleon Bonaparte features in 60,000 books and more than 100 films – does Ridley Scott’s stand up?
The ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI) image colourization were recently brought to public attention when several historical images were altered using digital algorithms. Irish artist Matt Loughrey digitally colourized and added smiles to photos of tortured prisoners from Security Prison 21 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which was used by the Khmer Rouge from 1975-79.… Continue reading The controversial history of colourising black-and-white photos
India’s government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, implemented the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, or CAA, in March 2024. Opponents of the law – which fast-tracks citizenship for undocumented, non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan – decry the ways in which it discriminates against Muslims. As they did when the law was passed in… Continue reading Indian protesters look to poetic tradition to resist Modi’s Hindu nationalism
Featuring Pam Hawkes and George Underwood, each belonging to a particular strain of European art – one that focuses on the senses and the mind over pure logic and realism, a tradition stretching back to the dark ages via Fuseli, Bruegel and Bosch. Pam Hawkes This new collection of work by Pam Hawkes is an… Continue reading Modern Gothic at the Catto gallery
