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Say “Montana” to anyone currently consuming a well-balanced media diet, and they’re likely to immediately think of Yellowstone, the unbelievably popular Dynasty -for-cowboys TV show that takes place in the “Treasure State.” Taylor Sheridan’s modern-day Western doesn’t have a lock on contemporary narratives in the region, to be sure, but it does cast a slightly odd shadow over the similarly looming landscapes of Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s Montana Story . They even have a handful of coincidentally similar aspects in common: Both have ill fathers at their centers, ones whose reputations for power-brokering and being right bastards precede them. Both feature dead mothers, long-suffering sons, city-living daughters reluctantly returning to the fold. The insular world of the state’s indigenous population pokes and prods on their respective peripheries. And while the latter’s Thorne ranch (as symbolic a name as you can imagine) is far too modest to hold a candle to the lavish, … [Read more...] about ‘Montana Story’ Is the Anti-‘Yellowstone.’ That’s a Good Thing

There is a sort of checklist for Finnish films — and I say this with love — that includes snowy exteriors, bleakly austere interiors, ice fishing and someone getting murdered with an axe. The Woodcutter Story ticks every box, plus a few more. Characters who barely speak, for example — and who may, indeed, have nothing to say. When they do, there is a jolting humor that may not be humor at all: their deadpan delivery gives nothing away. This is the Finnish way. Director/writer Mikko Myllylahti — a poet who also penned the script for Juho Kuosmanen’s The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki , which won a major prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016 — sets his Cannes Critics’ Week title in an unnamed village in the far north of Finland clustered around a timber mill. Myllylahti’s hero Pepe is a timber worker, played by the same actor who brought such humanity to Olli Maki, Jarkko Lahti. Pepe is a radiant innocent, beloved by all. When we first meet him, it is … [Read more...] about Cannes Review: Mikko Myllylahti’s ‘The Woodcutter Story’

A few years ago, as filmmaker Roger Ross Williams contemplated founding his own production company, he experienced a Field of Dreams kind of vision: “If you build it, they will come.” The revelation took place far from the Iowa cornfields of the movie. “I was actually walking by this big, empty office space in Brooklyn,” Williams recalled, “and I thought, ‘Wow, that’s a great office space. I should rent it to start my company.’ I thought that renting the office space would force me to fill it.” Fill it he did, first with edit bays, then with staff. One Story Up has become a thriving enterprise and one of the industry’s few African American-owned production companies. The company name doesn’t refer to a physical location, but to an idea. “I loved the word ‘story’ being in the name and lifting ‘up’. The two things: lifting up filmmakers of color and telling stories,” Williams says. “I said to myself, I need to use the production company as a vehicle for helping … [Read more...] about Roger Ross William’s One Story Up Is A Powerhouse Production Company Giving Hope To BIPOC Talent — Deadline Disruptors

Apart from bringing memorable songs of the Nightingale of India, Naam Reh Jaayega is a fantastic show that the audience is eagerly watching to relive the memories of Lata Mangeshkar. She was indeed a great performer and owned the stage whenever she performed, but her path was truly a difficult one. Naam Reh Jaayega is a blissful journey for the millions of Indians that brings them close to the memories of Lata Ji. She was an artist in a true sense who had built her path to that stage after a number of sacrifices and fears that she had overcome through her journey. Madhubalaji Was The 1st Actress To Make Contracts That Only Lata Mangeshkar Will Sing Her Songs: Alka Yagnik While sharing a story about Lata Ji's stage fear, Sonu Nigam said, "There was one stage performance that was in Detroit where Lataji was supposed to sing with Mukeshji but Lataji has no idea that her fear of stage will come back and the stage that took away her father once will … [Read more...] about Sonu Nigam Shares Interesting Story About Lata Mangeshkar And Her Fear Of Performing On Stage

EXCLUSIVE : The Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman star Jake Hoffman , whose father is Dustin Hoffman , is creating and directing coming-of-age romcom The Problem With Poets. Film Mode Entertainment is launching sales at Cannes on the pic, which is being produced by Rolling Pictures . The feature is a quintessential New York story about an aspiring poet who encounters his quirky dream girl on the subway. After a chance encounter and fleeting moment, Miles desperately searches Manhattan for Ash, the girl of his dreams. He falls head over heels for his quirky, adorable counterpart who shares his love for poetry and zest for life in the big city and underneath Ash’s beauty and tomboy style is a complex, intelligent, anxious, precocious tornado who wraps everyone up in her complicated messes. What follows is a romance for which neither were prepared. Hoffman recently completed production on Darren Le Gallo’s Sam and Kate , in which he stars opposite his … [Read more...] about ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ & ‘The Irishman’ Star Jake Hoffman Behind Coming-Of-Age Rom-Com ‘The Problem With Poets’ – Cannes Market

Among all the memorable characters that Paresh Rawal has essayed on screen, Baburao Ganpatrao Apte from the Hera Pheri franchise enjoys a huge fan following. After Hera Pheri and Phir Hera Pheri , everyone has been waiting with bated breath for the makers to come up with Hera Pheri 3. While fans are hoping for a new sequel of the cult comedy, Paresh Rawal in his latest interview stated that that even though the franchise enjoys a massive popularity, he is not keen on returning to essay Baburao Ganpatrao Apte on screen unless the story is good. The veteran actor told ETimes, "If you ask me honestly, there is no excitement left in me for any of my characters unless it is put in a different backdrop. We have an ideal example of a sequel and it is of Munna Bhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munna Bhai . This is how a sequel should be." He added, "If I have to do the same thing again, usi prakar ki dhoti pehenke, chashme lagake chalna hai (if I have to wear a … [Read more...] about Paresh Rawal Says He Will Charge A Bomb For Hera Pheri 3 To Play Same Old Baburao; Adds ‘Story Has To Be Good’

Rating: 3.5 /5 Star Cast: Jitendra Kumar, Raghuvir Yadav, Chandan Roy Director: Deepak Kumar Mishra Available On: Amazon Prime Video Language: Hindi Duration: 8 Episodes / 40 Minutes Plot: Panchayat Season 2 follows Abhishek Tripathi studying to pass his MBA entrance exam while working as a panchayat secretary in Phulera. The show explores the everyday lives and drama of the villagers. Top 6 OTT Releases Of May 2022: Stranger Things 4, Panchayat 2, Obi-Wan Kenobi & More Review: The show, written by Chandan Kumar and directed by Deepak Kumar Mishra maintains its simplicity with bigger and more complex problems in society, politics and the everyday lives of the people in the village. The makers have managed to strike a balance of humour and drama with goes a long way for the eight-part series. Abhishek Tripathi's (Jitendra Kumar) motivations from season one to pass the CAT exam and leave his post as the panchayat … [Read more...] about Panchayat Season 2 Web Series Review: Phulera’s Stories Are Full Of Heart And Humour

LeBron James is a TRUE BASKETBALL HERO for deciding to return to Cleveland ... so says Cleveland rap legends Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. We spoke with Krayzie, Wish, Bizzy and Flesh ... who all tell us they're FIRED UP about Bron's Cleveland comeback -- telling us, "He's a hero for Cleveland." "He brought hope back to the city," Wish says ... "The entire city is already partying downtown. I am here now! All of my neighbors were screaming and yelling ... everyone is going crazy." Krayzie adds, "It makes a better story for him in the end if he comes back to Cleveland and wins." Flesh said, "I'm at a loss for words. I'm so happy I can't believe it." We also spoke with Patrick Carney -- an Ohio native from The Black Keys -- who says he's already looking into getting tickets to the Cavs home opener. Carney also has a message to any Cleveland fans who still hold a grudge for the move to Miami back in 2010 -- get over it! We asked Bizzy Bone if the city would be … [Read more...] about Bone Thugs-N-Harmony On LeBron James Coming Back To Cleveland — He’s A Hero!!

D ‘Angelo is a morning person, of sorts. When he’s working in the studio, as was often the case in the 14-year interregnum between 2000’s Voodoo and 2014’s Black Messiah, he quits his all-night recording sessions just in time to greet each day’s sunrise. “I’m definitely on the night shift,” he says, drawing deep on one of a series of Newport cigarettes, not long after midnight in the midtown Manhattan studio where he recorded much of Black Messiah. He’s wearing a denim shirt unbuttoned over a white undershirt, dark jeans and leather boots. Dog tags bearing the names of his three children hang from a chain around his neck. He looks weary, though he woke up not long ago. It’s his first interview since he released one of the most universally acclaimed albums in years, an album that seemed as if it might never come out at all. D’Angelo could well be the most singular, visionary star to emerge from R&B since Prince. His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic … [Read more...] about The Second Coming of D’Angelo

Park Chan-wook made a big impact in Cannes in 2004 with his lurid revenge drama Oldboy , which took the Grand Prix from Quentin Tarantino’s jury, made a cult star of Choi Min-sik, and alerted audiences everywhere to the perils of eating live sushi. Since then, the director has been a semi-regular fixture at the festival, returning in 2009 with his literary vampire horror Thirst and again in 2016 with The Handmaiden , a delirious, taboo-busting erotic thriller set in 1930s Korea. Director Park’s trademark is not just his fluidity when dealing with genre but his mastery in bending it to his will—and Decision to Leave promises to be yet another stylish, category-defying composition. DEADLINE: What is the premise of Decision to Leave ? PARK CHAN-WOOK: A detective is dispatched to a scene of death of a man who has fallen from the mountains. There are three possibilities with this case: either he took a wrong step during a climb and he accidentally fell, or … [Read more...] about Park Chan-wook’s ‘Decision To Leave’ Is A Detective Story Tangled Up With Romance