Provincetown Fest adds Brian De Palma thriller “Passion” to lineup June 21, 2013 - 11:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 15th Provincetown Film Festival has added a surprise guest this weekend, with the arrival of Brian De Palma for the American premiere of his erotic thriller, Passion, The Hollywood Reporter said. A cat-and-mouse game of murderous personal and professional intrigue between a ruthless Berlin ad agency executive and her brilliant female assistant, the film stars Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace. It bowed in competition at the Venice Film Festival last fall and segued directly to Toronto. Its U.S. premiere was scheduled to take place at the New York Film Festival in October, but a glitch with the digital projection caused those screenings to be canceled. Provincetown organizers confirmed Thursday, June 20 that De Palma will fly in for Saturday's showing of Passion. He is scheduled to participate in an audience Q&A after the film, which is a remake of French director Alain Corneau's 2010 noir, Love Crime. Entertainment One will release Passion in the U.S. on Aug. 30.   Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP  Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan.Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”.41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience.Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |
