Embrace of the Serpent’ Tops Mar del Plata

Embrace of the Serpent’ Tops Mar del Plata

MAR DEL PLATA – Having won the biggest prize at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Colombian Ciro Guerra’s “Embrace of the Serpent” – a ravishing but unequivocal put-down of white invaders’ obliteration of the Amazon’s indigenous peoples – took the top Golden Astor at...
Amazon Studios Snaps up Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Neon Demon’

Amazon Studios Snaps up Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Neon Demon’

International Correspondent @elsakeslassy In one of the most significant deals scored at the American Film Market, Amazon Studios has acquired Nicolas Winding Refn’s anticipated “The Neon Demon” and will release it theatrically Stateside next summer. “The Neon Demon”...
The truth is STILL out there!

The truth is STILL out there!

Mulder and Scully are in more danger than ever before in the latest trailer for The X-Files’ revival. Fox’s two-minute extension of a teaser released on Monday (September 28) finds Mulder (David Duchovny) resuming his life’s work in exposing an alien...
Australia is heading for its own ‘Golden Age’ of TV

Australia is heading for its own ‘Golden Age’ of TV

Australia hasn’t yet reached the “Golden Age” of quality TV like America has, but the uptake of video-on-demand services and willingness of these services to produce local content could be changing that, writes Luke Buckmaster. In recent years the...
Apple Eyes Move Into Original Programming

Apple Eyes Move Into Original Programming

AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Andrew Wallenstein Co-Editor-in-Chief@awallenstein Sources indicate the Cupertino, Calif., colossus has held preliminary conversations in recent weeks with executives in Hollywood to suss out their interest in spearheading efforts to produce...