‘Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon’ Film Review: Ana Lily Amirpour Whips Up a Heady Bourbon Street Cocktail

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In October, a horrific tragedy occurred in New Mexico on the set of "Rust" – cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died after a gun that actor Alec Baldwin was holding discharged and a live projectile fatally hit the rising star. With an investigation still underway, lawsuits mounting and questions unanswered, Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies is speaking out.  In an interview with Vanity Fair, which describes the tragic incident as "an event cascade" with "each incident contributing to the moment that claimed [Hutchins's] life," Carmack-Altwies "already sees that Hutchins's death was caused not by a single action but by numerous failures and mistakes." Here's a look at those factors, according to Vanity Fair, which notes that the former public defender has yet to file charges "and won't know for several more months if she will."' In October, a horrific tragedy occurred on the set of "Rust" – cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died after a gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding discharged and a live projectile fatally hit the rising star.

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Back in 2019, when it was announced that filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour was set to helm a new remake of “Cliffhanger,” the classic action film starring Sylvester Stallone, it was described as “female-focused.” When I reported about it, I even used that term in the headline. Let’s hope Amirpour didn’t notice that because she’s not a big fan of labeling a film with such gendered terms.

KATE Hudson is sheer class on the red carpet — but she will always paws for a canine pal. The US actress, 42, was at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of her movie Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon.

Manori Ravindran International EditorAna Lily Amirpour doesn’t want you to call her movies “female-led.” It’s true that all of them to date have been centered around strong female protagonists, including her Venice competition title “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon,” but they’re much more than that, she says.The Iranian-American director recalls early reports describing her next project, “Cliffhanger,” a reboot of the 1993 Sylvester Stallone action thriller, as merely a “female-fronted” project and instantly recoils.“It’s this very boring, uninformed way of talking about things now,” Amirpour tells Variety at the Venice Film Festival. “It’s just ‘the female-driven thing.’ But it’s not just that.

Kate Hudson, 42, made quite the impression at the 2021 Venice Film Festival on Sept. 5 when she attended the premiere of her film, Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon in an eye-catching fashion choice. The actress wore a magnificent Valentino red gown that had a sheer top and belled out long sleeves as she posed on the red carpet of the event, which took place in Venice, Italy. She also had her long wavy blonde locks down and took a moment to greet and pet an adorable dog that walked up next to her.

Jessica Chastain gives off retro vibes in a cranberry colored jumpsuit as she arrives at the 2021 Venice Film Festival on Sunday afternoon (September 5) in Venice, Italy.

Kate Hudson crouches down on the red carpet to play with director Ana Lily Amirpour‘s dog at the premiere of Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon during the 2021 Venice International Film Festival on Sunday (September 5) in Venice, Italy.

Like finding a grubby, balled-up bill in your spangly g-string and uncrumpling it to discover doughy old Ben Franklin staring benignly back at you, Ana Lily Amirpour‘s third feature is a sweet, scuzzy surprise made all the sweeter/scuzzier because you don’t know quite what you did to deserve it. Certainly, at the Venice Film Festival –where “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon” snuck into competition – giggling into one’s mask at its garish but gladhearted genre excesses felt like getting away with something naughty.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic“Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon” opens where any good stylishly ironic demon-out-of-water fairy-tale thriller should: in an insane asylum. That’s where Mona Lisa (Jeon Jong-seo), a catatonic waif, is seated on her knees in a straitjacket.

Panelists at the press conference for Ana Lily Amirpour’s Venice Film Festival competition title Mona Lisa And The Blood Moon today said they have experienced feeling like an outsider, a theme that runs through the story.

Alissa Simon Film CriticProducers Adam Mirels and Robbie Mirels of 141 Entertainment, the team behind Ana Lily Amirpour’s hotly anticipated “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon,” which plays Sunday in competition at the Venice Film Festival, have signed an option to remake director-writer Sameh Zoabi’s 2018 Venice Horizons Award entry “Tel Aviv on Fire.” The adaptation will be set on the border between the Sonora region of Mexico and a small Arizona town.Zoabi’s original film nabbed the best actor award in Venice Horizons and went on to receive a host of international kudos. The film uses comedy to explore the absurdity of everyday life under a militarized border force.