Ridley Scott gave a retrospective video interview with GQ magazine and revealed that “Blade Runner” financiers originally questioned his decision to cast Harrison Ford in the lead role. Ford had already played Han Solo in Star Wars at that point in his career, in addition to being chosen by Steven Spielberg as the title character … Read more
“Happy New Year. For me, this is a dream come true,” said Francis Ford Coppola, as she polled the audience who had come to see his passion project Megalopolis, at a talk and screening event at the American Cinematheque to kick off 2025. Of which, for him, it was an opportunity to spend 100 Minutes … Read more
BYD, China’s largest electric car maker, gained market share as the world’s largest auto market posted its fastest growth month in 2024, leaving BYD poised to exceed its global annual sales target and overtake Ford and Honda. BYD has seen extraordinary expansion this year, ramping up capacity and executing a massive hiring spree to boost … Read more
Jude Law’s thriller The Order, which opens in the US next week, has not been an easy sell amid the current Trump zeitgeist. The Justin Kurzel-directed film, in which Law plays an FBI agent fighting white supremacist terrorists in Idaho in the 1980s, is emblematic of how fearful American gun buyers are in general right … Read more
“Sujo” made Mexico’s official entry into the Oscars, sweeping the 22-film fieldSecond abbreviation Morelia International Film Festival (FICM), winner of the festival’s Ojo Awards for Best Film, Director and Screenplay. Co-writers Astrid Rondro and Fernanda Valadez, whose debut film “Select Features” won two Sundance Awards and took home Best International Feature at the Gotham Awards … Read more