Don’t let the inauspicious title fool you; In This Corner of the World has been anything but meek. A box office hit in Japan and a winner at their Academy Awards, its subsequent run on the festival circuit was met with further acclaim.
CBS Films is gunning for a lucrative action series with American Assassin, hoping the best-selling novels from Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills will provide a backbone for the company for years to come.
Editor in Chief Manon de Reeper attended panels about trans people in film, female filmmakers and Queen Sugar at the Los Angeles Film Festival, this is her report.