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The most traumatic experience at Cannes so far was the horror film to end all horror films, during which I experienced a 90-minute anxiety attack. British documentary-maker Lucy Walker presented us with her Countdown to Zero, for which the tagline should be: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Fear the Bomb. Her film is about the ubiquity of nuclear weapons and the simply terrifying amount of weapons-grade material that is sloshing about, unaccounted for, after the breakup of the Soviet Union – material that terrorists would love to get their hands on. Nukes are a subject that we have long made a semi-conscious decision to ignore. Walker powerfully revives the subject, touching on how we could have a nuclear detonation from terrorists or the Dr Strangelove scenario – a "legitimate" attack by accident. Walker has interviewed former intelligence and military personnel and statesmen, including Gorbachev and Tony Blair. There are some extraordinary facts, the most … [Read more...] about Cannes film festival: Countdown to Zero, The Housemaid, A Screaming Man and Outrage

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige – generally acknowledged as the driving force behind the enormously successful series of blockbusters the studio has released – is to develop a new Star Wars film, it has been announced. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Walt Disney Company (which owns both Marvel Studios and Star Wars producers Lucasfilm) has asked Feige to work on Star Wars material with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. Disney co-chair Alan Horn said: “With the close of the Skywalker Saga, [Kennedy] is pursuing a new era in Star Wars storytelling, and knowing what a diehard fan Kevin [Feige] is, it made sense for these two extraordinary producers to work on a Star Wars film together.” No details have been revealed as to the nature of the project, or whether it will operate as part of the “main” chronological narrative or as a standalone “anthology” film. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, due for release in December, is … [Read more...] about Marvel mastermind Kevin Feige to develop new Star Wars film

The Golden Globes have come and gone, the Bafta and Guild nominee lists are out, and the Oscar race appears to be taking clear shape in advance of the nomination announcement on 23 January. Happily, it remains a more lively and contested one than usual in the acting races: in no category has a single name hogged the critics’ and precursor awards in the manner of a Helen Mirren for The Queen or a Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood. Yet as fluid as the competition remains, any number of worthy names have already been frozen out of the race – victims of diminishing buzz, undernourished campaigns or films that were simply never in voters’ wheelhouses, or even on their radars, in the first place. Here are 10 under-rewarded performances that deserve at least as much chatter as Gary Oldman and Frances McDormand. Claes Bang in The Square A long-serving TV and stage actor in his native Denmark, Claes Bang is suddenly, at age 50, poised for international stardom – … [Read more...] about The 10 film performances that deserve more awards attention this year

Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby have been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In a statement, the Academy announced that the governing board had voted to remove the two disgraced stars “in accordance with the organization’s standards of conduct”. The board continued “to encourage ethical standards that require members to uphold the Academy’s values of respect for human dignity”. The news arrives after Cosby was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a former basketball player. His name has since been removed from the Television Academy website and he has lost an honorary degree from Yale. Cosby is currently awaiting sentencing. Polanski, who won an Oscar for best director in 2003, has been a fugitive since fleeing to France in 1978 while awaiting sentencing for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old. While his membership is being taken away, he will keep his award. “As far as what I did: it’s … [Read more...] about Roman Polanski and Bill Cosby expelled from the film Academy

Natalie Portman is set to play a female version of Thor in the fourth instalment of Marvel films about the god of thunder.The announcement came as Walt Disney's Marvel Studios revealed a slate of upcoming superhero films, including The Eternals starring Angelina Jolie, Blade featuring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali, and a solo film for Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow.Fan favourite Taika Waititi is back on board to direct Thor: Love And Thunder, which is set for release in November 2021.Portman will be reprising her role as Jane Foster, the hero's love interest in the first two Thor films - but will now take up the hammer as a female goddess of thunder.Chris Hemsworth, who plays the original Thor, and Tessa Thompson, who plays fellow Asgardian Valkyrie, will also be returning. Advertisement Waititi says he was inspired by the comic source material The Mighty Thor, which introduces a female Thor.The film is part of Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which began with … [Read more...] about Natalie Portman to play female version of Thor in upcoming Marvel film