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I don’t think anybody can pull off an eccentric, dramatic ensemble quite like Cara Delevingne. Consider her latest appearance at the 2024 Vogue World, where she was chosen to host the event.

The 31-year-old model adopted various fashion trends, including the jellyfish trend, Madonna’s conical bra, elf shoes, and the sailor trend. Even though there appeared to be a lot going on in one ensemble, Delevingne, one of the most sought-after models today, still looked effortlessly put together.

Cara Delevinge hosts the 2024 Vogue World: Paris in a whimsical Jean Paul Gaultier x Simone Rocha pale pink corset mini-dress (Credit: Abaca Press / INSTARimages)

2024 Vogue World: A Glitzy Marriage Between French Fashion and Sports

The 2024 Vogue World: Paris, held at Place Vendome, celebrated the longstanding connection between fashion and sports, which dates back to the 1920s. It brought together 188 athletes, 151 models, 70 dancers, and a 40-piece orchestra for a night of glitz and glamour.

Hulu has found a new lead actress for its limited series about Amanda Knox.

Grace Van Patten (Hulu’s Tell Me Lies) will play Knox in the drama. She steps in for Margaret Qualley, who was set to star and executive produce but had to depart due to scheduling conflicts.

Knox is among the executive producers of the untitled series, which Hulu ordered in March from writer and showrunner Kj Steinberg (This Is Us). The series is based on the true story of Knox’s wrongful conviction for killing her roommate Meredith Kercher when they were studying in Italy, and Knox’s “16-year odyssey to set herself truly free,” as Hulu describes it.

The eight-episode limited series will add to an already extensive list of filmed material about Knox’s story. She was the subject of or inspiration for a 2011 Lifetime movie that played fast and loose with the facts of the case,...

Margaret Qualley is taking on the role of Amanda Knox.

The 29-year-old actress will portray the 36-year-old formerly incarcerated author and activist in a Hulu limited series, via THR.

The currently untitled series is from 20th Television and The Littlefield Company, amd has been “on a fast development track” at Hulu. Kj Steinberg created the series and will serve as showrunner. Amanda and Monica Lewinsky are also among the executive producers.

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Hulu describes the eight-episode series as “based on the true story of how Knox was wrongfully convicted for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher and her 16-year odyssey to set herself free.”

She and her then boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were arrested after Meredith was found murdered in their apartment. The two were convicted of killing her in 2009, had their convictions overturned in 2011 and found guilty again in a retrial before finally being...

Hulu has greenlit a limited series about Amanda Knox, with Margaret Qualley set to play the lead role.

The currently untitled series, from 20th Television and The Littlefield Company (Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale), has been on a fast development track at the Disney-owned streamer. K.J. Steinberg (This Is Us, Gossip Girl) created the series and will serve as showrunner; Knox and Monica Lewinsky are also among the executive producers.

Hulu describes the eight-episode series as “based on the true story of how Knox was wrongfully convicted for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher and her 16-year odyssey to set herself free.”

Knox’s case became the subject of intense media scrutiny for years: She and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were arrested after Kercher, Knox’s roommate when both were studying in Italy, was found murdered in their apartment. Knox and Sollecito were convicted of killing Kercher in 2009, had their...

Actress/model Cara Delevingne aka 'Vignette Stonemoss' in the Amazon Prime TV series "Carnival Row", poses for the latest "Puma" sneaker campaign:

Delevingne played her first film role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" as 'Princess Sorokina'. August 2013, she voiced a 'DJ' of a pop radio station in the video game "Grand Theft Auto V".

June 2014, she made her TV debut in the final episode of "Playhouse Presents" from Brit broadcaster Sky Arts, playing the character of 'Chloe'.

Delevingne went on to play the part of 'Melanie' in the Brit feature "The Face of an Angel". October 2014, she starred in a sketch for an annual 90-minute comedy TV event called "The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night".

A month later, she featured in South African group Die Antwoord's music video for their song "Ugly Boy". December 2014, she starred in "Reincarnation", a short film by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.

February 2015, she appeared...

Actress/model Cara Delevingne aka 'Vignette Stonemoss' in the TV series "Carnival Row", poses for the latest "Puma" sneaker campaign:

Delevingne played her first film role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" as 'Princess Sorokina'. August 2013, she voiced a 'DJ' of a pop radio station in the video game "Grand Theft Auto V".

June 2014, she made her TV debut in the final episode of "Playhouse Presents" from Brit broadcaster Sky Arts, playing the character of 'Chloe'.

Delevingne went on to play the part of 'Melanie' in the Brit feature "The Face of an Angel". October 2014, she starred in a sketch for an annual 90-minute comedy TV event called "The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night". A month later, she featured in South African group Die Antwoord's music video for their song "Ugly Boy". December 2014, she starred in "Reincarnation", a short film by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.

February 2015, she appeared in the...

Like the protagonist of his latest film, The Wedding Guest, Michael Winterbottom is a wanderer–cinematically, that is. There are few filmmakers in modern cinema who hop between genres quite like the British helmer. Consider just a few entries from his gobsmackingly lengthy filmography: a Thomas Hardy adaptation (Jude); a war film set in 1990s Sarajevo (Welcome to Sarajevo); a second Hardy adaptation shot in snowy Canada (The Claim); a future-set love story (Code 46); a sexually-explicit anthology centered around songs from the likes of Primal Scream and Franz Ferdinand (9 Songs); a documentary based on the work of Naomi Klein and another featuring Russell Brand (The Shock Doctrine and The Emperor’s New Clothes); and a tremendously violent and unsettling Jim Thompson adaptation (The Killer Inside Me).

That list does not even include his greatest works–24 Hour Party People, A Mighty Heart, The Trip, and its follow-ups. The Wedding Guest is,...

Exclusive: Steve Coogan and David Mitchell are set to star in Michael Winterbottom’s (The Wedding Guest) untitled satirical movie about the super-rich, I can reveal.

Sony Pictures International Productions and Film4 are behind the movie, which is gearing up for a fall shoot. Melissa Parmenter (The Face Of An Angel) is producing for Revolution Films with The Iron Lady producer Damian Jones of DJ Films. The project was previously known as Greed but that is no longer the title, I understand.

The story is a satirical take on the world of the super-rich with Alan Partridge and Philomena star Coogan set to play a ruthless, perma-tanned and self-absorbed retail clothing billionaire. Actor and writer Mitchell (Peep Show) is due to play a mild-mannered journalist hired by Coogan’s character to chronicle his life story. Additional casting is under way.

Winterbottom is no stranger to this subject having directed Russell Brand...

The production describe the film as ’a London version of ‘Frances Ha’ meets ‘Manhattan’’.

Hurt By Paradise, a UK independent feature directed by Greta Bellamacina, has wrapped production after a 22-day shoot on location in London and Margate.

Written by Bellamacina and Sadie Brown, the film was shot for £100,000, and is produced by Robert Montgomery. Hal Brotherton-Ratcliffe (Hippopotamus) is executive producer, and the main investor on the film.

Described by the production as ‘a London version of Frances Ha meets Manhattan’, the film follows a struggling poet single mother and her unexpected friendship with her babysitter – a middle-aged failed actress and fantasist.

Happy belated birthday, Cara Delevingne! The model and actress turned 26 last week and celebrated with a slew of fellow celebs, including Pretty Little Liars alum Ashley Benson, Kate Beckinsale, Suki Waterhouse, Zoë Kravitz, Sienna Miller and Margot Robbie. Delevingne shared several photos from her birthday party on Instagram on Saturday. "It was my birthday a week ago and I am still giggling with MERmazing memories," Delevingne wrote. She has worked with some of her party guests; She and Benson star together in the upcoming film Her Smell, she and Beckinsale both appeared in the 2014 movie The Face of an Angel and she and...

Valerian: The City of a Thousand Planets’ Cara Delevingne on getting the part of a lifetimeValerian: The City of a Thousand Planets’ Cara Delevingne on getting the part of a lifetimeMarni Weisz - Editor, Cineplex Magazine7/19/2017 10:00:00 Am

Cara Delevingne acted like a real animal to get the role of interplanetary special-ops agent Laureline in Luc Besson’s eye-candy spectacular Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.

If you’re expecting a story about a spoiled model-turned-actor throwing a tantrum to get a super-fun part in one of the summer’s biggest sci-fi films, you’re going to be disappointed. But the real story’s pretty good too.

It’s about Delevingne’s unconventional audition with the visionary French director Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element), who was finally set to make a big-screen version of his favourite childhood comic book, Valérian and Laureline, by French writer Pierre Christin.

Take another look @ actress Cara Delevingne, aka 'Enchantress' in "Suicide Squad", posing for photographer Mario Testino in a recent issue of "Vogue" magazine:

Born in London, UK, Delevingne began her modelling career at a young age, appearing on the catwalk of the autumn/winter 2012-2013 show season, wearing Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.

She won the "Model of the Year" award at the 'British Fashion Awards' in 2014.

Her acting career started with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" and the thriller "The Face of an Angel" in 2014.

She will appear in "Suicide Squad", set for a 2016 release.

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Sneak Peek more images of  actress Cara Delevingne, aka 'Enchantress' in "Suicide Squad", posing for photographer Mario Testino in a recent issue of "Vogue" magazine:

Born in London, UK, Delevingne began her modelling career at a young age, appearing on the catwalk of the autumn/winter 2012-2013 show season, wearing Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.

She won the "Model of the Year" award at the 'British Fashion Awards' in 2014.

Her acting career started with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina", followed by the thriller "The Face of an Angel", "Suicide Squad" and the upcoming "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets".

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Enchantress'...

Exclusive: List of best unproduced movie scripts topped by two projects from emerging writers; biopics of Priscilla Presley, Alexander McQueen also feature.

The 2016 Brit List – a line-up of the best yet-to-shoot movie screenplays as voted on by the UK industry – has been topped by a sci-fi and an apocalyptic western, both from emerging writers.

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The UK version of America’s Black List list is topped by joint-winners The Competitors, an apocalyptic western written by Ruth Greenburg, and sci-fi The Far Edge Of The World, written by Felix Harrison. Both projects received nine votes.

In second with seven votes was rom-com Bride Or Groom written by The Thick Of It and In The Loop actress Olivia Poulet and Lucy Brown.

Also making the list are Ecosse Films’ Lonesome Tonight, a biopic of Priscilla Presley written by Paul Viragh (The Face Of An Angel), Matthew Orton-scripted Eichmann and Chris Urch’s [link...

Take another look @ actress Cara Delevingne, aka 'Enchantress' in "Suicide Squad", posing for photographer Mario Testino in a recent issue of "Vogue" magazine:

Born in London, UK, Delevingne began her modelling career at a young age, appearing on the catwalk of the autumn/winter 2012-2013 show season, wearing Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.

She won the "Model of the Year" award at the 'British Fashion Awards' in 2014.

Her acting career started with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" and the thriller "The Face of an Angel" in 2014.

She will appear in "Suicide Squad", set for a 2016 release.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Suicide Squad"...

Take another look @ images of actress Cara Delevingne, aka 'Enchantress' in "Suicide Squad", posing for photographer Mario Testino in a recent issue of "Vogue" magazine:

Born in London, UK, Delevingne began her modelling career at a young age, appearing on the catwalk of the autumn/winter 2012-2013 show season, wearing Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.

She won the "Model of the Year" award at the 'British Fashion Awards' in 2014.

Her acting career started with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" and the thriller "The Face of an Angel" in 2014.

She will appear in "Suicide Squad", set for a 2016 release.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Suicide Squad"...

Sneak Peek new revealing images of actress Cara Delevingne (aka ' 'The Enchantress' in Warners upcoming comic book feature "Suicide Squad"), posing for the "Ysl Rouge Pur Couture" lipstick campaign, with "a color so bold you'd feel naked without it."

Born in London, UK, Delevingne began her modelling career at a young age, appearing on the catwalk of the autumn/winter 2012-2013 show season, wearing Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.

Her acting career started with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" and the thriller "The Face of an Angel" in 2014.

She will appear in "Suicide Squad", set for a 2016 release.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Cara Delevingne...

Sneak Peek new images of actress Cara Delevingne aka ''The Enchantress' in the upcoming feature "Suicide Squad", posing for a new Dkny menswear and women's wear fashion campaign:

Born in London, UK, Delevingne began her modelling career at a young age, appearing on the catwalk of the autumn/winter 2012-2013 show season, wearing Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.

She won the "Model of the Year" award at the 'British Fashion Awards' in 2014.

Her acting career started with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" and the thriller "The Face of an Angel" in 2014.

She will appear in "Suicide Squad", set for a 2016 release.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek Cara Delevingne...

Want to debunk the myth and the mystery of the manic pixie dream girl? There’s a wrong way to do that… and an oh-so marvelously right way. I’m “biast” (pro): love Greta Gerwig

I’m “biast” (con): really tired of manic pixie dream girls

I have not read the source material for Paper Towns

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Here we go again. Lonely, misunderstood teen — a boy, of course — discovers life and adventure and excitement via kooky gorgeous “miracle” neighbor: who is a girl, of course. Margo (Cara Delevingne: The Face of an Angel, Anna Karenina) is prone to wearing black nail polish and saying things like “I’m a big believer in random capitalization” and climbing into the bedroom window of Quentin (Nat Wolff: The Fault in Our Stars, Palo Alto) in the middle of the night to...

Take another look @ images of actress Cara Delevingne, aka 'Enchantress' in "Suicide Squad", posing for photographer Mario Testino in a recent issue of "Vogue" magazine:

Born in London, UK, Delevingne began her modelling career at a young age, appearing on the catwalk of the autumn/winter 2012-2013 show season, wearing Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.

She won the "Model of the Year" award at the 'British Fashion Awards' in 2014.

Her acting career started with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" and the thriller "The Face of an Angel" in 2014.

She will appear in "Suicide Squad", set for a 2016 release.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Suicide Squad"...

★★★☆☆ Michael Winterbottom's latest feature, The Face of an Angel (2014), explores the intersection of beauty, youth, sex and violent crime. Inspired by Amanda Knox's alleged murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy, Winterbottom offers a perceptive, but at times plodding, take on the media's sensationalised coverage of her trial. Thomas Lang (Daniel Bruhl) arrives in Italy to research and write his next film. He meets Simone Ford (Kate Beckinsale), a journalist who been following the trial of American student Jessica Fuller, imprisoned for the murder of her flatmate Elizabeth Pryce (Sai Bennett). Thomas hopes to adapt Simone's book on the case. "Make it fiction," she urges him.

She’s become one of the most recognizable faces in the U.K. as a supermodel and, more recently, as an actress, thanks to appearances in Anna Karenina, The Face of an Angel and this summer's Paper Towns, alongside upcoming roles in Suicide Squad and Pan. But thankfully it seems rising multi-hyphenate Cara Delevingne still isn’t concerned about speaking her mind, even if it concerns arguably her biggest film to date. “There are only three girls in [Suicide Squad] but in my opinion they have the best roles,” she said in an interview with the U.K.'s Empire

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The Colin Trevorrow feature Jurassic World continued to hold strong in its second weekend, bringing in $102 million to retain the top spot at the box office. Jurassic World‘s total earnings to date also brought it to second place among the highest grossing films of the year, ahead of Furious 7 and just behind Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Chris Pratt-starring feature managed to hold off the newest Pixar film Inside Out, which earned $91.1 million in its opening weekend, ending up in second place. The box office totals saw a steep drop-off from that point, as the Melissa McCarthy-starring Spy‘s $10.5 million total was enough to land it in third place.

Inside Out wasn’t the only new film to land a spot on the box office chart, as Rick Famuyiwa’s newest film Dope landed in fifth place with a $6 million total, behind the earthquake film San Andreas,...

“You can’t tell the truth unless you make it a fiction,” says journalist Simone Ford (Kate Beckinsale) to filmmaker Thomas Lang (Daniel Bruhl) in Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of An Angel. Since the film itself is a fictionalized re-telling of the events surrounding the Amanda Knox murder trial, we can presume that she’s talking both to the character onscreen and to the audience – trying to justify the movie we’re watching as a necessary re-imagining of a real incident about which many people have strong feelings.The rough outline of the events presented in the film is superficially similar to the 2007 Knox case, which captured the world’s headlines for a few years: A young American student and her Italian boyfriend are accused of brutally killing her flatmate, with a confusing soup of evidence – much of it circumstantial, little of it forensic – gathered by incompetent cops. An opportunistic,...

“You can’t tell the truth unless you make it a fiction,” says journalist Simone Ford (Kate Beckinsale) to filmmaker Thomas Lang (Daniel Bruhl) in Michael Winterbottom’s The Face of an Angel. And since the film itself is a fictionalized retelling of the events surrounding the Amanda Knox murder trial, we can presume that she’s talking both to the character onscreen and to the audience — trying to justify the movie we’re watching as a necessary reimagining of a real incident about which many people have strong feelings.The rough outlines of the case presented in the film are superficially similar to the 2007 Knox case, which so captured the world’s headlines for a few years: A young American student and her Italian boyfriend are accused of brutally killing her flatmate, amid a confusing soup of evidence — much of it circumstantial, little of it forensic — gathered by incompetent cops.

Cara Delevingne has spoken about being "so happy" at the moment, putting it down to her relationship with musician St Vincent, real name Annie Clark.

The model and actress also chatted to Vogue about coming to terms with being attracted to women.

"Being in love with my girlfriend is a big part of why I'm feeling so happy with who I am these days," she said. "And for those words to come out of my mouth is actually a miracle."

On being a child confused by her sexuality, Cara said: "It took me a long time to accept the idea [of being attracted to women], until I first fell in love with a girl at 20 and recognised that I had to accept it."

She added: "Women are what completely inspire me, and they have also been my downfall. I have only been hurt by women, my mother first of all."

On top of her modelling career,...

With a premise based on the salacious murder trial of Amanda Knox, the most curious aspect of Michael Winterbottom's "The Face Of An Angel" is that it's not about the case at all. Instead, the filmmaker takes a self-indulgent approach reorienting the project to tell the story of a director researching and writing a movie about the sensational crime and who promptly begins to spiral out of control the more he keeps digging for the truth. A mismatch of genres, coupled with a pretentious attitude regarding the art of moviemaking, this film strains for significance, referencing Dante in the same breath as Knox. "If you're gonna make a movie, make it a fiction. You cannot tell the truth unless you make it a fiction," Daniel Bruhl's washed up filmmaker Thomas is advised early in the picture. Tasked by a British production company to make a movie about the Knox case,...

After hitting the festival circuit last fall, "The Face of an Angel" is gearing up for its stateside theatrical release. Read More: Watch: The Amanda Knox Case Gets the Film Treatment in Exclusive Clip from 'The Face of an Angel' The mystery-thriller, which is based on the murder trial of Amanda Knox, comes from acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom ("The Trip") and centers on Simone (Kate Beckinsale), a journalist, and Thomas (Daniel Brühl), a documentary filmmaker. Despite their differing sensibilities, they come together to explore the story of a murder and chase after its prime suspect.  In an exclusive clip (posted above), Thomas confides in Simone that he doesn't want to tell the story the easy way. As he puts it, "I don't want to make a film about fear or death or killing. I want to make a film about love." Promising to provide a fresh perspective on the infamous Knox trial,...

This review was originally published during our coverage of the 2015 Leeds Film Festival.

The Face of an Angel sets its sights on the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, still an open wound in the public consciousness. We instinctively crave digestible narratives of heroes, villains and victims: characters that these events refuse to provide. Villains become victims, heroes become villains and, after years of analysis, evidence and testimony, we’re no closer to knowing what really happened in that Perugia flat than we were the day after it happened.

Winterbottom chooses to approach the case through meta-narrative by creating Thomas (Daniel Brühl), an analogue for himself who recognizes the fertile soil of a high profile murder in Siena and explores how he could transform it into worthwhile cinema. Early on the character receives some advice that’s essentially the film’s manifesto: “If you’re going to make a movie, make it a fiction.

Director Michael Winterbottom may be the only person on earth uninterested in who killed Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2007. Was it Amanda Knox, who confessed under duress, recanted, then was convicted, acquitted, convicted and acquitted at last? Or was the killer actually chronic knife-wielding housebreaker Rudy Guede, who confessed, and whose DNA (unlike Knox’s) was all over Kercher’s body and bedroom? Don’t ask Winterbottom. While his film “The Face of an Angel” loosely adapts the bible of the Knox-Did-It fact-ion, Barbie Latza Nadeau’s “Angel Face,” he won’t assess the evidence, the victims, the accused or the legal process.

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The History Press is delighted to announce that it will be publishing Some Kind of Hero this October.

For over 50 years, Albert R. Broccoli’s Eon Productions has navigated the ups and downs of the volatile British film industry, enduring both critical wrath and acclaim in equal measure for its now legendary James Bond series. Latterly, this family-run business has been crowned with box office gold and recognised by motion picture academies around the world. However, it has not always been plain sailing.

Changing tax regimes forced 007 to relocate to France and Mexico; changing fashions and politics led to box office disappointments; and changing studio regimes and business disputes all but killed the franchise. And the rise of competing action heroes has constantly questioned Bond’s place in popular culture. But against all odds the filmmakers continue to wring new life from the series,...

Filmmakers love to put murder mysteries on the big screen, which makes it no surprise that director Michael Winterbottom (who is mostly known for The Trip and The Trip to Italy) has done so in his latest feature The Face of an Angel. Here’s the official synopsis:

The Face Of An Angel tells the story of a journalist and a filmmaker as they lose themselves in a notorious murder case they are covering. Based on true events, a riveting account of the controversial case of an American student accused of murder in Italy.

While the trailer is a little hard to follow, Daniel Bruhl and Kate Beckinsale make an interesting pair as the journalist and filmmaker who cover the murder case in Italy. Cara Delevingne also stars in the film, but it’s not quite clear what her role is, only that she and Daniel Bruhl get involved with each other at some point.

Kate Beckinsale has left UTA and signed with CAA, where she will be represented across all areas, TheWrap has learned. She continues to be represented by attorney Barry Littman of Hansen, Jacobson. Beckinsale is a commodity in Hollywood, having starred in the hit “Underworld” franchise. With studios making more female-driven action movies in the wake of “The Hunger Games” and “Lucy,” she’s poised to snag some major roles. Beckinsale recently starred in Michael Winterbottom‘s drama “The Face of an Angel” and will soon be seen in D.J. Caruso’s thriller “The Disappointments Room.” She also has Whit Stillman’s “Love and Friendship” and.

Daniel Brühl has confirmed those long-circulating rumours about his villainous role in Captain America: Civil War.

The Rush star will play Baron Zemo in Marvel Studios' third Captain America film.

"I think I can tell you that without being thrown into Marvel prison," Brühl told The Independent.

"For the first few days I'll walk around like a little boy, just amazed by the megalomania of it. It's such a huge project. We could do 20 films with the budget."

Baron Helmut Zemo is the son of a Nazi scientist and long-time foe of Captain America with links to Hydra.

Frank Grillo will also be reprising his Captain America: The Winter Soldier role as Crossbones in the next film.

Civil War is expected to follow the original comic event by facing Cap off against his Avengers teammate Iron Man over plans to force superheroes to register with the government.

Brühl was...

Russell Brand’s angry-funny rant about the current system of widescale economic injustice is concise, comprehensible, and newly infuriating. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

In the funny-angry rant that is The Emperor’s New Clothes, comedian and activist Russell Brand reminds us that “Hans Christian Andersen didn’t say what happened to the cheats” who pulled a fast one on that emperor with the nonexistent clothes they made for him. But we know what happened to the banksters who crashed the global economy in 2008: Nothing. Well, nothing bad. They’ve continued to pay themselves enormous bonuses and live like the rules don’t apply to them. Because the rules actually don’t apply to them, not like they apply to you and me.

As Brand (Despicable Me 2, Rock of Ages) says as his entertaining tirade opens,...

It looks like Michael Winterbottom is taking a break from directing Russell 'Parklife' Brand documentaries for the time being.

Now that The Emperor's New Clothes is done with, he's attached to helm Will Ferrell's upcoming indie drama Russ & Roger Go Beyond.

The film follows the relationship between film critic Roger Ebert and soft-core filmmaker Russ Meyer, who created Beyond the Valley of the Dolls together in 1970.

As The Hollywood Reporter reveals, Winterbottom will direct Will Ferrell in the movie, with the Anchorman star due to play Meyer.

It was revealed earlier in the year that Josh Gad is in line to play Roger Ebert in the upcoming drama.

The script was written by Chris Cluess, while David Permut, Cami Winikoff, Mark Amin and Tyler Boehm are set to produce the film.

Winterbottom recently spoke about directing Cara Delevingne in his movie The Face of an Angel, and claimed she's...

Russell Brand investigates the causes and effects of the recent global recession in a clip from the documentary The Emperor's New Clothes.

The comedian-turned-political activist has teamed up on the film with Michael Winterbottom, the acclaimed director of 24 Hour Party People, Jude and The Face of an Angel.

The Emperor's New Clothes brings Brand to the heart of London and New York's financial districts to examine income inequality on a global scale.

Brand also asks hard-hitting questions about why financial reform was not put into place in the wake of 2008's worldwide financial crisis.

Included in the film is a controversial confrontation between Brand and Daily Mail publisher Lord Rothermere over tax breaks for the wealthy in the UK.

Winterbottom's documentary recently made its worldwide debut in London, and later this week will be screened at New York's Tribeca Film Festival.

The Emperor's New Clothes will also be more widely...

Sneak Peek new images of actress Cara Delevingne, aka 'Enchantress' in "Suicide Squad", posing for photographer Mario Testino in the latest issue of "Vogue" magazine:

Born in London, UK, Delevingne began her modelling career at a young age, appearing on the catwalk of the autumn/winter 2012-2013 show season, wearing Shiatzy Chen, Moschino, Jason Wu, Oscar de la Renta, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Stella McCartney, Dsquared, Lanvin, Givenchy and Chanel.

She won the "Model of the Year" award at the 'British Fashion Awards' in 2014.

Her acting career started with a minor role in the 2012 film adaptation of "Anna Karenina" and the thriller "The Face of an Angel" in 2014.

In 2015 she will appear in "Suicide Squad", set for a 2016 release.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Suicide Squad"...

As is very often the case, a story that is ostensibly about a woman ends up being all about how a man feels about her.

Click here for the ongoing ranking of 2015’s films for female representation.

Note: This is not a “review” of The Face of an Angel! It is simply an examination of how well or how poorly it represents women. (A movie that represents women well can still be a terrible film; a movie that represents women poorly can still be a great film.) Read my review of The Face of an Angel.

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A contemplative film pondering the nature of the difference between reality and fiction, one with resonance beyond the true-crime story it’s kinda sorta about. I’m “biast” (pro): mostly love Michael Winterbottom’s movies

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

I have not read the source material

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Let’s be perfectly clear: The Face of an Angel is most definitely not the story of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, who was killed in Perugia, Italy, in 2007, or the story of her roommate, American student Amanda Knox, who was tried and convicted of the crime along with her then boyfriend. (And then they were acquitted on appeal.)

Well, it is that story. But it isn’t, either. It’s both and neither at the same time.

Okay, look: British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (The Look of Love, Everyday) is...

Michael Winterbottom has spoken about directing Cara Delevingne in his latest movie and claimed she's "not an actor in the traditional sense".

The model-turned-actress stars in Winterbottom's The Face of an Angel, a drama closely inspired by the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007.

Speaking to The Guardian's G2 supplement, the director revealed that he hadn't heard of Delevingne before he met her.

"I didn't really know who she was, but as soon as I met her I knew she'd be perfect for [the role]," he said.

"The film is pretty much entirely scripted so she is acting, but it's a quality of hers which she's projecting.

"I think she's like Julie Christie in that way: not an actor in the traditional sense but with a fantastic ability to project things on-screen," he complimented.

The star appears alongside Daniel Brühl and Kate Beckinsale the film, which is also...

Director: Michael Winterbottom; Screenwriter: Paul Viragh; Starring: Daniel Brühl, Kate Beckinsale, Cara Delevingne; Running time: 101 mins; Certificate: 15

Closely inspired by the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 and the media circus that ensued, The Face of an Angel embarks on a noble quest to remind us that at the core of this garish spectacle is a victim who lost her life. Unfortunately, given the fascinating subject matter, the aims of Michael Winterbottom's film are one of its few commendable aspects.

The key themes are well introduced early on, particularly amid the discussions between journalists covering the trial of a 'Foxy Knoxy' type murder suspect. Parts of the media are increasingly obsessed with reporting on the details of her hair and clothing choices rather than events pertaining to the murder, thus creating a sad parallel with the real events that transpired. As Daniel Brühl's filmmaker Thomas points out,...

In an excerpt from this week's Guardian Film Show Henry Barnes, Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee review Daniel Brühl as a desperate director on the hunt for a film in Michael Winterbottom's take on the press frenzy around the Meredith Kercher murder trail. Co-starring Kate Beckinsale and Cara Delevingne The Face of an Angel is released in the UK on Friday 27 March Continue reading...

Peter Bradshaw and Benjamin Lee join Henry Barnes for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week the team watch Kenneth Branagh sprinkle fairy dust on a new live action version of Cinderella; see Ordinary Joes turn extraordinarily violent in black comedy Wild Tales; follow Michael Winterbottom he dives into the press frenzy around the Meredith Kercher case in The Face of an Angel; and wince at Will Ferrell preparing for prison by stocking up on dick jokes in Get Hard. Plus interviews with the cast and crew of Cinderella

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Michael Winterbottom, usually an energetic and interesting film-maker, has sadly made a glib and shallow film inspired by the Amanda Knox legal case

What a mess this is – and what a shame. Michael Winterbottom is a film-maker of such restless energy and productivity: he is genuinely interested in ideas. His new film is vaguely inspired by the Amanda Knox case: the American woman who, along with her then boyfriend, was convicted, acquitted, then reconvicted in absentia of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia in 2007, and now faces extradition back to Italy. Heart-sinkingly, The Face of an Angel turns out to be a movie about a movie, a process about a process, bogged down in a tedious muddle of relativism and indecision.

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Michael Winterbottom and the star of his film inspired by the murder of Meredith Kercher discuss the challenge of tackling such an emotive case – and what it taught them about the media today

There’s an early scene in The Face of an Angel where Kate Beckinsale and Daniel Brühl swig espresso in a scenic Roman square. As a troupe of street performers seem to levitate behind them, the pair discuss their plan to observe a murder trial in Siena. “If you’re going to make the film, make it a fiction,” Beckinsale’s seasoned journalist Simone tells Thomas, the dissolute director played by Brühl. “You can’t tell the truth unless you make it a fiction.” Brühl furrows his brows and concurs.

Related: How can a feature film about Amanda Knox ring more true than the news?

Related: Michael Winterbottom’s Meredith Kercher movie: revealing truths through fiction

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Cara Delevingne has said that she did not accept typecast roles when she got back into acting after kicking off her career as a model.

Delevingne first attempted to become an actress as a teenager but admitted to Time Out that her second career as a model may have hampered her return.

"The first time I did Fashion Week, I was like, 'Right, I might as well give up on acting because I'm screwed'.

"And as soon as I became a model, I was being sent typecasting roles as the stupid blonde who gets killed really quickly, or the sexy girlfriend, or whatever. Roles I would rather die than play."

She continued: "I was ready to give up on it. Or not give up, but take a break.

"When I finally got a serious role to audition for, I cried on the phone, I was so happy. Not even a film,...

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]

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It's hard work being a successful and sought-after supermodel, but someone has to do it. Cara Delevingne has been a busy bee lately, rocking the runway in countless fashion shows across Paris, Berlin, New York and London. It's no shocker that the 22-year-old stunner likes to keep it glamorous, even when taking the time to relax in a luxurious flower petal-filled tub. "Roses are red, and so is my bath," captioned The Face of an Angel star. In the sensual selfie, the blond beauty can be seen in peaceful bliss as she is submerged in water up to her neck. Delevingne went totally fresh-faced in the pic, obviously unafraid of showing off her perfectly shaped brows and pouty...

The Face Of An Angel UK Trailer. Michael Winterbottom‘s The Face Of An Angel (2014) international movie trailer stars Kate Beckinsale, Cara Delevingne, Daniel Brühl, Ava Acres, and Genevieve Gaunt. The Face Of An Angel‘s plot synopsis: “Thomas Lang (Daniel Brühl) is a film [...]

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