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This was news to Rapace, who was not aware that her role required nudity. The star eventually realized that Stolevski’s script described her character as appearing “as she was on the day she was born,” an eloquent stage direction that slipped her mind. “I couldn’t sleep that night,” she said in an interview with IndieWire. “I was like, ‘Oh my god, what have I gotten myself into?’” But her fears quickly subsided the next day when she began filming in the remote Serbian village where the film was shot....

“Abducted in Plain Sight” tells the story in a far more matter-of-fact manner than the Peacock series, which ends each episode with a disclaimer that some events are included for dramatic effect (though it’s unclear how the story could become more dramatic). So what has been added? Let’s look at what “A Friend of the Family” gets right and what it doesn’t. Editor’s Note: Because this is based on true events, spoilers for “A Friend of the Family” are included....

Prime Video’s series, “A League of Their Own,” despite being inspired by Penny Marshall’s iconic 1992 film of the same name, may share more in common with Billy’s encouraging life lesson than any prior sports story. Co-created by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson (who also stars), the hourlong drama is still set in the 1940s and follows a team of women who compete in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Their shared passion for the sport brings them together just as inter-personal conflicts and societal restrictions threaten to push them apart, but it’s the game that steers each player, each relationship, back on course....

When writer-director Nadav Lapid was doing press for his Berlinale-winning “Synonyms” in 2019, he told a funny story about his conflicted approach to the Israeli notions of masculinity and national identity that rage across his films: When his sister-in-law had a baby boy, she asked him for advice as to whether or not they should circumcise the child. “I totally understand if you don’t want your son to be Israeli,” Lapid told her, channeling his late mother’s lifelong hope that her children would leave the country behind....

When Apple bought worldwide rights to Sian Heder’s “CODA” for $25 million January 30, the financiers planned to make buyback deals with those rights holders. Nordisk Film, which pre-bought the rights nearly two years ago, confirmed to IndieWire that the company still plans to release the film in the Nordics. Nordisk isn’t alone in that in stance. Many Sundance films come to the festival with all rights available — indie films can be a tough sell overseas as well — but “CODA” is the remake of an award-winning 2014 French film, “La Famille Bélier....

After the “Shaun of the Dead” director mistook Aubrey Plaza’s recent MovieMaker magazine cover as a promo for “Tomb Raider” 3.0, Plaza herself has responded to the fan casting rumors. “Look, I have no idea what the future holds for me, but I love it,” Plaza told Newsweek. “It was so funny when he texted me that because I didn’t realize how strikingly similar those photos are. Emily is carrying a purse strap and Lara Croft has a gun holster, those are very different....