Dominikos Ignatiadis was just 16 years old when his mother, Gabriela, left his family, a fact that has haunted him for much of his adult life. After her death, he embarked on an intimate journey into the past, using her diary, her letters, and the recollections of her family and friends to try to unravel
Month: July 2021
As the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival winds down, filmmaker and Greek Documentary Association (GDA) president Marianna Economou points to great strides taken by the local industry in recent years, while adding that more support is needed to sustain its growth and development. As the head of the GDA, Economou oversees an organization that was founded in
During the first lockdown in the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic began spreading throughout Greece, the director of an elderly care home in the suburbs of Athens and his staff decided to seal the home from the outside world, in order to prevent the possibility of infections amongst his vulnerable residents. When he
Former Nickelodeon showrunner Dan Schneider has finally addressed his exit from the network, just as Paramount Plus has released a reboot of his former show, “iCarly.” For 20 years, Schneider helmed kids’ shows that continue to inform the millennial and Gen-Z pop culture zeitgeist: “All That, “The Amanda Show,” “Drake & Josh,” “Zoey 101,” “Victorious”
Disney Plus has unveiled a first look at its new anime anthology series, “Star Wars: Visions,” coming to the platform on Sept. 22. During Anime Expo Lite on Saturday, Disney Plus announced the seven Japanese anime studios that are behind the short films in the series: Kamikaze Douga, Geno Studio (Twin Engine), Studio Colorido (Twin
Some people like “Independence Day” for its campy take on “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”; or for its technical achievements, which won an Oscar and set director Roland Emmerich on the path for becoming the disaster director du jour; or for establishing Will Smith as the “King of the Fourth of July.” Other people
“A love letter to cinema” was the tired-but-true trope that everyone trotted out when Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” the movie, hit theaters two years ago. But it’s now clear just how insufficient a mere mash note to the movies was for Tarantino. This week saw the arrival of “Once Upon a
The night before her June 23 testimony, Britney Spears called 911 to report conservatorship abuse, according to a new investigation by Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino in the New Yorker. “Members of Spears’s team began texting one another frantically. They were worried about what Spears might say the next day, and they discussed how to
Amazon Studios is firing back following reports that production on the upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series is not taking safety standards seriously, with the company calling the claims “completely inaccurate.” An article in the New Zealand Herald, published on Friday, reports that “at least three” stunt workers on the set of the “Lord of
Phylicia Rashad apologized in a letter to the students and families of Howard University for her public celebration of Bill Cosby’s overturned sexual assault conviction. In the letter obtained by CNN, Rashad, who is dean of Howard’s College of Fine Arts, wrote: “My remarks were in no way directed towards survivors of sexual assault. I
Phylicia Rashad has FINALLY done an about-face on her Bill Cosby sentiments from this week — issuing a formal apology to Howard U students … and deleting the tweet in question. The former actress — who is now Dean of the HBCU’s Fine Arts College — sent a letter to Howard U students Friday, which
Months into an expedition through the Amazon in the early ’90s, the Kratt Brothers — as Chris and Martin Kratt are known — were on the lookout for giant river otters, German shepherd-sized animals also known as “lobos de rio,” or “wolves of the river.” A sudden snorting sound had tipped them off to the
NBC’s “Ultimate Slip ‘N’ Slide” has backed out of its post-Olympics Closing Ceremony premiere following a giardia outbreak, a source close to production confirmed to Variety. The new reality competition had been set to debut right after the Tokyo Olympics finale on Aug. 8 at 10:30 p.m. ET, followed by a second episode on Aug. 9
Kristina Ruehli, 77, has told the story of her experience with Bill Cosby many times over the years — including to Andrea Constand’s lawyers in 2005, when she became one of the Jane Doe accusers who said they would support Constand’s story of allegedly being drugged and sexually assaulted by Cosby in 2004, should the
Monaco-based International Emerging Film Talent Association will showcase 32 in-progress documentaries at this month’s Cannes Marché du Film-Festival and will present a cash award of to one of them. The Marché runs July 6-15, concurrent with the broader Cannes film festival, which wraps July 17. This is the third year year IEFTA is offering its
While it’s not uncommon for an animation director to make the leap into live-action filmmaking, it is rather rare for that first at bat to be a massive sci-fi blockbuster that isn’t based on any pre-existing properties. That’s the opportunity presented to Chris McKay, who transitioned from directing nearly four dozen episodes of “Robot Chicken”
The documentary “Beyond the Raging Sea” will make its European premiere July 4 as the centerpiece presentation of the Monaco Streaming Film Festival. The screening will take place in Monte Carlo’s Grimaldi Forum prior to the Festival’s Gala Awards evening. The film’s writer-director, Marco Orsini, will attend. The Streaming Festival debuts this year, running July
“F9,” the ninth installment in the “Fast and Furious” franchise, is holding its own at the top of the domestic box office charts in its second week of release. Over the Fourth of July long weekend, the action flick is expected to add another $32.9 million to its gross from 4,203 theaters, raising its cume
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Britney Spears made a compelling case that the conservators have abused her and upended her life, but we’ve learned the conservators are going to present a very different story to the judge. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, various people involved in different elements of the conservatorship claim Britney’s story doesn’t mesh with the facts.
Unite Here Local 11, the union backing laid-off Chateau Marmont workers, filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, alleging that management at the Andre Balazs-owned hotel was unlawfully “engaging in surveillance or creating impression of surveillance of employees’ union activities.” The charge is the latest move in the
Netflix has cleaned house and canceled the comedy series “The Crew,” “Mr. Iglesias,” “Bonding,” and “Country Comfort” all in one fell swoop, Variety has learned. Both “The Crew” and “Country Comfort” had aired one season, while “Bonding” and “Mr. Iglesias” had aired two. Netflix has closed a development deal with “The Crew” lead Kevin James to
Bollywood star Ranveer Singh will host “The Big Picture,” the Indian adaptation of the popular quiz show format, marking his television debut. The show will be available on studio Viacom18’s Hindi-language general entertainment channel COLORS. The show is adapted by the channel in association with Banijay Asia and ITV Studios Global Entertainment B.V. It will
Incoming Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has been given stock awards valued at well over $200 million based on the tech giant’s four-figure stock price at present. Jassy has been granted 61,000 shares of Amazon common stock as of July 5, when he takes over the helm from founder Jeff Bezos. The stock awards will vest
“Lovecraft Country” is not being renewed for a second season at HBO, Variety has confirmed. “We will not be moving forward with a second season of ‘Lovecraft Country,’” HBO said in a statement. “We are grateful for the dedication and artistry of the gifted cast and crew, and to Misha Green, who crafted this groundbreaking series.
“All American” showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll wants the show’s collegiate spinoff, “All American: Homecoming,” to “bring a world to the screen” that many people may not be familiar with — the world of a historically Black college. Inspired by the NBC sitcom “A Different World,” which ran from 1987 to 1993 as a spinoff of
Big-budget mainland Chinese propaganda film “1921” is set for distribution across a raft of English-speaking countries, including the U.S. and U.K. The film enjoyed a wide general release in mainland China from Thursday as part of the ongoing celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. It is primarily
Twenty-four years ago, on the evening that the U.K. handed political control of Hong Kong to China in 1997, Hong Kong leading man and Cantopop superstar Andy Lau performed in state broadcaster CCTV’s song-and-dance spectacular to mark the occasion. As the camera panned through an audience waving both Chinese and Hong Kong flags, he sang
Guangzhou, the capital of China’s top movie-going province Guangdong, announced Friday that cinemas there can now reopen after nearly a month of closures due to a rise in COVID-19 cases. Theaters were shuttered in a number of districts in the city of more than 15 million on June 7 after an outbreak that authorities worried
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