At the end of the world, do you think survivors will be so happy, they’ll belt out a song? That’s the situation we find in the new musical film, “The End.”

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As seen in the trailer, “The End” tells the story of a family and their friends who have survived the apocalypse. And while they are confined to a shelter, finding ways to busy their lives, they occasionally burst out in song. 

READ MORE: ‘The End’ Review: Singing For Forgiveness In A Post-Apocalyptic World [Telluride]

“The End” stars Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Michael Shannon, Moses Ingram, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim McInnerny, and Lennie James.

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Well before anyone saw a frame of footage, it was well known that “The Room Next Door” would be in the awards season discussion. That’s what happens when you have a film directed by Pedro Almodóvar (his English-language debut, no less) and starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. Now, all that’s left is to see how people feel about it when it’s finally released.

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TELLURIDE – Crafting an original musical for the stage or screen is hard. It may be one of the most challenging forms of art to master. Consider, how many times have you heard someone remark that a musical many regard as great only has one worthwhile act. (Usually the first). Why do songs completely disappear for large portions of a movie musical, only for audiences and, often, critics to look the other way? If bringing a good musical to life was any easier we’d probably have a new one dropping every week.

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It is clear that “The Room Next Door” is a Pedro Almodóvar film. It features strong female heroines in Tilda Swinton’s Martha and Julianne Moore’s Ingrid and a striking use of color, with a heavy presence of bright reds and greens accompanied by Alberto Iglesias’s vibrant melodramatic score. Still, there is something not quite right about this one Almodóvar film, a dramedy that emulates all that makes a story Almodovarian but bypasses its essence entirely. 

Continue reading ‘The Room Next Door’ Review: Almodóvar’s English Language Euthanasia Dramedy Is Surprisingly Tame [Venice] at The Playlist.

Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay star in “The End,” a new post-apocalyptic musical about the last human family on Earth. I mean, we’re sold already, but further tantalizing is the fact that “The End” is the narrative debut and long-overdue latest film from filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer. If Oppenheimer’s name rings a bell, it should. He’s the director behind the heralded Oscar-nominated documentaries “The Act of Killing” (2012) and “The Look of Silence” (2014), the former film listed in our feature about the Best Documentaries Of The 2010s.

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There are few filmmakers working today on the same level as Pedro Almodóvar. He’s easily one of the best filmmakers in the world. This is why “The Room Next Door” is automatically one of the most anticipated films of the year.

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As seen in the teaser, “The Room Next Door” tells the story of two women who were close friends earlier in their lives but have grown more distant with age.

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Pedro Almodóvar‘s “The Room Next Door” may have its world premiere at Venice, but it’ll be the Centerpiece selection at NYFF. The Spanish auteur’s first English-language feature will have its US premiere at Alice Tully Hall at Film at Lincoln Center on October 4 as part of the fest’s 62nd edition. And, yes, it’s fair to expect stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton to attend, given that Almodóvar is a NYFF regular.

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Every year, the Venice Film Festival becomes one of the most star-studded film events. With high profile studio films usually getting prime selection spots, it has turned into the place to screen a film you think might have awards appeal. And this year is no different, as we have learned a number of big film projects are debuting there, including the latest addition, “The Room Next Door.”

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According to Variety, Pedro Almodóvar’s “The Room Next Door” is slated to have its world premiere at Venice this year.

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Coming off the two-time Academy Award-winning “All Quiet on the Western Front,” German-born Austrian and Swiss director Edward Berger has gotten a lot of traction for many of his follow-up projects. The first one moving forward, however, is the Netflix film “The Ballad Of A Small Player,” which just received another infusion of talent. Already starring Oscar-nominated actor Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Deadline reports that Tilda Swinton, coming off David Fincher’s “The Killer,” is also joining the cast.

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Update: Sony Pictures Classics says, unfortunately, Anya-Taylor-Joy is not in the film. The Cinemacon event program apparently had a misprint.

Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar is making his English-language feature debut with “The Room Next Door,” which has heavy-weight actresses Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in lead roles. There is a casting report that says Anya Taylor-Joy (“The Menu,” “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”) has taken part in the pic as well.

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In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo embraces the absurd to discuss the film “Problemista” with director and star Julio Torres (“Los Espookys,” “Saturday Night Live”) and co-star Tilda Swinton (“Doctor Strange,” “Michael Clayton”). In the A24 comedy, out now, Alejandro (Torres) is an aspiring toymaker who loses his job and falls in with an art-world outcast (Swinton) to maintain his work visa.

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Late last year, Tilda Swinton confirmed she’ll star in Pedro Almodóvar‘s English-language debut “The Room Next Door,” which starts shooting in NYC in March. And now we know who one of her co-stars will be. THR reports that Julianne Moore will star alongside Swinton in the upcoming drama. That’s another formidable lead actress tandem for Moore, who’s fresh off co-starring with Natalie Portman on Todd Haynes‘ “May December.”

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Unlike Swinton, who starred in Almodóvar’s 2021 short “The Human Voice,” it’ll be the first time Moore works with the Spanish auteur.

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Writer, director, actor, and comedian Julio Torres really broke out as the co-showrunner and actor on HBO’s short-lived comedy series, “Los Espookys,” featuring Fred Armisen. While that series only lasted two seasons, it’s made its mark with all the right people (Armisen and “Saturday Night Live” exec Lorne Michaels also co-produced his 2019 comedy special “My Favorite Shapes,” so clearly he has fans).

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Tilda Swinton has built an entire career working with auteurs, from her early days with Derek Jarman to her recent work with Wes Anderson, David Fincher, and Joanna Hogg. And she’ll continue the trend in upcoming projects too, as The Film Stage reports the actress will work with Pedro Almodóvar on his next film. Moreover, she’ll also reunite with Apichatpong Weeresethakul on his next project, which is shrouded in secrecy.

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Tilda Swinton has many talents, including performing, producing, collaborating, writing, and dressing up, not to mention expressing herself beautifully on screen and in her choice of language. It’s the second time that I’ve interviewed the performance artist at the Marrakech International Film Festival, and I love how she talks. Speaking the queen’s English with long, fluid, contemplative sentences, she’s the most eloquent person in film. It’s soothing to hear her speak.

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The question of whether or not technology has killed the classic crime thriller has popped in and out of the discourse as the years saw pocket watches morph into sci-fi-looking gadgets capable of getting one both dinner and a first-class ticket to Dubai in the space of a couple of minutes. Directors who have solidified their careers through portrayals of mafiosos, gangsters, and assassins held tightly to the period film as a chance to continue working with the story beats that work so well within the genre, recreating CCTV-free alleyways and public phone booths to allow their scoundrels and scumbags to wreak havoc in overpopulated mazes around the world. 

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Happy belated birthday to filmmaker David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “Seven,”), who turned 61 yesterday, and today unveils the trailer for his most anticipated new movie, “The Killer.” An assassin thriller about a job gone wrong, the movie has been mostly shrouded in mystery for months, but we know it stars Michael Fassbender, an actor Fincher had been keen on working with for years.

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A24 has built a name for itself as a studio that releases quality indie content. The studio has gained such a reputation that there are film fans that will watch a movie solely based on the A24 logo. Even though A24 is the studio behind “Problemista,” folks should look past that brand name for a minute and see the real star of the project— Julio Torres.

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You may not yet know filmmaker, writer/director, and actor Julio Torres, but you should, given the fact that A24 and Tilda Swinton co-signed on him seemingly immediately for his feature-length debut. Torres is best known as a writer for “Saturday Night Live” and as the co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO series “Los Espookys.” While the latter HBO comedy was short-lived, those who saw it clearly loved it.

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Directors like Wes Anderson are meticulous, with hyper-detailed work that usually only comes every two-three years at best. But the American ex-pat, who lives in France full-time now, has been working at a super-fast clip lately—some of that due to the pandemic pile-up. Last year was “The French Dispatch,” a movie about American ex-pats and a kind of love letter to The New Yorker, and this year, Anderson already has another film in the can and debuting in June.

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Whimsy gets a bad rap in Hollywood. In the hands of some filmmakers, a fantastical approach can be a sign of emptiness — an attempt to obscure a simplistic or pandering narrative through layers of artifice. But the framework of fairy tales has always been a vehicle for darkness, for complex and frightening lessons about adulthood lurking hidden beneath a more friendly veneer. And with his feature debut “Problemista,” writer-director Julio Torres adopts the structure of fairy tales to tell a warm, funny, and thoughtful narrative of the immigrant experience in America.   

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No one questioned why Tilda Swinton was chosen to give a keynote speech at this year’s SXSW. She’s one of the most respected actors in the entire world, and on top of that, Swinton always seems to have something interesting to say. And while most of her keynote went along just as expected, there’s one bit, particularly about COVID safety precautions on film sets, that is causing a stir. 

Speaking at SXSW (via Variety), Tilda Swinton mentioned the fact that she’s excited the pandemic is coming to an end and everyone can get back to normal.

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Today, South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals (March 10-19, 2023) announced the Opening Night film, Feature and Short Competitions, Midnighters, select titles from other categories, and XR Experience for the 30th edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival. The rest of the lineup will be announced in early February.

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SXSW Film & TV will open with Paramount Pictures and eOne’s “Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” directed and co-written by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley.

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Some of our favorite filmmakers are working at an insane pace right now. Claire Denis released two films in 2022 (“Both Sides of The Blade,” “Stars At Noon”), Yorgos Lanthimos could probably release two films in 2023 if he wanted (“Poor Things” is definitely coming next year and “And” has already been shot), and Wes Anderson’s moving at a clip too.

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We’ve been patiently waiting for a good look at David Fincher‘s upcoming feature film “The Killer,” an assassin thriller based on a French graphic novel, “Le Tueur.” Andrew Kevin Walker, the screenwriter who adapted the source material has previously worked with Fincher on “Seven,” “Fight Club,” and “The Game.” Starring as the titular killer is Michael Fassbender with Tilda Swinton (“Curious Case of Benjamin Button“) and Charles Parnell (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning“) taking supporting roles in the film.

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