Streaming: our guide to the world of Wong Kar-Wai
An intoxicating feast awaits as the ICA and BFI join forces in a retrospective of the Hong Kong auteur’s work, complete with seven new 4K restorations. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/
The best films of 2020 … that you haven’t seen
From a gentrification drama to a convention-defying crime thriller, Guardian writers pick their favourite underappreciated films of the year. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/dec/29/the-best-films-of-2020-that-you-havent-seen
Could a new Dungeons & Dragons movie repeat the magic of The Lord of the Rings?
It seems a stretch, but with Chris Pine in talks to star in a new Paramount adaptation, bring on the mind flayers. It is hard to believe that Peter Jackson’s first Lord of the Rings movie, The Fellowship of the … Continued
Cineworld secures £560m cash lifelines as Covid closes cinemas
Cineworld, the world’s second-largest movie chain operator, has secured financial lifelines worth $750m (£560m) to weather the coronavirus pandemic. London-listed Cineworld, which shut all of its 660 movie theatres in the US and the UK in October, said the financial … Continued
Canadian film exec warns of bleak future for industry after changes to federal funding
James Bond was sidelined by COVID-19. Black Widow too. Now a major film producer and distributor in Quebec cautions that the cinema of an entire nation – our nation – could be negatively affected by funding changes made over the … Continued
From Beyoncé to the Oscars: Mary Twala, Africa’s queen of cinema
The late South African actor was introduced to a whole new audience in Beyoncé’s Black Is King. But it’s her final film – This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection – that could be her best work. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/