An expectant mother finds her relationship almost imperceptibly coming apart — right at the moment she most needs some care and kinship — in “Guo Ran,” a silently wrenching second feature from Chinese writer-director Li Dongmei that deftly identifies generational malaise in individual crisis. The kind of brief, intimately scaled chamber drama that often gets […]
Will Forte does not want people to forget about “Coyote vs. Acme,” the Looney Tunes comedy that Warner Bros. notoriously shelved in order to take a $30 million tax write-off. The decision was widely panned by the film industry. Prior to shelving “Coyote vs. Acme,” Warner Bros. sparked fury for making the same decisions with […]
Vivacious Dominican merengue phenom Milly Quezada receives just accolades in the spirited biopic “Milly, the Queen of Merengue,” an electric musical set to hit the London Screenings Market later this month. Forced to flee during the Dominican Republic’s turbulent civil war, Quezada’s family immigrated to Manhattan’s bustling Latin district, Washington Heights, just as the diaspora’s […]
SINISTER STORIES India’s pioneering horror film festival Wench is set to unleash its fifth edition at Mumbai venues with British psychological thriller “The Eye,” toplining Shruti Haasan, who will participate in a post-screening Q&A. Running Feb. 27-March 2, the fest continues its mission to spotlight female voices in genre cinema, with women helmers accounting for […]
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired “Unidentified,” the latest feature from groundbreaking Saudi director Haifaa Al Mansour. The film reunites Al Mansour with SPC 13 years after it came aboard her landmark 2012 debut “Wadjda,” which became the first feature to be shot entirely in Saudi Arabia, the first feature shot by a female Saudi director and […]
Vincent Kompany insisted Bayern Munich’s top priority is their Bundesliga home game against Werder Bremen on Friday and not their Champions League play-off. Bayern, who have opened up a six-point gap at the top of the league, can move nine points clear of second-place Bayer Leverkusen ahead of the rest of the weekend’s fixtures with […]
Fulham have completed the signing of experienced winger Willian just six months after he left the club. The Brazilian departed the Cottagers for Olympiakos in the summer but was released by the Greek club in December, paving the way for a return to west London. It means the Brazilian international picks up where he left […]
Verdict: Home win Best odds: 4/9 Bookmaker: Betfair Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco will face each other for the third time in six weeks at the Parc des Princes in Ligue 1 on Friday night. Monaco’s loss on matchday eight of the Champions League means they will join PSG in the upcoming playoffs, which begin next […]
The January transfer window has come and gone, and despite all the rumours of various targets throughout the first half of the season, Arsenal have not added a centre-forward to their ranks. According to the Independent, they were most keen on RB Leipizig’s Benjamin Sesko, but the services of the Slovenia international would’ve cost an […]
The late Norman Lear’s career was defined by centering underrepresented stories rarely seen on television, and “Clean Slate,” one of Lear’s final projects, continues that tradition. The show follows father/daughter duo Harry (George Wallace) and Desiree Slate (Laverne Cox), who reconnect after being estranged for over two decades. Created by Wallace, Cox and Dan Ewen, […]
