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Having directed psychological thrillers (2001’s “The Hole,” which gave Keira Knightley her first major role), music comedies (2011’s “Killing Bono”) and comedy-thrillers based around the famed DeLorean car (2018’s “Driven”), Northern Irish director Nick Hamm has ventured into entirely different territories for his next feature. “William Tell” is a historical action epic that turns the […]

French filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski, who’s just wrapped filming of “Vie Privée” starring Jodie Foster in Paris, received the French Cinema Award at a jam-packed ceremony held in an ornate room of the Ministry of Culture on Jan. 16. The tribute, which is given by the film promotion body Unifrance, was introduced by Gaëtan Bruel, chief […]

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, died on Thursday. She was 95. Plowright was a prominent actress of stage and screen in her own right, especially in her native England, and was a Tony winner for “A Taste of Honey.” The actress had retired in […]

MyFrenchFilmFestival, the world’s largest online French-language film festival, kicks off today, offering cinephiles, filmmakers and global audiences alike access to 20 French-language shorts and features. Created by Unifrance 15 years ago, the festival offers a unique platform for French cinema to be enjoyed by viewers from all corners of the globe.

The British government has unveiled a £60 million ($73 million) package to support growth across the creative sectors, being announced at Friday’s Creative Industries Growth Summit in Gateshead. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is presenting the funding plan to more than 250 creative businesses and cultural leaders at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music.

After such films as “Mia and the White Lion” and “The Wolf and the Lion,” director Gilles de Maistre’s “Autumn and the Black Jaguar” reinforces the French filmmaker’s dedication to superficial family-friendly movies with an environmentalist cause at their heart. But as his latest shows, noble principles about the protection of wildlife and animals don’t […]