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Captain America: Brave New World is looking presidential after all as Marvel Studios attempts to reboot the franchise with an entirely new cast The year’s first tentpole is reporting a four-day domestic opening of $100 million over the long Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend, including $88.4 million for the three days. That’s ahead of expectations. Globally, it’s starting off with $192.4 …

British musician and DJ Matthew Herbert has pretty much done it all. After making a name for himself in electronic music (his 2003 manifesto “Personal Contract for the Composition of Music” famously emphasizes “no drum machines”) and launching his label Accidental Records, he ended up remixing such iconic artists as Quincy Jones, Ennio Morricone, Serge Gainsbourg, and classical composer Gustav …

Keith Jarrett’s 1975 double album, The Köln Concert, recorded at the Cologne Opera House earlier that year, sold over four million copies. If you flipped through the album stacks of just about anyone who considered themselves a collector of cool vinyl in the ‘70s, you were likely to come across the famous black-and-white cover shot of the American jazz pianist, eyes closed, …

Having a movie at the Berlin Film Festival is widely seen as a major success, a dream come true even. Julia Franz Richter (Rubikon, Peacock, Ghost Trail) first had that experience in 2020 as part of the cast of Christian Petzold’s romantic fantasy drama Undine. This year, the 34-year-old Austrian actress is back at the 75th edition of the Berlinale …

When director Richard Linklater brought his Before Sunrise to the Berlinale in 1995, little did he know that he was kicking off what would become a veritable tradition. The film starred Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as two young students who meet on a Eurail train and enjoy a romantic walk-and-talk through the streets of Vienna before day breaks. “We …

Berlin’s fashion and design scene, influenced by its history, music and socio-political consciousness, threads together innovative, progressive and counter-cultural elements into a unique style. You will most likely be surprised by what you see walking down the street and even more enthralled to hit the shops to bring back something no one will have. Don’t miss these six boutiques. Highsnobiety  …

Take a social outcast protagonist, surround her with an ensemble cast, add in an Ed Sheeran lookalike and unusual camera and edit work, throw it all into a genre blender, and top it off with a homage to the tradition of spaghetti in film. Those are just some of the ingredients Austrian writer-director Florian Pochlatko used, garnished with a healthy …

Wicked, Nosferatu, Conclave, Shogun, The Penguin, Fallout and Squid Game were among the winners at the Art Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night. The 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards were handed out by the Art Director’s Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown during an event hosted by comedian Rachael Harris. The ADG wins will have the attention …

Hong Kong Filmart prides itself on the fact that each year it alerts the global entertainment industry to which way the winds of the content business are flowing across Asia. So expect much attention going into this year’s 29th in-person edition of the event to be on what’s happening online and, specifically, the event’s decision to sharpen its digital platform …

Kristin Davis shares why the cast of Sex and the City were “scared” to show their nipples on the hit series. The actress, who plays Charlotte York, recently opened up on her podcast, Are You a Charlotte?, about how the perception of women has changed since the show aired from 1998 to 2004. Following the original series, Davis also reprised her …