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Luc Besson to direct Dracula film adaptation, Christoph Waltz starring

Luc Besson is venturing into epic fantasy territories with an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Christoph Waltz.

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All for No 1: The Three Musketeers chases the elusive dream of a European blockbuster

Funded by four countries, starring Eva Green and featuring modern sexual tweaks, the trio’s new €72m Milady yarn was meant to rival Hollywood productions. But is it another doomed Europudding?

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Venice Film Festival round-up: From Yorgos Lanthimos standout Poor Things to Michael Mann’s operatic Ferrari

Festivalgoers will surely agree that the 2023 competition was one of the most eclectic and eccentric in recent memory, writes Geoffrey Macnab

The Independent UK

Woody Allen: cheered on stage despite fog of accusation that won’t lift

Given rapturous applause at Venice, Allen has – like it or not – become an icon for post-#MeToo confusion around allegations and burdens of proof

The Guardian - UK

Auteurs and workers’ rights spotlit at a less starry Venice film festival

Hollywood strikes have deprived festival of glamour but not debate, while focus switched to varyingly controversial directors

The Guardian - UK

Adam Driver ‘fights back tears’ as Ferrari receives six-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival

Actor stars in Michael Mann’s new Formula One biopic

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Luc Besson emotionally thanks wife during Venice Film Festival return after being cleared of rape charges

French director returns to spotlight after he was cleared of rape charges in June

The Independent UK

Dogman review – the most ludicrous film you’ll see all year, maybe ever

Luc Besson’s wacky revenge fantasy follows luckless drag artist Doug and his pack of canine chums that do his criminal bidding – you can’t look away

The Guardian - UK

‘We knew we would face insults’: Venice film festival’s Alberto Barbera on including Polanski and Allen

The artistic director discusses the US actors’ strike, reviving Venice, and this year’s controversial lineup

The Guardian - UK

Freediving: is this a sport – or ‘French existentialist swimming’?

With the Netflix documentary The Deepest Breath wowing audiences, the activity is having its biggest cultural moment since Luc Besson’s film The Big Blue. But if freediving wants to break into the mainstream like surfing once did, it has some questions to answer

The Guardian - UK

What next for Kevin Spacey? Will Hollywood welcome him back or give him the cold shoulder?

The rules about who gets back in and who doesn’t aren’t always clear

Evening Standard

Venice to screen Polanski, Woody Allen

The three filmmakers have been accused of sexual abuse and faced several cancellation campaigns

Salon

Paris's Palais Galliera museum celebrates 1997, a decisive year in fashion history

An enormous part of a museum's success depends on its curators. At Paris's Palais Galliera fashion museum, curator Alexandre Samson has declared 1997 a year unparalleled in its influence on global fashion. It was the year Jean-Paul Gaultier designed the costumes for Luc Besson’s film "The Fifth Element", Comme des…

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Evening Standard

‘Cannes is the highpoint of glamour, the apex of celebrity and a bleak place for women’

Every year, the festival generates two kinds of headlines: one of premieres and prizes, another involving the spectre of misogyny. Will glamour always matter more than progress at Cannes, asks Sophie Heawood

Evening Standard

Jeanne du Barry: Johnny Depp, its controversial director, and everything else we know about the Cannes film

Cannes’ opening film has set the festival alight

The Week

Maïwenn Le Besco: the ‘eyebrow-raising’ director behind Johnny Depp’s comeback

Cannes Film Festival has come under fire for selecting a film starring Johnny Depp as its opener this year, less than a year after the actor won a bitter defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

The Independent UK

Journalist speaks out after being spat on by Johnny Depp’s Cannes film director Maïwenn

French director admitted to assaulting journalist earlier this month

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Natalie Portman Gets Honest About Her ‘Conflicted’ Feelings Over The Professional

Natalie Portman says she has "conflicted" feelings regarding the Luc Besson classic The Professional.

The Independent UK

Natalie Portman reflects on ‘cringey’ Leon role: ‘It’s complicated for me’

Actor said she was ‘devastated’ by the allegations aganst director Luc Besson

WhatToWatch

My top movies to stream in May: new to Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu and more

I'm here to help you figure out what to watch on streaming services this month, with eight movies that are definitely worth your time.

The Guardian - UK

Assassin Club review – trashy hitman runaround is generic multiplex filler

Our nice-guy killer is entered into a hitpersons’ Champions League, destined to fulfil functional combat scenes and voice the most leaden dialogue ever transmitted in Dolby surround

Cinemablend

Director Of Johnny Depp’s First Post-Trial Movie Is Being Sued For Alleged Assault

Jeanne du Barry director, and star alongside Johnny Depp, is being sued by a journalist.

The Guardian - UK

‘It took over my life!’ How one man made his dream 90s video game on his own

Computer programmer Cassius John-Adams explains how he mashed up Crazy Taxi and The Fifth Element during an obsessive three-year period, single-handedly creating the game he’d always dreamed of

Chicago Tribune

‘Full Time’ review: In this high-velocity thriller, the only crime is a working mother’s work week

Built for nerve-wracking speed, the French import “Full Time” is scored musically like a Luc Besson thriller from the mid-’80s, jacking up the tension with synthesizer beats suggesting the heroine is headed for a run-in with hordes of assassins.

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