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Hundreds of scripts are sent to you, you are mobbed everywhere, and you completely lose your privacy. Yes, there are money and many perks, but there's the emptiness inside. That is what Clooney's new movie Jay Kelly explores. Clooney stars as himself, a superstar searching for meaning behind the glitz and glamour. He travels through Europe with his manager, played with puppy dog sadness by Adam Sandler.

They tried to warn us PTA doesn't miss. One Battle After Anotherearned the National Board of Review's top honor this year, adding a third Best Film award to the shelf (next to all the karate trophies). In addition to Best Director for Paul Thomas Anderson, Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor, Chase Infiniti won Breakthrough Performance, and Benicio Del Toro won Best Supporting Actor, again, after earning it from the New York Film Critics Circle.

Mohammed and his daughter face the emotional fallout of his political activism in Gaza and imprisonment in Israel, that left her to grow up without him. A fractured family tries to heal itself across borders and generations. Palestinian Mohammed Dahman, from Gaza, served nearly 20 years in Israeli jails when he was younger. This powerful observational film follows Mohammed and his daughter, Mai, as they confront the emotional scars left by his years of absence, both in jail and as a political activist.

Since it was penned more than four hundred years ago, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" has been in production nearly continuously, and has been adapted in many ways.

The worst parts, however, are the most anodyne: clips of Combs on talk shows ( Ellen, Rosie), in commercials, or at awards shows, feigning a kind of amiability that many of those closest to him never experienced beyond their initial meeting. What's harrowing to realize more than a year after his initial arrest is that Combs was everywhere. He was enmeshed in just about every facet of culture in a way

Happy Birthday: Take a moment to reflect on the aspirations and goals you've set, and consider the best way to make your dreams a reality. Making a couple of adjustments may be all it takes this year if you are open and receptive to change and assistance. Reach out and share your story, and the suggestions you receive will help you develop an upbeat strategy with growth potential. Common sense and persistence will pay off.

The sequel to the 2019 Searchlight Pictures fan-favorite horror comedy follows Samara Weaving reprising her role as Grace, who ends up in another murderous game. In the trailer, Grace realizes the nightmare isn't over after surviving the Le Domas family's attack on her wedding night. At least this time around, her estranged sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) is by her side. Grace has one opportunity to survive and keep her sister alive, as well as taking the High Seat of the Council that controls the world.

Samson the Alpha Zombie is back, too. The cast also includes Erin Kellyman, Emma Laird, and Maura Bird as Jimmy Ink, Jimmima, and Jimmy Jones, all members of Crystal's cult. Best of all, Cillian Murphy will reprise his 28 Days Later/28 Weeks Later starring role as intrepid bike courier Jim, who miraculously survived the first two movies and, apparently, the ensuing 28 years.

It was a kind of simpler time, and maybe that is more romantic, he said. And there were some greats, like Nancy Myers and Nora Ephron, who did some brilliant stuff in the 90s: When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, they're just brilliant films.

Shortly, the Oscar fate of hundreds of feature and short documentary hopefuls will be decided during what is known as "preliminary voting" (December 8-12), when the 736 documentary branch members give each film they've seen a numbered score. This will yield the shortlist of 15, from which they will rank those films on a preferential ballot. The shortlist announcement will come on December 16. The whole Academy will vote on the final five. But only those who have seen all five can vote.

2019's Ready or Not combined the rich, evil in-laws of Get Out with the deadly game of cat and mouse seen in countless other horror stories. The movie follows Grace (Samara Weaving) on her wedding night, which quickly takes a dark turn as her new husband's family forces her into a lethal game of hide-and-seek. But she survives, of course, and has her epic Final Girl bloody cigarette moment.

If I had that answer, I think I'd have a lot of money coming to me,

Whether he's crafting beloved dark fantasy movies like Pan's Labyrinth or directing sci-fi masterpieces like Pacific Rim, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's work is immediately recognizable for its vivid visual direction. No other films look quite like del Toro's, and if you've ever wanted to take a peek inside his process, then you'll want to grab the reissue of Guillermo del Toro: Cabinet of Curiosities - My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions.

Gordon says it's about "what love represents and what love means in community."

Daniel Lopatin scored director Josh Safdie's new A24 film Marty Supreme, and he's now shared the details of his soundtrack album. The 22-song Marty Supreme (Orginal Soundtrack) is out December 25 via A24 Music. Take a look at the tracklist and album cover below. Marty Supreme hits U.S. theaters on December 25. It stars Timothée Chalamet (as aspiring table tennis star Marty Mauser), alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler, the Creator, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher.

SFFILM has awarded $543,000 in grants to film filmmakers from around the world. The funding, announced today, will support over 30 projects ranging from short films to full-length documentaries. While the artistic development grants support filmmakers as far away as Haiti, Honduras, Ghana and Guatemala, a handful of recipients have Bay Area ties - and are telling Bay Area stories.

Billy Wilder's film starring Gloria Swanson as a reclusive former silent movie star, and William Holden as a young wannabe writer who becomes her kept man, more than ever looks not merely like tinseltown satire or LA noir, but a ghost story. It's the ultimate film about how the screenwriter is always the loser and the chump. You can tell that Norma Desmond (Swanson) is washed up because she has actually written a screenplay which is, however, more than Joe (Holden) ever achieves in the course of this film.

Since the advent of the rave in the late 1980s, filmmakers have attempted to incorporate underground dance festivals into their works with varying degrees of success. Oliver Laxe has now graced us with a hypnotic party for the ages in "Sirāt," Spain's 2026 Oscar submission for international feature - a rave that isn't just eye candy but a central plot point, where a middle-age father (Sergi López) searches for his missing daughter as the world descends into chaos.

"We're still working on it." "We're a ways away from production." "It tips its hat to Heat." "It's an homage to Heat." "It picks up the story from Heat." "It's set in the future, and the past." "It is its own silo, in a sense." "It can't duplicate what Heat was." "It's giving it its own unique entity." Well, glad that's all cleared up!

In the moving obituary, Messerly's family wrote that he would be remembered for his "kindness, big smile, and silly natured personality". "Rhett attended Weber High School and was known as the 'goofball' to his peers, the 'handsome boy with nice muscles' to all the girls," the obituary reads. "He always had a way of bringing a smile and laughter to those who knew him. Most importantly, he will be remembered for his incredible capacity to help others."

When 15-year-old Shurina is cast as a kamikaze pilot in her school play, she embarks on an unexpected journey through history and loss. As she travels across Japan, she visits World War II memorials and hangs paper cranes in memory of schoolgirls forced to end their lives during the war. In Okinawa, as her final performance approaches, Shurina seeks the courage to honor the voices of the past.

We've got 20 passes to give away to a preview screening of Song Sung Blue, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson's new movie about a reunited Neil Diamond tribute band-on Wednesday, December 10, 7pm at AMC Metreon 16, SF-but act fast! They are first come, first served at this link right here. * SONG SUNG BLUE will open in theaters nationwide

"Sarah, the actress, is first of all a wild creature in the animal kingdom. Warm blooded, instinctive, mysterious,"

If I may, can I put my petition forward for why we need to have a motion capture category?

At SF State, local artist Liz Hernández launched The Office for the Studio of the Ordinary, a residency-turned-research institution. The artist and over 150 students joined in what she called an "artistic conspiracy," celebrating everyday moments and hidden narratives across campus. The culminating exhibition included (among many other creative exercises) black-and-white photographs of the team in action, a tower of ceramic trophies, an illustrated myth of campus resistance and animal liberation, and an archive of dreams.

On December 4, the IndieWire Honors Winter 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for crafting some of the year's best films. Curated and selected by IndieWire's editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the filmmakers, artisans, and performers behind films well worth toasting. In the days leading up to the Los Angeles event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Scarlett Johansson might have escaped the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but she's been collecting an Infinity Gauntlet's worth of other franchises ever since. In addition to her recent starring role in Jurassic World Rebirth as well as an upcoming role in Mike Flanagan's The Exorcist, Johansson is now in final talks to join the cast of Matt Reeves' The Batman II opposite Robert Pattinson.

In DRC's perilous mines, Eagle Mujinga walks a tightrope, protecting workers' welfare to supply international demand for cobalt. Eagle Mujinga manages workers at Shabara cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As the world's biggest producer of cobalt, the DRC is a part of the chain that fuels electric vehicles and renewable energy worldwide. Miners in the DRC face dangerous working conditions and earn, on average, a few dollars per day to supply the multibillion-dollar industry.

Sony's hit video game franchise Helldivers is heading to the big screen, and it'll be driven by the man who directed five out of the 10 Fast & Furious movies: Justin Lin. And the project has already lined up a screenwriter as well: Gary Dauberman, a writer whose experience includes the It movies and the Annabelle films. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lin will produce the movie through his Perfect Storm Entertainment company.

But back to New York: the mix of nostalgia, pace and emotional honesty that the actors allude to during our chat sits at the heart of The Best You Can. Sedgwick plays Cynthia, a tightly wound New York urologist whose world turns upside-down as her husband starts showing signs of dementia. Bacon's character, Stan-a home security guard estranged from his daughter-stumbles into her life after a late-night break-in, an encounter that sparks an unexpected mid-life connection.

The movie stars Anne Hathaway as Mother Mary, a world-famous pop star, and Michaela Coel as Sam, a fashion designer she turns to for a dress. It seems like a drama at first, but the trailer soon reveals something else as Sam draws a chalk circle on the floor. "You think there's something inside you?" she asks. "Let's cast her out. Together."

"We'll see," "I've got other things to do... I have a whole Kill Bill idea in my mind, but it was wiped out." "I like the idea of a Bill origin," "And the three godfathers that made Bill: Esteba Vihaio, Pai Mei, and Hattori Hanzo. Will I live long enough to do that? That remains to be seen."