English-language films
France's Deauville American film fest opens with Twin Peaks' Laura Dern
The 43rd edition of France's Deauville American Film Festival opened late on Sept. 1 in the Normandy seaside resort with a tribute to American actress Laura Dern.
The festival, a showcase for American cinema, will run for ten days and offer 14 films in the official competition. Dern appeared on the red carpet in a dress covered in blue and white feathers.
'Hitman' shrugs off box-office doldrums to stay on top
For the third consecutive weekend "The Hitman's Bodyguard" was the top film in North American box offices, but the cinematic scene remained deep in the summer doldrums, website Exhibitor Relations reported on Sept. 3.
David Lynch Tribute | Athens | August 31 - September 6
The Asty Cinema in downtown Athens is hosting a weeklong tribute to the great David Lynch, showing two to three of his films each day which can be viewed with a single 7-euro ticket.
La La Land | Athens & Thessaloniki | September 8-10
The world tour of Damien Chazelle's Oscar-winning movie "La La Land" will be coming to Greece for three shows, at Athens's Tae Kwon Do Arena in Neo Faliro on Friday and Saturday, September 8 and 9, and Thessaloniki's PAOK Sports Arena on Sunday, September 10.
Steven Soderbergh: “Film-making is like sex. If I accidentally give someone else pleasure, that’s fine”!
Steven Soderbergh is showing me a collage he’s been making. Half-finished, it sits on a table in his New York office. Composed entirely of movie stars in character, the work gives pride of place to Robert De Niro as a mohawked Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver. He’s flanked by River Phoenix, John Belushi, Sacha Baron Cohen, Dennis Hopper and Catherine Deneuve.
John Stamos celebrates 54th birthday in the nude (photo)
Greek-American actor celebrated his birthday on Saturday with an Instagram photo of him appropriately donning nothing but his birthday suit. In the cheeky snap, the actor stands in an outdoor shower with his back to the camera, his derriere hidden only by some palm branches.
Semih Kaplanoğlu's 'Buğday' makes world premiere in Sarajevo
Semih Kaplanoğlu, the director of the popular trilogy "Honey," "Milk" and "Egg," gave the premiere of his latest film "Buğday" (Grain) at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival on Aug. 13, attending the film program alongside the film's actors, Bosnian artists, directors and writers.
Leonardo DiCaprio will Play Leonardo da Vinci
The American actor Leonardo DiCaprio will play the role of the infamous creator and artist by the same name, Leonardo da Vinci, in an upcoming biographical film, reports Deadline.com
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Metallica guitarist's monster movie posters go on display
Kirk Hammett may be known best as the guitarist whose deafening solos have come to define the band Metallica. But a new exhibit is showcasing a different side of the rocker, his passion for sci-fi and horror films.
Piranhas seen in Turkish waters
Examinations have started after amateur fishermen caught piranhas in the Kızılırmak River for the third time in the last 20 days.
Three separate amateur fishermen caught piranhas, which are indigenous to the Amazon basin, in Kızılırmak, running through the city center of the Central Anatolian province of Sivas.
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