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Josephine review: Beth de Araújo’s harrowing drama of lost innocence is an absolute triumph

Josephine review: Beth de Araújo’s harrowing drama of lost innocence is an absolute triumph

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Josephine movie review Cast: Mason Reeves, Gemma Chan, Channing Tatum, Philip Ettinger Director: Beth de Araújo Rating: ★★★★★ A horrific crime happens in the first ten minutes of Josephine, the sophomore feature from Beth de Araújo, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. 8-year-old Josephine (Mason Reeves in her acting debut). During her routine soccer run at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park with her father Damien (played by Channing Tatum), she accidentally witnesses a sexual assault. A man rapes a jogger outside a public bathroom. As it turns out, Josephine is the sole eyewitness to this crime, and the film then follows her perspective as she grapples with what she saw and what it really means. Josephine features a truly remarkable performance from child actor Mason Reeves. The premise Nothing can truly prepare you for the gut punch Josephine delivers, which then offers a space for healing and conversation around a difficult subject matter that is both astute and sensitive. Gemma Chan plays Josephine’s mother, Claire, who is keen to take her to a psychologist …

Sundance Film Festival: Channing Tatum drama ‘Josephine’ wins top jury and audience awards

Sundance Film Festival: Channing Tatum drama ‘Josephine’ wins top jury and audience awards

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PARK CITY, Utah — Beth de Araújo’s potent family drama “Josephine,” about an 8-year-old girl who witnesses a sexual assault, won top prizes at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. The juries announced the winners Friday in Park City, Utah. Sundance Film Festival: Channing Tatum drama ‘Josephine’ wins top jury and audience awards “Josephine,” starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan as the girl’s parents, became one of the festival’s early consensus hits despite its difficult subject matter, which was based on the filmmaker’s own experience at that age. The young girl is played by newcomer Mason Reeves, whom de Araújo discovered at a San Francisco farmer’s market. The film won both the U.S. dramatic grand jury prize and the festival’s audience award but does not yet have distribution. Filmmakers Janicza Bravo, Nisha Ganatra and Azazel Jacobs were the jury for the U.S. Dramatic Competition. They cited the film’s “depth and nuance of storytelling” and its “delicate and elegant execution of a challenging subject matter.” Other titles in the U.S. dramatic competition included Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-chan, …

Charlie Chaplin’s Daughter Josephine Dies At 74

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A throwback photo of Josephine Chaplin. (courtesy: AVoirALire) Washington DC: Comedy legend Charlie Chaplin’s daughter and actor Josephine Chaplin died at the age of 74. According to Variety, a US-based media outlet, Chaplin died on July 13 in Paris, according to an announcement from her family. Born on March 28, 1949, in Santa Monica, California, Josephine Chaplin was the third of eight children born to Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill. She began her career on screen at a young age in her father’s 1952 Limelight. She is survived by her three sons; Charlie, Arthur and Julien Ronet; and her siblings Michael, Geraldine, Victoria, Jane, Annette; Eugene and Christopher, reported Variety. Talking about her acting career, she starred in a number of films. In 1972 featured in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s award-winning film ‘The Canterbury Tales’ and Richard Balducci’s ‘L’odeur des fauves.’ The same year, she also starred alongside Laurence Harvey in Menahem Golan’s 1972 drama ‘Escape to the Sun’ about a group of people attempting to flee the Soviet Union. Later, in 1984, she starred in …