London’s Raindance Film Festival is making a significant calendar shift for its 32nd edition, moving from its traditional fall slot to a new summer schedule.
Raindance kicks off with the U.K. premiere of Tilman Singer’s “Cuckoo,” a horror feature starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens that previously played at Berlin and SXSW. Closing the festival is the European premiere of “National Anthem” by Luke Gilford, starring Charlie Plummer as a construction worker joining a community of queer rodeo performers. The film, which was at Toronto and SXSW, leads into the Pride in London weekend with a wild West End party.
This year, Germany is the festival’s guest of honor. The festival will showcase new German films, including “Cuckoo,” “Eternal You” and “What You See of Me.” A dedicated shorts program and industry panels, including a session with production designer Mona Cathleen Otterbach, will highlight Germany’s cinematic achievements.
Raindance kicks off with the U.K. premiere of Tilman Singer’s “Cuckoo,” a horror feature starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens that previously played at Berlin and SXSW. Closing the festival is the European premiere of “National Anthem” by Luke Gilford, starring Charlie Plummer as a construction worker joining a community of queer rodeo performers. The film, which was at Toronto and SXSW, leads into the Pride in London weekend with a wild West End party.
This year, Germany is the festival’s guest of honor. The festival will showcase new German films, including “Cuckoo,” “Eternal You” and “What You See of Me.” A dedicated shorts program and industry panels, including a session with production designer Mona Cathleen Otterbach, will highlight Germany’s cinematic achievements.
- 5/20/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Hideo Kojima, the mastermind Japanese video game designer who also has a never-fulfilling appetite for entertainment through movies and television series, has landed his verdict on another piece of masterwork. And, this time, the project that has received his honest reviews is a 2023-released incredibly in-depth critically commended Holocaust war drama.
Hideo Kojima. | Credit: Lau Anime X/Wikimedia Commons.
The film in the talk is none other than Jonathan Glazer’s masterpiece, The Zone of Interest. In fact, this film has even earned tremendous acclaim from the mastermind Steven Spielberg, who even went on so far as to claim that this was the “best Holocaust movie” created ever since his own 1993 massively popular film of the same genre, Schindler’s List!
Hideo Kojima Lands His Verdict on The Zone of Interest
Although he is a video game designer famous for creating pieces like the Metal Gear Solid series, Hideo Kojima is...
Hideo Kojima. | Credit: Lau Anime X/Wikimedia Commons.
The film in the talk is none other than Jonathan Glazer’s masterpiece, The Zone of Interest. In fact, this film has even earned tremendous acclaim from the mastermind Steven Spielberg, who even went on so far as to claim that this was the “best Holocaust movie” created ever since his own 1993 massively popular film of the same genre, Schindler’s List!
Hideo Kojima Lands His Verdict on The Zone of Interest
Although he is a video game designer famous for creating pieces like the Metal Gear Solid series, Hideo Kojima is...
- 5/14/2024
- by Mahin Sultan
- FandomWire
Exclusive: Megan Brophy Young, Matt Haberman and Chase Lehner have been promoted to Vice President of Talent at the leading PR firm Narrative.
Lehner will work out of the company’s Los Angeles office, with Brophy Young and Haberman continuing to co-lead the company’s New York City outpost, as Brophy Young splits her time between Texas and New York.
Young has spent more than a decade curating an impressive client roster including prominent actors, athletes, musicians, thought leaders and industry innovators. Beginning her career in-house at AMC Networks, she developed a passion for talent representation and transitioned to personal publicity in 2012. In 2017, Brophy took her expertise to Nashville where she immersed herself in the country music industry, working at Big Machine Label Group before landing at Narrative in 2018, closely after its inception. To date, she’s been the driving force for campaigns for the likes of Lily Allen, Lucy Boynton,...
Lehner will work out of the company’s Los Angeles office, with Brophy Young and Haberman continuing to co-lead the company’s New York City outpost, as Brophy Young splits her time between Texas and New York.
Young has spent more than a decade curating an impressive client roster including prominent actors, athletes, musicians, thought leaders and industry innovators. Beginning her career in-house at AMC Networks, she developed a passion for talent representation and transitioned to personal publicity in 2012. In 2017, Brophy took her expertise to Nashville where she immersed herself in the country music industry, working at Big Machine Label Group before landing at Narrative in 2018, closely after its inception. To date, she’s been the driving force for campaigns for the likes of Lily Allen, Lucy Boynton,...
- 5/9/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The true story of the haunting legacy of the Höss family is revealed in documentary “The Commandant’s Shadow.”
The Höss clan was fictionally captured in Jonathan Glazer’s Academy Award-winning “The Zone of Interest.” Now, the family that inspired the disturbing saga is followed in a Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Documentary Films feature written, produced, and directed by Daniela Völker.
“The Commandant’s Shadow” follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, as he faces his father’s terrible legacy for the first time. His father was the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz and masterminded the murder of over a million Jews. The documentary centers on two stories, one of Auschwitz survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and another of Höss recalling his own childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz. The two meet 80 years later, marking the “first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting,...
The Höss clan was fictionally captured in Jonathan Glazer’s Academy Award-winning “The Zone of Interest.” Now, the family that inspired the disturbing saga is followed in a Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Documentary Films feature written, produced, and directed by Daniela Völker.
“The Commandant’s Shadow” follows Hans Jürgen Höss, the 87-year-old son of Rudolf Höss, as he faces his father’s terrible legacy for the first time. His father was the Camp Commandant of Auschwitz and masterminded the murder of over a million Jews. The documentary centers on two stories, one of Auschwitz survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and another of Höss recalling his own childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz. The two meet 80 years later, marking the “first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting,...
- 5/6/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Matthias Glasner’s epic dysfunctional family drama Dying has won the top prize for best film at the 2024 German Film Awards, the Lolas.
Dying was one of the critical favorites at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where Glasner won the Silver Bear for best screenplay. The film stars Lars Eidinger as a classical conductor with an extremely dysfunctional family.
In addition to the top prize, Corinna Harfoch won the best actress Lola for her role in Dying, where she plays Eidinger’s sharp-tonged and cold-hearted mother. Her Dying co-star Hans-Uwe Bauer took best supporting actor, and the film also took the Lola for best film music for composer Lorenz Dangel.
Ayşe Polat took best director and best screenplay for In the Blind Spot, her twisty documentary-style conspiracy thriller set in modern-day Turkey. The film, which premiered in Berlin’s Encounters section last year, won the top prize at the Oldenburg Film Festival,...
Dying was one of the critical favorites at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, where Glasner won the Silver Bear for best screenplay. The film stars Lars Eidinger as a classical conductor with an extremely dysfunctional family.
In addition to the top prize, Corinna Harfoch won the best actress Lola for her role in Dying, where she plays Eidinger’s sharp-tonged and cold-hearted mother. Her Dying co-star Hans-Uwe Bauer took best supporting actor, and the film also took the Lola for best film music for composer Lorenz Dangel.
Ayşe Polat took best director and best screenplay for In the Blind Spot, her twisty documentary-style conspiracy thriller set in modern-day Turkey. The film, which premiered in Berlin’s Encounters section last year, won the top prize at the Oldenburg Film Festival,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Blackpink’s Lisa is laying the groundwork for the next stage of her solo career by inking a new deal with RCA Records.
The announcement of the partnership didn’t come with any info about when new music might be released, but one key detail of the deal was revealed: Lisa will retain full ownership over all of her recordings.
“I’m super excited to be joining the RCA family and I am confident they are the best team to create a bigger movement in my solo career,” Lisa said in a statement.
The announcement of the partnership didn’t come with any info about when new music might be released, but one key detail of the deal was revealed: Lisa will retain full ownership over all of her recordings.
“I’m super excited to be joining the RCA family and I am confident they are the best team to create a bigger movement in my solo career,” Lisa said in a statement.
- 4/10/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Christian Friedel’s career has gained renewed attention with his portrayal of Nazi officer Rudolf Höss in Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest. He stars alongside Sandra Hüller in the historical drama based on Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same title. Friedel’s role earned him the 2023 Breakthrough Performance Award at the Montclair Film Festival. He was also nominated for Astra Film Awards’ Best International Actor for 2024, among dozens of other coveted awards the movie bagged. This includes five nominations at the 96th Academy Awards. The Zone of Interest tells a compelling Holocaust story without the typical, overt depiction
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- 3/21/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
Updated with more signatories: Reaction continues to The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech after his film won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film this month.
Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).
This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.
You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...
Some 1,215 Jewish show business professionals now have signed a letter denouncing the filmmaker’s speech, in which he decried the “dehumanization” of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas. See the updated full list below.
“We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination,” the letter states (read it in full in full below).
This list includes among its signatories Eli Roth and Amy Sherman-Palladino, Amy Pascal, Debra Messing, Gail Berman, Hawk Koch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gary Barber, Lawrence Bender, Tovah Feldshuh and Rod Lurie.
You can watch Glazer’s speech here,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
The German Film Academy has announced the movies in competition this year for the German Film Awards, the local equivalent of the Oscars.
Matthias Glasner’s epic family drama Dying, Timm Kröger’s experimental sci-fi feature The Universal Theory, and In the Blind Spot, Ayşe Polat’s documentary-style conspiracy thriller set in modern-day Turkey, are among the favorites for this year’s awards, called the Lolas.
Dying, which stars Lars Eidinger as a classical conductor with an extremely dysfunctional family, picked up nominations in every major category, including best film, best director and best screenplay nominations for Glasner, a best actor nom for Eidinger and a best actress nomination for Corinna Harfoch, who plays Eidinger’s mother. In total, the film is up for nine Lolas.
The Universal Theory, a black-and-white drama about the multiverse, is also in the running for the best film Lola, and Kröger is up for best director.
Matthias Glasner’s epic family drama Dying, Timm Kröger’s experimental sci-fi feature The Universal Theory, and In the Blind Spot, Ayşe Polat’s documentary-style conspiracy thriller set in modern-day Turkey, are among the favorites for this year’s awards, called the Lolas.
Dying, which stars Lars Eidinger as a classical conductor with an extremely dysfunctional family, picked up nominations in every major category, including best film, best director and best screenplay nominations for Glasner, a best actor nom for Eidinger and a best actress nomination for Corinna Harfoch, who plays Eidinger’s mother. In total, the film is up for nine Lolas.
The Universal Theory, a black-and-white drama about the multiverse, is also in the running for the best film Lola, and Kröger is up for best director.
- 3/19/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Coming off his breakout role in Zone of Interest, Christian Friedel has signed with UTA for representation.
Friedel stars as the lead in Jonathan Glazer’s critically acclaimed feature The Zone of Interest, based on the book of the same name by Martin Amis. The film made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 to remarkable reviews, where it was awarded the coveted Grand Prix and has since received a number of accolades including two Oscars for best sound and best international feature film.
Friedel was recently cast in a significant role in season 3 of the Emmy-winning global phenomenon anthology series The White Lotus. He is set to star alongside Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Aimee Lou Wood, Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey and Leslie Bibb, among others. Production is currently underway in Thailand.
Friedel’s first theater engagements took him to the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich, the Munich Kammerspiele,...
Friedel stars as the lead in Jonathan Glazer’s critically acclaimed feature The Zone of Interest, based on the book of the same name by Martin Amis. The film made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 to remarkable reviews, where it was awarded the coveted Grand Prix and has since received a number of accolades including two Oscars for best sound and best international feature film.
Friedel was recently cast in a significant role in season 3 of the Emmy-winning global phenomenon anthology series The White Lotus. He is set to star alongside Michelle Monaghan, Carrie Coon, Aimee Lou Wood, Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey and Leslie Bibb, among others. Production is currently underway in Thailand.
Friedel’s first theater engagements took him to the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich, the Munich Kammerspiele,...
- 3/18/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO in November 2022 announced a third season for The White Lotus, which will bring a new installment of the Mike White-created anthology series to screens.
The first installment, which premiered July 2021 and was set in Hawaii, was nominated for 20 Emmy Awards and won a leading 10, including for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. Season 2, set in Sicily, debuted October 30, 2022 and won five Emmys, including a repeat for Jennifer Coolidge.
When will The White Lotus Season 3 premiere?
Originally eyed to premiere in 2024, HBO boss Casey Bloys has said Season 3 will likely arrive in 2025, delayed be the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes that shut down production through the heart of 2023. Season 3 of The White Lotus, to be set in Thailand after setting the action in Hawaii for Season 1 and Sicily for Season 2, is now slated to begin filming in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok in February 2024.
Who’s in the cast?...
The first installment, which premiered July 2021 and was set in Hawaii, was nominated for 20 Emmy Awards and won a leading 10, including for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. Season 2, set in Sicily, debuted October 30, 2022 and won five Emmys, including a repeat for Jennifer Coolidge.
When will The White Lotus Season 3 premiere?
Originally eyed to premiere in 2024, HBO boss Casey Bloys has said Season 3 will likely arrive in 2025, delayed be the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes that shut down production through the heart of 2023. Season 3 of The White Lotus, to be set in Thailand after setting the action in Hawaii for Season 1 and Sicily for Season 2, is now slated to begin filming in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok in February 2024.
Who’s in the cast?...
- 3/16/2024
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Charlotte Le Bon (Falcon Lake) has joined Season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus in a role that is being recast. She is replacing Francesca Corney, who had been originally tapped for the part, sources close to production tell Deadline. HBO would not comment but we hear that the producers felt they needed someone who played older. Details regarding the character are being kept under wraps.
This is the second recasting on White Lotus‘ upcoming third season. Previously, HBO parted ways with Serbian actor Miloš Biković who had voiced support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bulgarian Julian Kostov was cast as his replacement, as Deadline reported exclusively.
Season 3 of Mike White’s hit anthology series is currently in production in various parts of Thailand including Bangkok and the island of Koh Samui and Phuket. Not many details are available regarding the new chapter’s plot beyond that it follows...
This is the second recasting on White Lotus‘ upcoming third season. Previously, HBO parted ways with Serbian actor Miloš Biković who had voiced support for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bulgarian Julian Kostov was cast as his replacement, as Deadline reported exclusively.
Season 3 of Mike White’s hit anthology series is currently in production in various parts of Thailand including Bangkok and the island of Koh Samui and Phuket. Not many details are available regarding the new chapter’s plot beyond that it follows...
- 3/16/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Danny Cohen, executive producer of Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama The Zone Of Interest, has said he “fundamentally disagrees” with the director’s politically-orientated Oscars acceptance speech.
Accepting the International Feature Oscar last Sunday, Glazer spoke at length and highlighted what he described as the shared ideology behind the film’s subject matter and contemporary world events.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present — not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather, ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present,” Glazer said.
“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of October the. Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza,...
Accepting the International Feature Oscar last Sunday, Glazer spoke at length and highlighted what he described as the shared ideology behind the film’s subject matter and contemporary world events.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present — not to say, ‘Look what they did then,’ rather, ‘Look what we do now.’ Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It shaped all of our past and present,” Glazer said.
“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation, which has led to conflict for so many innocent people. Whether the victims of October the. Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Out of its five nominations at the 96th Academy Award, The Zone of Interest won Best Sound and Best International Feature Film, stirring renewed interest in the historical drama film directed by Jonathan Glazer. Starring German actors Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller, the movie premiered on May 19, 2023, to rave reviews at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. Apart from its artistic appeal and relevance to history, the film has been particularly praised for luring and compelling viewers to re-examine the evil of the Holocaust while reflecting on the essence of war. For critics and moviegoers, The Zone of Interest...
- 3/15/2024
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
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“The Zone of Interest,” which won best international feature and best sound at the Oscars this past Sunday, will become available to stream from home next month.
The film arrives on Max on April 5, and is also currently available to rent/purchase on Prime Video and Apple TV+.
stream soon: zone of interest on max $9.99/Month
Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed film centers around Commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Huller) who live a “dream life” with their children in a seemingly-perfect home — except for the fact that it’s directly next door to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
It’s the latest Holocaust movie to receive love from the Academy. The film went into the Oscars with five nominations, including best picture and international feature — the...
“The Zone of Interest,” which won best international feature and best sound at the Oscars this past Sunday, will become available to stream from home next month.
The film arrives on Max on April 5, and is also currently available to rent/purchase on Prime Video and Apple TV+.
stream soon: zone of interest on max $9.99/Month
Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed film centers around Commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Huller) who live a “dream life” with their children in a seemingly-perfect home — except for the fact that it’s directly next door to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
It’s the latest Holocaust movie to receive love from the Academy. The film went into the Oscars with five nominations, including best picture and international feature — the...
- 3/13/2024
- by Anna Tingley
- Variety Film + TV
It isn't always true that a cacophonous work of cinema takes home the Academy Award for Best Sound (or what used to be "Oscars" before Design and Mixing were combined into one category), but I can't think of the last time a genuinely quiet movie won this award.
Then again, Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest" might've been, in terms of subject matter, the loudest movie of 2023. It shouldn't have been. 80 years after Allied forces began liberating Axis-operated concentration camps at the end of World War II, we should be crystal clear on the topic of genocide. We should've been clear on it then. But rather than learn from history, we remain determined to repeat its most despicable mistakes.
And as "The Zone of Interest" makes abundantly clear throughout its harrowingly placid 104-minute runtime, these really aren't mistakes. The monsters who executed the Third Reich's Final Solution were...
Then again, Jonathan Glazer's "The Zone of Interest" might've been, in terms of subject matter, the loudest movie of 2023. It shouldn't have been. 80 years after Allied forces began liberating Axis-operated concentration camps at the end of World War II, we should be crystal clear on the topic of genocide. We should've been clear on it then. But rather than learn from history, we remain determined to repeat its most despicable mistakes.
And as "The Zone of Interest" makes abundantly clear throughout its harrowingly placid 104-minute runtime, these really aren't mistakes. The monsters who executed the Third Reich's Final Solution were...
- 3/11/2024
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
The UK-Polish historical drama about Auschwitz concentration camp, ‘The Zone of Interest’, won the Oscar for the Best International Feature Film. Actor Dwayne Johnson and rapper Bad Bunny announced the winning film, which is based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis.
The film was nominated alongside “Io Capitano” (Italy) , “Perfect Days” (Japan), “Society of the Snow” (Spain) and “The Teachers’ Lounge” (Germany).
While accepting the honour, the film’s director Jonathan Glazer thanked everyone and said: “Our film shows what dehumanisation leads.”
Starring German actors Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller as the Nazi commandant Rudolf Hoss and his wife Hedwig, it focuses on the pair as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a home next to the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp.
Last month, ‘The Zone of Interest’ won a BAFTA for the best film not in the English language.
The film was nominated alongside “Io Capitano” (Italy) , “Perfect Days” (Japan), “Society of the Snow” (Spain) and “The Teachers’ Lounge” (Germany).
While accepting the honour, the film’s director Jonathan Glazer thanked everyone and said: “Our film shows what dehumanisation leads.”
Starring German actors Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller as the Nazi commandant Rudolf Hoss and his wife Hedwig, it focuses on the pair as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a home next to the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp.
Last month, ‘The Zone of Interest’ won a BAFTA for the best film not in the English language.
- 3/11/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Jonathan Glazer’s landmark Holocaust film The Zone of Interest, as widely expected, has just scooped the International Feature Oscar. The British film is the 20th that the UK has submitted to the category, and the first to win the race.
Inspired loosely by Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same name and set outside the walls of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, the German-language Zone of Interest stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller (also a Best Actress nominee tonight for Anatomy of a Fall) as Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden separated from the Nazi concentration and extermination camp by a only a short wall. What is happening on the other side is rarely hinted at.
Glazer said upon accepting the International prize, “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present,...
Inspired loosely by Martin Amis’ 2014 novel of the same name and set outside the walls of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, the German-language Zone of Interest stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller (also a Best Actress nominee tonight for Anatomy of a Fall) as Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, as they strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden separated from the Nazi concentration and extermination camp by a only a short wall. What is happening on the other side is rarely hinted at.
Glazer said upon accepting the International prize, “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
The Zone of Interest, the German-language Holocaust drama directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller, has won the United Kingdom its first-ever Academy Award for best international feature at the Oscars 2024.
In his speech for his Cannes Grand Prix-winner, Glazer linked the film’s subject to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, where the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel have led the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government to launch a ground invasion into Gaza that has now left over 30,0000 Palestinians dead.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present,” Glazer told the audience, who had honored him with a standing ovation upon his win. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.”
Glazer went on to explain how the film, which focuses on the quotidian life of the family of the Nazi commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp against the literal...
In his speech for his Cannes Grand Prix-winner, Glazer linked the film’s subject to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, where the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel have led the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government to launch a ground invasion into Gaza that has now left over 30,0000 Palestinians dead.
“All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present,” Glazer told the audience, who had honored him with a standing ovation upon his win. “Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst.”
Glazer went on to explain how the film, which focuses on the quotidian life of the family of the Nazi commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp against the literal...
- 3/11/2024
- by Kevin Dolak and Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Zone of Interest” writer/director Jonathan Glazer addressed the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict head-on during the 2024 Oscars.
“Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present,” Glazer said in his acceptance speech for Best International Feature. “Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”
Glazer was joined on stage by fellow producer on the film James Wilson and its financial backer Leonard Blavatnik.
Glazer continued, “Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza — all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?”
The World War II period piece is set against the backdrop of Auschwitz as a German Nazi commandant (Christian Friedel) and his emotionless wife (Sandra Hüller) condone the mass-murders of Jews.
“Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present,” Glazer said in his acceptance speech for Best International Feature. “Right now we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people.”
Glazer was joined on stage by fellow producer on the film James Wilson and its financial backer Leonard Blavatnik.
Glazer continued, “Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza — all the victims of this dehumanization, how do we resist?”
The World War II period piece is set against the backdrop of Auschwitz as a German Nazi commandant (Christian Friedel) and his emotionless wife (Sandra Hüller) condone the mass-murders of Jews.
- 3/11/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Long-working British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer celebrated his first Academy Award win at the 96th Oscars, taking home the Best International Feature Film prize for “The Zone of Interest.”
The Holocaust drama, starring Christian Friedel and “Anatomy of a Fall” Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller as the German Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss and his sociopathic wife Hedwig, has been steadily wending its way through the awards season since earning the Grand Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Glazer loosely adapts a Martin Amis novel for this searing story about the Höss’ indifference to the Auschwitz horrors happening on the other side of their bucolic garden; the family lives with their three children in an emotionless bubble while Jews are exterminated en masse.
“Zone of Interest” never shows those horrors on screen, instead relying on Johnnie Burn’s Oscar-nominated sound design to convey the horrifying reality as screams and shots and roiling furnaces...
The Holocaust drama, starring Christian Friedel and “Anatomy of a Fall” Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller as the German Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss and his sociopathic wife Hedwig, has been steadily wending its way through the awards season since earning the Grand Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Glazer loosely adapts a Martin Amis novel for this searing story about the Höss’ indifference to the Auschwitz horrors happening on the other side of their bucolic garden; the family lives with their three children in an emotionless bubble while Jews are exterminated en masse.
“Zone of Interest” never shows those horrors on screen, instead relying on Johnnie Burn’s Oscar-nominated sound design to convey the horrifying reality as screams and shots and roiling furnaces...
- 3/11/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
It’s the day of the 2024 Academy Awards and we’ll be bringing you all of the red carpet photos right here!
Hundreds of celebs are expected to step out for the biggest night in entertainment on Sunday (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
The show will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and there are so many incredible stars expected to present throughout the show. Oppenheimer leads with 13 nominations and we have the full list of nominations ready for you to see!
Make sure to keep checking back all night long as we’ll be updating this post live as the red carpet arrivals continue throughout the evening.
Head inside to check out photos of every celeb on the red carpet…
Keep scrolling to see every celeb on the red carpet and check out the full guest list…
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- 3/10/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Sandra Hüller (a Best Actress nominee) and Christian Friedel, stars of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest — nominated for Best Picture, Best International Picture, Director, Sound, and Adapted Screenplay — are familiar with Shakespeare’s famous verse from Hamlet: ”All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players …” That’s because both thespians have been playing the Danish prince on stages around Germany for years.
Due to Germany’s repertory system in city and state theaters, an actor can revisit an assortment of plays time after time over a number of years.
Friedel tells me that he first played the Dane in 2012. It’s a sort of rock star Hamlet performed with his band, Woods of Birnam. “It can take years until the piece is really finished,” he explains.
He adds that “It changes as you’re getting older,” an experience he feels with movies as well.
Due to Germany’s repertory system in city and state theaters, an actor can revisit an assortment of plays time after time over a number of years.
Friedel tells me that he first played the Dane in 2012. It’s a sort of rock star Hamlet performed with his band, Woods of Birnam. “It can take years until the piece is really finished,” he explains.
He adds that “It changes as you’re getting older,” an experience he feels with movies as well.
- 3/9/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Few actors have embodied the full range of modern German history on screen as has Christian Friedel.
In Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest — a dark horse candidate for the best picture Oscar this Sunday (where it is also nominated in four other categories, including best international feature), Friedel plays Rudolf Höss, the notorious commandant of Auschwitz who, together with his wife Hedwig (played by Sandra Hüller), built an idyllic villa with a pretty garden for their five children right next to the death camp.
But before Zone, the 45-year-old German actor was best known for playing famed anti-Nazi resistance fighter Georg Elser in 13 Minutes, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 2015 drama about Elsner’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939, before World War II and before the Holocaust. In 2012’s Closed Season, Friedel plays a young Jewish refugee hiding from the Nazis. And in his film debut, in...
In Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest — a dark horse candidate for the best picture Oscar this Sunday (where it is also nominated in four other categories, including best international feature), Friedel plays Rudolf Höss, the notorious commandant of Auschwitz who, together with his wife Hedwig (played by Sandra Hüller), built an idyllic villa with a pretty garden for their five children right next to the death camp.
But before Zone, the 45-year-old German actor was best known for playing famed anti-Nazi resistance fighter Georg Elser in 13 Minutes, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s 2015 drama about Elsner’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1939, before World War II and before the Holocaust. In 2012’s Closed Season, Friedel plays a young Jewish refugee hiding from the Nazis. And in his film debut, in...
- 3/8/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Actor The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti, 2023. ph: Seacia Pavao / © Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection
Weekly Commentary: The realm of lead actor has been ruled by Cillian Murphy’s captivating portrayal in Nolan’s cinematic opus “Oppenheimer.” However, the final stretch of voting has seen two seasoned industry...
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Actor The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti, 2023. ph: Seacia Pavao / © Focus Features / Courtesy Everett Collection
Weekly Commentary: The realm of lead actor has been ruled by Cillian Murphy’s captivating portrayal in Nolan’s cinematic opus “Oppenheimer.” However, the final stretch of voting has seen two seasoned industry...
- 3/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The Zone of Interest.When you start to really hear a movie, you’ll never be able to unhear it. The sound designer, like the cinematographer, is an artist disguised as a technician, a wielder of microphones and mixers whose deepest desire is to serve a cinematic vision. Sound design usually stays in the shadows, but sometimes a film comes along that really makes you listen: Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest (2023) is one of those films. Its soundscapes are intense, involving, and essential to our narrative comprehension of the film; this is sound design as storytelling, as counterpoint, as argument.The artist in disguise behind The Zone of Interest is Johnnie Burn, a British sound designer who, over the past decade, has carved a reputation as the ear of new auteur cinema. Through longstanding collaborations with Glazer and Yorgos Lanthimos (Burn is also behind the surreal soundscapes of...
- 3/6/2024
- MUBI
Nominations voting was from January 11–16, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23. Final voting is February 22–27. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. We update predictions throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2024 Oscar picks.
The State of the Race
After grabbing two out of three prizes at the 71st Motion Picture Sound Editor’s Golden Reel Awards and the top sound mixing prize at the 60th Cas Awards, Christopher Nolan’s explosive “Oppenheimer” is now in the driver’s seat for the sound Oscar. The other nominees are “The Zone of Interest,” “The Creator.” “Maestro,” “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.”
“The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed Holocaust drama about the banality of evil and the international feature film Oscar favorite, poses the most serious threat,...
The State of the Race
After grabbing two out of three prizes at the 71st Motion Picture Sound Editor’s Golden Reel Awards and the top sound mixing prize at the 60th Cas Awards, Christopher Nolan’s explosive “Oppenheimer” is now in the driver’s seat for the sound Oscar. The other nominees are “The Zone of Interest,” “The Creator.” “Maestro,” “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.”
“The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s acclaimed Holocaust drama about the banality of evil and the international feature film Oscar favorite, poses the most serious threat,...
- 3/5/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
When Jonathan Glazer began developing the project that became The Zone of Interest — nominated for five Oscars, including best picture and best international feature — he and producer James Wilson began to ask a series of questions that would require them to find the rationale behind making another film that depicts the events of the Holocaust.
The subject has been well-worn cinematic territory before and after Schindler’s List took best picture three decades ago — becoming the first film about the subject to win the Academy’s top prize. Both Glazer and Wilson knew that they had to do something completely different than what came before them, and Wilson tells THR the pair were less interested in depicting the extermination of European Jews than they were focused on grappling with the culture that contributed to those atrocities.
Using Martin Amis’ 2014 novel as their template — the book tells three interwoven stories surrounding the fictional commandant of Auschwitz,...
The subject has been well-worn cinematic territory before and after Schindler’s List took best picture three decades ago — becoming the first film about the subject to win the Academy’s top prize. Both Glazer and Wilson knew that they had to do something completely different than what came before them, and Wilson tells THR the pair were less interested in depicting the extermination of European Jews than they were focused on grappling with the culture that contributed to those atrocities.
Using Martin Amis’ 2014 novel as their template — the book tells three interwoven stories surrounding the fictional commandant of Auschwitz,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” is a haunting look at humanity’s ability to turn a blind eye to atrocities after becoming desensitized. The Holocaust drama takes place in the shadows of Auschwitz, where Nazi guard Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) live a calm domestic life raising their children next door to the infamous concentration camp. Glazer uses the cold and voyeuristic gaze that he perfected on “Under the Skin” to depict the banality of evil with chilling precision.
As the film heads into the final stretch of Oscar voting with five nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, Glazer and his team opened up about their creative process in a new featurette that IndieWire can exclusively reveal.
“I didn’t know about the Hoss family at all,” Hüller said of her first impressions of the role. “When I decided to be a part of it,...
As the film heads into the final stretch of Oscar voting with five nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, Glazer and his team opened up about their creative process in a new featurette that IndieWire can exclusively reveal.
“I didn’t know about the Hoss family at all,” Hüller said of her first impressions of the role. “When I decided to be a part of it,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest has been receiving the best of acclaim since it premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. The historical drama, following German Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, as they strive to create a new life for their family next to the Auschwitz concentration camp, has emerged as a formidable contender for top honors at the Oscars.
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
However, filmmaker Glazer revealed in an interview with The Guardian that bringing this story to the screen presented significant challenges for him, especially after his father objected to it.
Jonathan Glazer Opened Up About the Challenging Journey to Make The Zone of Interest
Exploring the harrowing subject matter, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest has captivated audiences and critics alike, earning prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and five Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest
However, filmmaker Glazer revealed in an interview with The Guardian that bringing this story to the screen presented significant challenges for him, especially after his father objected to it.
Jonathan Glazer Opened Up About the Challenging Journey to Make The Zone of Interest
Exploring the harrowing subject matter, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest has captivated audiences and critics alike, earning prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and five Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.
- 2/26/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
It’s a big weekend on the campaign trail. The SAG Awards take place on Saturday, and both the Independent Spirits Awards and Producers Guild Awards are on Sunday. After that, the state of the Oscar race will be clearer than ever. Right on time, one of this year’s most-nominated films is hitting digital platforms. It’s joined by a handful of contenders past and present.
The contender to watch this week: “The Zone of Interest“
Jonathan Glazer‘s Best Picture-nominated Holocaust drama should be experienced in a theater, where the harrowing, immersive sound design stands out. It’s still playing in select venues across the country, having grossed nearly $7 million domestically — an impressive figure for an arty indie with difficult subject matter. But you can also see it at home now: The Best International Feature Film front-runner is available to purchase on VOD for $19.99. The film, which depicts...
The contender to watch this week: “The Zone of Interest“
Jonathan Glazer‘s Best Picture-nominated Holocaust drama should be experienced in a theater, where the harrowing, immersive sound design stands out. It’s still playing in select venues across the country, having grossed nearly $7 million domestically — an impressive figure for an arty indie with difficult subject matter. But you can also see it at home now: The Best International Feature Film front-runner is available to purchase on VOD for $19.99. The film, which depicts...
- 2/24/2024
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
When filmmaker Jonathan Glazer sent sound designer Johnnie Burn the script for his Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” a year before production even began, Glazer laid down clear guidelines for the role sound was going to play: He did not want to share images that audiences knew and he wasn’t going to show the familiar, devastating scenes of the Polish concentration camp. He wanted to reflect everything through sound.
Glazer told Burn, who was also sound designer on “Poor Things,” that he wanted him to become an expert on the sounds that would have emanated from the camp in 1943.
The Oscar-nominated film centers around Commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Huller) who live a dream life with their children in a seemingly-perfect home — except that the house and garden border a concentration camp.
Burn says the film was approached two ways: “We saw it...
Glazer told Burn, who was also sound designer on “Poor Things,” that he wanted him to become an expert on the sounds that would have emanated from the camp in 1943.
The Oscar-nominated film centers around Commandant Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Huller) who live a dream life with their children in a seemingly-perfect home — except that the house and garden border a concentration camp.
Burn says the film was approached two ways: “We saw it...
- 2/20/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” only the fourth film in the 24-year feature career of the British director of “Sexy Beast,” “Birth” and “Under the Skin,” is in some ways the unlikeliest of this year’s 10 Best Picture nominees. A purposefully dispassionate chronicle of a subject — the Holocaust — unusually approached with enormous passion, it follows the daily life of a German family that lives in Poland during World War II.
The father, Rudolph Höss, is the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, which sits just over their garden and from which screams, shouts and smoke occasionally disturb the lives of Rudolph (Christian Friedel), his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) and their children.
The camera never goes over the wall and into the camp, and the film takes place without a single closeup, as if the camera itself doesn’t want to get too close to these people. Though the...
The father, Rudolph Höss, is the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, which sits just over their garden and from which screams, shouts and smoke occasionally disturb the lives of Rudolph (Christian Friedel), his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) and their children.
The camera never goes over the wall and into the camp, and the film takes place without a single closeup, as if the camera itself doesn’t want to get too close to these people. Though the...
- 2/20/2024
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Jonathan Glazer returned to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, where he shot elements of his Holocaust drama ‘The Zone of Interest,’ on Feb. 15 for the Polish premiere of his acclaimed and Oscar-nominated film.
Speaking after the screening alongside museum director Piotr Cywiński, producer Jim Wilson, producers Ewa Puszczyńska and Bartek Rainski and production designer Chris Oddy, the director explained to the audience what it meant to have been allowed inside the museum — on the site of the concentration camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered during WWII — to shoot scenes for the feature.
“It was so important to make this film here,” he said. “I felt very palpably the place when I first arrived and I felt that the film had to be about this place, and also had to blur the line between then and now, here and there, a film that would feel present tense, not something...
Speaking after the screening alongside museum director Piotr Cywiński, producer Jim Wilson, producers Ewa Puszczyńska and Bartek Rainski and production designer Chris Oddy, the director explained to the audience what it meant to have been allowed inside the museum — on the site of the concentration camp where more than 1.1 million people were murdered during WWII — to shoot scenes for the feature.
“It was so important to make this film here,” he said. “I felt very palpably the place when I first arrived and I felt that the film had to be about this place, and also had to blur the line between then and now, here and there, a film that would feel present tense, not something...
- 2/16/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Jonathan Glazer is set to introduce his widely acclaimed, Oscar-nominated and deeply devastating Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum on Thursday (Feb. 15).
In undoubtedly the most important premiere in “The Zone of Interest’s” global rollout, the Polish premiere sees the British director return to Auschwitz, where he shot elements of the movie and where the real-life story is set. Following the screening, Glazer will take part in a discussion with museum director Piotr Cywiński, producer Jim Wilson, producer Ewa Puszczyńska and production designer Chris Oddy.
The film — which bowed in Cannes and won the Grand Prix — centers on the family life of Rudolf Höss, the architect and commandant of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis during WWII, juxtaposing the blissful domestic existence he enjoys alongside his wife against the backdrop of one of history’s darkest chapters. Christian Friedel...
In undoubtedly the most important premiere in “The Zone of Interest’s” global rollout, the Polish premiere sees the British director return to Auschwitz, where he shot elements of the movie and where the real-life story is set. Following the screening, Glazer will take part in a discussion with museum director Piotr Cywiński, producer Jim Wilson, producer Ewa Puszczyńska and production designer Chris Oddy.
The film — which bowed in Cannes and won the Grand Prix — centers on the family life of Rudolf Höss, the architect and commandant of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis during WWII, juxtaposing the blissful domestic existence he enjoys alongside his wife against the backdrop of one of history’s darkest chapters. Christian Friedel...
- 2/15/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
After Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa Is Set To Make Her Acting Debut(Photo Credit –Instagram)
After Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa is also set to make her acting debut with an HBO series. The South Korean girl band is currently one of the most popular K-pop bands. Jennie debuted last year with The Idol, starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd. The series received a lot of backlash and negative reviews from critics and viewers. Scroll below for more.
The K-pop idol’s actual name is Lalisa Manobal, and in 2010, at the age of 13 years, she auditioned to join Yg Entertainment. Manobal and the others debuted as the band in 2016 under Yg Entertainment. She released her solo album in 2021 with Lalisa. The singer has many followers, and her Instagram number is 101 million. The young talent already has an estimated net worth of about $14 million.
Variety has exclusively revealed that Blackpink’s Lisa...
After Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa is also set to make her acting debut with an HBO series. The South Korean girl band is currently one of the most popular K-pop bands. Jennie debuted last year with The Idol, starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd. The series received a lot of backlash and negative reviews from critics and viewers. Scroll below for more.
The K-pop idol’s actual name is Lalisa Manobal, and in 2010, at the age of 13 years, she auditioned to join Yg Entertainment. Manobal and the others debuted as the band in 2016 under Yg Entertainment. She released her solo album in 2021 with Lalisa. The singer has many followers, and her Instagram number is 101 million. The young talent already has an estimated net worth of about $14 million.
Variety has exclusively revealed that Blackpink’s Lisa...
- 2/13/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (Ians) K-pop all-girls superband Blackpink member Lisa has joined the cast of ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3.
She will be credited under her given name, Lalisa Manobal, in the third season of the hit series. As with all castings for the third season, her role is being kept under wraps.
‘The White Lotus’ is set to begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, Thailand, in February. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps aside from the fact it will follow a new group of guests at a White Lotus resort property, reports Variety.com.
The cast already includes Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostov, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Scott Glenn, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola.
She will be credited under her given name, Lalisa Manobal, in the third season of the hit series. As with all castings for the third season, her role is being kept under wraps.
‘The White Lotus’ is set to begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, Thailand, in February. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps aside from the fact it will follow a new group of guests at a White Lotus resort property, reports Variety.com.
The cast already includes Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostov, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Scott Glenn, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola.
- 2/13/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Following months of rumors that Lisa Manobal of Blackpink fame was set to make her acting debut, HBO confirmed Monday that she’s joining the Season 3 cast of The White Lotus. The series begins production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok this month and will follow a new group of guests at another White Lotus property.
She joins previously announced cast includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Walton Goggins, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Julian Kostov, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood.
As usual, no character details are being shared, but as Deadline reported in November, the multigenerational gang includes a patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, including a country club wife, a misfit and a yogi.
She joins previously announced cast includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Walton Goggins, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Julian Kostov, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood.
As usual, no character details are being shared, but as Deadline reported in November, the multigenerational gang includes a patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, including a country club wife, a misfit and a yogi.
- 2/13/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Blackpink member Lisa has joined the cast of “The White Lotus” Season 3, Variety has learned exclusively.
She will be credited under her given name, Lalisa Manobal, in the third season of the hit HBO series. As with all castings for the third season, her role is being kept under wraps. “The White Lotus” is set to begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, Thailand, in February. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps aside from the fact it will follow a new group of guests at a White Lotus resort property.
The expansive ensemble cast already includes: Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostov, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Scott Glenn, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Sam Nivola.
Manobal’s...
She will be credited under her given name, Lalisa Manobal, in the third season of the hit HBO series. As with all castings for the third season, her role is being kept under wraps. “The White Lotus” is set to begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, Thailand, in February. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps aside from the fact it will follow a new group of guests at a White Lotus resort property.
The expansive ensemble cast already includes: Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostov, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Scott Glenn, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Sam Nivola.
Manobal’s...
- 2/13/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Leo Woodall won’t forget his time on set of The White Lotus season two anytime soon. The actor said this week his experience on the show felt like “one big holiday.”
“It was one of those shows where, because there were so many characters and so many storylines, there were so many days off,” Woodall told People, adding that the free time meant he and his co-stars spent a lot of time vacationing together.
Woodall played Jack in The White Lotus season two, a British boy who flirted with Haley Lu Richardson’s Portia and assisted his non-biological uncle Quentin (Tom Hollander) in a plan to murder Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya. The second season of Mike White’s anthology show took place at a resort in Sicily, where the cast lived for several weeks during filming in 2022.
“It does feel like a world away now,” Woodall said of his time in Italy.
“It was one of those shows where, because there were so many characters and so many storylines, there were so many days off,” Woodall told People, adding that the free time meant he and his co-stars spent a lot of time vacationing together.
Woodall played Jack in The White Lotus season two, a British boy who flirted with Haley Lu Richardson’s Portia and assisted his non-biological uncle Quentin (Tom Hollander) in a plan to murder Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya. The second season of Mike White’s anthology show took place at a resort in Sicily, where the cast lived for several weeks during filming in 2022.
“It does feel like a world away now,” Woodall said of his time in Italy.
- 2/11/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Zone of Interest.Watching The Zone of Interest (2023) is an act of endurance. The latest film by British director Jonathan Glazer depicts the lives of the commanding officer at Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), his wife, Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), and their children, with most of the action set within and around their idyllic home. Viewers must face the intolerable sight of the house existing right alongside the concentration camp, with the camp’s roofs hovering above the adjoining perimeter fence. On the camera’s side of this divide, the children swim and Hedwig attends to her garden. Unlike most films about the Holocaust, representations of the Nazi regime’s victims are only occasionally in the foreground, yet—through distant screams, the flicker of flames, alarm sounds, and splatters of blood—the atrocity is present. Meanwhile, the film’s focus is on those who enact this atrocity: how they eat together,...
- 2/10/2024
- MUBI
Jennifer Coolidge says it’s hard not to be jealous of The White Lotus season three casting news.
“I’m jealous of everyone that’s going. I just want to stress I’m not a good sport about it, but there’s nothing I can do,” she told Today this week.
Coolidge’s fan-favorite White Lotus character, Tanya, was also one of the only characters to appear in both seasons one and two, and won Emmys for both performances. Unfortunately, Tanya met a tragic demise at the end of season two.
“When they kill you, you have to accept it,” she continued. “Because it means they’re not calling for your costume sizes or anything. It’s over! I have to get another thing. I have to make another thing happen, I guess.”
After seasons in Hawaii and Sicily, The White Lotus season three is set to take place in Thailand,...
“I’m jealous of everyone that’s going. I just want to stress I’m not a good sport about it, but there’s nothing I can do,” she told Today this week.
Coolidge’s fan-favorite White Lotus character, Tanya, was also one of the only characters to appear in both seasons one and two, and won Emmys for both performances. Unfortunately, Tanya met a tragic demise at the end of season two.
“When they kill you, you have to accept it,” she continued. “Because it means they’re not calling for your costume sizes or anything. It’s over! I have to get another thing. I have to make another thing happen, I guess.”
After seasons in Hawaii and Sicily, The White Lotus season three is set to take place in Thailand,...
- 2/8/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Scott Glenn is the latest addition to the cast of “The White Lotus” Season 3.
As with all castings for the third season, Glenn’s role is being kept under wraps. “The White Lotus” is set to begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, Thailand, in February. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps aside from the fact it will follow a new group of guests at a White Lotus resort property.
Glenn joins previously announced cast members: Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostov, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Sam Nivola.
Glenn previously appeared in all three seasons of the HBO series “The Leftovers.” His other recent TV roles include both “Daredevil” and “The Defenders...
As with all castings for the third season, Glenn’s role is being kept under wraps. “The White Lotus” is set to begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, Thailand, in February. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps aside from the fact it will follow a new group of guests at a White Lotus resort property.
Glenn joins previously announced cast members: Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Julian Kostov, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook, and Sam Nivola.
Glenn previously appeared in all three seasons of the HBO series “The Leftovers.” His other recent TV roles include both “Daredevil” and “The Defenders...
- 2/7/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Scott Glenn is the latest actor to board Season 3 of Mike White‘s HBO series The White Lotus.
He joins previously announced cast for the Thailand-set new installment that includes Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Season 1’s Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Jason Isaacs, Christian Friedel, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Julian Kostov, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Tayme Thapthimthong, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay and Arnas Fedaravičius.
Season 3, slated to begin filming in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok this month, follows a new group of guests at another White Lotus property
As usual, no character details are shared but as Deadline reported in November, the multigenerational gang includes a patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, including a country club wife, a misfit and a yogi. Glenn is believed to be playing a...
He joins previously announced cast for the Thailand-set new installment that includes Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb, Parker Posey, Walton Goggins, Season 1’s Natasha Rothwell, Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Jason Isaacs, Christian Friedel, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Julian Kostov, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Tayme Thapthimthong, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay and Arnas Fedaravičius.
Season 3, slated to begin filming in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok this month, follows a new group of guests at another White Lotus property
As usual, no character details are shared but as Deadline reported in November, the multigenerational gang includes a patriarch, a female corporate executive, an actress, a couple of mothers, including a country club wife, a misfit and a yogi. Glenn is believed to be playing a...
- 2/7/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Julian Kostov is joining HBO’s The White Lotus, replacing Miloš Biković in the show’s cast.
Kostov (Shadow and Bone) will recur in the show’s third season, which is set to begin filming in Thailand this month. He joins the cast after HBO “decided to part ways” with Biković, following public criticism from Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs over Biković’s seeming support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a Jan. 24 social media post, the ministry wrote, “HBO, is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?” over a video clip of statements Biković has made about Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. The Serbia-born actor has worked in Russia for the past decade; he received an award from Russian leader Vladimir Putin in 2018 and became a Russian citizen in 2021.
“I was honored to be chosen to...
Kostov (Shadow and Bone) will recur in the show’s third season, which is set to begin filming in Thailand this month. He joins the cast after HBO “decided to part ways” with Biković, following public criticism from Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs over Biković’s seeming support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a Jan. 24 social media post, the ministry wrote, “HBO, is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?” over a video clip of statements Biković has made about Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. The Serbia-born actor has worked in Russia for the past decade; he received an award from Russian leader Vladimir Putin in 2018 and became a Russian citizen in 2021.
“I was honored to be chosen to...
- 2/6/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The White Lotus” Season 3 has added Julian Kostov to its cast.
Kostov will appear in a recurring role in the HBO series that was previously held by Miloš Biković. Biković was recently cut from the series, however, over his support of Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the country’s war against Ukraine.
“Today, a targeted campaign has been unleashed against me, seemingly as an external maneuver to influence decisions that can create a disturbing precedent shadowing the essence of artistic freedom,” Biković previously said in a statement. “The result of such a narrative is the triumph of absurdity and the defeat of art.”
Kostov joins previously announced Season 3 cast members: Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook,...
Kostov will appear in a recurring role in the HBO series that was previously held by Miloš Biković. Biković was recently cut from the series, however, over his support of Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the country’s war against Ukraine.
“Today, a targeted campaign has been unleashed against me, seemingly as an external maneuver to influence decisions that can create a disturbing precedent shadowing the essence of artistic freedom,” Biković previously said in a statement. “The result of such a narrative is the triumph of absurdity and the defeat of art.”
Kostov joins previously announced Season 3 cast members: Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, Tayme Thapthimthong, Christian Friedel, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Natasha Rothwell, Walton Goggins, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Aimee Lou Wood, Sarah Catherine Hook,...
- 2/6/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Julian Kostov (Shadow and Bone) has been cast in Season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus. The Bulgarian actor will play a recurring Russian character, replacing Miloš Biković who had been originally cast in the role. The Serbian-Russian actor exited the project on Friday following criticism from Ukraine.
Season 3, slated to begin filming shortly in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, will follow a new group of guests at another White Lotus property based in Thailand.
Previously announced Season 3 cast includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Walton Goggins, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood as well as returning Season 1 co-star Natasha Rothwell.
Created, written and directed by White, The White Lotus is executive produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine.
Season 3, slated to begin filming shortly in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok, will follow a new group of guests at another White Lotus property based in Thailand.
Previously announced Season 3 cast includes Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Francesca Corney, Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Walton Goggins, Dom Hetrakul, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, Shalini Peiris, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong and Aimee Lou Wood as well as returning Season 1 co-star Natasha Rothwell.
Created, written and directed by White, The White Lotus is executive produced by White, David Bernad and Mark Kamine.
- 2/6/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Miloš Biković will no longer be part of The White Lotus.
HBO says it “decided to part ways” with the actor will recast the role in the show’s forthcoming third season, which is set to begin filming in Thailand this month. The change comes after Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized Biković’s casting over the Serbian-born actor’s seeming support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a Jan. 24 social media post, the ministry wrote, “HBO, is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?” over a video clip of statements Biković has made about Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. Biković has worked in Russia for the past decade; he received an award from Vladimir Putin in 2018 and became a Russian citizen in 2021.
In a statement of his own, Biković said, “I was honored to be chosen...
HBO says it “decided to part ways” with the actor will recast the role in the show’s forthcoming third season, which is set to begin filming in Thailand this month. The change comes after Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized Biković’s casting over the Serbian-born actor’s seeming support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a Jan. 24 social media post, the ministry wrote, “HBO, is it all right for you to work with a person who supports genocide & violates international law?” over a video clip of statements Biković has made about Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. Biković has worked in Russia for the past decade; he received an award from Vladimir Putin in 2018 and became a Russian citizen in 2021.
In a statement of his own, Biković said, “I was honored to be chosen...
- 2/2/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Rudolf Hess (Christian Friedel) is the commandant of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. He lives in a luxurious house right next door, complete with servants and all the stuff stolen from the prisoners, with his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller). As the mundane activities of everyday life goes on, the sounds of the concentration camp are in the background, including gunshots and screams of agony. When Hess is due for re-assignment, Hedwig is horrified … to be losing her dream house.
”The Zone of Interest” expands nationwide on February 2nd. See local listings. Featuring Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Freya Kreutzham, Ralph Herforth and Max Beck. Screenplay adapted and directed by Jonathan Glazer. Rated “PG-13”
Click Here for Patrick McDonald’s on-air review of “The Zone of Interest”
The Zone of Interest
Photo credit: A24
Click Here for Patrick McDonald’s on-air review of “The Zone of Interest”...
Rudolf Hess (Christian Friedel) is the commandant of the concentration camp at Auschwitz. He lives in a luxurious house right next door, complete with servants and all the stuff stolen from the prisoners, with his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller). As the mundane activities of everyday life goes on, the sounds of the concentration camp are in the background, including gunshots and screams of agony. When Hess is due for re-assignment, Hedwig is horrified … to be losing her dream house.
”The Zone of Interest” expands nationwide on February 2nd. See local listings. Featuring Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Freya Kreutzham, Ralph Herforth and Max Beck. Screenplay adapted and directed by Jonathan Glazer. Rated “PG-13”
Click Here for Patrick McDonald’s on-air review of “The Zone of Interest”
The Zone of Interest
Photo credit: A24
Click Here for Patrick McDonald’s on-air review of “The Zone of Interest”...
- 2/2/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"I wanted to avoid the artifice of cinema." A24 has revealed a behind-the-scenes featurette for The Zone of Interest, the Best Picture nominated Holocaust film from British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer. It premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival last year, and after opening in December, ended up with a total of five Oscar nominations – including Best Director and Best Sound. This film is about the Nazi commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his family who live inside a nice house located adjacent to this horrible concentration camp in Poland. It stars Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller as the couple, with Freya Kreutzkam, Max Beck, Imogen Kogge, Ralph Herforth. In this featurette, Glazer and his Polish Dp Łukasz Żal talk about filming this with cameras hidden in the house, and natural lighting, to make it as authentic and immersive as possible. Yes this is an outstanding film that deserves to be seen...
- 2/2/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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