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Oct122025 by cineverseNo Comments

Yorgos Lanthimos Reveals the One Thing He Does to Annoy Emma Stone on Set and Jokes He Should Make an AI Avatar to Do Interviews

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By Alex Ritman According To The variety Despite having become a hugely successful filmmaker over the last decade and being a regular face on the awards circuit, Yorgos Lanthimos admits he still has very mixed feelings about the promotional aspect that comes with the job. Speaking on Saturday at a special BFI London Film Festival talk with “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong, the director was asked how he felt about commercial success. “I want it to happen, but I don’t it to happen the way it happens,” he said with a smile. “I want people to make their money back. I want people to watch the film. But I don’t want to be going around like a freak, parading around the world, having to explain the film.” Lanthimos noted that after spending six months shooting a ...

Sep302025 by cineverseNo Comments

Chile’s ‘The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Machine’ Producers Juntos Films Ramps Up Scripted Content (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Anna Marie De La Fuente According To The variety Chile’s Juntos Films has forged a strategic partnership with Bandada, the new label of former Fabula exec Daniel Castell. The move is aimed bolster its scripted content slate for platforms across the Spanish-speaking market worldwide while also establishing exclusivity for all series moving forward. This includes a first-look deal between the two companies that encompasses both scripted and unscripted feature films as well as non-fiction series. Juntos partners Francisco Hervé and Moisés Sepúlveda are attending the showrunner workshop at Madrid confab Iberseries & Platino Industria with their series project “Culpables Inocentes.” The company has built its reputation on films designed “to entertain, move and...

Sep222025 by cineverseNo Comments

Golden Leopard Winner Miyake Sho on Adapting Tsuge Manga for Busan Competition Title ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’

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By Jenny S. Li According To The variety Japanese writer-director Miyake Sho‘s “Two Seasons, Two Strangers” is currently screening in competition at the Busan International Film Festival, following his Locarno Golden Leopard win, offering audiences an adaptation that weaves together two separate manga by legendary artist Tsuge Yoshiharu. Drawing from Tsuge’s 1967 and 1968 short stories, the film follows a screenwriter named Lee (played by Korean actress Shim Eun-kyung) as she embarks on contrasting seasonal journeys — a summer encounter at a seaside town and a winter retreat to a remote mountain lodge. “One day the image came to me, as if it were a poster with summer and winter landscapes placed side by side,” Miyake tells Variety. “By presenting two contrasting seas...

Sep152025 by cineverseNo Comments

Sacrifice’ Review: Virtue-Signaling Billionaires Dance on the Edge of a Volcano in Romain Gavras’ Scattershot Satire

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By Peter Debruge According To The variety How many rebellious movies about ganging up to overthrow the status quo does one need to make before uneasy governments start to put you on some kind of watch list? For Romain Gavras, son of the legendary “Z” director and political critic Costa-Gavras, the count now stands at three. First, there was his 2010 debut, “Our Day Will Come,” an unnerving call-to-action in which redheads inherit the earth, followed by the white-knuckle “Athena,” about an uprising in a Paris apartment bloc. Now comes the splashy “Sacrifice,” which takes a more satirical view of ecoterrorism and the end of days. “Sacrifice” feels like the music-video director’s reaction to Ruben Östlund’s brand of comedy, an elevated form of irony that has earned the Swedish directo...

Sep142025 by cineverseNo Comments

My litle Moon” Wins Best Film Award at the South Texas International Film Festival

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cineversedaily news Edinburg, Texas – September 13, 2025 | The feature film “My Little Moon”, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ali Atshani, has been awarded the prestigious Best Film Award at the 12th edition of the South Texas International Film Festival (STXIFF), held in Edinburg, Texas on Saturday, September 13th. The South Texas International Film Festival, founded in 2014, has become one of the most important cultural and cinematic events in the Rio Grande Valley and beyond. Over the past decade, the festival has built a strong reputation for showcasing diverse voices and innovative stories from both emerging and established filmmakers across the globe. Its mission is to provide a platform for independent cinema, bringing together artists and audiences in celebration of storytell...

Aug312025 by cineverseNo Comments

Do Bigha Zamin’ Preservationist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur Details Venice-Bound Restoration of Bimal Roy Classic

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety With the 4K restoration of master Bimal Roy‘s “Do Bigha Zamin” (Two Acres of Land) set for its world premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival‘s Classics section, India’s Film Heritage Foundation director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is reflecting on the monumental effort to restore the 1953 Indian cinema landmark — and why the film remains essential viewing seven decades later. “Bimal Roy made ‘Do Bigha Zamin’ two years before Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali,'” Dungarpur tells Variety. “Satyajit Ray said about Bimal Roy that he was able to sweep aside the cobwebs of the old tradition and introduce a realism and subtlety that was wholly suited to the cinema.” For Dungarpur, Roy’s film represents cinema’s power...

Aug272025 by cineverseNo Comments

Papua New Guinea Makes First-Ever Oscar Submission With ‘Papa Buka’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Papua New Guinea has selected “Papa Buka” as its inaugural submission to the Academy Awards, marking the first time the Pacific nation has entered the international feature film category at the Oscars. Directed by internationally acclaimed Indian filmmaker Bijukumar Damodaran (Shanghai winner “Trees Under the Sun”), “Papa Buka” follows aging war veteran Papa Buka as he guides two Indian historians uncovering untold WWII stories connecting India and Papua New Guinea through shared sacrifice and humanity. The timing proves particularly symbolic, coinciding with Papua New Guinea’s 50th year of independence. The milestone announcement was made by Belden Norman Namah, Papua New Guinea Minister for Tourism Art and Cultur...