A heroic civilian that brazenly tackled and disarmed a gunman at the Bondi Beach terror attack in December broke bread with thriller Hollywood producer M. Night Shyamalan. In a scene straight out of a Hollywood movie, Ahmed AI Ahmed, a 43-year-old shop owner and father of two, gained notoriety after footage of him wrestling a … Read more
Beloved filmmaker Rob Reiner’s wife, Michele Singer Reiner, had an accomplished career as a photographer, including capturing the original cover photo for Donald Trump’s book “The Art of the Deal.” Police were called to the Hollywood icon’s home Sunday afternoon, where they discovered the longtime couple dead from apparent stab wounds. As investigators probe the … Read more
A filmmaker behind a documentary allegedly exposing an “80-year global cover-up” of extraterrestrial existence claimed that the US government is part of a “secret Cold War race” to reverse engineer alien technology. Director and producer Dan Farah, who also produced the sci-fi blockbuster “Ready Player One,” told Fox News’ Bret Baier that his newest film … Read more
Jeremy Renner has threatened to take legal action against accuser Yi Zhou following her shocking allegations against him. The Marvel star, 54, reportedly slapped the Chinese filmmaker with a cease-and-desist letter on Friday, per TMZ. In the letter, which was fired off by powerhouse attorney Marty Singer, Renner claimed that Zhou, 38, was the one … Read more
Malia Obama is being accused of copying an indie filmmaker’s work for her Nike commercial released earlier this month — the first ad the former president’s daughter has directed. Natalie Jasmine Harris, 27, said Obama’s one-minute commercial had scenes that were “shockingly similar” to her own 2024 short film “Grace.” The scene in question is one … Read more
Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart,” has died at age 92. Benton’s son, John Benton, said that he died Sunday at his home in Manhattan … Read more
Charles Shyer, who co-wrote and directed a long string of hit comedies, including “Private Benjamin,” “Baby Boom” and “Father of the Bride” — many of which featured strong female leads and were made in collaboration with his former wife, Nancy Meyers — died on Dec. 27 in Los Angeles. He was 83. His daughters Annie … Read more
Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón goes to New York for his latest short holiday film. Called “An Almost Christmas Story” (now streaming on Disney+), the musical animated short follows Moon, a young owl who finds himself stuck in a Christmas tree that’s heading to Rockefeller Plaza. In his attempts to escape the city, Moon befriends a lost … Read more
Jamie Lee Curtis has something special: a 40-year marriage. The award-winning actress married husband Christopher Guest in 1984, just four months after they met. The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star was asked about the secret to her long-lasting marriage. “Well, you don’t leave,” Curtis told Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet following her Emmy win … Read more
The bustling Nigerian film industry known as Nollywood certainly keeps directors busy: In the past decade, Daniel Oriahi has made over 25 movies. But the filmmaker hit a new career breakthrough when the Tribeca Festival accepted his latest, “The Weekend,” a simmering thriller about in-laws with nightmarish appetites. The selection brings the 41-year-old director welcome … Read more
Morgan Spurlock’s ex-wives have spoken out following the “Super Size Me” filmmaker’s death. Spurlock died on May 23 at age 53 of complications from cancer. Sara Bernstein, who tied the knot with Spurlock in 2016 and settled her divorce from him three months before his death, posted on Instagram, “Thank you for all the love and … Read more
Morgan Spurlock, the documentary filmmaker best known for “Super Size Me,” has died. He was 53. He died Thursday night from complications of cancer, The Post can confirm. “It was a sad day, as we said goodbye to my brother Morgan,” his brother Craig Spurlock to the outlet. “Morgan gave so much through his art, … Read more
Lourdes Portillo, the Oscar-nominated Mexican-born documentary filmmaker whose work explored Latin American social issues through spellbinding narratives, has died. She was 80. Ms. Portillo died Saturday at her home in San Francisco. Her death was confirmed by her friend Soco Aguilar. No cause was given. One of Ms. Portillo’s best-known works is her 1994 documentary … Read more
TWO YEARS AGO, the Spanish filmmaker Albert Moya came to Florence to visit an artist friend who’d unwittingly become the caretaker of a large family estate, left empty after a famous Italian writer died, on the outskirts of town. Moya was staying nearby, at the tumbledown hotel Torre di Bellosguardo, when he learned that another … Read more
Joe Camp, a pioneering filmmaker who created a groundbreaking franchise with his “Benji” movies, which brought a lovable live-action dog to the masses and became a smash success, died on Friday at his home in Bell Buckle, Tenn. He was 84. His son the director Brandon Camp announced the death in a statement. He said … Read more
Robert M. Young, an eclectic director whose documentary subjects included civil rights lunch counter sit-ins and sharks, and whose feature films included one about a Mexican American farmer who kills a Texas lawman and one about a woman who takes revenge on her attacker, died on Feb. 4 in Los Angeles. He was 99. The … Read more
“I feel like I’m in a fairy tale,” Sean Wang said to the sold-out crowd gathered at the Ray Theater in Park City, Utah, last month for his Sundance Film Festival debut. Mr. Wang, a 29-year-old filmmaker, was dressed in a black suit and white Vans (a nod to his skateboarding roots). He grabbed his … Read more
If you’re a celebrity seeking to rebrand, the Sundance Film Festival can offer a useful assist. From Marvel superheroes seeking an indie turn to teenage movie stars hoping to segue into spicy adult roles, the snowy event is the perfect place to debut a new direction. This year’s big rebrand was so skillfully executed that … Read more
But throughout his career Mr. Jewison was repeatedly drawn to more serious fare, in movies like “F.I.S.T.” (1978), a labor-union drama that starred Sylvester Stallone; “In Country” (1989), about the daughter of a Vietnam War casualty; and his last film, “The Statement” (2003), the story of a former Nazi collaborator, played by Michael Caine. Well … Read more
Menachem Daum, a filmmaker who co-produced a groundbreaking 1997 documentary that illuminated the cloistered world of America’s Hasidim, died on Jan. 7 in a hospital near his home in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He was 77. His death was confirmed by Eva Fogelman, a friend and the author of a book about Christian rescuers of Jews … Read more