Stephen Daldry’s latest film may be the anti-picture postcard vision of Rio de Janeiro, exposing the dark underbelly of police violence and crushing poverty, but the Oscar-nominated British director still managed to maintain his rosy vision of the city.Daldry had never visited Brazil before embarking on the five-year production for “Trash,” the story of three slum-dwelling teens who stumble upon a deadly political corruption scheme while working as trash pickers. He went on to spend two years li

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Warm up the coffee and break out the cherry pie: “Twin Peaks,” the Golden Globe-winning cult 1990s television series from David Lynch, is making a comeback.“Dear Twitter friends ... it is happening again,” Lynch tweeted on Monday with a trailer showing dead heroine Laura Palmer, the “Welcome to Twin Peaks” sign, the Showtime logo and the date 2016.Showtime announced in a statement that the series ― the tale of a small-town murder in quirky Twin Peaks, and the even quirkier FB

In its bid to upend the movie business the way it has television, Netflix has secured one of the big screen’s biggest box-office draws and most irreverent comedic talents.Adam Sandler has signed a four-film deal with Netflix, the streaming service announced last week. The actor will star in and produce each feature, all of which will premiere exclusively on Netflix.“When these fine people came to me with an offer to make four movies for them, I immediately said yes for one reason and one reason

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Angelina Jolie is to direct a “sweeping epic” film about veteran Kenyan conservationist Richard Leakey’s fight with ivory poachers, the studio behind the movie said Friday.The Oscar-winning actress ― whose latest film as director, “Unbroken,” is out in December ― will go behind the camera once again for “Africa,” with a screenplay by another Oscar winner, Eric Roth.“I’ve felt a deep connection to Africa and its culture for much of my life,” Jolie said, praising “Forrest Gump”