Damien Chazelle, the Oscar-winning director of hit movies La La Land and Whiplash, will lead the main competition jury at this year’s Venice Film Festival, organisers have announced. The French-American director, screenwriter and producer has close ties to the festival,…
Tobey Maguire to play Charlie Chaplin in ‘Babylon’
Tobey Maguire has been cast to play Charlie Chaplin in director Damien Chazelle’s next film, Babylon. The actor, who was previously attached to the film in an unknown role and as an executive producer, was revealed to be playing the…
Sundance: Chinonye Chukwu is first black woman to win biggest prize (IndieWire)
It was a banner year for female filmmakers at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as each of the four Grand Jury Prizes given to competition films — the festival’s highest honors, as voted on by individual juries — was directed…
