In recent years, the British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival has become synonymous with the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, with many of the two-week festival’s screenings taking place in and around the central London venue. This year, however, Variety can reveal that the festival will take place on the opposite side of the Thames river, … [Read more...]
China Orders New Cinema Closures Amid Rise in COVID-19 Cases
China has shuttered a portion of cinemas in top movie-going province Guangdong after what reports said may be the country’s first community outbreak of the Indian COVID-19 variant. Reports did not state exactly how many cinemas have been affected. The theater closures come days after U.S. cinema chains, including AMC, Regal and Cinemark … [Read more...]
Cannes Film Festival: How It Could Resuscitate World Cinema
Cannes is back — or so the festival organizers are insisting, announcing an official selection that’s bigger and more bullish than the (pre-pandemic) 2019 edition, boasting new films from Wes Anderson (“The French Dispatch”), Sean Penn (“Black Flag”) and Oliver Stone (“JFK: Through the Looking Glass”), to name three Americans from among a host of … [Read more...]
Italy’s David di Donatello Awards Set to Celebrate Resilience and Renewal of Cinema Italiano
Italy’s 66th David di Donatello Awards are set to celebrate on May 11 a year of resilience for Cinema Italiano that also looks likely to germinate some creative renewal, just as Italian movie theaters start to reopen and production is booming. Giorgio Diritti’s biopic “Hidden Away,” about crazed primitivist painter Antonio Ligabue, Gianni … [Read more...]
Analysis Finds ‘Gendered Ageism’ Among BAFTA Women TV Nominees – Global Bulletin
An analysis conducted by the Acting Your Age Campaign has found that since 2000, the average age of BAFTA leading TV actresses nominees has reduced from 52 to 32. “The messaging of this downwards age-trend is clear and worrying,” the analysis states. “Gendered ageism is seemingly increasing.” In 2021 alone, nominees Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal … [Read more...]
Restoration of Hong Kong’s State Theatre Will Take Five Years, But it is Already a Hit
The extension of an popular immersive exhibition that retraces the memories of one of Hong Kong’s most iconic cinema buildings, and the past glory of the local film and entertainment industries, has set high expectations for one of the city’s largest privately-run heritage conservation projects. A new life will be given to dilapidated cinema, … [Read more...]
