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07.09.2024 / 04:27

‘Hard Truths’ Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste Reunites With Mike Leigh And The Results Are As Bleak As You Might Guess – Toronto Film Festival

Right at the end credits of Hard Truths it says “any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.” I am not sure that is so true. I know many people who are just as mad at the world for various reasons as Pansy, the main character in Mike Leigh‘s latest depressing look at working class day-to-day existence in Great Britain. We’ve been here in this bleak zone many times with Leigh, and in fact this is the second time the great Marianne Jean-Baptiste has worked with him, the first being her Oscar nominated performance in his 1996 classic, Secrets And Lies. She was unforgettable then, and she remains unforgettable now, albeit playing a thoroughly unlikable character in Pansy, a woman who somewhere along the way lost any sense of joy, if indeed she ever had any.

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14.10.2024 / 21:33

Deadline’s Contenders London Streaming Site Launches

Deadline on Monday launched the streaming site featuring all panel conversations from Contenders London, the movie awards-season kickoff that featured creatives and key craftspeople from seven buzzy films that will be at the forefront of kudos conversations leading up to the Oscars.

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01.10.2024 / 15:05

‘A Real Pain,’ ‘Room Next Door,’ ‘The Brutalist’ Among Miami Film Festival Gems Lineup

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor “The Room Next Door,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Maria” and “The Brutalist” and “A Real Pain” are among the films featuring at the 11th Miami Film Festival GEMS. The Festival’s fall midseason event will take place from Oct. 30 – Nov.

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27.09.2024 / 14:55

New York Film Festival Director on Curating the 2024 Slate and Why He Doesn’t Prioritize World Premieres

Rebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter Like many of the fall film festivals, New York Film Festival had to mount its 2023 edition during the actors strike and without major stars like Emma Stone (“Poor Things”), Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore (“May December”) or Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal (“All of Us Strangers”) in attendance to promote their movies. So, NYFF’s artistic director Dennis Lim is relieved the annual celebration of cinema is returning in 2024 with business as usual.

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26.09.2024 / 11:57

Pedro Almodóvar, Luca Guadagnino, Mike Leigh Join Contest for European Film Awards

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The European Film Academy has added a further 16 feature films to the longlist – known as the Feature Film Selection – for the European Film Awards. With the already announced 29 films the list comprises 45 titles.

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24.09.2024 / 17:41

Variety to Celebrate 10 Years of Bleecker Street and the New York Premiere of Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’

Whitney Cinkala Variety will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bleecker Street with a cocktail party and awards presentation to Bleecker Street CEO Andrew Karpen on October 5 at the New York Film Festival. Karpen will be honored with the Variety Vanguard Award for his exemplary leadership and extensive contributions to the indie film community. Variety’s co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh will give remarks and present the award.

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20.09.2024 / 10:41

San Sebastian Head José Luis Rebordinos Talks ‘Emmanuelle’, Johnny Depp & Avoiding Competition With Other Fall Festivals

José Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastian Film Festival, has just over a week until opening night when he sits down for an interview with Deadline, and he is still plagued by one niggling organizational issue.

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20.09.2024 / 07:59

From Ester Expósito Starrer ‘The Wailing’ to the Next From Albert Serra and Pilar Palomero, the Breadth of Catalan Films is Underscored at San Sebastián

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent SAN SEBASTIAN — Is this the San Sebastián Catalan Film Festival? Always boasting a sterling presence at San Sebastián, Catalonia has a massive 27 titles this year, counting five projects in doc forum Lau Haizetara and including four of the five Spanish movies in main Competition and 10 in Made in Spain. Following a break-down of major section titles: “Afternoons of Solitude,” (Andergraun Films, Ideale Audience, LaCima Producciones) Albert Serra’s not at all obvious follow-up to Cannes competition player “Pacifiction,” a portrait of star bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey at work.

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20.09.2024 / 06:23

San Sebastián 2024: Big Names, New Talent

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent In terms of stars — Cate Blanchett, Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton, Pamela Anderson — and auteur power — Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker, Costa Gavras, Edward Berger, Mike Leigh, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Joshua Oppenheimer, François Ozon, Lupita Nyong’o, Mohammad Rasoulof, Walter Salles, Maite Alberdi — this year’s San Sebastián Festival promises one of its biggest editions ever. Yet it’s the Spanish festival’s wealth of new talent and rising names in its industry competitions sets it apart. Here are 10 things to expect from the fest, which runs Sept.

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09.09.2024 / 13:25

Sherwood star Lesley Manville, 68, makes bold bedroom confession

Lesley Manville, the star of The Crown, has opened up about her love for portraying strong, fearless, and flamboyant female characters. At 68, Lesley feels that age doesn't limit her as she enjoys a thriving period in her acting journey. Reflecting on her remarkable 50-year career during an event at London's V&A museum, she expressed her appreciation for her versatile talents.

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09.09.2024 / 00:11

‘Hard Truths’ Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste Unleashes An Unforgettable Fury In Mike Leigh’s Family Drama [TIFF]

TORONTO – Pansy is angry. She’s angry at the woman in line with her at the grocery store checkout.

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08.09.2024 / 11:14

Spain Brings Co-Production Market to Toronto’s Industry Program

Jennie Punter With a co-production forum and sold-out Spotlight on Incentives seminar complementing its pavilion and robust industry delegation, Spain is giving Toronto industry attendees a taste of what will unfold on a much larger scale in September 2026 when the festival launches its official content market. On Sept.

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07.09.2024 / 21:15

Marianne Jean-Baptiste is Worthy of Another Trip to the Oscars for Her Brilliant, Biting Performance in Mike Leigh’s ‘Hard Truths’

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor It shouldn’t be hard for “Hard Truths” to get some Oscar love, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be. British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers an emotionally charged performance in Mike Leigh‘s powerful drama. She portrays a woman on the verge of mental collapse, navigating her life with a volatile mix of vulnerability and rage.

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07.09.2024 / 20:16

Breaking Baz: Marianne Jean-Baptiste And Mike Leigh Reunite 28 Years After ‘Secrets & Lies’ With ‘Hard Truths’: Her Character Pansy’s Petals Reveal A Complex Personality—Toronto Film Festival

Marianne Jean-Baptiste says that she’s playing “the ultimate Karen” in Mike Leigh’s new film . The character’s name is, actually, Pansy. The horticulturalists at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, just outside of London, describe the Pansy flower as a symbol for “humanism.”

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07.09.2024 / 05:44

‘Hard Truths’ Review: You Can’t Help but Love a Bitter Marianne Jean-Baptiste in Mike Leigh’s Slender Sketch

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Some people bring happiness and positivity into the world, illuminating the lives of all around them, and some make flowers wilt and milk curdle wherever they go. As Pansy, Marianne Jean-Baptiste embodies the latter sort in “Hard Truths,” coming away from her reunion with “Secrets & Lies” director Mike Leigh with her richest character yet — not economically speaking, of course, though we’d all be millionaires if we had a nickel for every blistering complaint that spills from Pansy’s lips.

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06.09.2024 / 22:19

‘Hard Truths’ Director Mike Leigh Still Peeved Marianne Jean-Baptiste Lost the Oscar for ‘Secrets & Lies’

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Director Mike Leigh vividly remembers the 1997 Academy Awards, where Marianne Jean-Baptiste was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in his best picture nominee “Secrets & Lies.” “She should have won,” Leigh said during an interview at the Variety Studio, sponsored by J Crew and SharkNinja, during the Toronto International Film Festival. Jean-Baptiste lost the award to Juliette Binoche, who shockingly won for her performance in “The English Patient,” which also took home the best picture Oscar. However, neither Binoche nor Jean-Baptiste were favored to win.

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06.09.2024 / 11:47

San Sebastian Sets Most Star-Studded Edition Yet With Cate Blanchett, Andrew Garfield, Pamela Anderson and More Attending

Jamie Lang This year’s San Sebastian International Film Festival will feature the most eye-catching list of international superstars it has ever hosted, including A-list actors such as Cate Blanchett and Javier Bardem – who will both receive Donostia career achievement awards, Andrew Garfield, Pamela Anderson, Tilda Swinton and Lupita Nyong’o and filmmakers like local legend Pedro Almodovar – another Donostia award recipient, Adam Elliot, Gia Coppola, Mike Leigh and Walter Sales. Other international actors who have confirmed they will attend this year’s festival include Monica Bellucci, Jamie Campbell Bower, Johnny Depp, Isabelle Huppert, Noémie Merlant, Ángela Molina, Franco Nero, Charlotte Rampling and Will Sharpe, among others.

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06.09.2024 / 01:39

Breaking Baz: Marianne Elliott Makes Filmmaking Debut Taking A Winning Walk Along ‘The Salt Path’ With Gillian Anderson & Jason Isaacs – Toronto Film Festival

EXCLUSIVE: Movie producers in Hollywood and London would court three-time Tony-winning director Marianne Elliott and ask her what she wanted to do. She’d reply that what she really wanted to do was to film a story about an older woman who’s a protagonist. “They’d smile at me, and then I’d never hear from them again,” she says with a mischievous grin.

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05.09.2024 / 01:46

London Film Festival 2024: New Films From Steve McQueen, Sean Baker, Mike Leigh, Pablo Larrain & More

We are nearly a month away from the upcoming BFI London Film Festival. And with only weeks until the opening night of the event, the folks involved have unveiled the full lineup of films being shown.

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05.09.2024 / 01:14

BFI London Film Festival Lineup: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin To Debut ‘Endurance’, Baker, Heller, Berger & Abbasi’s Trump Movie Among Headline Galas — Full List

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s latest documentary feature Endurance about the epic search to find the lost ship of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, Sean Baker Anora, and Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch starring Amy Adams are among the titles that have been announced within the full lineup of the British Film Institute’s (BFI) 68th London Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list.

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05.09.2024 / 00:39

‘Hard Truths’ Trailer: Mike Leigh Reteams With Marianne Jean-Baptiste For A New Family Drama

It’s been quite a while since we’ve gotten a new film from director Mike Leigh—the last being 2018’s “Peterloo.” However, that is changing soon with the release of his newest film, “Hard Truths.” READ MORE: 2024 Fall Film Preview: 50 Movies To Watch As seen in the trailer, “Hard Truths” tells the story of Pansy, a woman who finds herself picking fights with nearly everyone in her life.

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04.09.2024 / 10:51

Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, Elton John, Andrew Garfield, Saoirse Ronan Titles Among BFI London Film Festival Full Lineup

Naman Ramachandran The 68th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its star-studded 2024 lineup, featuring Angelina Jolie, Elton John, Daniel Craig, Florence Pugh, Andrew Garfield, Saoirse Ronan, and more in a program boasting 39 world premieres and 12 international premieres among its 253 feature, short, series and immersive works. The festival’s headline gala screenings will showcase a range of high-profile films.

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03.09.2024 / 14:06

Denis Villeneuve, Daniel Kaluuya, Sean Baker, Zoe Saldaña Set for London Film Festival Screen Talks

Naman Ramachandran The 68th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of Screen Talks, featuring a roster of high-profile filmmakers and actors. The program includes sessions with Steve McQueen, Lupita Nyong’o, Denis Villeneuve, Andrea Arnold, Sean Baker, Daniel Kaluuya, Mike Leigh, Zoe Saldaña, and the documentary duo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.

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02.09.2024 / 15:04

Andrew Garfield And Florence Pugh Flick ‘We Live In Time’ To Close San Sebastian

We Live In Time, the upcoming romance flick starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, will close out the official selection at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival.

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27.08.2024 / 18:57

Angelina Jolie Set For TIFF Tribute Award In Impact Media

Academy Award–winning actor-turned-filmmaker Angelina Jolie is set to receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey announced on Tuesday.

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12.08.2024 / 09:53

Director Richard Hunter on Locarno First Feature ‘Foul Evil Deeds’: “Not Picking up Dog Poo to Killing Your Wife and Everything in Between’

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Richard Hunter’s feature “Foul Evil Deeds” is one of the more European of British first features, taking its inspiration from continental art house names rather than the more usual luminaries of U.K. social realism such as Ken Loach and Mike Leigh. It consists of interwoven stories of everyday wickedness, from the careless to the horrific: “The influences are people like Ulrich Seidel and Michael Haneke being a huge one, Roy Andersson being a big one, and peripherally looking at all of those,” Hunter told Variety.

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30.07.2024 / 19:09

‘Emilia Pérez’s’ Camille Dalmais and Clément Ducol to Receive Variety’s Artisan Award at Toronto Film Festival

Diego Ramos Bechara editor French songwriting and composing duo Camille Dalmais and Clément Ducol have been presented with the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival Variety Artisan Award for composing the soundtrack for Jacques Audiard’s Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez.” The duo will be feted as part of the TIFF’s 2024 class of tribute award honorees, which will also include Mike Leigh (awarded the TIFF Ebert Director Award) and Durga Chew-Bose (awarded the TIFF Emerging Talent Award). Dalmais (“Corsage”) and Ducol (“Little Tickles”) are prominent figures in the French music scene.

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30.07.2024 / 15:39

Toronto Film Festival: Mike Leigh To Be Feted With Ebert Director Award

British filmmaker Mike Leigh will be feted at this year’s Toronto Film Festival with the TIFF Ebert Director Award for career achievement. The announcement was made this morning by TIFF head Cameron Bailey.

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30.07.2024 / 11:55

San Sebastián: Edward Berger, Gia Coppola, Mike Leigh, Joshua Oppenheimer & François Ozon Among Names Set For Competition

The San Sebastián Film Festival has revealed a bumper Official Selection for its latest edition, which will unfold from September 20 — 28.

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30.07.2024 / 11:29

San Sebastian Festival Competition: New Mike Leigh, Edward Berger and Gia Coppola Films and Joshua Oppenheimer’s ‘The End’ With Tilda Swinton

Mike Leigh, Joshua Oppenheimer, Gia Coppola and Edward Berger will vie for San Sebastian’s top Golden Shell this September. The festival features a main competition that is stronger than usual on both bigger-name directors and ‘A’ list stars, such as Tilda Swinton in Oppenheimer’s “The End,” Jamie Lee Curtis and Pamela Anderson in Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl” and the ensemble cast of Berger’s “Conclave” that includes Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini.

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28.07.2024 / 00:59

Oscar Predictions: Best Picture — Fall Festivals Kick Off Early Awards Buzz for ‘Blitz,’ ‘Joker 2’ and ‘Maria’

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events.

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22.07.2024 / 16:19

TIFF 2024: Full Galas & Special Presentations Lineups Include Films Featuring Riz Ahmed, Salma Hayek, Barry Keoghan, & More

We are inching ever so close to the kickoff of fall film festival season, which means we’re starting to get a full picture of what films we can expect at the various events. The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), for example, has finally unveiled its full lineup for the Galas and Special Presentations sections, which, as you might expect, are star-studded.

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22.07.2024 / 16:05

TIFF Lineup: Pam Anderson’s ‘Last Showgirl,’ Ben and J. Lo Project ‘Unstoppable,’ Papal Thriller ‘Conclave’ and More

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer The Toronto International Film Festival is bringing back the star power after last year’s Hollywood labor strikes led to a drought of household names at the annual gathering. Projects from Pamela Anderson, Jennifer Lopez, Riz Ahmed, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and more will see world premieres in Toronto come September, as well as key awards contenders like Edward Berger’s “Conclave” and Sean Baker’s “Anora.” In the special presentations section, Gia Coppola will deliver her anticipated drama “The Last Showgirl” starring Anderson.

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22.07.2024 / 15:12

TIFF Galas & Special Presentations Lineup Includes World Premieres From Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Gia Coppola; Starry Pics With Jennifer Lopez, Lily James, Dave Bautista; Int’l Premieres ‘Conclave’ & ‘Piece By Piece’, More

The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival announced its full lineup of Galas and Special Presentations today in what is a complete embarrassment of riches as the event blasts off after last year’s actors strike with 29 titles having rights for sale.

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01.07.2024 / 09:17

‘Life,’ ‘To A Land Unknown’ Win Main Prizes at Sophomore Edition of Mediterrane Film Festival

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Zeki Demirkubuz’s “Life” was awarded the Golden Bee for Best Feature Film at the second edition of the Mediterrane Film Festival. Mahdi Fleifel’s Un Certain Regard breakout “To a Land Unknown” took the Jury’s Choice prize, while Brandt Andersen’s “The Stranger’s Case” won Golden Bees for Best Director for Andersen and Best Acting for Yasmine Al-Massri.

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28.06.2024 / 14:21

Mike Leigh Says Peterloo Gatherers Would Be ‘Horrified’ At Abstaining Voters, Wishes He Got Bigger Budgets for Contemporary Films

Rafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor Renowned British filmmaker Mike Leigh believes that if the subjects of his 2018 historical drama “Peterloo” were alive to see the upcoming U.K. general elections they would be “not only horrified but mystified” about “people procrastinating about whether to vote and seeing justification in not voting, which is what’s happening right now.” While in conversation about his career with Chief Executive of Film London Adrian Wooton at the Mediterrane Film Festival, the director emphasized that his retelling of the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 is a film “about democracy” and felt it was vital to highlight the importance of voting ahead of the elections.

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