‘Master Gardener’: Joel Edgerton & Sigourney Weaver To Star In Paul Schrader’s New Film

Jennifer Love Hewitt felt an extra bit emotional on International Women's Day as she paid tribute to her late mother on social media.MORE: 9-1-1 star Jennifer Love Hewitt shares realities of breastfeeding with fansRevealing that her birthday fell on the same day, she took to Instagram with an adorable picture of a young Jennifer playing with her mother.WATCH: Jennifer Love Hewitt makes a pregnancy confessionShe paired it with an emotional message, writing: "Today you are 77 in heaven! And it's international women's day! "The little girl in this pic knew from the moment we met, that you would be the greatest woman in her life. And you were! You were a single mom, great business woman, greatest friend, shined even when your heart was breaking, stared cancer in the face with grace and fight."MORE: Jennifer Love Hewitt posts beautiful beach selfie with her husband alongside heartfelt messageShe continued: "And made everyone who ever met you, not be able to forget it.

The Dropout – where she stars as Theranos fraud Elizabeth Holmes – Amanda Seyfried is retreating back to the farm life she knows and loves.MORE: The Dropout: viewers are saying the same thing about Elizabeth Holmes seriesThe star shared images from her calm and expansive farm home, revealing a rare glimpse of her two kids with Thomas Sadoski: Nina, four, and Thomas, one.Amanda and Thomas married in 2017, having a small and very private wedding while the Mamma Mia actress was pregnant – nine months pregnant to be exact – with their first child.WATCH: The trailer for Amanda's new drama series, The DropoutMORE: Amanda Seyfried's rare photo with baby son reveals disturbing image emerging in the backgroundThe first picture from the carousel featured Nina, who undoubtedly looks just like her mom, giving her back to the camera as she leans over a wood fence that a white donkey is approaching.

over two million people have fled the country, and during the week a former Strictly Come Dancing star issued an urgent plea.DONATE NOW: What can you do to help Ukraine?Lithuanian-born Iveta Lukosiute, who appeared on the show between 2012 to 2014, took to social media during the week to offer help to those fleeing. In a message, she wrote: "Dancers from Ukraine! If you like to come to [the] USA, contact me directly: Iveta10dwc@gmail.com.

Teletubbies was one of the most iconic TV shows of the nineties, with children from all over tuning into watch Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po. However, it wasn't just the four Teletubbies who were fan favourites, as the smiley Sun Baby was also one of the most memorable characters. The giggling, happy character never failed put a smile on viewers' faces, and was an iconic aspect of Teletubbyland.

Two House lawmakers are calling on the Internal Revenue Service to investigate the nonprofit status of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, citing reports of “longstanding and questionable business practices” by its leadership.

Rhona Goskirk got quite the surprise at the start of this week when her mum appeared in the village.

WESH.But opponents say that, despite the bill’s intent or language, in practice, teachers and administrators — even at the secondary levels — will preemptively ban any mention of LGBTQ issues for fear of being sued by litigious parents, sending an implicit message to LGBTQ youth that there is something wrong with them.Other opponents say the bill is a way for Republicans to pander to socially conservative voters ahead of the 2022 midterm elections this November — and for DeSantis to shore up his bona fides among socially conservative Republican primary voters for a future White House run — by demonizing LGBTQ youth. They point to a controversial House amendment, which was scrapped prior to the final vote following a public backlash, which would have required teachers, counselors, and administrators to “out” students to their parents within six weeks of any disclosure by the student regarding their identity, as evidence that the bill is motivated by anti-LGBTQ animus.“In your effort to elect Ron DeSantis and send him to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, I just ask you: Is it worth it? Is it worth it if one child is affected by this piece of legislation, what you’re doing today, I ask you: Is it worth it? Is it worth a child being outed or bullied or potentially becoming suicidal?” Sen.

Rio Ferdinand hopes that the Manchester United players are embarrassed by their display in the 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday.

Thousands of Facebook and Spotify users have reported outages across the UK.

David and Victoria Beckham have made a huge donation to support children affected by the devastating conflict in Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a historic address to the House of Commons this evening, as he was beamed into the chamber via a live link from war-torn Kyiv.

Manchester City's place in the Champions League quarter-final draw is all but confirmed as they welcome Sporting who have a huge mountain to climb at the Etihad Stadium.

More than a year ago, it was reported that Jon Bernthal was signed to star in a new TV series inspired by the film, “American Gigolo.” At the time, not much was known about the series, specifically how involved the film’s writer-director, Paul Schrader, would be. Well, according to the filmmaker’s recent interview with GQ, he’s definitely not involved, and he honestly doesn’t know how a TV series based on the film would work in 2021.

The word “cinema” brings to mind many different thoughts and images. Some people might think of a Wong Kar-wai film.

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The Green Knight, the long-awaited A24 fantasy-horror film starring Dev Patel, has finally been given a UK release date.According to Variety, the David Lowery film, which also stars Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris and more, will now arrive in UK cinemas on September 24; it will also be available on Amazon Prime the same day.It comes after Entertainment Film Distributors pulled the film’s UK cinema release back in July due to coronavirus concerns. Cinemas in the UK were advised to withdraw all trailers and posters until further notice.Variety reports that discussions regarding the film’s release were ongoing for quite some time, with A24 keen to see The Green Knight land in UK cinemas.

Actor Oscar Isaac has been known to make character studies alongside large studio movies throughout his career; before “Star Wars,” he was making things like Zack Snyder‘s “Sucker Punch,” “X-Men: Apocalypse,” and Ridley Scott‘s “Robin Hood.” READ MORE: Oscar Isaac On Returning To Superheroes In ‘Moon Knight’ After ‘X-Men: Apocalypse‘: “We’re Making Something That’s Quite Different” However, while speaking to the press in Venice via Deadline, Isaac noted that he needed a break from green screen/blockbuster work to focus on something more character-focused, which led to making Paul Schrader‘s dramatic gambling pic “The Card Counter” that will be playing at the festival (our review here).

Tiffany Haddish and Oscar Issac are looking incredible at the 2021 Venice Film Festival!

“I don’t really feel like it’s going anywhere,” a character in Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter laments at one point, and for a good long time one is inclined to feel this way about the film itself. Like the titular low-end professional gambler, Schrader here plays the long game, winning as often as not by studying patterns, conservatively abiding by carefully calculated odds and not acting on impulse. But just when you’ve about given up on the film and its mostly forlorn characters, the writer-director shows his wining hand, the clouds part, the sun shines bright and redemption — creative and moral — is to be had.

Green covers the screen as the opening credits for Paul Schrader’s “The Card Counter” surface. The color and texture come from the felt distinctive to casino tables.

What if you’ve paid your debt to society, but the spiritual weight of what you truly owe for your past actions can never be repaid in full? Following the terrific comeback reception to “First Reformed” and the spartan, Bresson-ian transcendental style employed within, feeling good about his chances, filmmaker Paul Schrader doubles down on austere slow cinema again in “The Card Counter,” a movie about the moral balance a man can accrue.

Manori Ravindran International EditorPaul Schrader says his movie “The Card Counter,” in which Oscar Isaac plays a former Abu Ghraib interrogator who did jail time for his actions, is “not about redoing history” but rather focusing on one soldier’s memory — a cinematic theme he predicts will recur as U.S.

Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and director Paul Schrader discussed the story behind Venice Film Festival revenge-thriller The Card Counter this morning at a press conference on the Lido.

Maybe it comes from having a decades-long career being considered a film legend, but Paul Schrader is unafraid to speak his mind. However, as he is quick to point out, the filmmaker is keenly aware that speaking your mind in today’s political climate can result in some serious losses in your career due to “cancel culture.” Speaking to Deadline, while promoting his new film “The Card Counter,” Paul Schrader opened up about what he perceives are the ills of cancel culture.

‘The Card Counter’ which will have its world premiere tomorrow at the Venice Film Festival. Character-driven, sexy and surprising, with plenty of intrigue one would expect from a Schrader film,” HanWay Films MD Gabrielle Stewart also said in a statement. The writer behind “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull” Paul Schrader is on a roll after the critical acclaim of his film “First Reformed” with Ethan Hawke, which he now followed up with “The Card Counter” that’s having its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJoel Edgerton and Sigourney Weaver will star in “Master Gardener,” a new crime thriller from Paul Schrader, a master of the genre.Schrader is on a bit of a hot streak after scoring an Oscar nod for his screenplay for “First Reformed.” Astoundingly that marked his first nomination despite penning some of the greatest movies ever made. His new drama, “The Card Counter,” debuts at the Venice Film Festival.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSince 1976’s “Taxi Driver,” filmmaker Paul Schrader says he has been looking for certain problems that he could place within a metaphor. In that case, he says, “It was a young man’s sense of loneliness, and the yellow taxi car was the metaphor.

EXCLUSIVE: One day before Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter premieres at the Venice Film Festival, I can reveal that the filmmaker’s next project is already gathering pace.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has set Tiffany Haddish to star in I.F., a live action hybrid family comedy that has Mike Mitchell set to direct a script by Darren Lemke. The film blends animation with live action, in the vein of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The picture is the story of an imaginary friend.

The latest film from Paul Schrader, the new thriller, “The Card Counter,” finds itself in a similar position as many features from the last year. The film was greenlit and began production prior to the massive worldwide outbreak of COVID.

After its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival two years ago, Pablo Larraín‘s “Ema” finally made had its theatrical release in US theaters last week. US audiences hopefully won’t need to wait as long for Larraín’s next film, “Spencer” The highly anticipated biopic has its world premiere in Venice next month, as it vies for the coveted Golden Lion.

The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton and Colin Farrell as three members of the international rescue team that discovered, to the surprise of the world, that the soccer players were still alive in the cave despite being trapped for 10 days. Then, with the world watching, the team devised a risky plan to lead the players one by one out of the flooded, dark caverns.