Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil in ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ (2023), a record in 50-year cinema historyA surprising return as the suffering mother of the girl possessed by the devil, in the first film of a new trilogy directed by David Gordon Green. The legendary Oscar-winning actress, 90, said she turned down many versions of ‘Exorcist II: The Heretic’ (1977) and has done the same again with this new film. And when, to her surprise, the studio returned and doubled the financial proposal, the “temptation” arose. As he said: “I thought, ‘This is a lot of money. Let me think.’ The…
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Another victim of Harvey Weinstein, the all-powerful Miramax producer? After standing out in Peter Greenaway’s “The Macon Baby” (1993), Julia Ormond’s career seemed on the rise and destined for stardom. two years, the British actress appeared alongside Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Harrison Ford in major Hollywood productions such as “Legends of the Fall” (1994), “The First Knight” (1995) and in a new version of “Sabrina” (1995), where she was presented as the “successor” of Audrey Hepburn… and a new Julia Roberts. But “The First Knight” and “Sabrina” were not the successes that the studios were…
Actor Tom Hanks and CBS station host Gayle King on Monday warned fans about ads featuring Artificial Intelligence (AI)-created impostors. “Be careful,” Hanks said in an Instagram share that evidently showed a copy of a version “There’s a video out there promoting a Dental Health Plan with an AI version of me. I have nothing to do with it,” he wrote. The message has received more than 115 thousand ‘likes’ since the Two-time Oscar-winning actor posted it on Sunday to his 9.5 million followers on Instagram. Gayle King, one of the hosts of the famous show “CBS Mornings”, shared what…
Julie Andrews celebrates this Sunday a remarkable 88 years as, more than an actress or star, a consensual legend. More discreet in recent years, but still awakening emotions as the voice of Gru’s mother – The Maldisposed in three films or that of Lady Whistledown in the popular phenomenon that is the Netflix series “Bridgerton”, or in his children’s books (some written with his daughter Emma), without a doubt that two films will be essential in all the evocations of another birthday. The first, of course, is “Mary Poppins” (1964), the film debut that won her an Oscar, but it…
Tomas, a German filmmaker, begins an impulsive love relationship with a young teacher, Agathe. For Tomas, the novelty of being with a woman is an exciting experience that he wants to explore, but when his very patient husband Martin begins an extramarital adventure, he too , Tomas returns to focus on his marriage and his jealousy explodes.”Passages”, by Ira Sachs and with Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw and Adèle Exarchopoulos, is shown this Friday, September 29th, at 10pm, in the cinema São Jorge, as part of the Special Sessions. Official Queer Lisboa website.
England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government is about to pass a law that stigmatizes gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a physical education teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival A new girl at school catalyzes a crisis that will challenge Jean profoundly.”Blue Jean”, by Georgia Oakley and starring Rosy McEwen, Kerrie Hayes and Lucy Halliday, is shown this Wednesday, September 27th, at 10pm, in the cinema São Jorge, within the scope of the Feature Film Competition. Official Queer Lisboa website.
Representatives of the 25 Argentine productions present at the San Sebastián film festival protested this Sunday against the far-right candidate in the presidential elections Javier Milei. Actor Leonardo Sbaraglia (“Wild Tales”, “Pain and Glory”) and director Santiago Miter ( Oscar nominee “Argentina 1985”), dressed warmly by the director of the festival in this northern Spanish city, José Luis Rebordinos, posed on the steps of the Kursaal Palace, the event’s main venue, behind an Argentine flag with the motto “Argentine Cinema united”. In a manifesto released at the same time, the filmmakers expressed their “deep concern for the words of the…
Lalo is a sexual influencer: he posts photos of his naked body and homemade porn videos for his thousands of followers on social media. Lalo runs his own life, but on a private level, out of character, he seems to live in constant melancholy.”Pornomelancolía”, by Manuel Abramovich and with Lalo Santos, is shown this Saturday, September 23, at 10pm, at the São Jorge cinema ., within the scope of the Feature Film Competition. Official Queer Lisboa website.
Iran chose “The Night Guardian”, by director Reza Mirkarimi, as the country’s candidacy in the category of Best International Film at the 96th Oscar ceremony, which will take place on March 10, 2024. The announcement was made by Farabi Cinema Foundation, the country’s most important film institution. Released last year, the film portrays the difficult life of an agricultural worker trying to make a living in Tehran, the huge Iranian capital. Chosen from three finalists and after 42 eligible films, it is the third time that a film by Reza Mirkarimi has been chosen to represent Iran at the Oscars,…
Until November 12, this multidisciplinary festival that marked two decades of activity in 2022, will present theater, installation, performance and cinema, in various spaces in the capital, the organization announced today. The opening of the second moment takes place with “We Only Have the Presente”, by Manuela Marques, on the 13th and 14th of October, at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), where “two people lost, in an ethereal space, look for a way out, supporting each other”, bringing “to the plane of perception certain stigmatized and overlooked pains”, according to the synopsis of the play. With artistic direction and…