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Feb242026 by cineverseNo Comments

Golden Swan,’ About the Kidnapping of the Director’s Brother, Debuts Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Leo Barraclough According To The variety “Golden Swan,” which has its world premiere in the International Competition section of the 28th Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival, has debuted its trailer. The film, directed by Anette Ostrø, looks back to 1995, when her brother, Hans Christian Ostrø, travelled to India in search of meaning and artistic growth. Months later, he is kidnapped in Kashmir and held hostage by the militant group al-Faran. During five weeks in captivity, he secretly writes poems and letters to his sister. Found on his body after his execution, these texts become the foundation of an intimate reconstruction of his final months. Anette Ostrø said in a statement, “I was 25 when my only brother was brutally killed. The trauma changed my life completely. I ...

Feb222026 by cineverseNo Comments

Remembering Tom Noonan, Whose Performance in ‘Manhunter’ Is the Greatest Portrayal of a Psycho Killer in Movie History

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By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety Considering all the horror movies I’ve seen, I’m a pretty easy jump scare. I can sit through the degraded slasher-film trash of the week, and when that formula shock cut arrives, synced to a bombastic music cue, I’m gullible enough to get goosed. That said, there are only three times in my life when I’ve seen a movie that chilled me to the bone of primal fear. The first one was “Carrie” in 1976. That incredible finale, when Amy Irving’s Sue is reaching down to Carrie White’s grave and Carrie’s blood-stained hand pokes out of the rubble, made me literally stand up out of my seat in terror. The next time I got scared on that level was my first viewing of “Psycho,” which didn’t happen until a few years after I’d seen “Carrie.” I coul...

Feb152026 by cineverseNo Comments

Charli xcx’s Takashi Miike Horror Project Takes Shape as Milly Alcock, Norman Reedus Join Cast; Plot Unveiled

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By Alex Ritman According To The variety Fresh of the back of taking Sundance by storm with “The Moment,” Charli xcx appears to be gearing up with another hot film project. Variety has learned that her upcoming movie with Japanese horror maestro Takashi Miike — which Variety announced last year and in which she’ll star and produce — is taking shape, with additional cast and a plot unveiled, plus a sales company coming on board. Milly Alcock, the “House of the Dragon” breakout soon to be seen in “Supergirl,” will join Charli on screen, as will Sho Kasamatsu (“Tokyo Vice”) and Kiko Mizuhara (“Ride or Die”). Norman Reedus has also joined the cast. As for the plot, the film — written by Ross Evans and currently known as “Un...

Feb22026 by cineverseNo Comments

Jay-Z, Harvey Weinstein and Pusha T Mentioned in Latest Epstein File Release

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By Jack Dunn According To The variety The Department of Justice on Friday released 3 million documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files, along with 2,000 videos and roughly 180,000 images. The latest batch included mention of celebrities like Jay-Z, Pusha T and Harvey Weinstein. Mentions of the trio did not come from Epstein’s personal records nor reports corroborated by law enforcement. The two rappers and the disgraced Hollywood mogul were named in a tip to the FBI, which was archived as part of the Epstein investigation. The tip itself does not imply these individuals were investigated, nor does it in any way imply guilt for the accusations posed. According to an FBI crisis intake report included in the latest Epstein release, an anonymous victim, wh...

Jan312026 by cineverseNo Comments

‘Take Me Home’ Review: Sundance Award-Winner Paints an Intimate Portrait of a Family in Crisis

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By Lisa Kennedy According To The variety The family drama “Take Me Home” is a not an easy watch and (arguably harder than it needs to be). Yet, how could a film that takes such an intimate look at the fraying healthcare net through the story of a woman with a cognitive disability and her declining parents be otherwise? And yet, writer-director Liz Sargent’s debut feature — which premiered in the U.S. Dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award — is suffused with love: the director’s love for her own sibling, who stars in the film, but also the tenacious and so often under-appreciated love of caregiving. The family drama “Take Me Home” is a not an easy watch and (arguably harder than it needs to be). Yet, how could a fil...

Jan72026 by cineverseNo Comments

‘The Housemaid’ Sequel in the Works With Sydney Sweeney and Paul Feig Returning

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By Angelique Jackson, Marc Malkin According To The variety “The Housemaid” star Sydney Sweeney and director Paul Feig did something bad, and it felt so good that Lionsgate is going to let them do it again. Thanks to the box office success of the psychological thriller — “The Housemaid” has grossed $133 million in its first two-and-a-half weeks of release — the studio has greenlit a sequel movie, titled “The Housemaid’s Secret.” The project, based on the second novel in Freida McFadden’s best-selling trilogy, has been in development for the past few months, and Lionsgate is planning a production start for later this year with Feig and stars Sweeney and Michele Morrone returning. In “The Housemaid,” Sweeney starred as Millie, a young woman trying to esc...

Jan42026 by cineverseNo Comments

The People Who Say Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Character Isn’t ‘Likable’ Sound Like Corrupt Studio Executives

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By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety Is the hero of “Marty Supreme” likable? I think he is, and for reasons that include the fact that he’s a scoundrel. (Has there ever been a likable scoundrel in movies? No! Not Once!) The number-one reason we like — or, at least, I like — Marty Mauser is, of course, that he’s played by Timothée Chalamet, the most charismatic movie star of his generation. Chalamet, like Dustin Hoffman or Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt, has the X factor, a quality that draws us to him regardless of what he does. (Just look at some of those outfits he wore on the red carpet when he was becoming a star. Without the X factor, those clothes would have looked postmodern gaudy ridiculous; with the X factor, they still sometimes did, but they became…defining. In sporti...