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Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs (1991) is more than just a chilling thriller. It’s a layered story that blends psychological horror, suspense, and deep character work. Over 30 years later, it still leaves audience unsettled and curious, especially when it comes to the ending. How exactly does Clarice Starling manage to catch Buffalo Bill? What does that final phone call with Dr. Hannibal Lecter really mean? And beneath all the tension, what is the film truly trying to say?

In this article, I’m going to walk you through the ending of The Silence of the Lambs, step by step and dig into the film’s deeper themes, so all those lingering questions finally start to click. Just a heads up: this article contains spoilers, so read at your own discretion.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is an ambitious FBI trainee at Quantico,...

Exclusive: While he hasn’t yet found the actress who’ll play Joan of Arc in his epic Jehanne d’Arc, Baz Luhrmann found an exceptional young voice to help him unlock the screenplay. That would be Ava Pickett, a playwright who wrote the script with Luhrmann.

Here’s how impressed the filmmaker was with Pickett: Recently, pretty much the whole of Warner Bros shut down as the entire teams from production to marketing and publicity headed over to Chateau Marmont. In the room where the first draft of Rebel Without a Cause was read aloud for Warner Bros brass, Pickett read the first draft of Jehanne d’Arc. Luhrmann and design partner Catherine Martin backed her up with a visual presentation.

Start date for the film isn’t quite there, Luhrmann told Deadline. That depends on the casting of the pivotal role of the teenaged French peasant who believed...

The red carpet has begun at the 2025 Met Gala and we’ll be updating this post all night long to show you Every celeb who is attending the event.

For those who aren’t ware, the Met Ball is the biggest night in fashion every year and hundreds of stars are expected to walk the red carpet.

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has invited many celebs to act as co-chairs for the evening and there’s also a host committee this year that includes 25 more celebs.

The dress code this year is “Tailored for You” to celebrate the new Superfine: Tailoring Black Style exhibit. It’s the first Met Gala to focus on menswear since 2003 and we already have photos from inside the exhibition.

Head inside to see photos of Every celeb at the Met Gala in 2025…

Keep scrolling for photos of Every celeb on the red carpet at the Met Gala…...

In the wake of January’s catastrophic Palisades Fire, an image featuring a charred Academy Award sitting atop a pile of rubble went viral and became a symbol of the devastation, not only for the area but for its impact on Hollywood professionals. Many industry insiders reposted the image complete with emotional captions including veteran actress Isabella Rossellini, who had just been nominated for an Oscar for Conclave. The image, however, turned out to be fake and AI generated.

Fast-forward to Wednesday when a real charred Oscar turned up at Chateau Marmont, where it was pictured on the famed hotel terrace during a starry event hosted by Anna Wintour and Vogue to announce the details for the forthcoming Vogue World: Hollywood. It belongs to four-time Oscar winner Colleen Atwood, who lost her home in the Palisades Fire as she confirmed during a poignant moment at the podium alongside fellow costume...

Anna Wintour doesn’t come to Los Angeles often, so when she touches down, it usually means there’s important fashion business on the horizon.

That proved to be the case Wednesday when the global editorial director of Vogue and chief content officer at Condé Nast assumed position at a podium situated on the Chateau Marmont terrace just before 11 a.m. in front of the city’s fashion elite. But a few faces in the crowd — specifically Governor Gavin Newsom, mogul Casey Wasserman and costume designers Arianne Phillips, Colleen Atwood and Ruth E. Carter — signaled that the official business would stretch beyond fashion.

“We are thrilled to be here in Los Angeles, a city we love, that we admire, which gives us so much and has been constantly in our thoughts since the winter. This is a moment when coming to Los Angeles, joining in the effort to rebuild and...

Anna Wintour announced today that the fourth annual Vogue World will take place in Hollywood on October 26 at the Paramount Pictures Studio Lot. Celebrating the “conversation between film and fashion,” 100% of the ticket proceeds will go to the Entertainment Community fund, with a focus on supporting costuming professionals impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires.

“Vogue World: Hollywood will be a one-night-only show with a huge cast of models and actors, dancers, musicians and surprises, and it will set great film costumes next to brilliant fashion collections,” said Wintour. “By mixing fashion with the arts and culture in the center of a city, and by raising funds for a cause, Vogue World has become a runway show-as-rallying cry, a way to fix the attention of a huge global audience, to bring awareness, and sound an unmistakable note of positivity, creativity, and hope.”

This year’s event will feature contributions from costume...

Hollywood director Baz Luhrmann has spent over 30 years developing a film about the legendary Joan of Arc. The project is finally moving forward after Luhrmann secured backing from Warner Bros. The historical epic will focus on themes of empowering youth and societal change that still resonate today.

Luhrmann hopes to refresh the iconic story of Joan of Arc for contemporary times. He will draw from Thomas Keneally’s novel “Blood Red, Sister Rose” for source material. The film aims to portray Joan not just as a religious figure, but as a teenage girl who must find her identity during a time of war.

Joan of Arc led the French army to a major victory against English forces at Orléans in 1429 at a young age. Tragically, she faced execution for heresy just two years later. Luhrmann sees parallels between the challenges Joan faced and issues important to youth today. He wants...

Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Joan of Arc movie has been in the works for decades.

“This is something he’s talked about for 30 years,” his wife and creative partner Catherine Martin told me Saturday at the Lacma Art+Film Gala, where Luhrmann was honored alongside sculptor Simone Leigh.

The teenaged Joan of Arc became a heroine after leading the French army to victory in Orléans in 1429 before being burned at the stake in 1431. Warner Bros. confirmed in September that Luhrmann was taking on the epic tale of France’s national heroine and saint Joan of Arc.

The film is based on “Blood Red, Sister Rose,” the 1974 novel about Joan of Arc by “Schindler’s List” author Thomas Keneally.

“I almost did Alexander the Great and then at one point I was going down the road on Napoleon, but more than ever, I realized I was waiting for the right time to...

Lacma’s Art + Film gala entered its brat era over the weekend.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s marquee fundraiser took place on the grounds of the L.A. cultural institution on Saturday night as the rebellious spirit of its musical headliner Charli Xcx and her culture shifting brat album seemed to permeate the festivities. The carpet got a green-hued makeover, Anna Wintour praised honoree Baz Luhrmann’s frenetic creative spirit and how he once convinced Rihanna to dance on a table at the Met Gala, Kim Kardashian caused a stir by wearing another rare piece of fashion history and Chloe Sevigny demanded the crowd “make some fucking noise” for Charli, who turned Lacma into an electric after hours with a quick set featuring her Sweat Tour mate Troye Sivan. It even rained a little, a very brat-coded thing for Mother Nature to do in a city like Los Angeles.

Ava DuVernay, Chloë Sevigny, Cailee Spaeny and Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch were among the luminaries who took part in the chic vernissage (preview) hosted by Miu Miu for its first ever Tales & Tellers spotlight during Art Basel Paris at the Palais d’Iéna on Tuesday.

Running Oct. 16 – 20 as part of Art Basel Paris, the exhibition showcases more than 20 short films from the Miu Miu Women’s Tales series, bringing the work to life with bespoke installations and live performances by actresses and models dressed as characters from each title.

The retrospective exhibition, designed and curated by Goshka Macuga and Elvira Dyangani Ose, features Miu Miu commissioned shorts from the likes of DuVernay, Sevigny, Zoe R. Cassavetes (“Broken English”), Lila Avilés (“Tótem”), Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (“Murina”), Crystal Moselle (“Skate Kitchen”), Carla Simón (“Alcarràs”), Catherine Martin (“Elvis”), Haifaa Al-Mansour (“Wadjda”) and Isabel Sandoval (“Lingua Franca”) – all of whom were on...

Miuccia Prada’s fashion brand Miu Miu has unveiled the talent-packed program of its Tales & Tellers conversations lineup which will unfold at the Palais d’Iena during the Art Basel Paris. Miu Miu is an official partner of the public program.

Tales & Tellers was conceived by Polish artist Goshka Macuga and curated by Elvira Dyangani Ose, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona. An immersive, site-specific art project and series of short film screenings and conversations, Tales & Tellers was influenced by Miu Miu’s collaborations within the worlds of filmmaking and art.

Kicking off with a chic vernissage on Oct. 15 on the eve of opening of Art Basel Paris, this year’s inaugural Tales & Tellers program will bring together directors, talent and artists coming from different horizons who have participated in Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales and/or collaborated with the brand on the fashion shows.

Five panels hosted in two days,...

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…Australia in the Sky.

Qantas debuted its first new brand campaign in the North American market in a decade due to boosted demands for travel between the United States and Australia. The spots have noteworthy Hollywood pedigree thanks to local Aussie heroes Chris Hemsworth, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, and models Charlee Fraser and Jess Hart.

The Avengers star delivered the voiceover for the campaign, while the married filmmaking team acted as creative consultants and ambassadors on the campaign. Models Fraser and Hart appear in the campaign as do Qantas crewmembers. Filmed at the airliner’s Los Angeles hangar onboard an A380 aircraft, the campaign features scenes from famous locations around Australia including Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, Sydney Harbour, Melbourne’s Federation Square and the Great Barrier Reef.

“Like all Australians, I feel a great deal of pride in Qantas,...

If there were two people who could ever bring together Kate Moss, Hillary Clinton, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Campbell, it’s Anna Wintour and Edward Enninful.

The Vogue giants star in and serve as executive producers on a new Disney+/Hulu docuseries, In Vogue: The 90s, streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ in the U.K., Ireland and other countries.

The legendary editors, alongside industry heavyweights Tonne Goodman and Hamish Bowles, tell the story of the fashion industry through their eyes. Featuring some of the most influential names in fashion, the docuseries follows the industry’s relationship with film, music and politics across a decade of vast change, featuring everything from the Met Gala to some of the magazine’s most iconic covers.

Amber Valletta, Andrew Bolton, Baz Luhrmann, Camilla Nickerson, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, Catherine Martin, Claire Danes, Claudia Schiffer, Donna Karan, Elizabeth Hurley, Grace Coddington,...

Irish composer and songwriter Ray Harman has been appointed chair of the Screen Ireland board by Catherine Martin, Ireland’s minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Harman’s credits include 2022 comedy-drama Joyride and TV series The Young Offenders and Love/Hate. He succeeds Susan Bergin who stepped down earlier this year.

Additionally, Normal People producer Catherine Magee has joined as a board member. Magee was nominated for a TV Bafta for Normal People. She has also produced Conversations With Friends and Tim Mielants’ Berlinale opener Small Things Like These starring Cillian Murphy.

Screen Ireland also confirmed CEO Désirée Finnegan...

Blake Lively’s latest Vogue cover story photoshoot has taken the internet by storm. Styled in retro looks by Baz Luhrmann, she appears stunning and poses alongside Hugh Jackman, the co-star of her husband Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool & Wolverine.

The photoshoot includes a noteworthy Easter egg for desi fans: actor Ali Fazal is spotted in the background of a picture where Blake, dressed in a golden outfit, leans against a casino table. Ali Fazal, recognized for his roles in Furious 7, Victoria & Abdul, Death on the Nile, and Kandahar, is seen wearing a golden sherwani.

Lady Deadpool’s look revealed in Deadpool and Wolverine trailer; Fans divided between Taylor Swift and Blake Lively as Lady Deadpool

She captioned her post, “This article feels like, if I was able to attend my own funeral & leave happy, & alive. Thank you @asgreer for your time & gift of words. You met me...

Hulu has today announced that the UK original series In Vogue: The 90s will premiere on Friday, September 13, with the first three episodes, followed by the second batch of three episodes on September 20.

The series will be available exclusively on Disney+ in the UK and Ireland, on Hulu in the U.S., and in select other countries on Disney+.

The series tells the definitive story of the fashion industry in the 1990s through the eyes of Vogue editors Hamish Bowles, Edward Enninful, Tonne Goodman, and Anna Wintour. It is packed with some of the most influential names across fashion, film, and politics.

In Vogue: The 90s is a thrilling journey across continents through ten years that changed fashion forever: Hollywood, Grunge, the Met Gala, the globalization of American fashion, and Hip-Hop. Each episode in this six-part series centers on a defining 90s moment.

The Hulu Original series features insight from an A-list cast,...

Anna Wintour, Edward Enninful, Hamish Bowles, and Tonne Goodman are runway-ready as they lead a new Disney+ U.K. original documentary titled In Vogue: The 90s.

The legendary editors will tell the story of the industry through their eyes, alongside some of the most influential names in fashion, film, and politics across a decade of vast change, from the Met Gala to some of the magazine’s most iconic covers.

Featuring insight from an A-list cast including Kate Moss, Hillary Clinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Sarah Jessica Parker, the show is set to premiere on Friday, Sep. 13. The latter half will arrive on the platform a week later on Sep. 20.

Amber Valletta, Andrew Bolton, Baz Luhrmann, Camilla Nickerson, Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele, Catherine Martin, Claire Danes, Claudia Schiffer, Donna Karan, Elizabeth Hurley, Grace Coddington, Jean Paul Gaultier, and John Galliano also star across the six episodes. Other big names involved include June Ambrose,...

Warning: this post contains mention of sexual assault.

Besides Hannibal Lecter's sneering line, "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti," the sight of the serial killer Buffalo Bill (aka Jame Gumb) leaning over a giant well and commanding his terrified captive, "It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again," is one of the most memorable moments from Jonathan Demme's "The Silence of the Lambs." Jame Gumb's beautiful Victorian style home, complete with a secret well in the basement, is the perfectly sinister place to torture his victims. Conveniently, he was able to weasel his way into occupying the home from his first victims' employer, Mrs. Lippman.

Many of Buffalo Bill's disturbing behaviors are taken from other real-life serial killers. Ted Bundy would fake injuries or disability to lure unsuspecting women into his car, similar to how Jame Gumb...

I once performed in a professional production of "Silence!," the musical parody of "Silence of the Lambs." I was cast in a dual role as Fredrica Bimmel and Catherine Martin — the "great big fat person" Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb coveted before murdering and dumping her in a body of water, and the woman he later kidnapped and kept in his basement hole before being rescued by Clarice Starling.

In the movie, Gumb asks Catherine if she's "about a size 14" before kidnapping her. In the musical, he has a hoedown song and dance number titled, "Are You About A Size 14?" featuring lyrics like "If you want to find the one / You need a girl who weighs a ton." I love the show and I loved playing the characters, but I couldn't help but laugh about the ridiculousness of it as I was and continue to be a size 22. In the world of "Silence of the Lambs,...

by Cláudio Alves

Though Margot Robbie isn't up for Best Actress, she's nominated in Best Picture with her husband, Tom Ackerley.

It's Valentine's Day, and love is in the air. To commemorate the occasion, let's consider this year's Academy Award nominations through the prism of romance, searching for couples among the contenders. Recognizing lovers together has been an Oscar tradition since the very start, from Lunt and Fontaine's matching Best Actor and Actress nomination in 1931 to last year's Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin. Even so, this season feels especially prone to honoring couples. I could find six of them while perusing the list, including in the Best Picture race. Though they're not represented in the star-studded acting categories, they still deserve acclaim and attention…...

“Saltburn,” “Oppenheimer,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Barbie,” “Poor Things,” and “Asteroid City” all earned nominations from the Critics Choice Awards for Best Production Design. That bodes well for each film’s Oscar chances this year. But before we get too ahead of ourselves by predicting who might win this category, let’s take a look back at the last 10 Oscar winners for Best Production Design.

We’re going to take a look at the academy’s tastes here to see what type of films in what type of setting they nominate most. Then, we’ll try to apply those findings to this year’s race as we scrutinize the movies hoping for a nomination in this design category. Here we go.

These 10 winners seem like totally different movies but a closer look does show some similarities. Firstly, seven out of the 10 are set in the real world. “The Shape of Water...

Catherine Martin, the four-time Oscar-winning producer, costume designer and production designer of “Moulin Rouge,” “The Great Gatsby” and “Elvis,” says she is waiting to see what project Baz Luhrmann, her husband and longtime creative partner, will embark on next.

Martin is at the Red Sea Film Festival with Luhrmann, whom she started working with on his debut feature, 1992’s “Strictly Ballroom.” Since then, there have been a series of projects marked by their striking visual style, netting Martin a number of nominations and awards.

She spoke to Variety.

Following last year’s “Elvis,” what do you think will be your next project?

Baz hasn’t made any decisions. And I assiduously try not to get attached to any project when he’s in the process of deciding what he’s going to do. Because invariably, the one that I become attached to is not the one we end up doing.

The Red Sea International Film Festival Closing Night Gala was attended by Halle Berry, Nicolas Cage, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Andrew Garfield, Henry Golding, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joel Kinnaman Jason Statham on December 07, 2023 in Jeddah.

The Festival Awards night will close with the Mena Premiere of Ferrari, the new biopic from Michael Mann and starring Adam Driver and Penelope Cruz. Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki’s most recent film The Boy and the Heron, will screen as the Public Closing Film.

In celebration of female voices in film, the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF) and Vanity Fair Europe hosted the 5th Women In Cinema Dinner event this evening, shining a light on the achievements of women both on and behind the camera who are helping shape the film industry and inspire a new generation of talent in Saudi Arabia, Africa, and India.

The event was held at the Shangri-La in Jeddah,...

The Aussies took over Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival this evening as Elvis filmmaker Baz Luhrmann sat down for a career Q&a with actor Chris Hemsworth.

“We’re a couple of Aussies telling Aussie stories,” Luhrmann described their chat, which was shaped around their experiences working in their home country and branching out internationally as artists.

Hemsworth told the packed crowd here in Jeddah that he’d arrived in the city from Brazil Comic Con, where he’d debuted the first trailer for Furiosa, the latest edition of the Mad Max series from George Miller — another Aussie that the pair said inspired them both to try their hand at craft.

“45 years ago, I saw George Miller make this film as a kid in Australia and it’s what Akira Kurosawa would have referred to as an immaculate reality. That inspired me and all of us as Australians...

Halle Berry and Gwyneth Paltrow are among the high-profile names that have been added to the popular ‘In-Conversation’ sidebar section at the third edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list of attendees.

Further In-Conversation add-ons include Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt and Catherine Martin.

They join previously announced attendees such as Ranveer Singh (Gully Boy), Katrina Kaif (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara), Yasmine Sabri (Bogeyman), Will Smith, Bollywood legend Karan Johar (My Name is Khan), and Baz Lurhmann, the head of this year’s competition jury at Red Sea.

“The In Conversation line-up this year has some of the most iconic names in entertainment from across the globe, who are each trailblazers in their fields,” Mohammed Al-Turki, CEO of the Red Sea International Film, Festival said. “They are converging on Jeddah to give festival-goers an insight into their work and inspiration – from multihyphenate creators...

The stars are stepping out for the 2023 Red Sea International Film Festival.

Johnny Depp, Michelle Williams, and Will Smith attended the screening of Hwjn held during opening night of the ceremony held on Thursday evening (November 30) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Other stars also at the screening included Diane Kruger, Baz Luhrmann and wife Catherine Martin, Joel Kinnaman, Alessandra Ambrosio, Frieda Pinto, and Sharon Stone.

Keep reading to find out more…

The following night, Michelle, Diane, Sharon, Alessandra, and Frieda joined Zoe Saldana and husband Marco Perego, Michelle Rodriguez, along with Ed Westwick and girlfriend Amy Jackson at the Women In Cinema Gala.

The Red Sea International Film Festival‘s website states that the multi-day event is “for film lovers, filmmakers, and the global film industry.”

Fashion credits for the Hwjn screening: Michelle Williams and Diane are both wearing Giambattista Valli. Frieda is wearing a Rami Kadi dress. Sharon is wearing a Tony Ward dress.

Deadline Studio at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2023 will host talent from November 30th – December 4th at The Ritz-Carlton, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Attendees who had their portraits taken at the studio were Sharon Stone, Michelle Williams, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Diane Kruger, Ananya Pandey, Ranveer Singh, Maïwenn, Joel Kinnaman and more.

Related: Red Sea Film Festival 2023 Red Carpet Photos: Will Smith, Sharon Stone, Baz Luhrmann, Michelle Williams, Johnny Depp Attend Opening Night

The Red Sea International Film Festival will run from 30 November – 9 December.

Scroll through the selection of portraits from the Deadline studio at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2023.

Sure, 28 Oscar nominations and 17 wins aren’t to be sniffed at. But the remarkable thing about Peter Jackson‘s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy is that it should have been nominated for more. Only one of the cast was nominated for an Oscar across all three films — that was for Best Supporting Actor for Sir Ian McKellen in 2002 for “The Fellowship of the Ring” — while there were a few other curious snubs that, in hindsight, just don’t make sense. So, there was actually more room to nominate this rightly-heralded trilogy of astounding films. With that in mind, here are five more Oscar nominations “The Lord of the Rings” should have landed.

Best Original Score: “The Two Towers”

The music of “The Lord of the Rings” has gone down as one of the best scores ever committed to film. Howard Shore‘s adored score is so top drawer it leaves you clamoring for more.

In 2004, “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” became the film with joint-most Oscar wins of all time with a whopping 11 victories, matching the total tallies of both “Titanic” and “Ben-Hur.” Those 11 Academy Awards capped off a hugely successful trilogy of movies that collectively snagged 28 Oscar nominations and 17 wins in total. But yet… Peter Jackson‘s film series, adapted from the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, is so, so good that, well, it could have won more. That sounds greedy and over the top, of course, but if you take a look at each film’s nominations, it’s actually very feasible that any one of the three films could have turned the bid into a win. So, with that in mind, here are five Oscar nominations that “The Lord of the Rings” films could and perhaps should have turned into victories.

Best Art Direction — “The Fellowship of the Ring...

Brand ambassadors just don’t get better than Nicole Kidman, said Raynald Aeschlimann, the Switzerland-based CEO of Omega, at Thursday night’s party to celebrate the opening of Planet Omega, an exhibition highlighting the history of the brand that’s open to the public in New York City through November 19.

“She’s absolutely at the top of her career as an actress and a producer, and for 20 years she’s been very important to us,” Aeschlimann told The Hollywood Reporter on the red carpet. “We were just talking about our journey together, and it’s amazing that she decided 20 years ago to be on our side, because we weren’t the Omega of today.”

For Kidman, the feeling is mutual. “I’ve been with them not only because they’re classic, and I’m always drawn to classic lines, but also because they’re quality and they’re good people,...

Baz Luhrmann (Elvis) revisits his Australia feature film and transforms the nearly three-hour epic into the six-episode series Faraway Downs. The limited series will include an hour of footage that didn’t make the film’s final cut, as well as a different ending.

“I got the idea and started to relook at the footage and realized I’ve shot enough to do it as episodic storytelling through a revisiting of the piece, not necessarily as a better film than Australia, but a different variation on the themes,” explained Luhrmann in an interview with TheWrap. “I was able to use the strengths of episodic storytelling to breathe those things out and explore them in a stronger way.”

The feature film, and now the Hulu limited series it spawned, stars Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters, and Ben Mendelsohn. 2008’s Australia, which currently sits at 54% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes,...

Baz Luhrmann is returning to the Outback (and the cutting room floor) for limited series “Faraway Downs.”

The auteur recut 2008 epic “Australia” into a six-part Hulu limited series. The show follows an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) and a rough-hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) who join forces to protect the million-acre cattle ranch of her late husband.

The official synopsis reads: Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called Faraway Downs. Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown), plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), a biracial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s...

Hulu has unveiled the official trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s Faraway Downs TV series starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, ahead of its November 26 launch.

The story centers on an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) who travels halfway across the world to confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called Faraway Downs. Following the death of her husband, a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown), plots to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover (Jackman) to protect her ranch. The sweeping adventure romance is explored through the eyes of young Nullah (Brandon Walters), a bi-racial Indigenous Australian child caught up in the government’s draconian racial policy now referred to as the “Stolen Generations.”

Luhrmann also directed Oscar-nominated 2008 movie Australia and he returns for the Hulu series, which debuts in two...

The first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s “Faraway Downs” has arrived — watch it at the top of the page right now.

Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters, Ben Mendelsohn, the six-part miniseries is a reworking of Luhrmann’s 2008 film “Australia.” Recut by Luhrmann to produce what he calls a “richer telling,” it premieres Nov. 26 on Hulu.

Like “Australia,” the series centers on English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) who travels across the globe to “confront her wayward husband and sell an unusual asset: a million-acre cattle ranch in the Australian Outback called ‘Faraway Downs.” When her husband passes away, Lady Sarah teams up with a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to protect her ranch from the gaze of a ruthless Australian cattle baron, King Carney (Bryan Brown).

Those used to Luhrmann’s frenetic directing style might be surprised by the trailer’s more deliberate pacing, emphasizing the...

Baz Luhrmann is looking at the benefits of streaming content.

The “Elvis” director recut his 2008 epic “Australia” for a Hulu limited series titled “Faraway Downs.” The film followed an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a cattle range run by a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman). The limited series will have a new ending and a new soundtrack; “Australia” originally shot three endings, with only one making it into the theatrical release.

“I was inspired to re-approach my film ‘Australia’ to create ‘Faraway Downs’ because of the way episodic storytelling has been reinvigorated by the streaming world,” Luhrmann said in a press statement. “With over two million feet of film from the original piece, my team and I were able to revisit anew the central themes of the work.”

Six-episode limited series “Faraway Downs” will premiere at the closing night of the inaugural SXSW Sydney Screen Festival October 21, with Luhrmann in attendance.

Baz Luhrmann’s Faraway Downs, a six part series that extends his 2008 epic Australia, will close the inaugural SXSW Sydney Screen Festival on Oct. 21 with a world premiere.

The Elvis filmmaker will be on hand to present the limited series told in six chapters and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, Brandon Walters and Ben Mendelsohn. The SXSW festival bow will be followed by Faraway Downs launching simultaneously on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and on Disney+ in all other territories on Nov. 26, 2023.

Faraway Downs, with 20th Television as the studio, will expand on Australia, which starred Kidman and Jackman, using original footage and a new ending and updated soundtrack. When Australia first premiered in 2008, Luhrmann said he had filmed three endings. The theatrical cut of Australia has a running time of two hours, 45 minutes. There’s no word on how long the full six-episode series will run.

I love Baz Luhrmann. Even when I don't like his movies, I love Baz Luhrmann. In our age, where big-budget movies are systematically stripped of style, personality, and beauty, the Australian auteur is one of the few filmmakers out there able to make every single frame of his motion pictures as dynamic and opulent as they can possibly be. He's a maximalist working on a grand scale, and no one else can make a movie remotely comparable to what he does. Every auteur has their imitators, but Luhrmann feels like a rarity, where his style is so singular and difficult to conceive that nobody even really tries.

As I said, though, not every Luhrmann picture is a home run. He constantly takes big swings, but if you want to be accurate in your baseball metaphors, you must acknowledge that not every swing connects. Because he is such a maximalist, the...

Meet & Greet “The Silence Of The Lambs” Star Brooke Smith In An Ultra-exclusive Special Event At Buffalo Bill’S House Tour Dates: September 22-24, 2023 All guests receive a full guided tour of Buffalo Bill’s House and the opportunity to meet actress Brooke Smith, who played Buffalo Bill’s captured victim “Catherine Martin”! Brooke will be …

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Film Independent is currently in the middle of a Matching Campaign to raise support for the next 30 years of filmmaker support. All donations make before or on September 15 will be doubled—dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000. To celebrate the campaign, we’re re-posting a few of our most popular blogs.

Since the early 2000s, there’s been a disappointing trend in movies away from full-fledged opening title sequences. Whether because of the desire to jump straight into the action or the impulse to keep the audience focused on a film’s story (rather than its creators), elaborate, artful opening title sequences, once commonplace, have become increasingly rare—which is too bad.

Great opening title sequences do a whole lot more than just show the names and guild memberships of those behind-the-scenes folks who make it all happen. They can do the critical early-movie work of establishing a movie’s mood and texture,...

Below-the-line categories at the Oscars just don’t get the attention they deserve. The artistry on display helps to bring to life a movie. Visual effects are such a key part of the storytelling of “A New Hope.” Costume design is vital to the storytelling of “Phantom Thread.” And production design is so key in “Parasite,” “Avatar,” and “The Lord of the Rings” in so many different ways.

With that in mind, let’s take a look a closer look at some of the below-the-line categories, starting here with Best Production Design. We’re going to look at the last 10 winners in this category to work out if there is a pattern in the way the academy awards certain winners. They love biopics in the acting categories, for example, so what are they partial to in Production Design? Take a look at the below chart.

These 10 winners seem like totally...

The 2023 Academy Museum Gala will honor Meryl Streep, Michael B. Jordan, Oprah Winfrey and Sofia Coppola, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced Tuesday.

The third annual fundraiser will be held on Oct. 14 and has been given permission to move forward by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA as the guilds’ strikes continue.

Streep will receive the Icon Award, which celebrates an artist whose career has had a significant global cultural impact; Jordan will be given the Vantage Award, honoring an emerging artist or scholar who is helping to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema; Winfrey gets the Pillar Award, which acknowledges exemplary leadership and support for the Academy Museum; and Coppola will receive the Visionary Award, honoring an artist or scholar whose innovations have advanced the art of cinema.

The event will help raise money to help support museum exhibitions, education initiatives and public programming, such as screenings, K-12 programs...

Meryl Streep, Michael B. Jordan, Oprah Winfrey and Sofia Coppola are set to be honored at the Academy of Motion Pictures’ 2023 Academy Museum gala, set for Oct. 14.

Amid concerns that the event could be affected by the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the Film Academy noted in its announcement about this year’s honorees that, “as a fundraiser, the event has been greenlit to move forward by WGA and SAG-AFTRA.” The event is set to raise funds to support exhibits, education initiatives and public programming.

Streep is set to receive the Icon Award, given to an artist whose career had a notable influence worldwide; Michael B. Jordan will receive the Vantage Award, given to an emerging artist or scholar working to challenge and contextualize existing dominant narratives around film; Winfrey will receive the Pillar Award, recognizing leadership and support for the Academy Museum; Coppola will receive the Visionary Award,...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is honoring iconic members of Hollywood with this year’s third annual Academy Museum Gala.

Academy Award history-maker Meryl Streep, “Creed III” director-star Michael B. Jordan, “Priscilla” writer-director Sofia Coppola, and multi-hyphenate mogul Oprah Winfrey will be feted during the ceremony taking place October 14.

The fundraising gala has been approved to move forward by both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA amid the respective union strikes. The event will raise funds to support museum exhibitions, education initiatives, and public programming, including screenings, K-12 programs, and access initiatives in service of the general public and the local community of Los Angeles.

This year’s gala is supported by Rolex, the official watch partner and founding supporter of the Academy Museum. The gala is co-chaired by Academy Award-nominated director Ava DuVernay; Academy Museum trustee, physician, producer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Dr. Eric Esrailian; Academy Award-winning actor and Academy Museum...

Brooke Smith, who played Catherine Martin in The Silence of the Lambs, will return to the house where she was held captive for a guided tour and meet and greet with fans. Fans can purchase tickets to tour the house, meet Smith, and get autographs and memorabilia signed for $125. The Buffalo Bill's House is a private rental in Pennsylvania and offers a unique experience for movie lovers to get closer to the magic of Hollywood. Regular house tours are also available on Halloween weekend.

Actor Brooke Smith is returning to the house she was rescued from in The Silence of the Lambs. For those that haven't seen the film, Smith plays Catherine Martin, a Senator's daughter who is abducted by serial killer Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). The house in question, 8 Circle Street, Perryopolis, Pa, was the shooting location where Smith was held captive in a well until her rescue by...

Back in 2021, Chris Rowan, an art director and prop stylist for film and television, purchased the house that was shown to be the home of serial killer Buffalo Bill in Jonathan Demme‘s 1991 classic The Silence of the Lambs (watch it Here), then turned it into a bed and breakfast. This September, Brooke Smith – who played Buffalo Bill captive Catherine Martin – will be returning to that house for the first time since production wrapped. Fans who visit the house during the three days Smith will be there will have the chance to get her autograph and take a picture with her in the well pit in the basement! Fans can also get guided tours of the house , which is located at 8 Circle St. in Perryopolis, Pennsylvania.

Of course, the most interesting part of the house is the basement, and it sounds like Rowan has really made it up right. He...

For the first time since the filming of the horror classic, The Silence of the Lambs actor Brooke Smith, who infamously played the unforgettable role of Catherine Martin, will return to visit Buffalo Bill’s House, the real location where the climax to the film was shot!

Brooke last stepped foot inside “Buffalo Bill’s House” over thirty years ago during the scene where she is rescued from the infamous ‘well’ in which she is held captive by the serial killer Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs. In that scene, Brooke is led out of the house and through its doors into the arms of her mother, Senator Ruth Martin (played by Diane Baker).

Fans are now able to purchase a ticket for a meet and greet with Brooke Smith during the weekend of September 22-24 (multiple time slots are available).

All guests will receive a full guided...

Exclusive: Moulin Rouge! The Musical, based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 luscious pop classic movie starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor and Jim Broadbent, has recouped its costs — not only the $28 million Broadway price tag, but it also recouped sizable sums in London’s West End and Australia.

Luhrmann tells me that it’s “so gratifying that breaking even is such a big deal in the theater.”

As an antipodean, he’s especially gratified with Moulin Rouge!’s hit status in Australia.

“Australia, the English one, the Broadway one — they’ve all done it,” and “that’s down to the relentless drive that Carmen and her team in Australia, New York and London had to fulfill the dictum that the show must go on,” he says with brio in referring to Carmen Pavlovic, CEO of Sydney-based Global Creatures, the principal production company behind Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

“Check with Carmen,” Luhrmann suggests.

Kevin Bakhurst, the newly appointed director-general of Ireland’s national broadcaster Rte, has stood down the company’s entire executive board following a pay scandal involving the broadcaster’s lead presenter.

Bakhurst announced the move in an email to Rte staff on Monday morning, his first day in office. In the email, Bakhurst said an interim leadership team would be appointed to continue running the organization before a permanent board is set, the BBC reported.

Bakhurst, who had stints in senior roles at the BBC and UK media regulator Ofcom, took over from former director general Dee Forbes, who resigned last month. Forbes’s resignation followed after it was discovered that RTÉ made undisclosed payments to its top presenter. An audit of the organization’s finances found presenter Ryan Tubridy was paid €345,000 more than what was declared publicly between 2017 and 2022.

Tubridy presented the Ryan Tubridy Show on RTÉ Radio 1 alongside...

The way that Clarice Starling stumbles upon the home of the villainous Buffalo Bill is one of The Silence of the Lambs’ most inventive twists. The cross-cutting between Clarice arriving at Bill’s house while Jack Crawford and his FBI Hostage Rescue Team go to the wrong location is one of the movie's most iconic moments. It sets the stage for the film’s nail-biting finale, shot in terrifying night vision, in which Clarice chases Bill into his underground lair. But it’s not conspicuous how Clarice managed to find Bill in the first place.

The Silence of the Lambs is the only horror movie to ever win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and one of the few films – along with It Happened One Night and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – to win all five major categories. In addition to Best Picture, The Silence of the Lambs won Best Director for Jonathan Demme,...

Cate Blanchett has received Oscar nominations for a variety of roles in movies ranging from critically panned duds to universally praised gems. Throughout her career, Blanchett has earned eight Academy Award nominations, including five nods for Best Actress and three for Best Supporting Actress. At the 2008 ceremony, Blanchett received a nomination in each of these categories, making her one of the few actors to be nominated twice in the same Oscars ceremony. Along with Paul Newman and Al Pacino, Blanchett is also one of the few actors to be Oscar-nominated twice for the same role, with her dual nods for the Elizabeth movies.

While costume designer and art director Catherine Martin holds the title of most-awarded Australian artist at the Oscars, Blanchett is the most-nominated Australian. Blanchett is a rare case of an actor who can switch seamlessly between high-grossing blockbuster franchises like the MCU and award-worthy arthouse fare like...