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Exclusive: Abby Ryder Fortson, who starred as Margaret in 2023’s Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, and as a young Cassie in Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), will star in the independently financed feature dramedy, Rated, directed by John Fortson.

Based on his award-winning short film of the same name, Rated the short, quickly captivated the festival circuit, earning rave reviews and 23 awards from over 60 festivals worldwide including Palm Springs Shortfest, Savannah International, Short Shorts Japan, Asthetica UK, Cleveland International, and Rhode Island International.

Rated also stars Christie Lynn Smith, who co-wrote the script with Fortson, Dale Dickey, Spencer Garrett and Darryl Cox.

Jacob Ryan Snovel (Agnes), Kyle Kauwika Harris (The Huntsman) from SafeHouse Films are producing alongside Smith and Fortson under their new production company Loose Leaf Films,...

Twisters joins a succession of sequels that are also plurals. Alien had Aliens, Predator would go through a few attempts before landing on Predators. Anaconda had Anacondas, and there's time yet for a singular prequel to Jaws. While of widely varying quality, and equally wide spacing, you will have noticed that these are all monster movies, some of which are differently science fictional. Twisters is more of the same.

Of the numerous callbacks and borrowings perhaps one of the most pleasing is the return of actor Darryl Cox. In the original Twister he (uncredited) played a mechanic; in the interim he had a role in director Lee Isaac Chung's Oscar-winner Minari, and in Twisters he's no longer fixing vehicles but selling them. It's a tiny part of the film, but it's one of the more satisfying comic beats. April Warren also returns, but...

“Nomadland” was the big winner when we announced the 19th Annual Gold Derby Film Awards on Tuesday, April 20. It claimed four awards including Best Picture. Watch our 30-minute winner announcement above. Scroll down for our complete list of winners in all categories, which were decided by more than 2,500 of our registered users.

Chloe Zhao‘s film about a woman (Frances McDormand) coping with loss and looking for work as she lives out of her van was also awarded Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Zhao, in addition to Best Cinematography. But our Derbyites spread the wealth as four other films claimed multiple awards and 13 total films were honored across our 22 categories.

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Though “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” wasn’t one of the 10 films nominated for Best Picture at these awards, it was the second biggest winner with three prizes: Best...

I am here in Berlin for six months to follow my lifelong desire to write and research family history. I had in mind going into a sort of inner exile and returning August 1 to work for the election at home, but had no notion of going into self-isolation for six months!

I thought I would take breaks to go to theater, concerts, museums and see movies…I made it to the last day of museums, going to the Neues Museum to see the Egyptian collection which included photographs taken around 1900 of an expedition to Nubia, since flooded by the Aswan Dam, and of the famous bust of the most beautiful woman in the world, Nefretiti. We heard the guard tell another that the museums would be closed as of Saturday.

I went to the Arsenal Cinema at Potsdamer Platz to see the first of a series of films on African...

Today we are recognizing Wildlife, as well as co-writer/director Paul Dano, plus co-writer Zoe Kazan and star Carey Mulligan. Our Hollywood Film Tributes recognize films and talent for their excellence in the art of filmmaking. In a just world, Dano and Kazan’s script for Wildlife would have been a no brainer Best Adapted Screenplay nominee. The former’s directorial debut is so well written, in addition to well directed and well acted, that it 100% was deserving of a citation. From our rave of a review back in October: 2018 has been a hell of a year for actors making their directorial debuts. Bradley Cooper is obviously getting a lot of the acclaim, but don’t sleep on Paul Dano. Along with his partner Zoe Kazan, they have adapted the Richard Ford novel Wildlife, with Dano directing. The result is something spectacular. Ever since the Sundance Film Festival, the movie has been building acclaim.

Lff 2018 Wildlife Review Wildlife (2018) Film Review from the 62nd Annual London Film Festival, a movie directed by Paul Dano, starring Carey Milligan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zoe Margaret, Bill Camp and Darryl Cox. Family drama doesn’t get any better than Wildlife. As director Paul Dano put it, after the screening [...]

Continue reading: Film Review: Wildlife: A Triumphant Directional Debut for Dano [Lff 2018]...

2018 has been a hell of a year for actors making their directorial debuts. Bradley Cooper is obviously getting a lot of the acclaim, but don’t sleep on Paul Dano. Along with his partner Zoe Kazan, they have adapted the Richard Ford novel Wildlife, with Dano directing. The result is something spectacular. Ever since the Sundance Film Festival, the movie has been building acclaim. Rightly so too, as this is one of 2018’s best works. Impeccably acted, brilliantly written, confidently directed, and full of quiet desperation, it’s rather magnificent. The film begins its theatrical run this week and is an absolute must see. Few works this year have been better. For his directorial debut, Dano has chosen Ford’s novel, which provides him ample material to explore. The film is a portrait of a family, as well as a marriage, coming apart. A period piece, we see Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal...

Magnolia Pictures has debuted the second trailer for To the Wonder, following the new poster that arrived earlier this week. Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) directs this romantic drama starring Ben Affleck as Neil, who falls for Marina (Olga Kurylenko) on a trip to Paris. They relocate to Oklahoma to start a new life, but the relationship doesn't get off to a great start. Neil reconnects with an ex-lover (Rachel McAdams), while Marina takes an interest in an exiled priest (Javier Bardem). Take a look at the latest footage before it debuts in theaters April 12.

To The Wonder - Trailer 2

To the Wonder comes to theaters April 12th, 2013 and stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko, Charles Baker, Romina Mondello, Darryl Cox, Cassidee Vandalia. The film is directed by Terrence Malick.

The Tree of Life director Terrence Malick returns to the silver screen next month with his upcoming romantic drama To the Wonder. Ben Affleck stars as Neil, who becomes torn between his new European lover Marina (Olga Kurylenko), and Jane (Rachel McAdams), the ex-girlfriend Neil reconnects with. Magnolia Pictures has released a U.S. one-sheet poster, featuring Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, and the inspiration for the film's title. In the background, you can see Mont Saint-Michel, the rocky island off the coast of Normandy, France that is known as "The Wonder of the Western World."

To the Wonder comes to theaters April 12th, 2013 and stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko, Charles Baker, Romina Mondello, Darryl Cox, Cassidee Vandalia. The film is directed by Terrence Malick.

The 2011′s The Tree of Life director, Terrence Malick, made a follow-up with the romantic drama To the Wonder.

The poster series contains three new one-sheets for the film’s international release on February 22nd, 2013. Take a look!

The film is centered on Neil, a man who is torn between two loves: Marina, the European woman who comes to United States to be with him, and Jane, the old flame he reconnects with from his hometown. Neil’s doubts about his life and loves are reflected in the crisis of faith experienced by Father Quintana, who only sees pain and the loss of hope in the world.

In To the Wonder, Terrence Malick explores how love and its many phases and seasons, passion, sympathy, obligation, sorrow, indecision, can transform, destroy, and reinvent lives.

To the Wonder comes to theaters in limited release on April 12th, 2013 and stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams,...

Acclaimed director Terrence Malick follows up 2011's The Tree of Life with the romantic drama To the Wonder, starring Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, and Olga Kurylenko. All four actors are featured in a series of three new one-sheets for the film's international release on February 22nd. To the Wonder arrives stateside in limited release on April 12th.

The film is centred on Neil (Ben Affleck), a man who is torn between two loves: Marina (Olga Kurylenko), the European woman who comes to United States to be with him, and Jane (Rachel McAdams), the old flame he reconnects with from his hometown. Neil's doubts about his life and loves are reflected in the crisis of faith experienced by Father Quintana (Javier Bardem), who only sees pain and the loss of hope in the world.

In To the Wonder, Terrence Malick explores how love and its many phases and seasons,...