Variance Films, the specialty distributor behind the long U.S. tail of S.S. Rajamouli‘s Indian crossover sensation RRR, is out with the director’s Baahubali: The Epic. This is a 3-hour and 58-minute blended version of Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017) with Rajamouli having cut, edited and reshaped both films to shorten the…
With professors on watchlists and comedians on cultural thin ice, Diane Lane‘s latest role in director Jan Komasa‘s Anniversary has never been more prescient. Leading a star-studded ensemble as matriarch Ellen, the Oscar nominee admitted to Deadline that she’s not prepared for the discourse that’s bound to ensue from the dystopian political thriller/family drama, which…
Some films are just ripped from the headlines, but in the case of the new political thriller Anniversary, it appears that this story of an authoritarian government and one-party system taking over America has simply stumbled coincidentally on to the headlines blazing daily about the ever-evolving threat to our democracy. That said, at its heart…