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☆ ‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: A Foursquare Western From Viggo Mortensen
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Ben Kenigsberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In making an honest go at reviving the movie western, Viggo Mortensen — who directed, wrote and stars in “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” in addition to composing its score — delivers a few different westerns in one. Not counting a deathbed prologue, the film initially seems to be staking out a claim in the law-and-order corner of the genre. Mortensen, as a bereaved sheriff named Holger Olsen, appears skeptical when a town dullard stands accused of six murders and apparently claimed not to remember any of them. The local courthouse — a makeshift affair cobbled together in the saloon — is not the most forgiving place for the wrongfully accused, or for anyone. We’ve already seen the killer.

Persons: Viggo Mortensen —, Mortensen, Holger Olsen, dullard, We’ve, Weston Jeffries, Solly McLeod, Alfred Jeffries, Garret Dillahunt

Editor’s Note: In this appeal to Congress, more than 35 artists, activists, scholars and others call for funding for Ukraine. On territory that Russia occupies, it tortures Ukrainian citizens, kidnaps Ukrainian children and murders Ukrainian leaders. By fighting Russia alone, they protect Europe. By fighting a conventional war against a nuclear power, they are making nuclear proliferation and nuclear war less likely. Together we call upon Congress to do the right thing – right now.

Persons: Read, Stringer, Abrams, José Andrés, Gabrielle Carteris, Mona Charen, Misha Collins, Rosario Dawson, Felicia Day, Doug Fears, Jonathan Safran Foer, Francis Fukuyama, Mark Hamill, Gale Anne Hurd, Dara Khosrowshahi, William Kristol, Eric Edelman, Scott Kelly, Daniel Lubetzky, Michael McFaul, Kate McKinnon, Alyssa Milano, Viggo Mortensen, Patton Oswalt, Phillips O’Brien, Brad Paisley, Sean Penn, Serhii Plokhii, Ivanna Sakhno, Eric Schmidt, Liev Schreiber, Timothy Snyder, Terrell Jermaine Starr, Barbra Streisand, Hilary Swank, Peter Wehner, Katheryn Winnick Organizations: Ukraine, CNN, Getty Locations: Russia, Russian, Crimean Tatars, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Aleppo, Grozny, Europe, Donetsk, Ukraine, AFP, China, Beijing, Asia, East, Africa, United States

☆ ‘Oppenheimer’ cast members join Jane Fonda and more to turn spotlight on nuclear threat
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is leveraging the attention on Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-nominated film “Oppenheimer” in an attempt to elevate the conversation about nuclear threat. In the run-up to Sunday night’s Academy Awards, the organization is launching a “Make Nukes History” campaign Wednesday in Los Angeles. “We want to raise our voices to remind people that while Oppenheimer is history, nuclear weapons are not,” the group writes in their letter. And political will is created when people demand it.”Cillian Murphy (as J. Robert Oppenheimer) and writer, director, and producer Christopher Nolan on the set of "Oppenheimer." The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, who along with a team of scientists, developed and designed the atomic bomb.

Persons: Christopher Nolan’s Oscar, “ Oppenheimer, “ Oppenheimer ”, Matthew Modine, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Viggo Mortensen, Emma Thompson, Rosanna Arquette, Robert Oppenheimer’s, Charles Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, ” “ Robert Oppenheimer, ”, NTI, Ernest J, Moniz, “, ” Cillian Murphy, Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Melinda Sue Gordon, J Organizations: CNN, Nuclear Threat Initiative, Sunday night’s, Los Angeles Times, NTI, Weapons, Universal Locations: Los Angeles

TORONTO (AP) — Vicky Krieps noticed that while there’s plenty of instruction for getting into a role, there's curiously little about getting out of one. For Krieps, the disarmingly natural Luxembourgish actor of “Phantom Thread,”“Corsage” and “Bergman Island,” it’s not a small issue. “I have to leave my characters in a peaceful way and say: Now she lives in song,” says Krieps. Political Cartoons View All 1148 ImagesThe film, Mortensen’s second and most accomplished directing effort, is a Western from a different, more feminist perspective. In “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” Vivienne packs her bags to flee after the assault, then puts them down and resolves to stay.

Persons: — Vicky Krieps, there's, “ Bergman, ” it’s, she's, Paul Thomas Anderson’s, Daniel Day, Lewis, Krieps, “, ”, She's, Viggo Mortensen, Mortensen, Holger, Canadian Vivienne, Vivienne, ” Krieps, ‘, Elisabeth, Alma, couturier Reynolds Woodcock, Gabriel Garcia Bernal, Hitchcock, it’s, that’s, Jake Coyle Organizations: TORONTO, Toronto, French, Union Army, Screen, American Federation of Radio, Television Artists, Hollywood, Twitter Locations: Danish, Canadian, San Francisco, Nevada, Toronto, Berlin, Krieps

TORONTO (AP) — When the Hollywood actors union announced a strike this summer, Cameron Bailey, the longtime chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, dusted off his COVID-19 playbook. “This is the nature of running a festival,” Bailey says. We support them, but we’ll miss them.”The dual strikes have already taken the spotlight at the Venice Film Festival. “I’ve loved movies since I was child and I’ve never been to a film festival before,” says Jefferson. “Even the idea that I’m going to a film festival with a film that I’ve directed feels surreal.

Persons: Cameron Bailey, ” Bailey, Hayao Miyazaki’s, Oscar, “ Harry Potter, David Yates, Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, they’re, ”, Yates, “, Damien Chazelle, Adam Driver, Michael Mann, “ Ferrari, Bradley Cooper, Leonard Bernstein, “ Maestro, Cooper, Yorgos, Alexander Payne’s “, ” George C, Wolfe’s “ Rustin ”, Andrew Haig’s “, Bailey, Craig Gillespie’s, Gillespie, Lars, Tonya ”, ” Gillespie, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Duncan Crabtree, ” Crabtree, Sean Penn, Dakota Johnson, Jessica Chastain, Willem Dafoe, Nicolas Cage, Finn Wolfhard —, Viggo Mortensen’s “, ” Kristin Scott Thomas ’ “, ” Michael Keaton’s “ Knox, ” Ethan Hawke’s “, Anna Kendrick’s, Lil Nas, Montero, ” “, Paul Simon ”, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin’s “, Jessica Yu’s “, Cord Jefferson, Larry Wilmore, Percival Everett’s “, Jeffrey Wright, “ I’ve, I’ve, Jefferson, “ I’m, Jake Coyle Organizations: TORONTO, Hollywood, Toronto, ”, SAG, Venice Film, Netflix, Amazon, Telluride Film, GameStop, America Ferrera, Cannes, Twitter Locations: North America, Toronto, Venice, Telluride, Cannes, Ireland

☆ Cormac McCarthy, Pulitzer-winning novelist known for apocalyptic Westerns, dies at 89
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Daniel Arkin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 16: Writer Cormac McCarthy attends the premiere of "The Road" at Clearview Chelsea Cinemas on November 16, 2009 in New York City. McCarthy's death was announced in a statement by his publisher, Penguin Random House. "Cormac McCarthy changed the course of literature," Nihar Malaviya, the CEO of Penguin Random House, said in a statement. Two novels published in the 2000s — "No Country for Old Men" and "The Road" — drew wide acclaim and found favor in Hollywood. McCarthy published his final two novels in 2022: "The Passenger" and "Stella Maris," interconnected narratives that grappled with morality, science and faith.

Persons: Cormac McCarthy, Jim Spellman, WireImage, Pulitzer, John McCarthy —, McCarthy, Olivetti Underwood, Malaviya, James Wood, King James Bible, Melville, Conrad, Faulkner, Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr, Albert Erskine, William Faulkner, James Joyce, —, Joel, Ethan Coen, Viggo Mortensen, Stella Maris Organizations: Chelsea Cinemas, Penguin Random, Yorker, The New York Times, University of Tennessee, Random, Penguin Locations: New York City, Santa Fe , New Mexico, American, Providence , Rhode Island, Knoxville , Tennessee, Hollywood

☆ 'Green Book' actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. found dead in the Bronx
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

"Green Book" actor Frank Vallelonga Jr. was found dead in New York City, police said Thursday. The NYPD responded to a call early Monday morning just before 4 a.m. in the Bronx and found Vallelonga Jr. laying unconscious and unresponsive on the ground. Following the arrival of EMS to the location, the actor was pronounced dead on the scene. Vallelonga Jr. was the son of late actor Tony Lip, whose real name was Frank Vallelonga. Vallelonga Jr.’s brother, Nick Vallelonga, co-wrote the script and produced the film, which also won best original screenplay at the 91st Academy Awards.

☆ Netflix reportedly pitched a $250 million 'Marvel approach' to 'Lord of the Rings' TV shows, but it 'freaked out' the Tolkien estate
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Netflix pitched the Tolkien estate on "Lord of the Rings" TV shows before Amazon landed the rights. It took a "Marvel approach" that "freaked out" the estate, according to The Hollywood Reporter. HBO also pitched the estate on a TV series, THR reported, on essentially remaking the film trilogy. One source told THR that Netflix took a "Marvel approach, and that completely freaked out the estate." THR also reported that Netflix bid $250 million for the rights, which has been widely reported to be the number Amazon paid for the series.

☆ (video) Documentarele românești „Acasă” și „colectiv” au fost nominalizate la premiile Academiei de Film Europene 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-11 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

(video) Documentarele românești „Acasă” și „colectiv” au fost nominalizate la premiile Academiei de Film Europene 2020Documentarele româneşti „Acasă”, în regia lui Radu Ciorniciuc, şi „colectiv”, regizat de Alexander Nanau, au fost nominalizate la cea de-a 33-a ediţie a premiilor Academiei de Film Europene (EFA Awards). La categoria „cea mai bună actriţă europeană” au fost selectate interpretele Paula Beer („Undine”), Natasha Berezhnaya („DAU. Natasha”), Andrea Braein Hovig („Hope”), Ane Dahl Torp („Charter”), Nina Hoss („My Little Sister”) şi Marta Nieto („Mother”). Câştigătorii vor fi desemnaţi prin votul celor 3 800 de membri ai Academiei de Film Europene. În 2019, lungmetrajul „The Favorite”, regizat de Yorgos Lanthimos, a fost desemnat cel mai bun film european în cadrul unei gale organizate la Berlin.

Persons: Radu, Alexander Nanau, Victor Kossakovsky, Susanne Regina, Thomas Vinterberg, Burhan, Jan Komasa, Martin Eden, Pietro Marcello, Vaclav, Christian Petzold, Grey, Adrien Merigeau, Jorge Jacome, Dorian Jespers, Thomas, Regina Pessoa, Cineaştii Agnieszka Holland, François Ozon, Maria, Paula Beer, Natasha Berezhnaya, Natasha, Andrea Braein, Ane Dahl, Nina Hoss, Marta Nieto, Goran Bogdan, Elio Germano, Luca, Martin Behnke, Damiano, Fabio D’Innocenzo, Maurizio Braucci, Tobias Lindholm, Câştigătorii, Yorgos Organizations: Academiei de Film, Academiei de Film Europene Locations: România, Germania, Finlanda, Luxemburg, Norvegia, Statele Unite, Franţa, Elveţia ), Siria, Danemarca, României, Olanda, Suedia, Berlin, Polonia, Italia, Cehia, Ucraina, Slovacia, Portugalia, Belgia, Rusia, Canada, Costa

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