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While Édith Piaf’s name probably won’t ring many bells for English-speaking audiences, her musical works are a staple of French culture. “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien” is a ubiquitous backtrack for any commercial that wants to exude its product’s sense of refined elegance and luxury. In 2023, K-pop’s Yeong Taek Seo covered her iconic “Padam, Padam.” Perhaps more relevantly, Celine Dion belted out her “Hymne à L’Amour” at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

Considering all that influence, it’s only natural for the late Piaf to have some biopics under her belt. Of these films, one of the most famous debuted in 2007. Olivier Dahan’s La Vie en Rose (known as La Môme in French) takes its title from one of Piaf’s most famous songs. Predictably, it covers the singer’s tumultuous life and premature death. The quintessentially French film is nothing short of a masterpiece,...

Nicole Kidman is known and loved for her iconic roles in Moulin Rouge, Practical Magic, Big Little Lies, and more. The Australian actress is among Hollywood’s tallest, measuring 5’10.5″ (179.1 cm). She is a full 14.5 inches (36.9 cm) taller than the petite Simone Biles.

Simone Biles, standing at 4’8″ (142.2 cm), looks adorably petite next to the statuesque Nicole Kidman, who stands tall at 5’10.5″ (179.1 cm) (Credit: Jennifer Graylock / INSTARimages)

In Australia, the average height for adult women typically ranges from about 162 cm to 167 cm (approximately 5 feet 4 inches to 5 feet 6 inches).

Kidman’s height puts her approximately 12.1 to 17.1 centimeters taller than the average Australian woman, highlighting her above-average stature within the country.

Towering Elegance: Nicole Kidman stands tall next to her husband, Keith Urban, showcasing her notable height advantage (Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock)

A Peek at Her Shoe Size

Nicole Kidman is believed to wear a shoe size 11 in the United States. In other international shoe sizing systems,...

Sexual Harassment & Abuse Actress Alexa Nikolas, known for starring in two seasons of the Nickelodeon hit 'Zoey 101,’ led a protest at Nickelodeon's Burbank headquarters in August. Nikolas is the leader of an activist group that advocates for survivors of sexual abuse and has called out several Nickelodeon executives and employees, most notably resulting in the firing of long-time producer Dan Schneider. While Schneider was not found guilty of sexual abuse, several other names that Nikolas mentioned have been convicted of sexual abuse and misconduct towards Nickelodeon child actors. As allegations continue to surface in Hollywood, countless children may continue to be harmed. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our...

Pedro Pascal has become one of the most popular actors of our generation. His career is still relatively new, but it’s already filled with plenty of incredibly notable roles. Most recently, he’s starred in the latest videogame adaptation of the acclaimed game ‘The Last of Us,’ now an acclaimed series on HBO. Pedro Pascal is getting rave reviews for his turn as the male lead Joel, amping up his specific charms and unique strengths that he’s used to providing in his acting roles. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment,...

Mubi’s May 2024 (streaming) lineup embraces their latest (theatrical) coup with a Radu Jude program. In addition to Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World arriving May 3, the Romanian director is highlighted with a six-film program launching on May 10. Lee Chang-dong and Bertrand Bonello are each given two-title highlights. While most of us can’t be at Cannes (I guess that’s a pun), the festival’s greatest tradition, booing, is celebrated with Jodie Foster’s The Beaver, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives, and Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco. Among new releases, Al Warren’s Dogleg and the Ross brothers’ Gasoline Rainbow are notable selections.

As Lee Chang-dong recently told us in an extended interview, “Experiences in my life are what shaped me as a filmmaker, as obvious as that sounds. My artistic taste was shaped by the mountains and fields of my childhood village,...

Ms Novak’s (Mia Wasikowska) students Fred (Luke Barker), Ragna (Florence Baker), Helen (Gwen Currant), Elsa (Ksenia Devriendt), and Ben (Samuel D Anderson) in Jessica Hausner’s bewitching Club Zero

In the second installment with Jessica Hausner on Club Zero (co-written with Geraldine Bajard) and scored by Markus Binder (European Film Award winner), starring Mia Wasikowska (as Conscious Eating instructor Ms Novak), we discussed her longtime collaborators, costume designer Tanja Hausner and cinematographer Martin Gschlacht plus Sidse Babett Knudsen and Peter & The Wolf.

Jessica Hausner on using Peter & The Wolf in Club Zero: “It’s a very common fairytale and we found out that it’s really very well known …” Photo: Anne Katrin Titze

The parents of the students are played by Elsa Zylberstein (Simone Veil in Olivier Dahan’s all-embracing portrait Simone: Woman Of The Century) Mathieu Demy, Camilla Rutherford...

Auction director/screenwriter Pascal Bonitzer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York exhibition Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800 Photo: Anne Katrin Titze

On the afternoon of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema première in New York of Auction, starring Alex Lutz and Louise Chevillotte with Léa Drucker and Olivier Rabourdin of Catherine Breillat’s incomparably daring Last Summer, the director/screenwriter joined me at The Metropolitan Museum of Art to check out Women Dressing Women at the Anna Wintour Costume Institute, before we strolled through the visionary exhibition Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800.

Inês de Medeiros with Laurence Côte in Jacques Rivette’s La Bande Des Quatre, co-written with Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent

In the second installment with the prolific and acclaimed director, screenwriter, actor, and former film critic for Cahiers du Cinéma, we discuss working again with Laurence Côte (seen as Ginette Kolinka in Olivier Dahan’s all-embracing portrait [film id=41673]Simone: Woman Of.

Paris and Los Angeles-based sales agency has boarded films by Nicolas Benamou, Artus and Christophe Duthuron

Paris and Los Angeles-based Other Angle Pictures has boarded three French comedy dramas: Nicolas Benamou’s We Should Have Gone to Greece, Artus’ A Little Something Extra and Christophe Duthuron’s Happiness Therapy.

The company will launch sales for all three films at this week’s Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris in the French capital.

We Should Have Gone to Greece is the latest feature from Benamou, known for co-directing local and international hit comedies Babysitting and Babysitting 2 with Philippe Lacheau, 2020’s Mystery in St. Tropez,...

Warner Music Group will develop a biopic of Édith Piaf using AI technology to recreate her voice and image, bringing the iconic singer back to the big screen. The film aims to provide a modern take on Piaf's story, using animation and archival footage to showcase unknown aspects of her life. The main goal of the biopic is to introduce Piaf's incredible life and legacy to new generations, utilizing advancements in animation and technology.

Following the end of the writers and actors strikes in Hollywood, who fought hard for better regulations on the use of AI in the industry, Warner Music Group announces the development of a biopic of the French singer Édith Piaf that will use these technologies to recreate her voice and image. More than 60 years after her death, the 'Sparrow of Paris' will return to life on the big screen in Edith, a 90-minute feature film that...

Elsa Zylberstein, the French actor-producer whose timely movie “Simone: Woman of a Century” was recently released in the U.S., has signed with CAA for representation.

The actor’s performance as Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor who became a feminist icon and human rights activist, earned critical praise and struck a chord with French audiences, becoming one of the highest-grossing French films of 2022.

Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films in the U.S., Olivier Dahan’s biopic sheds light on how Veil became a revered figure within France’s male-dominated political world after surviving the camps, championing the 1975 law that legalized abortion in France. The Holocaust Museum in L.A. will host a special screening of the movie on Nov. 29 in the presence of Zylberstein. A similar event is also being organized in Washington, D.C.

The actor has also launched production vehicles in France and the U.S. to develop...

Olivier Dahan: “I didn’t want to make a film about Simone Veil as we know her in France.”

Simone: Woman Of The Century director, writer, editor Olivier Dahan (La Vie En Rose with Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf and Grace de Monaco with Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly) is no stranger to depicting influential women. His all-embracing portrait of Simone Veil stars Elsa Zylberstein as Veil from 1968 till 2006, and Rebecca Marder (Arnaud Desplechin’s Tromperie and François Ozon’s Mon Crime) from 1942 through 1967.

Olivier Dahan with Anne-Katrin Titze on young people not knowing Simone Veil, Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, Roman Polanski’s The Pianist, and László Nemes’s Son Of Saul: “I was really trying to connect with those young people and this woman, of course.”

In Bernard-Henri Lévy’s homage to Simone Veil he writes: “The world, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard said a century ago,...

Elsa Zylberstein, the French César-winning actor and producer whose popular movie “Simone: Woman of the Century” recently opened in the U.S., is preparing a biopic movie of fashion icon Christian Dior.

The film is being penned by Julien Teisseire (“The Hookup Plan”) and is being developed by Zylberstein’s banner Sonia Films and Odile McDonald (“Ransom”).

Zylberstein, who is in Venice to participate in the Impact Jury along with Nadine Labaki (“Costa Brava Lebanon”) and Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma”), among others, told Variety that the film will open in 1947, in Paris, after World War II. Spanning a decade, the film sees Dior forging an empire alongside Raymonde Zehnacker, and falling madly in love with a much younger man, Jacques Benita.

“Christian Dior was a fiercely private man so people know very little about him and he was not a flamboyant character like other fashion designers or popular cultural icons, but he was no less fascinating,...

Zylberstein unveils ambitious new slate of female-driven titles.

Isabel Coixet is in talks to direct Happy People Read And Drink Coffee, an adaptation of Agnes Martin-Lugand’s best-selling novel of the same name for Elsa Zylberstein’s fast-growing production company Sonia Films.

Mediawan Pictures is in advanced talks to co-produce the English and French-language film set between Paris and Ireland and is about a woman grieving her husband and daughter when a new love affair blossoms.

Zylberstein is also set to star in what is the latest project to be added to her female-focused film and TV slate.

The renowned French actress,...

Zylberstein unveils ambitious new slate of female-driven titles.

Isabel Coixet has signed to direct Happy People Read And Drink Coffee, an adaptation of Agnes Martin-Lugand’s best-selling novel of the same name for Elsa Zylberstein’s fast-growing production company Sonia Films.

Mediawan Pictures is in advanced talks to co-produce the English and French-language film set between Paris and Ireland and is about a woman grieving her husband and daughter when a new love affair blossoms.

Zylberstein is also set to star in what is the latest project to be added to her female-focused film and TV slate.

The renowned French actress,...

In Bernard-Henri Lévy’s homage to Simone Veil he writes: “The world, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard said a century ago, could be reduced to a series of copyrights. Einstein’s relativity. Descartes’s doubt. Bergson’s laughter. Dante’s hell. Today: Simone Veil’s Europe.” Olivier Dahan’s all-embracing portrait, Simone: Woman of the Century, stars Elsa Zylberstein as Veil from 1968 till 2006, and Rebecca Marder (Arnaud Desplechin’s Tromperie and François Ozon’s Mon Crime) from 1942 through 1967.

Auschwitz survivor, Health Minister of France, magistrate, mother, member of the Constitutional Council, advocate for the rights of women and prison reform, and the first President of the European Parliament, Simone Veil’s importance for the 20th and 21st century cannot be overstated. Director, writer, editor...

Elsa Zylberstein with Anne-Katrin Titze on Simone Veil: “She was really someone fighting for people’s dignity. I didn’t know it was that strong. My models were Meryl Streep, obviously, or Gary Oldman as Churchill (in Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour). So I didn’t want to play her, I wanted to become her.”

Olivier Dahan’s all-embracing portrait, Simone: Woman Of The Century, stars Elsa Zylberstein as Simone Veil from 1968 till 2006, and Rebecca Marder (Arnaud Desplechin’s Tromperie and François Ozon’s Mon Crime) from 1942 through 1967.

Auschwitz survivor, Health Minister of France (she put an end to the criminalization of abortion), magistrate, mother, member of the Constitutional Council, advocate for the rights of women and prison reform, and the first President of the European Parliament, Simone Veil’s importance for the 20th and 21st century cannot be overstated. Dahan (La Vie En Rose with Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf...

In 2008, French politician Simone Veil became only the sixth woman ever inducted into the Académie Française, an august institution tasked with the regulation of the French language. As a newly minted “immortal” — the unofficial name given to the Académie’s 40 members — she was presented with a sword that bore three engravings: the motto of France, that of Europe (“Unis dans le diversité“) and her Auschwitz prisoner number, which remained tattooed on her arm until her death in 2017. The sword glints briefly in Olivier Dahan’s “Simone: Woman of the Century” and though its symbolism is apt for such a crusading figure, it also reflects the film’s shortcomings: this is a reverential, ceremonial biopic content merely to inscribe Veil’s achievements across the surface of history, ornamenting a remarkable legacy, rather than exploring it.

Dahan works to the same fragmentary, triumph-and-tragedy template he employed in “La Vie en Rose,” for...

Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled the trailer for “Simone: Woman of the Century,” a biopic of Simone Veil, an Auschwitz survivor who became health minister of France and championed the 1975 law that legalized abortion in France.

Directed by Olivier Dahan, best-known for his Oscar-winning Edith Piaf biopic “La Vie en Rose,” “Simone” boasts powerful performances by Elsa Zylberstein and Rebecca Marder. The key cast is completed by Elodie Bouchez, Sylvie Testud and Olivier Gourmet.

The film was a box office hit in France, where it was released by Warner Bros and ranked as 2022’s third highest-grossing French-language hit with over 2.5 million tickets sold. Samuel Goldwyn Films is planning to release the film in U.S. theaters, opening in New York and Los Angeles on Aug. 18, followed by a wider rollout.

Since starring in “Simone,” Zylberstein has set up two production banners in France and the U.S. and is actively...

Veteran media executive Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann took over as CEO of Telepool in January, barely a year after Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook took full control, in December 2021, of the German rights giant.

The appointment was a bit of a coup. The Japan-born, Germany-educated Higuchi-Zitzmann has more than a quarter century of experience in some of Europe’s biggest media companies. She was an acquisitions exec for Constantin Film — scoring Olivier Dahan’s Oscar winner La Vie En Rose for the German market among other deals — and producer at renowned German groups Ziegler Cinema — where she delivered sleeper hit My Blind Date With Life, a romantic comedy that earned more than $5 million at the German box office for distributor StudioCanal — and Studio Hamburg, where her hits included Herzogpark, a Desperate Housewives-style series for leading German network Rtl. She joined Telepool from Matthias Schweighöfer’s production outfit Pantaleon Films...

After recently playing her in Olivier Dahan’s Simone: Woman of the Century, Elsa Zylberstein will have another go at walking in the shoes and the penning writing skills of Simone de Beauvoir. Variety reports that the never-inactive Anne Fontaine is part of the filmmaker package that will bring the book to film adaptation of “Lettres à Nelson Algren” to life. The project fell on the laps of Christopher Hampton who’ll move from his initial treatment to screenwriting mode this summer. We figure the earliest this could move into production is sometime next year. Zylberstein has an invested interest in the project having landed the book rights.…...

The accusations span the production of projects including Netflix series Marseille, period biopics L’Autre Dumas and La Vie En Rose and French comedy Disco.

French actor Gerard Depardieu has been accused of sexual misconduct by 13 women in an extensive report from Paris-based investigative news website Mediapart.

Depardieu has denied any wrongdoing through his legal team and has not been formally charged following the accusations.

Mediapart reported the accusations of actresses, make-up artists and production staff, many of whom preferred to remain anonymous. Their accusations detail inappropriate behaviour that allegedly occurred during the shooting of 11 films released between 2004 and 2022.

The...

French actor Gerard Depardieu, who is already indicted on rape and sexual assault charges in connection to a 2018 case, is now being accused of sexual misconduct by 13 women in an investigative report published by Mediapart.

The accusations were made by female actors, make-up artists and production staff, some of whom spoke on the basis of anonymity, and allegedly occurred during the filming of 11 films released between 2004 and 2022. Mediapart said “one actress has just given her account to the French justice system.”

None of these 13 women have taken legal action against Depardieu, according to a statement provided to Variety by the Paris prosecutor’s office.

“The prosecutor has not received any new lawsuit. A formal investigation, launched in 2020 following the lawsuit filed by Charlotte Arnaud, is still ongoing,” continued the statement.

Depardieu’s legal representation Cabinet Temime has denied all the accusations and released a lengthy statement saying that the actor...

Night Shyamalan, known for his infamously thrilling, psychological films released his newest film ‘Knock at the Cabin’ on Friday, February 3rd. The film centers around a family with a young daughter, away on a quiet vacation to a cabin and its surrounding woods. During their stay, they are approached by a group of four strangers to take them into captivity, forcing them to choose between saving the world or saving each other. Although M. Night Shyamalan has had his experience with dark and mystifying films, this may be his most terrifying film yet. It strikes close to home on the theme of family, as well as the looming danger of an apocalypse. Let’s take a look at who M. Night Shyamalan is, what he’s known for, and the cast chosen to represent the crucial roles in this n Night Shyamalan was born in August 1970, in India. He was raised in Penn Valley,...

The Four Seasons is a world-renowned hotel collection that promises only the best for its guests. The first location opened up in 1961 in a town in Toronto with an innovative new approach to the luxury hotel model. Architect Isadore Sharp wanted his new hotel to approach luxury travel with a guest-centric worldview. He would be entirely focused on what the guest would experience, and everything else about the hotel, no matter how beautiful or amazing in its own right, would revolve around this. It’s proven to be a successful way to run a hotel collection, as the Four Seasons has expanded significantly since then. Its first decade only saw three locations open: now, there are 124 properties internationally. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision,...

Although the Nike company started as a small Japanese shoe reseller in Oregon, it has now grown into a mainstream athletic and sports brand that is known all over the world. Through Nike’s brand identity, it is quickly outshining its competitors and creating a loyal following of satisfied customers. During Nike’s first year, 1964, the company grossed $8,000 in overall sales, whereas, in 2020, the brand’s revenue reached heights of $37.4 billion Usd. Where did Nike get its start to become the national sensation it is today, and how will it proceed as the athletic market continues to shift toward the luxury industry? Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The...

Jean-François returns to blockbuster Cinema with Gerard Butler and Mike Colter taking the stage. Jean-François Richet is best known for his work in France, notably the ‘Mesrine,’ a two-part crime epic. Now he’s taking on ‘Plane,’ a high-energy film with plenty of “hurrah” moments built in for the audience. You may question if you want to get on airplanes again but it may restore some faith in the people flying them. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. Captain Brodie Torrance is a single father dealing with the distance...

Elsa Zylberstein, one of the most famous – and bankable — faces of French cinema, known for her Cesar-winning performance in “I’ve Loved You For So Long,” is preparing to emerge as a major film producer.

Having recently set up banners in France and the U.S., Zylberstein is actively developing a raft of films and series, working with the likes of Oscar-winning Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad (“The Cave”), Ted Braun (Darfur Now”) and Oscar-winning screenwriter Christopher Hampton (“The Father”), among others. These include “Kingdom of Hope,” a movie about Elise Boghossian, a French acupuncturist and humanitarian worker in a war zone who has healed children victims of Isis . The movie will be directed by Fayyad, who is based in Berlin, and is being penned by Braun, based on Boghossian’s autobiographical book “Au royaume de l’espoir, il n’y a pas d’hiver.”

Zylberstein, who stands out from the...

’Rise’ and ’Pacifiction’ are also strong contenders.

Louis Garrel’s crime-infused romantic comedy The Innocent and Dominik Moll’s investigative drama The Night Of The 12th are the frontrunners for France’s 48th annual Cesar Awards with 11 and 10 nominations respectively.

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Cédric Klapisch’s dance drama Rise and Albert Serra’s political thriller Pacifiction follow with nine nominations each.

The titles are all selected in the best film category alongside Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi’s Forever Young.

Despite a strong showing from French female directors at both the box office and festivals, the best director category is all-male this year.

The director’s portrait of feminist icon and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil is still going strong after 14 weeks in theatres.

Hollywood superheroes may dominate the top spots at the French box office, but a local-language film about a feminist politician and Holocaust survivor has managed to woo audiences to become one of the leading French films of the year.

Olivier Dahan’s Simone: A Woman of the Century, released by Warner Bros. France, has sold more than 2.4 million tickets to date and is now the number two French film year on year - behind local comedy Serial (Bad) Weddings 3. It...

Photo: Coachella 2023

Since it was founded in 1999, Coachella has now gained a reputation as one of the most, if not the most, popular music festivals in North America. Throughout the years, it has delivered a high-caliber lineup of the world’s most popular artists to perform in the Indio, California desert. Since the early years, the festival’s headliners have been acts that are at the top of their class and dominate in their genre. From past headlining acts ranging from Beck, Björk, Prince, and Jay-Z to more recent headliners consisting of Drake, Calvin Harris, Ariana Grande, and Beyoncé, Coachella has always been able to present its attendees with a diversity of elite artists that dominated the global charts. With an impressive and expansive year of music in 2022 and speculated album releases in 2023, the predictions for this year’s headliners were broad with possibilities. Annually, the lineup is revealed on...

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2023 Most Anticipated Films ‘Barbie’ From Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach comes a nostalgic film that seems left field for the filmmakers. Alas, with stars like Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the appeal has never been greater. Being Barbie is to be perfect in every way, unless you’re Ken, you may not get it. The film comes out on July 21st. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment, against gossip and scandal, by combining entertainment, education, and philanthropy. ‘Oppenheimer’ Already breaking news for Christopher Nolan, recreating the effects of a hydrogen bomb has placed ‘Oppenheimer’ at...

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Now, having expanded to theaters around the nation after an exclusive release in four theaters in Los Angeles and New York on December 30, 2022, ‘A Man Called Otto’ is available for Tom Hanks fans around the country. In his second film of 2022 (following ‘Elvis’ with Austin Butler), Tom Hanks leads the title role in ‘A Man Called Otto,’ a film adapted from the ‘New York Times’-bestselling Swedish novel titled ‘A Man Called Ove’ by Fredrick Backman. Although published in English in 2013, the novel did not pick up in popularity until 18 months after its English publication, then stayed on the ‘New York Times’ bestseller list for over ten months. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission...

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Hotel Vernet is a beautiful five-star hotel located in the heart of Paris, France. It’s a boutique hotel that exists near the Champy-Elysèes District. Over a hundred-years old, the building that houses Vernet has been around for a long time, furbished and refurbished with many incredible design changes. Like most luxury hotels, it has plenty of wonderful amenities. All types of rooms, suites, and apartments come with free wifi, a minibar, 24-hour room service, air-conditioning, a safety deposit box, a smartphone jack connection, flat-screen televisions, and a Usb port. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the responsibility to better our world – The Hollywood Insider fully focuses on substance and meaningful entertainment,...

Other Angle, the French sales and co-production company founded by Olivier Albou and Laurence Schonberg, is looking to forge stronger ties in North America.

The company, which is celebrating its 15th edition of the Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris with six market screenings, is preparing the second edition of an L.A.-set French comedy event scheduled for April 1 at the Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills. The first edition of the French Comedy Club, which screened popular titles such as Philippe Lacheau’s “Super-hero malgré lui” and Kev Adams-starring “Retirement Home” (pictured) with English subtitles, was a success, said Albou, who began his career in Los Angeles and notably worked at Warner Bros.

“These movies are not often sold to U.S. distributors who tend to favor movies that play at festivals and have awards potential, but judging by the enthusiasm of the people who filled the theater during our event,...

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The epicenter of the film industry has been Hollywood for the majority of history. The industry has grown and waned, eras have come and passed, but the love of Cinema has always been constant. Rightly scrutinized for the types of stories being told and who they are told by is an issue that is slowly being dealt with. Although work is still to be done promoting a more diverse network of film, it is important to shed light on the growing tolerance of international content. International films have not always been an easy digest for the public to handle. European movies are often thought of as slow, Bollywood is somehow too big, and the rest of the world just doesn't seem to matter. Those narratives are beginning to change as streaming services highlight content from international markets and awards accoladed to deserving pieces outside the U.

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The decadence of the 1920s is on full display in Damien Chazelle’s three-hour adrenaline rush, chronicling the lives of three characters as they experience the last few years of the silent era. A rapid moment in the film industry that quickly took the medium of film to new heights as creatives no longer had the control they were used to. Close-ups were still relatively a new thing and the industry was just another job market that people could move west to exploit. 'Babylon' is the wild west of filmmaking; a choreographed masterpiece where the craft of filmmaking permeates through. 'Babylon' - Full Commentary & Reactions

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After thirteen years of waiting, the second installment of James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ series is here; in that time new technology was created and three planned movies escalated to five. This film ushers the franchise back into the spotlight as Cameron continues to work on the upcoming additions. The continuing epic centers around the Na’vi race on an extraterrestrial planet as they battle with humans attempting to mine the planet.‘The Way of Water’ picks up with Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) living with Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) and their family on Pandora. New friendships are made with the Metkayina tribe, introducing Roanal (Kate Winslet) and Tonowari (Cliff Curtis) as characters, expanding what we know about the Na’vi people. 'Avatar: The Way of Water' - Full Commentary & Reactions

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Netflix delivers a brand-new Spanish comedy about four middle-aged amigos overcoming their toxic masculinity. With an ensemble cast, ‘Machos Alfa’ (titled ‘Alpha Males’ in English) tells four different stories about machismo, sexuality, fidelity, and patriarchy. The series is clever and uses a modern setting that doesn’t overwash the plot with social media as other shows do in their attempt to be relevant. It tackles the issues with its realistic characters and plots. The characters and their issues are believable and do not fall victim to much melodrama. Directed by a woman, Laura Caballero, the series is a lighthearted show that avoids aggressively illustrating feminism. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read more on The Hollywood Insider’s vision, values and mission statement here – Media has the...

French films take 40.9 market share; US films garner 40.5.

Disney’s Avatar: The Way Of Water was the biggest film of 2022 at the French box office after just two weeks on release, garnering 6.7 million admissions in just two weeks. Serial (Bad) Weddings 3, released by Ugc, was the top local title of the year with 2.4 million tickets sold.

Avatar: The Way Of Water quickly overtook the 6.6 million admissions of Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick and was ahead of 2021’s biggest film Spider-Man: No Way Home, which had notched up 7.3 million admissions. It was also the strongest opening of the year with 2.2 million...

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Darren’s Cinematic Style ‘The Whale’ is a new arthouse film from the stylistic director Darren Aronofsky. ‘The Whale’ has already won seven awards and premiered at Venice Film Festival. If you are familiar with his work, you know that you are going to get some real hard truths within the experience. This film features some great performances while telling a story of a man pushed to the brink of existence through his unhealthy lifestyle. Darren has been making films about this type of tough material for over thirty years now. When I first experienced ‘Requiem for A Dream,’ I could not get it out of my mind. It was a view inside an area of life I had no experience with. This is an important aspect of the way he makes films, something I certainly admire and respect. Aronofsky is a Cinematic director, always assuring the...

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Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’ has been a recognizable film that has been successful in the year of 1993, along with his Oscar-winning movie ‘Schindler’s List.’ ‘Jurassic Park’ influenced other blockbuster films to experiment with special effects and computer animation to exceed audiences' expectations and also remind them that it is always exciting to watch a movie with great visuals. The film even gave Spielberg the opportunity to direct ‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park,’ which had more dinosaurs and computer animation. The critically-acclaimed director may not have been behind the camera for ‘Jurassic Park III,’ but Joe Johnson was. Around the late 2010s to early 2020s, three more sequels were made: ‘Jurassic World’ (2015), ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ (2018), and ‘Jurassic World Dominion (2022).’ Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here. Limited Time Offer – Free Subscription to The Hollywood Insider Click here to read...

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Immediately following the release of the hit 2018 animated film, ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’, a sequel has been anticipated by both Spider-Man and general Marvel fans alike. The original film garnered a number of awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, so a sequel was always inevitable. However, considering not only the success but the clever writing and fantastic visuals of its predecessor, can a sequel to ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ really hold a candle to the original? The Predecessor After a hiatus following the portrayal of Spider-Man by Andrew Garfield in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’, Spider-Man had finally returned to blockbuster status with the release of ‘Captain America: Civil War’. Tom Holland’s portrayal of Spider-Man put the masked web-shooter back on the big screen, following this introduction with a new Spider-Man origin film, ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ in 2017. Just one year later, ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse...

France’s box office is moving in an upward trajectory in November with 14.8 million admissions.

France’s box office is continuing to move in an upward trajectory in November with 14.8 million admissions for the month, the highest of the year so far according to figures from the Cnc.

The positive figures follow a decent October, when French theatres bounced back with 14.3 million admissions following the worst September in French box office history, with just 7.4 million tickets sold.

In total, 74 films were released in theatres in November, more than a pre-pandemic 61 in November 2019, an average of 15 films per week. US titles...

Studio went ahead with theatrical release despite misgivings over windowing laws.

Disney’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has dominated the French box office on its first week of release, grossing €15.1m (15.6m) since opening on November 9 and garnering 1.8 million admissions to become the biggest opener in France this year.

The debut week of November 9-15 has knocked Top Gun: Maverick (1.5 million admissions) and Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness (1.4 million tickets) off the 2022 top slots.

Despite threats from the studio to pull the film from French theatres ahead of its release to protest France’s windowing laws, Disney opted...

Studio went ahead with theatrical release despite misgivings over windowing laws.

Disney’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has dominated the French box office in its first week in release, grossing Euros 15.1m (15.6m) since opening on November 9 and garnering 1.79million admissions to become the biggest opener in France this year.

The opening week knocked Top Gun: Maverick with 1.53million admissions and Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness’ with 1.44million tickets off the top slots.

Despite threats from the studio to pull the film from French theatres ahead of its release to protest current windowing laws, Disney opted to launch...

Cedric Jiminez’s thriller ‘November’ about the Bataclan terrorist attacks, topped admissions.

The French box office bounced back in October with a total of 14.3m million admissions, the highest monthly ticket sales of 2022 to date, according to Cnc figures.

Admissions nearly doubled from September’s figures, a 20.7 dip from 2021 to 7.4 million, the lowest of the year and the worst September at the box office for the country since 1980.

However, although October 2022 admissions were just 0.1 down on October 2021, this was still 24 lower than the 2017-2019 average for the month.

Year-to-date, French theatres totaled 118.93 million admissions, down 30.3 from the same period in...

Exclusive: Other Angle Pictures has picked up international rights to the stacked ensemble erotic horror Alone At Night (previously known as 18 & Over).

The slasher pic is directed by Jimmy Giannopoulos from a screenplay by Giannopoulos and Diomedes Raul Bermudez.

The film follows Vicky (Ashley Benson), a young woman looking for an escape after going through a tumultuous breakup. After retreating to a friend’s remote cabin in the woods to clear her head, she continues modeling sexy lingerie for her devoted followers on 18 & Over, an adults-only, live-streaming website. But when the power goes out, Vicky discovers something terrifying awaiting her in the dark — a masked killer wielding a crowbar who’s hellbent on bringing her night to a grisly end.

Benson (Pretty Little Liars) stars alongside Pamela Anderson (Baywatch), Luis Guzmán (Traffic), model Winnie Harlow, musician G-Eazy, rapper Aap Nast, Paris Hilton, Lindsey Pelas (Extraction), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown...

But films by Rebecca Zlotowski and Alice Winocour buck the trend.

September 2022 was the worst month at the French box office since records began in 1980, excluding the pandemic year of 2020, according to figures released by the Cnc.

Ticket sales dipped by 20.7 compared to September 2021 to 7.4m admissions. This was a decline of 34.2 compared to a pre-pandemic September 2019.

In the year to date until September 30, French cinemas had garnered 105 million admissions, 30.3 less than the same period in 2019 and 29.1 less than the 2017-2019 average.

Fifty-four films were released in September 2022 compared to 59 in September 2019, averaging 14 films per week. Just five US titles were released in theatres,...

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