Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor to Receive Lifetime Dragon Award at the Goteborg Film Festival
Scottish star Ewan McGregor will receive this year’s Honorary Dragon Award, a lifetime achievement honor, at Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival. McGregor will attend the Göteborg event, which runs from Jan. 26 to Feb. 4, and will present the Nordic premiere screening of his latest feature, Mother, Couch. McGregor stars alongside Rhys Ifans, and Lara Flynn […]
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‘Mother, Couch’ Review: Ewan McGregor and Ellen Burstyn Topline a Frustrating Absurdist Portrait of a Fractured Family
Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell and Lara Flynn Boyle also star in the story of three adult siblings converging on the furniture store from which their mother refuses to budge.
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Toronto: ‘Mother Couch’ Director Niclas Larsson Talks Manipulating Cast, Audience for Narrative Twists
The way Swedish filmmaker Niclas Larsson describes his trickery of an all-star cast for Mother Couch – led by Ewan McGregor, Ellen Burstyn, Rhys Ifans, Lara Flynn Boyle, Taylor Russell and F. Murray Abraham – you’d have thought he’d mined a CIA manual for Cold War field agents to shoot his directorial debut on a […]
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‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Director Deborah Chow on Reaching All Generations of ‘Star Wars’ Fans: “It’s Like No Other Franchise”
With an audience that knows every nook and cranny of the Star Wars franchise, executive producer and director Deborah Chow took on a monumental challenge by agreeing to continue the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) in between the prequel and original trilogies. Development of the McGregor-led project had already become […]
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Ewan McGregor on Why He Is Sporting a Mustache, How Daughter Clara Could “Keep Her Old Dad in Work” and Why Action Blockbusters Require “Endurance”
Ewan McGregor discussed blockbuster movies, why he is currently sporting a mustache, and hopefully making more movies with his daughter Clara during a Sunday press conference at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Emma Westenberg-directed You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder, in which the McGregors star opposite each other. The daughter and father […]
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Ewan McGregor Feted at Karlovy Vary (Love)Fest: “I’m So Fortunate to Do What I Love and Love What I Do”
Ewan McGregor not only received a lifetime achievement award, but also much love and adoration during a brief, but emotional ceremony at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Saturday night. During the event at the big cinema celebration in the Czech spa town, organizers and fans feted the Scottish actor, director and producer as […]
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Karlovy Vary Fest’s Artistic Director on This Year’s Submissions Increase, His Focus on a Diverse Lineup and Ensuring Stars Have It “as Nice as Possible”
With Europe gearing up for the start of the official summer holiday season, cineasts, casual film fans, industry insiders and stars alike are once again getting ready to descend on the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary. After all, whether they are from the Czech Republic, Hollywood or elsewhere, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival […]
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More Stars, Less Politics as Karlovy Vary Film Fest Rolls Out the Red Carpet
At this time last year, the organizers of the Karlovy Vary international film festival — the biggest cinema event in the Czech Republic and the premium A-list festival for all of Eastern Europe — were scrambling. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, just a few months earlier, had disputed the entire region. Filmmakers from Prague to […]
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‘Star Wars’: 20 Memorable Quotes From the Iconic Films
Even if they’ve never seen a single minute of a Star Wars movie, it’s likely that most people could come up with at least one quote from George Lucas’ iconic films. After all, the franchise even has its own holiday in honor of the phrase “may the Force be with you.” For a franchise that […]
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Ewan McGregor, Alicia Vikander to Be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Scottish actor Ewan McGregor and Swedish Oscar winner Alicia Vikander will be honored at the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Both will receive Karlovy Vary’s President’s Award, a lifetime achievement honor. Vikander made her international breakthrough in Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair (2012), which was Oscar-nominated, and established her global star credentials as a […]
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‘You Sing Loud, I Sing Louder’ Review: Ewan McGregor and Daughter Clara McGregor in an Uneven Parent-Child Drama
Inspired by the father-daughter duo's real-life stories, the indie film premiering at SXSW explores addiction and restoring family bonds.
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Sam Miller to Direct Ewan McGregor Starrer ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ for Paramount+, Showtime (Exclusive)
BAFTA Award-winning director Sam Miller (Surface, I May Destroy You, Luther) is set to direct and executive produce the upcoming U.K. drama series A Gentleman in Moscow for Paramount+ and Showtime. The limited-run series, which will star Ewan McGregor, as unveiled this summer, will debut exclusively on Paramount+ internationally in 2023 and on Showtime in the U.S. […]
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