Michel Ciment Dead: French Film Critic Was 85
The longtime editor of Positif was “perhaps the freest and most encyclopedic mind that film criticism has ever produced.” Source: Michel Ciment Dead: French Film Critic Was 85 – The Hollywood Reporter
Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters, Studiocanal-backed Birdie Pictures launch Grass Routes competition for working-class TV writers
The initiative will award the winning writer £5,000, and help them obtain an agent. Source: Stephen Graham, Hannah Walters, Studiocanal-backed Birdie Pictures launch Grass Routes competition for working-class TV writers (exclusive) | Screen
What We’re Looking Forward To At Next Week’s Manchester Animation Festival
Earlier this year, MAF became the first animation-dedicated U.K.-based festival to be granted Academy Award-qualifying status. The winner of this year’s MAF short film award will become eligible for the 2025 animated short category at the Oscars. This year, 103 … Continued
Hollywood Reacts to Tentative SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP Deal
Fran Drescher, Mandy Moore, Alec Baldwin, Octavia Spencer and Noah Schnapp are among Hollywood notables who took to social media to share their excitement. Source: Hollywood Reacts to Tentative SAG-AFTRA, AMPTP Deal – The Hollywood Reporter
City of Szczecin to buy one of world’s oldest cinemas
One of the oldest continuously operating cinemas in the world, the Pionier in Poland’s northern city of Szczecin, is to be bought by the city in order to preserve its historical importance and continued operation.The Pionier cinema on Wojska Polskiego … Continued
Inside THR Japan’s Glitzy Launch Party
THR Japan took over Peter Restaurant at The Peninsula Hotel in Ginza for an event that saw some of the biggest names in Japan’s movie industry attend. Source: Inside THR Japan’s Glitzy Launch Party – The Hollywood Reporter