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In the fluorescent glare of a rundown Indonesian wig factory, vats of human hair simmer in huge cauldrons, stirred by hunched laborers as rows of mannequin heads watch blankly from the dark. Indonesian auteur Edwin has spent much of his career examining the quiet absurdities of modern life with a cool, deadpan detachment. But with…
It’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu as we all remember him, and as we’ve never seen him before. Tutu, the new documentary from Sam Pollard (MLK/FBI, 4 Little Girls), is a behind-the-scenes look at the life of the smiling, joyous rebel clergyman who helped end Apartheid. Tutu premieres as a Berlinale Special screening, at the Berlin Film…
‘GOAT’ Premiere Image Credit: Photo Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Aaron Pierre, Jennifer Hudson, Nick Kroll, Stephen Curry, Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Jelly Roll, Jennifer Lewis and Patton Oswalt premiered their animated film GOAT in L.A. on Feb. 6. ‘GOAT’ Premiere Image Credit: Photo Credit: Eric Charbonneau/Sony Pictures via Getty Images Stephen Curry, Ayesha Curry, Tom…
Paramount has hired Rene Augustine as senior vice president of global public policy. Augustine comes to the role after serving as deputy assistant attorney general in the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 2019 to 2021. She has also served on committees at the Kennedy Center, including as a Trump appointee to…
Peacock is having a moment. NBCUniversal’s streaming platform is having its biggest week to date, fueled by some of the biggest sporting events on the planet in the Super Bowl and The Winter Olympics. The latter has already racked up its best streaming performance ever, with the majority of the 17-day event still to come….
For his follow-up to the tense and claustrophobic German middle school drama, The Teachers’ Lounge, director Ilker Çatak has attempted something both more ambitious and more mystifying: a tale of authoritarian oppression, artistic strife and family conflict that’s set in contemporary Turkey but was shot entirely in Germany, with no attempts to hide the fact…
The 1970s were a golden age of American cinema. Most movie buffs are familiar with an agreed narrative of how the decade happened: a new young generation of filmmakers, whose names became the stuff of legend — Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Coppola, William Friedkin, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, Brian De Palma, Terrence Malick —…
Production assistants on NBC’s Chicago Med have decided to unionize. Crew members on the long-running medical drama voted 11-1 to join Production Assistants United in a National Labor Relations Board election on Wednesday. The eligibility of five ballots were challenged and will be determined at a later date. “We’re not saying ‘fuck the studios,’ we…
Don Lemon has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from his reporting of a protest at a Minnesota church, setting up a case that could see free press and religious protections collide. Lemon entered his plea during a brisk court appearance on Friday, multiple outlets reported, after he was arrested last month in Los Angeles….
The 4th annual Aspen Snow Ball will be a major mother-daughter night out. The charity fundraiser, set for the St. Regis Aspen Resort on March 21, will fete Goldie Hawn with a Philanthropic Impact Achievement Award and find her reuniting with her daughter, the recently Oscar-nominated Kate Hudson, who will headline as the night’s musical…
