Hong Kong-based Cappu Films has taken on sales beyond Australia and New Zealand for “Her Last Laugh,” Joy Hopwood’s Australian dramedy featuring Peter Thurnwald (“XO, Kitty”) and Ana Thu Nguyen (“Mortal Kombat II”). The finished film is being introduced to buyers at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market. Hopwood wrote, directed […]
Part of the thrill of theater is that you’re taking part in a one-time experience, never to be recorded or repeated, in which anyone who wasn’t part of that live audience with you will simply have to take your word for how it was. Still, you may seek out clues about whether your experience of […]
A young woman pulled into the run-up to a political massacre slides from unwilling witness to accomplice in “Once Upon a Time in the Philippines,” the debut feature from E del Mundo inspired by the 2009 Maguindanao massacre. The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan International Film Festival’s […]
* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...San Luis Reservoir. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
The Philippines has revamped its International Co-Production Fund (ICOF) around two tracks, with the amount of cash on offer tied to the size of the Filipino stake in a project. The Film Philippines Office (FPO) unveiled the new framework at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market. The Majority Track covers projects […]
A mild-mannered father who has always kept the peace takes on the system after his young daughter is bullied at school in “The Family Table,” a Korean drama from director Lee Hanju. The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM). […]
SVRPSR The National Weather Service in Phoenix has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West Central Yuma County in southwestern Arizona... Southeastern Imperial County in southeastern California... * Until 745 PM MST /745 PM PDT/. * At 702 PM MST /702 PM PDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located near Somerton, moving north at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Yuma, Somerton, Gadsden, Fortuna Foothills, San Luis, Araby, Winterhaven, Andrade and Blaisdell.
At 551 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 25 miles north of Algodones Dunes, or 31 miles east of Brawley, moving north at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 30 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Calipatria, Slab City, Glamis, Wiest and Niland.
At 639 PM PDT /639 PM MST/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Yuma, San Luis, and Gadsden, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Yuma, Somerton, Gadsden, San Luis, Andrade, Winterhaven, Algodones Dunes, Gordon's Well and Araby.
Hong Kong’s Cappu Films has taken on worldwide sales for “Ephemera,” Shan Jiang’s queer romance, which had its world premiere in Tribeca’s U.S. narrative competition this year. Cappu is shopping the film at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market. Yvonne Shuyu Zhang and Shu-Yi play two young women whose lives are […]
The coastal flooding that damaged homes and flooded roads this week from Newport Beach to Long Beach came from a highly unusual combination of events that underscores the challenges California is facing amid predictions of a "super" El Nino winter.
* WHAT...Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Indian Wells Valley, Mojave Desert, and Mojave Desert Slopes. * WHEN...From 2 PM Sunday to 8 AM PDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways impacted include US Highway 395, and State Routes 14, 58, and 178.
The limited series cast, showrunner and EPs discussed how the lives of Michelle Yeoh’s dying Replicant and Hunter Schafer's undercover human will intertwine at NYCC on Saturday.
The most moving scene in “The First Taste of Loneliness” is not, in fact, its most tear-streaked. Gu You’s heartfelt family portrait opens on an extended, anguished scene of three women — a mother, her daughter and her granddaughter — keeping vigil at the bedside of their beloved husband, father and grandfather as his longtime […]
The inaugural Easterseals Disability Arts & Culture Awards (The Darcys) crowned its first winners on Saturday, celebrating outstanding achievement in authentic disability representation across film, television and media. Among the winners were “The Pitt” for Best Scripted Series and Best Achievement in Casting Ensemble; “Horsegirls” for Best Feature; and Daniel Monks for Best Performance in […]