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MOVIE REVIEW by Richard Roeper THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW One and a half stars Anna ... Amy Adams Ed ..... Anthony Mackie Alistair ... Gary Oldman Jane ... Julianne Moore
Netflix presents a film directed by Joe Wright and written by Tracy Letts, based on the novel by A.J. Finn. Rated R (for violence and language). Running time: 101 minutes. Available Friday on Netflix.
When the movie year draws to a close, there s a solid chance The Woman in the Window will be the most prestigious project on my annual Worst Films of the Year list. Given the A-list talent level of the writer, director and stars, this is a stunningly bad film with deadly pacing, an overly busy visual style, cheap GOTCHA! moments and some wildly overwrought performances.
Cinema For Change announces its selected projects
Director Laëtitia Colombani, who is taking part with her French-Italian-Canadian project
The Braid
The tenth edition of the Le Temps Presse Festival, which this year is running from 6-11 April, is introducing a new industry initiative called Cinema For Change. Taking place entirely digitally on 7 and 8 April, this European co-production market is dedicated to films that intend to make a positive impact, and a total of 15 projects will have the chance to be presented.
In detail, over 90 projects were submitted for the first edition of Cinema For Change, and the lucky 15 selected come from 12 different European countries. They also vary in terms of format and genre, as there are six fiction features, five documentaries, one animated film and three documentary series. Also, the directors’ backgrounds are mixed, as almost 40% of the films are by first-time filmmakers, including French actress
Curon). Produced by Notorious Pictures and shaping up to be a young-adult comedy, the film will be available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, as of the autumn, in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.
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Anni da cane is written by
Mary Stella Brugiati and
Alessandro Bosi, and tells the tale of Stella, a self-conscious, cynical and troubled teen with a huge imagination. After a life-changing car accident which also involves a dog, she is convinced that her life should now be counted in dog years – one being the equivalent of seven – and now that her sixteenth birthday is just around the corner, she’s actually going to be one hundred years old. For this reason, Stella believes she doesn’t have much time left to live and decides to draw up a list of all the things she wants to do before she dies. With the help of her best friends Nina and Giulio, the girl begins living her life to the max, tearing through her bu