Joachim Trier Talks The Inspiration For ‘The Worst Person In The World,’ His Love Of Graphic Novels & More [Interview]

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFor such a small and lightly populated region, the Nordics have been delivering an impressive number of critical darlings from a wide range of filmmakers. Nordic features hit a milestone this year, with three Cannes prize-winning films, Valdimar Jóhannsson’s “Lamb,” Juho Kuosmanen’s “Compartment No.

Kill Move Paradise by James Ijames*—a '* critic pick—and it transformed our space. James wrote this gorgeous play— about those boys humanity and what happens to their soul after it's ripped from like this earthly plane and that they're still just boys but in Purgatory. Folks don't often hear the narrative around these atrocities.

Naman Ramachandran The 36th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival will open with Alli Haapasalo’s “Girl Picture” and close with Kevin Hegge‘s documentary “Tramps!” “Girl Picture,” which won the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at Sundance in January and will screen at the Berlinale next week, follows three girls at the cusp of womanhood. Over three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something she’s never experienced – pleasure.Feature documentary “Tramps,” world premiering at the festival, looks at how in London in the 1980’s, an onslaught of art students arriving in the city resulted in a unique cross-fertilization of British art, fashion, music and film culminating in a group known as The New Romantics.

Valentine's Day is looming. If you're planning on marking the occasion this year with a little more oomph (i.e.

Whilst many Tinder matches are made by a single glance and a swipe, Tinder's new Blind Date feature is about dating 'without preconceptions'.

The cost of living crisis is already putting the squeeze on millions of household finances across the country, but one highly motivated woman has managed to renovate her Edinburgh flat for less than £100.

Teddi Mellencamp is opening up about her dad John Mellencamp‘s former relationship with Meg Ryan!

Clayton Davis The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced a new date for their annual Governors Awards to honor Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullman.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter“The Music Man,” a musical revival featuring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway.For students in the New York City area, the price of admission will finally be affordable.“The Music Man” producers Barry Diller, David Geffen and Kate Horton are making available 10,000 tickets priced at $20 to New York City students, their families and their teachers.Created and spearheaded by the Music Man’s Black Theatre Coalition fellow Amy Marie Haven, the effort hopes to make Broadway more accessible to the masses. Reduced ticket prices were made possible through partnerships with the New York City Department of Education and a dozen local youth non-profits, including Artists Striving to End Poverty, Art Start, Arts For All, Arthur Miller Foundation, On Broadway Training Program, Young People’s Chorus of NYC, Education Through Music, Rosie’s Theatre Kids, R.Evolucion Latina and Broadway Bridges.

Zack Sharf Zack Snyder’s science-fiction epic “Rebel Moon” has announced its full cast. Joining Sofia Boutella in Snyder’s next Netflix-backed tentpole are Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Ray Fisher, Doona Bae, Jena Malone, Staz Nair, E.

hepworthwakefield.org £12).Dedicated to locally-born sculptor Barbara Hepworth, the museum isn’t just a collection of her magnificent sculptures and paintings – it is the story of her life and loves.I was genuinely blown away by the scale and variety of the works in the museum.Barbara Hepworth’s life is a fascinating journey, told through the many exhibition rooms, and her works sit alongside contemporaries such as Henry Moore, also from the Wakefield area. Works from the likes of LS Lowry and David Hockney also take pride of place in this striking and unmissable £35million building on the banks of the River Calder.If sculpture is your thing – and even if it isn’t – a trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park really is a must.Set in 500 acres of countryside at Bretton Hall, visitors are presented with a relaxing, enlightening and awe-inspiring walk taking in more than 80 designs in this art gallery “without walls”.We went on a sunny morning and strolled peacefully around taking in the massive works of art by the likes of Damien Hirst, David Nash, Hepworth and Moore (ysp.org.uk £6).The base for our stay in Wakefield was the elegant Waterton Park Hotel, the centrepiece of which is Walton Hall, built in 1767 on a small island.The Georgian mansion certainly has the wow factor as you walk the little bridge to it.

Teddi Mellencamp was starstruck by Meg Ryan.

Valentine's Day is (already) looming. If you're planning on marking the occasion this year with a little more oomph (i.e.

Joachim Trier is having a good day. The excitement is almost pouring through the phone.

The race to the 94th Oscars kick into high gear Tuesday when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reveals nominations in a global live stream hosted by Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross. The ceremony begins at 8:18 a.m. ET/5:18 a.m. PT.

Neon’s racked up a few bests this weekend with a cume of $135,042 at four NY/LA theaters for a popping per screen average of $33,768.

Tattoos are supposed to be forever and many body art fans put a good deal of thought, time, and money, into getting their perfect piece of self-expression.Some people will even design the art themselves and spend years dreaming up their inking and doing research into different methods.Meanwhile, other people are more happy-go-lucky and might buy a tat on the fly or after a drunken night out. Sometimes, the end result is not exactly what the buyer hoped for, like when this poor woman ended up with a "penis" on her arm rather than her favourite Marvel character.Here, we take a look at some of the most X-rated tattoos of all time.As you can see in the video at the top of this page, a lad called Steven Bell @stevenbell82 decided to drunkenly commemorate a very unpleasant experience.During a romp he said he took place a few years before, he said he "snapped my banjo string".If you didn't know, "banjo string" is slang for the frenulum, the string-like fold of skin on a penis.As you'd expect, tearing the frenulum is very painful and something most guys would probably be keen to forget."We love a drunk tattoo," Steven joked in his TikTok video as he shared a photo of the two words tattooed onto his wrists: "Snapped" and "Banjo"."At least it will always be with me now," he adds.A woman got a cute line tattoo to honour her pet cat but later reckoned the heart-shaped part looked more like "balls" when it was upside-down.The simple design is the outline of a cat head and pointed ears, followed by a cardiogram, then the curves of a heart.Lucy appears to have chosen the design not just to represent her cat, but how much the loyal feline means to her.In the on-screen caption, she says: "So I got a tattoo for my cat.

Marta Balaga Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World,” about a young woman figuring out life and love, might have brought Renate Reinsve the best actress award at Cannes, but the two actually started their collaboration in 2011 on “Oslo, August 31st” – Reinsve’s very first film. “I was an extra with one line,” she said during an online discussion with the director, accompanying a surprise screening of their film at Rotterdam Film Festival. “The Worst Person in the World” was recently shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.

Queen gave a subtle nod to her dad by wearing presents he gave her for her 18th birthday in a new picture to mark her Platinum Jubilee. Candid snaps of the monarch admiring cards and various memorabilia at home have been released as she kicks off her jubilee celebrations.Royal fans will recognise the pair of dazzling brooches adorned on the left shoulder of her dress, as the set given to her as an 18-year-old.The accessories given to her by King George VI are a touching tribute to him 70 years since he died this Sunday (February 6), the Mirror reports.And it's not the first time the Queen, 95, has chosen to pay a subtle tribute to her loved ones with sentimental jewellery.The Queen has also worn sentimental jewellery for other important occasions including her Diamond Jubilee in 2012 and the 75th anniversary of VE Day.The then-Princess Elizabeth had a close relationship with her father and the two aquamarine and diamond clip brooches that he gave her on her 18th birthday in 1944 are believed to mean a lot to her.The two-piece art deco-style brooches were made by luxury jewellery company Boucheron from aquamarines and baguette, oval and round diamond.The Queen is pictured for the jubilee photo looking through her Platinum and Golden Jubilee cards and memorabilia as she sat with one of her pet corgis in the Oak Room at Windsor Castle.She came to the throne on February 6, 1952, following the death of George Vl from lung cancer. He died in the early hours of the morning at Sandringham.

Ellise Shafer Variety parent company Penske Media and sister brand Rolling Stone have acquired a majority interest in the Life Is Beautiful music festival.Founded in 2013 by the late Tony Hsieh, former CEO of Zappos, Life Is Beautiful is an annual music and arts festival in Las Vegas, Nev. Its most recent installment in 2021 boasted Billie Eilish, Green Day and Tame Impala as headliners and drew over 170,000 attendees.

Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert is heading back to IMAX after a one-day, single-show screening last Sunday — the 52nd anniversary of the band’s iconic 1969 concert. The show and live Q&A with Jackson beamed directly to theaters had its share of sellouts with audio and visuals about as close as possible to actually joining the band on the roof of their Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row. Disney and IMAX presenting it again Feb. 9 at 75 to 80 IMAX locations, then on 200 screens starting Feb. 11 through the weekend. (The concert is also included in its entirety in Jackson’s six-part doc series The Beatles: Get Back, which hit Disney+ last fall. Click video above to play exclusive clip.