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It’s time for Greta Gerwig to sing ‘I’m a Barbie girl in the Barbie world’ in a tone that highlights her movie’s success as she created box office history. As per Variety, Greta’s directorial ‘Barbie` raked in USD 155 million in its opening weekend, marking the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman. ‘Captain Marvel’ which was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, previously held the title after earning USD 153 million in 2019. ‘Wonder…

Barbie cast turn London Eye pink to celebrate film premiereGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGreta Gerwig has broken the domestic box office record for a female director with Barbie on track to make $155m on the opening weekend in North America.The film surpassed the $103.3m domestic opening of Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman and the $153m weekend opening of 2019’s Captain Marvel, according to The Hollywood…

Greta Gerwig has made history as Barbie scored a US$377m (£293m, A$560m) opening weekend around the world, making it the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman.At the North American box office – combining the US and Canada – Barbie claimed top spot with a massive $155m in ticket sales from 4,243 locations, surpassing The Super Mario Bros Movie and every Marvel film released this year to become the biggest opening of the year.The social media-fuelled fusion of Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer…

"When we made this movie we made it with so much joy and hope" said the director at New York theater As ‘Barbie’ fans gathered at the Alamo Drafthouse in New York for the Barbie premiere on Friday, director Greta Gerwig stopped by for a surprise visit. In an Instagram video posted by writer David Mack, Gerwig was seen in a denim jumpsuit and cap addressing the audience. “I can’t tell you how happy I am that you guys are all here,” she said. “When we made this movie we made it with…

Director Greta Gerwig and her writer-husband Noah Baumbach have silently welcomed their second child, a baby boy. The arrival of the director-writer couple’s newest addition to the family was revealed in an Elle UK profile of the Little Women filmmaker. According to The Hollywood Reporter, apart from the new born, the couple also has a four-year-old son, Harold, while Baumbach has a 13-year-old son, Rohmer, from his previous marriage. During the interview on Elle UK, the personal journeys as well as the…

If there's one thing that the promos of Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie have made it clear consistently, it's that the narrative is far cleverer than what it lets on. But the film turns out to be too clever — it's a satire that keeps underlining that it's a satire. By the end of the film, you feel like saying — yes, we get it, you're smart. Margot Robbie as Barbie in Greta Gerwig's film (Also Read: Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer sells 90000 tickets for opening day, Barbie advance booking stands at 16000 in India)…

Magic happens when you Google Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, and Ryan Gosling! Google is celebrating the upcoming Barbie by adding special effects to related searches. Google celebrates the upcoming Barbie movie with special effects If you search either Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, or Ryan Gosling, your screen will light up with pink sparkles. Alongside, the trademark Google blue hyperlinks are replaced with the colour pink. Even the Google logo matches the theme. The entire page sports a…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBarbie is one of the most inventive, immaculately crafted and surprising mainstream films in recent memory – a testament to what can be achieved within even the deepest bowels of capitalism. It’s timely, too, arriving a week after the creative forces behind these stories began striking for their right to a living wage and the ability to work without the threat of being replaced by an…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBarbie is one of the most inventive, immaculately crafted and surprising mainstream films in recent memory – a testament to what can be achieved within even the deepest bowels of capitalism. It’s timely, too, arriving a week after the creative forces behind these stories began striking for their right to a living wage and the ability to work without the threat of being replaced by an…

When Greta Gerwig said she would be totally open to directing a superhero or action film, I couldn’t help but feel genuine excitement at the prospect of someone like the writer-director breathing new life into a genre I love so much. Superhero films are all about dizzying fight sequences and often stranger-than-life scenarios, but underneath the exciting, well-choreographed action, they also hold important conversations about notions of justice, good vs. evil, and — my favorite — companionship and loyalty. The initial…