Tri-main Celebrates 25 Years Of Art, Commerce

This year’s original-song competition features something for everyone: tunes from live-action musicals, animated features, dramas and documentaries, plus the annual entry from 15-time nominee Diane Warren. The big-screen adaptation of “Wicked” unfortunately, contains no new songs (songwriter Stephen Schwartz will have two in next year’s conclusion of the Broadway-to-film “Wizard of Oz” prequel, however).

While at the jury press conference at Marrakech Film Festival, Luca Guadagnino said on Saturday that he’ll be “happy” if people download “Queer” in Turkey, where the movie, starring Daniel Craig as a gay American expat in 1950s Mexico City, was banned by authorities who deemed it “too provocative.” “They banned the movie because they […]

Justine Triet, who is best-known for Oscar and Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall,” says she could have become a lawyer, if she had not veered into filmmaking to dissect reality using a somewhat forensic approach. In a wide-ranging conversation held Saturday by Triet at the Marrakech Film Festival with “Anatomy of a Fall” producer and […]

Luz Cuevas didn't believe her daughter was dead. On the night of Dec. 15, 1997, a fire broke out in the Philadelphia home she shared with Pedro Vera and their daughter Delimar Vera, who was 10

Georgian drama film “April” took double honors on Saturday at the annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards, winning the best film prize and the best performance prize for Ia Sukhitashvili. Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili, the film portrays the determination of an obstetrics and gynaecology provider in the face of accusations about the death of a newborn […]

While at the Marrakech Film Festival where he’s serving on Luca Guadagnino‘s jury alongside Jacob Elordi, Andrew Garfield said he’s “had to work very hard to have less people ask questions about “Spider-Man.” “I’m still working on it, obviously. It’s an imperfect process,” he quipped, as he had just been asked a question about his […]