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The Godfather and Apocalypse Now director taken into hospital

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The Independent UK

Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola taken to hospital in Italy for planned procedure

The 86-year-old ‘Godfather’ director had been screening his controversial latest film ‘Megalopolis’

The Independent UK

Winona Ryder told Al Pacino that she was ‘completely in love with him’

Ryder says she still plays poker with the Oscar winner

The Independent UK

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The Most Ambitious Sci-Fi Flop Of 2024 Is About To Get The Weirdest Upgrade

Francis Ford Coppola is promising a "weirder" director's cut of his divisive 2024 sci-fi epic, 'Megalopolis.'

Inverse

Francis Ford Coppola wants to re-edit his divisive passion project Megalopolis to make it "more weird": "I own the picture, I can do anything I want with it"

Megalopolis could be getting even weirder

Total Film

“No debate, no coaxing, no schmoozing, nothing – I put music on the page and they play it. Don’t tell Sting!” Stewart Copeland on making music after The Police, being outdone by Pink Floyd, Curved Air, Neil Peart and life in his 70s

The accidental archivist revels in found sounds, movie soundtracks, spoken-word performances – and after dealing with his tensions of the 80s, explains why his brother isn’t talking to him

Louder

Hearts of Darkness: A Film-Maker’s Apocalypse review – Francis Ford Coppola and the mother of all meltdowns

Coppola said his masterpiece Apocalypse Now ‘is not about Vietnam; it is Vietnam’ – this superb film shows how little he was exaggerating

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My June 2025 streaming picks: 9 of my favorite movies and shows on Netflix, Prime Video and more

I streamed a lot of new movies and shows in June – here are the nine titles that I loved most.

TechRadar

Francis Ford Coppola's former home marries Spanish Revival charm with Old Hollywood glamor – it's on the market for $2.25 million

The 1922 build, which he sold to his daughter-in-law Jacqui Getty, is a treasure trove of heritage architectural details

Homes & Gardens

Gailard Sartain death: Hee Haw and Elizabethtown actor dies aged 78

The Oklahoma-born actor was a regular on country music show ‘Hee Haw’ and voiced Big Daddy in ‘The Simpsons’

The Independent UK

Al Pacino was ‘offered a fortune’ to play iconic Star Wars character – but didn’t ‘understand’ the script

‘I can't play something if I don't speak the language,’ said the acclaimed actor

The Independent UK

Tom Cruise shares his thoughts on Mickey Rourke after actor called him 'irrelevant'

Rourke, 72, hit out at Cruise’s career during an erratic appearance on Piers Morgan’s talk show

Evening Standard

Francis Ford Coppola reveals why you can’t stream his divisive epic Megalopolis

The director has also not yet approved a DVD release of last year’s film

The Independent UK

How Jon Voight went from Oscar-winning A-lister to Trump acolyte

The actor was once one of the most commanding men in Hollywood – yet he has now teamed up with the president to help ruin the industry

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Shia LaBeouf to star in crime thriller God of the Rodeo

Shia LaBeouf is to lead the crime thriller 'God of the Rodeo' for director Rosalind Ross.

The Independent UK

Steven Spielberg names the ‘greatest American movie of all time’

The Hollywood maestro has spoken

The Conversation

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today, yet films about the conflict still struggle to capture its complexities

The Vietnam War (1955–1975) was more than just a chapter in the Cold War.

Inverse

The Most Divisive Sci-Fi Movie Of 2024 Is Getting A Strange Sequel

Francis Ford Coppola's self-funded magnum opus is getting a new life on the page.

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Total Film

Despite its 45% Rotten Tomatoes score, Star Wars actor Adam Driver says the "aftershock" of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis will be "felt throughout time"

For the actor, it takes a strong vision to spend "$120 million on a piece of art"

The Independent UK

Robert De Niro thanks Francis Ford Coppola for not casting him in major film: ‘The best job I never got’

De Niro lost out on the huge role to James Caan

The Independent UK

‘Sinners’ bites off a phenomenal 2nd weekend as a 20-year-old Star Wars movie takes 2nd place

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The Independent UK

Spielberg, De Niro, Freeman praise Francis Ford Coppola as he accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award

The annual AFI Life Achievement Award presentation is always a starry night in Hollywood, but Saturday’s ceremony at the Dolby Theatre brought together legendary stars from a seemingly bygone era of cinema to honor Francis Ford Coppola

The Independent UK

The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films — and hardly any classic female roles

The Vietnam War produced some of the most classic films of the late 1970s and 1980s

The Guardian - UK

Francis Ford Coppola unveils Megalopolis graphic novel

In a statement, the 86-year-old director of the critical and box-office flop said the book confirms his feeling that ‘art can never be constrained’

The Guardian - UK

What’s missing from Alex Garland’s Iraq movie Warfare? Context, motivation and, for the most part, Iraqis

I was there with US soldiers in 2006 and can see why the film-makers zoomed in on them so closely. But it results in glaring flaws, says Guardian senior international correspondent Peter Beaumont

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