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From YouTube to box office history: The Gen Z director rewriting the rules of cinema
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From YouTube to box office history: The Gen Z director rewriting the rules of cinema Issued on: Modified: On this week's film show, critic Emma Jones joins Eve Jackson to review the latest cinema releases. They discuss "Backrooms", the record-breaking horror hit from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons, now the youngest filmmaker ever to top the US box office. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, the film is shaking up Hollywood's ideas about who gets to make movies.
From YouTube to box office history: The Gen Z director rewriting the rules of cinema
Issued on: Modified:
On this week's film show, critic Emma Jones joins Eve Jackson to review the latest cinema releases. They discuss "Backrooms", the record-breaking horror hit from 20-year-old director Kane Parsons, now the youngest filmmaker ever to top the US box office. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve, the film is shaking up Hollywood's ideas about who gets to make movies.
Also on the programme: "Jim Queen", the wildly irreverent animated comedy from directors Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané that became one of the most talked-about films at Cannes. It follows two unlikely heroes battling a virus that turns gay men straight.
Emma also reviews "Shana", Lila Pinell's prize-winning Cannes drama about a fiercely independent young woman struggling to break free from a toxic relationship; as well as "Toy Story 5", where Woody, Buzz and Jessie face a very modern threat: children's growing obsession with screens and technology.