A good movie needs a strong antagonist to elevate a story, and some legendary villains from the past shine in their roles.

The 72nd Sydney Film Festival has concluded with Iranian director Jafar Panahi claiming the event’s top honor, taking home ...

SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA, June 16, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- Following 12 days of over 150 sold-out sessions, packed cinemas and record-breaking box office, the 72nd Sydney Film Festival tonight awarded ...

The second edition of the BFI’s Film on Film Festival takes place at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, and includes a rare showing of an original print of Star Wars, among other treasures.

The pipe-smoking Mankiewicz, who had received directing and screenplay Oscars for A Letter to Three Wives (1950) and All About Eve (1951), had replaced original helmer Rouben Mamoulian in early 1961.

Theater and later film director Rouben Mamoulian was making his Broadway debut with the play and when Robinson auditioned for him, he asked her to sing some old Black folk songs for him.

The point is, Rouben Mamoulian’s “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” wasn’t an afterthought for the Academy. The expertly crafted and salacious pre-code monster movie had support from the voters.

Sherman was directing Becky Sharp [1935, based on Thackeray’s Vanity Fair, eventually credited to Rouben Mamoulian], the first three-strip Technicolor feature, when he died of a heart attack ...

The film’s director, Rouben Mamoulian, had told her that she must “make her mind and heart a complete blank,” empty her face of expression, so that the audience could impose whatever ...

Rouben Zachary Mamoulian (October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an Armenian-American film and theatre director. In the interview compilation book Directing the Film (Acrobat Books), Mamoulian ...