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It almost goes without saying a lot of the time, but it’s never a surprise when a filmmaker isn’t a fan of someone else remaking their work. Obviously, some of that is tied to the ego, as creative folks don’t want other people tinkering with their art.

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Tim McGovern, ‘Total Recall’ VFX Oscar Winner, Dies at 68

Carolyn Giardina Visual effects veteran Tim McGovern, who received a Special Achievement Oscar for the VFX in the 1990 sci-fi classic “Total Recall,” has died, his wife Reena NeGandhi announced Saturday on social media. He was 68.

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‘Basic Instinct’: Steamy 90s Thriller With Sharon Stone & Michael Douglas Inspires Comic Book Adaptation, Covers Revealed

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 thriller Basic Instinct is the inspiration for a new comic book series by Sumerian Comics.

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Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment Acquires UK Distribution Rights To ‘Dalíland,’ ‘RoboDoc – The Creation of RoboCop’ & ‘Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story’

EXCLUSIVE: Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment has acquired UK distribution rights to the Ben Kingsley and Ezra Miller pic Dalíland alongside docs RoboDoc – The Creation of RoboCop and Hollywood Dreams and Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story. All three titles will debut on the Icon Film Channel.

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‘The Sitting Duck’ Review: As a Victim Fighting To Be Believed, Isabelle Huppert Anchors a Muted, Fact-Based Procedural

Guy Lodge Film Critic As a female union rep in the oppressively male-dominated French nuclear industry, Maureen Kearney — the real-life heroine of Jean-Paul Salomé’s “The Sitting Duck” — is accustomed to keeping a cool head in a crisis. That doesn’t stop her male superiors from accusing her of the opposite, with then-President Nicolas Sarkozy allegedly branding her a “hysteric in a skirt”: In this men’s club, a woman’s mere presence is deemed her weakness. Yet when Kearney is raped and mutilated by unknown assailants, seemingly as a professional warning, it’s her lack of hysteria under the circumstances that is declared suspicious by men in power. As she’s first disbelieved, then charged without outright fabrication, Salomé’s film pivots from itchy whistleblower thriller to irate courtroom drama, with institutional misogyny as its binding thread.

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The Weeknd Says He 'Very Much' Expected Criticism of 'The Idol'

The Weeknd is speaking out about all the criticism surrounding The Idol.

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‘All to Play For’ Review: Virginie Efira Ignites a Vibrant, Enraging French Family Drama

Jessica Kiang Apparently determined to prove herself francophone cinema’s most inexhaustible precious resource, Virginie Efira once again lights up the screen prior to burning it down in a role that, after Justine Triet’s “Sibyl,” Paul Verhoeven’s “Benedetta” and Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Other People’s Children,” is of a type she has come to define: the strong-willed, smart fortysomething woman chafing against her society’s conformist expectations. Delphine Deloget’s debut “All to Play For” features one of Efira’s more straightforward incarnations of this dramatic type — fewer sly kinks, no arch winks. But she is no less riveting and lovely for it and in Deloget’s confident, gentle grip, she turns in one of her most committed performances, all the more moving for its commitment to valorizing the kind of woman seldom treated on screen with such respect and compassion.

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Cannes One To Watch: ‘The Idol’ Star Lily-Rose Depp Channels Old Hollywood To Play Series’ “Nasty, Bad Pop Girl”

“When was the last truly f*cking nasty, nasty, bad pop girl?” This is the question posed in the teaser trailer to HBO’s The Idol, which promises the kind of lurid, adrenaline-pumping pop-culture exposé you’d see if Paul Verhoeven was ever allowed to make a film like Showgirls again. Said trailer also features copious quantities of cocaine, champagne and seriously dirty dancing, suggesting a warts-and-all drama about a super-ambitious Madonna/Lady Gaga type who has recently hit the big time in the dog-eat-dog world of showbiz.

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Michael Douglas Says ‘Basic Instinct’ Sex Scenes Scandalized Cannes: ‘It Was a Little Overwhelming’

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer By modern standards, Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 sex noir “Basic Instinct” might not seem that scandalous. It was a much different story when the film first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, star Michael Douglas said. Considered genre-defining or high camp depending on who you ask, Douglas said the project was “unique, even for France,” during a conversation in Cannes on Wednesday. “Seeing a lot of those sex scenes on the Grand Palais’ huge screen, it was a little overwhelming for a lot of people. We had a very quiet dinner afterwards, everyone was sort of digesting it,” he remembered (the cast included Sharon Stone and Jeanne Tripplehorn).

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Heretic Acquires World Sales Rights to Ena Sendijarević’s Indonesia-Set, Colonial-Era Satire ‘Sweet Dreams’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Christopher Vourlias Heretic has acquired world sales rights to “Sweet Dreams,” the sophomore feature from award-winning Bosnian Dutch director Ena Sendijarević (“Take Me Somewhere Nice”). Set on a remote Indonesian island during the waning days of the colonial era, the film centers on Dutch sugar plantation owner Jan and his wife, Agathe, who sit atop the local food chain — until the night when Jan, returning from a visit to his native concubine, Siti, suddenly drops dead in front of his wife. Desperate to hold onto her privileged lifestyle, Agathe forces her estranged son, Cornelis, and his pregnant wife, Josefien, to travel from Europe and take over the family business. Those plans are upended by a worker’s uprising, as Cornelis and his progressive ideals must confront the uncomfortable reality that his father’s will places Siti at the helm of the family estate, setting in motion a cat-and-mouse game that puts those ideals to the test.

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Isabelle Huppert & Finn Wittrock Set For Home Invasion Thriller ‘Free Radicals’; Charades To Launch Sales At Cannes

EXCLUSIVE: Isabelle Huppert (Elle) and Finn Wittrock (Luckiest Girl Alive) have closed deals to star in Free Radicals, an English-language home invasion thriller based on the same-name short story originally published in The New Yorker by Nobel Prize-winning author Alice Munro.

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Jerry Springer had a fitting, epic cameo in ‘The Simpsons’ episode

who died from pancreatic cancer Thursday — appeared in a particularly memorable “Treehouse of Horror” episode of Matt Groening’s ever-clairvoyant animated series “The Simpsons.”His voice cameo popped up in the October 1998 Halloween-themed episode “Starship Poopers,” which was written by “Futurama” co-creator David X. Cohen, according to SlashFilm.

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Arianna Bocco Steps Down as President of IFC Films (EXCLUSIVE)

Brent Lang Executive Editor Arianna Bocco has stepped down as president of IFC Films. She will be replaced on an interim basis by Scott Shooman, who currently serves as head of acquisitions. Bocco left the company on Thursday. IFC, which is owned by AMC Networks, will conduct a search for a permanent replacement for Bocco, a longtime executive at the company and a major force in the world of independent film, respected for her keen taste and strong relationships with top talent. Bocco took the reins at IFC in 2020 after her predecessor Lisa Schwartz stepped down. But she had been at the company for more than a decade before making that leap. “IFC Films is a vibrant and vital part of our business and we will continue to acquire, produce and distribute films across our IFC Films, Shudder and RLJE Films ecosystems,” AMC Networks said in a statement. “We have full and total confidence in Scott’s ability to run the business as interim head and know that our film team will not miss a beat as it proceeds forward with a robust slate of releases and acquisitions.”

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Sharon Stone Made SO MUCH LESS Than Michael Douglas For Basic Instinct! Insane!!

Another day, another unfortunate story of the gender wage gap…

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Sharon Stone Says Judge In Custody Case Asked Her Son If He Knew His Mom Made 'Sex Movies'

The Laundromat and The Flight Attendant, the actress is still quite well known some of her earlier movies, particularly her Golden Globe-nominated turn as Catherine Trammel in Basic Instinct, one of the truly iconic ‘90s movie roles. Unfortunate, the 1992 erotic thriller ended up negatively impacting the custody case over her son when a judge asked the boy if he knew Stone made “sex movies.

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“There Are Rarely Queer Characters In These Films”: How Directors Behind Berlin-Bound Thriller ‘Femme’ Wanted To Challenge Genre Stereotypes

Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping’s London-set, neo-noir thriller Femme, starring George MacKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, world premieres in the Berlinale’s Panorama section this year.

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Docuseries ‘RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop’ Gets Streaming Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to four-part docuseries RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop.

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Gaumont Lands Channel 5 Drama ‘Under Her Skin’; Principal Media Buys Into Chesler/Perlmutter; Former ‘Apprentice’ Exec Joins Fremantle Label Naked — Global Briefs

Gaumont Lands Debut Channel 5 Drama ‘Under Her Skin’

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Elizabeth Berkley, 48, makes rare red carpet appearance with husband Greg Lauren

Showgirls veteran Elizabeth Berkley, 48, made a rare red carpet appearance with husband of 15 years, artist Greg Lauren, on Thursday for the Ralph Lauren Spring 2023 Fashion Experience event in San Marino, California.The blonde beauty - who came to fame on Saved By The Bell and went on to star in Showgirls and CSI: Miami - sizzled in a plunging white top that made the most of her curves as she added a black jacket and slacks. Black platform heels added seven inches to her height.Together the power couple have one child, 10-year-old son Sky Cole Lauren. Elegant: Showgirls veteran Elizabeth Berkley, 48, made a rare red carpet appearance with husband of 15 years, artist Greg Lauren, on Thursday for the Ralph Lauren Spring 2023 Fashion Experience event in San Marino, California Smart set: The blonde beauty - who came to fame on Saved By The Bell and went on to star in Showgirls and CSI: Miami - sizzled in a plunging white top that made the most of her curves as she added a black jacket and slacksElizabeth rose to prominence on Saved By The Bell as high school girl Jessie Spano, a role tailored especially to her strengths.