HOPE MOVIE REVIEW
Director: Maria Sødahl
Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 2/14/21
Opens: 93RD Academy Awards Candidate Best International Film. Spring 2021 TBD.
Don’t expect a miraculous cure like the one that Queen Latifah’s character Georgia Byrd is given in “Last Holiday” under a cancer diagnosis. She goes to a posh hotel in the Czech Republic to live it up in her final weeks only to discover that the diagnosis was a mistake. That’s comedy for ya. There is some hope, just some, in “Hope,” Maria Sødahl’s drama of a woman who likely has three months to live, but not really much. After all, this is Norway, and Scandinavia is the home of Ingmar Bergman. Could it be that these people are depicted in so many movies as folks who don’t like to laugh if they can help it?
Film shot in Iran is in postproduction and is expected for a 2022 release
Brian Welk | April 30, 2021 @ 8:58 AM
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Amazon Studios has acquired the U.S. rights to “A Hero,” the next film from Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.
Farhadi returned to his home of Iran to write and direct “A Hero,” which is currently in postproduction and is considered a safe bet to be included in this year’s Cannes Film Festival, though it’s not confirmed just yet. Amazon is expecting to debut “A Hero” in 2022 as an awards season release.
Northern Star
Awards season officially came to an end Sunday after the conclusion of the 93rd Annual Academy Awards ceremony. Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the coveted ceremony gives praise to the year’s best films and those involved in their creation.
As with most events in recent times, this year’s Oscars looked very different. The hostless event traded the ballrooms and galas for L.A.’s Union Station while adding an air of normalcy to the event, with maskless presenters and audience members all gathered indoors. The pre-COVID-19 look was spoken about early on by nominee Regina King, who said those in the audience had undergone rigorous testing and vaccination processes in order to safely gather.
Is the Danish Oscar 2021 winner ‘Another Round’ set for an English remake led by Leonardo DiCaprio?
News in the grapevines suggests that the Best International Feature Oscar 2021 winner Another Round might get remade in English with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead part. Written By
Shubham Dwivedi 2954 reads Mumbai Published: April 27, 2021 04:52 am Is the Danish Oscar 2021 winner ‘Another Round’ set for an English remake led by Leonardo DiCaprio?
Oscar 2021 was all about the first-time winners and it would be one of the first in Leonardo DiCaprio’s career if he ends up playing the lead part in the remake of a Danish film titled Another Round that just won the Best International Feature in Oscar 2021. Another Round has been one of the best-reviewed films of the last year starring Mads Mikkelsen in the lead part. He plays the role of a teacher who is feeling the mundane of life and decides to experiment with alcohol for s