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Deleted Scenes from the Film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"

A smiling woman in a trench coat, headscarf and rubber boots stands with a polka-dot umbrella in the doorway of a building with timber beams.

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Woman in a trench coat with a polka-dot umbrella in a doorway, black-and-white photograph

Today's Weather Forecast from Sophia Loren. Raincoats on, umbrellas at the ready ☔️

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Brigitte Bardot ahead of the 78th Cannes Festival on herself, cinema and quitting in 1973

On the eve of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, Brigitte Bardot, who made her debut there in 1953, 72 years ago, gave an interview to French television. Brigitte rarely meets journalists and invariably keeps her own distinctive outlook, which is why she is always worth listening to. On French TV

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David Lynch, 1990

A cutaway drawn plan of the underground home Bag End in Hobbiton, showing the pantry, dining room and hall, signed by Emil Jensen.

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Bilbo Baggins's home Bag End in Hobbiton on a plan by Emil Jensen

The Shire? Baggins? Quite some pile Old Bilbo has got himself

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Oliver Stone may film a historical movie in Moscow, Alexey Fursin says

American director Oliver Stone may in due course shoot a historical film in Moscow. This was reported to TASS journalists by Alexey Fursin, head of the Moscow Department of Culture. According to him, in conversation with Stone they discussed the opportunities Moscow offers for the filming of a picture the

Black and white photograph of Groucho Marx in round glasses, with dark moustache and eyebrows, holding a cigar near his face.

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Photograph of the American comedian Groucho Marx holding a cigar

In every old man there is a young man wondering what happened. American comedian Groucho Marx

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Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII in Charles Jarrott's film with Geneviève Bujold

Anyone dreaming of a prince would do well to watch the 1969 film "Anne of the Thousand Days", which won the Oscar for Best Costume Design. True, the film contains a number of questionable historical allusions, such as the presence of Mary Tudor at her mother's

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Federico Fellini and Marcello Mastroianni during the filming of "8½", 1963

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Tariffs and moving film production to the US as the industry falls 40% in two years

Katya, I do wonder how exactly he intends to make California great again. After all, even the American studios have in recent years been striving to move production beyond the borders of the United States because of the exorbitant cost. It turns out that even Britain is cheaper than California,

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UAZ Pickup as the Popemobile in the Second Season of "The Young Pope"

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Louis Malle’s Film “Volchonok”, Based on Georges Darien’s Novel, and Julien Guiomar’s Talent

Mont-Saint-Michel, Julien Guiomar and Jean-Paul Belmondo in Philippe de Broca's film "L'Incorrigible", 1975. If you fancy watching something human, beautiful and heartfelt over this long weekend, it comes recommended. And, while you are at it, there is another film with this