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Oct252025 by cineverseNo Comments

Shelby Oaks’ Director Chris Stuckmann on That Horrific Ending, Shooting on 2000s Camcorders and His YouTube Origins

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By Jordan Moreau According To The variety SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the ending of “Shelby Oaks,” now playing in theaters. So, who took Riley Brennan? Director Chris Stuckmann makes his directorial debut with Neon’s horror “Shelby Oaks,” which follows the disappearance of a YouTuber and amateur ghost hunter Riley Brennan (Sarah Durn). Having started his career as a film critic and essayist on YouTube, Stuckmann makes the transition to director with a horror movie that expertly blends media and feels at times like a mockumentary ripped right from the video platform. Camille Sullivan stars as Mia Brennan, who has been searching for her younger sister Riley after she vanished 12 years ago in the remote town of Shelby Oaks with her YouTube grou...

Oct222025 by cineverseNo Comments

Yamada Yoji to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Tokyo Film Festival

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety The Tokyo International Film Festival has revealed that veteran Japanese director Yamada Yoji will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at its 38th edition, recognizing a career spanning more than 60 years and 91 films. Yamada’s latest work, “Tokyo Taxi,” starring Baisho Chieko and Kimura Takuya, based on the 2023 French film “Driving Madeleine,” will screen as this year’s TIFF Centerpiece and receive theatrical release on Nov. 21. The director will also participate in a talk session with “Kokuho” director Lee Sang-il at the TIFF Lounge As previously announced, legendary Japanese actor Yoshinaga Sayuri will also be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Since his 1961 directorial debut with “Nikai...

Oct212025 by cineverseNo Comments

Adam Driver Pitched Kylo Ren ‘Star Wars’ Standalone Movie With Steven Soderbergh, but Disney Rejected Script: ‘One of the Coolest’ Projects ‘I Had Ever Been a Part of’

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh almost brought their own twist to a galaxy far, far away. In a recent sit down with AP, Driver said that over the span of two years, he and Soderbergh developed a script called “The Hunt for Ben Solo.” The film would have taken place after the events of “The Rise of Skywalker,” and followed Driver’s Kylo Ren, aka Ben Solo, on a search for redemption. Soderbergh roughed out the story with “Logan Lucky” screenwriter Rebecca Blunt. Scott Z. Burns later joined to pen the script.“I always was interested in doing another ‘Star Wars,’” Driver said. “I had been talking about doing another one since 2021. Kathleen [Kennedy] had reached out. I always said: ‘With a great director and a great story, I’...

Oct202025 by cineverseNo Comments

Robert De Niro Says ‘We Can’t Let Up’ the Fight Against Trump Because ‘He Does Not Want to Leave the White House’: ‘There’s No Other Way to Face a Bully’

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety Robert De Niro is telling Americans to keep protesting against Donald Trump. After Saturday’s nationwide No Kings protests, De Niro told MSNBC that the country needs to show “much more” resistance, because that’s “the only thing the politicians are going to recognize.” He added that we need to make lawmakers “more afraid of the wrath of the people” than the “wrath of Trump.” “We can’t let up,” De Niro said. “Cannot let up on him because he is not going to leave the White House. He does not want to leave the White House. He will not leave the White House. Anybody thinks he, oh, he’ll do this, he’ll do that, it’s just deluding themselves.” He added, “The Republicans, most of all, because they know, but they’re going along ...

Oct192025 by cineverseNo Comments

Bugonia’ Sets Early Screening For Audience Members Who Are Bald or ‘Willing To Shave’ Their Heads: ‘This Is Real

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By Andrew McGowan According To The variety Want to see Emma Stone‘s new film “Bugonia” before its wide release on Oct. 24? The Yorgos Lanthimos-directed film is having an early screening in Los Angeles on Monday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m. However, there’s a catch: in order to attend the screening at the Culver Theater on Monday night, all audience members must either arrive bald or with their heads shaved before entering the auditorium. DoLA posted the screening’s requirements on its Instagram page on Oct. 17, stating, “Are you bald, or willing to shave your head? On Monday, 10/20, head to the Culver Theater for a FREE advanced screening of ‘Bugonia’ – the new Focus Features fever dream from Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.” The post conti...

Oct192025 by cineverseNo Comments

Lynne Ramsay on Making Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence ‘Crawl Like Animals’ and Working With ‘Totally Terrifying’ Joaquin Phoenix

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Lynne Ramsay‘s filmmaking approach involves quick thinking and fearless actors willing to trust her instincts — even when that means crawling through grass like animals with just 10 minutes’ notice. Speaking at a BFI London Film Festival‘s Screen Talk on Saturday, the Scottish director revealed how she salvaged a crucial proposal scene in her latest film “Die My Love” when the light was dropping during the shoot. With no time to complete a conventional scene, Ramsay made an on-the-spot decision. “I crawl up to him, and I’m like, what we going to do?” she recalled of consulting with cinematographer Seamus McGarvey. “We both look at each other and go, this is it… He gets down to their level in this field, and that’s how he asked to...

Oct182025 by cineverseNo Comments

No Other Land’ Doc Sets Streaming Self-Release After Turning Down Mubi Deal – Film News in Brief

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By Jazz Tangcay, Giana Levy, Leia Mendoza, Andrew McGowan According To The variety Oscar documentary winner “No Other Land,” which shows Palestinian families in Masafer Yatta struggling to stay on their land, will be available on digital platforms in the U.S. starting Oct. 20. The documentary will be available on Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play and YouTube. “No Other Land” did not have a U.S. distributor until striking a deal with MUBI. But following the announcement that MUBI had accepted a $100 million investment from investment firm Sequoia Capital, the filmmakers ended the deal in objection to Sequoia’s financial ties to the Israeli military and weapons industry. “This film shows the reality of Israeli occupation and oppression against Palestinians — but that truth apparently di...

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Shelby Oaks’ Director Chris Stuckmann on That Horrific Ending, Shooting on 2000s Camcorders and His YouTube Origins

Yamada Yoji to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Tokyo Film Festival

Adam Driver Pitched Kylo Ren ‘Star Wars’ Standalone Movie With Steven Soderbergh, but Disney Rejected Script: ‘One of the Coolest’ Projects ‘I Had Ever Been a Part of’

Robert De Niro Says ‘We Can’t Let Up’ the Fight Against Trump Because ‘He Does Not Want to Leave the White House’: ‘There’s No Other Way to Face a Bully’

Bugonia’ Sets Early Screening For Audience Members Who Are Bald or ‘Willing To Shave’ Their Heads: ‘This Is Real

Lynne Ramsay on Making Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence ‘Crawl Like Animals’ and Working With ‘Totally Terrifying’ Joaquin Phoenix

No Other Land’ Doc Sets Streaming Self-Release After Turning Down Mubi Deal – Film News in Brief

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