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Leni Riefenstahl, who died in 2003, aged 101, remains forever google-able as “Hitler’s favorite director” for her daringly innovative documentaries The Triumph of the Will, about the Nazi rally in Nuremberg in 1934, and Olympia, about the Berlin Olympics of 1936. Acclaimed and infamous in equal measures —was she a pioneering genius, a Nazi propagandist, or maybe both? — Riefenstahl remains a subject of fascination and debate over whether her talent can be separated from her political views. What exactly those views were, what Riefenstahl knew about Hitler and the Holocaust and when she knew it, is key to this…

The 81st Venice Film Festival has gotten off to a delightfully ghoulish start. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton‘s hotly anticipated horror comedy sequel, received its very first press screening to a packed house Wednesday morning as the glamourous Italian festival’s opening movie. Burton and his starry cast — featuring returning stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, along with Catherine O’Hara and newcomers Jenna Ortega, Willem Defoe, Justin Theroux and Monica Belluci — then swept into Venice’s press hall for their first group discussion of the making of the long-gestating project. “One of my favorite parts was getting to stare into your eyes…

The European Film Academy is honoring German filmmaker Wim Wenders with the European Lifetime Achievement Award. Wenders, who has been nominated for three Oscars and a Grammy, is known for works such as the Road Movie trilogy (1974-1976), Paris, Texas (1984), and Wings of Desire (1987). “With this award, we celebrate Wim Wenders’ outstanding body of work which keeps exploring and experimenting with a curious eye and an open mind,” said Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO and director of the European Film Academy. “As one of the founding members of the European Film Academy, its Chairman from 1990 until 1995 and…

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Peter Dinklage is so proud of his The Toxic Avenger reboot that he just wants more people to finally get to see it. The Emmy-winning actor was recently asked if the film could get a wide release soon, given it was “a really big hit” after it opened the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, last year. “No, I’m not a producer on it. I don’t know,” Dinklage admitted to ComicBook.com. “I do want it to get out there into the world because it was a really big hit at Fantastic Fest in Austin, and Macon Blair, the writer/director who is also in The…

Ryan Reynolds admitted he was “mortified” to have to cut Rob McElhenney‘s Deadpool & Wolverine cameo, especially after he flew all the way to London to film the sequence. McElhenney is not only the actor’s close friend but also the co-owner of their Wrexham football club, making it an even more difficult decision. The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia alum was initially set to appear as a Time Variance Authority soldier in the record-breaking Marvel movie. “A word on my “darling” friend, @robmcelhenney. Rob very kindly did a cameo in #DeadpoolAndWolverine which will hopefully live on in the digital extras,”…

Sony Pictures has unveiled that the anime feature Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom, produced by the company’s specialty streamer Crunchyroll, will get a theatrical release in North America on Nov. 8. The film is a continuation of the popular anime series Overlord, which adapts the novels of Japanese author Kugane Maruyama.  The Sacred Kingdom picks up where season 4 of the Overlord series left off. The saga famously tells the story of Momonga, a regular salary man who finds himself transported into his favorite video game. The film was animated by Japanese studio Madhouse and covers the arc also known as “Holy…

The revamped Berlin International Film Festival continues to take shape, with new festival director Tricia Tuttle on Thursday unveiling a new four-member selection committee and expanding the festival’s network of advisors and delegates. The new selection committee consists of industry veterans, including festival programmer and producer Mathilde Henrot; film critic and programmer Jessica Kiang; festival and cultural consultant Jacqueline Nsiah; and Elad Samorzik, the former artistic director of the Jerusalem Film Festival. They join Michael Stütz and Jacqueline Lyanga, appointed in June as the new co-directors of film programming ahead of the 75th anniversary Berlinale next year. This committee will…

The European Film Academy has unveiled its shortlist of 12 documentaries in the running for this year’s European Film Awards. The 12 feature docs include recent winners in Sundance, Berlin, and Locarno and represent a cross-section of European filmmakers. Among the more high-profile titles on the list are Mati Diop’s Dahomey, which looks at the return of plundered African treasures to Benin as a way of examining the enduring impact of colonialism; Johan Grimonprez’s Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, a world cinema jury award winner in Sundance, which sets the struggle for Congolese independence to a jazz soundtrack, examining how…

Johnny Depp‘s second directorial feature Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness will premiere out of competition at the 72nd San Sebastian Film Festival. The film fest released the updates to its program on Tuesday. Depp’s movie is a biopic on Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. The actor, widely considered a controversial figure in Hollywood following the legal frenzy around his split from actress Amber Heard, first made his debut behind the camera with The Brave in 1997. He received the prestigious Donostia Award at the 2021 San Sebastian Film Festival for his lifetime achievement. Modi – Three Days on…