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Wes Anderson’s 'The Phoenician Scheme:' An Aesthetic Failure from a Master of Framing

Bélinda Ibrahim, 07/06 18:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Some filmmakers develop a signature style, and Wes Anderson belongs to the rare group whose name has become shorthand for an entire world. His universe is instantly recognizable from a single frame: perfectly balanced compositions, pastel color palettes, characters as melancholic as they are poised, deadpan humor, precisely timed tracking shots ...

The Scars of Acting: 10 Actors Shattered by Their Performances

Bélinda Ibrahim, 06/06 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Cinema captivates by pushing the boundaries of fiction. Yet behind some of its most iconic works lies a steep human cost—borne by actors who lost themselves in the characters they brought to life. From isolation and depression to physical pain and lasting trauma, these ten performers discovered just how thin the line can be between playing a ...

Cannes Red Carpet Gets a Second Life in Marseille

This is Beirut, 05/06 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Walked on for fifteen days by the biggest stars in global cinema, the iconic red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival is now getting a second life in Marseille. Designers, theater troupes, and fashion collectives are repurposing the material into new creative works. “We sell it as a basic fine red carpet, not as the Cannes red carpet,” said ...

'Lilo & Stitch' Scores Again in Box Office Triumph

This is Beirut, 02/06 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Disney's family-friendly Lilo & Stitch, a live-action remake of the 2002 animated film, won the North American box office for a second week in a row, taking in another $63 million, industry estimates showed Sunday. So far, its worldwide take is at a whopping $610 million, Exhibitor Relations said. Maia Kealoha (as Lilo), Hannah Waddingham, ...

Immersive Matrix Experience Aims To Bring Audiences Back

This is Beirut, 01/06 13:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Quasi-hypnotic lighting, surround sound, a dome-shaped screen: a new immersive experience in the United States is trying to lure audiences out of their living rooms and back into movie theaters, which have been struggling against the rise of streaming platforms. Cosm Theater in Los Angeles is one of the driving forces behind this trend and is ...

'Citizen Kane': Orson Welles’ Thunderclap in the Sky of Hollywood

Bélinda Ibrahim, 31/05 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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What’s being told here is no myth. Orson Welles really was 25 when he shot Citizen Kane. He had never directed a film before, but had already caused a sensation in 1938 with his radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, so realistic it panicked thousands of Americans. A prodigy to some, a fraud to others, he fascinated everyone. The RKO studio, ...

‘La Dolce Vita’ or Fellini’s Prophetic Vision

Bélinda Ibrahim, 30/05 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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When it was released in 1960, La Dolce Vita caused a stir. The film disrupted cinema, unsettled Italian society, and changed how we understand what a film can express. Yet this masterpiece by Federico Fellini was not born out of serenity or control. It emerged from the tumult of late 1950s Rome, where nights seemed more intense than ...

Ana de Armas Strikes Back as Vengeful Ballerina Assassin

This is Beirut, 30/05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ana de Armas steps into the spotlight alongside Keanu Reeves in Ballerina, the highly anticipated spin-off of the John Wick saga, hitting theaters this Wednesday. The 37-year-old actress plays Eve Maccaro, a ballerina-turned-deadly assassin raised and trained by the Ruska Roma, a shadowy organized crime syndicate. Eve is on a relentless quest to ...

Adèle Exarchopoulos: Behind the Spotlight, Raw and Unmasked

Marie-Christine Tayah, 26/05 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Born in Paris in 1993, Adèle Exarchopoulos shot to fame at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival through Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest Color. At the request of jury president Steven Spielberg, she was awarded the Palme d’Or alongside the director and her co-star Léa Seydoux—her “greatest love story on screen,” as she recently ...

Lilo & Stitch Smash Box Office in Holiday Weekend Surge

This is Beirut, 26/05 14:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Theaters across North America are enjoying an exceptional Memorial Day holiday weekend, with two new much-anticipated blockbusters bringing in an estimated box office totaling well over $250 million, analysts said Sunday. Disney's family-friendly Lilo & Stitch earned an estimated $183 million, a record for the four-day Memorial Day weekend, ...

Marcel Ophuls, Legendary Filmmaker Who Shattered French WWII Myths

This is Beirut, 26/05 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Oscar-winning filmmaker Marcel Ophuls, who blew the lid off the myth that France resisted its World War II Nazi occupiers in The Sorrow and the Pity, has died aged 97, his family said Monday. Ophuls, who was the son of renowned German Jewish director Max Ophuls, "died peacefully on May 24", his grandson Andreas-Benjamin Seyfert said in a ...

'Just an Accident:' The Iranian Film That Won Over Cannes and Took Home the Palme d’Or

Bélinda Ibrahim, 25/05 18:30 - Reading : 7 minute(s)

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From the very start of this 78th edition, the tone was set. The official poster, showing a couple running along a beach, taken from Claude Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman, said it all: a nod to romance, but also to the familiar. This year, Cannes offered both comfort and disruption. Comfort, in the form of familiar faces: Claude Lelouch, Daniel ...

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