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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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It is one of the minor miracles in the world of international art-house cinema that the movies of Romania’s iconoclast and idiosyncratic director Radu Jude have found a wider audience. Among the directors of the Romanian New Wave, which kicked off two decades ago and shows no sign of ebbing, Jude is arguably the most radical and unpredictable. He’s made …
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