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On Monday December 2 2024, Nickelodeon broadcasts Blaze and the Monster Machines!

Get the Letters to Santa! Season 8 Episode 12 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Blaze and the Monster Machines,” titled “Get the Letters to Santa!” promises to be an exciting adventure for fans. This episode will air on Nickelodeon and is sure to capture the hearts of young viewers. In this special holiday-themed episode, Blaze and Sparkle take center stage as they embark on a mission to save Christmas.

When the letters from Axle City to Santa go undelivered, a sense of urgency arises. Blaze and Sparkle realize that they need to step in and help. Their determination to deliver the letters themselves leads them on a thrilling journey to the North Pole. The adventure will be filled with fun and challenges as they navigate through snowy landscapes and meet new friends along the way.

This episode is not just about...

General Hospital spoilers for Wednesday, July 17, 2024 are here! Fans can expect Cody Bell (Josh Kelly) to bond with Willow Tait Corinthos (Katelyn MacMullen). Giovanni “Gio” Palmieri (Giovanni Mazza) prepares to make a big move.

Coming Up On General Hospital

Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) threatens to testify against someone. Plus, Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) issues a plea to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart). Keep reading to find out what is coming up in the ABC soap opera.

Cody Bell & Willow Tait Corinthos Bond

Gh spoilers for Wednesday, July 17 reveal that Willow and Cody will find common ground. Now, Willow can’t deal with her guilt over kissing Drew Cain Quartermaine (Cameorn Mathison).

Trending! General Hospital Spoilers: Kristina Goes Into Early Labor – Joint Interview with Blaze Takes Stunning Turn?

Willow tried forgetting about it, but she is too guilty. Then, Willow blabbed to Nina before heading over to see Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard...

On Wednesday 12 June 2024, Blaze broadcasts Weird Britain!

London Season 1 Episode 12 Episode Summary

In this episode of “Weird Britain” titled “London,” airing on Blaze, viewers are in for an intriguing journey as Andy McGrath delves into the strange and fascinating aspects of the UK’s capital city. From ancient legends to modern-day mysteries, McGrath explores the unique tapestry of bizarre history, unusual traditions, and eccentric individuals that define London’s identity as part of “Weird Britain.”

As McGrath investigates the city’s hidden secrets and uncovers untold tales, viewers are treated to a captivating glimpse into the enigmatic world of London’s past and present. With his keen eye for the unusual and his insatiable curiosity, McGrath navigates through the city’s labyrinthine streets, uncovering stories that defy explanation and challenge conventional wisdom.

Join Blaze for an episode of “Weird Britain” that promises to intrigue, surprise, and entertain as Andy McGrath...

Ethan Hawke goes back behind the camera for Wildcat, and here are details of his new film – plus a trailer.

Ethan Hawke is better known as an actor than a director, with a prolific career that has included many collaborations with Richard Linklater – the sublime Before trilogy, Tape, The Newton Boys and Boyhood stand tall. Plus, films as diverse as Dead Poet’s Society, Training Day, The Purge, Predestination and Lord Of War – the sequel to the latter is currently in development, with writer and director Andrew Niccol and star Nicholas Cage on board. It has not been confirmed if Hawke will appear.

However, he has also steadily built up an impressive career behind the camera. Besides co-writing the last two Before films with Linklater and Julie Delpy, he has directed several documentaries and three feature films – Chelsea Walls in 1999, The Hottest State, adapted from his own novel in 2006, and...

"An inquiry into the broken nature of grace." Oscope Labs has revealed an official trailer for Wildcat, the latest feature film directed by beloved American actor Ethan Hawke, following up his feature Blaze from 2018. This one originally premiered at the 2023 Telluride & Toronto Film Festivals last year, with stops at Zurich & Stockholm as well. This time it's a family affair - it follows the life of writer Flannery O'Connor while she was struggling to publish her first novel (titled "Wise Blood" published in 1952), starring Ethan's own daughter Maya Hawke as Flannery. Directed & co-written by 4-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke, Wildcat invites viewers to weave in & out of celebrated Southern Gothic writer Flannery O'Connor's mind as she ponders the great questions of her writing: Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? Some intriguing ideas. The film also stars Laura Linney, Philip Ettinger,...

Maya Hawke stars as Flannery O’Connor, the celebrated author of Southern Gothic-inspired short stories, novels, and essays, in Wildcat.

The film, directed and co-written by Hawke’s father, Ethan Hawke, follows a 24 year-old Flannery in 1950s Georgia as she deals with a lupus diagnosis. She returns home to her mother, Regina (Laura Linney), and begins writing some of her most imaginative stories as she attempts to heal her relationship with her mom.

Throughout, the film offers fictionalized adaptations of several of Flannery’s most beloved short stories, which include cast members Rafael Casal, Cooper Hoffman, and Steve Zahn. Also appearing in Wildcat are Liam Neeson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Alessandro Nivola, Christine Dye, Willa Fitzgerald, and Ethan Hawke’s son, Levon Hawke. Watch the trailer for Wildcat below.

The film, which premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival in September 2023, is co-written by one of Hawke’s frequent theater collaborators, Shelby Gaines.

Production has begun in Sardinia on Italian director Louis Nero’s futuristic drama Milarepa, starring Harvey Keitel. The US’ Orwo Studios is handling sales to the film and talking to buyers at the EFM.

Keitel joins a cast that also includes F. Murray Abraham, Angela Molina, Iazua Larios, Al Yamagouchi, Michael Ronda and Bruno Bilotta.

Milarepa takes place in a ‘no tech’ future and follows the story of a young girl who must disguise herself as a boy in order to exact revenge on her father’s family for enslaving her and her mother. The story is inspired by a...

Prime's Merry Little Batman explores a heartwarming and comedic take on Bruce and Damian Wayne's father-son relationship in a crime-free Gotham. The animated movie has earned positive reviews from critics and audiences, leading to a TV series spin-off titled Bat-Family. The ensemble cast of Merry Little Batman includes Hollywood regulars, British character actors, and new-age voice actors, with a new voice actor taking on the role of Batman.

The DC Universe had a Christmas surprise for Batman fans, thanks to the diverse cast leading the animated holiday comedy Merry Little Batman. While the Caped Crusader usually has a reputation for questionable parenting in comic books, the Prime Video original is an interesting take on Bruce and Damian Wayne’s turbulent father-son relationship. Set in a crime-free Gotham, the story occurs one Christmas when Batman is unexpectedly called into action and Damian is left alone at Wayne Manor. Transforming into...

Today (Tuesday December 5 2023), ABC broadcasts an episode of “General Hospital“.

We’ve got the scoop on everything you need to know about the upcoming episode, including if it’s new, the time, cast, how to watch and all the episode details!

General Hospital Episode Summary

Ava Jerome confronts Cyrus Renault, suggesting intense confrontations and potential power struggles. Dante Falconeri engages in a conversation with Sam McCall about his discovery, adding intrigue to ongoing storylines. Laura Collins offers reassurance to Esme Prince, possibly hinting at emotional moments. Blaze opens up to Kristina Corinthos-Davis, potentially paving the way for heartfelt conversations. Curtis Ashford has questions for Sonny Corinthos, possibly delving into important developments.

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Today’s “General Hospital” episode is new.

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Today’s “General Hospital” episode will be broadcast on ABC at 3:00Pm Et/Pt.

Causeway Films, the Australian film production house behind recent breakout “Talk to Me,” has opened a U.K. operation.

The company has hired Daniel Negret, formerly of Head Gear Films, as its CEO.

Causeway Films was established by producers Kristina Ceyton and Samantha Jennings in 2014, launching with Jennifer Kent’s Sundance hit “The Babadook.” It followed that by producing Kent’s follow up feature “The Nightingale,” which won the special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2019.

Innovative horror film, “Talk to Me,” from filmmaking duo Danny and Michael Philippou screened in Sundance, Berlin and SXSW 2023 and was acquired by A24. It became A24’s top genre release in North America with a box office of $48.1 million to date, taking the film’s global box office to over $89 million.

In 2020-21 Causeway completed four other features. These included “You Won’t Be Alone,” by the Serbian Australian director Goran Stolevski...

Maya Hawke is singing a different tune alongside dad Ethan Hawke.

The father-daughter duo, who recently collaborated on Flannery O’Connor biopic “Wildcat,” released track “We Don’t Run” together. Maya’s singer-songwriter career recently included 2022 album “Moss,” featuring a music video helmed by “Vox Lux” director Brady Corbet.

“Listen to my new song out now ‘We Don’t Run.’ A duet with Ethan Hawke,” Maya tweeted. “Produced by @chrisleehutton and mixed by @jaysomband. Thank you @lightintheattic for inviting me and my dad to cover one of our favorite Willie Nelson songs.”

Maya leads Ethan’s directorial effort “Wildcat,” which premiered at both Telluride and TIFF. Ethan co-wrote the film which stars Maya as Southern author O’Connor; Maya also executive produces along with stepmother Ryan Hawke and co-star Laura Linney. Cooper Hoffman additionally stars.

Maya explained to IndieWire that the years it took to make the film were key to...

Ethan Hawke opened up at Zurich Film Festival about working with daughter and “Stranger Things” star Maya Hawke on “Wildcat.” “It’s extremely easy to direct your own daughter, because the love is there,” he told the audience.

“When I was making the documentary ‘The Last Movie Stars’ [about Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward], I got to interview Martin Scorsese. I asked: ‘Why do you think Paul survived?’ So many people fall prey to the trappings of celebrity.”

“He gave me a very simple answer: ‘Because of Joanne.’ They worked together all the time. When you work with someone you love, it keeps you close to whatever makes you want to do this in the first place.”

While Hawke ended up directing the film about writer Flannery O’Connor – and co-wrote the script with Shelby Gaines – it was Maya who brought it to him.

“She was 15 or 16 years old when she discovered...

Fall festival premiere “Wildcat,” a reimagining of famed author Flannery O’Connor process writing her first novel, is even more of a family affair than originally advertised.

While the film, currently seeking distribution after premiering at both Telluride and TIFF, was executive produced by star Maya Hawke, co-written and directed by her father Ethan Hawke, and produced by his wife Ryan Hawke, actress Laura Linney, who plays O’Connor’s mother (among other roles) was the final piece of the puzzle that allowed them to produce the imaginative project.

“There are few people in the world who, if they ask you to do something, they whisper and you show up. And Ethan is just one of those people, for me,” said Linney during a recent interview with IndieWire. (The cast of “Wildcat” received a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement to promote the film amid the ongoing strike.) She recalled when they worked together early in her career,...

By closing the book on 2009’s Under the Dome, The Losers’ Club have finally reached the end of Stephen King‘s prolific run in the ’00s. That means it’s time to hand out some awards.

Constant Listeners, you are cordially invited to another round of The Kingies – a night where the Losers celebrate the best (and not so best) of King’s output from 2000 to 2009. From Best Novel to Best Protagonist, Tastiest Poundcake to Scariest Moments, it’s a whimsical conversation that hits upon nearly every title in this slice of King’s ouevre.

Those titles include On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Dreamcatcher, Black House, Everything’s Eventual, From a Buick 8, The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla, The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah, The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, The Colorado Kid, Cell, Lisey’s Story, Blaze, Duma Key, Just After Sunset, and Under the Dome.

It’s a rainy day in New York City, and Maya Hawke is telling me about her short-lived attempt to call her father ‘Ethan’ on the set of their new film, “Wildcat.” We’re escaping the downpour at a cozy neighborhood restaurant in Chelsea, and sitting across from the striking father-daughter duo is like having a front-row seat to the royal family of art-house cinema.

“I started using his name — ‘Ethan’ — to be like, ‘I’m a professional,’” the 25-year-old “Stranger Things” actress says. “And then I realized it was actually more distracting to people. They’d be like, ‘Why are you doing that?’ So I mostly called him ‘Dad.’”

Such is life when you’re a Gen Z “It” girl whose father is a Gen X icon. But there’s very little celebrity polish to the pair when we meet in the dog days of August. Maya, who has...

Carly Hannah Chaikin is an American actress who is best known for her captivating role of Darlene in the USA network drama/thriller series Mr. Robot, which aired from 2015 to 2019.

Carly Chaikin Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education

Carly Chaikin was born on March 26, 1990 (Carly Chaikin age: 33) in Santa Monica, California to a psychotherapist mother and a cardiologist father. She was brought up Jewish and has one sister.

Chaikin attended The Archer School for Girls and the New Roads School, during which time she played numerous sports, including soccer, volleyball, basketball and softball.

Since she was just 11 years old, Chaikin knew that she wanted to pursue acting as a professional career. While in high school, she decided to forgo college and dedicate herself to her acting instead.

Carly Chaikin Biography: Career

In 2009, Chaikin earned herself the role of Veronica in the comedy film The Consultants. That same year, Chaikin appeared...

Exclusive: Longtime IFC Films and Cinetic Media PR colleagues Laura Sok and Kate McEdwards are launching new PR and strategy firm, Track Shot.

Track Shot will be based in New York City and work across independent, foreign and genre films as well as distribution strategy. The duo brings more than two decades in the publicity and communications field as well as a deep knowledge of the distribution landscape. Sok and McEdwards have built and led hundreds of film campaigns during their careers working in-house and alongside major distributors on the agency side. Previously, they led PR efforts for IFC Films, IFC Midnight, Sundance Selects, IFC Films Unlimited (streaming service) and most recently Shudder and Rlje.

Their final campaign for IFC Films was Matt Johnson’s chart-topping BlackBerry. This year they also launched Kyle Edward Ball’s breakthrough feature Skinamarink for Shudder/IFC Films.

Among their many successful campaigns at IFC...

To say that’s been a rocky month at Fox News would be an understatement. First, in April, the conservative cable news network agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems for airing lies about the company interfering in the 2020 presidential election — avoiding a trial that was bound to prove intensely embarrassing. Days later, they fired their biggest primetime star, Tucker Carlson, following a period of internal warfare between the host and top executives. Ratings immediately took a dive, with a wide swath of conservatives...

Our 'Location, location, location' series canvasses leading location managers from across the country to find out their favourite places to shoot. First up is Mary Barltrop, based across Nsw and Queensland, whose recent credits include 'Extraction' 1 and 2, 'Poker Face', 'Blaze' and 'The Artful Dodger'.

The post Location, location, location: Mary Barltrop appeared first on If Magazine.

The upcoming Hulu Original Series “The Clearing,” based on the best-selling crime thriller In The Clearing by author J.P. Pomare, unveiled a first trailer this afternoon that gives a closer look at the cult at the center of the series.

In the new trailer, one character ominously asks a child, “Are you ready for your Clearing?”

Watch it below.

“The Clearing” is created and written by Elise McCredie and Matt Cameron, with co-writer Osamah Sami, and draws inspiration from real-life cults in Australia and around the world. Look for this series to arrive next month, on May 24, 2023.

The eight-episode series is “an emotional and psychological thriller that follows the nightmares of a cult and a woman who’s forced to face the demons from her past in order to stop the kidnapping and coercion of innocent children in the future.”

Teresa Palmer (“Discovery of Witches,” Lights Out), Miranda Otto (Talk to Me,...

With Blaze back on the shelf, the Losers have finished their Richard Bachman run. To cap it off, they do what any self-respecting Constant Reader would do: argue and rank all seven of his novels. To recap, that includes: 1977’s Rage, 1979’s The Long Walk, 1981’s Roadwork, 1982’s The Running Man, 1984’s Thinner, 1996’s The Regulators, and 2007’s Blaze.

“Wait, fellas, who is this Richard Bachman,” you say? Hey, it’s a fair question, and for those in the dark, Bachman is the late pseudonym for world renown author Stephen King. Still lost? Good news: We’ve got an exhaustive primer episode on King’s alter ego that offers an A-to-z account of the fictional author. You can get it now in The Barrens (Patreon).

Stream the ranking below and return next week when the Losers unlock their interview with American author and feminist essayist Meg Ellison. For further adventures,...

Exclusive: Conservative media company Blaze has made its first exclusive movie acquisition in the shape of comedy Re-Opening. The company is also lining up further comedy acquisitions and its first scripted series.

Re-Opening, which won a handful of awards at North American indie and comedy festivals last year, follows the cast and crew of a struggling theater in Pigeon Valley, Tennessee, as they attempt to prepare the theater to reopen after months of being closed down due to the Covid lockdown. You can see a trailer below.

The mockumentary, which nods to classics of the genre such as Waiting For Guffman, is co-directed, co-produced and co-written by TikTok comedy actory and Groundlings alum Chris Guerra who also stars alongside Kelsey Cooke (who also produces), Patty Guggenheim, Emily Pendergast and Leonard Robinson.

The film will be streamed to BlazeTV subscribers on May 4.

Blaze, which is following in the footsteps of fellow...

Forgive the creaking hinges and fluttering moths, Constant Listeners. The Losers just cracked open Stephen King’s fabled Trunk, the one where he keeps all the inked-up pages he’s not yet ready to unleash upon the world.

It’s here where Blaze moldered for decades. Written in late 1972 and early 1973 on his wife’s Olivetti typewriter before he struck gold with Carrie, Blaze was published in 2007 under his alias, Richard Bachman. For now, it’s the last thing he’s published under the Bachman name. It’s also a book he thought “was great while I was writing it, and crap when I read it over.” Years later, though, its story of a slow-witted, small-time criminal’s ill-fated kidnapping plot felt salvageable to King, so he toned down the twentysomething schmaltz and used it as a means to raise money for the Haven Foundation.

Join Losers Randall Colburn, Jenn Adams,...

“You always were the clumsy one, old hoss.”

Believe it or not, but this month marks the 30th anniversary of George A. Romero‘s The Dark Half. Starring Timothy Hutton in a dual role and Michael Rooker as Sheriff Alan Pangborn, the 1993 supernatural thriller brought Romero back to King’s Dominion with the late filmmaker both writing and directing the adaptation of Stephen King’s 1989 novel of the same name.

To celebrate the occasion, the Losers are unlocking their Ka-mmentary track for the underrated Friday night rental. Join co-hosts Dan Caffrey, Dan Pfleegor, and Justin Gerber as they return to Castle Rock to talk all things Romero, all things Rooker, and all things ’90s pop culture. Note: This track was recorded in March 2022, so some references might not be so topical anymore.

Stream the Ka-mmentary track below and return next week when the Losers discuss the final Richard Bachman book...

"In any case, you should never leave your vehicle." Studiocanal has revealed an offiical international trailer for a French disaster movie / survival thriller called The Blaze in English, originally known as En plein feu in French. It follows Simon and his father Joseph who embark on a race-against-the-clock to escape a wildfire while stuck in their car. The filmmaker explains: "The idea with Blaze is to create an immersive and sensorial experience where we're feeling a scary and suffocating atmosphere building up." The film was shot in France's tree-covered southwest region where thousands of hectares were destroyed by wildfires recently. The story follows a young man determined to escape with his elderly father from a rapidly approaching wildfire, until they get caught in a traffic jam on the one road out. The film stars popular French actor Alex Lutz, André Dussollier, and Sophie Parel. It will open in France this March,...

Maya Hawke is set to take a leading role in a biopic about one of America's most indelible writers. According to Deadline, the "Stranger Things" and "Do Revenge" actor is set to star in and executive produce the film "Wildcat," which her father Ethan Hawke will direct and produce. "Wildcat" will tell the story of 20th-century Southern writer Flannery O'Connor, whose disturbing, religion-fueled Southern Gothic stories like "A Good Man is Hard To Find" and the novel "Wise Blood" remain literary mainstays to this day.

Maya Hawke will reportedly star as a young O'Connor in the stage before she published her first novel in 1952. The film is apparently a passion project for the star, with Ethan Hawke telling Deadline, "Maya has been working hard for years to put this project together, and we're grateful for the opportunity to introduce a new generation of filmgoers to the genius of Flannery O'Connor.

Donald Trump earlier this week on Truth Social teased that he’d be making a “Major Announcement” on Thursday, prompting questions as to what on Earth the former president was up to. Is it a rally tour? Is it his candidacy for House speaker? Is it something dumber and more pathetic than anyone could have anticipated? Yes, of course it was. It’s a Donald Trump Digital Trading Card Nft Collection.

The former president on Thursday rolled out a new line of NFTs, along with an infomercial-caliber video announcing that...

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss' spin-off, Kandi & The Gang, has been canceled by Bravo after 1 season on the air. Fans have watched Kandi since Rhoa season 2, and have closely followed her life and businesses from that moment on. Kandi & The Gang, centered around Kandi's family restaurant, Old Lady Gang, followed Kandi, her husband, Todd Tucker, her mother, and two aunts as they showcased the highs and lows of owning and operating a Southern-style eatery. Of course, the show, which took a page from Vanderpump Rules, also featured a slew of supporting cast members employed by Kandi who stirred up some trouble along the way.

Kandi & The Gang viewers have eagerly awaited an announcement about a second season from the network or Kandi herself. As Kandi was hosting her Amazon Live shopping show on November 17, she answered a fan question, captured by OMFGRealityTV on Twitter, regarding the status of her latest Bravo endeavor.

Julia Savage, Simon Baker, Josh Lawson, Yael Stone star.

Gravitas Ventures has acquired US rights from Mk2 to Australian coming-of-age fantasy drama and Tribeca selection Blaze starring Julia Savage, Simon Baker, Josh Lawson, and Yael Stone.

Del Kathryn Barton directed the story about a young girl who suffers catatonic shock after she witnesses a violent crime. Struggling to make sense of what she saw, she ultimately finds hope within her own imagination. Barton and Huna Amweero co-wrote the screenplay.

Gravitas Ventures has set a theatrical release for January 20 2023 on Blaze, which marks Barton’s feature directorial debut following the 2015 Berlinale...

"I'll be right there with you the whole time, Blaze." Madman Films has revealed the official trailer for an Australian film titled Blaze, the feature directorial debut of artist Del Kathryn Barton. "The coming of age genre gets re-imagined in this astonishing drama about a family in crisis." This first premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, and also just played at the Sydney Film Festival a few months ago. After accidentally witnessing a violent crime, a young girl is left catatonic with shock, and struggles to make sense of what she saw, ultimately finding renewal in the inestimable world of her own imagination. One of the iconic visuals in this involves an imaginary world that's home to "Zephyr - a papier-mâché dragon who’ll stoke her warrior spirit and allow her to roar." Starring Julia Savage as Blaze, with Simon Baker, Josh Lawson, Yael Stone, Sofia Hampson, and (Australia's) John Waters.

UK Saturday night television in the 1990s cannibalised its own audience, relying on them not merely to watch its entertainment, but also to be the entertainment. It was all good, harmless fun, and none of it placed particularly great demands on the contestants or the audiences from which they were plucked. Blind Date invited us to trade cheesy chat-up lines with strangers, and sometimes go on holiday with people we didn’t like. Noel Edmonds wanted to secretly monitor us in our homes, and then pour gunge on us. But then came Gladiators, and by golly it wasn’t interested in giving us an easy ride.

Each week, Gladiators pitted members of the public against the eponymous gladiators: a coterie of contoured, chiselled athletes and bicep-bulging body-builders with fearsome names like Hunter, Lightning, and Warrior. Two male and two female contestants competed against the gladiators, and each other, across a series of six gruelling games,...

Studiocanal is set to launch Quentin Reynaud’s timely disaster thriller “The Blaze” ahead of its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.

The film reteams Reynaud with popular French actor Alex Lutz, who headlined the director’s feature debut “Final Set.” Lutz stars alongside revered French actor André Dussolier (“Tell No One”).

“The Blaze” follows Simon and his father Joseph who embark on a race-against-the-clock to escape a wildfire.

The first-look image features Simon and Joseph who must leave everything behind to escape their coastal region alongside multiple evacuees who are fighting to survive.

The film was shot in France’s tree-covered southwest region where thousands of hectares were destroyed by wildfires this summer, but Quentin Reynaud told Variety that the movie wrapped shooting a year ago.

“I grew up in this beautiful region and I know every corner of it. It has a very dense landscape with a strong local culture,...

The Archibald-winning artist’s debut feature film Blaze is informed by a trauma she experienced as a child. Directing and cowriting it hasn’t come easy

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Del Kathryn Barton thought she was psychologically resilient enough to make a film that was informed by a traumatic experience from her own life.

She was mistaken.

Blaze Trailer — Del Kathryn Barton‘s Blaze (2022) movie trailer has been released by Bonsai Films. The Blaze trailer stars Julia Savage, Simon Baker, Yael Stone, Josh Lawson, and Sofia Hampson. Crew Del Kathryn Barton and Huna Amweero wrote the screenplay for Blaze. Sam Petty and Angel Olsen created the music for the film. Jeremy Rouse [...]

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Lukas Dhont’s “Close,” which won the Grand Prix in Cannes last month, picked up the Sydney Film Prize, the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival, on Sunday evening.

Accepting the award via video message Dhont said: “It’s a film that comes from our hearts, that we worked on for a lot of years with many people.”

The international jury consisted of Australian actor David Wenham, Australian director Jennifer Peedom, writer-director-producer Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bangladesh), Berlin Golden Bear winner Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey), and the executive director of the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute in Tokyo, Yuka Sakano (Japan). Twelve titles in the official competition included Carla Simon’s “Alcarras”, Hlynur Palmason’s “Godland”, Colm Bairead’s “The Quiet Girl” and Del Kathryn Barton’s “Blaze.” The winner is awarded AUD60,000.

Australian filmmaker Luke Cornish was presented with the Documentary Australia Award’s AUD10,000 cash prize for “Keep Stepping,” a...

Tribeca Festival, the event that wants to offer something for everyone, returns Wednesday with its sprawling collection of features and shorts, live music, TV, podcasts, games, and Ar/VR. The annual New York City-set fest has moved mostly back indoors this year, but will feature nods to 2021 like free outdoor screenings and an online edition, Tribeca At Home. A rich documentary slate tackles abortion, press freedom and the rise of social media. There’s a first-time award for environmental impact and a series of talks with Blackhouse Foundation centered on Poc storytelling.

“We’re an activist festival,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder with Robert De Niro and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises. “When you think back to how we founded the festival, we’ve always been political,” she added, a nod to the duo launching Tribeca after the September 11 terrorist attacks to buck up a physically and emotionally devastated neighborhood.

This year,...

With another awards season (thankfully) over, the time has come to look ahead to the year in cinema. Anyone concerned that the release slate for 2022 will deliver the goods shouldn’t worry: The Cannes Film Festival is on it. The year’s most glamorous movie gathering is also the most reliable place for major international cinema to take flight, and with the lineup scheduled to be announced April 14, we couldn’t be more excited. Each year, we do some digging, a little guesswork, and some wishful thinking for good measure to come up with a list of films that seem poised to make the cut.

As wish lists go, this one isn’t pure fantasy: For the most part, we only include films that seem to have a good shot at making the cut. That means we aren’t pretending that Ari Aster’s “Disappointment Blvd” will be ready any earlier than the fall,...

MK2 Films has boarded “Blaze,” the feature directorial debut of award-winning Australian painter Del Kathryn Barton, which stars Simon Baker (“High Ground”) and Julia Savage (“Sweet Tooth”).

Now in post-production, the film stars Savage as Blaze, a teenager who is the sole witness to a shocking crime. Struggling to make sense of what she saw, she unleashes the wrath of a dragon coming from her wild imagination. “Blaze” will combine live action with VFX and stop-motion animation techniques.

MK2 Films has acquired world sales rights to the film and is kicking off sales at Venice, where the banner is presenting Mounia Akl’s “Costa Brava, Lebanon” (with Participant and Endeavor Content) in the Horizons section.

Barton previously co-directed “The Nightingale and the Rose,” an animated short film based on an Oscar Wilde story that featured Barton’s illustrative style, with a voice cast headlined by Mia Wasikowska and Geoffrey Rush.