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The Biggest Camel: Klifa Recruits Huppert to Spoof the Bettencourt Affair

Thierry Klifa, who continues to work some of the most notable grand dames of contemporary French cinema, including Nathalie Baye and Catherine Deneuve, courts Isabelle Huppert as the headliner of his latest feature, The Richest Woman in the World (La femme la plus riche du monde). The film is a fictionalized account of Liliane Bettencourt, the L’Oréal heiress who lost control over her fortune when she was deemed unfit to manage it thanks to being swindled by Francois-Marie Banier, a photographer convicted of abuse of weakness in his relationship to Bettencourt (she gifted him nearly one billion dollars).…...

With America not only spinning out of control but threatening to take the rest of the world with it, the Cannes Film Festival can be a place to play out that tumult, to see it writ large — on the big screen, where over the next two weeks it inevitably will be. It hardly matters that the films showing at Cannes were made before Trump took office. Movies are psychic, and always have been. It’s all but assured that a number of Cannes offerings this year — and, indeed, the very vibe of the festival — will channel the new world disorder.

But there’s another side to Cannes. Each year, the festival presents itself as a sanctuary, a ritzy oasis, a cinematic shelter from the storm. That’s the cozy bourgeois side of Cannes. Just look at the official poster for this year’s festival. You might have expected it to...

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This December, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated comedy series Laid to the streaming release of the hit horror film Speak No Evil. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the five best films that are coming to Peacock in December 2024 with an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Catch Me If You Can (December 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% Credit – Amblin Entertainment

Catch Me If You Can is a biographical crime comedy-drama film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Jeff Nathanson. Based on the semi-autobiographical book of the same name by Frank Abagnale Jr., the 2002 film follows Frank Abagnale Jr, a young con man who cashes forged cheques while posing as a pilot,...

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This November, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment from the dark detective fiction series titled Cross to a thrilling teen drama series titled Cruel Intentions. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 13 best films that are coming to Prime Video in November 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Carrie (November 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Credit – United Artists

Carrie is a supernatural horror drama film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen. Based on the 1974 epistolary novel of the same name by Stephen King, the 1976 film follows Carrie White, a teenage girl living with a controlling mother who also gets bullied at school. But what...

Alain Delon, the dark and dashing leading man from France who starred in some of the greatest European films of the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was 88.

“Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony, as well as (his dog) Loubo, are deeply saddened to announce the passing of their father. He passed away peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family,” a statement from the family released to Afp news agency said.

Delon had been suffering from poor health in recent years and had a stroke in 2019.

With a filmography boasting such titles as Luchino Visconti’s Rocco and His Brothers (1960) and The Leopard (1963), René Clément’s Purple Noon (1960), Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Eclipse (1962), Joseph Losey’s Mr. Klein (1976) and Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï (1967) and The Red Circle (1970), Delon graced several art house movies now considered classics.

His tense and stoical performances, often as...

Some 600 French art and entertainment world figures have signed a “counter-petition” decrying moves to defend iconic actor Gérard Depardieu in the face of multiple accusations of sexual assault and one of rape.

The petition described a recent open letter in support of Depardieu, signed by 56 cinema world celebrities, and French President Emmanuel Macron’s public defense of the actor on a talkshow before Christmas as a slap in the face for all victims of sexual violence.

“It is the sinister and perfect illustration of the world which refuses to let things change,” read the letter posted on the site of investigative news website Mediapart on Friday.

“It is the reversal of roles where the executioner places himself as a victim, with the help of his friends. As always in cases of gender-based and sexual violence against women, the ‘presumption...

Fifty-six French stars, including Carla Bruni, Charlotte Rampling and Carole Bouquet, signed an open letter defending Gerard Depardieu, the Oscar-nominated actor who has been charged with rape and accused by more than a dozen other women of sexual assault, harassment or groping.

The essay, published in the conservative-leaning French newspaper Le Figaro, reads, in part: “We cannot remain silent in the face of the lynching targeting him, the torrent of hate being dumped on his personality” (via AP). “When Gerard Depardieu is targeted this way, it is the art [of cinema] that is being attacked. … Depriving ourselves of this immense actor would be a drama, a defeat. The death of the art. Our art.”

Other signatories included actors Pierre Richard, Victoria Abril and Nathalie Baye, and directors Bertrand Blier and Francis Veber.

Depardieu has not been convicted in connection with any of the allegations and denies wrongdoing. He called the open letter “beautiful” and its signatories “courageous,...

Nearly 60 actors and public figures, including British actress Charlotte Rampling and former French first lady Carla Bruni, have signed an open letter claiming that French actor Gerard Depardieu is the victim of a “torrent of hatred.”

Depardieu, who was previously charged with rape in 2021, is currently facing a new sexual assault allegation after a French actress, Hélène Darras, filed a police complaint claiming he groped her in 2007. Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron defended the actor in an interview, saying he “makes France proud.”

The letter, published in French newspaper Le Figaro on Christmas Day,...

Some 50 French entertainment personalities have signed an open letter speaking out against the public “lynching” and cancelling of Gérard Depardieu in the wake of multiple accusations of sexual assault and one of rape.

The signatories include former first lady, top model and musician Carla Bruni as well as popular actors Charlotte Rampling, Carole Bouquet, Nathalie Baye and Pierre Richard.

The signatories said they did not want to pass comment on the accusations against Depardieu but could not remain silent in the face of the backlash against the actor in recent weeks.

“We are artists, writers and cinema producers. It’s in this capacity that we’re expressing ourselves here,” read the letter, published in Le Figaro newspaper on Christmas Day.

“We don’t want to enter into debate, and we leave the judiciary to do its job. Gérard Depardieu is probably one the greatest actors. One of the last sacred icons of cinema.

The fallout follows an incendiary investigative documentary Gerard Depardieu: The Fall Of The Ogre that aired earlier this month.

French actor Gerard Depardieu has been stripped of honours in France and abroad, and faces a new rape allegation from a Spanish author and journalist.

The fallout follows documentary Gerard Depardieu: The Fall Of The Ogre which aired in France on December 7 and featured footage of the actor making lewd comments to women in North Korea in 2018 and multiple accusations of sexual assault.

The Musée Grevin in Paris has removed a wax likeness of the actor that had been on display...

With a title that invokes both the specific (cinema of Godard) and the universal (cinema is Godard), Cyril Leuthy’s Godard Cinema finds itself in conversation with another formulation: Everything is Cinema. Richard Brody’s 2008 study of the filmmaker, is beautifully sentenced, dare-ing criticism; one wonders, sometimes, if his honest contrarianism is the result of a theoretical attempt to widen the possibilities for transmission and reception of image and narrative. Such an attempt finds a natural bedfellow in the mercurial cinema of Jean-Luc Godard. Leuthy’s hagiographic documentary, on the other hand, is an awkward fit for Godard’s polyrhythmic image collisions.

That Brody will be on hand to introduce Leuthy’s film to kick off its New York run at Film Forum speaks, perhaps, to the heart and head-felt intentions of Leuthy, a documentary filmmaker who’s worked as a director and editor of several film histories, including a...

Many non-traditional Christmas movies are set during the holiday season or feature Christmas elements, such as Christmas trees or even Santa Claus. These movies often touch upon familiar themes of hope, community, and belief that are common in traditional Christmas movies. Some non-Christmas movies, like Die Hard, use the Christmas setting to add an extra layer of excitement and intensity to the action-packed storyline.

There are quite a few movies that are staples for the holiday season, but may not entirely conform to the expectations, tropes, or themes of a traditional Christmas movie. While classic Christmas movies like It's a Wonderful Life, Elf, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, and A Christmas Story easily earn the distinction by revolving their plots around the holiday and featuring the celebratory trademarks, other films have earned the status by divisive or unconventional means. The story itself might not be about presents, holiday spirit, or renewing one's belief in Santa Claus,...

Other signatories include Isabelle Adjani, Jacques Audiard and Michel Hazanavicius.

More than 500 leading figures from the French film and cultural industries have signed a letter calling for a silent march on Sunday (November 19) in Paris in response to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Marion Cotillard, Melanie Laurent, Isabelle Adjani, Nathalie Baye, Jacques Audiard, Christophe Honore and Michel Hazanavicius are among the actors, filmmakers, agents and producers who have called for “a silent march of solidarity, humanism and peace”. The initiative was organised by Le Collectif Une Autre Voix (Another Voice) and spearheaded by the group’s President Lubna Azabal, a Belgian...

The 68th edition will screen a mix of new Spanish films and 2023 favourites and host an expanded industry programme.

The 68th edition of the Seminci, the Valladolid International Film Week opens this weekend (October 21) with a screening of The Movie Teller, directed by Lone Scherfig, starring Bérénice Béjo, Antonio de la Torre and Daniel Brühl and written by Walter Salles, Isabel Coixet and Rafa Russo.

For what is a vital launchpad into the Spanish market, new festival director José Luis Cienfuegos has programmed a series of international festival favourites from 2023 alongside new films by Spanish directors Antonio Méndez Esparza and...

Philippe Lacheau’s comedy sequel is in top three best peforming films at French box office this year.

Philippe Lacheau’s French box office hit Alibi.com 2 has inked multiple international sales through Newen Connect as the film continues its theatrical reign at home.

Newen has sold the comedy sequel to 2017’s Alibi.com across Europe including Zdf for German-speaking territories, Flins & Piniculas in Spain, Eagle Pictures in Italy, Lusomundo in Portugal and Estin Film for the Baltic States. The film is also headed to Shoval in Israel, Red Apollo in China, New Select in Japan and Skeye Inflight & Air France.

François Truffaut goes deep and morbid adapting a Henry James story about a man who chooses to ‘devote himself to his beloved dead.’ He builds an altar-shrine to a departed bride and comrades that didn’t survive the Great War. A sympathetic woman considers aiding him, but his obsession keeps choosing life-negating directions. It’s a weird, morbid but highly understandable tale from the edge of the fantastic. The cinematographer is Néstor Almendros; the film is part of a 4-title François Truffaut Collection.

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Starring: François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dast´, Patrick Maléon, Jeanne Lobre, Antoine Vitez, Jean-Pierre Moulin, Serge Rousseau, Annie Miller, Nathan Miller, Marcel Berbert.

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Newen Connect, the film and TV distribution arm of the French media group Newen Studios, is launching a raft of comedies at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous event in Paris this week.

New titles include “Mr. Putifar’s Wacky Plan,” based on the book “Comedy.” It’s produced by Ugc and Romain Rotjman’s Les Films du 24, the team behind “Serial (Bad) Weddings.”

Directed by Pierre-François Martin-Laval (“Serial Teachers”), the movie stars Christian Clavier and Isabelle Nanty. Clavier stars as a retired school teacher plotting a revenge on the kids who made his life hell twenty years ago and destroyed his one chance at love.

“Open Season,” produced by Starman Films and Curiosa Films (“Stars at Noon”), is directed by Frédéric Forestier and Antonin Fourlon. The film stars Didier Bourdon (“Alibi.com 2”), Camille Lou (“Spoiled Brats”), Hakim Jemili (“A Good Doctor”), Thierry Lhermitte (“Just Retired”) and Chantal Ladesou.

The film follows Adelaide,...

French groups combine in effort to challenge US streaming giants.

Vivendi-owned Canal+ has finalised a deal to buy Orange’s film production arm Orange Studio and pay TV division Ocs.

In a joint statement today (January 9) both groups said they have signed a memorandum of understanding and that “Canal+ will become the sole shareholder of both companies following this transaction.”

Several months of talks between the two French groups accelerated in December and the two groups have now joined forces in an effort to challenge US streaming giants such as Netflix in the territory.

Canal+ already holds a 34 stake...

This article was originally published as "Life Is Nothing But Glances" in the Spring 2021 issue of Trafic. It is being presented here through the generosity of the author, newly retitled at his request, and in a new translation by Ted Fendt. It is preceded by a short note shared by Moullet after the death of Jean-Luc Godard:Godard represents, first of all, a search for novelty, one defined by risk and an openness to the possibility of making mistakes over the course of many experiments (over 100 films). For him, a failed film was not a serious matter.Godard made films against: against the milieu from which he came, against dominant rules, and also against himself and his previous films.Godard’s thinking can only be defined by seeing his films, and not through his statements which are often not worthwhile for what they say but for his desire to provoke.

Deal would bolster French pay-tv firm as it takes on US streamers.

Canal+ Group is in exclusive talks to buy French telco Orange’s film and pay TV operations, in a deal that could help it to challenge US streaming giants in the territory.

Orange’s pay TV arm Ocs (Orange Cinema Series) and production, distribution and sales division Orange Studio have been on the market for nearly two years.

Talks between Canal+ and Orange have been taking place for several months, but have now accelerated. Local media is reporting an expected transaction in the next few days.

Canal+ already...

Former Sky Exec Kylie Munnich Named Goalpost Pictures CEO

The Invisible Man, Five Blind Dates and Black Snow producer Goalpost Pictures has named film and TV industry veteran Kylie Munnich as its CEO. The Sydney-based producer will welcome her on November 1. The former Sky Studios and Sonar Entertainment exec is leaving a role as head of Screen Queensland, a post she held for three years, overseeing the state’s biggest ever spike in production against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. Previously, she was a Scripted Sales and Co-Production Executive for Seven Studios and Senior Vice President for Distribution, Asia Pacific for Sonar Entertainment. Before that, she’d worked in the UK as Director of Drama and Comedy for Sky Vision (now Sky Studios) and worked on in-house scripted commissions for Sky. She also held senior roles for Sony Pictures Television. Goalpost is currently in in post-production on Stan and...

Jean Luc-Godard, who died Tuesday at the age of 91, was widely known as the King of the French New Wave. Since coming onto the scene in the 1960s, his seminal films such as “Breathless,” “Masculin, Feminin” and “Pierrot Le Fou,” introduced avante-garde techniques that have been since been replicated by innumerable filmmakers in the following decades.

In addition to a scathing intellectualism and stubborn stance against “the establishment”, the Franco-Swiss director was best known for changing the rules of cinema — his use of long-takes, jump-cuts and actor asides are just a few of the innovative practices he employed in his films that are still used to this day.

Thankfully, Godard left behind dozens of unforgettable films, many of which have been restored on Criterion. Below, check out some of Godard’s best films to celebrate the late director:

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Godard perfects the Pop Art color...

It may be this year’s ‘comfort food’ film but Julian Fellowes’ second theatrical sequel to his revered long-running TV show is quality goods — and may be better than the first one. Almost every actor is back, seemingly pleased as plum puddings to repeat their roles as either landed nobility or downstairs staff. The storyline ties a final bow on some characters and plot lines, and in a far more pleasing way than we thought possible. Even casual fans of the franchise ought to be charmed.

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Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Allen Leech, Tuppence Middleton, Imelda Staunton, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Harry Hadden-Paton, Penelope Wilton, Douglas Reith, Phyllis Logan, Jim Carter, Robert James-Collier, Joanne Froggatt, Brendan Coyle, Lesley Nicol, Sophie McShera, Michael Fox,...

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Downton Abbey: A New Era, Focus Features’ second feature spin-off from the phenomenally successful TV series, jitterbugged its way into cinemas earlier this year.

Bringing back the original ensemble of regulars, plus a few new additions in Dominic West, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock and Nathalie Baye, the film — directed by Simon Curtis — ramped up the high-society hi-jinx, with sumptuous weddings, luxurious trips to the south of France and the rather meta inclusion of a silent era Hollywood film being shot in Downton itself.

To celebrate the launch of A New Era on home entertainment (it is being released on Blu-Ray and a collector’s edition DVD on July 5), The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the lord of the manor himself, Hugh Bonneville, who discussed rumors of Downton Abbey returning to TV and why he thought that the latest film was a “good note...

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After more than a few production delays, the new “Downton Abbey” sequel film has finally made its streaming debut.

“Downton Abbey: A New Era” arrived on Peacock today, following its U.K release on April 29 and U.S theater premiere on May 20. The streamer also announced earlier this month the launch of a new 24/7 “Downton Abbey” channel which features all six seasons of the hit series and a one-hour special called “The Manners of Downton Abbey.” Basically, Peacock has “Downton Abbey” fans set with an entire summer worth of bingeing.

Hollywood takes center stage in the anticipated film which follows the show’s same cadre of characters as they deal with a film production crew that sets up shop in their small Yorkshire village. At the same time, the...

The “Downton Abbey” saga continues in the sequel film “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” which finds the cadre of characters coming up against Hollywood itself when a film production sets up shop at Downton.

After six series on television, creator Julian Fellowes took his upstairs/downstairs story of the goings-on at a sprawling English estate to the big screen with the aptly titled 2019 film “Downton Abbey.” The story continues to unfold in the sequel, “Downton Abbey: A New Era” which takes place in 1928 – nearly two decades after the series first began.

Given the popularity of the show and now film franchise, many may be wondering what kinds of viewing options are available for “Downton Abbey 2” and when or if it might be streaming. Everything you need to know about the new film is outlined below.

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"Downton Abbey: A New Era", the Focus Features sequel to the 2019 movie "Downton Abbey" and spin-off from the TV series, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, will stream June 24, 2022 on Pracock:

Cast includes Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy...

...Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier...

...Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera...

...Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West and Penelope Wilto. 

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Take a look at more new footage from "Downton Abbey: A New Era", the Focus Features sequel to the 2019 movie "Downton Abbey" and spin-off from the TV series, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, now playing in theaters:

Cast includes Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy...

...Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier...

...Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera...

...Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West and Penelope Wilto. 

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Highly anticipated Downton Abbey: A New Era made 1.050 million in Thursday previews that began at 7 p.m. at more than 3,300 theaters. It is Focus Features’ widest ever U.S. release and one that comes with a weight of responsibility as the film to finally catapult older demos back into theaters. Focus Features distribution chief Lisa Bunnell recently promised cinema owners it would. “We have our own superheroes,” she said at CinemaCon.

Based on the smash series created by Julian Fellowes, it’s grossed over 30 million internationally. It premiered in the U.K. and Ireland April 29, launching into the top spot across 746 locations (second-widest release after No Time To Die). It’s certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 98 Audience score and 83 Critics score. Tracking to a mid-to-low teens opening.

This is the second cinematic outing of the phenomenon that aired for six seasons Stateside on PBS (2011-2020) and reunites the full cast.

“Downton Abbey: A New Era,” the follow-up to the 2019 feature film and the latest in the story of the aristocratic Crawley family established in the hit series, earned 1.05 million in its Thursday box office previews from 3,300 screens. “A New Era” opens on 3,815 screens this weekend, which is the widest opening for a Focus Features film in the specialty distributor’s history.

There are high hopes that “Downton Abbey: A New Era” will be the film that can attract older audiences back to movie theaters in earnest for the first time since the pandemic began, and by grossing over 30 million thus far internationally, including strong showings in the UK and Ireland, those hopes may yet be realized.

Independent analysts say the film has a decent chance of reaching 20 million at the domestic box office, while the studio is projecting a more conservative opening in the low to mid-teens. Either would be...

This review of “Downton Abbey: A New Era” was first published April 25, 2022.

The first “Downton Abbey” film, released in 2019, was an all-subplots-no-plot affair in which the most troubling dramatic question was who would peel the potatoes when the King and Queen came to dinner. It must have been difficult to make a sequel that was even more trivial, and yet the team behind “Downton Abbey: A New Era” has managed it.

Written once again by Julian Fellowes, the creator of the escapist toffs-and-staff television series, the film opens with a wedding and goes on to feature a death, a birth and a proposal (not in that order), and yet it leaves the impression that nothing whatsoever has happened.

The film hops back and forth between two storylines, if that’s not stretching the definition of “storyline.” In one of these, the aged Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith) announces that she has...

Take a look at more new footage from "Downton Abbey: A New Era" the Focus Features sequel to the 2019 movie "Downton Abbey" and spin-off from the TV series, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, opening April 29, 2022 international and May 20, 2022 in North America:

Cast includes Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy...

...Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier...

...Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera...

...Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West and Penelope Wilto. 

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From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event Downton Abbey: A New Era. The much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa. Directed by Simon Curtis, the film stars Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Raquel Cassidy, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Michael Fox, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, Dominic West and Jonathan Zaccaï.

Downton Abbey: A New Era opens in theaters on Friday, May 20.

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"Downton Abbey: A New Era" is the Focus Features sequel to the 2019 movie "Downton Abbey", and spin-off from the TV series, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, opening May 20, 2022:

Cast includes Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy...

...Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier...

...Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera...

...Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West and Penelope Wilto. 

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“Downton Abbey: A New Era” is bookended by a wedding and a funeral. In between, a good deal happens: Babies are born and paternities questioned, long-simmering romances clinched and fresh ones set to bloom; an excursion takes a fraction of the family to France while a film crew keeps the rest of them busy back home. It all adds up to rather more than audiences of 2019’s standalone “Downton Abbey” feature must have expected, if only because the earlier film seemed conspicuously uninterested in starting anything new.

That’s the trouble with television — from a film critic’s perspective, at least. Movies are by their nature story-obsessed — plot-driven locomotives, compelled by conflict, engineered to reach a tidy resolution of some kind within two hours or so. On TV, on the other hand, once a small-screen world has been established, it’s designed to remain open-ended from episode to episode and season to season,...

"Downton Abbey: A New Era" is the Focus Features sequel to the 2019 movie "Downton Abbey", and spin-off from the TV series, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, opening May 20, 2022:

Cast includes Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy...

...Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier...

...Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera...

...Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West and Penelope Wilto. 

Click the images to enlarge...

"Downton Abbey: A New Era" is the Focus Features sequel to the 2019 movie "Downton Abbey", and spin-off from the TV series, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, opening May 20, 2022:

Cast includes Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy...

...Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier...

...Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera...

...Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West and Penelope Wilto. 

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Netflix and Arte’s musical show “Le Monde de Demain” (“The World of Tomorrow”) took the top prize in the International Competition of television festival Series Mania at the event’s awards ceremony Friday.

The series, created by Katell Quillévéré, Hélier Cisterne – both also directing – Vincent Poymiro and David Elkaïm, takes a look at the birth of the French hip-hop movement in the 1980s. Made with the collaboration of Laurent Rigoulet and the participation of Kool Shen, JoeyStarr and DJ Détonateur S, it was described by the organizers as “a personal chronicle about a Parisian suburban youth reaching adulthood, claiming its own space in a new France, a country to reinvent.”

In the acting categories, Michelle De Swarte was noticed for her role in the U.K.’s “The Baby,” produced by Sky, HBO and Ocs, while Israeli actor Yehuda Levi impressed the jurors with his performance in “Fire Dance,...

To say “My Best Part,” the directorial debut of “Call My Agent” assistant Nicolas Maury, revels in cringe-worthy moments is, perhaps, an understatement. The opening moments alone find a bowl-cut-sporting Jérémie (Maury) flummoxed by the very straightforward Gps directions spouted at him by his phone. Jérémie, you see, is a bit of a mess. A lot of a mess, actually. And, faced with the prospect of going left, the camera swivels alongside him, letting us take this frail waif of an adult man head on.

It’s such a laughable, nothing of a crisis — especially for someone on his way to group therapy, where he hopes to curb the gnawing jealousy that’s eroding the relationship with his dashing boyfriend — that you instantly know what Maury is grappling with. Here’s the kind of melancholy young man who might find himself at home in a late-19th-century sentimental German tale,...

Joe Wright’s Cyrano twirls onto 797 screens, the highest-profile specialty release in weeks (as the market awaits Focus Features The Outfit with Mark Rylance and Sony Pictures Classics Mothering Sunday). But the well reviewed period musical romance from Uar starring Peter Dinklage is landing in a tough place. Industry estimates anticipate a low single digit opening given the inconsistent reception for movie musicals and the fact that its key older demos, especially women, have been the slowest to return to theaters.

Cyrano is based on Edmond Ronstand’s late 19th century drama Cyrano de Bergerac – itself loosely based on a French nobleman known for bold adventures and a large nose. It premiered at Telluride last year, had a weeklong LA theatrical run in Dec. and garnered an Oscar nomination for Costume Design (and BAFTA nom for Outstanding British Film of the Year). It’s 86% Certified Fresh with critics on Rotten Tomatoes.

Jérémie is having a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week. First, he’s run out of a “Jealousy Anonymous” meeting. Then, his boyfriend, hunky veterinarian Albert dumps him, precisely because of said jealousy. He’s been fired from his dream acting role and gave himself a black eye bumping into a wall while running away from another director, Sylvie, who is in the throes of her own breakdown.

To top it off, his father, who left his mother for another woman, has died by suicide. Desperate for love, desperate for a job, and just plain desperate, Jérémie makes his way from Paris to his mother’s countryside rental home near Saint-Auvent, seeking comfort and catharsis of some sort.

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Actor Nicolas Maury crafts his own starring vehicle in My Best Part (Garçon chiffon) as a Parisian actor whose professional and personal lives suddenly crumble, partially thanks to his own strangulation of them. Co-written with Maud Ameline and Sophie Fillieres and starring the esteemed Nathalie Baye, it’s an interesting portrait of a queer artist and his doting mother which unexpectedly veers into examinations of unexpected character flaws instead of mining all the predictable tropes considering the narrative parameters.…...

French TV festival and industry meeting unveils 2022 selection

Michael Hirst’s Billy The Kid, Channel 4 drama The Birth Of Daniel F Harris and HBO’sThe Baby are among nine dramas selected for the international competition of Series Mania TV festival, running March 18-25 in the northern French city of Lille.

The Birth Of Daniel F Harris is produced by the UK’s Clerkenwell Films, the company behind The End Of The F**king World. Lewis Gribben plays a young man who was locked away as a child by his father following the death of his mother as a child.

Series Mania has unveiled the nine shows from six countries competing for the prestigious International Competition along with revealing the lineup and Guests of Honor for this year’s edition, the first to take place in person for three years.

Scroll down for the full list. Shows competing for the Competition include Michael Hirst’s Billy the Kid, for Epix, MGM and Viaplay, Israel’s Fire Dance, France’s Le Monde De Demain and The UK’s The Birth of Daniel F. Harris, each of which are being handed a world premiere.

The president of the jury announced soon will be joined by German actor Christian Berkel, Franco-Belgian actress Cécile de France, Israeli actress Shira Haas (Unorthodox), Turkish creator and director Berkun Oya (Bir Baskadir) and French singer-songwriter and model Yseult.

The jury will award the Grand Prize for Best Series, the Prize for Best Actress,...

Only six months after its 2021 edition, Series Mania will be back with a sprawling selection, including the world premieres of Michael Hirst’s “Billy The Kid” (pictured), the Israeli series “Fire Dance” and rap-music-themed French show “Le monde de demain.”

Underscoring the large presence of streamers within the roster, Series Mania will kick off with Netflix’s “Standing Up,” a new comedy series from “Call My Agent” creator and showrunner Fanny Herrero; while Disney Plus’ “Oussekine,” about a tragic case of police brutality in France, will close the festival.

The lineup boasts 58 series spanning from 21 countries. These were chosen from 331 series. The international jury, whose president will be announced later, will comprise of German actor Christian Berkel (“Downfall”), Franco-Belgian actor Cécile de France, Israeli actor Shira Haas (“The Unorthodox”), Turkish creator and director Berkun Oya (“Bir Baskadir”) and French singer-songwriter and model Yseult.

This year’s guests of honor are Michael Hirst,...

Universal Pictures has debuted a new trailer for the highly anticipated sequel ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era.’

The original principal cast has returned for the second film along with new additions Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye and Dominic West.

The much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa.

The screenplay is written by Downton creator and Academy-Award® winner Julian Fellowes, with Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Gareth Neame and Emmy Award-winning Liz Trubridge producing with Fellowes.

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The film hits cinemas on April 29th.

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Discover the mystery, picture the possibilities, experience a new era with the official trailer for Downton Abbey: A New Era, which has just been released and you can check it out right here.

From award-winning creator Julian Fellowes comes the motion picture event Downton Abbey: A New Era The much-anticipated cinematic return of the global phenomenon reunites the beloved cast as they go on a grand journey to the South of France to uncover the mystery of the Dowager Countess’ newly inherited villa.

About The Film Genre: Drama, Romance Cast: Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Penelope Wilton, and new cast members Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, Dominic West, Jonathan Zaccaï Director: Simon Curtis Screenplay: Julian Fellowes Producers: Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame,...

The Dowager Countess Violet Crawley (Maggie Smith) has inherited a villa in the south of France, the new trailer for “Downton Abbey: A New Era” has revealed. And the new clip shares a lot more information about the upcoming feature film.

In addition to her family shockingly learning she has a past, the new trailer (below) also sees the arrival of Hugh Dancy, who is playing a Hollywood filmmaker who comes to the estate to make a film.

Due out in theaters on May 20, “Downton Abbey: A New Era” is directed by Simon Curtis and written by Julian Fellowes.

The film also stars Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Imelda Staunton and Penelope Wilton.

In addition to Dancy, other new cast members include Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye,...

"Downton Abbey: A New Era" is the Focus Features sequel to the 2019 movie "Downton Abbey", and spin-off from the TV series, written by Julian Fellowes and directed by Simon Curtis, opening May 20, 2022:

Cast includes Nathalie Baye, Hugh Bonneville, Samantha Bond, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Hugh Dancy...

...Michelle Dockery, Kevin Doyle, Michael Fox, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Robert James-Collier...

...Harry Hadden-Paton, Laura Haddock, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera...

...Tuppence Middleton, Lesley Nicol, Douglas Reith, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West and Penelope Wilto. 

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Nothing in life is sure, except that “Downton Abbey: A New Era” will certainly be bringing more drama from our favorite British family.

The “Downton Abbey” sequel follows Julian Fellowes’ 2019 film and six seasons on BBC. While plot details have remained under wraps, we do spot the Crawleys visiting a new villa in the South of France, which Lady Violet (Maggie Smith) is said to have inherited. Fans are also expecting to learn more about Violet’s past in the latest installment.

Returning stars include Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jim Carter.

Meanwhile, Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, and Dominic West make their “Downton” debuts as new characters.

Creator Fellowes previously described the sequel as following Lady Mary (Dockery) as she takes over the duties for Lady Violet following her illness. “We’re trying to mark the change — the fact that Crawleys of Downton are nearly in the 1930s,...