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French President Emmanuel Macron Calls on YouTube to Finance Content and Warns of Growing Threat to Cultural Model (EXCLUSIVE)

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Macklemore Says His Call to ‘Free Palestine’ Is Not a ‘Criticism’ of Jewish People: ‘None of Us Will Be Free Until We Are All Free’

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‘No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman’ Review: Iraq’s Oscar Submission Offers a Patriotic Anthem to the Kurdish Peshmerga’s Fight Against Islamic State

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Elon Musk Documentary Teaser Asks If Billionaire Is the ‘Greatest Living Inventor’ or a ‘Fascist’ Who ‘Has Lost His Mind’

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‘Elsinore’ Director Simon Stone, Basking in Telluride’s Glow, on Making a Movie About Love of the Theater, the Peak AIDS Era, and Being ‘100% in the Service of Andrew Scott’

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MPA Signs Two Lumiere Summit Declarations, Joins Roundtables With Presidents Macron and Lee

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‘Look Back’ Review: Once Past the Over- Preciousness of a Child’s World, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Manga Adaptation Becomes a Moving Tribute to Friendship

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Summer Box Office Breaks All-Time Record With $4.67 Billion

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‘Alpha Gang’ Review: Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine and an All-Star Cast Play Space Aliens in David and Nathan Zellner’s Endearingly Goofy Sci-Fi Spoof

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‘The Spiral’ Review: Paolo Strippoli’s Lurid Faustian Tragedy Shores Up His Reputation as Italy’s New Horror Virtuoso

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Luca Guadagnino on Casting Hollywood A-Listers in Subversive Roles: ‘I Have Worked With Some of the Finest’

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‘South Park’ Mocks Trump While Celebrating Emmy Win for Outstanding Animated Program

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Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes Doc ‘You Can See Everything’ Detonates the Oscar Race — and Has A24 Chasing a 90-Year Record

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Betty Gilpin Jabs at Sam Altman During ‘Manic Poem’ Acceptance Speech at the Emmys

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Film Industry Leaders Demand Structural Fix for Gender Gap at Lumiere Summit

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BBC News Anchor Maryam Moshiri Reveals Blood Cancer Diagnosis

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Ellen Burstyn Cries as She Gets Venice Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement: ‘It’s One Thing to Win an Oscar, Tony or Emmy — All of Which I’ve Won. But This Is a Lot’

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‘Imperium’ Review: Sergei Loznitsa Brings Together Nearly Three Hours of Italian Footage From the Early 1970s Covering the Vastness of the USSR

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Festival Leaders Confront Growing Political Pressure at Lumiere Summit: ‘We Don’t Judge Artists by Their Passport’

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‘Plaza Catedral’ Director Abner Benaim, Chile’s Daniela Vega and Alfredo Castro Board Fiction Series ‘School of the Americas’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Studio TF1 Smashes Doc Records With ‘Leon Marchand: Beyond Gold,’ Rolls Out ‘Surface’

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‘Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing’ Review: A Handsome Ode to an Oft-Disrespected Sport

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Belgian Royalty Series ‘King of Hearts’ Secures Key VRT Backing (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Next James Bond Has Been Picked, Says Gary Oldman, Whose ‘Fingers Are Crossed’ for ‘Slow Horses’ Co-Star Jack Lowden

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Tom Rothman on Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Blockbuster Success, Being Outbid for ‘Obsession’ and More

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‘SNL U.K.’ Adds Freddie Meredith to Cast

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Pamela Anderson Speaks Out on Overcoming Hepatitis C in Powerful Speech at amfAR Venice: ‘I’m Not a Victim. I’m a Victor’

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Female-Driven, Premium Period Dramas Spearhead Latest French Fiction Revolution

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Screen Industries Adopt Five Thematic Declarations at Lumiere Summit, Setting Terms on AI, Piracy, Gender, Education and the Environment

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France Launches Global Initiatives to Support Independent Cinema and Establish Framework for Alliance of State Film Commissions: Lumiere Summit

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Emmanuel Macron Calls for Global Initiatives to Protect Film and Warns About Dangers of Social Media as Lumiere Summit Opens

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Toho Europe, Indonesia Film Fund, Cinepolis Pact Among Deals Unveiled at Lumiere Summit

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Regal Cinemas, IFTA, CNC Launch Pilot to Test Whether Smarter Programming Can Reverse Falling Theater Admissions

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Heritage Foundation ALIPH Targets Ukraine, Syria and Indonesia in New Film Rescue Program

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France and Korea Launch $1.16 Billion Screen Industry Financing Partnership at Lumiere Summit

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France TV Distribution Unveils Female-Led Actioners in Le Havre Lineup

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Louis Garrel on Being Nanni Moretti’s Alter Ego and Doing Sex Scenes With Jasmine Trinca in ‘It Will Happen Tonight’: ‘You Have to Feel a Real Connection’

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France’s Halley Production Boards Thriller ‘Carro Seco,’ About Killer Who Targets Unscrupulous Barcelona Real Estate Speculators (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘Strawberry and Chocolate’ Star Jorge Perugorría and Brazil’s Thiago Lacerda Lead Havana-Set ‘Hotel Nacional’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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‘The Inbetweeners’ Original Lead Cast Confirmed for Netflix Reunion Movie as Production Kicks Off in U.K.

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‘You Can See Everything’ Review: Nathan Fielder’s Documentary About Elizabeth Holmes Is a Shameless, Fascinating, Reality-TV-Eats-Its-Tale Look at Entitled Duplicity

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‘Into the Breach’ Review: Star-Studded British Theater Doc Needs More Time to Serve Its Sprawling Subject Matter

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Arte France’s ‘Tax Me (If You Can)’ Sells to Multiple Territories: ‘Getting Rich People to Talk About Money Was Tough,’ Says Director (EXCLUSIVE)

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Lav Diaz on the Hunt for Truth in ‘An Entry Into the Sadness of a Portuguese Woman,’ Third Chapter of His Acclaimed Hermes Trilogy (EXCLUSIVE)

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Gaza Cinema Academy Launches at Venice Film Festival

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French Drama Series ‘The Red and the Black’: Passion, Power, Political Intrigue and Victor Belmondo’s Anti-Romantic Hero

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Tsai Ming-liang on Venice and San Sebastian Title ‘Dust,’ Slowness as Rebellion and Life With Lee Kang-sheng

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s WFAC, Creativeland Take ‘Krishnavataram’ Global (EXCLUSIVE)

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AI Filmmaking’s Future Debated by Alibaba, Sonilo, PROMPTR Executives at TapNow and Dogme23’s Venice Production Bridge Panel

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Kore-eda Hirokazu on Adapting Fujimoto Tatsuki’s Manga for Venice Competition Film ‘Look Back’

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