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Deadline’s Best International Films Of 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, Deadline's film critics have each chosen their Top 3 international movies of the year. A trio of those selected recently made the International Feature Oscar shortlist — though not all titles below were put forth by their country of origin.
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Deadline’s Critics Pick Their Best Films Of 2024
Deadline’s film critics have been on the frontlines of 2024’s movie releases since way back at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Since then, they’ve been on the beaches of Cannes, the canals of Venice, the mountains of Telluride and the sidewalks of Toronto, discovering the best the year in movies…
‘The Fire Inside’ Review: An Effortlessly Charismatic Pairing Anchors This Real-Life Olympic Boxing Tale
Powerful performers punch above their weight in this otherwise by-the-book boxing drama. Based on the record-setting back-to-back Olympic victories — in 2012 and 2016 — of professional boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, who came from a poor background in Flint…
Walter Salles On Brazil’s Oscar Submission ‘I’m Still Here’: “This Is A Film About Life”
People are always on a journey in the films of Walter Salles. His 1998 breakout film Central Station saw an abandoned nine-year-old go looking for the father he’s never known, while 2004's The Motorcycle Diaries had a carefree young Che Guevara becoming radicalized while searching for the soul of South…
Oscars: International Feature Shortlist Includes Firsts For Latvia & Thailand; Audiard’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ & Walter Salles’ ‘I’m Still Here’ Among Expected Pics In The Cut
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has whittled down a field of 85 eligible films to a shortlist of 15 which will now advance to the next round of voting, looking to secure a nomination for the International Feature Oscar.
In the mix on Tuesday’s shortlist are such expected titles as…
‘A Complete Unknown’ Director James Mangold, Timothée Chalamet & Cast Reveal How They Recreated The “Fable” & “Mystery” Of Dylan
James Mangold's Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown takes its title from one of the most famous rock songs of all time and most of its information from Elijah Wald's 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties. Dylan's song "Like a Rolling Stone" has been…
Daniel Craig On Playing ‘Queer’, Killing Bond And Being Nominated For A Golden Globe: “I Consider This Job To Be A Massive Privilege”
Daniel Craig celebrated his third Golden Globes nomination last night by going to work, taking the stage at London's Southbank for an extended Q&A with critic Mark Kermode. The occasion was to publicize the release of Luca Guadagnino's extraordinary film Queer, an adaptation of Beat writer William S…
‘The Substance’ Director Coralie Fargeat On Her Film’s Five Golden Globes Nominations: “It’s A Victory For Sincerity”
When Coralie Fargeat's horror-comedy The Substance premiered in Cannes this year it nearly brought the house down, which is not easily done in the concrete bunker that is the misleadingly titled Palais des Festivals. What's also unusual about Fargeat's film is that it's still being talked about at the…
Golden Globes Nominee Nicole Kidman On ‘Babygirl’: “If You Want A New Experience, Go See It”
Even after 40 years in the business, Nicole Kidman doesn't take awards for granted, and she readily admits that her new film Babygirl isn't typical Oscar bait. Directed by Halina Reijn and released in the US on Christmas Day, it stars Kidman as Romy Mathis, the high-powered CEO of a computerized delivery…
Demi Moore On Golden Globe Noms For Her Cult Horror Hit ‘The Substance’: “There Are People Who’ve Seen It Three Or Four Times”
Today is a good day for Demi Moore; it started with the crack-of-dawn announcement of a Golden Globe nomination for best actress — one of five for her Cannes hit The Substance — and will end with an evening soirée to celebrate her lifetime achievement award at the San Francisco Film Festival. It's part of…
Director Damian Kocur On Poland’s Oscar Entry ‘Under The Volcano’ Set During Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine: “We Had An Obligation” – Contenders International
Although it has been the subject of many acclaimed documentaries, Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has yielded very little in the way of fiction. Damian Kocur's Under the Volcano, which has been chosen as Poland's official submission for this year's Best International Feature Oscar, is unusual in that…
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Director Hsaio Ya-Chuan On Taiwan’s Oscar Entry ‘Old Fox’: “With This Movie I Can Plant Some Seeds” – Contenders International
How to teach your kids right from wrong without laying the groundwork for them to become a complete pushover in later life? That's the conundrum explored in Hsaio Ya-chuan’s Old Fox, the Taiwanese submission for the Best International Feature Oscar.
Set in 1990, at the height of Taiwan's economic…
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