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Oct132025 by cineverseNo Comments

Spamflix to Revive Brazil’s Cult ‘Cinema of Desire’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Lise Pedersen According To The variety Cult film outfit Spamflix will launch the Cinema of Desire at the Marché International du Film Classique (MIFC) in Lyon, an ambitious restoration project in collaboration with the Cinemateca Brasileira that reclaims a missing piece of Brazilian film history. The Lisbon-based platform is presenting the 4K restoration of “The Magic Eye of Love” (“O Olho Mágico do Amor,” 1982), the first in a trilogy by Ícaro Martins and José Antonio Garcia, within the MIFC’s Re>Birth program – a showcase for heritage titles seeking restoration and distribution partners. “This is the first market where we are showing the project, and it’s very special,” Spamflix co-founder Julia Duarte told Variety. “These films were part of a mo...

Oct132025 by cineverseNo Comments

Chloé Zhao on Why Hollywood Is ‘Not Very Good at Preserving the Language of Ambiguity’ and How Neurodivergence Is Her ‘Superpower’ in Filmmaking

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By Ellise Shafer According To The variety During a conversation at London Film Festival on Sunday, Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao got candid about Hollywood, the difficulty of financing films, how neurodivergence has impacted her storytelling and more. Zhao’s devastating historical drama “Hamnet” — about the personal tragedy that led to the creation of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley — held its European premiere at the festival on Saturday night, where it was welcomed with plenty of emotion (and a surprise appearance from producer Steven Spielberg). Speaking about making the film, Zhao said that the experience made her “very passionate about rediscovering and remembering some older ways of storytelling that have been forgotten...

Oct122025 by cineverseNo Comments

Box Office: ‘Tron: Ares’ Hits the Grid With $14.3 Million Opening Day, Channing Tatum’s ‘Roofman’ Raises $3.2 Million in Second

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By J. Kim Murphy According To The variety Disney’s “Tron: Ares” will light up the top of the box office in its debut, though the sci-fi entry is coming in dimmer than its projections. Meanwhile, the Channing Tatum caper “Roofman” looks headed for a second place bow. The “Tron” threequel earned $14.3 million across Friday and previews from 4,000 venues (that includes early access screenings on Wednesday ahead of the wider traditional Thursday rollout.) Pre-weekend tracking had forecast a debut north of $45 million — a range that’s now likely well out of reach. It’s also pacing behind the prior series entry “Tron: Legacy,” which nabbed a $17.5 million opening day in 2010 on its way to a $44 million first frame. Reviews have been mediocre for “Ares,” while audiences were slightly more p...

Oct112025 by cineverseNo Comments

Mark Hamill on ‘The Life of Chuck,’ His ‘Star Wars’ Legacy, and How AI Actors Are ‘Terrible, Ghastly, Ghoulish…and Weird’

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By Clayton Davis According To The variety Mark Hamill has spent nearly five decades in the spotlight, but the actor insists he’s still learning to disappear. “The definition of a character actor is an actor that disappears, and you see only the character,” Hamill says about his role in Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck,” which won the Toronto International Film Festival Audience Award in 2024 before being acquired by Neon. In Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novella, Hamill plays an aging accountant — an intimate and surprising departure from the larger-than-life characters that made him famous, such as Luke Skywalker from the “Star Wars” series. The film, which stars Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan, explores memory, mortality and the marks we leave ...

Oct72025 by cineverseNo Comments

Marty Supreme’ Gets Huge Standing Ovation as Timothée Chalamet Salutes NYFF Premiere: ‘I Went to High School Down the Street’

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By Michaela Zee According To The variety Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at the 63rd New York Film Festival on Monday night for a secret screening of “Marty Supreme.” Introduced by director Josh Safdie, Chalamet briefly addressed the audience before the film began. “This movie — in many ways, beyond being about Marty Mauser — is a love letter to New York,” Chalamet said on stage, adding that he was “so thrilled” to debut his latest film in the city. “I went to high school down the street,” Chalamet said, referring to LaGuardia High School. “This is fucking awesome to be here.” Set in the 1950s, the A24 sports dramedy follows young table-tennis prodigy Marty Mauser (Chalamet) as he chases his dream of becoming a champion. “Marty Supreme” received a stan...

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...

Sep212025 by cineverseNo Comments

San Sebastián’s Development Program Ikusmira Berriak Sees 34% Increase in Applications in a Year of Outstanding Success

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By Rafa Sales Ross According To The variety San Sebastián’s Ikusmira Berriak residency program is back for its 11th year with a crop of exciting new projects in development. Created in 2015 to promote emerging talent and delivered in partnership with the Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) training centre, the initiative offers five residencies to filmmakers each year. The program consists of a stay of eight weeks divided into two stages comprising a seven-month mentoring program between March and September, culminating during the festival dates. During the festival, the filmmakers complete the last two weeks of their residency at the Tabakalera building and participate in professional activities that inc...