Alice Rohrwacher to lead Cannes Caméra d’Or jury
Frequent Cannes filmmaker says, “First times are always important and they stay with us for the rest of our lives.” Source: Alice Rohrwacher to lead Cannes Caméra d’Or jury | News | Screen
BFI America launches with focus on film restoration and maintaining ties with US film community
BFI Chief Executive Ben Roberts to attend launch event on April 23. Source: BFI America launches with focus on film restoration and maintaining ties with US film community | News | Screen
UK taxpayers contributed £89m to the most expensive movie ever made
Scheme to boost British film industry leads to Universal Pictures pocketing millions of pounds for blockbuster Jurassic World: Rebirth. Source: UK taxpayers contributed £89m to the most expensive movie ever made | Film | The Guardian
CinemaCon Takeaways: Fights Over Theatrical Window, Fizzling Star Power and Amazon MGM’s Big Promise
CinemaCon is supposed to celebrate the magic of the big screen and the power of the cinematic experience. Instead, this year’s Las Vegas gathering was a tense, testy affair that threatened to resurface old tensions between studios and exhibitors. All … Continued
The Glassworker: Studio Ghibli’s legacy lives in Pakistan’s first hand-drawn feature
Usman Riaz’s full-length debut is a decade-in-the-making story about life’s beauty and fragility. Source: The Glassworker: Studio Ghibli’s legacy lives in Pakistan’s first hand-drawn feature | Film | The Guardian
Is Warfare the most realistic war film ever made?
In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s brutal and immersive new film, memory informs the events that take place in real time to a unit of soldiers in Iraq. Source: Is Warfare the most realistic war film ever made? | War … Continued