Opus: Last News

Legendary composer Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away after a bout with cancer in 2023, but his legacy and presence are still being felt and celebrated. The new concert film, “Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus,” which features his final Performance, is directed by his son, Neo Sora, and is coming out in March.

How’s this for a buzzy cast list? Deadline reports that Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich will star in “Opus,” an upcoming horror film from A24. The movie marks the feature debut of writer-director Mark Anthony Green, and he’s culled quite the ensemble for his first film.

Oscar voting is about to close on an awards season has been one of the most volatile in years. Even though a consensus may seem to have formed around certain titles, there is still a nagging sense that anything could happen — and well might. It’s entirely appropriate, then, that Todd Field’s Tár — a film about a mercurial artist holding on through a turbulent time — is still holding a dogged course through these choppy seas, with a campaign driven by Cate Blanchett’s universally acclaimed performance as the troubled conductor Lydia Tár. Here, Field discusses (and declines to discuss) the strengths and the strangeness of a film that has somehow come to mean all things to all people.

Naman Ramachandran The release of revered Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s hugely anticipated epic adaptation of Kalki Krishnamurthy’s classic Tamil-language novel “Ponniyin Selvan” is the realization of his childhood dream. One of India’s most celebrated filmmakers whose films include “Nayakan,” “Bombay” and “Iruvar,” Ratnam read the novel when he was in high school and wanted to make it ever since. Post the tremendous critical and commercial success of “Nayakan” (1987), when that film’s lead Kamal Haasan wanted to make another film with Ratnam, the filmmaker considered “Ponniyin Selvan,” but the stars did not align at that time. Ratnam’s last film, “Chekka Chivantha Vaanam” (2018), was co-produced by his Madras Talkies and Subaskaran’s Lyca Productions (“2.0”).

Viola Davis stuns in a bright pink dress at the premiere of her new movie, The Woman King, during the 2022 Toronto Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on Friday (September 9) in Toronto, Canada.

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Howden (Guns Akimbo) will co-write and direct a film adaptation of his first comic series Monsters of Metal, which launches with its first issue via Opus Comics on October 19.

Given that Francis Ford Coppola‘s independently-financed $100 million-plus budgeted passion project film “Megalopolis,” is one he’s been talking about for over two decades at least—a project he once abandoned and only recently came back to —when news arrived that Oscar Isaac had ultimately passed on the lead role, it made lots of cinephiles dying to see the project very nervous. Well, chalk that set back up to a blip as the director of “The Godfather” trilogy and “Apocalypse Now” has not only found a new leading man, but a whole new supporting cast as well.

Electra Heart was never meant to be taken seriously. Not by anyone, certainly not Marina Diamandis herself. 

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAck! Bill the Cat, Opus and the rest of Berkeley Breathed’s “Bloom County” universe are heading to Fox. The comic strip, created and written by Berkeley Breathed, is being developed as an animated series at Fox, through its animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment, as well as Miramax, Spyglass Media Group and Project X Entertainment.Just like the strip, the TV version of “Bloom County” will center “on a collapsed lawyer, a lobotomized cat and a penguin in briefs and fruit headwear living in the world’s last boarding house in the world’s most forgotten place deep in the dandelion wilds of FlyWayWayOver country. To wit, today’s America at a glance.”“Bloom County” will be co-written and executive produced by Breathed.

“I don’t like reality anymore. Reality is lousy,” teenager Fabietto Schisa (Filippo Scotti) says mournfully at a crucial, spiritually lonely moment in Paolo Sorrentino’s evocative new coming of age story, “The Hand Of God.” Sitting on a mountain, looking to the sky, the heavens, for answers, Fabietto should know.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAn extinction event has brought an end to Phil Tippett’s dinosaur days.The legendary “Star Wars” and “Jurassic Park” VFX artist who helped bring George Lucas’ galactic menagerie to life, who gave teeth to Steven Spielberg’s T.

Celtic supporters at the moment.After the botched 10 In A Row campaign the pressure is well and truly on Neil Lennon as a growing number of fans call for his removal, even if he's already had a hand in the Parkhead rebuild with the pre-contract signing of Liam Shaw.It's set to be a summer of change throughout the club though, with long-serving CEO Peter Lawwell stepping down to be replaced by Dominic McKay.In addition there's set to be a new director of football role created, either working alongside head of recruitment Nick Hammond or replacing him.The likes of David Webb and Fergal Harkin have been linked but arguably the most intriguing suggestion is that of Matteo Tognozzi.The Italian is chief scout at Juventus and hasn't been the man

Weezer‘s album ‘Pinkerton’ upon its release in 1996.The record, which was the band’s second studio album, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in September.Cuomo looked back on ‘Pinkerton’ during a recent interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, with the frontman citing the album when asked by Lowe which of Weezer’s LPs he’d like to revisit with the orchestral approach that was applied to the band’s new album ‘OK Human’.​“Those are the most complex songs and they’re the most emotional songs,” Cuomo explained about the tracks on ‘Pinkerton’ (you can watch the discussion at the 7:38 mark in the video below). ​“And yet, the way we recorded is so raw, four-piece rock noise.

Stephen King fans wait with bated breath this week in anticipation of the first episode of “The Stand” mini-series, and as it turns out, there’s nothing to worry about. This nine-episode CBS All-Access adaptation opens with just under an hour of character introductions for three of its leads, and enough world-building to give the audience their bearings without overwhelming them.

Clayton Davis Space and silence are the structural bones of Netflix’s “The Midnight Sky.” Still, the spirit and heart are fixed within its visual decorations and taut narrative that allows director, producer and star George Clooney to examine uncharted and personal territories. Based on the book “Good Morning, Midnight” by Lily Brooks-Dalton, there’s a compelling case to be made that “The Midnight Sky” is his finest hour, both in direction and performance.

Doom Eternal is a near perfect first-person shooter.