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Sadly for UK viewers, this is not a sexy reboot of one of our greatest film franchises. All the roles in it, however, have their equivalents

For vulgar-minded Brits, a Hollywood film title sometimes carries its own unintended associations and unfortunate resonances. Many were pained at the raucous response from some here in 2017 to the title of Robert Redford’s earnest film Our Souls at Night. Now here is a moderate new piece of Netflix product, a thriller about a bomb smuggled on to a plane in hand-baggage, starring Taron Egerton as Ethan, the airport security officer in a tense situation and Jason Bateman as the sinister explosives mastermind. It’s called … Carry-On.

That title is self-explanatory for everyone in the United States. But it’s bound to get British Netflix subscribers very overexcited, assuming as they surely will that the greatest movie franchise in the history of cinema is...

Commentator cum media personality Megyn Kelly has really built herself a commendably prominent brand over the years, becoming one of the hottest topics in the industry. But while she gains a spot in the limelight every now and then, she also finds herself in the hot seat, especially for all the political and unprecedentedly controversial topics she has found herself engaging in.

Megyn Kelly. | Credits: Gage Skidmore/Cca-by-sa-2.0/Wikimedia Commons.

One of these very topics is the humiliating remarks Kelly made on the Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda. This happened back in time when the media personality found herself questioning the actress on her plastic surgeries out of the blue – a cringeworthy turn of events, yes, but one that would unarguably forever hold a place in TV’s Hall of Shame nonetheless.

The Time Megyn Kelly Made a Humiliating Plastic Surgery Comment on Jane Fonda

Of all the controversial topics...

Hollywood has witnessed many an iconic pairing on the silver screen, from Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart to more recent ones like Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. But out of all these iconic pairs, one iconic couple keeps getting cast together and has worked in four movies together: Jane Fonda and Robert Redford.

Jane Fonda (M) and Robert Redford (R) in their first film together, The Chase | Credit: Columbia Pictures

The celebrated pairing of yesteryears, their romantic pairing is one of cinema’s most beloved, known for their undeniable chemistry. While Fonda certainly enjoyed working with the ever-so-dashing Redford, as per her revelation, he did not seem to have an equally good time with her or any other co-star as a matter of fact.

Jane Fonda Believes Robert Redford Has an Issue with Women Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in The Electric Horseman | Credit: Universal Pictures

Jane Fonda and Robert...

Initially gaining recognition for his love for theatre, Iain Armitage started his career with small television roles, before eventually landing the role of young Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory spin-off. The show, centered on Sheldon’s early life, became a massive success, elevating both the series and its cast.

Young Sheldon | Credit: CBS

Armitage has since continued to demonstrate his acting skills across various projects, solidifying his status as a rising young star in the industry. His impressive experience and growing net worth—already in the millions—stand as a testament to his success.

Iain Armitage’s Net Worth Climbs to Millions With His Soaring Success

Initially gaining recognition with his YouTube channel as a theatre critic, Iain Loves Theatre, Iain Armitage’s early exposure led to promising opportunities, including TV appearances followed by acting jobs.

Theatre critic Iain Armitage | Credit: Iain Loves Theatre via YouTube

Following his...

US composer Elliot Goldenthal will receive a lifetime achievement award at the upcoming 24th World Soundtrack Awards (Wsa), Film Fest Gent’s annual film music awards ceremony.

Goldenthal is most renowned for his Oscar, Golden Globe and Wsa-winning score for Frida, as well as scoring Interview With The Vampire, Heat, Batman Forever, Michael Collins, Titus and Across The Universe across his accomplished career.

He will be presented with his award on October 16 at the Wsa ceremony and concert in Ghent, in which a selection of Goldenthal’s work will be performed by the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Dirk Brossé.

Goldenthal,...

Some actors, like Jane Fonda and Debra Winger, retire from acting but later make a comeback, sometimes after a break of 10 to 20 years. Retirement from show business is not always permanent, as many actors return to the industry for various reasons, including the desire to work with great directors or pursue new opportunities. Notable actors like Rick Moranis, Daniel Day-Lewis, Joe Pesci, Ke Huy Quan, Shelley Duvall, and Cameron Diaz have all retired from acting at some point but have since returned to the screen.

Despite "retiring" at one point in their careers, some actors returned to acting eventually. While retirement is part of any professional journey, some actors work well into their old age. However, others retire much earlier than that. Plenty of actors over the years have announced their retirement from show business and have yet to return, from Gene Hackman to Jack Nicholson, and Amanda Bynes to Portia de Rossi.

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A new year is just around the corner and if you’re wondering what new British productions Netflix has coming up for 2024 and beyond, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we’ll break down all the currently announced new British movies, series and documentaries in the works.

Please remember that this doesn’t represent every movie and series currently in development at Netflix. There are a few that we’re not allowed to mention just yet, including a hotly anticipated new series from a writer who has produced some excellent titles for Netflix so far.

There are also plenty of shows and movies that should probably be listed here but won’t be. That’s because of how entwined US and UK projects tend to be, with some more US-produced series like The Witcher also falling into the UK camp...

Dunki

Why, Hirani, why? What prompted him to make this godforsaken misfire? What has happened to the brilliant flair for farce and social comment he once displayed in Munnabhai Mbbs and its even superior sequel Lage Raho Munnabhai? Hirani’s last work Sanju , which was a cream-cracker version of a stubbornly adventurous life, was mired in mediocrity. But at least it wasn’t dull.

Dunki is dreadfully torpid. In terms of sense and sensibility , coherence and basic common sense, it is a better film than Shah Rukh Khan’s two other films Pathaan and Jawaan this year. But that’s no consolation for the absurd writing(Hirani, Abhijat Joshi and Kanika Dhillon) and endless giggle-moments that just don’t land.

Worst still, the “jokes” go on and on like a stand-up act which clearly has no punchline but goes on in the hope that rapid movement would compensate for abysmal humourlessness.

Jane Fonda was in Cannes this week to present the Palme d’Or to Justine Triet for her acclaimed film “Anatomy of a Fall.” And she used her time on the Croisette to share her unfiltered thoughts on some of the industry’s most influential figures. Appearing at the festival on Friday, Fonda made no attempts to hide her feelings about the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and Robert Redford (via Deadline).

“He was a great filmmaker,” Fonda said of Godard. “I take my hat off. A great filmmaker. But as a man? I’m sorry. No, no.”

The Oscar winner did not elaborate on her issues with the “Breathless” director, but she got more specific when it came to her thoughts on Redford. Fonda recalled working with Redford on four films beginning with 1967’s “Barefoot in the Park.” She said that she “was in love” with the famously handsome actor when she first met him,...

Jane Fonda is dishing about her tense on-set experiences with Robert Redford.

At the Rendezvous with Jane Fonda event at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, Fonda, 85, shared her unfiltered opinions on Redford, 86, leaving no stone unturned in a wide-ranging conversation.

The two-time Oscar winner confessed that she was “in love” with Redford, her co-star in multiple films, including “Barefoot in the Park” and “The Electric Horseman”.

Read More: Jane Fonda Confesses To Skinny Dipping With Michael Jackson: ‘It Was A Beautiful, Moonlit Night’

However, Fonda admitted in a surprising revelation that the Hollywood heavyweight opposed her on-screen kisses and maintained a perpetual sour mood on set.

“He did not like to kiss,” Fonda further admitted. “I never said anything [to him about it]. And he’s always in a bad mood, and I always thought it was my fault.”

She further revealed: “He’s a very good person. He just has an issue with women.

In a wide-ranging conversation at the Cannes Film Festival today, Jane Fonda did not hold back, offering uncensored opinions on Robert Redford, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Douglas, and Katharine Hepburn, not to mention climate change.

Her comments about co-stars and colleagues weren’t always flattering. Speaking at the Rendezvous with Jane Fonda event at the Salle Buñuel, the two-time Oscar winner said she “was in love with” Redford, her leading man in four films including Barefoot in the Park, and The Electric Horseman. But in a kiss-and-tell disclosure, she said of Redford, “He did not like to kiss,” referring, presumably, to film roles with her. She added, “I never said anything [to him about it]. And he’s always in a bad mood, and I always thought it was my fault.”

She added, “He’s a very good person. He just has an issue with women.” She did not elaborate and the moderator did not follow up.

A man of formidable ego, Samuel Goldwyn once confided that, while he’d basically invented Hollywood, he disliked the word “movie.” It sounded “dopey and made-up,” he told me.

I wonder what he would think about the word “streamer.” Dictionaries still describe “streamer” as a strip of material, but the word defines Hollywood today, just as “movie” once did. It’s a streamer town, and it’s now Steven Spielberg who’s been positioned to help drive the action.

Last week when Netflix revealed its new mega-deal with Spielberg, the town’s dealmakers (including rivals) agreed it was a “natural.” The filmmaker who gave us Schindler’s List and Jaws would help fulfill Netflix’s voracious appetite for content. Any content. After all, Spielberg had done it all before – that is, before streamers even happened.

When Netflix decided a decade ago that it would “create” product, rather than overpay to acquire it,...

“The Lunchbox” casting director and producer Seher Aly Latif died in Mumbai on Monday of a renal failure. She was in her early 40s.

Latif was one of the most sought-after casting directors for international projects set in India or with a significant India component. Her casting director credits include “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” and its sequel “Million Dollar Arm,” as well as recent Bollywood films such as “Shakuntala Devi” and “Durgamati: The Myth.”

Latif’s credits for casting in India include “Eat Pray Love,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “McMafia,” “Sense8,” “Furious 7” and “The Hundred-Foot Journey.”

Along with her associate Shivani Saran, Latif founded Mutant Films in 2016. The company produced Netflix film “Maska,” Netflix series “Bhaag Beanie Bhaag” and also co-produced the sports drama “Gold,” starring Akshay Kumar.

Nimrat Kaur, one of the leads of “The Lunchbox,” tweeted: “One of the kindest, most loving people Mumbai gifted my life with.

After his two attempts at the international glory with English-language movies “The Sense of an Ending” (2014) and “Our Souls at Night” (2017), Ritesh Batra is back to the territory he is most familiar with, the heart-warming Indian romance he created with his feature debut “The Lunchbox” (2013) which became a huge festival hit. His newest film, “Photograph” (2019) walks pretty much the same ground, content-, execution-, and festival distribution-wise. After its world premiere at Sundance last year and European premiere at Berlinale, it went on an extended, seemingly never-ending festival tour, parallel with the wide cinema release. Better late than never, could be said for its screening at this year’s online edition of Zagreb Film Festival and the review here.

Our man Rafi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is a forty-something street photographer whose pitch to the tourists at The Gateway of India is that the photograph is an all-senses memory experience: once they see the photograph,...

A movie with more potential directions than its globe-trotting-assassin heroine has wigs, “Ava” offers moments that suggest it might have succeeded as an action thriller, a dysfunctional family drama, or a character study. Since it commits fully to none of these, the results are the sort of bland bang-bang-pow that keep Nicolas Cage and Bruce Willis afloat in between movies that critics actually like, or even see.

“Ava” comes with a pedigree — Tate Taylor behind the camera, and leading turns from A-listers like Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, Colin Farrell, and Geena Davis — but the results are fairly generic; for every scene that draws you in with some smart writing or memorable acting, there are four more that suggest the kind of movie that gets released directly to airlines.

We meet Ava (Chastain) on a job in France, pretending to be a hired driver so she can dispatch a corrupt financier played by Ioan Gruffudd.

Phyllis Somerville, an actress whose character work spanned decades as well as television, film and the stage (Broadway’s To Kill A Mockingbird), died of natural causes at her home in New York City on July 16. She was 76.

Her death was announced by her manager Paul Hilepo.

Born in Iowa City, Iowa, and soon developing a longstanding desire to move to New York City to become a Radio City Rockette, Somerville was cast in her first Equity job after college when she scored a role at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. The job was the first in a long line of stage credits, including roles in Over Here on Broadway, The Spitfire Grill at Playwrights Horizons Off Broadway, Happiness at Lincoln Center, Night Mother national tour, and various other theater productions.

Most recently, Somerville appeared on...

Now that coronavirus cases are spiking thanks to states who thought it necessary to prematurely relax their social distancing guidelines, don’t look surprised if the entirety of America finds itself under a second lockdown pretty soon. If that happens, our faith in humanity may be lost indefinitely, but at least we’ve got Netflix to help us drown our sorrows in a sea of content. And, to that end, here are some of the best originals currently available on the platform that you may want to watch this month.

Let’s start with some topical entries first. In light of the recent civil rights protests following the death of George Floyd and other African American victims of police brutality and systematic racism, the streamer got busy acquiring a ton of content by, for and/or about minority cultures in order to foster better understanding in this highly diverse nation.

Actress Jane Fonda’s ongoing climate change protests in Washington, DC this week saw support from her grandchildren, both real-life and from the movies.

Fonda was joined Friday by Iain Armitage, star of CBS television’s Young Sheldon and HBO’s Big Little Lies, and her own grandchildren, Malcolm and Viva. Fonda and Armitage worked together on the 2017 movie Our Souls at Night, in which he played her grandson, Jamie.

Fonda has been part of the DC protests for some time, moving to the nation’s capital, being arrested several times, and showcasing the weekly effort on Twitter via an official account, Fire Drill Fridays.

This week’s edition saw a video posted that showcased Fonda marching alongside Armitage carrying a banner, “We Demand a Green New Deal.” Armitage also spoke at the event and later used his personal Twitter account to share a photo of himself, Fonda and others...

"Young Sheldon" star Iain Armitage says he wants to come to India to explore its culture.

"I would love to come to India. I would love to explore and walk around because I have seen so many pictures and read so many books (about it)," Armitage said during a Skype interaction with Indian media.

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Iain Armitage?started as a theatre critic but found his big ticket to fame with "Big Little Lies" as Ziggy, son of actress Shailene Woodley's character Jane.

The son of actor-singer Euan Morton and Lee Armitage has also featured in Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra's directorial Our Souls At Night?and is seen as young Sheldon Cooper in "Young Sheldon" -- "The Big Bang Theory" spin-off which focuses on Sheldon's life while growing up.

"The Big Bang Theory" universe originated with the story of...

Jane Fonda is to receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the 2019 British Academy Britannia Awards.

The actress, author and activist is to receive the honor from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Los Angeles.

The British Academy Britannia Awards are held on October 25 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and are BAFTA’s biggest event outside of the UK. They are being streamed live in the U.S. and Canada via Britbox with Done + Dusted producing the ceremony.

Previous honorees include Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Meryl Streep.

Fonda is currently starring in Netflix’s Grace and Frankie and starred in 2017’s Our Souls at Night with Robert Redford. Her documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and she has won two Academy Awards, in 1971 for Klute and in 1978 for Coming Home.

“Jane Fonda is and...

BAFTA La chair of board hails ‘illustrious career’.

Jane Fonda will receive the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film at the 2019 BAFTA La awards in Los Angeles on October 25.

“Fonda is and always has been an unstoppable force on stage, on screen and behind the camera. The legendary actress’s illustrious career has spanned decades and awarded her with numerous accolades for the dozens of characters she has so brilliantly portrayed,” said BAFTA La chair of the board Kathryn Busby.

“We could not think of a more deserving recipient for this year’s Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for...

by Murtada Elfadl

By his own admission Ritesh Batra makes movies about longing. Movies about people trying to connect. That was evident in The Lunchbox (2013), where two strangers meet and bond through a case of mistaken lunch deliveries. In Our Souls at Night (2017) two older neighbors - played by Jane Fonda and Robert Redford - try to fill their lonely nights by sleeping in the same bed, for companionship not sex.

In his latest film, Photograph, two strangers from different backgrounds also try to connect. He’s Rafi (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), a struggling street photographer. She’s Sanya (Sanya Malhotra) a shy Accounting student. They meet when he takes her photo at the Gateway of India, the famous arch monument in Mumbai. Rafi is being pressured to marry by his grandmother so he convinces Sanya to pose as his fiancée during a family visit. The film tells more with the silences...

Meet-cutes are the hallmark of any romantic comedy, and although Ritesh Batra’s “Photograph” is more of a genial drama, its meet-cute is so essential to the plot, the film is named after it.

Rafi is a photographer working the tourists at the Gateway of India in Mumbai. He has a good line for roping in customers: “Years from now, when you look at this photograph, you’ll feel the sun on your face, this wind in your hair, and you’ll hear all these voices again, or it will all be gone. Gone forever.”

It’s this line that persuades Miloni (Sanya Malhotra), a student who’s been separated from her family, to allow Rafi to take her picture. He gives her the photograph, but before she can pay him, her family calls out to her and she runs off. Not a great start to a relationship, but he’s captivated nonetheless.

"Life is so unpredictable, my child." Amazon Studios has debuted the official trailer for the charming indie drama Photograph, the latest movie from one of my favorite directors - Ritesh Batra. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and it also showed at the Berlin Film Festival. Batra takes us back to India to tell a story of two strangers in Mumbai, Rafi and Miloni, who meet one day when Rafi decides to take her photo near the Gateway of India. At first he convinces her to pose as his fiancee to satisfy his grandmother's wishes, but the two develop a different relationship. I wrote a very nice review of this film at Sundance which is quoted in this trailer. It's a very light, but undeniably uplifting, soul-stirring film, showing how important connections can be. The film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sanya Malhotra, and ...

With production on the third season of Mr. Mercedes already underway in Charleston, South Carolina (the same city where the new Halloween was filmed), Bruce Dern has joined the cast of the series in the guest-starring role as author John Rothstein, a reclusive character that readers will know from Stephen King's Finders Keepers (the second novel in the Bill Hodges trilogy).

Press Release: Emmy nominee and two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern is joining the cast of At&T Audience Network’s critically acclaimed drama series Mr. Mercedes, as a guest star. Dern will play John Rothstein, a famous and reclusive writer living on the fringes of Bridgton, Ohio.

Production on season three of the Stephen King adaptation is currently underway in Charleston, South Carolina.

Based on the Bill Hodges trilogy from prolific author Stephen King, season three of Mr. Mercedes will closely follow the story contained in “Finders Keepers,” the second book of the series,...

Not everything is about falling in love, and being physical. Sometimes just spending time with someone can mean more than anything, and remind us we're not always alone. I adore Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra's films about the random connections that mean the most to us. His sweet, touching storytelling lets emotions build through the moments and interactions - not just dialogue or story beats. Photograph is Batra's latest film after making two English-language features which were his follow-up films to his breakout hit The Lunchbox (which I fell in love with at Telluride 2013). Batra goes back to his roots for this film, telling a story about a friendship between two quiet people in Mumbai, India. Batra's Photograph is a film that will warm your heart. Nawazuddin Siddiqui plays Rafi, a humble street photographer snapping tourist photos at the Gateway of India in Mumbai, living in a tiny shack with friends.

Six years after the international crossover success of “The Lunchbox,” along comes “Photograph” to prove, whatever Thomas Wolfe may think, that you can go home again. Writer-director Ritesh Batra’s first Indian film since his debut feature has the same quiet streak of wistful sentimentality that made “The Lunchbox” so globally beloved — and, for that matter, the same softly-softly humanity found in his two subsequent English-language efforts, “The Sense of an Ending” and “Our Souls at Night.” Whether roaming the streets of Mumbai or the plains of Colorado, Batra’s filmmaking has remained markedly consistent in tone and texture: You’d be hard pressed to find anyone making nicer films in world cinema right now.

That’s an easy quality to underrate, as is the modest but careful craftsmanship and muted but honest performance style that makes “Photograph” — a film itself about the rewards of patiently building on first impressions — a winsome diversion.

Sundance romance-drama Photograph, from The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra, has pre-sold to key markets for The Match Factory, we can reveal.

Deals have closed in UK (Curzon), Australia/New Zealand (Madman), France (Le Pacte), Germany (Nfp), Greece (Seven), Hungary (Cirko), Italy (Bim), Spain (Vertigo), Switzerland (Filmcoopi) and Turkey (Filmarti).

The anticipated Hindi-language film, which debuts at the Utah fest this weekend before moving on to Berlin, follows a struggling street photographer, pressured to marry by his grandmother, who convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develops a connection that transforms them both in unexpected ways.

The Mumbai-set pic stars Sanya Malhotra (Dangal) and Lunchbox alumni Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Producers include Batra, Viola Fügen, Neil Kopp, Michel Merkt, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, and The Match Factory’s Michael Weber. Batra also scripts.

Amazon boarded U.S. rights at an early stage and will also release in Japan and India.

Sales agent The Match Factory has sealed a raft of deals in major territories for romantic drama “Photograph,” the new film from “Our Souls at Night” and “The Lunchbox” director Ritesh Batra, ahead of the movie’s world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Set in Mumbai, “Photograph” centers on a struggling street photographer who, under pressure from his grandmother to get married, convinces a shy stranger to pose as his fiancée. The pair develop a connection that transforms them in ways they did not expect.

Among the international distributors who have picked up the film are Curzon in the U.K., Le Pacte in France, Nfp in Germany, Bim in Italy and Vertigo in Spain. Other buyers include Madman in Australia/New Zealand, Seven in Greece, Cirko in Hungary, Filmcoopi in Switzerland and Filmarti in Turkey. Amazon Studios has the rights for the U.S. and India, where it...

Films by Zhang Yimou and André Téchiné will have world premieres in Berlin.

The final titles for the Berlin International Film Festival Competition and Berlianle Special sections have been announced.

The new competition additions are world premieres of Zhang Yimou’s One Second, André Téchiné’s Farewell To The Night, Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms, the German premiere of Vice, and the European premiere of Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace.

Of the new titles, Farewell To The Night, Alan Elliott’s Amazing Grace and Vice will play out of competition. 17 of the 23 films in the Competition section will be in contention...

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) will present producer-actress Jane Fonda with the Guild’s 2019 Stanley Kramer Award. The two-time Oscar-winner is being honored for her lifetime activism and philanthropy. She will receive the award at the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards on January 19, 2019 at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.

Fonda has worked at the top of her craft since the 1960s as an actress and producer (“Book Club” was a summer 2018 hit). Earlier this year, Fonda participated in the well-reviewed HBO documentary “Jane Fonda in Five Acts.” Next month brings the fifth season of her Netflix show “Grace and Frankie,” which she executive produces and stars.

She has also given her untiring support to many political and social causes. They include her nonprofit, the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential, for which she celebrated her 80th birthday last December by raising $1.3 million to lower the teen pregnancy...

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) will present producer-actress Jane Fonda with the Guild’s 2019 Stanley Kramer Award. The two-time Oscar-winner is being honored for her lifetime activism and philanthropy. She will receive the award at the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards on January 19, 2019 at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles.

Fonda has worked at the top of her craft since the 1960s as an actress and producer (“Book Club” was a summer 2018 hit). Earlier this year, Fonda participated in the well-reviewed HBO documentary “Jane Fonda in Five Acts.” Next month brings the fifth season of her Netflix show “Grace and Frankie,” which she executive produces and stars.

She has also given her untiring support to many political and social causes. They include her nonprofit, the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential, for which she celebrated her 80th birthday last December by raising $1.3 million to lower the teen pregnancy...

Post The Lunchbox fame (his well traveled Film Fest favorite which was also shown at Sundance in 2014), Ritesh Batra hit a creative cluster mark with Our Souls at Night (starring Robert Redford), The Sense of an Ending (read review) and the soon to be released Photograph. The Hindi language film (with a smidgen of English) in several Mumbai locales romantic drama stars nouveau actress Sanya Malhotra and Lunchbox alumni Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It went into production in October of 2017, and with his pending Little Bee (Julia Roberts) currently in pre-production, we’ll perhaps see 2019 play out like 2017, with not one, but two Batra films in release.…...

It might sound contradictory, but perhaps the greatest testament to Jane Fonda’s six-decade career is how many people are unfamiliar with every facet of it. Not everyone who grew up with Fonda as the face of 1980s workout culture is immediately aware of the ambitious artistic extremes of her screen acting career; younger viewers getting to know her through her breezy, Emmy-nominated work in Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie” may not all be aware of her serious Hollywood history of political and feminist activism. Fonda’s name means different things to different people, though one hopes her most enduring reputation — and certainly the one netting her a career Golden Lion at Venice last year and now a Lumière Award — will be as one of Hollywood’s strongest, most spikily intelligent leading ladies: gifted at her craft, yes, but an actor who also brought her progressive personal politics to bear in her work,...

David Wenham (Photo: Albin Olsson via Wikimedia Commons).

David Wenham, Aaron Pedersen, Chris Haywood and singer-songwriter Julia Stone have joined Garrett Hedlund and Kelly Macdonald in Dirt Music, Gregor Jordan’s adaptation of the Tim Winton novel.

Now shooting in Bardi Jawi country in the Kimberley, Western Australia, it’s described as a gritty, sexy drama overlaid with a haunting love story.

As If reported, Macdonald is playing Georgie, a sometime sailor, diver and nurse who is stranded in a remote fishing town with Jim (Wenham), a man she doesn’t love, and his young sons whose dead mother she can never replace.

A reckless moment leads Georgie to an intense, sexually charged affair with Lu Fox (Hedlund), an enigmatic loner, musician and poacher who is traumatised by a tragic accident from his past.

When Lu retreats into the wilderness, Georgie embarks on a journey to bring him back with the unlikely help of Jim,...

Just more than a year after Megyn Kelly's cringeworthy Megyn Kelly Today interview with Hollywood icon Jane Fonda, the 47-year-old star has admitted that she regrets awkwardly asking the actress about her plastic surgery. During a new interview with Us Weekly, Megyn confessed her sit-down with Jane, 80, is her biggest regret from the first year of her NBC talk show. "I certainly wish I hadn’t put on Jane Fonda," she candidly told the magazine. "That didn’t go well!" Though Jane was definitely unhappy about Megyn asking about her plastic surgery procedures during an interview to promote her latest movie with Robert Redford, Our Souls at Night, Megyn said she actually wouldn't have done anything different with their conversation. "She answered that question in about 40 different forums," Megyn said. "It was nothing wrong with me. And she’s answered it in 40 more forums since!" (Photo Credit: Getty Images...

Legendary actor Robert Redford is reportedly retiring from acting after “The Old Man and the Gun,” which opened on September 28. He stars in the film as real-life bank-robber Forrest Tucker, a career criminal who spent his life robbing banks, getting arrested and escaping prison. Rinse and repeat. Is this film a fitting farewell for the man whose career breakthrough came almost 50 years ago in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969)?

As of this writing “Old Man” has a MetaCritic score of 81 and an 89% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Tomatometer critical consensus calls it “a well-told story brought to life by a beautifully matched cast” and a “pure, easygoing entertainment for film fans — and a fitting farewell to a legend.” It’s the “best film yet” by director David Lowery, who previously helmed “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” (2013), “Pete’s Dragon” (2016) and “A Ghost Story” (2017).

As for Redford, he exhibits “brilliant,...

Director, producer, actor and Sundance founder Robert Redford is apparently closing out one area of his impressive resume with the opening of The Old Man & the Gun, which played at the recent Telluride and Toronto film festivals. Also starring Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek, the title by writer-director David Lowery opens in limited release this weekend en route to hundreds of locations next month via Fox Searchlight. Fellow Telluride and Toronto title, Free Solo, from Meru filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, also makes its bow in a busy weekend of new Specialty roll outs with a film that records of feat of human endurance from National Geographic Documentary Film and Greenwich Entertainment.

The Orchard is opening All About Nina, the feature directorial debut of Raising Victor Vargas writer, Eva Vives in New York and L.A. ahead of an expansion to hundreds of theaters. Neon is launching...

Jane Fonda believes the downfall of Leslie Moonves won’t be the last we’ll see among powerful entertainment industry executives.

“It’s a shame he didn’t behave, [but now] it’s come back to get him,” Fonda said at Thursday night’s Los Angeles premiere of the HBO documentary “Jane Fonda in Five Acts” at the Armand Hammer Museum.

Moonves departed on Sunday amid a cascade of sexual assault and misconduct allegations.

“This has been happening for a long time and it’s been an epidemic of behavior like this on the part of people who have power,” Fonda said. “I think the #MeToo movement has started an avalanche. And it’s only the beginning.”

Fonda also said she wasn’t surprised when Robert Redford recently announced he was retiring from acting by revealing that his new drama, “The Old Man & the Gun,” would likely be the last time...

“Redford speaks!” That could be the headline for Robert Redford‘s appearance in “The Old Man and the Gun,” a la Greta Garbo‘s move into talkies, even though he’s never been quite as speechless as her. The last time Redford came to the Telluride Film Festival it was for the premiere of “All is Lost,” his all-grimacing, no-yammering tale of a man fending off death at sea. In this one, he not only talks a lot, he smiles a lot. This is supposed to be his last film before retiring, and obviously he wanted to go out glowing, not grimacing.

“Old Man and the Gun” is loosely based on a true-life “gentleman bandit” of the late 1970s who became famous for his good manners. The real bank robber, Forrest Tucker, probably was not as charming as the Sundance Kid and “The Sting’s” Johnny Hooker all rolled into one,...

Screen legend Robert Redford gave the crowd gathered to see the world premiere of “The Old Man & the Gun” Friday just the smallest bit of hope when asked if it is indeed his final film.

“I also said ‘never say never,’” he reminded.

But then he let them down gently. As he sees it, it’s simply time to ride off into the sunset.

“The truth is that I really do feel that it’s time for me to move into retirement,” the 82-year-old star said. “I’ve been doing this since I was 21. I’ve put my soul and heart into it over the years. I thought, ‘That’s enough. Why don’t you quit while you’re a little bit ahead? Don’t wait for the bell to toll. Just get out.’ So I felt my time had come and I couldn’t think of a better...

Eighty-one-year-old does not rule out more directing.

Robert Redford has said in an interview that upcoming Toronto world premiere The Old Man & The Gun will be his final acting role.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Redford, 81, confirmed earlier statements made in 2016.

“Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and [I’ll] move towards retirement after this ’cause I’ve been doing it since I was 21,” said the actor.

“I thought, Well, that’s enough. And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?”

Redford said he...

Back in 2016 while participating in an interview for the Walker Art Center, award-winning actor Robert Redford announced his plan to retire from acting after finishing his last two films. Now, after the release of director Ritesh Barta's romantic drama Our Souls At Night in 2017, and the upcoming bow of The Old Man And The Gun, Redford is officially ready to call it quits. Back in November of 2016,... Read More...

Robert Redford says he’s retiring from acting after teasing the end of his career in front of the camera two years ago.

“Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and [I’ll] move towards retirement after this ’cause I’ve been doing it since I was 21,” Redford, 81, told Entertainment Weekly. “I thought, Well, that’s enough. And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?”

In 2016, Redford said he would retire from acting after “The Old Man & the Gun,” which stars Casey Affleck and Donald Glover, and focus more on directing. “The Old Man & the Gun” will be screening at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Also Read: Robert Redford To Retire From Acting: 'Goodbye To All That'

“I’m getting tired of acting,” Redford had said. “I’m an impatient person,...

The Sundance Kid intends to enjoy his sunset years.

Robert Redford, 81, is retiring from acting, the Oscar winner exclusively revealed to Entertainment Weekly. His final project is The Old Man & the Gun, which comes out on Sept. 28.

“Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and [I’ll] move towards retirement after this ’cause I’ve been doing it since I was 21,” Redford explained to EW. “I thought, ‘Well, that’s enough.’ And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?”

He may not leave Hollywood entirely.

Robert Redford is hanging up his hat. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, published today, the 81-year-old actor confirmed he is retiring from acting. Redford first announced his plans to stop working two years ago, but only after he finished the last two films he had in production: Our Souls at Night, released in 2017, and The Old Man & The Gun, premiering Sept. 28. "I'm getting tired of acting. I'm an impatient person, so it's hard for me to sit around and do take after take after take," he said in a Walker Art Center interview. "At this point in my life, age 80, it'd give me more satisfaction because I'm not dependent on anybody. It's just me, just the way it used to be, and...

Exclusive: Bill Holderman and Erin Simms, who collaborated on Paramount’s upcoming Book Club starring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, have signed with Wme. Holderman directed the comedy and co-wrote the script with Simms, and both produced the pic that hits theaters May 18.

The pair previously worked together at Robert Redford’s Wildwood Entertprises, where they teamed on 2015’s A Walk in the Woods, which Holderman wrote and produced, and Simms was an associate producer. The Sundance-bowing pic grossed $37.5 million globally.

Holderman’s recent producing credits include Bleecker Street’s October 12 bow What They Had starring Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon; Fox Searchlight’s Old Man and the Gun with Redford, Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek due out next year via Fox Searchlight; and the the BBC/PBS documentary series American Epic which bowed at the Sundance Film Festival.

At Wildwood, Simms brought in Disney’s...

Jane Fonda and Candice Bergen were some of the most seductive stars of the 1970s, with boundary-pushing fare like “Klute,” “Barbarella,” and “Carnal Knowledge” winning critical acclaim and filling theaters.

Five decades later, the question is whether their fanbase will turn for the decidedly more commercial “Book Club,” set to open wide on May 18 in a counterprogramming play against Fox’s potent sequel “Deadpool 2.”

Bergen, Fonda, Diane Keaton, and Mary Steenburgen stopped by the CinemaCon convention in April to banter and drink wine on stage, with Bergen quipping that she took exception to their introduction as “living legends.”

The film follows four friends — aged 65 and above — whose lives are disrupted when their book club decides to read E. L. James’ “Fifty Shades of Grey.” Though the film is rated PG-13, the steamy novel puts them each in the mood to discover new romance or reunite with a former flame.

Fox Searchlight had an incredible 2017-18 Oscar season thanks to awards darlings “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” and Best Picture winner “The Shape of Water,” and now the studio is turning its eyes to the upcoming race. The studio has announced David Lowery’s “The Old Man and the Gun” will bow in October, which is right in the middle of awards season. The date suggests a fall film festival debut at Venice, Telluride, or Tiff.

“The Old Man and the Gun” is notable for starring Robert Redford in his alleged final screen performance. The actor announced his retirement in 2016, saying he had two acting projects left before officially saying “goodbye to all that.” The first project, “Our Souls at Night,” debuted on Netflix last fall, and the second is the Lowery star vehicle.

The film stars Redford in the true story of Forrest Tucker, who escaped prison at age...

Palme d’Or-winning director will work alongside The Lunchbox’s Ritesh Batra.

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu (Bacalaureat, the Palme d’Or-winning 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days) will be one of this year’s guest directors at the FeatureLab of the TorinoFilmLab.

Mungiu will work alongside Indian filmmaker and Tfl alumni Ritesh Batra (Our Souls At Night, The Lunchbox) to mentor the 2018 workshop participants.

The FeatureLab is a development program dedicated to 1st and 2nd feature film projects already at an advanced stage. It is organised in Sardinia with Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission.

During the six month programme, lab directors, screenwriters and...