Stocks in the U.S. and overseas dropped sharply for a second day on continued fears that President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign imports would ignite a massive trade war and lead to an economic recession. Adding fuel to the stock downward spiral: The Chinese government announced Friday a blanket 34% tariff on American products, effective […]...
Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault by London’s Metropolitan Police. The charges relate to four separate women and incidents that took place between 1999 and 2005. According to the police, the comedian and actor has been interviewed multiple times since a major investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times […]...
Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Zodiac Killer Project,” director Charlie Shackleton’s true-crime documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and plays at Visions du Réel on Saturday. The film was awarded Sundance’s NEXT Innovator Award for its “witty narration and fascinating and deft storytelling.” The film also screened at SXSW, […]...
While keeping up with news reports in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oscar-nominated Swiss director Christian Frei began to experience a feeling that “those who warned us would eventually be the ones who are blamed.” This sentiment, which he calls an “epiphany,” is at the heart of “Blame,” which opens Swiss documentary festival […]...
‘Perfect Strangers’ director Paolo Genovese has done it again with a new concept comedy titled “Madness” that is set to hit the global market after scoring mightily in Italy. “Madly” – which is titled “FolleMente” in Italy – depicts a first date between a man and a woman in Rome and features all the voices […]...
Clio Barnard, the BAFTA-nominated writer/director behind acclaimed British indie films such as “The Selfish Giant,” “Dark River” and “Ali & Ava,” has set a buzzy ensemble cast for her next feature. “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” based on the novel of the same name by Keiran Goddard (“Hourglass), will star Anthony Boyle (“Say Nothing,” […]...
Manoj Kumar, the Indian actor-filmmaker best known for infusing the country with a brand of fervent nationalism through films like “Upkar” and “Purab Aur Paschim,” died April 4 in Mumbai. He was 87. He died of a heart attack caused by cardiogenic shock. Born Harikrishan Goswami in Abbottabad (then British India, now Pakistan), Kumar and […]...