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Nov302025 by cineverseNo Comments

Vincent Lindon Bets on Socially Conscious Films That ‘Prevent Him From Behaving Badly’: ‘I’m Weak. They Force Me to Be Stronger

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By Marta Balaga According To The variety French actor Vincent Lindon often plays well-meaning characters. But he can’t take credit for their selfless choices, he stressed. “When I made ‘Welcome’ [about a man helping Kurdish refugee] there were people in the street who shook my hand and said: ‘Thank you very much for what you do for the migrants. Really, Mr. Lindon, bravo.’ I replied: ‘Thank you, but it’s not me’ “When I made ‘The Measure of a Man,’ they said: ‘You’re really brave.’ They confuse what I do in films with who I am in real life. But my small contribution is that I’m still making them. I could’ve been making bigger films, earning more money and taking fewer risks.” Speaking at Torino Film Festival, where he’s set to pick up the Stella della Mole award ...

Nov292025 by cineverseNo Comments

Oscar Race Wide Open for Non-U.S. Directors Like Jafar Panahi and Joachim Trier to Shine

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By Matt Minton According To The variety As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences continues to diversify its voting membership, with 55% of 2025’s invitees hailing from outside the U.S., these efforts have not only resulted in more international films like “Drive My Car” and “Emilia Pérez” earning nominations and even trophies across the board, but have also opened the gates for the director category to become more global. Among this year’s strong international contenders for the director Oscar: Joachim Trier (“Sentimental Value”), Jafar Panahi (“It Was Just an Accident”), Park Chan-wook (“No Other Choice”), Kleber Mendonça Filho (“The Secret Agent”), Kaouther Ben Hania (“The Voice of Hind Rajab”), Oliver Laxe (“Sirāt”) and Annemarie Jacir (“Palestine 36”). While some of the...

Nov292025 by cineverseNo Comments

The Kartli Kingdom’ Review: Georgian Refugees Live Decades in Limbo in an Elegiac Observational Study

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By Guy Lodge According To The variety Named for the late medieval Georgian monarchy that once stood proud on the same land, “The Kartli Kingdom” is a ruefully ironic nickname for less-than-royal lodgings: a derelict sanatorium in overgrown semi-rural grounds, overlooking the brighter lights of central Tbilisi in the distance. Once home to a state-of-the-art cardiology hospital that was shuttered in the early 1990s, its wards have since been occupied by hundreds of Georgians left homeless by the 1992 war in Abkhazia — now a devastated sovereign territory to which they cannot return. Over the last 30-odd years, what was intended to be a temporary shelter has become a long-term purgatory, and that eerily stretched stillness of time is poignantly captured in Tamar Kalandadze and&n...

Nov262025 by cineverseNo Comments

Zootopia 2’ Review: Where Disney’s Critter-Driven Cartoon Favored Mammals, Its Reptile-Inclusive Sequel Tips the Scales

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By Peter Debruge According To The variety Nine years is a lifetime for foxes and hares. But it’s also the ideal space between installments in a thoughtful animated franchise (see “Inside Out 2”). Back in 2016, Disney’s wildly popular “Zootopia” showed vulnerable species trying to get along with those that might normally attempt to eat them. Now, the toon studio’s well-crafted follow-up focuses on a different kind of predator: greedy land grabbers. To say more might spoil the mystery, and that would be a shame, as it’s one of the things that makes “Zootopia 2” such a worthy successor. Both that film and its horizon-extending sequel plug anthropomorphic characters of all shapes, sizes and speeds (the sloth is back) into classic “Chinatown”-style detective stories, populating adult-cali...

Nov262025 by cineverseNo Comments

Lesley Manville-Starring Cold War Thriller ‘Winter of the Crow’ Sells to Cohen for U.S. as HanWay Closes Multiple Deals (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Alex Ritman According To The variety “Winter of the Crow,” Kasia Adamik’s English language feature starring Oscar and BAFTA nominee Lesley Maville (“Phantom Thread”) has sold to Cohen Media Group for the U.S. HanWay Films has also closed multiple territory sales including YouPlanet in Spain, Signature Entertainment in the UK & Ireland, Beta Film in Bulgaria, Cinemania Group in Former Yugoslavia, The Film Group in Greece, Forum in Israel, Frontrow Films in the Middle East, Outsider Films in Portugal, Ad Astra in Ukraine, CInetel in Hungary, Shaw Renters in Singapore and Cinesky Pictures for Airlines. The producers locked in an early distribution deal with Telewizja Polska for Polish rights “Winter of the Crow” sees Manville play Joan Andrews, an ordinary woman...

Nov252025 by cineverseNo Comments

Scarlett Johansson to Star in New ‘Exorcist’ Movie

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By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety Scarlett Johansson will star in the next “Exorcist” movie for Universal and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. Mike Flanagan is writing, directing and producing the newest installment, which has been described as a “radical new take” on the property. The original “Exorcist,” directed by William Friedkin, follows a mother (Ellen Burstyn) who hires two Catholic priests to perform an exorcism on her demonically possessed 12-year-old (Linda Blair). Released in 1973, the film was a critical and commercial hit with $441 million globally in addition to 10 Oscar nominations “Scarlett is a brilliant actress whose captivating performances always feel grounded and real, from genre films to summer blockbusters, and I couldn’t be happier to have her j...

Nov252025 by cineverseNo Comments

My Father’s Shadow’ Director Akinola Davies Jr. Among 2025 BAFTA Breakthroughs

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By Alex Ritman According To The variety The British Academy has unveiled the 2025 cohort for BAFTA Breakthrough U.K., featuring 20 creatives-to-watch in the film, TV and games. Among the crop of names to make the list this year are Akinola Davies Jr., who turned heads in Cannes with his directorial debut “My Father’s Shadow.” The film went on to get a special mention from the Un Certain Regard jury, was selected to represent the U.K. at the Oscars and leads the pack of nominees going into this weekend’s British Independent Film Awards. Supported by Netflix since 2019, the year-round initiative provides hand-selected creatives from a vast range of disciplines, who are on the cusp or in the midst of a breakthrough moment, with a springboard to the nex...