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This is the second of a series of articles on films screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival, held April 9-18. The first part was posted April 13. The recent San Francisco film festival had an almost inevitably schizophrenic character. Many of its official pronouncements, and this is the case at every festival at present, speak to the current obsession with identity politics in sections of the middle class. To a certain extent, however, the best filmmakers suggest the source ...

Owen Wilson to play Vermont painter in latest film, shooting in upstate New York The cast is scheduled to visit Saratoga Springs in coming weeks Share Updated: 10:53 AM EDT Apr 20, 2021 Owen Wilson to play Vermont painter in latest film, shooting in upstate New York The cast is scheduled to visit Saratoga Springs in coming weeks Share Updated: 10:53 AM EDT Apr 20, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript DIRECTOR SAYS ITS A GREAT PLACE TO GET EXPERIENCE IF YOURE INTER...

Apr 20, 2021 The Capital Region really has become Hollywood on the Hudson! We know that several HBO projects are in the process of filming in Troy. There is an Amazon show that was filmed in Albanys Washington Park, and now comes word that Owen Wilson is filming his next movie in Saratoga Springs. Over the next month or so, Owen will be filming the movie "Paint" in the area. The movie also stars former SNL star Micheala Watkins, Wendy McLendon-Covey of The Goldbergs and Stephen Root. The movie ...

Owen Wilson is to star in the indie film Paint. The 52-year-old actor will be joined in the project by Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ciara Renee, Lusia Strus and Stephen Root. Brit McAdams is directing the project and has written the screenplay. Sam Maydew is producing for Silver Lining Entertainment with the film currently shooting in New York. The story follows Carl Nargle, who has hosted the number one painting TV show in Vermont for the past 27 years with his signature whisper kee...

Film Shorts // April 7-13, 2021 The Man Who Sold His Skin (NR) Nominated for the Oscar for Best International Film, this Tunisian drama is about a Syrian refugee (Yahya Mahyani) who becomes a living art exhibit in a museum. Also with Dea Liane, Koen de Bouw, Saad Lostan, Christian Vadim, Darina al-Joundi, and Monica Bellucci. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Photo courtesy of YouTube.com. OPENING   Held (NR) Jill Awbrey and Bart Johnson star in this horror film as a couple trying to repair their marri...

Film Shorts your username OPENING Assault on VA-33 (R) This thriller is about a PTSD-afflicted veteran (Sean Patrick Flanery) who is forced into action after the VA hospital that he’s in is taken hostage by armed terrorists. Also with Michael Jai White, Mark Dacascos, Weston Cage Coppola, Gina Holden, Brittany Underwood, and Rachel True. (Opens Friday in Dallas) Every Breath You Take (R) Casey Affleck stars in this thriller as a psychiatrist who allows the brother (Sam Claflin) of a recently ...

Review: In Happily, 10 millennials walk into an Airbnb.... by Jocelyn Noveck, The Associated Press Posted Mar 17, 2021 11:09 am EDT Last Updated Mar 17, 2021 at 11:14 am EDT This image released by Apple TV+ shows a scene from the film "Happily." (Apple TV+ via AP) “How did we find this place, anyway?” Wait, where have we heard that before? Actually, it’s a familiar line in a new genre of thriller that’s emerged the last few years: Airbnb horror films. There are a few constants: Attracti...

Jocelyn Noveck This image released by Apple TV+ shows Stephen Root in a scene from the film "Happily." (Apple TV+ via AP) March 18, 2021 - 4:43 PM “How did we find this place, anyway?” Wait, where have we heard that before? Actually, it’s a familiar line in a new genre of thriller thats emerged the last few years: Airbnb horror films. There are a few constants: Attractive millennials, lots of good booze, a gorgeous weekend rental. And then something sc...

This week’s new releases include Zack Snyders version of “Justice League” and a Netflix documentary with reenactments about the college admissions scandal involving children of immense privilege.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — Four years after “Justice League” underwhelmed both critics and audiences, filmmaker Zack Snyder has come back to finish what he started. He left the original film amid a family tragedy and […]