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Sep132025 by cineverseNo Comments

Hamnet,’ ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘No Other Choice’ to Screen Texas Premieres at Austin Film Festival – Film News in Brief

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By Jazz Tangcay, Leia Mendoza, Andrew McGowan, Giana Levy According To The variety Austin Film Festival has announced the second wave of screenings set to premiere during this year’s festival lineup. The festival will run Oct. 23 to Oct. 30. Newly added Texas premieres will include Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet,” starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice,” and the U.S. premiere of “Sacrificios.” his year’s world premieres are Kelly Kipscomb’s “Bite To Bite,” Jared Bonner and Josh Flanagan’s “Pickleheads,” following the world of pickleball, “Armadillo Man: The Trips of Jim Franklin,” the short bio-documentary about a concert poster artist who helped create the Austin musi...

Sep92025 by cineverseNo Comments

Guillermo del Toro on Sunday Paintings With Other Directors and the Brutality and Grace of ‘Frankenstein’: ‘Both Can Exist in the Same Body

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By Clayton Davis According To The variety Guillermo del Toro doesn’t just direct monsters — he understands them. The Oscar-winning auteur behind “The Shape of Water” (2017) and “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006) has built a career elevating genre cinema through stories of misunderstood outsiders. But with his long-awaited adaptation of “Frankenstein,” the Mexican filmmaker has returned to what he calls his creative origin — and maybe his most personal film yet. “To me, the point of origin was ‘Frankenstein,’” del Toro tells Variety. “This is not a monster movie. This is a story about what it means to be human.” Del Toro’s take on Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel isn’t horror in the conventional sense — it’s myth, metaphor and opera. After decades in development, “Frankenstein” finally pr...

Sep72025 by cineverseNo Comments

Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst Electrify Toronto Film Festival With True Crime Drama ‘Roofman

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By Brent Lang According To The varietyChanning Tatum, playing a robber with a serious case of arrested development, may have delivered the most mature performance of his career, at least if the thunderous standing ovation for “Roofman” at its Toronto Film Festival premiere is to be believed. The film tells the true story of Jeffrey Manchester, the so-called “Rooftop Robber,” who broke into dozens of McDonald’s restaurants, was sentenced to prison for 45 years, escaped, and hid in a Toys “R” Us, all while becoming romantically entwined with one of the store’s employees (Kirsten Dunst). Derek Cianfrance, best known for moody dramas like “Blue Valentine” and “I Know This Much is True,” saw Manchester’s incredible story as a chance to work in a different register. “I ju...

Sep22025 by cineverseNo Comments

Dwayne Johnson Uncontrollably Sobs as ‘The Smashing Machine’ Gets 15-Minute Venice Standing Ovation and Generates Oscar Buzz

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By Rebecca Rubin, Ramin Setoodeh, Ellise Shafer According To The variety Is Dwayne Johnson headed for the Oscars? Judging by the rapturous reaction to his performance as wrestler Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine” at the Venice Film Festival on Monday night, that seems to be the consensus out of Italy. The 53-year-old actor sobbed uncontrollably as the audience on the Lido erupted into 15-minute standing ovation, one of the longest at this year’s festival so far. Johnson, who once performed as the WWE wrestler known as the Rock, has been the star of such commercial fare as “The Mummy,” “Black Adam” and “Baywatch.” But he goes much deeper in his next project, which will be released by A24 in November, as a ’90s fighter with demons. Johnson stars opposite Emi...

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...

Aug262025 by cineverseNo Comments

Indie Horror Movie ‘Bone Lake’ Reveals Trailer and Provocative Poster, Moves Up Theatrical Release Date

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By William Earl According To The variety Indie horror film “Bone Lake” is headed to theaters for some seductive scares. The Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment thriller is set for an Oct. 3 theatrical release, as announced by a new trailer and poster. The film stars Maddie Hasson, Marco Pigossi, Alex Roe, Andra Nechita, Eliane Reis and Clayton Spencer. Mercedes Bryce Morgan, who helmed the 2022 films “Fixation” and “Spoonful of Sugar,” directed “Bone Lake,” and Joshua Friedlander wrote the script. “Saw X” DP Nick Matthews served as cinematographer on the production. Per the official logline, “A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seduc...

Aug252025 by cineverseNo Comments

Manoj Bajpayee, Raam Reddy’s Berlinale Film ‘The Fable’ Lands Guneet Monga Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap as Presenters (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Two of India’s most celebrated film industry mavens are throwing their weight behind a new feature that blends folklore with contemporary storytelling. Guneet Monga Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap have come aboard as executive producers and presenters for “The Fable” (titled “Jugnuma” in Hindi), the latest directorial effort from Raam Reddy starring multiple Indian National Film Award winner Manoj Bajpayee. The magical realism drama is set to open theatrically across India on Sept. 12 via Flip Films. Set against the backdrop of the late 1980s Indian Himalayas, the film follows Dev (Bajpayee), who discovers mysteriously burnt trees scattered throughout his sprawling fruit orchard estate. As fires continue to break out des...