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Away From Set

The people who make films, away from the film: what they are working on, what they have said, where they have gone.

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Away From Set

Olga Limburg Played the Woman Next Door for Fifty Years. Four German States Went Past Her

She was in front of a camera in 1907 and still in front of one in 1957 — aunts, neighbours, housekeepers, forty-nine films. A supporting career is the only kind long enough to be a record of the industry it happened inside, and hers runs straight through the part of German film history that is hardest to write about.

CinePixo·Aug 20, 2026

Away From Set

Josephine Lovett Wrote the Flapper Into American Film. The Academy Nominated Her for It

She was born in San Francisco in 1877, died at Rancho Santa Fe in 1958, and in between she wrote Joan Crawford's breakthrough and got an Academy Award nomination for it. Eighteen of her thirty-three credits were directed by her husband, which is the fact her biography usually leads with and the least interesting thing about her.

CinePixo·Aug 20, 2026

Away From Set

Mark Rydell Was an Actor First. That Is Why Henry Fonda Finally Won

The director of On Golden Pond and The Rose died on Thursday, August 13, aged 97. He had spent six years on a soap opera and about a decade as a working actor before he ever gave a note, and it shows in every performance he got.

CinePixo·Aug 19, 2026

Away From Set

Hayden Panettiere Made Survival Look Like a Performance, Until She Let Us See the Cost

Hayden Panettiere has died at 36. Remembering her means more than replaying a famous catchphrase: it means seeing the child actor, television lead, singer and game performer who kept finding new forms for resilience.

CinePixo·Aug 18, 2026

Away From Set

Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor Fight Dinosaurs Like It's 1982

Early reviews call the Amblin-style throwback fun, uneven, or both, ahead of its August 14 release.

CinePixo·Aug 13, 2026

Away From Set

Robert Pattinson Says Zendaya Talked Him Into Dune: Part Three

Pattinson plays the villain Scytale after asking his Drama co-star one blunt question on set.

CinePixo·Aug 13, 2026

Away From Set

Kit Connor as Cyclops? What the MCU X-Men Casting Report Actually Says

Kit Connor has reportedly joined Marvel’s X-Men reboot as Cyclops. Here is what has been reported, what remains unconfirmed, and why the casting could define the new team.

CinePixo·Aug 11, 2026

Away From Set

How The Odyssey Became Christopher Nolan’s Biggest Film

The Odyssey has become Nolan’s highest-grossing release and a new IMAX record holder. Its success shows what happens when ancient narrative, filmmaker branding, and premium exhibition converge.

CinePixo·Aug 11, 2026

Away From Set

Charlize Theron Makes Sheer and Cutout Dressing Look Like Authority

On The Odyssey press tour, transparent vinyl, plunging lace and slashed velvet did not wear Charlize Theron. Her precise styling turned exposure into structure—and made confidence the strongest part of every look.

CinePixo·Aug 8, 2026

Away From Set

Dave Bautista Is Reportedly in Talks for Kratos. God of War Still Has to Rebuild Its Center.

Reports say Dave Bautista is in talks to take over the lead of Prime Video's God of War after Ryan Hurst's on-set injury. That is a promising next move, not a completed casting announcement.

CinePixo·Aug 7, 2026

Away From Set

Why Kit Connor Makes Sense for Cyclops — If Marvel Closes the Deal

Trade reports say Kit Connor is circling the role of Scott Summers in Marvel's new X-Men film. The interesting question is not whether he looks right in a visor, but whether the film will let Cyclops lead.

CinePixo·Aug 7, 2026

Away From Set

What Shawn Mendes and Bruna Marquezine Chose to Make Public

Shawn Mendes used Bruna Marquezine's birthday to speak plainly about their relationship. The post offered confirmation, affection and a setting in Rio de Janeiro—but it did not turn two private lives into an open file.

CinePixo·Aug 7, 2026

Away From Set

What Destin Daniel Cretton Sees When Tom Holland and Zendaya Share a Spider-Man Frame

The director of Spider-Man: Brand New Day has pointed to Tom Holland and Zendaya's screen chemistry. The history behind that observation is a franchise that has kept returning to Peter Parker and MJ as a pair of performers, not merely characters.

CinePixo·Aug 6, 2026

Away From Set

Martin McDonagh Heads to Zurich With a Career Honor and a New Dark Comedy

The Zurich Film Festival will give McDonagh its A Tribute To... Award during a gala screening of Wild Horse Nine, his first feature since The Banshees of Inisherin. The film arrives there after its Venice world premiere.

CinePixo·Aug 6, 2026

Away From Set

The Open Search That Found Catherine Laga'aia's Moana Had Its Answer on Tape

Auli'i Cravalho saw the audition that put Catherine Laga'aia in the live-action Moana. The scale was huge, but what mattered was smaller: a young actor who already seemed to know who Moana was.

CinePixo·Aug 6, 2026

Away From Set

Ariana Grande Steps Back Right When a Screen Career Needs Her Present

She told a Chicago arena the break was planned long ago and nothing has been ruined. She is also an Oscar nominee two years into a film career, and film is the business least able to keep a place warm.

CinePixo·Aug 6, 2026

Away From Set

Anne Hathaway Plays the One Who Waits, and the Oscar Race Can't Decide What to Call It

Anne Hathaway plays Penelope in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, and whether that counts as a leading performance is the best argument of this awards season.

CinePixo·Aug 6, 2026

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