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will debut their upcoming film Joker: Folie À Deux at the Venice Film Festival, following in the footsteps of the first film When Joker received its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival in 2019, the film actually received an eight-minute standing ovation and won the Golden Lion award despite its somewhat divisive nature[...]

Linda Manz, who starred as a teenager in Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven and Dennis Hopper's Out of the Blue, has passed away at age 58. Her family

There's a need to restore the movie to 4K digital sources to preserve the movie for future generations and also release it on DVD and Blu-Ray at last. New Stretch Goals The 4K restoration of the movie will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in late August this year With funding for the Kickstarter now past $55,000,[...]

 A Lasergraphics Director Film Scanner is being used for the 4K restoration from the original 35mm negative materials. The KICKSTARTER campaign launches July 30 thru August 23 to support the restoration finishing funds and re-release effort.  Amongst the 'rewards' are vintage posters from the original theatrical release, signed by the now-retired from show-biz Linda Manz. Plans for Re-Release The[...]

Diana Piruzevska Filmmaker David Cronenberg, the creative mind behind such diverse films as Scanners, Dead Ringers, and A History of Violence, announced at this year's Venice Film Festival that he is in the early stages of developing a series for television Though he was unable to discuss any of the series' specifics (stating he "can't talk[...]