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 Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
