by HOLLYWOODNEWSPRESS with 'don't worry darling' coming out, Pugh is notably the strongest element of the movie, which centers on a seemingly happy young couple living in an idyllic corporate town circa the 1950s as secrets begin to get uncovered. The Daily Beast’s Marlow Stern praised the actress for being the most redeemable aspect of an otherwise messy movie, writing that it’s “more than anything a showcase for Pugh.” Indiewire’s Kate Erbland says that Pugh is the “film’s unmitigated highlight,” and Collider’s Brian Formo says that “none of Darling works at all without such a committed performance from Pugh.”Therefore , the HOLLYWOODNEWSPRESS announces the English actress as the first Artist of 2023.

The unofficial queen of Cannes on David Cronenberg’s twisted ‘Crimes of the Future’ (her 17th premiere at the fest), the terror and joy of working with auteurs while starring in top-grossing flicks, and the unreal expectations Hollywood puts on actresses: “You have to be desirable all the time.” BY MIA GALUPPO “Do you drink?” asks Léa Seydoux, five minutes into a conversation, upon learning that her interviewer is about to attend her first Cannes Film Festival. The risk, explains the French actress, is that at Cannes you drink, and then the rush of people, fashion and films is a stimulant in itself, keeping you awake longer and leaving you with more time on your hands. That time and those hands can be — and often are — filled with more drinks. On top of that, there’s the ostensibl...

A walk through the Quinault rainforest leads to a cascade of questions. photo by Amy Berenbeim / High Country News by Miyo Joy At first glance, everything in the Quinault rainforest on that early July day was exactly as it should be: mild and wet, 60 degrees, with a layer of pale gray clouds forming a high ceiling above the emerald forest. Droplets of last night’s rain beaded on the leaves, sparkling like jewels. My friend Squash and her girlfriend, Amanda, who were visiting from San Francisco, gaped at the towering Sitka spruces and shoulder-high sword ferns as we walked along the East Fork Quinault River trail. We were camping on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, where over 11 feet of rain falls each year, sustaining a sprawling temperate jungle.All three of us were taking...

Capabilities of the Art of Acting of Poulad Kimiai and Supervising a Film as a DirectorArticle No. 461: Published in a Film Magazine – April 5, 2022 Killing a Traitor (2022) is the latest film by Masoud Kimiai after Domestic Killer (2016) and There Was Blood (2020) in the last five years and it will be coming soon to theaters. It’s an eventful socio-political drama with a story full of thrills and the maximum actions of the characters in front of each other have created different performances from the actors. There is also the character of Poulad Kimiai who has a decisive role in leading the story; an admirable role which shows once again his outstanding ability in playing challenging and extroverted roles. This article aims at examining this aspect of his work.Poulad Kimiai is a rare e...