“Pan y Circo” is about a lot of things, specifically the integration of food with everything from politics to social justice, from the environment to ethnic identity. In the series’ seven episodes Luna and a group of activists, reporters, and scientists get together to share a meal while debating issues affecting Mexico in general, but the world overall. The sense of community is something Luna is excited to see, particularly with regard to how the show translates to American audiences....

“After the Showtime trailer appeared online I’ve been asked if I am involved,” Schrader wrote. “The answser (sic) is No.” Schrader revealed that has long been opposed to updating his most iconic films, as he feels that they are products of specific eras and only make sense in the contexts in which they were made. “Some years ago I received a call from Paramount asking about remaking ‘American Gigolo’ as a series,” he wrote....

A collection of 19 jury members — all industry professionals, media scholars, critics, and journalists — pored over more than 1,200 submissions and revealed the winners over a multi-day virtual ceremony with presenters like Melissa McCarthy, Riz Ahmed, and Alicia Keys. In the Entertainment category, the voting body especially highlighted bright, innovative comedies like FX’s “Reservation Dogs,” Peacock’s “We Are Lady Parts,” and HBO Max’s “Sort Of,” which not only bring laughs but introduce audiences to stories from people of historically underrepresented backgrounds....

Deadline broke the news. Blanchett’s Dirty Films is still attached to produce the independent project with New Republic Pictures. IndieWire placed a call to Almodóvar’s representative, which was not returned at press time. Almodovar has been talking about this project for years, first discussing it with IndieWire in 2019 as “five short tales by one American writer” that take place in Texas, Oakland, and Mexico, with a mixture of English and Spanish....

IGN reports that Boyd and Monaghan revealed a time when “Peter Jackson was being pressured from above to have one of the four Hobbits die in the film, even though they survived in the books. Luckily, Jackson didn’t succumb to the demands of the producers.” And if he did, Monaghan said it most likely would have been Merry on the chopping block. “It’s a good job that didn’t happen, because it would have been me,” Monaghan said....

The breath of life and beating heart at the center of countless, Russian nesting doll layers of artifice and art-house reference, actor Denis Menochet doesn’t just anchor “Peter von Kant,” he makes the Francois Ozon project a film. Because without its venerable lead, this twenty-first feature from France’s most prolific modern director might be something of a lark — a playful but reverent experiment that takes a gender-swapped remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” and wrangles it into a deep-in-the-weeds pseudo-biopic of the German filmmaker himself....

On Wednesday, Allen will appear at a special event honoring the film’s 40th anniversary, held to benefit two local western Massachusetts arts organizations close to her heart: the Norman Rockwell Museum and the Berkshire International Film Festival (if you’ve ever seen Allen darting around another festival, she’s likely there to help scout for BIFF, her hometown festival she’s long been associated with). Has it really been 40 years already? It doesn’t feel that way to Allen....