The members of Abba had a rare reunion Friday to receive one of Sweden’s highest honors at the royal palace in Stockholm.
Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were given the Royal Vasa Order by King Carl XVI Gustaf. The group was awarded the honor for their “very distinguished contributions within Swedish and international music life.”
The Royal Vasa Order is a knighthood given in recognition of personal efforts for Sweden, as well as the successful performance of public duties and assignments, the Associated Press writes. They are the first Swedish citizens in nearly 50 years to receive the honor.
The four members of Abba have not performed live together since 1982, and have only made a handful of appearances together over the ensuing decades. They most recently came together in 2022 at their avatar show Abba: Voyage in London. They used that occasion to to record 2021’s Voyage,...
Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were given the Royal Vasa Order by King Carl XVI Gustaf. The group was awarded the honor for their “very distinguished contributions within Swedish and international music life.”
The Royal Vasa Order is a knighthood given in recognition of personal efforts for Sweden, as well as the successful performance of public duties and assignments, the Associated Press writes. They are the first Swedish citizens in nearly 50 years to receive the honor.
The four members of Abba have not performed live together since 1982, and have only made a handful of appearances together over the ensuing decades. They most recently came together in 2022 at their avatar show Abba: Voyage in London. They used that occasion to to record 2021’s Voyage,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
The members of Abba staged a rare reunion Friday to receive one of Sweden’s highest honors at the royal palace in Stockholm.
Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were given the Royal Vasa Order by King Carl XVI Gustaf, with Abba awarded the honor for their “very distinguished contributions within Swedish and international music life.”
Abba marked the first Swedish citizens to receive the Royal Vasa Order — a knighthood that is given in recognition of personal efforts for Sweden as well as the successful performance of public duties and assignments,...
Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were given the Royal Vasa Order by King Carl XVI Gustaf, with Abba awarded the honor for their “very distinguished contributions within Swedish and international music life.”
Abba marked the first Swedish citizens to receive the Royal Vasa Order — a knighthood that is given in recognition of personal efforts for Sweden as well as the successful performance of public duties and assignments,...
- 6/1/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
New York, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Woody Allen’s newest film is set for release in select theaters across the United States on April 5, 2024. Coup De Chance, a romantic thriller shot entirely in French and starring an acclaimed international cast including Lou de Laâge (International Emmy winner. The Mad Women’s Ball), Valérie Lemercier, (The Visitors), Melvil Poupaud, (Eric Rohmer’s A Tale of Summer), and Niels Schneider (Heartbeats, How I Killed My Mother) is Allen’s 50th film as director.
A sensation when it debuted at the Venice Film Festival, Coup De Chance has received glowing reviews during its international release across Europe and Asia with comparisons to some of Allen’s most acclaimed masterpieces including Blue Jasmine, Match Point, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Midnight in Paris.
In English, the title means “stroke of luck,” and the film centers around the central role of chance and luck in our lives. Fanny (de Laâge) and Jean (Poupaud,...
A sensation when it debuted at the Venice Film Festival, Coup De Chance has received glowing reviews during its international release across Europe and Asia with comparisons to some of Allen’s most acclaimed masterpieces including Blue Jasmine, Match Point, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Midnight in Paris.
In English, the title means “stroke of luck,” and the film centers around the central role of chance and luck in our lives. Fanny (de Laâge) and Jean (Poupaud,...
- 3/28/2024
- by Molly Se-kyung
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Discovery+ has nearly 100 series that it classifies as “Paranormal & Unexplained.” Some focus on cryptids, like Alaskan Killer Bigfoot or The Mothman Sightings. Others attempt to make sense of extraterrestrials, like The Visitors or Ancient Aliens. But an overwhelming majority of that particular category focuses on one thing: ghosts.
I used to be too scared to even consider that ghosts could be real. If ghosts were real, then they could be anywhere with who knows what kind of intentions! Horror stories have us believing that ghosts are always out to get us, but if they didn’t exist they couldn’t hurt me. But as my life has gone on, I can’t deny their existence. And now I know that the more we acknowledge that, the less vengeful they may be.
I used to be too scared to even consider that ghosts could be real. If ghosts were real, then they could be anywhere with who knows what kind of intentions! Horror stories have us believing that ghosts are always out to get us, but if they didn’t exist they couldn’t hurt me. But as my life has gone on, I can’t deny their existence. And now I know that the more we acknowledge that, the less vengeful they may be.
- 7/21/2023
- by Brianna Wellen
- Primetimer
The Changing Face of Europe, which is presented by European Film Promotion (Efp) in collaboration with Hot Docs, returns to Toronto with the sixth edition of its festival-within-a-festival program—nine features and one mid-length film—exploring themes around identity, belonging and struggle.
“Over the years, the Changing Face of Europe has become one of the more impactful programs in the lineup, and also an essential component of our festival programming,” Hot Docs artistic director Shane Smith told Variety in advance of the festival.
“Europe has a rich history of and strong connection to the art of documentary filmmaking,” he said. “We are delighted to showcase the powerful work coming out of the continent that sheds light on crucial issues facing Europeans today.”
World-premiering “A Happy Man”, written and directed by anthropologist and filmmaker Soňa G. Lutherova (“Flooded”), tells the story of Marvin, who has moved from the Czech Republic to...
“Over the years, the Changing Face of Europe has become one of the more impactful programs in the lineup, and also an essential component of our festival programming,” Hot Docs artistic director Shane Smith told Variety in advance of the festival.
“Europe has a rich history of and strong connection to the art of documentary filmmaking,” he said. “We are delighted to showcase the powerful work coming out of the continent that sheds light on crucial issues facing Europeans today.”
World-premiering “A Happy Man”, written and directed by anthropologist and filmmaker Soňa G. Lutherova (“Flooded”), tells the story of Marvin, who has moved from the Czech Republic to...
- 4/27/2023
- by Jennie Punter
- Variety Film + TV
Director Michael Cimino Didn't Want The Deer Hunter To Feel Like A Political Statement About Vietnam
In a 1977 New York Times article, director Michael Cimino was asked how big of a role the Vietnam war would play in "The Deer Hunter." He replied, "The war is really incidental to the development of the characters and their story. It's a part of their lives and just that, nothing more. I have no interest in making a 'Vietnam' film, no interest in making a direct political statement."
Released the same year, Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" contemplates the moral ramifications of war whereas "The Deer Hunter" considers how it affects the homefront. "The Deer Hunter" is the story of a group of friends — Michael, Nick, and Steven — that belong to a tight-knit Russian Orthodox community in rural Pennsylvania. With the exception of the infamous Russian roulette scenes, the film focuses on their struggle to assimilate into their community and reconcile their trauma after participating in the Vietnam war.
Released the same year, Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" contemplates the moral ramifications of war whereas "The Deer Hunter" considers how it affects the homefront. "The Deer Hunter" is the story of a group of friends — Michael, Nick, and Steven — that belong to a tight-knit Russian Orthodox community in rural Pennsylvania. With the exception of the infamous Russian roulette scenes, the film focuses on their struggle to assimilate into their community and reconcile their trauma after participating in the Vietnam war.
- 2/26/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Jean Reno is an internationally renowned French actor best known for his roles in Hollywood films such as The Professional, Léon: The Professional, Godzilla and Mission Impossible. Born Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez in Casablanca in Morocco on July 30th 1948, he moved to France at the age of three with his family.
Jean Reno. Depostiphotos
Reno’s first foray into acting came while still a student when he joined a local theater group. His professional debut was in the play “Molière,” which was followed by many other stage performances. After appearing as an extra in several movies, Reno’s big break came when he was cast as a corrupt police officer in Nikita (1990). This performance earned him an award for Best Supporting Actor at the Cannes Film Festival.
Since then, Reno has gone on to star in numerous successful films including The Da Vinci Code (2006), Les Visiteurs (1993), Ronin (1998) and Godard’s...
Jean Reno. Depostiphotos
Reno’s first foray into acting came while still a student when he joined a local theater group. His professional debut was in the play “Molière,” which was followed by many other stage performances. After appearing as an extra in several movies, Reno’s big break came when he was cast as a corrupt police officer in Nikita (1990). This performance earned him an award for Best Supporting Actor at the Cannes Film Festival.
Since then, Reno has gone on to star in numerous successful films including The Da Vinci Code (2006), Les Visiteurs (1993), Ronin (1998) and Godard’s...
- 2/25/2023
- by Movies Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
Steven Spielberg's Amblin TV ("Falling Skies") will co-produce a TV pilot for a new 'Martian' science fiction drama series,"The Visitors", based on author Ray Bradbury's short story "Zero Hour", adapted in EC comics' "Weird Fantasy" #18 (1953):
"...'The Visitors' chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world using our most precious resource (children) against us..."
Executive producers are Amblin’s Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Steven Spielberg.
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"...'The Visitors' chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world using our most precious resource (children) against us..."
Executive producers are Amblin’s Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Steven Spielberg.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 4/24/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
He made his name as a hitman in Leon. Now he’s back in a kung fu heist caper set in New York. The art-loving, olive oil-making French actor explains why he loves playing ‘le baddie’
Maybe because he is fixed in our minds at the time he became world-famous in his mid-40s as a gauche hitman in Léon: The Professional, it is strange thinking of Jean Reno as the age he now is: 72. He already seemed timeless, providing grizzled, existentially marinated cool-for-hire in numerous Hollywood blockbusters. If you’re French, then he’s doubly part of the woodwork: in 1993, he played time-travelling knight Godefroy Amaury de Malfête in Les Visiteurs, a film that is a national institution.
Yet here he is, caught at an extreme Dutch angle on my laptop screen, fuller-faced than back then, but otherwise hale. He has been busy during the pandemic, on a six-month filming stint in Vigo,...
Maybe because he is fixed in our minds at the time he became world-famous in his mid-40s as a gauche hitman in Léon: The Professional, it is strange thinking of Jean Reno as the age he now is: 72. He already seemed timeless, providing grizzled, existentially marinated cool-for-hire in numerous Hollywood blockbusters. If you’re French, then he’s doubly part of the woodwork: in 1993, he played time-travelling knight Godefroy Amaury de Malfête in Les Visiteurs, a film that is a national institution.
Yet here he is, caught at an extreme Dutch angle on my laptop screen, fuller-faced than back then, but otherwise hale. He has been busy during the pandemic, on a six-month filming stint in Vigo,...
- 2/2/2021
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Fifty years ago this month, Steve Railsback was a 23-year-old actor in New York when he caught a newspaper headline that Sharon Tate and four others had been brutally massacred in a house in L.A. “I remember thinking, ‘God, what’s happening in this fucking world?’” Railsback recalls.
Seven years later, in 1976, Railsback would be part of one of the first attempts to depict what transpired that horrific night. In the two-part TV movie Helter Skelter, based on the Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry best-seller about Charles Manson, his Family,...
Seven years later, in 1976, Railsback would be part of one of the first attempts to depict what transpired that horrific night. In the two-part TV movie Helter Skelter, based on the Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry best-seller about Charles Manson, his Family,...
- 8/19/2019
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
Given that people experiencing a midlife crisis might prefer to gloss over the reality that not everything is fun, games and tight skin anymore, it feels almost appropriate that the bittersweet — emphasis on the bitter — French dramedy 50 Is the New 30 (Marie-Francine) is being sold to domestic audiences as something more uncomplicated and attractive: a straightforward comedie populaire. That said, the real reason behind this marketing bait-and-switch probably has more to do with the fact that director, star and co-writer Valerie Lemercier is most famous locally for her roles in broad, mainstream entertainments, among them Les Visiteurs,...
- 6/29/2017
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Final Update, Monday 4:49 Pm Pt: Across the Top 10 major studio releases internationally there’s reason for some holiday cheer. This weekend’s figures are up 19.4% over last frame with The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies leading the pack at $89M, plus strong perfs from Exodus: Gods And Kings in new key markets and the Night At The Museum finale. Still, that result is down from last year, largely due to the impact that Frozen was having on the season with a $50.5M take in the comparable frame. Five Armies in the estimates is also about 9.3% off from Smaug’s performance last year, but there are those nasty currency fluctuations to take into account.
Still, it a big weekend for local titles. Last frame’s Indian release Pk added Bollywood flair to the international box office with an offshore haul of $14.3M for a global cume of $61.46M.
Still, it a big weekend for local titles. Last frame’s Indian release Pk added Bollywood flair to the international box office with an offshore haul of $14.3M for a global cume of $61.46M.
- 12/29/2014
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline
Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
8.00pm Iron Eagle (Movies4Men +1)
When Doug’s father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug’s father after bombing the MiG base. Their only problems: Borrowing two fighters, getting them from California to the Mediteranean without anyone noticing, and Doug’s inability to hit anything unless he has music playing. Then come the minor problems of the state’s air defenses.
9.00pm Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (Horror Channel)
In 1948, a group of miners finds a gallery full of...
8.00pm Iron Eagle (Movies4Men +1)
When Doug’s father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug’s father after bombing the MiG base. Their only problems: Borrowing two fighters, getting them from California to the Mediteranean without anyone noticing, and Doug’s inability to hit anything unless he has music playing. Then come the minor problems of the state’s air defenses.
9.00pm Caved In: Prehistoric Terror (Horror Channel)
In 1948, a group of miners finds a gallery full of...
- 5/1/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
This is not the best French comedy I've seen although it contains a few good laughs. However, the film was seriously pleasant to watch. In fact, it's unashamedly hilarious without being silly to the point that you'd consider it as a film targeting children.
In 1123, Count Godefroy de Montmirail (Jean Reno) is about to marry Frénégonde de Pouille (Valérie Lemercier) after he had fought under the command of king Louis VI. Unfortunately, Godefroy did a terrible mistake that will make Frénégonde run away from him. In order to make sure that he'll have descendants, Godefroy asks Eusebius, a wizard, to send him (by serving him a potion) along with Jacquouille (Christian Clavier), his servant, back at the moment when the mistake was done.
However, given that Eusebius forgot to put an essential ingredient in the potion, Godefroy and Jacqouille are sent in 1993. In this period, Godefroy and Jacquouille will meet...
In 1123, Count Godefroy de Montmirail (Jean Reno) is about to marry Frénégonde de Pouille (Valérie Lemercier) after he had fought under the command of king Louis VI. Unfortunately, Godefroy did a terrible mistake that will make Frénégonde run away from him. In order to make sure that he'll have descendants, Godefroy asks Eusebius, a wizard, to send him (by serving him a potion) along with Jacquouille (Christian Clavier), his servant, back at the moment when the mistake was done.
However, given that Eusebius forgot to put an essential ingredient in the potion, Godefroy and Jacqouille are sent in 1993. In this period, Godefroy and Jacquouille will meet...
- 8/15/2009
- by noreply@blogger.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
PARIS -- French actress, writer and director Valerie Lemercier has been named mistress of ceremonies and will present the 31st edition of France's Cesar Awards on Feb. 25, organizers said Tuesday. Lemercier, who won the Cesar for best supporting actress in 1994 for her role in The Visitors, and was nominated in the same category in 1992 for L'Operation Corned-Beef, recently directed and acted in Palais Royal!, a spoof on Europe's royal families. The Cesars are judged each year by the 3,300 members of the French Academy for Cinema Arts and Techniques -- the Gallic equivalent of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The ceremony, widely regarded as a curtain-raiser to the Oscars, will be held at the Theatre du Chatelet in the heart of Paris and broadcast live on French television by Canal Plus.
- 1/10/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
French film star Jean Reno has joined Tom Hanks in Columbia Pictures' upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling thriller The Da Vinci Code. Reno will play gruff detective Bezu Fache to Hanks' famed symbologist Robert Langdon in the film version of the novel that has dominated the best seller list for almost two years. Scheduled to begin production in 2005 for a May 19, 2006 release, The Da Vinci Code will be directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman. Reno, who stars opposite Steve Martin in the soon-to-be-released remake of The Pink Panther, has appeared in numerous Hollywood films including Mission: Impossible, Ronin, the 1998 remake of Godzilla and such French films as Subway, The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita and Les Visiteurs. Reno is represented by ICM, Amy Guenther at Gateway Management Partners and attorney Peter Nichols.
- 1/14/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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