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Glen Hansard Was a Hero Right Out of the Movies
The late musician didn't just make films — he lived as cinema.
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Action Man Movie, Based on Iconic British Toy Originally Inspired by ‘G.I. Joe,’ in Development With Working Title and Hasbro
WorldPingAction Man — the iconic British action figure that first launched in 1966 — is getting the movie treatment. Variety has confirmed that an Action Man film is being developed by U.K.
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Outplay Films Nabs Tom Tykwer-Produced Locarno Competition Title ‘I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Isabelle Stever’s Locarno main competition title “I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming,” produced by Tom Tykwer, has been picked up for world sales by France’s Outplay Films.
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‘Warhammer 40,000’ Animated Series in Development at Amazon, Henry Cavill to Produce (EXCLUSIVE)
A “Warhammer 40,000” animated event series is in development from Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studios, and Games Workshop, Variety has learned exclusively.
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‘Sade wasn’t particularly friendly’: the stories behind music’s most iconic portraits – in pictures
In a career spanning six decades, photographer Gered Mankowitz has nurtured trusting relationships with many of the twentieth century’s defining artists.
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‘Peaky Blinders’ Helps U.K. Region Land Official Production Hub Status From British Film Commission
“Peaky Blinders” may have given closely clipped back and sides haircuts a new lease of life, but it’s now helped a region of the U.K. land official backing as a center for high-end productions.
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‘A gentle poetry in the everyday’: why The Straight Story is my feelgood movie
The latest in our ongoing series of writers picking their most beloved comfort films is a tribute to David Lynch’s gentlest movie What was your gateway into the Lynchian empire?
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