Ernst Lubitsch: Last News

isn’t a contender? In a way, though, we kept our criteria simple. We were looking for grand passion, for chemistry and heat and all that good stuff. Yet there’s an ineffable quality that elevates a truly great movie romance.

Naman Ramachandran Feature debutant writer-director Shaun Seneviratne has unveiled the first clip of “Ben and Suzanne, A Reunion in 4 Parts,” which will world premiere at SXSW in the narrative feature competition. Starring Sathya Sridharan (“The Whale”) and Anastasia Olowin (“Tourists”), the film is set in Sri Lanka, the land of Seneviratne’s heritage. The actors play the characters Ben Santhanaraj and Suzanne Hopper in a romantic reunion turned unconventional adventure in a hilarious yet amorous journey across the country.

Ernst Lubitsch, Stanley Kubrick and Roman Polanski are among eight older titles set to play at next month’s Hong Kong International Film Festival. Lubitsch’s 1920 farce “Kohlhiesel’s Daughters,” will be presented with a live music accompaniment by the Hong Kong New Music Ensemble. And, despite rumors to the contrary, Kubrick’s first feature, “Fear and Desire,” has been preserved intact and will play at the festival with nine minutes of previously deleted footage.

Nancy Meyers is still searching for a new home for her film after parting ways with Netflix over budget concerns. But in the meantime, the director of rom-com classics like 2006’s The Holiday and Something’s Gotta Give has dropped some hints on Instagram, revealing details about her movie, confirming the title, and sharing its origin.

Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and her husband of two years - art dealer Cooke Maroney - left their four-month-old baby at home in order to enjoy lunch at El Ruso food truck in LA's Silver Lake neighborhood on Sunday.The Kentucky-born 31-year-old - who indulged in a $3 Mexican Coke - showcased her post-baby body in a beige T-shirt, baggy blue jeans, and brown sandals.On June 25, Jennifer and the 37-year-old Vermont native were spotted checking out a $20M 9,300-square-foot, five-bedroom Bel-Air mansion once owned by three-time Oscar-nominated director Ernst Lubitsch. Casual date: Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and her husband of two years - art dealer Cooke Maroney - left their four-month-old baby at home in order to enjoy lunch at El Ruso food truck in LA's Silver Lake neighborhood on Sunday Lawrence called into the May 23rd episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and the 64-year-old host accidentally slipped and called her child 'him' - indicating she has a son.It was the Don't Look Up star's BFF since 2007, Laura Simpson, who originally set her up with Cooke in 2018 - according to Page Six.Maroney is said to serve as director of Gladstone 64 gallery in Manhattan.

Jennifer Lawrence and her husband Cooke Maroney went to look at a mansion in Bel-Air on Saturday.The 31-year old actress and her 37-year-old husband went to see a mansion formerly owned by famed directorErnst Lubitsch.They arrived in a black car with darkly tinted windows as they looked both ways as they headed to the house. Looking for a new home:Jennifer Lawrence and her husband Cooke Maroney went to look at a mansion in Bel-Air on SaturdayThe couple were later seen walking around Bel-Air in relaxed outfits.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentThe public considers the Academy Awards as a Hollywood event. True, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is headquartered in Southern California, and most of the best pic contenders are American and/or in the English language.

Todd McCarthy To rework an exchange William Wyler and Billy Wilder had at Ernst Lubitsch’s funeral 73 years ago: “’No more Telluride. ‘Worse than that, no more Telluride films.’” That’s the way I, and I know many others, feel with the announcement that the best-curated and, due to its small size and remote setting, most rarified and pleasurable of American film festivals has canceled its 2020 edition.Right up to this week, festival personnel had been screening more new titles in its perennial effort to the show the best work the world of cinema has to offer entering the festival-loaded fall season.

By Peter Bart