Max Von-Sydow: Last News

Christopher Vourlias A new film about a notorious Nazi massacre in Greece during World War II has angered the descendants of the victims amid accusations that the filmmakers falsified historical events, with a victims’ group saying it’s filed a lawsuit against the producers.Now the filmmakers are fighting back, with writer-producer Dimitrios Katsantonis describing the legal threats on Wednesday as “empty fireworks that will soon be revealed for what they are.”“Echoes of the Past,” which is directed by Nicholas Dimitropoulos and stars the late Max von Sydow in his final performance, will have its world premiere Saturday at the Thessaloniki Film Festival before rolling out in Greek cinemas Nov.

It’s not every day that a filmmaker will rise up during an interview and recite Old Testament tales and sing out their favorite hymn. Well, hallelujah, brother Jeymes Samuel for spreading the gospel’s good news.

Carmel Dagan Chaim Topol, who became professionally known solely by his last name in a career that included starring in “Fiddler on the Roof” on stage and screen and co-starring in the James Bond movie “For Your Eyes Only” and the sci-fi film “Flash Gordon,” died Thursday in Tel Aviv after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 87 years old.Topol’s death was confirmed by Israel’s president Isaac Herzog, who described him as a “gifted actor who conquered many stages in Israel and overseas, filled the cinema screens with his presence and especially entered deep into our hearts.” Topol began his long association with the starring role of Tevye the milkman in the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” in 1967, appearing in the West End production, which ran for 2,030 performances. He starred in Norman Jewison’s 1971 film version, which carried a budget estimated at $9 million and garnered a domestic gross of $80 million. The movie was nominated for eight Oscars, including best picture and best actor for Topol. It won for cinematography, sound and music.

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Star Wars, Rocky and The Elephant Man.The changes have been confirmed by a 2020 report released by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). It received the most complaints (27) for the original Flash Gordon.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThe famed Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to reach the South Pole (on Dec. 14, 1911), so when you watch “Amundsen: The Greatest Expedition,” you may think you’ve got a good idea of the movie you have in store: an adventure at once exciting and treacherous, set in the frozen wilderness, with a stoic Nordic hero at its center — the kind of man who might have been played a few decades ago by Max von Sydow.

Clayton Davis Always expect the unexpected, especially in this unpredictable awards season.I’ve been wondering if we might see the “WTF nomination” on Oscar-noms morning. I’m talking about an actor who is catapulted into the race without any previous mentions from the most crucial televised awards shows — BAFTA, Critics Choice, the Golden Globes and SAG.

As we finally turn the calendar on the Cruelest Year, let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the memorable people we lost from the world of entertainment. Click through the photo gallery above.

Angelique Jackson “Halloween” filmmaker David Gordon Green is in talks to direct a sequel to “The Exorcist” from Blumhouse and Morgan Creek Productions.The new film would continue the profitable relationship between the filmmaker and the horror production house following 2018’s “Halloween,” the upcoming “Halloween Kills” (slated for an October 2021 release) and the new trilogy’s final film “Halloween Ends.” “Halloween” earned $255.8 million on a $10 million budget.The original “The Exorcist” — starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair and Max von Sydow — was directed by William Friedkin.

H.E.R. is honoring those we lost in 2020.

© Ben Perry/Shutterstock Singer Louise Redknapp has said she is “missing” Caroline Flack in a touching tribute a month after her tragic death.

If you had to pluck one image from cinema to evoke the heady grandeur of the mid-20th-century art-film revolution, you couldn’t do better than Max von Sydow as the shimmering-coiffed, dourly ambivalent knight Antonius Block, playing chess with Death in “The Seventh Seal.”

Mia Farrow and Edgar Wright are among those who have paid tribute to the late Swedish actor Max von Sydow, who has died at the age of 90.

Hollywood star Max von Sydow has been hailed for his “tremendous presence and power” following his death aged 90.

Mia Farrow and Seth Meyers have paid tribute to the actor Max von Sydow, who has died aged 90.

Game of Thrones star Max von Sydow has died at the age of 90. According to the Associated Press, von Sydow died on Sunday (March 8), marking the end of a career that spanned seven decades, beginning in the late '40s.

By Patrick Hipes

Hollywood stars and public figures took to social media on Monday to pay tribute to Max von Sydow. The acclaimed Swedish actor died on Sunday.

Max Von Sydow has died at the age of 90.

Max Von Sydow has died at the age of 90.

Max von Sydow, an acclaimed Swedish actor who starred in  and  died on Sunday. He was 90.