Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan made a triumphant return to Cannes last year with About Dry Grasses, for which Merve Dizdar won Best Actress at Cannes, and now Turkey’s Oscar entry now arrives on streaming. In his review, Leonardo Goi said, “The pastures in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s luminous new film are only dry at the very end. Save for that brief summery coda, the landscape in About Dry Grasses remains a snowcapped immensity where prairies are ringed by belittling peaks, people stand out as calligraphic silhouettes, and snow falls so heavy as to blot out everything. It’s as if it fell ‘to make oblivion possible,’ observes art teacher Samet (Deniz Celiloglu), and in a film...
About Dry Grasses (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Nuri Bilge Ceylan made a triumphant return to Cannes last year with About Dry Grasses, for which Merve Dizdar won Best Actress at Cannes, and now Turkey’s Oscar entry now arrives on streaming. In his review, Leonardo Goi said, “The pastures in Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s luminous new film are only dry at the very end. Save for that brief summery coda, the landscape in About Dry Grasses remains a snowcapped immensity where prairies are ringed by belittling peaks, people stand out as calligraphic silhouettes, and snow falls so heavy as to blot out everything. It’s as if it fell ‘to make oblivion possible,’ observes art teacher Samet (Deniz Celiloglu), and in a film...
- 5/24/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Madonna‘s “Into the Groove” is one of the best dance songs of the 1980s if not all time. The Material Girl said that a certain ex-boyfriend of hers made the song work. She also revealed why she doesn’t like singing “Into the Groove.”
Madonna doesn’t like ‘Into the Groove’ and some of her other hits
“Into the Groove” encapsulates Madonna’s early catalog like few other songs. It’s a catchy slice of post-disco music that seems innocent enough at first glance. However, upon repeat listens, it’s clear that the tune might be a metaphor for risque behavior. It straddles the line between innocence and innuendo in a way that made Madonna’s first two albums (Madonna and Like a Virgin) irresistible.
During a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone, the Material Girl said she didn’t have much faith in “Into the Groove.” “I’ve never been...
Madonna doesn’t like ‘Into the Groove’ and some of her other hits
“Into the Groove” encapsulates Madonna’s early catalog like few other songs. It’s a catchy slice of post-disco music that seems innocent enough at first glance. However, upon repeat listens, it’s clear that the tune might be a metaphor for risque behavior. It straddles the line between innocence and innuendo in a way that made Madonna’s first two albums (Madonna and Like a Virgin) irresistible.
During a 2009 interview with Rolling Stone, the Material Girl said she didn’t have much faith in “Into the Groove.” “I’ve never been...
- 5/17/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jessica Hausner with Anne-Katrin Titze on Sylvie Testud’s Christine, Léa Seydoux’s Maria, Bruno Todeschini’s Kuno, and Gilette Barbier’s Frau Hartl in Lourdes: “I was thinking about the story of Heidi [by Johanna Spyri].”
In the first installment with Jessica Hausner on three of her feature films before her latest, the bewitching Club Zero (European Film Award Best Original Score to Markus Binder), we start the conversation with Lourdes, costumes, as always, designed by Tanja Hausner, cinematography by Martin Gschlacht, sound design by Erik Mischijew, and production design by Katharina Wöppermann (Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari’s Women Without Men).
Kuno (Bruno Todeschini) with Christine (Sylvie Testud), Frau Hartl (Gilette Barbier) and Cécile (Elina Löwensohn)
Maria (Léa Seydoux), a newcomer to the...
In the first installment with Jessica Hausner on three of her feature films before her latest, the bewitching Club Zero (European Film Award Best Original Score to Markus Binder), we start the conversation with Lourdes, costumes, as always, designed by Tanja Hausner, cinematography by Martin Gschlacht, sound design by Erik Mischijew, and production design by Katharina Wöppermann (Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari’s Women Without Men).
Kuno (Bruno Todeschini) with Christine (Sylvie Testud), Frau Hartl (Gilette Barbier) and Cécile (Elina Löwensohn)
Maria (Léa Seydoux), a newcomer to the...
- 4/26/2024
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Lourdes Portillo, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker and activist whose films such as “The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo” and “The Devil Never Sleeps” helped elevate Mexican and LGBTQ stories in the global cinema ecosystem, has died at the age of 80, IndieWire has confirmed.
Born in Mexico in 1943, Portillo moved to America with her family as a teenager and began making films at 21 years old. She made her directorial debut with 1979’s “After the Earthquake,” a short film that focused on the experiences of a Nicaraguan refugee building a new life in San Francisco. Over the next four decades, she went on to establish herself as one of global cinema’s most prominent advocates for the Chicano movement and LGBTQ rights, using her documentary and narrative films to highlight the perspectives of marginalized people.
Her 1986 film “The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo,” a documentary about the eponymous Argentine human rights group that...
Born in Mexico in 1943, Portillo moved to America with her family as a teenager and began making films at 21 years old. She made her directorial debut with 1979’s “After the Earthquake,” a short film that focused on the experiences of a Nicaraguan refugee building a new life in San Francisco. Over the next four decades, she went on to establish herself as one of global cinema’s most prominent advocates for the Chicano movement and LGBTQ rights, using her documentary and narrative films to highlight the perspectives of marginalized people.
Her 1986 film “The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo,” a documentary about the eponymous Argentine human rights group that...
- 4/21/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
AGC Studios’ chief creative officer Lourdes Diaz has been promoted to partner with a seat on the board and has signed a new multi-year employment deal with the company.
Diaz joined AGC in 2018 as head of television. She was promoted to chief creative officer of the independent film and TV production and finance company in 2022.
Before AGC, she was president of entertainment for Univision Communications and served stints with Viacom International and NBC. She began her career as an agent at ICM.
AGC CEO Stuart Ford and COO Miguel Palos, who themselves signed multi-year employment deals late last year, commented:...
Diaz joined AGC in 2018 as head of television. She was promoted to chief creative officer of the independent film and TV production and finance company in 2022.
Before AGC, she was president of entertainment for Univision Communications and served stints with Viacom International and NBC. She began her career as an agent at ICM.
AGC CEO Stuart Ford and COO Miguel Palos, who themselves signed multi-year employment deals late last year, commented:...
- 3/18/2024
- ScreenDaily
AGC Studios Chief Creative Officer Lourdes Diaz has been promoted to partner and has taken up a seat on the executive board as part of a new multi-year agreement at the indie studio.
“Ever since her arrival in the early months of AGC’s existence, Lourdes has been a hugely influential contributor to the company’s explosive growth,” said founders Stuart Ford and Miguel Palos, who also recently signed new multi-year agreements at the studio.
“Aside from building a highly respected scripted television operation, in her broader role as Chief Creative Officer, she has shaped key decisions on the feature film and unscripted sides of the company, helped kickstart our Family and YA division, and has made us a very visible player in the Hispanic film and TV sector. She’s a beloved and absolutely integral part of the community and the culture we’ve built at AGC, and we...
“Ever since her arrival in the early months of AGC’s existence, Lourdes has been a hugely influential contributor to the company’s explosive growth,” said founders Stuart Ford and Miguel Palos, who also recently signed new multi-year agreements at the studio.
“Aside from building a highly respected scripted television operation, in her broader role as Chief Creative Officer, she has shaped key decisions on the feature film and unscripted sides of the company, helped kickstart our Family and YA division, and has made us a very visible player in the Hispanic film and TV sector. She’s a beloved and absolutely integral part of the community and the culture we’ve built at AGC, and we...
- 3/18/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Across her five previous features, Austrian director Jessica Hausner has developed a distinctly unique tone––one which carries through her sixth outing Club Zero. Led by Mia Wasikowska, the dark satire follows a nutrition teacher at an elite school whose relationship with five students takes a dangerous turn. While Hausner is perhaps intentionally poking the bear as it relates to eating disorders, one could swap out the subject of her new film to another topic du jour and still retain a cogent, one-of-a-kind look at cult mentality.
Ahead of Film Movement’s theatrical release of Club Zero this Friday––followed by their digital release of new 4K restorations of Lovely Rita and Hotel, along with Lourdes, on March 29––I spoke with Hausner about being inspired by fairy tales, the provocation of withholding food, collaborating with Mia Wasikowska, divisive reactions, the overwhelming stress of youth, and more.
The Film Stage: You...
Ahead of Film Movement’s theatrical release of Club Zero this Friday––followed by their digital release of new 4K restorations of Lovely Rita and Hotel, along with Lourdes, on March 29––I spoke with Hausner about being inspired by fairy tales, the provocation of withholding food, collaborating with Mia Wasikowska, divisive reactions, the overwhelming stress of youth, and more.
The Film Stage: You...
- 3/13/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
La comedia española original de Prime Video, que se proyectará en el próximo Festival de Cine de Málaga en el apartado de Selección Oficial, ya tiene fecha de estreno en la plataforma. © Prime Video
Tras haberse alejado del mundo del largometraje, Emilio Martínez Lázaro vuelve para dirigir “Un Hípster en la España Vacía” — su primera película desde la “Miamor Perdido” de 2018 —, una comedia basada en el libro homónimo de Daniel Gascón.
La película, que se proyectará el próximo 2 de marzo en el Festival de Cine de Málaga, está protagonizada por Lalo Tenorio (“La Familia Perfecta”), quien da vida a Quique, un joven al que le encargan liderar la política de la España Vaciada en un pueblo de Teruel. Un joven que se verá obligado a enfrentarse solo a un pueblo dispuesto a tomarle el pelo a él y a sus modernas propuestas y que, por si esto no fuera suficiente,...
Tras haberse alejado del mundo del largometraje, Emilio Martínez Lázaro vuelve para dirigir “Un Hípster en la España Vacía” — su primera película desde la “Miamor Perdido” de 2018 —, una comedia basada en el libro homónimo de Daniel Gascón.
La película, que se proyectará el próximo 2 de marzo en el Festival de Cine de Málaga, está protagonizada por Lalo Tenorio (“La Familia Perfecta”), quien da vida a Quique, un joven al que le encargan liderar la política de la España Vaciada en un pueblo de Teruel. Un joven que se verá obligado a enfrentarse solo a un pueblo dispuesto a tomarle el pelo a él y a sus modernas propuestas y que, por si esto no fuera suficiente,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Mario Hernández
- mundoCine
Madonna rang in the new year in St. Barts with all her kids and it looks like her two oldest children spent some quality time together!
Lourdes Leon and Rocco Ritchie, her kids with exes Carlos Leon and Guy Ritchie, were seen going for a boat ride with friends on Sunday (December 31) in St. Barts.
Madonna took to her Instagram account on New Year’s Day to share some photos from the Nye celebration with all six of her kids – Lourdes, 27, Rocco, 23, David Banda, 18, Mercy James, 17, and 11-year-old twins Stella and Estere.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Let Me Take You to a Place I know you want to Go— It’s A Good Life……….Happy 2024 !!
Lourdes Leon and Rocco Ritchie, her kids with exes Carlos Leon and Guy Ritchie, were seen going for a boat ride with friends on Sunday (December 31) in St. Barts.
Madonna took to her Instagram account on New Year’s Day to share some photos from the Nye celebration with all six of her kids – Lourdes, 27, Rocco, 23, David Banda, 18, Mercy James, 17, and 11-year-old twins Stella and Estere.
Keep reading to find out more…
“Let Me Take You to a Place I know you want to Go— It’s A Good Life……….Happy 2024 !!
- 1/2/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Pop icon Madonna’s New Year’s Eve was a family affair. The legendary musician rang in 2024 with her six children, Lourdes, Rocco, David, Mercy, and twins Stella and Estere. The ‘Hung Up’ singer shared a collection of photos from her celebration on Instagram, beginning with several shots of the family enjoying some fun in the sun together, reports ‘People’ magazine.
In one picture, she and son Rocco are backdropped by beautiful blue water, and in another, Lourdes poses for a boat selfie. Elsewhere in the post, Madonna sported a leather corset and a “Happy New Year” tiara as she posed with each of her kids.
As per ‘People’, in one photo, she shares a sweet embrace with mini-me Lourdes, who has followed in her mom’s musical footsteps.
Also at her New Year’s Eve celebration, the pop star stood side-by-side with Rocco, wrapped her arms around Mercy, and posed with David,...
In one picture, she and son Rocco are backdropped by beautiful blue water, and in another, Lourdes poses for a boat selfie. Elsewhere in the post, Madonna sported a leather corset and a “Happy New Year” tiara as she posed with each of her kids.
As per ‘People’, in one photo, she shares a sweet embrace with mini-me Lourdes, who has followed in her mom’s musical footsteps.
Also at her New Year’s Eve celebration, the pop star stood side-by-side with Rocco, wrapped her arms around Mercy, and posed with David,...
- 1/2/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Queen of Pop Madonna, who turned 65 on August 16, posted a video on Instagram sharing the festivities from her birthday in Lisbon, Portugal, and said “It’s great to be alive.” On Friday, two days after the ‘Hung Up’ singer blew out the candles, she shared a compilation of photos and videos of the vacation on the social media platform.
“It’s great to be Alive………… .. and Amazing to Be able to put on my dancing shoes and Celebrate my Birthday! I’m So Grateful.
“Thank you Lisbon and to all who made it possible! “ she wrote.
The video featured her donning jewels, going through outfit changes, spending time with friends on a boat, riding horses on the beach, having dinner with friends and dancing the night away.
The video was set to her hit song, ‘Vogue’.
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“It’s great to be Alive………… .. and Amazing to Be able to put on my dancing shoes and Celebrate my Birthday! I’m So Grateful.
“Thank you Lisbon and to all who made it possible! “ she wrote.
The video featured her donning jewels, going through outfit changes, spending time with friends on a boat, riding horses on the beach, having dinner with friends and dancing the night away.
The video was set to her hit song, ‘Vogue’.
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All six of...
- 8/19/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Beyonce’s six-year-old daughter Rumi made a rare appearance with Madonna backstage at the Renaissance World Tour.
Madonna shared a photo of her three daughters, Stella, Estere and Mercy, and her posing alongside Beyonce and Rumi.
Beyonce smiled in the photo while her long straight hair cascaded back. She was still in her stage makeup but wore a black floor-length robe.
Rumi is Beyonce and Jay-Z’s second child and twin to her brother Sir. Her older sister is 11-year-old Blue Ivy, who previously joined her mother on stage during the tour. The twins were born in June 2017 and Rumi’s name was chosen from the 13th century poet from Persia.
Madonna, who was recently recovering after being hospitalized, has six children in total. Her three daughters who attended the concert with her and their brother David Banda were adopted from Malawi. Her other two children, Lourdes and Rocco, are her only biological children.
Madonna shared a photo of her three daughters, Stella, Estere and Mercy, and her posing alongside Beyonce and Rumi.
Beyonce smiled in the photo while her long straight hair cascaded back. She was still in her stage makeup but wore a black floor-length robe.
Rumi is Beyonce and Jay-Z’s second child and twin to her brother Sir. Her older sister is 11-year-old Blue Ivy, who previously joined her mother on stage during the tour. The twins were born in June 2017 and Rumi’s name was chosen from the 13th century poet from Persia.
Madonna, who was recently recovering after being hospitalized, has six children in total. Her three daughters who attended the concert with her and their brother David Banda were adopted from Malawi. Her other two children, Lourdes and Rocco, are her only biological children.
- 8/4/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Lookin’ good, Madge!
Madonna, 64, looked radiant and sunny as she attended her rumoured beau’s boxing match over the weekend.
The pop mega-star rocked the music industry last month when she was hospitalized in the ICU for a “serious bacterial infection,” halting her highly anticipated Celebration Tour, which was meant to kick off in Vancouver on July 15.
She’s slowly been on the up in recent weeks, and she even shared a clip of herself dancing to her classic track, “Lucky Star”, in her home on Thursday.
Read More: Madonna Shows Off Her Dance Moves In New Health Update
Now her recovery is progressing even better in a new Twitter vid which showed her hanging with her professional boxer boyfriend, Josh Popper, 29.
Healthy pic.twitter.com/qvffU4b0T5
— Madonna stans (@MAD0NNAARMY1) July 29, 2023
The star was rocking a red flannel and shades as Popper followed closely behind her with a medal around his neck,...
Madonna, 64, looked radiant and sunny as she attended her rumoured beau’s boxing match over the weekend.
The pop mega-star rocked the music industry last month when she was hospitalized in the ICU for a “serious bacterial infection,” halting her highly anticipated Celebration Tour, which was meant to kick off in Vancouver on July 15.
She’s slowly been on the up in recent weeks, and she even shared a clip of herself dancing to her classic track, “Lucky Star”, in her home on Thursday.
Read More: Madonna Shows Off Her Dance Moves In New Health Update
Now her recovery is progressing even better in a new Twitter vid which showed her hanging with her professional boxer boyfriend, Josh Popper, 29.
Healthy pic.twitter.com/qvffU4b0T5
— Madonna stans (@MAD0NNAARMY1) July 29, 2023
The star was rocking a red flannel and shades as Popper followed closely behind her with a medal around his neck,...
- 7/29/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
Pop icon Madonna is said to have been “one step away from disaster” for a while, with her children set to “stage an intervention” after her scary hospital dash that left her needing intensive care.
Last month, it was revealed that 64-year-old ‘Material Girl’ singer had suffered a scary hospital dash after developing a bacterial infection that saw her checked into an intensive care unit. Reports even said that Madonna was “intubated,” reports Mirror.co.uk.
But now it has emerged the singer’s kids, including her daughter Lourdes, 26, have staged an intervention for their famous mother due to the way in which she reportedly “punishes herself” and is said to go “overboard” with surgery.
As well as her eldest child Lourdes, Madonna is also mum to Rocco, 22; David, 17; Mercy, 17; and 10-year-old twins Stella and Estere.
As per Mirror.co.uk, it’s reported that all of her kids are...
Last month, it was revealed that 64-year-old ‘Material Girl’ singer had suffered a scary hospital dash after developing a bacterial infection that saw her checked into an intensive care unit. Reports even said that Madonna was “intubated,” reports Mirror.co.uk.
But now it has emerged the singer’s kids, including her daughter Lourdes, 26, have staged an intervention for their famous mother due to the way in which she reportedly “punishes herself” and is said to go “overboard” with surgery.
As well as her eldest child Lourdes, Madonna is also mum to Rocco, 22; David, 17; Mercy, 17; and 10-year-old twins Stella and Estere.
As per Mirror.co.uk, it’s reported that all of her kids are...
- 7/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
For her first feature, Spanish writer-director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren certainly hasn’t chosen an easy subject to deal with, even if it’s one that’s about as topical as you can get right now.
And yet this moving chronicle of an 8-year-old’s gradual transitioning, and the effect it has on a family over their summer vacation, manages to be both timely and timeless, making its hot-button issue feel like part of a larger, spiritual cycle of life and loss. Carried by impressively fluid, determinedly naturalistic filmmaking, with performances that never hit a false note, 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) marks an assured debut, slowly but surely hitting an emotional crescendo during its final minutes.
The film’s specific style and setting are evident from the get-go, immersing us in a world that we discover over the course of an unhurried two hours. Using a handheld camera and a documentary-like approach,...
And yet this moving chronicle of an 8-year-old’s gradual transitioning, and the effect it has on a family over their summer vacation, manages to be both timely and timeless, making its hot-button issue feel like part of a larger, spiritual cycle of life and loss. Carried by impressively fluid, determinedly naturalistic filmmaking, with performances that never hit a false note, 20,000 Species of Bees (20.000 especies de abejas) marks an assured debut, slowly but surely hitting an emotional crescendo during its final minutes.
The film’s specific style and setting are evident from the get-go, immersing us in a world that we discover over the course of an unhurried two hours. Using a handheld camera and a documentary-like approach,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In time, stories like “20,000 Species of Bees” will come to feel as commonplace within the coming-of-age genre as tales of first love or heartbreak: a young girl, unhappy in her skin and at odds with her family, finally recognizes her gender over the course of one pivotal summer, and persuades others to recognize it too. For now, Spanish writer-director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s mellow, softly piercing debut feature joins the likes of Céline Sciamma’s “Tomboy” and Emanuele Crialese’s “L’Immensità” in a select but growing canon of trans or nonbinary childhood studies. Unassuming and meanderingly character-oriented, the film doesn’t assert itself as an issue drama — in large part because, as Solaguren presents her eight-year-old protagonist’s gradual steps toward self-realization, her film doesn’t see much of an issue to begin with.
“How come you know who you are and I don’t?” Simply phrased but far more complex to answer,...
“How come you know who you are and I don’t?” Simply phrased but far more complex to answer,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Madonna revealed her one regret during a candid new Q&a YouTube clip.
The singer was asked 50 questions for the video; one of which asked for a decision in her life that “wasn’t the best idea.”
Madonna, who was married to Sean Penn in 1985-1989 and Guy Ritchie in 2000-2008, responded: “Getting married. Both times!”
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Read More: Madonna Is Proud Of Her Daughter Lourdes Leon For Reintroducing Herself As Lolahol In Music Video For ‘Lock&Key’
Elsewhere in the interview, the singer admitted that sex was her “favourite guilty pleasure,” as well as it being her “current obsession.”
Read More: Madonna Reflects On The Wardrobe ‘Accident’ That Could Have Ended Her Career
The chat was shared to celebrate the release of the hitmaker’s Finally Enough Love: 50 Number One Remix Collection.
Madonna recently celebrated her 64th birthday on August...
The singer was asked 50 questions for the video; one of which asked for a decision in her life that “wasn’t the best idea.”
Madonna, who was married to Sean Penn in 1985-1989 and Guy Ritchie in 2000-2008, responded: “Getting married. Both times!”
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Read More: Madonna Is Proud Of Her Daughter Lourdes Leon For Reintroducing Herself As Lolahol In Music Video For ‘Lock&Key’
Elsewhere in the interview, the singer admitted that sex was her “favourite guilty pleasure,” as well as it being her “current obsession.”
Read More: Madonna Reflects On The Wardrobe ‘Accident’ That Could Have Ended Her Career
The chat was shared to celebrate the release of the hitmaker’s Finally Enough Love: 50 Number One Remix Collection.
Madonna recently celebrated her 64th birthday on August...
- 8/31/2022
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
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