aren't there finished. and the rolling stones fleetwood mac and the record tie current who helped establish them in mainland europe. first though it's the story of a girl who disguises herself as a boy to battle in her father's stad disney's live action remake of its animated film move on it is one of the few real blockbusters this year but even it is now going straight to streaming disney made the announcement as it revealed quarterly revenue losses of almost $5000000000.00 now one is now heading home cinemas and smartphone screens the september. in disney's live action movie moulin faces a new enemy a witch who transforms into a falcon. and the sentencing. proof that there's a place for people and turns out that place is online. coronavirus

has forced disney to slash its plans for a global theatrical release viewers and much of the world will only be able to watch the film on the disney plus streaming platform if you know so i am blessed to adore i'd. like milan who picks up the sword to save her family disney is trying to save its investment in a state streaming fini in addition to subscription fees is meant to help offset the company's gigantic losses. disney is still putting some hopes on movie theaters in china muslims red carpet premiere back in march came as the country was the 1st to shut it cinemas. now china will be one of the few countries to see milan on the big screen. now even though movie theaters are opening again in many countries

a lot of festivals are going to streaming that includes this year's locarno film festival which kicks off this week not in locarno switzerland but online because of the realities of the global. demick the festival has also dramatically changed its rules for filmmakers. at the carnal festival the wards will not go to finish films but 2 works in progress from directors hard hit by the public crisis. he said why don't we use some of the money. that. are. and won't be used this year and they. may curse. that those who are. in the hole. and then. the old festivals have to come up with some new ideas for lynn in february was the

last major international film festival able to do red carpet glamour with no masks and no social distancing. new york's tribeca festival in april was 1 of the 1st to take their event on march we're not going to give up that easily so we meet the challenge and we move forward. 21 film festivals contributed movies and director interviews to try back because we are one film festival which due to posting worldwide. can the world's number one film festival cancelled this may rather than go online but it's planned 2020 line up including films like wes anderson's the french dispatch will screen at other film festivals under the can 2020. communicate festival is hosting its august event outside. festival director christoph luna is determined to fight the

streaming model. we have to do everything we can in the media and film industry but also in the cultural industries in general to fight this middle class tendency of people to just stay at home the alternative model is to talk about streaming but that's not our model and it's not a model for discovering new films the. first time director alexander schubert actually sees an opportunity for independent films in the crisis i mean at the moment oftentimes at the moment there's a window where small films have a chance to be seen and then when the big hollywood blockbusters start up again the competition will be a lock greater and there will be a danger of being ignored and the merits of this can and the super rich comedy is about a police station in a sleepy town but i want to focus your culture facilities here. so you go who shows you how to save their jobs the cops begin to commit the crimes themselves the movie hits german theaters in september for schubert nothing online

can replace the cinema experience of him is he more and thought cinema is just cool it's a fantastic entertainment medium or i think it's about time to get it started again i think people missing about a lot of them isn't just. 20 twentieth's locarno and elsewhere will be a year of experimentation but true festival fans can't wait to get back to the big screen. ok so locarno is going online but there is another very big festival coming up in real life that's the venice film festival in september and my colleague melissa holroyd has taken a look at the lineup for us there's always a lot of energy focused on venice in the film industry this year even more yeah cos because this year a lot of other things have been cancelled and so its importance is just going up a whole lot. so tell me a little bit about what films you're excited about this is banished from the past well one of the things i'm excited about is the fact that 8 of the films have this

you've been directed by women last year it was only 2 so that's one thing the highest profile film in competition is by chloe's out it's not imagine and i think another want to keep an eye out for is nice marks by it susanna really it's a she also wrote the screenplay it's about col muxes youngest daughter now and i think we've got a clip of that then we will take let's take a look. just as the workers of the creatures of a terribly of idlers. women and the creatures of an terran a man. go back to. your country. will no longer be mine like. you not been happy with me. no i've never been happy.

actually but surprisingly for a fortnight or been. ok so what else or whatever else can we look forward to yes so some other films i think we can take we can look out for our own morgan the gown surveilled and tomorrow the whole world and if that sounds familiar it's a tag line from the nazi era i'm in it a young woman has to decide how far she's willing to go for to fight for what she believes in that's 5 direct usually a fun heintz. it's committees and another film i think is quite interesting is wife of a spy this is by cole japanese director cool sarky or chic who's famous for his many contributions to the japanese horror genre out here it looks at espionage and wartime things always get me out. and not to know. it's the latest documentary by jihad frankel will see it's a portrait of people trying to survive in the war torn middle east the italian

director won the gold bat in the foot the bill in international film festival 2016 he's documentary fire at sea right melissa thanks so much for showing us that venice is going word count apparently can art yeah with a whole variety. looking forward to that and now we're going to look back however on a career that shaped the music industry behind the scenes before there was spotify before m.t.v. the record tycoon. knew a star when he met one and the former european chief of warner music still runs his own jazz label today we met up with him just before his 80th birthday. the city lost with mick jagger. george harrison. and brad stuart and now it is 80 he still looking for extraordinary talents. as this before the north to this day that's still what i look for not just

a good musician but an act someone who's a great artistic personality in a comprehensive way. in honor of his birthday double cd and the booker being released they cover all the special moments in his career including meeting the rolling stones in 1971 on the group a good part the it was a memorable party in con where the rolling stones with the album sticky fingers were being presented as new artists on the atlantic label. and the band was rehearsing there ahead of their 1st major tour for that album or so we traveled with them to montauk where we ordered them a gold record. there was. a few years later when british band fleetwood mac moved to california changed their lineup and started work on a new album it was city law who recognized the potential of those recordings. on the. ny did something i'd never done before i called all the employees into the

conference room and said we're going to listen to this together because this is the 1st fleetwood mac album that i think we need to make successful in germany with of putting this. was right that album rumor. sold more than 40000000 copies making it one of the most successful albums in rock history. but despite all of his success with pop music the last real passion has always been a jackass here he is with duke ellington really inspires him aren't cleanly produced radio hits but the improvisational skills of great musicians. of those was rich that's what fascinates me the most for this concept of freedom because of that's why i believe that jazz was the most important musical invention of the 20th century and was one of his no notes was. in 1902 ziggy locke fulfilled a longstanding dream by starting his own jazz record label under the e.c. t.

imprint he signed a roster of 1st class musicians and produced highly acclaimed albums. for the band 4 wheel drive the pride to gather to sweets trombonist meals lamb clean and bassist lars downey a son with 2 germans pianist which i was viney and drummer voice can huff no it was a stroke of genius. was a bad bad. ziggy love continues to have an open ear for new sound like a jazz big band that uses techno beats. women use them more of you if you stay curious then you might have the chance to keep discovering one or 2 new things with even in old age what bush written and i wrote it up this article on the northern. city law has helped countless musicians from

both the pop and jazz music scene a lot of people will be paying tribute to him on his 80th birthday as they have some of the madness but that's it for this edition of arts and culture. don't be sad you can always find more arts and culture news on our website d.w. dot com slash culture thanks for watching she actually i.

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