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'Three Amigos' of film reflect on success
AFP, Published on 07/01/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Dubbed the "Three Amigos", directors Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron have amassed multiple Oscars between them and forged a golden age of Mexican filmmaking.
'Mank' leads Oscars nominations in record year for women
AFP, Published on 15/03/2021
» LOS ANGELES: "Mank", David Fincher's black-and-white ode to "Citizen Kane," comfortably led this year's Oscars nominations Monday with 10 nods including for best picture and best director, as female filmmakers smashed Academy records.
Bob Dylan releases first original album in almost a decade
AFP, Published on 19/06/2020
» NEW YORK - Legendary US folk singer Bob Dylan releases his first album of original songs in eight years on Friday with the 10-track "Rough and Rowdy Ways."
FIFA 'mafia' depicted in new Amazon Prime satire
AFP, Published on 04/06/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Fans yearning for the return of professional soccer have spent months rewatching classic matches, obsessing over "contact training" schedules and adopting teams from far-flung leagues that play in empty stadiums.
British visit Easter Island to discuss returning sacred monolith
AFP, Published on 05/06/2019
» SANTIAGO - A team from the British Museum arrived Tuesday on Easter Island to meet with local Polynesian people seeking the return from London of one of the most spiritually important of the Chilean island's stone monoliths.
'Parasite', South Korean comedy about class rage, wins Cannes gold
AFP, Published on 26/05/2019
» CANNES: "Parasite", a black comedy about a family of clever scammers from South Korea's underclass, won the Palme d'Or top prize at Cannes on Saturday, the first time a Korean director has scooped the coveted award in the film festival's 72-year history.
Tarantino's new film makes the cut for Cannes
AFP, Published on 02/05/2019
» PARIS - Quentin Tarantino's much-anticipated new film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" will premiere at the Cannes film festival, organisers said Thursday, after doubts over whether it would be finished in time.
Loach and Malick top bill but no Tarantino - yet - for Cannes festival
AFP, Published on 18/04/2019
» PARIS: Veteran directors Ken Loach and Terrence Malick head the line-up of a gritty and highly political Cannes film festival next month, its director Thierry Fremaux said Thursday.
Mexico's Inarritu to head Cannes film festival jury
AFP, Published on 27/02/2019
» PARIS - The five-time Oscar-winning Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is to head the jury at this year's Cannes film festival, the organisers said Wednesday.
'Get Out' tops Spirit Awards ahead of Oscars
AFP, Published on 04/03/2018
» SANTA MONICA: Jordan Peele's satirical horror flick "Get Out" triumphed Saturday at the Spirit Awards -- the latest in a string of honors the film has picked up, with the Oscars just one day away.