The list of cinema personalities encountering the public at this year’s festival in Morocco also includes Sean Penn and David Cronenberg, in Marrakech to receive their honorary awards, as well as persecuted Iranian helmer Mohammad Rasoulof, Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako and US director-slash-artist extraordinaire Tim Burton.
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A still from ‘The Girl with the Needle’, courtesy of the Festival de Cannes
The Cannes Diaries: Magical interviews, chance meetings and beautiful films
There is a trick to this festival. If you stand still long enough in Cannes — something a bit difficult to do on a weekend as crowds are bustling all around you — you’ll run into everyone who is anyone in the film universe.
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A still of Cillian Murphy in ‘Small Things Like These’ © Shane O’Connor
Berlinale Dispatch: Cillian Murphy goes from the explosive 'Oppenheimer' to 'Small Things Like These'
And it’s a good thing. A very, very good thing.
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Lily Gladstone, photo by Virisa Yong, courtesy of the Golden Globes
About last night: Why the Golden Globes won all the way in my book
Perfectly somber, in tone with the dire worldwide situation, but also celebrating diversity and awarding long overdue prizes to exceptional filmmakers, the Golden Globes are back, Baby! And they are better than ever, so don’t listen to those jealous critics.
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Nominations for the upcoming 81st Golden Globe Awards to be announced on CBS
The list of films and TV series nominated will be unveiled this Monday, December 11th by Cedric “The Entertainer'' and Wilmer Valderrama.
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A historic first prize for Moroccan cinema, at this year's Marrakech Film Festival
After all was said and done, there were no losers at this year’s Marrakech International Film Festival, where audiences got a free taste of great cinema and Moroccan films made history.
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Tilda Swinton photographed by Brigitte Lacombe
Iconic Masters and golden projects featured at this year's Qumra in Doha
Qatar is the couture state of the Arab world. They watched and learned from the mistakes of all the other Gulf countries that were declared as states before them, and then Qatar set about to reinvent how we view culture, fashion, art and film. You can't watch an award ceremony these days without the presence for the Doha Film Institute in the credits of at least one of the films nominated, the Museum Authority of the peninsular state has assembled and created, and is set to unveil more beauty than my eyes can hold -- just a visit to the Islamic Art Museum will confirm my words -- and of course, the Emir's family owns some of the fashion world's most beloved brands.
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Bushra on the DIFF red carpet
The Dubai Film Festival Diaries: Superstar Bushra, Costume Diva Alexandra Byrne and the Power of Great Women
We need more women film writers. Repeat after me. We need more women film writers and when they are published, those few random times, we need to support them.
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