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CNN+ has set Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico, an original docuseries slated to launch in 2022.

A new iteration of CNN’s popular Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy., the six-part series will follow Longoria as she travels across Mexico exploring the country’s cuisine. The streamer’s announcement teases that the multihyphenate’s journey will take her to various regions including Oaxaca, where she’ll slow cook traditional mole sauce, to harvesting blue agave for tequila as the Aztecs once did.

“Partnering with CNN on a culinary-driven expedition throughout Mexico is a dream come true. I am so proud of my Mexican American roots and can’t wait to bring the hidden gems of Mexico to the world through Searching for Mexico,” said Longoria in a statement. “I am a huge fan of Stanley’s journey throughout Italy; he set the bar high, and I can’t wait for everyone to...

For a school project, Welsh VFX artist Daniel Kemeys and two of his classmates created this commercial for Halo 5: Guardians. The video was made to show off their VFX, Mgfx, and filmmaking skills. Here is a note from the filmmaker:

The big one!, 3rd Year Final Major Project, Me and my two course mates, James Morgan & Thomas Barry decided to come together and collaborate on a Halo epic fan made ad! We wanted to stay true to the Halo franchise with epic visuals and a quirky nature, but also introduce a twist in the story!

This was a 12 week project, we did all the pre production and post production ourselves, We had some very talented people onboard, Dominic Pugh, who modelled and textured the Phantom Dropship, Josh Samrai who modelled and textured 1 of the 2 CG environments, with lighting assistance by Remco Van Dongen.

I thought the ad was really...

Tom Devriendt rounds up 10 new feature films and shorts, some of which are already making the rounds of the film festival circuit

This is a random selection of 10 films we don't know much about, yet, but which we hope to see once completed or screened at the nearest film festival. The Door of No Return (La Puerta de No Retorno) follows Santiago Zannou who accompanies his father, Alphonse, to his homeland, Benin, 40 years after he left it. Trailer above.

Finding Mercy (which premiered at the Tri Continental Film Festival in Johannesburg last month) is about retrieving a childhood friendship in a newly independent Zimbabwe:

Meanwhile in Mamelodi is a documentary by Benjamin Kahlmeyer on life in a Pretoria township during the 2010 World Cup:

Healers, directed by Thomas Barry, highlights the work of The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation and tells the story of how a doctor and a matron at a...

In Old Arizona (1928) Direction: Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings Screenplay: Tom Barry; from O. Henry's (aka William Sidney Porter) 1907 short story "The Caballero's Way" Cast: Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter, Dorothy Burgess Oscar Movies, Pre-Code Movies Warner Baxter, In Old Arizona Tired In The Saddle What makes Irving Cummings and Raoul Walsh's In Old Arizona (barely) watchable decades after its highly successful initial release is its sheer bizarreness. Technically, the picture, billed as the first outdoor talkie, is of interest solely as a museum piece. Despite the use of the American Southwest's wide-open spaces as background, In Old Arizona is really not that different from other statically framed, slow-moving, and poorly acted films of the period. From a thematic standpoint, however, this racy Western is a must-see because of its in-your-face pre-Production Code sensibility, which allows murder to go unpunished and offers dialogue containing numerous risqué double entendres. The plot itself,...

Public Enemy, Ani Difranco, Shadows Fall, Janelle Monae and, go figure, Jimmy Fallon, have been added to the line-up for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The three-day concert takes place June 11-14 in Manchester, Tenn. Other new additions include the Itals, Wailing Souls, Amadou & Mariam, Murs, High On Fire, Pretty Lights, Tony Rice, Passion Pit, Hockey and White Rabbits. Fallon is one of a number of comedians who will play the festival as part of "The Comedy Sweet," an air-conditioned venue (ensuring its popularity). Among the other comics are Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, Tom Barry, John Oliver, Nick...