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New this week: 'Moonbase 8,' Kylie Minogue & Niall Horan
Read full article: New this week: 'Moonbase 8,' Kylie Minogue & Niall Horan(Showtime via AP)Hereโs a collection curated by The Associated Pressโ entertainment journalists of whatโs arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. โ โOutrageโ: If youโre looking for some distractions on election day, the excellent Women Make Film series is still going strong on TCM. โ AP Film Writer Lindsey BahrMUSICโ The final solo recording from late jazz legend Dave Brubeck will be released Friday. Showtimeโs โMoonbase 8โ stars Fred Armisen, John C. Reilly and Tim Heidecker as astronauts trying to qualify for a moon mission. For Showtime subscribers, the full series will be available Sunday night on the channelโs apps and on-demand platforms.
Venice Fest closes amid cheers for daring to open amid virus
Read full article: Venice Fest closes amid cheers for daring to open amid virus(Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)VENICE โ The Venice Film Festival is wrapping up the first COVID-era international cinema showcase Saturday, with critics, filmmakers and actors alike cheering organizers for having dared to hold the festival amid a pandemic and demonstrating how to go to the movies again, safely. Once the virus spread, the Cannes Film Festival was canceled outright, and other big international festivals in Toronto and New York opted to go mostly online. โWe were a little bit worried at the beginning, of course,โ festival director Alberto Barbera said. Twenty-twenty is not the year for those kind of discussions.โInstead, she said, Venice was a film festival that focused on the integrity of the films. The diversity of countries represented is a development that festival director Barbera has greeted with particular satisfaction.
Ann Hui wins lifetime achievement award at Venice festival
Read full article: Ann Hui wins lifetime achievement award at Venice festivalDirector Ann Hui holds her Golden Lion award for Lifetime Achievement during the 77th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)VENICE Hong Kong director Ann Hui paid tribute to her home city as she received a lifetime achievement award from the Venice International Film Festival. The acclaimed director said she wanted to revert this honor back to Hong Kong, the city where she grew up. Huis impact on the Hong Kong film industry and Asian cinema is second to none. Shes a five-time winner of Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards.