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Cate Blanchett’s Tár receives standing ovation – here are Venice Film Festival’s other big moments

As director Todd Field tackles cancel-culture, we look at the other big moments in Venice’s recent history

Evening Standard

Timeline of Roman Polanski's 45-year-old teen sex abuse case

The release of a transcript of previously sealed testimony in Roman Polanski's long-running sex abuse case in Los Angeles is the latest development in a legal saga that has spanned 45 years

The Independent UK

US judge reneged on promise in Roman Polanski sex case, transcript reveals

A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a promise and imprison Roman Polanski for having sex with a teenage girl in 1977, a former prosecutor has testified. This in part explains why the renowned Franco-Polish director fled the Unites States, setting the stage for one of…

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A U.S. judge said he would renege on a promise not to jail Polanski in his sex case

The detail emerged decades after Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor and fled the U.S. on the eve of his sentencing because he didn't think he was getting a fair deal.

WEKU

Ex-prosecutor: US Judge Planned to Renege on Polanski Deal

A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a plea deal and imprison Roman Polanski for having sex with a teenage girl in 1977, a former prosecutor testified, setting the stage for the renowned director to flee the US as a fugitive. A previously sealed transcript obtained…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-prosecutor: US judge planned to renege on Polanski deal

A retired Los Angeles prosecutor has said a judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a plea deal and imprison Roman Polanski for having sex with a teenage girl in 1977

The Independent UK

Roman Polanski criminal case transcripts must be unsealed, court rules

LOS ANGELES — An appeals court ruled Wednesday that transcripts related to Roman Polanski's criminal case must be made public, a decision that could bring an end to a legal saga the acclaimed film director set in motion when he fled the U.S. after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a…

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US Court of Appeal agrees to unseal documents in Roman Polanski rape case

A US court of appeal has ordered that a key transcript sought by Roman Polanski can be unsealed, so that the filmmaker's 45-year-old rape case might be re-examined.

Evening Standard

Court documents in Polanski criminal case ordered released

A California appeals court has ordered the unsealing of some documents in the criminal case against renowned director Roman Polanski, who's been a fugitive since pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl decades ago

The Independent UK

US court of appeal agrees to unseal documents in Roman Polanski rape case

It comes less than 48 hours after the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said they would no longer object to the document’s release.

The Independent UK

Roman Polanski rape case testimony can be unsealed, LA prosecutor says

District attorney George Gascón says his office has asked to unseal transcripts in effort to re-examine case

The Guardian - US

Documents in Roman Polanski rape case to be unsealed after 45 years

The filmmaker pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 then fled the US.

The Independent UK

Roman Polanski sex abuse case documents should be unsealed, Los Angeles DA says

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón asked a state appeals court Tuesday to unseal transcripts related to the criminal case against Roman Polanski, which could end the decades-long legal saga over the film director's sexual abuse of a teenager in 1977.

Los Angeles Times

MeToo film movement shifts from rhetoric to action

As the MeToo movement evolves, the film industry is seeking practical ways to ensure its opposition to harassment and abuse is translated into tangible improvements.

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Movie review: 'Watcher' a well-crafted voyeuristic thriller

In Chloe Okuno’s stylish debut “Watcher,” the title refers not just to one person, but two, when the watched becomes the watcher, the stalker and stalked swapping places throughout the course of this chilly psychological thriller. Working in the vein of ‘70s-style horror, Okuno’s “Watcher” is in dialogue with films…

Salon

"Stranger Things" and real Satanic panic

After the death of a teen in the 1970s, the role-playing game beloved by the Hawkins kids was blamed

The Guardian - UK

‘It became like a real memory’: Louis Garrel on making a film aged five in which he found a man in bed with his mother

His parents were Nouvelle Vague royalty and he went on to star in one of the sexiest movies ever made. Now the actor and director is refining his “banter à la française” in a scramble to get his new film finished for Cannes

Los Angeles Times

Academy member on trial over child molestation charges draws scrutiny

LOS ANGELES — Jeffrey Cooper, a renowned architect and acoustic engineer, carved out a prestigious place in the Hollywood firmament. Over the years he designed movie theaters and sound studios, including an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences theater and more than two dozen of the mixing studios that produced…

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Chicago Tribune

What does a movie producer do? ‘The Offer,’ a series about the making of ‘The Godfather,’ provides an answer

A few years ago, ahead of the 2019 Oscars, I wrote a column that started with a simple question: What does a movie producer do? Despite the ubiquity of the term, it’s a job title that fails to capture the day-to-day work itself. Director? Sure, most of us have a…

Daily Record

Scots actor Gianni Capaldi brands former co-star Mickey Rourke 'total scum'

Capaldi, of Hamilton, was outraged by Hollywood star Rourke's praise of disgraced film director Roman Polanski.

The Independent UK

Mickey Rourke criticised after praising Roman Polanski: ‘I can’t wait to do another film with him’

‘A great pleasure to work with legendary and talented Roman Polanski,’ said actor of the disgraced director

The Independent UK

Mickey Rourke faces backlash after praising Roman Polanski: ‘I can’t wait to do another film with him’

‘A great pleasure to work with legendary and talented Roman Polanski,’ said actor of the disgraced director

Daily Mirror

'Oscars are now open to accusations of double standards over Will Smith slap response'

Darren Lewis says consistency is clearly lacking in the wake of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock on stage at the Oscars - sexual predators Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski still have theirs awards

Los Angeles Times

Will Smith is banned for 10 years from academy events, including the Oscars

LOS ANGELES — Nearly two weeks after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars over a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Friday it is forbidding Smith from attending any academy events, including the Oscars, for 10 years.

Los Angeles Times

Will Smith is banned for 10 years from academy events, including the Oscars

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