Alex Ritman
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London Bureau Chief @Variety , ex @THR . Beaujolais Bolshevik. Send red hot tips to aritman @variety .com. Views my own (especially that one).
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Well, I just tried to ask Olivia Wilde a question about Shia LaBeouf at the DON'T WORRY DARLING press conference, but the festival wouldn't let me.
#Venezia79
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Someone just described Megalopolis as a $120 million version of The Room
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Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't consider someone literally explaining — in detail — their reasons for firing someone and that someone then writing a lengthy and detailed response (with evidence) saying that they weren't fired, as "tabloid gossip". Again, maybe it's just me.
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Bradley Cooper has been nominated for producing, directing, acting, writing and composing.... the first time in BAFTA's 72 years
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Oh yeah, and this was read out DIRECTLY in front of Prince William and Kate Middleton
#EEBAFTAs
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Adam Driver says he’s “very proud” to be in Venice to be a “visual representative of a movie that’s not part of AMPTP and to promote the SAG leadership directive, which is an effective tactic”
#ActorsStrike
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Rebel Wilson on the all-male director category: "I don't think I could do what they do. I haven't got the balls."
#EEBAFTAs
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I’ve just landed in Venice and can report that the queue for next week’s Don’t Worry Darling press conference has already reached the airport
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Nicolas Cage bellows “Eat the Rat” in French at THE SURFER world premiere (and also claims he tried to get PIG into
#Cannes
)
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Reviews are still under embargo so I’ll just say Dune. DUNE. DUUUUUUUUUNNNNNEEEE.
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It's official: I've had it confirmed that the donkey on stage with Jimmy Kimmel was NOT Jenny the donkey. Sorry to disappoint my fellow Jenny fans. My source informs me that "Jenny is still relaxing in Ireland"
#Oscars
Genuinely now comparing photos of Jenny with the donkey on stage at the Oscars to see if it's the same animal. I mean, I very much doubt it and this a very silly mission, but they did an AMAZING job of finding an almost identical looking donkey.
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Another round of applause for Villeneuve, this time when he encouraged everyone to see DUNE on the big screen, on IMAX. "When you watch it on a big screen, it's like a physical experience - we tried to design a movie that will be as immersive as possible."
#Dune
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Still buzzing from Dune. Not sure I've been as 'WHOA, AGAIN!' as this after coming out of a cinema since LOTR: Return of the King (ok fine, without the ending).
#Dune
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Sean Baker’s ANORA is my film of Cannes so far. Ridiculously fun. Extra points for including tATu’s All The Things She Said in one scene.
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Remember when we were all busy watching Chernobyl and not worrying about a massive global plague? Ah, those were the days.
#Chernobyl
leads the pack of 2020 BAFTA TV nominations by a sizeable stretch, having been shortlisted in 14 categories across both the TV and TV craft awards
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@campbellclaret
Not sure the fact you and TB are still being talked about 20 years after you took us to war in Iraq is the win you think it is
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Matt Smith was just asked how he handled the time travel element of Last Night in Soho.
"Well, I've done it before."
#Venezia78
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Rachel Weisz isn’t at the
#BIFA2018
awards to collect best supporting actress for The Favourite, so here’s Olivia Colman with a cut out
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An interesting fact I learned while writing this piece about Johnny Depp’s growing connections with Saudi Arabia is that he’s become friends with crown prince Mohammed bin Salman
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In perhaps a movie first, the Avatar: The Way of Water post premiere afterparty at London’s Natural History Museum features steel drums AND a blue whale skeleton
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"We shouldn’t underestimate the effect we have in standing up and saying, 'No thank you,
@realDonaldTrump
. There’s another way forward, a way together, a way with hope.'"
Mark Rylance calls for mass protest during Donald Trump's U.K. visit
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Reverend
@JKCorden
giving a rousing sermon to the masses just moments ago in central London.
#latelatelondon
@latelateshow
#jamescorden
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Succession creator Jesse Armstrong is hosting the Greta Gerwig screen talk at the London Film Festival and just received probably the biggest cheer I’ve ever heard for a host. Greta’s was much bigger, obvs
#LFF
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Seems Harry Styles > Timothee Chalamet based on the number of fans camped out at the Venice Film Festival
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Well the Paddington in Peru trailer looks absolutely delightful. Phew. Marmalade sandwiches all round to the good people at StudioCanal. A double helping to Olivia Colman for appearing as a guitar-wielding nun. Roll on November.
#PaddingtonInPeru
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Good Lord, GOOD OMENS looks good. I think Sir Terry would have been delighted. Bravo
@neilhimself
and the whole team.
#AmazonPrime
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I think the main question from this year's Cannes Film Festival is: which billionaire has secretly bought MUBI and is financing its acquisitions spree? Bezos? Gates? Putin? MBS? At the last count they had acquired EVERY SINGLE FILM in Cannes.
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Matthew Modine showing his support for SAG-AFTRA while in Galway
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Just asked Henry Cavill what he has coming up and, well...
- Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (out in April)
- Untitled Guy Ritchie Film with Jake Gyllenhaal (wrapped in Oct)
- Highlander reboot (which he says starts shooting in July)
- Warhammer 40,000
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Disappointed to hear that
@aardman
’s Chicken Run sequel is heading to Netflix. The return of Ginger and Rocky - and the sequel to the most successful stop motion animation of all time - is surely a big screen event.
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She's back! More than 20 years after her dastardly pie-making plans were upending by Ginger, Rocky and co, Mrs Tweedy returns for more culinary fowl play in Aardman's Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget.
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Hot
#Cannes2017
casting exclusive:
@shailenewoodley
,
@JaiCourtney
and
@KingBach
teaming for animated feature ARKIE.
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Looks like The Banshees of Inisherin may be heading straight to the top of the all-important standing ovation duration league here in Venice. We’ve just sailed past 12 minutes.
#Venezia79
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It would appear that I have accidentally and temporarily become the news. More high fives than physically possible to everyone at THR for putting up with me all these years, and huge thanks to
@ElsaKeslassy
and
@RaminSetoodeh
for welcoming me on board at Variety
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How a meeting between two Malaysian teens in 1998 would ignite one of the world's biggest corruption scandals
#1MDB
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Jeremy Strong was not at the world premiere of THE APPRENTICE in Cannes. But he did appear via mobile…
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“Michael Palin probably wasn’t available. But I’ve also got quite a lot of dirt on Armando Iannucci” - Paul Whitehouse at the
#LFF
opening on being cast in
#CopperfieldFilm
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BREAKING FILM NEWZ: Angelina Jolie is to play opera icon Maria Callas in new biopic MARIA from Pablo Larrain and written by Steven Knight
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Anyone want to see Jean-Luc Picard return? Patrick Stewart's up for it if Tarantino is directing.
#StarTrek
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And here are those redacted allegations from Rebel Wilson's memoir. They feature in a chapter poetically entitled 'Sacha Baron Cohen And Other Assholes'
Rebel Wilson's Memoir to Be Published in U.K. With Sacha Baron Cohen Allegations Redacted
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Awks. Someone want to tell him?
.
@POTUS
: "How would it be if the United States were viewed by the rest of the world as interfering with the elections directly of other countries and everybody knew it? What would it be like if we engaged in activities that he engaged in? It diminishes the standing of a country."
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Sofia Coppola gives an emotional Priscilla Presley a hug following the world premiere of Priscilla in Venice.
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Spoke to
@JoshOConnor15
for this profile piece - like actually, not on Zoom, face to face, in a pub, with a pint spoke to him. It was great.
After ‘The Crown’ Success, Josh O’Connor Makes Return to Indie Roots With Two Buzzy Cannes Titles
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Denis Villeneuve says he, Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin will walk the red carpet in high heels in protest at the
#cannes
flat shoes ban
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Lunch by the beach in
#Cannes
, with added Robert Pattinson doing a photoshoot just a few metres away...
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Delighted to be able to share the first close-up image of the new-look bear in Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2. Isn't he absolutely gorge? Phwoar.
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@MattHancock
Nobody of any age or background wants to communicate with you, except maybe to detail exactly what they think of you.
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Got the first stills from Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 for you to enjoy/be appalled by. Here’s Pooh, Piglet, Owl and Little Pooh
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Red Sparrow looks phenomenal. A post-Cold War Russian ballet, spy, sex thriller like no other. Can't wait.
#RedSparrow
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"If I survive this and I have the chance to make more films, my cinema will have changed forever. I feel like like I’m observing, I’m watching injustice and I just need to save it in my body, remember it and put it in films later, to share it with the world."
Cannes-Winning Afghan Director Trying to Escape Kabul: “If I Survive This, I Will Make Films About What Happened”
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@JohnBoyega
is also overseeing the soundtrack of GOD IS GOOD through his new record label and will be looking to showcase African artists, with
@YoungstaCpt
already on board.
John Boyega to produce South African crime thriller 'God is Good'
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STAR WARS SCOOP: Prince Harry, Prince William, Tom Hardy AND Gary Barlow (and all dressed as Stormtroopers) appear together in the same Star Wars: The Last Jedi scene! John Boyega's there too.
#StarWars
#TheLastJedi
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Congrats to Parasite for beating Jesus.
'Parasite' has become the highest-grossing foreign-language film ever in the U.K., ending the 16-year reign of Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ.' Details:
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Jodie Whittaker said: "It's been an extraordinary journey so far and I'm not quite ready to hand it over yet"
Jodie Whittaker Confirms Return for 'Doctor Who' Season 12 (Exclusive)
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And Ken Loach would be absolutely right.
Ken Loach blames Labour’s defeat on the media and Labour backbenchers:
“No other Labour leader has had the abuse that Jeremy Corbyn has. No other leader has been called a terrorist when he’s a man of peace, or a racist when he’s been opposed to racism all his life”.
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Donald Glover arrives at the SOLO party, undeniably the hottest ticket in
#Cannes2018
so far
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Sylvester Stallone is going comically off script at the
#ParamountPlus
UK launch and has so far laid into The Expendables, discussed horse shit and described how at 75 he’s going to be “fucking dead soon”. His autocue hasn’t moved for about 10 mins.
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Just Meryl Streep popping up on screen to praise Steven Spielberg - “you’re a pessimist’s nightmare”
#RakutenTVEmpireAwards
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Nice Weta Fact: The first project credited to 'Weta' was Peter Jackson's superbly bad taste and low-budget puppet comedy splatterfest MEET THE FEEBLES (which was made in 1989). Fair to say it's come a long way...
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Cillian Murphy just loves talking to the press. Here he is after winning possibly his last award for Oppenheimer, the leading actor award at the IFTAs in Dublin
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Exclusive:
@JohnBoyega
lands lead in Netflix's They Cloned Tyrone, a pulpy, sci-fi mystery caper described as "Friday meets Get Out"
John Boyega to Star in Netflix Sci-Fi Feature 'They Cloned Tyrone' (Exclusive)
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Just before the film started, Denis Villeneuve told me he was worried The House That Jack Built would be a “bit intense”. Well...
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Apparently edit requests were made by the various censorship boards in order for Eternals to be released, edit requests that Disney weren't willing to make.
‘Eternals’ Pulled From Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait in Apparent Ban
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Have selflessly done my bit to help fix our population slowdown. Introducing (the teeny weeny feet of) Zelda Ritman, born last Thursday. It would appear that I am now a father of two. Please send help.
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Genuinely now comparing photos of Jenny with the donkey on stage at the Oscars to see if it's the same animal. I mean, I very much doubt it and this a very silly mission, but they did an AMAZING job of finding an almost identical looking donkey.
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Oh, and Red Sparrow is also definitely R-rated. "It's a hard R," says director Francis Lawrence. That'll be all the sex, then.
#RedSparrow
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David Harbour on the
@Stranger_Things
effect: "Beyond changing my career, it also changed my life in the fact that I’d grown sort of cynical about my role in movies and TV as being this supporting guy who carries a gun and runs around"
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Confirmed: Harry Styles WILL be at the Don’t Worry Darling press conference in Venice
Venice: All Eyes on ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ as Olivia Wilde’s Scandal-Plagued Film Could Dominate Festival Attention
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Extra Downton 2 update: Maggie Smith will definitely be returning as the Dowager Countess
‘Downton Abbey 2′ Officially Confirmed, Dominic West Joins Cast
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On
@nickjfrost
's birthday, let's celebrate the time he gave Simon Pegg an Atomic Powerslam (and broke his thumb)
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Great start for ROCKS at the
@BIFA_film
awards! First award - most promising newcomer - goes to Kosar Ali
#BIFA
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We're not even a month in but BRIAN & CHARLES (showing in Sundance) is already the greatest movie of 2022 and features the most ridiculous — not to mention low budget — robot in cinematic history. Haven't stopped laughing (pls send help).
@CharlesPetrescu
for prime minister.
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So Bong Joon Ho calculated how long it would take the son in PARASITE to afford the house. 547 years. And that’s without spending any money at all.
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My favourite bit of info that didn't make it into this piece is that Josh O'Connor uses his Golden Globe statuette as a pretend World Cup when playing FIFA with a mate.
After ‘The Crown’ Success, Josh O’Connor Makes Return to Indie Roots With Two Buzzy Cannes Titles
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Great news. Bait director
@Mark_Jenkin
has a new film - a Cornish horror - lined up at Film4. Go see the excellent Bait while it's still in cinemas and experience the most intense lobster-eating scene in film history.
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JUST SPOTTED BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH BEING BUNDLED INTO THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR OUTSIDE A SUPERMARKET IN NORTH LONDON!
#Cumberbatch
#london
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It’s the first time a film’s banning has been overturned in Lebanon...
'The Post' will now screen in Lebanon after government intervenes
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Ryan Coogler told Daniel Kaluuya: "Your life's going to change. You’ve done something and it ain’t never going to be the same." One of my favourite interviewees in a long time.
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John Cleese whinging about cancel culture on his own GB News show isn’t exactly something that yells ‘Must Watch,’ but if they don’t call it The Ministry of Silly Wokes they’re really missing a trick
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The same-sex kiss was cut from screenings of
#StarWarsRiseofSkywalker
in the UAE, where it is currently the "Year of Tolerance".
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may include the franchise's first same-sex kiss, but it seems this piece of galactic history hasn't made it to the Middle East.
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Incredible, my favourite film from Cannes just won the Palme d’Or and not some movie I completely missed and will have to spend the next 6 months pretending I watched and thought was a masterpiece! Go Anora! Go Sean Baker! Go everything about this awesome film!
#Cannes2024
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Was not expecting to love BELFAST as much as I did. Incredibly touching and sweet film that conveys life amid the Troubles with real charm and humour. Jude Hill steals the show, but the entire cast is great (Judi Dench has some solid one-liners). Go see.
#LFF
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Some thoughts about Blackbird, now I’ve had a weekend to digest what I saw… It is bad. Spectacularly bad. Brilliantly, brilliantly bad. Exactly the level of bad that we’d been hoping for. But then somehow, incredibly, even worse than that.
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Downton Sequel News: All the original cast from the first film are returning, with Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn) directing. New cast also includes Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock and Nathalie Baye. And it'll be out this Christmas.
‘Downton Abbey 2′ Officially Confirmed, Dominic West Joins Cast
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Big queue for the 8.15am DUNE screening here in Venice. The early bird catches the sandworm (ok fine, we all got press tickets beforehand but I just wanted to use that line)
#Venezia78
#Dune
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