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As São Paulo State and Brazil at large gears up its funding for film, TV, vid games and beyond, there is a distinct possibility that Brazil’s Congress will approve this year a global streamer investment quota for Brazilian films and series. If that happens, it could see R$700 million-r$800 million ($122 million-$140 million) being invested in independent Brazilian production, producer Fabiano Gullane (“Senna”) estimates.

Already Brazil is Latin America’s comeback story and its players, thanks to “I’m Still Here” and “Senna” walk the world stage. Following, the often remarkable São Paulo companies known to be at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, often aided in their attendance by São Paulo State. As often frequent international co-producers, they are well worth knowing. A drill-down on companies at Berlin, with some more to come.

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An animation studio and, from 2016, live action producer behind toon series “Osmar” and Netflix...

Few actors’ screen presence reverberates with such genuine intensity as Benicio del Toro. Like Gary Oldman, Denzel Washington, Toshiro Mifune, Mads Mikkelsen, and so on. I feel Benecio del Toro is almost always good, irrespective of the quality of the film built around his character. Born in Puerto Rico on February 19, 1967, to lawyer parents, Benicio del Toro was a basketball player in school. Benicio del Toro was studying business at the University of California, but his interest in acting soon made him drop out and study acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory with Arthur Mendoza. In the late 1980s, Benicio del Toro started appearing in TV shows like Miami Vice and Private Eye.

Benecio del Toro was recognized as a promising performer in his second movie role, where he played Dario, a vicious enforcer of a drug kingpin in Timothy Dalton’s James Bond movie License to Kill (1989). Though the...

Like Abel Ferrara’s other collaborations with screenwriter Nicholas St. John, among them Ms. 45, Dangerous Game, and The Funeral, The Addiction is rife with intense and undigested contradictions. The 1995 film loosely mixes addiction and assault metaphors, capturing the self-loathing of addicts while almost inadvertently suggesting that victims of sexual abuse have it coming.

When a vampire, Casanova (Annabella Sciorra), corners a psychology scholar, Kathleen (Lili Taylor), into a dark stairwell, she asks her victim to forcefully will her away. Kathleen pleads with Casanova and is bitten in the neck in retaliation, which is staged as a tenderly erotic suckling of the flesh. Now a vampire herself, Kathleen gains Casanova’s confidence and attacks a variety of New Yorkers, offering them a similar deal: If they ask her to go, convincingly, they will be spared. Only one person, tellingly a man and even more tellingly a demon, can rise to the occasion of these terms.

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse have raised the dead with celebrated zombie drama The Funeral, now on VOD platforms and strreaming on our Screambox streaming service!

The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar (The Wild Pear Tree, Actress) as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.

“One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.

“Together, they set off on a mission to avenge her death, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. Rising young actress Cansu Türedi plays the dead girl.”

The Funeral is a captivating zombie love story with serious bite and was helmed by Turkish director Orçun Behram (The Antenna).

The Funeral will join Screambox’s growing library of unique horror content,...

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse are raising the dead with celebrated zombie drama The Funeral, releasing tomorrow on our Screambox streaming service!

The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar (The Wild Pear Tree, Actress) as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.

“One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.

“Together, they set off on a mission to avenge her death, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. Rising young actress Cansu Türedi plays the dead girl.”

The Funeral is a captivating zombie love story with serious bite and was helmed by Turkish director Orçun Behram (The Antenna).

The Funeral will join Screambox’s growing library of unique horror content,...

Before Ayo Edebiri broke out in “The Bear” and “Bottoms” or even as a voice on “Big Mouth,” she was a huge Letterboxd influencer, offering a mix of hilarious and thoughtful commentary on a wide range of cinema. She has largely tempered her posting, still contributing a brief review from time to time, but is now returning to the film criticism forum with some recent Criterion Closet picks.

“I be on these sales. I’m on these sales. I’m getting 50 percent off these DVDs just like you are, so I’m very excited to be here,” Edebiri said as she scoured shelf upon shelf of classic cinema.

Edebiri’s first pick was Akira Kurasawa’s pulpy crime drama and the inspiration for Spike Lee and Denzel Washington’s latest collaboration, “High & Low.” Discussing the film, Edebiri said, “I’ve been seeing this popping off Letterboxd, which I think...

Although Turkish cinema scene is more associated with mainstream art house efforts, its more genre-oriented pool is also quite strong and recognized globally. One of the newer examples of it, a multi-genre crossover “The Funeral” written and directed by Orcun Behram is touring the genre festivals since its world premiere at the last year's edition of Sitges. Most recently, it was showcased at the official competition of Grossmann Fantastic Wine and Film Festival in Ljutomer, Slovenia, where it scooped the main Viscious Cat award.

Behram opens his film with a sequence mostly located in a hearse van touring the back roads of Turkey to a small village graveyard where a funeral takes place in the rain. Its purpose is to establish the character of our protagonist, the driver named Cemal as a loner and a man of few words who possibly holds a secret. Soon enough, Cemal is approached by...

On Saturday June 22 2024, Bravo broadcasts The Traitors!

The Funeral Season 2 Episode 4 Episode Summary

In this episode of “The Traitors” titled “The Funeral,” the tension reaches new heights as murder most foul continues to plague the game. This time, the Traitors find themselves facing a daunting challenge – they must carry out a killing in plain sight. The stakes are higher than ever as they navigate this deadly mission that tests their cunning and nerve.

As the episode unfolds, viewers will witness a player meeting their demise in a dramatic and unexpected turn of events. The game takes a sinister turn as the Traitors grapple with the consequences of their actions, leading to a shocking twist that leaves everyone on edge. The suspense builds as the players struggle to outwit their opponents and stay one step ahead in the deadly game they find themselves trapped in.

A pivotal round table discussion adds...

Prepare for a dramatic and intense episode of “The Traitors” with Season 2 Episode 4, titled “The Funeral,” airing at 11:53 Am on Saturday, June 22, 2024, on Bravo. In this gripping installment, the stakes are raised as the treacherous game of deception and betrayal reaches a new level of intrigue. The Traitors find themselves embroiled in a murder plot that unfolds in plain sight, pushing the boundaries of their dangerous game.

Viewers can expect suspenseful twists and turns as a deadly mission unfolds, leading to a shocking demise within the group. The episode promises to deliver intense moments as alliances are tested, and allegiances shift amidst the chaos. Against the backdrop of uncertainty, a dramatic round table discussion ensues, determining the fate of the next banishment and leaving the remaining players on edge.

Tune in to Bravo at 11:53 Am on June 22nd to witness “The Traitors: The Funeral.” Whether you’re drawn...

Brazilian auteur Carolina Markowicz will head to Bucharest to hone her third feature, “The Funeral.” In development, the film was selected for the 2024 Pop Up Residency, pairing Markowicz with multi-prized Romanian producer Ada Solomon for a three-week consultancy.

“It’s truly a privilege to be able to dialogue with an industry professional like Ada, a producer who has made some films I truly admire. Daring, original and different. I love the artists who still dare to take risks, this is so rare nowadays. I’m looking forward to hearing her take on my film, and very honored to have it selected by her,” Markowicz told Variety.

The residency is part of an exclusive development initiative from Projeto Paradiso, which additionally awarded Markowicz a Paradiso Scholarship this year to attend the Tfl ScriptLab for the budding concept. It’s the fifth consecutive year that the partner program has offered the residency to a Brazilian filmmaker.

This article contains spoilers for the final episodes of Young Sheldon.

Allow me to offer you a peek into the TV-viewing habits of the Bojalad household. I was not a dedicated watcher of The Big Bang Theory, nor its prequel spinoff Young Sheldon. I am, however, a daily watcher of American quiz show institution Jeopardy!.

Since Jeopardy! airs at 7:30 p.m. Et on CBS in my particular TV market (it broadcasts on NBC or ABC in other parts of the country at varying times), sometimes I forget to change the channel and catch some of the 8 p.m. Et showing of Young Sheldon on Thursday nights. One of those “accidental Young Sheldon” nights just happened to occur on May 16, the date of the two-part series finale. That was the night I discovered that my wife, and pretty much the rest of the TV-viewing public, really, really loves Sheldon’s dad,...

Get ready for another thrilling episode of “The Traitors” with Season 2 Episode 4, titled “The Funeral,” airing at 11:56 Am on Sunday, May 19, 2024, on E!. In this gripping installment, viewers will be drawn deeper into the dark and treacherous world of the Scottish Highlands as the Traitors face their most challenging mission yet.

In “The Funeral,” murder takes center stage as the Traitors are tasked with carrying out a deadly mission in plain sight. With tensions running high and suspicions mounting, every move becomes a matter of life and death as the players navigate the dangerous game of deception.

As the stakes escalate, a player meets their demise in a dramatic and unexpected twist, sending shockwaves through the group. With alliances crumbling and trust shattered, the remaining players must confront the harsh realities of their situation and make difficult choices to survive.

Amidst the chaos, a tense round table discussion leaves...

Bloody Disgusting and Cineverse are raising the dead with celebrated zombie drama The Funeral, acquired out of Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) for North America with plans to release the film this fall across all platforms, including its Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service.

The news was first reported by Variety this morning.

The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar (The Wild Pear Tree, Actress) as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.

“One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.

“Together, they set off on a mission to avenge her death, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. Rising young actress Cansu Türedi plays the dead girl.”

Turkish...

The Screen Daily folks have unveiled the projects and participants for TorinoFilmLab’s 2024 ScriptLab and of the 16 projects we find the likes of Brazilian filmmaker Carolina Markowicz, Spanish helmer Mikel Gurrea and Artemis Shaw. Here are the ScriptLab 2024 projects and participants:

Atropical Energy – Writer/director João Salgado (Port)

Eva – Writer/director Jonas Matzow Guldbrandsen (Nor), co-writer Norah Mc Gettigan (Ire)

Explorer – Writer/director Hilke Rönnfeldt (Ger)

Human Resource – Writer/director Stefan Bohun (Austria)

Josie Goes to War – Writer/director Coline Confort (Fr/Switz), co-writer Perrine Prost (Fr)

Kindergarten Optimisten – Writer/director Anastasia Veber (Ger)

On the Way to Forgive I Forgot Myself – Writer/director Rand Abou Fakher (Syria)

Sants – Writer/director Mikel Gurrea (Sp)

Smokescreen – Writer/director Artemis Shaw (Gr/US)

The Criminals – Writer/director Serhat Karaaslan (Tur)

The Dance of the Shadows – Writer/director Kathy Mitrani (Col/US)

The Funeral – Writer/director Carolina Markowicz (Braz/It)

The Hallucinations – Writer...

TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has selected 16 projects for ScriptLab 2024, its feature film programme focused on fiction projects in early stage of development.

Of the 16 feature projects, eight are debut feature films, five are sophomore efforts, and three represent third features.

Scroll down for the full list of participants

Among the participants are Screen Spain Star of Tomorrow writer and director Mikel Gurrea, whose debut film Cork (Suro) premiered at San Sebastian in 2022 and writer and director Artemis Shaw whose debut feature New Strains won a Special Jury Award at IFFR 2023. Also selected is writer/director Andrea Gatopoulos whose 2022 film Happy New Year,...

The Funeral

Stars: Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Cansu Türedi, Tekin Temel | Directed by Orcun Behram

Cemal, a lonely hearse driver, has been entrusted to secretly transport the body of a murdered young woman, Zeynep, to her parents’ home at their final request. But he hears strange groans from the back of the vehicle during the journey, even though Zeynep hasn’t got a pulse. As her body comes back to life, the moment he sets eyes on her, Cemal falls in love with the undead woman. So he must constantly feed her flesh by committing his own murders, even if it means dealing with the police force’s attempts to capture a serial killer.

The Funeral start strong – our protagonist tasked with keeping a body quiet for 30 days is an intriguing premise and poses a Lot of questions about how and why but all that is left behind when the the supernatural element comes into play.

Top Brazilian titles at the Berlin Festival and EFM:

“Betânia,” (Marcelo Botta)

Botta’s feature debut, produced by Salvatore Filmes, associate produced by Ventre Studio, selected for Berlin’s Panorama. Set in stunning but barren Brazilian sand dunes, Betânia, 65, rebuilds amid global collapse. After losing her husband to a salty diet common in electricity-deprived areas, she seeks solace in a new village, cherishing its traditions. Sales: MPM Premium

“The Best Friend,” (Allan Deberton)

By Deberton, director of award-winning “Pacarrete,” co-produced by Ceara-based Deberton Filmes and Telecine. During a quiet beach trip to Canoa Quebrada, Lucas reunites with his old college friend Felipe, whose free-spirited nature sparks feelings of nostalgia. Sales: Deberton Filmes

“Carnival is Over,” (Fernando Coimbra)

A much awaited title from helmer-scribe, now in post. Winner of a Sundance Institute global filmmaking award, the thriller centers on Regina and Valerio who live an opulent lifestyle in Rio as heirs...

The last time our writer interviewed him, the drugged up director dozed off then asked for coke. Now sober, he reflects on #MeToo, Italian fascism and his fight for the final cut

The last time I met Abel Ferrara, he dozed off in the middle of our interview then woke up and asked me to score him some coke. It was 1996, and he was in the UK promoting his gangster drama The Funeral – which the actor Vincent Gallo alleged Ferrara had been too blitzed on crack to direct properly – and his vampire horror The Addiction. He was on a roll, his reputation fortified by King of New York, starring Christopher Walken as a flamboyant crime boss, and the gruelling Bad Lieutenant, with Harvey Keitel as a bent junkie cop. Ferrara was the scuzzball Scorsese: no matter how celebrated he became, he never shed the patina of grime from his...

FrightFest, the UK’s No.1 horror fantasy event, returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for its 19th year, from Thursday 7th March to Saturday 9th March 2024. This year’s diverse and creative line-up, once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, showcases the latest new releases from the horror, chiller and fantastic realms by auteurs from all over the globe who are not only transforming the genre in exciting ways but also celebrating its consistent appeal at the box office. This year we will be presenting twelve films from eight countries, spanning three continents, including two world and eight UK premieres.

FrightFest kicks off in thrilling style on Thurs 7 March with a special UK premiere screening of twisted terror tale You’LL Never Find Me, a bold directorial debut from Australian filmmaking duo Josiah Allen & Indianna Bell and featuring outstanding central performances from Jordan Cowan & Brendan Rock.

FrightFest’s...

There's a war brewing in The Traitors castle, and it's not between the show's undercover villains and their Faithful co-stars. In the first three episodes, the cast began to divide along familiar lines, with the "gamers" — those who came up on competition shows like Survivor and Big Brother — on one side, and Bravo stars, led by the four Housewives in the group, on the other. The conflict has been simmering on the back burner as the Faithful struggled to correctly identify the Traitors among them, but this week, it finally boils over, all thanks to a surprising twist that requires the Traitors to murder someone in plain sight.

[Editor's Note: Spoilers ahead for The Traitors Season 2, Episode 4, "The Funeral."]...

Paris-based Reel Suspects has boarded international sales for Cambodian-Japanese psychological horror thriller Tenement ahead of the film’s world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in the Big Screen competition.

The first feature from Cambodian writer-directors Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea follows a Japanese-Cambodian manga artist who travels to Cambodia on a quest to find herself after her mother’s death, but instead finds a family she has never known and an old tenement building full of dark secrets.

The genre-bending psychological thriller drama blends supernatural and human psychology with a story about family and identity. The film uses minimal immersive sound,...

Ken Kelsch, the hard-charging cinematographer and Vietnam War veteran who shot the down-and-dirty classic Bad Lieutenant and 11 other features for iconoclastic director Abel Ferrara, has died. He was 76.

Kelsch died Monday at Hackettstown Medical Center in New Jersey after a battle with Covid and pneumonia, his son, Chris Kelsch, told The Hollywood Reporter.

“If you knew him, you probably have a story about him,” Chris wrote on Facebook. “He really was a great man, loved by many. A war hero who filled every room with his presence. An artist who never stopped being himself. A caring father who would do anything for his kids and grandkids. Shared his experience, wisdom and love with all. Our family will deeply miss him and always love him, as I’m sure many of you will as well.”

Kelsch also was the director of photography on Big Night (1996), co-directed, co-written and starring Stanley Tucci,...

Vinegar Syndrome, the boutique label dedicated to unearthing and preserving genre films, makes its first foray into original productions with Eight Eyes, a retro horror nightmare co-produced with Not the Funeral Home, the team behind Shudder’s “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs.” A new trailer unveiled today teases the madness ahead.

In Eight Eyes, “A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals. A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.”

Check out the trailer below that highlights the 16mm-shot horror, which promises to spill plenty of the red stuff.

Eight Eyes premiered earlier this year at Fantasia. The fest described the feature’s plot, “At the breaking point of their dysfunctional marriage, Cass (Emily Sweet) and Gav (Brad Thomas) take a trip...

In what is definitely one of the greatest transitions in movie history, former actor Juzo Itami wrote and directed his first film in 1984, “The Funeral” which ended up netting five Japanese Academy Awards in 1985, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Tsutomu Yamazaki, while it also came first in the annual Kinema Junpo critics' poll. The production was financed by Itami and his wife Nobuko Miyamoto, along with a friend of theirs, the cake mogul Yasushi Tamaoki, and was distributed by Atg. The script was inspired by Itami's own experience of his father-in-law's funeral, while it was shot in the house of the family, and the son of the couple also played a part.

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The movie begins with the narrator introducing us to an elderly couple, Shinkichi Amamiya and his wife, Kikue, just before the former has...

From Turkish director Orçun Behram (The Antenna), upcoming horror movie The Funeral has shared its first look (above) with Deadline, and this one sounds like quite a trip.

Deadline details this morning, “The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.

“One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.

“Together, they set off on a mission to avenge her death, leaving a trail of corpses in their wake. Rising young actress Cansu Türedi plays the dead girl.”

The Funeral is set to premiere at this year’s upcoming Lisbon International Horror Film Festival (aka MotelX), which runs from September 12 – September 18, 2023.

XYZ is repping...

Exclusive: Paris-based genre specialist Reel Suspects has boarded world sales on Turkish director Orçun Behram’s horror The Funeral ahead of its premiere at the Lisbon International Horror Film Festival, better known as MotelX.

XYZ is repping North America.

Famu and Columbia College Chicago-educated Behram previously made waves with with 2019 dystopian drama The Antenna, about the residents of a tower block terrorized by a new communications system. The film played at a number of festivals including Toronto and London.

New film The Funeral stars popular Turkish actor Ahmet Rifat Sungar as a solitary hearse driver who is driving the body of a young murder victim back to her family in the East of the country.

One night, he opens the back doors of the hearse to find the dead girl making strange grunting noises. He is immediately captivated by her beauty and falls in love.

With longer days and—at some more progressive places of employment—Summer Fridays in full effect, daily agendas are now suddenly awash with temporal real estate. Should you use these extra hours to reconnect with family, go to museums or explore the natural world in all its holy wonders? No! You should be watching movies, and lots of ’em! Luckily, June is a rock-solid month with plenty of great Don’t-Miss Indies titles to enjoy.

Padre Pio

When You Can Watch: Now

Where You Can Watch: Theaters (Limited)

Director: Abel Ferrara

Cast: Shia Labeouf, Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi

Why We’re Excited: A two-time Film Independent Spirit Award nominee for Bad Lieutenant (1992) and The Funeral (1996), indie veteran Abel Ferrara’s new biographical drama is based on the Irl story of Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar and priest Francesco Forgione, who was venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1999. It...

Coachella 2023 kicked off with a packed lineup, full of major stars who wanted to seize the moment and make their set a massive event. On every stage, artists seemed to be pulling out all the stops with elaborate production design and buzzy surprise appearances that included everyone from Nile Rodgers to Post Malone to the Weeknd. Becky G brought out the biggest names in musica Mexicana, with Peso Pluma and Fuerza Regida’s Jop all stopping by her show. Meanwhile, Metro Boomin stacked the stage with the biggest heavy hitters in rap,...

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and directors and producers! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in between.

Today we talk about a true professional. An actor’s actor. The great Benicio Del Toro! Conor and I are joined by filmmaker and returning guest Chadd Harbold, who produced the new, impressive film Linoleum, starring Jim Gaffigan and Rhea Seehorn, out in theaters now.

The Benicio Del Toro B-Sides discussed are: The Funeral, Excess Baggage, The Hunted, and The Wolfman. Plenty more Del Toro films are referenced, including the masterful Things We Lost in the Fire.

We discuss his perfect accent in The Usual Suspects, his deep love for The Wolf-Man, the elemental beauty of The Hunted, and all of the scene-stealing he did as a young actor in small parts.

There’s...

The first look at Lil Wayne’s next album Tha Carter VI is here, and it features the late great Dmx to boot. Listen to the rapper’s new song “Kan’t Nobody” below.

“Kan’t Nobody” begins with an old recording of Dmx that quickly reveals how the song got its name. “Can’t nobody fuck with me now,” he boasts. “Check it, I’v been spitting for 20 years.” From there, the Swizz Beats-produced track takes off on a mix of heavy piano and glitchy beats.

Chatting with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Lil Wayne teased Tha Carter VI, the long awaited follow-up to 2018’s Tha Carter V. “My fans know I give my all,” he said of the LP. “Go listen to my last feature and know it’s gonna be a thousand times better than that.” That last feature would be December’s Yg collaboration “Miss My...

Yungblud has unveiled a colorful, dance-fueled music video for his song “Tissues.” The clip, shot in London and directed by Charlie Sarsfield, sees the musician dancing through various scenes where the other people are frozen in time.

The track, off Yungblud’s new self-titled LP, features a sample of the Cure’s “Close To Me,” which was personally approved by the band’s lead singer Robert Smith.

“This is a new era for Yungblud, I wanted to dance, I wanted to move, and I wanted to really personify in the video what this song means,...

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Of the many questions one might ask when watching Abel Ferrara’s clunky portrayal of the legendary and controversial early 20th-century Italian friar, Padre Pio, the main one has to be: Why, oh why Abel, did you decide to make the movie in English?

Granted, Ferrara probably felt more comfortable working in his native tongue — as likely did Shia Labeouf, who seems fully committed to his pious role, sporting a beard that’s bigger than the Book of Psalms itself. But the Bronx-born director has been living in Rome for a while now, and had he chosen Italian for this story of a priest caught between his alleged healing powers and his visions of Lucifer, between the rise of fascism and a growing communist revolt in a small village, this bungled drama may have seemed a little more credible.

Instead, Ferrera surrounded Labeouf...

The English supernova Yungblud—real name Dominic Richard Harrison, hailing from South Yorkshire—has been an anti-pop star since his 2018 breakthrough, amassing fans and ink with his insistent hooks, soul-exposing lyrics, and endlessly quotable interviews. His third album is self-titled, which implies a reset—although if anything, Yungblud’s version involves scaling up as much as possible.

Yungblud is a whirlwind listen, fusing together building blocks of various rock subgenres—mostly Britpop’s hip-shaking carnality and emo’s on-the-brink wails—then spit-shining them a bit before adding confessional lyrics. (He’s not baring everything,...

Festivals

On Aug. 24, Ukraine independence day, the Venice Film Festival has revealed that it will host a Ukrainian Day on Sept. 8, as part of the festival’s Venice Production Bridge initiative. The day will kick off with a panel discussion introduced by the president of the Biennale, Roberto Cicutto, and the artistic director of the 79th festival, Alberto Barbera.

Panelists include the Ambassador of Ukraine to Italy, Yaroslav Melnyk; the head of the National Cinema Institution of Ukraine, Marina Kuderchuk; the director of the film “Luxembourg, Luxembourg” (which will screen in competition in the festival’s Horizons strand), Antonio Lukich; the director of the film “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” (screening out of competition), Evgeny Afineevsky; the exhibiting artist in the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 59th Biennale Arte, Pavlo Makov; the curator of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 59th Biennale Arte, Boris Filonenko; the representative of Ukraine’s...

Yungblud has released a new single, “The Emperor.” The rousing song will act as the official 2022 anthem for ESPN’s College Football Season.

“It’s a massive honor to have my song ‘The Emperor’ chosen as the anthem for ESPN’s college football season,” Yungblud said in a statement. “I wrote this song when I was seventeen, it was just an outburst of unfiltered energy that I knew would have its moment one day. I played it live for years but never found the right time to release it until now.

Nothing like a graffitied subway to express angst. On Thursday, Yungblud dropped the music video for his new song “Memories,” which features vocals from Willow. The accompanying Colin Tilley-directed video follows the two — playing each other’s toxic love interests — as they relive memories of a relationship while singing from the underground transport.

“I wish I could let go of all the memories,” Yungblud sings in the chorus. “But they’re still stuck in my brain.”

Yungblud spoke about the lyrics of the new song in an interview with Spin,...

Yungblud appeared on The Late Late Show to perform his raucous song “The Funeral.” Clad in a school boy uniform, the musician brought a punk rock flair to the song, released earlier this month.

The recent music video for “The Funeral,” which follows the singer in the moments leading up to his death, features appearances by Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne.

Yungblud also spoke with host James Corden during his appearance on the late night show and confirmed his third album is coming soon. “It’s going to be around the autumn leaves,...

Rest in peace, Yungblud! On Thursday, the British musician dropped the video for his pop-punk track “The Funeral,” which follows the singer in the moments leading up to his death. And his funeral, of course.

“Hang on! Is this a fucking funeral?” asks Ozzy Osbourne, meant to be a demon or some dark angel looking over Yungblud’s dead body. “Where the fuck is everybody?”

Moments before his death, though — as the video flashes back — Yungblud is seen performing his track in front of a lively audience as he crowd...

A couple of Criterion’s May releases are all about encroaching fear, so we won’t make you think about the fact that when these arrive 2022 will be in sight of its halfway point. Anyway: their 4K library has expanded by the length of Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder’s noir par excellence arriving in a rather stacked edition. But for paranoia-fueled intrigue I’m much happier about Mr. Klein, Joseph Losey’s so-good-it’s-baffling wartime horror that makes Alain Delon more vulnerable than almost any star of his stature would dare.

Otherwise May is a very wide spread: Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala finally brings Denzel Washington into the collection; Wayne Wang’s San Francisco diaspora classic Chan is Missing; and Tampopo director Juzo Itami’s The Funeral round out May.

See artwork below and further details on all titles here:

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Zeros and Ones"The fact that we’re still making movies is a fucking miracle."—Abel FerraraAbel Ferrara has, for most of his career—most of his life, really—been more comfortable amid scum and sewage and sin, the tawdry, oil-slick sleaze of pre-Giuliani New York, than he has polite society. He was, in his youth, into middle age, even now, at 69—a family man and ten years sober after a lifetime of insalubrious activities—not one to give a fuck. He's more 42nd Street than 54th, and yet he got a nice retrospective at MoMA a couple years ago. He cut his teeth on porn and exploitation that, while just as schlocky as anything else with a similar budget and penchant for perversity, is obviously made by a mad genius, one who doesn't entirely fit in with the other weirdos of New York. Consider the ferocity of his early films,...

Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac and Phil Neilson will star in the upcoming war thriller “Zeros and Ones,” with Abel Ferrara directing from his own script.

Filming begins in Italy later this month. Hawke will portray an American soldier stationed in Rome as it’s under siege, with the Vatican blown up. He embarks on a hero’s journey to uncover and defend against an unknown enemy threatening the entire world.

Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Group will launch sales at the virtual American Film Market this week under its Blue Box International label and will co-rep domestic with CAA Media Finance.

“Zeros and Ones” is produced by Diana Phillips of Rimsky Productions, and Philipp Kreuzer from Maze Pictures. Sean Price Williams, who most recently lensed “Good Time” — starring Robert Pattinson, and directed by Benny and Josh Safdie — is heading the production team. Executive producers are Danny Chan of Almost Never Films,...

Pop TV had a huge Emmys breakthrough thanks to “Schitt’s Creek,” which is nominated 15 times this year including Best Comedy Series. So it was ironic on Wednesday night, September 16, when Cheryl Campsmith (“One Day at a Time”) claimed Best Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series at the Creative Arts Awards; since “Schitt” hasn’t won any of its nominations yet, that makes “One Day” the first Pop TV series to win an Emmy.

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“One Day” actually aired on Netflix for its first three seasons before being cancelled by the streaming service. After an outcry from fans of the show, Pop TV picked it up for a fourth season, which aired six episodes this past spring, plus one animated installment. That was all the show was able to produce before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down productions across the TV industry,...

Abel Ferrara will be awarded the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice Film Festival.

Ferrara, who is based in Rome these days, will be handed the award honoring an artist’s original mark on contemporary cinema during a ceremony on Sept. 5 prior to the screening of his latest doc titled “Sportin’ Life.” The doc is described in a Venice statement as an “intimate and lush” look at his own life.

It’s Ferrara’s “world refracted through his art – music, filmmaking, his collaborators and inspirations… his partner Cristina Chiriac and their daughter Anna, their life in the eternal city, Roma… as the corona virus descends and paralyses the world,” the statement said.

“Sportin’ Life,” which is screening out-of-competition and runs 65 minutes, features turns by Abel Ferrara, Willem Dafoe, Cristina Chiriac, Anna Ferrara, Paul Hipp, and Joe Delia.

Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera in the statement praised Ferrara...

“One Day at a Time” lived for another day. It aired its fourth season on the Pop TV network this spring after it had been cancelled by Netflix. Will its move finally produce Emmy nominations in top categories? It now shares a network with “Schitt’s Creek,” which earned a Best Comedy Series bid in 2019 and could win in 2020. Could success for that show carry over into overdue kudos for “One Day”? Scroll down to see 20 Emmy entries for the resurrected show across 16 categories.

“One Day” is a re-imagining of the classic CBS sitcom that ran from 1975 to 1984. This version stars Justina Machado as war veteran and single mother Penelope, who raises two teenage children (Isabella Gomez and Marcel Ruiz) while living with her own mother (Rita Moreno). But while the show hasn’t been nominated in top categories, it hasn’t been entirely overlooked by the television academy. It picked...

The unexamined life is not worth living. The half-examined life isn’t worth living either or - to be more accurate - isn’t worth documenting in narrative film, let alone a character study with a two-hour running time and a loose, unfocused structure that suggests a filmmaker, Abel Ferrera wrestling to find meaning in or meaningfully engage with half-formed, underdeveloped ideas in a lightly fictionalized meta-drama about a filmmaker at a personal, figurative, ultimately spiritual crossroads. That Ferrara’s latest film, Tommaso, succeeds as a tour-de-force for Willem Dafoe, an oft-underused, underutilized performer, while failing as a character study or meta-drama, comes less as surprise or disappointment then as the not an entirely unwelcome price...

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Alexandra Cooper is setting the record straight. During Wednesday's episode of Call Her Daddy titled "The Funeral," the podcast host opened up about where she stands with her former co-host and roommate Sofia Franklyn following her public contract negotiation battle with Barstool Sports, where Franklyn requested a higher salary after learning Cooper made considerably more than her but ultimately decided to leave the show.  While on the topic of Franklyn's decision to leave, Cooper explained that she did not take the "50-50 deal" that she was offered. "I think this where Barstool and I are pretty frustrated," she began. "Sofia did not take the deal...

The Juzo Itami-Nobuko Miyamoto (director-protagonist who also were husband and wife) duo has given us a number of delightful movies, including “Tampopo“, “The Funeral” and “Minbo no Onna“. “Supermarket Woman” follows in the same footsteps.

Goro Kobayashi, owner of the Honest Goro supermarket, has been seeing his shop underperforming for years, and when a shiny new one, Bargains Galore, opens nearby, his situation becomes even worse. During an “inspection” of his new contender, he stumbles upon an old classmate, Hanako, who proceeds on explaining to him the perspective of the housewife regarding how a supermarket should work. Impressed with her input, and facing the possibility of bankruptcy, he hires her as head cashier, with the additional purpose of introducing new sales techniques and policies, particularly regarding the food section. Hanako soon takes over both customer service and the procedures of food selling, discovering a number of...

Marathi drama The Trap (Ghaath) is one of three films co-produced by Drishyam and Mukesh Ambani’s Jio.

Manish Mundra’s indie powerhouse Drishyam Films is moving into regional-language film with Marathi mystery drama The Trap (Ghaath), the third project under a three-picture deal with Jio Studios.

Directed by Chhatrapal Ninawe, the film is set on the fringes of India’s Maoist-affected tribal areas and revolves around the tense interplay between Maoist guerrillas and the police.

The cast includes acclaimed Marathi actors such as Milind Shinde (Babu Band Baja) and Jitendra Joshi, who starred in Netflix web series Sacred Games.

Born in Brooklyn, Ken Kelsch enlisted to fight in Vietnam when he was still a teenager. He became a decorated officer in the Army Special Forces, and with over four decades as a cinematographer, has amassed more than 50 credits in film and television. His work alongside Abel Ferrara, with whom he has collaborated over 15 times, includes Bad Lieutenant, Dangerous Game, The Addiction, The Funeral, and recent Tribeca Film Festival entry, The Projectionist. Along with actor Annabella Sciorra and composer Joe Delia, Kelsch will be doing a Q&A at MoMA during the screening of The Funeral on Thursday, May […]...

Born in Brooklyn, Ken Kelsch enlisted to fight in Vietnam when he was still a teenager. He became a decorated officer in the Army Special Forces, and with over four decades as a cinematographer, has amassed more than 50 credits in film and television. His work alongside Abel Ferrara, with whom he has collaborated over 15 times, includes Bad Lieutenant, Dangerous Game, The Addiction, The Funeral, and recent Tribeca Film Festival entry, The Projectionist. Along with actor Annabella Sciorra and composer Joe Delia, Kelsch will be doing a Q&A at MoMA during the screening of The Funeral on Thursday, May […]...