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"The Golden Bear goes to a film which has that rare and essential quality of a lasting art work. It captures on screen the very content and essence, the mind and body, the values and the raw flesh of our present moment in time." The 71st Berlin Film Festival (also known as just Berlinale) has wrapped up, and the small set of prizes were revealed this weekend, including the winner of the coveted Golden Bear for Best Film. That top prize was given to a Romanian dark comedy film called (in English

"The Golden Bear goes to a film which has that rare and essential quality of a lasting art work. It captures on screen the very content and essence, the mind and body, the values and the raw flesh of our present moment in time." The 71st Berlin Film Festival (also known as just Berlinale) has wrapped up, and the small set of prizes were revealed this weekend, including the winner of the coveted Golden Bear for Best Film. That top prize was given to a Romanian dark comedy film called (in English

The committee behind the Golden Globes has pledged “transformational change” in the wake of an exposé that revealed a lack of diversity within its ranks.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was the subject of an exposé by the LA Times ahead of this year’s ceremony, which took place last weekend (February 28).Read more: The Golden Globes say representation is vital – why has it taken them so long to realise that?In the article, it was rev

"What if I choose death instead?!" "You're not ready to die, so fight for your life." RLJE Films has released an official trailer for a crazy body horror punk rock film called Spare Parts, now set for release in June this summer. Made by Canadian filmmaker Andrew T. Hunt, the film follows an all-girl punk band named Ms. 45 - they get kidnapped after a show in the wrong part of town. They wake up to find that they’ve had their limbs replaced with crude mechanized weapons, and their only ch

Mark Strong has said that it’s because of his absent father that he became “incredibly independent”.
The Olivier Award-winning actor was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia. His Austrian mother moved to London in the early 1960s to work as an au pair which is where she met his father, an Italian man who has played no part in his life.
Speaking to Lauren Laverne on Desert Island Discs, Strong talked about how a lack of an “authoritarian figure” growing up meant

Netflix has purchased Christian Bale‘s upcoming horror thriller The Pale Blue Eye for a record fee at the virtual European Film Market.
The rights to the film were purchased for $55million (£39m) by the streaming service, reported by Deadline as the highest fee ever for a worldwide deal at the EFM.
Scott Cooper will write and direct the Edgar Allen Poe-inspired film, which is based on a 2003 novel by Louis Bayard.
The story, set in 1830, will see Bale star as a veteran detective inve

Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley’s new film Chaos Walking has been given a UK streaming release.Read more: NME Recommends: the best hidden gems on NetflixThe sci-fi adventure movie was released in the US on Friday (March 5) and it’s now been confirmed that it will be available for UK fans to watch on April 5 via video-on-demand.
Lionsgate announced the news via Twitter, writing: “The new world awaits. See @tomholland1996 and Daisy Ridley in #ChaosWalking, available for premium rent

British satirist Tony Hendra, known for his work with National Lampoon and film This Is Spinal Tap, has died aged 79.
As the New York Times reports, Hendra died on Thursday (March 4) from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which he was diagnosed with back in 2019.
Hendra began writing and performing comedy while studying at Cambridge University. There, he joined the Cambridge Footlights theatrical group, doing comic routines at the annual revue al