If you’ve been to the San Sebastian International Film Festival, then you know. If you’ve walked around the Frank Gehry-designed, titanium-plated Guggenheim Museum on the formerly industrial banks of the Nervión River in Bilbao, you know. If you’ve gorged yourself on pintxos or had the luxury of dining at one of the many Michelin-starred restaurants in the region, you know. …
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Like a Yorgos Lanthimos movie co-directed with M. Night Shyamalan, the dark supernatural satire What Marielle Knows (Was Marielle weiss) takes a Hollywood high concept and turns it into a scathing comedy about a bourgeois family in deep crisis. This second feature from German writer-director Frédéric Hambalek is a big step up from his no-budget debut, Model Olimpia, which mined …
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Mexican musical legend Paquita la del Barrio, known for her powerful voice and fierce defense of women, died at her home in Veracruz early Monday at the age of 77. Her passing was announced on her official social media accounts and confirmed by her representatives to The Associated Press. The state capital of Veracruz will mourn the loss of the …
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The Brutalist director Brady Corbet said this week he “made zero dollars” on his Oscar-nominated film. “I just directed three advertisements in Portugal,” Corbet said during an appearance on WTF With Marc Maron. “It’s the first time that I had made any money in years.” Corbet went on to elaborate that he and his wife (and creative partner) Mona Fastvold, …
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An emotional and reflective Guy Pearce got choked up during a new interview while recalling unpleasant experiences working with Kevin Spacey on Curtis Hanson’s classic 1997 film L.A. Confidential and the “wake-up call” that left him sobbing in London more than 20 years later when he realized the impact those encounters had on him. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter‘s executive …
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Movies about dystopian near futures are a dime a dozen, but it’s hard to recall one that sweeps you up in the defiant joy of liberation like The Blue Trail (O Último Azul). Gabriel Mascaro’s imaginative fable is a slap in the face of age discrimination, with hallucinogenic gastropods, dueling tropical fish and “wrinkle wagons” — trucks with caged flatbeds …
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The cast of Coyote Ugly is reuniting. Stars of the 2001 film and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are set to host a screening and take part in a Q&A at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica on Feb. 26. The reunion, which comes amid the film’s 25th anniversary, is set to support those affected by the LA Fires. All proceeds from the …
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The golden anniversary celebration for Saturday Night Live brought in ratings gold as well. Sunday’s live SNL50: The Anniversary Special drew 14.8 million viewers on NBC and Peacock, based on Nielsen figures and internal numbers from NBCUniversal. The show is NBC’s biggest primetime entertainment telecast in five years, since 18.33 million people watched the 2020 Golden Globes. The audience is …
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Conan O’Brien passed on hiring Ray Romano‘s writing chops just a year before Romano hit it big on Everybody Loves Raymond, O’Brien shared this week. “Ray Romano wanted to be a monologue writer for my show,” O’Brien said during an episode of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend. “Great comedian, great joke writer. We didn’t have a slot, but he had …
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Guy Pearce, the guest of this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the most gifted screen actors of his generation. An England-born Aussie, he has given standout performances in films such as 1994’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 1997’s L.A. Confidential and 2000’s Memento; 2009’s The Hurt Locker and 2010’s The King’s …
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