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Los Angeles-based talent agency Mavrick Artists Agency and New York-based Eris Talent Agency have just signed on to represent the talented South African-born character actor Stelio Savante.

Savante recently appeared in the final season of Swat as Omar Morina on CBS and Paramount+. In Swat, he starred opposite Elizabeth Tabish, Patrick Sabongui, and Elizabeth Mitchell. The SAG Award-nominated, American movie award winner and polyglot multi-hyphenate also appeared in the Mark Freiburger-directed immigrant true-life drama film Between Borders as Duane.

Savante’s acting career began in the early 1990s on the theatre stages in New York and Alabama, and up till now, he has starred in over 140 films, TV shows, and video games with plenty more to come our way.

Alongside his career, Savante has also built up a nice resume as a producer. Some of his producing...

Selma Blair announced that she is “doing amazingly well” and is in remission from multiple sclerosis, nearly seven years after first revealing her diagnosis. Speaking to People during the Daily Front Row’s ninth annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards, Blair described feeling a renewed sense of energy and focus, with plans to return to acting.

“I am doing amazingly well. I’ve been feeling great for about a year,” Blair said. “But I am finally well enough to really, genuinely… I always try and feel my best, but now that I actually have stamina and energy and getting out and going out isn’t so scary.”

Blair reflected on the impact Ms had on her ambitions and daily life, explaining that for a long time she focused only on getting through the day. “It’s funny, I haven’t spent enough time having dreams,” she said. “Now it’s like,...

Selma Blair, who opened up about her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis in 2018, is “truly in remission,” she told People on Thursday, nearly seven years after she went public with her diagnosis.

“I am doing amazingly well. I’ve been feeling great for about a year,” she said, while attending the Daily Front Row’s ninth annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards. “But I am finally well enough to really, genuinely … I always try and feel my best, but now that I actually have stamina and energy and getting out and going out isn’t so scary.”

In January, Variety exclusively reported that Blair was making a return to acting with three new movies entering production: “Stay Forte,” a drama about the Israel-Hamas war; a supernatural thriller called “Silent”; and a twin drama “There There.”

“I started feeling really better this last year and I’m back at work and doing things,...

Selma Blair is readying an acting comeback, and details about her next three roles are coming to light.

The 52-year-old actress hasn’t appeared in a movie since 2021′s Far More. However, on Thursday (January 30), she revealed that there were multiple projects in the work.

Keep reading to find out more…

Variety broke the news on Selma‘s next big projects.

First is a film called Stay Forte from director Doron Eran, which addresses the war between Israel and Hamas. It focuses on three hostages that were taken by Hamas during an attack in October 2023.

“This film is not just a narrative; it’s a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the bonds that unite us against unimaginable tragedy,” Selma said in a statement shared with the outlet. “I am honored to be part of this journey, which truly reflects the diverse fabric of Israeli society—people...

Selma Blair is back.

The “Cruel Intentions” star is returning with three new movies, including the Israel-Hamas war drama “Stay Forte” with Judd Hirsch and the brothers Mark and Michael Polish’s “There There.” She will also star in supernatural thriller “Silent” from filmmaking duo Doron and Yoaz Paz.

Blair, who went public with her multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2018, hinted she had projects in the works when I spoke with her at the Elle Women in Hollywood dinner in November: “I started feeling really better this last year and I’m back at work and doing things so I will have things to announce.

“Stay Forte,” directed by Israeli filmmaker Doron Eran, tells the story of Alon Shamiriz, Yotam Haim and Samer Tallaka, three Israelis taken hostage by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel.

“This film is not just a narrative; it’s a testament to the resilience...

Andrew Herwitz’s The Film Sales Company has boarded worldwide sales rights ahead of the Cannes market on 10 Kilos and Bad Faith.

10 Kilos directed by Doran Ellan centres on a young woman partying in Bolivia who ends up in a women’s prison after a weekend of partying and rises to the top of the South American country’s drug cartel.

Daniela Kertesz stars alongside Maya Eshet, Luna Mansour and Juan Diego Rodriguez in the drama from Urban Tales Production and Cinemajet.

Political documentary Bad Faith from Stephen Ujlaki and Christopher Jacob Jones exposes the origins of the anti-democracy...

Melting Away

Written and directed by Doron Eran

Israel, 2011

It’s rare to see something you’ve never seen before, and even rarer to see something that you categorically have. Doron Eran’s Melting Away, a story about a family rocked by cancer and transexualism, falls into the class of the latter. Schmaltzy, saccharine, and emotionally manipulative, Melting Away, despite its conspicuous flaws, still warms the heart with plenty of cheese.

When Schlomo (Ami Weinberg) and Gayla (Limor Goldstein) discover that their teenage son, Assaf, is hiding girls’ clothing under his bed, they decide to lock him outside in the rain as a punitive measure. Overcome by the situation, Assaf decides to flee from home, and, during his years in exile, transitions into being Anna (Hen Yanni), a transsexual cabaret singer and artist (can you sense the metaphor?).

When Schlomo is diagnosed with cancer, Gayla tries to orchestrate a reunion through a third party,...

Today, Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma (Fnc), which will take place between October 12 to 23. Here's the complete line-up of feature films according to the press release we received.

Opening and closing

The 40th edition of the Fnc kicks off on Wednesday, October 12, with Declaration of War by Valérie Donzelli (France) at Cinéma Impérial (Centre Sandra & Leo Kolber, Salle Lucie & André Chagnon). This critically-acclaimed second feature by Valérie Donzelli (The Queen of Hearts) tells the love story of Roméo and Juliette who are battling to save their sick child. The director and her producer Edouard Weil will be in attendance.

Ten days later, on Saturday, October 22, Monsieur Lazhar (Quebec/Canada) by Philippe Falardeau will close the Festival. Selected to represent Canada at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film, Monsieur Lahzar shows the efforts of an Algerian schoolteacher to help his Grade 6 students come to terms with their teacher’s death.

I will soon post a list of films I have already seen that I highly recommend as well as a list of my most anticipated films screening at this year’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema. For now here is the press release from the festival. Make sure you read carefully because there are a ton of great films to check out.

Montreal, Tuesday September 27, 2011– Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinéma will be celebrating its 40th edition from October 12 to 23. For the past 40 years, Canada’s oldest film festival has offered film buffs a selection of the year’s most exciting new films — a bold lineup with plenty of whimsical and surprising elements, but one that also turns its lens on social realities and the evolution of film and new technologies. Over the course of this year’s 11-day Festival, audiences of all ages can take in features and shorts, fiction films and documentaries,...