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The year is over, and it’s time to say goodbye to all of our favorite AMC shows currently streaming on Netflix. From Dark Winds to Interview with the Vampire, all are going alongside 20 other great movies and TV shows. So, we compiled a list of all the AMC shows that will be leaving Netflix on August 19.

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Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches is a gothic horror thriller drama series co-created by Michelle Ashford and Esta Spalding. Based on Anne Rice’s novel trilogy titled Lives of the Mayfair Witches, the AMC series follows Dr. Rowan Fielding, a neurosurgeon who discovers that she comes from a long line of witches and her ancestors have been haunted by a sinister spirit. Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches stars Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa,...

Canneseries Jury President Norman Reedus has not been able to attend the fest due to work commitments.

The Walking Dead star was not present on last night’s Pink Carpet, which opened the fest, and his place as President has been taken by jury member Jeff Russo, we are told. A Canneseries spokeswoman confirmed the news. Reedus’ reps have been contacted for comment.

Last night’s Pink Carpet instead featured other members of the jury along with French actor Marie Colomb, who won the Madame Figaro Rising Star Award, a gong that last year went to Fallout’s Ella Purnell. However, there was no talent present in person from The Agency, the show which opened Canneseries, as that project starring Michael Fassbender and Jeffrey Wright has just rolled cameras on Season 2. Jodie Turner-Smith, who plays Sami in The Agency, instead delivered a video message in French.

Russo is now leading...

Held under clear skies, Canneseries kickstarted Thursday with much panache via the out-of-competition French premiere of Paramount+’s ‘”The Agency,” a remake of the French hit thriller “The Bureau.”

For its eighth edition, the festival was slightly overshadowed, however, when jury president Norman Reedus of “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” fame had to cancel at the last minute for other work commitments. He was replaced by jury member Jeff Russo, Emmy-awarded composer of “Fargo,” also credited for “Ripley” and “Star Trek: Section 31.” Co-jurors of the main competition remained “Pachinko” showrunner Soo Hugh, actors Louise Bourgoin, Lola Dueñas and César Domboy, who walked the pink carpet on Thursday evening.

Crowd onlookers who expected “The Agency” stars Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere or the aforementioned Reedus to share a selfie with them were perhaps disappointed, such as a young Thea, in her 20s, who was coming from Nice to have a...

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When we say that Netflix has something for everyone, we do mean that because the horror sub-genre of serial killers has always been popular among audiences, making a good show on this topic is pretty hard. That’s why we had to scour through Netflix’s huge library of content to find the best of the best. So, here are the 10 best serial killer shows on Netflix you should watch right now.

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Marcella is a British Nordic noir crime thriller drama series created by Hans Rosenfeldt and Nicola Larder. The Netflix series follows Marcella Backland, a former police detective, as she returns to work to investigate a series of connected murders to find the killer. Marcella stars Anna Friel, Nicholas Pinnock, Ray Panthaki, Jack Doolan, Jamie Bamber, Nina Sosanya, Charlie Covell, Sophia Brown, Amanda Burton,...

The international premiere of JJ Abrams’ 1970s crime thrillerDusterfor Max andthe world premieres of AMC’sThe Walking Dead: Dead Cityand Max’s French-language crime thrillerMalditosare among the series set to screen at the eighth edition ofCanneseries, taking place from April 24-29.

Duster and The Walking Dead: Dead City are both playing out of competition, along with Canal+ mafia crime dramaThe Corsican Line,Mediawan’s Palomar and Demd-produced European co-productionThe Count Of Monte-Cristostarring Sam Claflin and Jeremy Irons, and Belgian seriesThe Big Fuck-Up.

Malditos is one of eight series selected for the international competition. Other competition titles include Belgium-Germany road trip...

Daryl Dixon is heading to the Croisette.

The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus has been named the president of the competition jury for the upcoming Canneseries TV festival, judging the best in new television from around the globe.

Joining Reedus on the Canneseries international jury are U.S. showrunner Soo Hugh (Pachinko), TV music composer Jeff Russo (Fargo, Ripley), Spanish actress Lola Dueñas (The Sea Inside) and French actors Louise Bourgoin (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec) and César Domboy (Outlander, The Walk).

The Canneseries competition line-up, announced Tuesday, runs the gambit from Nhk’s Norwegian/Lithuanian psychological drama A Better Man and the Belgian comedy crime thriller Dead End, to Finnish drama-thriller L/Over, Max’s southern-French drama Malditos, the Belgian-German road trip dramedy How to Kill Your Sister, corporate family drama Nepobaby from Norway’s TV2, the Icelandic foodie thriller Reykjavik Fusion, and the South Korean sci-fi entry S Line.

The stars of J.J. Abrams’ Duster, The Walking Dead: Dead City, The Agency and Severance will be heading to France next month for Canneseries, while The Walking Dead‘s Norman Reedus has been named President of the Jury.

Duster, The Walking Dead: Dead City and The Agency are premiering out of competition at the annual confab along with the likes of Bille August’s The Count of Monte Cristo adaptation, with August and Count star Sam Claflin also making the journey to the south of France.

Duster actors including Josh Holloway, Rachel Hilson and Keith David are expected on the Croisette alongside the likes of Jeffrey Dean Morgan from The Walking Dead spin-off. Eric Rochant, who created The Bureau, which The Agency is based on, will feature in the industry section.

Duster is perhaps the most high-profile upcoming show. Launching in May on Max, Abrams’ series was first announced...

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Natalie Portman seems to have found a new man!

Following Portman’s divorce from Benjamin Millepied, she’s finally ready to date again — apparently.

This looks extremely new. At least, their public outings sure are.

So who is Tanguy Destable?

Natalie Portman poses during the unveiling of her dedicated beach locker room on the Promenade des Planches during the 50th Deauville American Film Festival on September 14, 2024. (Photo Credit: Francois Durand/Getty Images) Natalie Portman is reportedly dating Tanguy Destable

In early March 2025, French tabloid Voici first linked Natalie Portman and Tanguy Destable. This came just over a year after she finalized her divorce from Millepied.

Soon, other outlets followed, with sightings of the two walking around Paris together.

Portman and Destable have not gone public with their reported entanglement. But that doesn’t mean that her fans aren’t interested in hearing more about the guy.

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Sometimes, celebrities end up being more famous for whom they are dating than the work they have done. Lately, it is Natalie Portman who has been trending for her love life. Portman, an Academy Award-winning actress renowned for her roles in movies like Black Swan and V for Vendetta, has long captivated audiences with her versatile performances and dedication to her craft.

Credits: Natalie Portman in May December | Credit: Gloria Sanchez Productions

But beyond her illustrious career, the actress’s personal life has also been the subject of media attention, particularly her relationships and recent love life developments. The actress garnered attention recently when, in early 2025, reports surfaced that she had been going out with the French musician Tanguy Destable. Known in the music industry as Tepr, Portman’s new boyfriend is reportedly her first relationship after splitting up with her ex-husband Benjamin Millepied after a decade of marriage.

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Clive Owen delivers a vulnerable and compelling performance as retired detective Sam Spade, showcasing his versatility as an actor. The show takes a fresh approach to the iconic character, exploring his retirement in the French town of Bozouls and his quest to solve the murder of six nuns. The ensemble cast, including Dnis Menochet and Matthew Beard, brings believability and genuine emotion to their roles, making the series a riveting neo-noir mystery.

Based on the iconic character created by Dashiell Hammett, Monsieur Spade is a riveting neo-noir mystery series with an impressive cast of talented actors. Although the show is inspired by an iconic literary character, Monsieur Spade is not directly based on one of Hammett's books. Instead, the show takes place long after the events of Detective Sam Spade's most famous appearance in the celebrated classic The Maltese Falcon. The show explores aspects of Spade's background and history via flashback sequences,...

Clive Owen is hopeful for a Monsieur Spade season 2, suggesting a return to San Francisco to investigate the detective's past. Season 1 left the door open for more story, exploring Sam Spade's relationship with Teresa. The future of Monsieur Spade is uncertain, pending AMC's decision, despite positive critical reception and potential for more mysteries.

Clive Owen hopes Monsieur Spade season 2 happens, and has a pitch for what it should be about. Dashiell Hammett’s iconic detective made an unexpected return in AMC’s six-episode drama, which picks up Spade’s story 20 years after the events of The Maltese Falcon, with the former San Francisco gumshoe now retired and living in southern France. Owen may not get to wear Humphrey Bogart’s trenchcoat and hat, but Spade still needs his sharp detective skills and sharper wit as a mystery begins unfolding in his sun-splashed new home.

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Film and TV studio Fifth Season has secured international distribution rights to “Monsieur Spade,” the crime drama series starring and executive produced by Clive Owen.

Fifth Season will represent the title at the upcoming Berlin European Film Market.

The six-episode series is based on Dashiell Hammett’s hard-boiled private detective Sam Spade, the protagonist of 1930 novel “The Maltese Falcon,” adapted several times for the screen, most notably in 1941 by John Huston with Humphrey Bogart as the sleuth.

In the series, the year is 1963, and legendary detective Spade (Owen) is enjoying retirement in the South of France. Spade’s life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet, but the rumoured return of his old adversary will change everything. Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered, and as the town grieves, secrets emerge and new leads are established. Spade learns the murders are connected to a mysterious child, who is believed to possess great powers.

All works of IP exploitation are, on some level, legitimized fanfiction. Once divorced from the original author, the line that separates a franchise’s sequel, prequel or reboot from the average post on Wattpad is a great deal of money and the blessing of an estate and/or corporation. But even with this baseline, the AMC limited series “Monsieur Spade” is an especially unabashed act of wish fulfillment through and for a beloved protagonist. The namesake of “Monsieur Spade” is none other than Sam Spade (Clive Owen), the private investigator who headlined the Dashiell Hammett novel turned John Huston film noir “The Maltese Falcon,” plus a handful of Hammett short stories published in the 1930s. For their spin on Spade, series creators Tom Fontana (“Oz”) and Scott Frank (“The Queen’s Gambit”) send the sleuth to the south of France, where he spends a few weeks of his not-so-peaceful retirement looking...

In 1963 — years after the events of “The Maltese Falcon” — iconic detective Sam Spade is enjoying retirement in the South of Frace, living a life unreminiscent of his time as a hard-boiled private eye in San Francisco. However, in AMC’s new series “Monsieur Spade,” rumors surrounding the death of an old foe and the brutal murders of six nuns bring Spade, played by Clive Owen, back into the game. The series premieres on Sunday, Jan. 14 on AMC+ and Acorn TV and episodes will air on AMC at 9 p.m. Et. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of AMC+.

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What does a child who allegedly possesses mysterious powers have to do with the deaths of six beloved nuns...

For a character who is at the center of one full-length story, The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade is as iconic as it gets in the world of detective fiction. Dashiell Hammett’s book, and John Huston’s 1941 movie adaptation with Humphrey Bogart, loom impossibly large over the gumshoe genre, to the point where Spade is just as famous as Philip Marlowe and Mike Hammer, who have appeared in far more novels and films over the years.

But the Sam Spade who appears in the new miniseries Monsieur Spade is not...

If you’re on any form of social media, you probably know that on January 1, an early incarnation of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain. This prompted the usual memes putting the beloved character in decidedly adult situations and, in just a few months, we’ll be treated to a Mickey Mouse slasher film.

For a different, more pastoral, approach to elevated fan fic — this one conducted with the approval of the Dashiell Hammett Estate, rather than public domain — look to six-episode limited series Monsieur Spade, which will roll out on AMC, AMC+ and Acorn TV.

Hailing from the powerhouse creative duo of Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) and Tom Fontana (Oz) and boasting a likably droll central turn by Clive Owen, Monsieur Spade takes Hammett’s Sam Spade and drops him into a bucolic retirement in the South of France. There, rather than reconfiguring the protagonist for an ironic excursion to the dark side,...

French actor-director Samuel Theis, best known for starring in Justine Triet’s awards season favorite Anatomy of a Fall, has been accused of rape by a crew member on Je te jure (I Swear), Theis’ latest directorial feature.

The French newspaper Libération broke the story and reported that the alleged assault took place last year at a party held in an apartment rented by the production where the crew member said they were too inebriated to consent to a sexual encounter with Theis.

Theis responded to Libération’s report, telling the newspaper that the encounter was consensual. His lawyer added in response that his client has not been charged or contacted by authorities. The newspaper reported that the crew member quit the production immediately after the alleged assault.

Je te jure is currently in post-production. According to Libération, Theis was ordered to complete his work on the title remotely by...

Samuel Theis, a French actor-director known for starring in this year’s “Anatomy of a Fall” as the husband to Sandra Hüller’s character, has been accused of sexual assault by a crew member on his new film, a French production called “Je le jure” (“I Swear”).

According to a report in Libération from January 5 (via Screen Daily), the crew member accused Theis of raping him at a party last summer when the alleged victim was too drunk to consent. The alleged incident took place in Metz, France at an apartment rented for the production.

Theis told the publication the encounter was consensual, and his lawyer told Libération he has not been charged with any crime to date. The crew member quit the production immediately after the alleged assault.

Post-production is continuing on “I Swear,” but according to Libération, the production company Avenue B has forced Theis to complete the project remotely away from crew,...

Samuel Theis, who played the husband of Sandra Hüller’s character in Justine Triet’s Golden Globe-winning film “Anatomy of a Fall,” was ousted from the shoot of his third directorial outing, “Je te jure,” after being accused of rape by a crew member, Variety has confirmed. For the remainder of production, Theis remained on location but directed the film remotely.

The alleged sexual assault took place halfway through the shoot, in the aftermath of a party held at an apartment with the cast and crew on July 1, according to the French newspaper Liberation. The crew member spent the night in the flat where the party was held due to his state of inebriation and alleged he was raped by Theis in the early morning hours. The filmmaker, meanwhile, has argued that it was consensual, according to Liberation.

Shortly after, the crew member decided to leave the shoot. “Je te...

Plot: The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade is enjoying his retirement in the South of France. By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco, Spade’s life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet. But the rumored return of his old adversary will change everything. Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered at the local convent. As the town grieves, secrets emerge, and new leads are established. Spade learns that the murders are somehow connected to a mysterious child who is believed to possess great powers.

Review: In the annals of the mystery genre, the names of author Dashiell Hammett and character Sam Spade are amongst the most iconic. Despite Sam Spade’s legacy thanks to the film The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart, Hammett’s creation has only been featured in a handful of films since the 1930s. In a new AMC series...

The alleged rape took place during production of Theis’ Je Le Jure last summer.

Samuel Theis, the French co-star of Justine Triet’s awards season hopeful Anatomy Of A Fall has been accused of rape by a crew member on his upcoming directorial feature Je Le Jure and has been forced to continue directing from a remote location, according to a report in France’s Liberation newspaper on January 5.

The alleged rape occurred last summer at a party where the crew member said they were too inebriated to consent to a sexual encounter with Theis in an apartment rented by the production in Metz,...

The alleged rape took place during production of Theis’ Je Le Jure last summer.

Samuel Theis, the French co-star of Justine Triet’s awards season hopeful Anatomy Of A Fall has been accused of rape by a crew member on his upcoming directorial feature Je Le Jure and has been forced to continue directing from a remote location, according to a report in France’s Liberation newspaper on January 5.

The alleged rape occurred last summer at a party where the crew member said they were too inebriated to consent to a sexual encounter with Theis in an apartment rented by the production in Metz,...

Monsieur Spade is a neo-noir show set in the '60s, following the retired private detective Sam Spade as he investigates a series of murders in a small French town. The show features an ensemble cast led by Golden Globe winner Clive Owen, who brings a magnetic performance to the iconic character of Sam Spade. Clive Owen drew inspiration from Humphrey Bogart's portrayal of Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, aiming to capture the fast-paced dialogue and stoic demeanor of the character.

Dashiell Hammett's iconic private detective is back in Monsieur Spade. The AMC show follows Sam Spade as he retires to the South of France in the '60s after a job to return the daughter of a mysterious man fails, electing for a quiet life. When the group of nuns at the school she lives in are murdered, Spade begins investigating the matter, learning of dark...

The James Bond-esque opening sequence of Monsieur Spade sees a glimmering 1950s whip winding down a spectacular country road in the south of France. Inside the car is Sam Spade (Clive Owen) and a doe-eyed young girl, Teresa (Ella Feraud), whom the legendary detective, first introduced in Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, is trying to reunite with her father. When plans go awry and the pair end up stranded, they’re rescued by a glamorous French woman named Gabrielle (Chiara Mastroianni). She, we learn, will become Spade’s wife.

Flash forward eight years and Spade is a broken-hearted widower overseeing Gabrielle’s estate near the town of Bozouls, and he’s placed the teenaged Teresa (now played by Cara Bossom) in a local convent. But what led Spade to a remote town in France with the young girl in the first place? And what occurred in the subsequent eight...

SAG and BAFTA Award-winner Clive Owen stars in AMC’s Monsieur Spade, a limited series centering on the detective from Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon. The six-episode series will premiere on Sunday, January 14, 2024 on AMC, AMC+, and Acorn TV.

In addition to Clive Owen as Sam Spade, the neo-noir crime drama stars Cara Bossom (Radioactive) as Teresa, Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds) as Chief of Police Patrice Michaud, Louise Bourgoin (The Romanoffs) as Marguerite Devereaux, and Chiara Mastroianni (On a Magical Night) as Gabrielle. Stanley Weber (Outlander) is Jean-Pierre Devereaux, Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game) is George Fitzsimmons, Jonathan Zaccaï (Robin Hood) is Philippe Saint-Andre, and Rebecca Root (The Queen’s Gambit) is Cynthia Fitzsimmons.

Emmy and SAG Award-winner Alfre Woodard guest stars as Virginia Dell and Dean Winters (Lost Girls) guest stars as Father Matthew.

Monsieur Spade was shot in France, with series creators Scott Frank and Tom Fontana writing and executive producing.

Clive Owen takes on the role of iconic detective Sam Spade in Monsieur Spade, a new AMC series co-created by The Queen's Gambit creator Scott Frank. Sam Spade first appeared in Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel, The Maltese Falcon, and was later portrayed by Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's 1941 film. The new series sees Spade living in retirement in the South of France when a series of murders draws him into a deadly plot involving a mysterious child believed to posess great powers.

Monsieur Spade's first trailer has arrived, revealing Clive Owen as The Maltese Falcon detective Sam Spade. Based on a 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett (and a 1931 film adaptation), John Huston's The Maltese Falcon was released in 1941, introducing Humphrey Bogart as private eye Sam Spade. Now, AMC+ is set to revive the iconic noir detective in a new series from The Queen's Gambit creator Scott Frank,...

Clive Owen takes on the iconic role of Sam Spade in the new series Monsieur Spade, bringing a twist to the famous detective character. The series is set in 1963, with a retired Spade now living in the south of France, but a brutal murder brings him back into a world of underworld intrigue. Co-created and executive produced by Scott Frank, Monsieur Spade promises a blend of classic detective storytelling in an unfamiliar setting, making it a significant addition to the neo-noir genre.

Everyone knows the character of Sam Spade, right? Well, anyone who has a love of classic crime noir, and has spent a few hours in the company of Humphrey Bogart playing the role in The Maltese Falcon, which is considered arguably the greatest detective movie of all time. Well, in the quest for new content, the Dashiell Hammett-created character is being revisited for the new series, Monsieur Spade,...

AMC, AMC+ and Acorn TV announce that the highly-anticipated, limited crime drama, Monsieur Spade, is set to premiere on Sunday, January 14and shared an all-new trailer and additional series photography. Starring and executive produced by Golden Globe®, SAG® and BAFTA® Award-winner Clive Owen as the hard-boiled private detective Sam Spade, the six-episode drama is co-created, written and executive produced by Emmy® Award-winners Scott Frank, who also serves as director, and Tom Fontana.

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Also they reveal, Emmy®, Golden Globe® and SAG® Award-winner Alfre Woodard and Dean Winters have joined the series as guest stars, portraying Virginia Dell and Father Matthew, respectively.

Monsieur Spade centers around the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon. The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade (Owen) is enjoying his retirement in the South of France. By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco,...

"This has spoiled my tranquility." AMC Networks has debuted the full official trailer for the noir mystery thriller series titled Monsieur Spade, co-created by the writers / directors Scott Frank and Tom Fontana. Now set to launch at the end of January in just a few months (here's the teaser). The famous detective Sam Spade is now 60 and living as an expat in France in 1963 trying to enjoy some peace. This series is originally based on a character created by Dashiell Hammett, the same author who wrote the famous noir stories The Glass Key, The Thin Man, Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon. Set in the early 1960s, after the Algerian War just ended. Detective Sam Spade has been quietly living out his golden years in a tiny town in the South of France. Soon enough, it won't be quiet for him any longer when his past from America catches up with him.

AMC Networks today released a first-look teaser trailer for its upcoming sophisticated, six-episode crime drama, Monsieur Spade, premiering on AMC and AMC+ in early 2024. Starring and executive produced by Golden Globe®, SAG® and BAFTA® Award-winner Clive Owen as the hard-boiled private detective Sam Spade, the limited series is co-created, written and executive produced by Emmy® Award-winners Scott Frank, who also serves as director, and Tom Fontana.

Monsieur Spade centers around the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon. The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade (Owen) is enjoying his retirement in the South of France. By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco, Spade’s life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet. But the rumored return of his old adversary will change everything. Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered at the local convent. As the town grieves,...

Monsieur Spade is coming to AMC in early 2024. The cable network has released the first teaser for the crime drama series based on the Dashiell Hammett 1930s novel The Maltese Falcon.

Clive Owen, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin, Chiara Mastroianni, Stanley Weber, Matthew Beard, Jonathan Zaccaï, and Rebecca Root star in the six-episode series which was shot on location in France. Scott Frank and Tom Fontana co-created the series.

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"No one cares about that Sam Spade anymore..." AMC Networks has revealed the first teaser trailer for a new noir mystery thriller series titled Monsieur Spade, co-created by writers / directors Scott Frank and Tom Fontana. The series is expected to premiere in early 2024 streaming on AMC+ and their TV networks. The famous detective Sam Spade is now 60 and living as an expat in the south of France in 1963. It's based on a character created by Dashiell Hammett, the same author who wrote the famous noir stories The Glass Key, The Thin Man, Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon. Set in the early 1960s, after the Algerian War just ended. Detective Sam Spade has been quietly living out his golden years in a town in the South of France. Soon enough, it won't be quiet for him any longer. Clive Owen stars as Spade, with Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin, Chiara Mastroianni,...

Clive Owen emerges as the epitome of a suave and intelligent detective in Monsieur Spade. AMC has heralded the arrival of the neo-noir crime drama that promises to be the cynosure of all eyes, unveiling a tantalizing teaser that gives a glimpse of a story steeped in darkness, intrigue, and classic detective bravado. This thrilling new series is gearing up to make a splash in early 2024.

This enthralling new project marks a return to form for Owen, who effortlessly slides into the role that seems to beckon him with open arms, ready to awe audiences with his potent blend of charisma and action prowess. The seasoned actor is no stranger to the world of intense, gritty narratives, and Monsieur Spade appears to be a canvas that brings out the hues of his vibrant acting palette vividly.

Diving into a narrative rich with mystery and foreign allure, Monsieur Spade's trailer transports...

Pi Sam Spade (Clive Owen) finds his quiet life in retirement interrupted in Monsieur Spade, AMC’s upcoming six-episode crime drama series from Owen, The Queen’s Gambit creator Scott Frank and City on a Hill showrunner Tom Fontana.

AMC has released the first trailer for the six-episode series in which Owen stars, co-writes and executive produces. It’s set to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in early 2024.

Per the logline: Monsieur Spade centers around the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon. The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade (Owen) is enjoying his retirement in the South of France. By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco, Spade’s life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet. But the rumored return of his old adversary will change everything. Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered at the local convent.

AMC Networks has unveiled the teaser trailer for Monsieur Spade, giving fans a first look at Oscar nominee Clive Owen (Closer) as the iconic fictional detective Sam Spade. The detective was introduced in Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon released in 1930 and played by Humphrey Bogart in the classic 1941 film directed by John Huston.

AMC’s limited series also features Cara Bossom (Radioactive) as Teresa, Denis Ménochet (Inglorious Basterds) as Chief of Police Patrice Michaud, Louise Bourgoin (The Romanoffs) as Marguerite Devereaux, Chiara Mastroianni (On a Magical Night) as Gabrielle, and Stanley Weber (Outlander) as Jean-Pierre Devereaux. Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game) stars as George Fitzsimmons, Jonathan Zaccaï (Robin Hood) is Philippe Saint Andre, and Rebecca Root (The Queen’s Gambit) is Cynthia Fitzsimmons.

Emmy winners Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit) and Tom Fontana (City On A Hill) created the series and serve as writers and executive producers. Frank also directs the six-episode series.

Golden Globe, SAG and BAFTA award winner Clive Owen is stepping into the role of Detective Sam Spade, the protagonist of noir writer Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 classic novel “The Maltese Falcon,” in AMC Networks’ “Monsieur Spade.”

The series, which is set in 1963, follows Spade (Owen) as he enjoys a peaceful and quiet retirement in the South of France – until the rumored return of his old adversary changes everything. When six beloved nuns are brutally murdered at a local convent, Spade learns that they are somehow connected to a mysterious child who is believed to possess great powers.

Joining Owen in the show’s ensemble cast is up-and-comer Cara Bossom (“Radioactive”) as Teresa, Denis Ménochet (“Inglorious Basterds”) as Chief of Police Patrice Michaud, Louise Bourgoin (“The Romanoffs”) as Marguerite Devereaux, Chiara Mastroianni (“On a Magical Night”) as Gabrielle, Stanley Weber (“Outlander”) as Jean-Pierre Devereaux, Matthew Beard (“The Imitation Game”) as George Fitzsimmons,...

Clive Owen will be on the case when Monsieur Spade premieres on AMC in 2024.

AMC Networks released a first-look teaser trailer for its upcoming crime drama, premiering on AMC and AMC+ in early 2024.

The six-episode limited series is co-created, written, and executive produced by Emmy® Award-winners Scott Frank, who also serves as director, and Tom Fontana.

Monsieur Spade centers around the infamous protagonist of American writer Dashiell Hammett's 1930 classic novel The Maltese Falcon.

"The year is 1963, and the legendary Detective Sam Spade (Owen) is enjoying his retirement in the South of France," the logline teases.

"By contrast to his days as a private eye in San Francisco, Spade's life in Bozouls is peaceful and quiet."

"But the rumored return of his old adversary will change everything."

"Six beloved nuns have been brutally murdered at the local convent," AMC adds.

"As the town grieves, secrets emerge, and new leads are established.

Got a mystery that needs solving? You’d be wise to call in Sam Spade… and even better if Clive Owen is playing him.

Owen stars as the iconic private detective of The Maltese Falcon fame in the upcoming AMC crime drama Monsieur Spade, slated to debut early next year. AMC has released a first-look teaser at the six-episode series — which you can watch above — with Owen playing a newly retired Sam Spade, who’s enjoying some leisure time in the south of France in 1963 and swimming nude (!) in a luxurious pool.

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Let's get this out of the way — The Mountain is unusual, introducing a surreal mystery that's never truly explained. That's probably a dealbreaker for a lot of people, but adventurous or curious audiences who can embrace ambiguity will find much to adore in the movie. Filmmaker Thomas Salvador stars as Pierre, a Parisian businessman who experiences a kind of midlife crisis and heads to the Alps. He calls in sick at first, but finds that something is drawing him deeper and deeper into the mountains, until he's left his job and life in Paris in order to camp out on glaciers.

The Mountain is fittingly beautiful, capturing the majesty of the Alps and the paradoxical danger and serenity of nature at its most extreme. With long wordless stretches, the film sometimes feels like a quiet nature documentary in the guise of a character study, but develops emotional resonance when Pierre...

From the moment that Thomas Salvador’s The Mountain opens on robotic engineer Pierre (Salvador) standing in his modern Paris apartment sipping a morning espresso, we understand him to be a man unmoored. At work, as his attention trails off in the midst of a presentation, he seems every bit as lost as the stray deer that he later notices roaming the empty streets of a mountainside town. Throughout the film, Pierre will often stare off into the distance, as if looking for something—but good luck figuring out what that actually is.

The Mountain tracks Pierre’s day-to-day life of self-isolation with dry precision after he travels into the Alps for his work and decides to turn his back on his life in the city for good. But whatever motivation underpins his decision is as nebulous as the clouds over the mountains, as Salvador frustratingly never offers a concrete...

The French pay-TV giant also announced a surprise film festival-focused channel.

French pay-tv powerhouse Canal Plus unveiled its autumn line-up in Paris this week and announced a new channel devoted to films from well-known directors selected at global festivals called Canal+ Cinema(s) that will launch on September 1 alongside Canal+ Box Office.

The latter will feature primarily blockbusters from the US majors in addition to crowd-pleasing local fare, capitalising on themedia chronology that allows Canal+ to air films six months after their theatrical release, a major leg up compared to fellow streamers inlcuding Netflix and Prime Video that have to wait 15-17 months.

Un Métier sérieux

Production on Thomas Lilti‘s fifth feature commenced back in February of ’22 in Normandy with a formidable comprised of Vincent Lacoste, François Cluzet, Louise Bourgoin, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Lucie Zhang, William Lebghil and Bouli Lanners. Having built his filmography around worlds with white coats or institution-themed films, it comes as no surprise that Un Métier sérieux (aka A Real Job) features a dramedy that revolves around the notion of training for the next level. Our money is on the cast here.

Gist: Benjamin, a PhD student without a scholarship, accepts a contract professorship in a college. Without training or experience, faced with a weakened institution, he discovered the difficulties of this profession.…...

Brussels-based sales outfit unveils Paris Rendez-Vous slate.

Brussels-based sales company Best Friend Forever (Bff) has acquired Michaël Dichter’s pre-teen feature The Fantastic Three and Angela Ottobah’s genre drama Rapture.

Bff will also market premiere Nicolas Silhol’s Anti-Squat at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris this week.

The Fantastic Three (Les Trois Fantastiques) is Dichter’s feature debut and is a continuation of his César-nominated short film Pollux.

Set in contemporary Eastern France, the film follows a group of pre-teen boys, aka “the fantastic three,” who lean on each other amidst their complicated home lives. When the brother of...

Brussels-based sales outfit unveils Rendez-Vous slate.

Brussels-based sales company Best Friend Forever (Bff) has acquired Michaël Dichter’s pre-teen feature The Fantastic Three and Angela Ottobah’s genre drama Rapture.

Bff will also market premiere Nicolas Silhol’s Anti-Squat at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris this week.

The Fantastic Three (Les Trois Fantastiques) is Dichter’s feature debut and is a continuation of his César-nominated short film Pollux.

Set in contemporary Eastern France, the film follows a group of pre-teen boys, aka “the fantastic three,” who lean on each other amidst their complicated home lives. When the brother of one...

The director is also part of the cast of this Christmas in July production that will be sold by Le Pacte, together with Louise Bourgoin, Martine Chevallier and Laurent Poitrenaux. The first clapperboard will slam on 3 May on La montagne, the second feature from Thomas Salvador after the well-received Vincent (in the New Directors competition at San Sebastián in 2014 and nominated for the 2016 Best Feature Debut Lumières award). The director will also head the cast, flanked by Louise Bourgoin, Martine Chevallier (winner of the 2021 Lumières award for Best Actress and nominated for the César award in the same category for Two of Us; soon in La Menace and Le bal des folles)...

More than 2,000 cinemas in France have been dark since the end of last October as part of anti-Covid-19 measures.

More than 800 key figures from the French cinema world have posted an open letter to president Emmanuel Macron in newspaper Le Monde, calling for the country’s cinemas to be reopened.

Spearheaded by French directors’ guild the Société des Réalisateurs de Film (Srf), signatories include filmmakers Jacques Audiard, Guillaume Canet, Claire Denis, Emmanuel Mouret, Chiara Mastroianni as well as actors Louise Bourgoin, Marion Cotillard and Pierre Niney.

The letter argues that the ongoing closure of cinemas as part of anti-Covid-19 measures...

Joan Verra

Director Laurent Larivière assembles a stellar cast for sophomore feature Joan Verra, headlined by Isabelle Huppert in the title role. A French-German-Irish co-production (with Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault on hand from Paris based 2.4.7. Films), Huppert is joined by Lars Eidinger, Swann Arlaud, Freya Mavor, Florence Loiret-Caille and Dimitri Dore. Lariviere re-teams with scribe Francois Decodts and the project is lensed by Celine Bozon. Larivière’s debut feature I Am a Soldier, which starred Louise Bourgoin and Jean-Hugues Anglade, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in Un Certain Regard.…...

Fantasy, sci-fi and horror films are all in line for the very specific aid put forward by the Cnc, which has also selected the projects Acide by Just Philippot and Incarnation by Mael Le Mée. Created by the Cnc in 2018 with a view to broadening the narrative range of French feature films, the genre film support grant, whose 3rd edition was devoted to fantasy, sci-fi and horror films, has chosen three projects from among the 80 scripts deliberated over by a jury, which was itself headed up by actress Louise Bourgoin and which interviewed fifteen or so preselected filmmaker-producer duos.Stealing focus among the lucky few is La Tour d’Assitan, which will be Guillaume Nicloux’s 16th feature film after titles...

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France, opening Wednesday October 7

Mainstream French comedies and dramas topped the release schedule in France once again this week, in the absence of US studio titles.

The biggest release of the week was romantic comedy The ABCs Of Love for Ugc Distribution on some 480 prints. Rising star Vincent Dedienne plays a thirtysomething babysitter, who unwittingly gets entangled in the parent teacher association of the school that his nine-year-old charge attends but finds love along the way.

Other local features included long triangle drama Dreamchild, starring Jalil Lespert, Louise Bourgoin and Mélanie Doutey...

Nicole Garcia’s romance thriller “Lovers” has lured a raft of distributors before and after its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. The love-triangle movie also played at Toronto as part of the Industry Select lineup.

France Televisions Distribution, which represents “Lovers” in international markets, has sold the film to Switzerland (Jmh), Belgium (Vertigo Films Distribution), Poland (Hagi), Portugal (Pris Audiovisuais), Japan (At Entertainment), Brazil (Providence Filmes), and Russia, Ukraine, Baltics (Russian Report). Other deals are currently being negotiated.

“Lovers” is headlined by a French cast that includes Stacy Martin, Pierre Niney and Benoit Magimel. The movie revolves around Lisa and Simon, a pair of lovers who have been passionate about each other since they were teenagers.

When a tragedy occurs, provoked by Simon’s criminal activities, Simon flees and leaves Lisa behind without any notice. Three years later, Lisa is married to Leo, a wealthy man,...