Tag: greta gerwig
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Greta Gerwig, director of ‘Barbie,’ to lead jury at 77th Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival announced Thursday that Greta Gerwig, director of summer blockbuster “Barbie”, will preside over the jury at its 77th edition in May. The 40-year-old Gerwig, also an actor and screenwriter, takes the baton from Sweden’s Ruben Ostlund, whose jury awarded the 2023 Palme d’Or to courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”. She…
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Barbie is the first billion dollar film to be made by a female director
Life in plastic is fantastic! As if leading a pink wave around the world wasn’t enough, cashing in a billion dollars from your first month in cinemas alone would be perfect. Warner Bros Pictures announced on Sunday that the Greta Gerwig directed film has broken records to make more than $1 billion dollars at the…
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Factcheck: Is ‘Barbie’ banned all over Lahore?
The devastating news that the iconic film ‘Barbie’ was recalled once more from cinemas by the Punjab Government for a second review has left fans fuming. News outlets said that the film was banned over four words were circulating on social media. On Saturday night some social media reports said that the screening had halted…
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Is Barbie banned in Pakistan? We investigate
Everything was fine and handy dandy on the internet when suddenly fire started spewing on the bird app that the upcoming film ‘Barbie’ is banned in Pakistan This has to be a joke pulled by the Oppenheimer marketing team, because when it comes to Barbie and the sacred Greta Gerwig, our claws are out. Since…
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Summer blockbusters we are excited about
Who said this is going to be a boring summer? With super stars like Jennifer Lawrence and Margot Robbie and powerhouse directors like Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan bringing their art to cinemas, this summer is going to be anything but boring. We have Pakistan’s first ever crime thriller, based on a serial killer no…
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‘Not apologising for the person I become when this releases’: Twitter delighted with new ‘Barbie’ trailer
Warner Bros unleashed chaos with the new trailer of ‘Barbie’ and yes, Twitter lost it’s marbles. Directed and written by Greta Gerwig and her partner Noah Baumbach, the second trailer finally gave us the complete story that maybe, life isn’t always fantastic. Played by Margot Robbie, Barbie has an existentialist crisis which compels her to…