Did you know that the average budget required for a film production is around $ 90-100 million, including marketing and distribution costs? Other movies may even require a lower budget, while others are three times the average cost. When producers develop a movie with the help of famous actors, theyRead More →
TCanadian director Shawn Levy takes a special joy in bringing to life things that should, by right, be inanimate. Thus, the leap of sensitive statues and relics of the Night To the museum franchise to the virtual carnage of an ultra-violent video game in free guy is not as overRead More →
Filmmaker Priyadarshan, known for some of the most successful and exciting comedies, says he doesn’t laugh a lot in real life. The director, who directed Hindi comedy films in the 2000s like Hera Pheri, Hungama, Garam Masala and Malamaal Weekly, said he measures the humor in his films by theRead More →
TWriter-director Quentin Dupieux, also known as French DJ Mr Oizo, takes a silly premise and treats it with serious deadpan in this hilariously funny dark comedy. Jean Dujardin embodies Georges, a man whose deerskin jacket is the epitome of killer style. It’s short, fringed and, according to the vintage dealerRead More →
The Palm Springs International ShortFest celebrated the return of in-person film festivals Tuesday night with a list of six ‘life-affirming’ comedy and documentary shorts, appearances by filmmakers and, potentially, a future red-haired spy. The 27th annual ShortFest, held at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, is the first film festival inRead More →