George Folsey Jr., Film Editor and Producer on John Landis Films, Dies at 85

The son of a 13-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer, he worked on movies including ‘Animal House,’ ‘Coming to America,’ ‘Trading Places,’ ‘Clue’ and ‘Hostel.’

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The Best Horror Movies of 2024

From wide releases such as 'Longlegs' and 'Nosferatu' 'to indie and streaming gems such as 'The Substance' and 'It's What's Inside,' Hollywood Reporter columnist Richard Newby looks back at the year in horror.

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Johnny Russell, Shirley Temple’s Co-Star in ‘The Blue Bird,’ Dies at 91

As a child actor, he also appeared in ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,’ ‘Always Goodbye’ and ‘Jesse James’ before embarking on a distinguished career in the U.S. Foreign Service.

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Michael Moore Boards Palestine’s Oscar Entry ‘From Ground Zero’ as Exec Producer

"These Palestinian filmmakers have accomplished a cinematic miracle," the Oscar-winning director said of the collection of 22 films from local filmmakers in the embattled Gaza Strip.

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Enough With the Dylan-Splaining: ‘A Complete Unknown’ Isn’t a Documentary! (Guest Column)

The creative liberties taken by the Bob Dylan biopic are short-circuiting its target audience.

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Dinosaurs, Zombies and More ’Wicked’: The Most Anticipated Movies of 2025

New films from Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Guillermo Del Toro and Ryan Coogler are heading to audiences in the new year.

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Kieran Turner, Documentary Filmmaker Best Known for ‘Jobriath A.D.,’ Dies at 56

Turner also created, wrote, produced and directed the online television series 'Wallflowers.'

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James Gunn Defends the Delay of ‘The Batman’ Sequel: “A 5 Year Gap or More Is Fairly Common”

The follow-up to Matt Reeves' 2022 film 'The Batman' has been pushed to 2027.

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‘Saturday Night’ Director Jason Reitman Says Chevy Chase Told Him He “Should Be Embarrassed” About Film

The movie follows the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of 'SNL' in 1975.

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Box Office: ‘Sonic 3’ and ‘Mufasa’ in Close Battle for Christmas Crown, ‘A Complete Unknown’ Shines

'Mufasa: The Lion King' is tipped to win the five-day Christmas holiday, although 'Sonic the Hedgehog' could top the three-day weekend chart.

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Charles Shyer, Writer-Director on ‘Baby Boom’ and the ‘Father of the Bride’ Remakes, Dies at 83

He co-wrote 'Smokey and the Bandit' before sharing an Oscar nom with then-wife and frequent collaborator Nancy Meyers for 'Private Benjamin.'

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Denis Villeneuve on Why Cell Phones Are “Forbidden” on His Sets

"When you say cut, you don’t want someone going to his phone to look at his Facebook account," the Oscar-nominated director says.

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‘The Batman’ Sequel Moves to 2027 as Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise Take Its Fall 2026 Date

The sequel to 'The Batman' is expected to begin shooting in the third quarter of 2025.

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You Don’t Know Jack. But You Will Soon.

The Hollywood Reporter's latest "Person of Interest" is 32-year-old 'Boys' star Jack Quaid — son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan — who is about to crush it in his first role as an action hero: "I don't think anyone expects me to be kicking a**."

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Film Fests 2024: Shah Rukh Khan Excites Locarno, ‘Anora’ Seduces Cannes, Erotic Fare Turns on Venice

THR's look at the good, the bad, and the buzzed-about from the international festival circuit of the past year.

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Geoffrey Deuel, Who Played Billy the Kid in ‘Chisum,’ Dies at 81

The younger brother of ‘Alias Smith and Jones’ star Peter Duel, he appeared on lots of TV shows starting in the mid-1960s.

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Box Office: ‘Mufasa’ Rebounds, Wins Christmas Day Ahead of ‘Sonic 3’ and ‘Nosferatu’

It's looking like a very merry holiday for moviegoing as a flurry of titles, including Oscar contenders 'A Complete Unknown' and 'Babygirl,' open.

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Candace Cameron Bure on Christmas Movies and Debate About Her Channel: “It Was a Really Hard Time”

The 'Full House' alum discusses shooting five films within one year and reflects on previous headlines about, Great American Family, the network where she is chief content officer.

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‘Happy Gilmore 2’: Adam Sandler’s Explosive Golfer Is Back in Netflix Trailer

On Wednesday, the streamer shared a trailer for its forthcoming sequel to the beloved 1996 Adam Sandler sports comedy.

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Latin Superstar Ozuna to Star In Film About His Life (Exclusive)

The Grammy-winning artist will bring his story to the screen in the upcoming 'ODISEA,' from filmmaker Alexis Morantet.

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‘Born Yesterday’: THR’s 1950 Review

On Dec. 25, 1950, Columbia unveiled the Judy Holliday-starring adaptation at its Los Angeles premiere.

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Justin Baldoni Hit With Breach of Contract Suit From Ex-Publicist Days After Blake Lively Accusations

The beleaguered actor and filmmaker is also being sued by his co-star over alleged sexual misconduct on the set of 'It Ends With Us.'

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Karolyn Grimes, Zuzu in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ Looks Back on a Life That Wasn’t Always Wonderful

The 84-year-old actor, who was six when she played Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed's daughter, was orphaned at 15 and later lost a son to suicide. Now, the Christmas classic reminds her to be grateful.

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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Streaming: How to Watch the 2024 Prequel at Home

Everything we currently know about the streaming release of Barry Jenkins' 'The Lion King' prequel and how to watch the rest of the films in Disney's franchise, in order.

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Where to Stream ‘Gladiator II’ Online

The drama sequel starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington is now available to watch at home.

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‘Wicked’ Easter Eggs for Your Second (or Third) Watch

With the big-screen's two-part adaptation comes an eye towards the past, and a respect by the filmmakers for the artists who paved the yellow brick road before them.

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Álex De la Iglesia and Carolina Bang’s Pokeepsie Films Turns 10

The company is releasing three new films on three different streaming platforms this month.

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‘A Simple Favor’ Director Paul Feig Shows Support for Blake Lively: “She Truly Did Not Deserve Any of This Smear Campaign Against Her”

The filmmaker posted on social media after Lively filed a lengthy complaint against Justin Baldoni for sexual harassment and an alleged coordinated effort to destroy her reputation. 

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Oscars: Read THR’s Reviews of Contenders on the Best International Feature Shortlist

From Brazil, Canada and Senegal to France, Germany, the U.K., Denmark and the Czech Republic, see how The Hollywood Reporter critics reviewed movies still in the race for the best international feature Academy Award.

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Art Evans, ‘Die Hard 2’ and ‘A Soldier’s Story’ Actor, Dies at 82

Evans played Leslie Barnes in the second 'Die Hard' installment, an air traffic control tower employee who helped Bruce Willis' John McClane stop terrorists.

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Joe Alwyn Explains ‘The Brutalist’ Ending and That Trump-Esque Invincibility: “It Makes Me Angry”

The British actor catches up with The Hollywood Reporter to talk about his role in Brady Corbet's buzzy 3.5-hour epic and marvel at its sub-$10m budget: "It's like the price of some episodes of TV these days."

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Box Office: ‘Sonic 3’ Bounds Over the Hedge With $62M Opening, ‘Mufasa’ Limps to $35M

The video game adaptation scored one of the best December openings ever for a PG-rated pic as Disney's follow-up to 2019's 'The Lion King' came in notably behind expectations.

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Kate Winslet on Her Eight-Year-Journey to Bringing ‘Lee’ to Life

The Oscar-winning star spoke to THR Roma about her passion project, the biopic on iconic war photographer Lee Miller.

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Javier Bardem’s Monster Year: From José Menendez to ‘Spellbound’

The 'No Country for Old Men' star went dark, then silly, for Netflix this year, going from the terrifying patriarch in Ryan Murphy's Menendez drama to playing a singing purple people eater in Vicky Jenson's animated feature.

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Blake Lively Sues ‘It Ends With Us’ Co-Star and Director Justin Baldoni for Sexual Harassment

“It is shameful that Ms. Lively and her representatives would make such serious and categorically false accusations against Mr. Baldoni," his attorney, Bryan Freedman, said in a statement.

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25 Christmas Comedies to Watch This Holiday Season

While waiting to open your gifts with loved ones on Christmas Day, enjoy the holidays and laugh it up with these movies.

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French Film Companies Goodfellas, Rectangle Complete Merger

Rectangle, the production house behind 'Emmanuelle' and 2021 Venice festival winner 'Happening,' will join with Vincent Maraval's storied sales and production outfit.

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Tilda Swinton to Receive Honorary Golden Bear From Berlin Festival

The Oscar-winning actress has had a total of 26 films at the Berlinale, and served as jury president in 2009.

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Zoe Saldaña to Receive Honor at London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Saldaña, whose busy year has included a starring role in 'Emilia Pérez,' will be honored with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation at the 45th London Critics' Circle Film Awards.

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‘The Brutalist’, ‘Anora’ Set the Pace With 7 London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Noms Each

Both the films, as well as 'Conclave', 'The Substance', 'Nosferatu' and more are in the running for film of the year, with Timothée Chalamet, Colman Domingo and Daniel Craig earning best actor nods.

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Lars Eidinger Is a Dysfunctional Father in the Trailer for Tom Tykwer’s ‘Das Licht’

Warner Bros. Germany dropped the first trailer for Tykwer's 2025 Berlin Film Festival opener.

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Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt Go on Quest After Robot Wars in Netflix’s ‘The Electric State’ Trailer

Anthony and Joe Russo direct the sci-fi feature that also stars Ke Huy Quan and debuts next year.

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‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Review: Keanu Reeves and Jim Carrey in a Zippy Sequel That Gets the Job Done

Idris Elba, James Marsden and Tina Sumpter all return for the latest adaptation of Sega's blockbuster video game series, along with Ben Schwartz as the titular hero.

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Spain’s Goya Nominations: Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Snubbed for Best Picture

The film picked up 13 nominations though, including for best director and best acting nominations for both leads, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

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Berlin International Film Festival Unveils First Gala Screenings

The 2025 Berlinale runs Feb. 13-23.

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IFFR Unveils 2025 Lineup, Cate Blanchett and Guy Maddin to Headline Rotterdam Talks

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has unveiled the programs for its Big Screen and Tiger Short competition sections.

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‘Up in Smoke,’ ‘Pride of the Yankees,’ ‘Beverly Hills Cop,’ ‘No Country for Old Men,’ ‘The Social Network’ Inducted Into National Film Registry

Also selected for preservation this year: ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,’ ‘Dirty Dancing,’ ‘Mi Familia,’ ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,’ ‘The Miracle Worker,’ ‘Common Threads’ and ‘My Own Private Idaho.’

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Yuletide Fear: 37 Christmas Horror Movies to Shiver to By the Fire

These dark takes on the winter holiday feature everything from zombie elves to killer Santa Clauses and even gremlins.

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Where to Stream ‘Conclave’ Online

The thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow is now available to watch at home.

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BAFTA Cymru Appoints Lee Walters as Chair

Walters, who since 2023 has been the CEO of Ffilm Cymru Wales, the development agency for Welsh film, succeeds presenter Angharad Mair.

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Hollywood Flashback: Adrien Brody Hit High Notes With ‘The Pianist’

Brody might be in awards contention for his performance in ‘The Brutalist,’ but two decades ago, he became the youngest-ever best actor winner for ‘The Pianist.’

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Can ‘Wicked’ Be Spoiled? Musical Movie’s Writers Not Convinced: “It’s Been Running for 21 Years”

Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox, the writers of the box office hit 'Wicked,' also weigh in on the reactions to the film, the pressures of adapting a beloved musical and those Glinda romance theories.

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Hollywood Flashback: Steve Guttenberg Played Bachelor Santa in One of Hallmark Channel’s First Holiday Hits

Twenty years ago, ‘Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus’ paired the actor with Crystal Bernard in a rom-com that helped launch the company’s holiday movie empire.

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Please Don’t Spoil ‘Wicked: Part 2’

You're tempted to tell your newbie friend all about where Elphaba ends up. You must defy this gravity.

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Ana Golja, Dana Abraham, Dennis Andres to Star in Indie Boxing Crime Film ‘Sidd’ (Exclusive)

The drama from action genre banner Kemodo Entertainment is directed by cinematographer-turned-helmer Russ De Jong.

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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Lionel Richie on ‘The Greatest Night in Pop,’ His Biggest Hits and Why Love Songs Will Never Go Out of Style

The legendary singer/songwriter sits down with Scott Feinberg in Studio A at the former A&M Studios in Hollywood, where he and 45 other A-listers recorded “We are the World” almost exactly 40 years ago.

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Why Making a Celine Dion Film Was a Harrowing Experience

The star suffered a serious medical episode, putting the filmmakers in a bind.

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Oscars: All 85 Submissions for Best International Feature

The Hollywood Reporter's cheat sheet for every international film vying for the Oscar shortlist.

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Critics Choice Awards: ‘Conclave’ and ‘Wicked’ Top Film Nominees With 11 Nods Each

The winners will be announced during a Jan. 12 ceremony hosted by Chelsea Handler.

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Santa Barbara Film Fest: Will Ferrell, Kirk Douglas Award Honoree, Fêted by Kristen Wiig and Octavia Spencer

“Thank you to the festival for recognizing comedy," the 'Will & Harper' subject and producer said. "Because when it’s good, it looks easy. But it’s hard.”

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2025 Sundance Lineup: Latest Projects from Justin Lin, Questlove and Barry Levinson

Bill Condon’s ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ musical, Questlove’s Sly Stone documentary, and more are among the films headed to Park City.

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‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Shogun’ Among 2025 ACE Eddie Awards Nominees

As previously announced, special awards will be presented to filmmaker Jon M. Chu and film editors Maysie Hoy and Paul Hirsch.

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Oscars to Stream Live on Hulu in Addition to ABC Broadcast

The 97th Oscars will be the first-ever Academy Awards ceremony to air live on a streaming service.

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Paul Mescal Set to Star in Sony’s Beatles Movies, Says Ridley Scott

Scott took part in a conversation with Christopher Nolan to promote 'Gladiator II' and was asked about his planned next project.

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste Talks ‘Hard Truths’ Praise: “People Telling You You’ve Done a Good Job Is Not a Bad Thing”

The Brit picked up the best lead performance award at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday, though was notably snubbed by the Golden Globes.

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Jeremy Renner Has Only Seen Two ‘Avengers’ Films and “Didn’t Care About” Winning an Oscar

The star joked that after his snowplow accident "I am 25 percent titanium, so f––– Iron Man," shared that he is finishing his book about the accident, and how shooting 'M:i' films with Tom Cruise is "a carnival."

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Spike Lee on His New Denzel Washington Film ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ How ‘Malcolm X’ “Nearly Killed Me,” and Retirement: “I Got Some Time Left”

The Red Sea Film Fest jury president signaled Washington has good chances to earn an Oscar nomination for ‘Gladiator II,’ explained how Akira Kurosawa influenced him and why his doc ‘4 Little Girls’ is one of his proudest achievements.

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’28 Years Later’ Trailer: Aaron-Taylor Johnson and Jodie Comer Flee For Their Lives as Zombies Close In

The first trailer for the long-awaited zombie thriller sequel from director Danny Boyle.

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Michael Mann Talks ‘Heat 2’ Script: “It Has to Be Finished Really Soon”

The Hollywood director, visiting the Red Sea Film Festival for a screening of his 1995 classic, dropped more hints about his planned 'Heat' sequel.

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Bollywood Star Shraddha Kapoor Is Picky About Roles After ‘Stree 2’ Success

“I’m okay to not do something, or do films back to back, that I do not feel in my gut," she told the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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David Tennant to Return as Host of BAFTA Film Awards: “It’s Quite Curious”

"It's not something I'd ever imagined I would be asked to do," Tennant told The Hollywood Reporter about taking on the role for a second year in a row.

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Brendan Fraser on Why Darren Aronofsky Really Cast Him in ‘The Whale’ and “Brenaissance” Memes

During an appearance at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia, the Oscar winner said he’s okay with social media buzz about his slow-rolling career resurgence.

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AI Gives You “Certain Superpowers,” But Won’t Make Better Films Without Creators’ Vision: WME Exec

"You can't have a believable performance without an actor," Jennifer Howell of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Deep Voodoo told a Red Sea Film Fest market panel. But "other jobs, I think, will shift."

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MBC Studios, Telfaz11 Form Strategic Partnership to “Champion Saudi Stories”

The deal was unveiled at the Red Sea Film Festival.

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Bong Joon-ho, Korean Film Stars Call for President Yoon Suk Yeol’s Impeachment and Arrest

Over 2,500 Korean stars and movie professionals signed a petition saying: “For Koreans in the film industry, Yoon Suk Yeol is no longer the president of Korea but simply a criminal.”

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Doc on Oldest Person to Summit Mount Kilimanjaro, “First Commercial Qatari Feature” Part of Katara Slate

The Doha-based studio also unveiled a fantasy epic "showcasing the power of unity" at a showcase at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Arabic Tech Pioneer, Sakhr Founder Biopic in the Works at Katara Studios (Exclusive)

Unveiled at the Red Sea Film Fest in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, it will tell the "inspirational story" of Kuwaiti businessman Mohammed Al-Sharekh "whose legacy continues to have an impact."

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Catherine Zeta-Jones Talks Going Indie in Hollywood: “I Don’t Have to Prove Anything to Anybody”

The ‘Chicago’ star talked about singing on to do a "little indie picture" that takes her back to early theater and dance training in the UK.

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Cynthia Erivo on ‘Wicked’ Success, Special Bond With Ariana Grande, and Why Green Stands for “Every Person Who Feels Othered”

The star told the Red Sea Film Fest she wanted to "imbue" Elphaba with her experience as a Black woman, decried cyberbullying and mentioned directing ambitions and how "intimate" singing together is.

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Thierry Frémaux on ‘Lumière! The Adventure Continues!’ and Finding Inspiration From Cinema’s Founding Fathers

The Cannes boss and director of the Lumière Institute will present his doc on the early Lumière brothers films at the Red Sea Film Fest; "When Wes Anderson saw them, he said: 'This is cinema for the future!'"

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Tom Tykwer’s ‘The Light’ to Open 2025 Berlin Film Festival

The 'Babylon Berlin' director's first film since 2016's 'A Hologram for a King' stars Tala al Deen, Lars Eidinger, and Nicolette Krebitz.

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Croatian Oscar Contender Accuses National Body of Censorship

The producer of Ivona Juka's 'Beautiful Evening Beautiful Day' claims that Croatia shortchanged its Oscar contender because of its LGBTQ+ themes.

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Imax, Muvi Cinemas Opens First Giant Screen in Saudi Arabia

The Mall of Arabia location in Jeddah will play Imax’s first Arabic-language movie, 'Ambulance,' on its large format screen.

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Paolo Sorrentino Reteaming With ‘Great Beauty’ Star Toni Servillo on ‘La Grazia’

The next feature from the 'Parthenope' and 'Hand of God' director will be a love story.

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Michelle Yeoh, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Nick Jonas, Olivia Wilde Set for Red Sea Film Fest Sessions

Red Sea honorees Emily Blunt and Aamir Khan, as well as Saudi pioneers Ibrahim Alhasawi and actor Moshal Almutairi will also speak during "In Conversation" events.

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Red Sea Film Festival Will Put the Spotlight Back on Jeddah Old Town Al-Balad

The new RSIFF headquarters will bring the Saudi fest back to the city's historic neighborhood for its fourth edition under the theme "The New Home of Film" and make the Culture Square a key hub.

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Disney’s ‘Snow White’: Rachel Zegler Regains Kingdom From Gal Gadot’s Evil Queen in Official Trailer

The studio’s live-action $200 million remake will hit theaters on March 25, 2025, in a reimagining of the 1937 classic.

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New York Film Critics Circle Revealing 2024 Winners (Updating Live)

Last year the group selected 'Killers of the Flower Moon' as its best film of 2023.

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“Animation Is the Most Timeless Kind of Storytelling”: ‘Moana 2’, ‘The Wild Robot’ and the Animation Roundtable

Six directors behind some of the most acclaimed animated films of the year discuss why they fell in love with movies, the threat of AI and how even cartoons "can express great truths."

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Red Sea Film Foundation Managing Director on Saudi Film Growth, Co-Productions and Stars at RSIFF

With consumers around the globe watching more international content, "it's important that really great content gets made here, gets elevated, and then transcends borders," says Shivani Pandya Malhotra.

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‘A Few Good Men’: THR’s 1992 Review

On Dec. 2, 1992, Columbia premiered the Aaron Sorkin adaptation, starring Tom Cruise.

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Sophie Okonedo to Receive Top Honor at British Independent Film Awards

The Richard Harris Award recognizes the outstanding contribution of actors to British film, with previous winners including Samantha Morton, Riz Ahmed, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Stephen Graham.

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‘A Prophet,’ ‘War Horse’ Actor Niels Arestrup Dies at 75

The French-Danish actor, a favorite of 'Emilia Pérez' director Jacques Audiard, appeared in films from Steven Spielberg, Julian Schnabel, and Bertrand Tavernier.

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TikTok Joins Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival as Sponsor, Unveils Shorts Competition

The social media video platform will also present live streams of the opening and closing ceremonies of the fourth edition of the fest in Jeddah and host a workshop at its Red Sea Souk, or market.

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Kate Winslet on Playing WWII Photographer Lee Miller, Defying Hollywood Double Standards and Still Getting Asked About ‘Titanic’

The Oscar-winning actress says she still has moments of self-doubt on-set, even while filming 'Lee,' which she also produced: "Often I will turn to another crewmember and I'll say, 'They just read the wrong name off the list. I'm telling you, they didn't mean for me to be here.' "

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‘Moana 2’ Achieves Demigod Status: All the Box Office Records Broken

The Walt Disney Animation sequel sailed into history with a Thanksgiving haul of $221 million, the biggest five-day opening of all time, among numerous other milestones.

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Marshall Brickman, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter on ‘Annie Hall,’ Dies at 85

A former 'Tonight Show' head writer and "Dueling Banjos" performer, he and Woody Allen also partnered on 'Sleeper' and two other films.

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‘Wicked’ Star Marissa Bode Calls Out “Very Gross and Harmful Comments” About Her Character’s Disability

The actress noted that comments about disliking Nessarose are one thing, but people joking they want to push her out of her wheelchair is something else entirely.

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‘My Old Ass’ Filmmaker Megan Park on the Joke That Led to One of 2024’s Most Pleasant Surprises

"It was dumb, honestly. It was a dumb, stupid thing. But then it worked," she tells The Hollywood Reporter of the title of the Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza coming-of-age film.

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‘Gladiator II’ Producers on Returning to Ancient Rome: “We Didn’t Want to Be a Pale Imitation”

Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher talk to The Hollywood Reporter about May Calamawy and other cut scenes ("You have to see what works and what's essential"), how the epic follow-up is resonating with audiences, why it should be seen in theaters and their hopes for a trilogy.

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Box Office Magic: ‘Moana 2’ Tops Biggest Thanksgiving Ever, Eyes Record $215M-$220M Bow

The combination of the animated sequel, the history-making musical 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator II' is delivering a historic post-pandemic victory for the box office.

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Timothée Chalamet Says He Lost Out on ‘Maze Runner,’ ‘Divergent’ Roles Because He Didn’t “Have the Right Body”

The actor said he was pursuing roles in action movies early in his career but kept "getting the same feedback."

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How ‘Wicked’ Could Shock Everyone and Win Best Picture

Too popular? Think again. Here's the recipe that could get Universal's cultural juggernaut the big Oscar entree.

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Native All-Stars Unite for ‘Brave’ Film (Exclusive)

Dallas Goldtooth, Amber Midthunder, Wes Studi and Graham Greene will star in the new dramedy from Indigenous director Steven Paul Judd, the first-ever film that will be shot on Choctaw Nation land.

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Focus Features Nabs Noomi Rapace’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Hot Spot’

Andrzej Konopka and Reika Kirishima also star in director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s second English-language feature after ‘Silent Twins,' which the U.S. studio also released.

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Box Office: ‘Moana 2’ Serves Up Huge $57.5M Wednesday, Heads for Historic $175M-Plus Launch

Moanapocalypse has begun at the Thanksgiving box office, where the animated sequel is set to serve up the biggest opening of all time for the holiday (sorry, 'Frozen').

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‘Wicked’: Here’s What We Know About Part 2

The second film in Jon M. Chu's two-part adaptation of the beloved stage musical is expected to hit theaters in 2025.

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Locarno: Festival’s Open Doors Program Names New Team for African Cinema Initiative

Open Doors, which supports filmmakers from underrepresented communities, will focus on the cinema from the African continent for the next four years.

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Barry Keoghan to Portray Ringo Starr in ‘Beatles’ Movies, Drummer Says

“I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many,” Starr added.

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Box Office: ‘Moana 2’ Shatters Records With $13.8M in Previews, Biggest Ever for Walt Disney Animation

The animated family film opens everywhere on Wednesday, joining 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator II' on the holiday marquee.

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‘Dune 2’ Helmer Denis Villeneuve Interviews Director of Canadian Oscar Hopeful ‘Universal Language’ (Exclusive)

The two Canadian Oscar hopefuls go deep on Matthew Rankin's surreal comedy mashup, an offbeat homage to Iranian cinema, set in Winnipeg.

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Nicole Avant, Malcolm Washington, RaMell Ross and Ray Fisher Set to Be Honored at AAFCA Awards

Lynn Whitfield, Brandon Wilson, Ethan Herisse, Amber Rasberry and Paul Tazewell will also be honored at the AAFCA's 2025 Special Achievement Awards.

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‘Becoming Madonna’ Promises “Immersive, Archive-Driven” Look at Singer’s Rise to Stardom

The Sky doc will examine what fueled Madonna’s drive from the '70s through to the '90s.

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Berlin Festival Adds New Screening Venue for 2025

Theater closures in and around Potsdamer Platz have left the Berlinale scrambling to screening spots for its 75th anniversary edition.

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‘Beatles ’64’ Review: Disney+’s Illuminating Fab Four Doc Captures the Crucible Moment of the Band’s First U.S. Visit

Produced by Martin Scorsese, David Tedeschi’s film threads contemporary interviews and historical context through rare footage shot by the Maysles brothers.

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Oscar Voters Have Recently Favored Longer Movies — They Shouldn’t

Why we need to stop talking about a film’s run time — and focus on the fundamentals.

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Box Office: ‘Wicked’ Lands Top Opening Ever for a Broadway Musical Adaptation Amid Other Records

Universal's Thanksgiving pic opened to an estimated $114 million over the Nov. 22-24 weekend, more than three times the previous domestic record-holder, 'Into the Woods.'

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Michael Villella, ‘The Slumber Party Massacre’ Actor, Dies at 84

'Slumber Party,' which went on to inspire a cult following, was Villella's film debut.

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Auli’i Cravalho on Her “Polynesian Pride” at ‘Moana 2’ U.K. Premiere: “My Inner Theater Kid Is Happy”

The 24-year-old arrived in London with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson as the pair reprise their roles in Disney's long-awaited oceanic follow-up.

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Everything Ridley Scott Has Said About ‘Gladiator III’

Here's what the visionary 'Gladiator II' director has said about his idea for a sequel to the action epic.

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Ariana Grande Says “Glinda Might Be a Little in the Closet”

The 'Wicked' star also noted that Glinda's relationship with Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba "transcends sexuality."

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Box Office Gets Glicked: ‘Wicked’ Eyes $117M Opening, ‘Gladiator II’ Heads for $60M

Between them, the two very different Thanksgiving tentpoles are capturing almost every adult demo, reminiscent of Barbenheimer.

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Ridley Scott: Denzel Washington’s ‘Gladiator II’ Character Is “Very Close to Trump”

The director explains the backstory behind Washington's scene-stealing character, and how he's not unlike the President-elect.

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Box Office: ‘Wicked’ Earns Huge $19M From Week-Long Previews, ‘Gladiator II’ Soars to $6.5M on Thursday Alone

The two tentpoles are kicking off what's expected to be the biggest Thanksgiving in history at the domestic box office, which welcomes 'Moana 2' on Wednesday.

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‘Rust’ Director Joel Souza on the “Large Moment” of Returning to Work with Prop Guns and His Favorite Shot in the Finished Film

Three years after the movie was struck by tragedy, its director and new cinematographer unveiled the Alec Baldwin-starring indie Western at the Camerimage Film Festival this week.

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‘Spellbound’ Review: Rachel Zegler and Nicole Kidman in an Animated Netflix Fantasy That Conjures as Much Déjà Vu as Magic

Produced by Skydance Animation's John Lasseter and directed by 'Shrek' co-helmer Vicky Jenson, the musical follows a teenage princess trying to undo the curse that turned her parents into monsters.

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‘The Brutalist’ DP Lol Crawley to Be Honored With Rotterdam’s Robby Müller Award

The honor, named for the legendary Dutch cameraman, will be presented to Crawley at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in January.

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‘Parthenope’ Trailer: Sun, Sea and Sex Feature in Paolo Sorrentino’s Love Letter to Naples

Newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta stars in the latest smoldering Italian drama from the Oscar-winning director of 'The Great Beauty.'

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Why European Cinema Is on a Critical High, But Also a Commercial Low

European movies like 'Conclave,' 'Emilia Pérez,' and 'The Substance' are winning rave reviews but box office returns tell another story.

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Spike Lee Named Jury President of Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia

The filmmaker will oversee the jury judging the main competition of the fourth edition of the Jeddah fest.

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Golden Globes: Viola Davis to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award

The actress will be feted at a special gala dinner on Jan. 3 and also be recognized during the telecast on Jan. 5.

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Selena Gomez Is Still Tricking Her Way Into Auditions

Despite successes like 'Only Murders in the Building' and her new buzzy Netflix musical ‘Emilia Pérez,' the most-followed woman on the planet (and newly minted billionaire) still encounters skeptical casting directors: "We don’t tell them it’s me."

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Labina Mitevska Receives Eurimages International Co-Production Award

The star of the Oscar-nominated 'Before the Rain' is among Europe's most prolific co-producers, with credits including Nuri Bilge Ceylan's 'The Wild Pear Tree' and Berlin festival winner 'God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya.'

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Doc on U.K. Far-Right, Pulled From London Fest, Screens in Amsterdam to “Expose What People Really Think Behind Closed Doors”

Director Havana Marking discusses the IDFA-debuting 'Undercover, Exposing the Far Right,' revealing links between extremist groups and a Silicon Valley backer, and her take on Donald Trump's election win.

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Camerimage: How Did They Shoot That ‘Emilia Pérez’ Final Scene?

Cinematographer Paul Guilhaume breaks down the shoot-out climax to Jacques Audiard's transgender crime musical.

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Julia Fox, Riccardo Scamarcio Set for Studio Galazio’s Heist Comedy ‘Mykonos’ (Exclusive)

The studio's first project, led by Klelia Andriolatou and Andrew Georgiades, is about a rag-tag band of noble thieves who steal from the tourists that destroy their home each summer.

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Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund Backs Features From Brazil, Palestine, Indonesia

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) unveiled the 12 features that will receive development funding earmarked for movies from less-developed regions.

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Camerimage: ‘Rust’ Premiere Ticket Demand Crashes Festival Ticketing System

The Alec Baldwin-starring indie Western will be unveiled before the public on Wednesday, three years after the tragic on-set death of its cinematographer.

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Josh O’Connor Joins Steven Spielberg’s New Sci-Fi Movie

Emily Blunt and Colman Domingo are among those already cast in the Universal production.

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How XiXi Pictures Is Tapping Universal Themes to Go Global

The Chinese production house is expanding its international reach by focusing on stories about the ups and downs of everyday life in China: "Realism remains a dominant genre."

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Michael Mann’s ‘Heat’ Set for Red Sea Film Festival Treasures Program

The lineup of the “timeless classics” strand of the fest in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will also feature three restored works in collaboration with Egyptian Media Production City.

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Hollywood Flashback: ‘The Cardinal’ Drew High Praise at the Golden Globes in 1964

As Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’ picks up steam during awards season, THR takes a look at Otto Preminger’s film that took best drama in 1964.

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If You Thought Demi Moore’s Transformation Was Crazy in ‘The Substance,’ Wait Til You Hear How They Did It

Production designer Pierre Olivier-Persin spills all.

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First-Time Directors Reveal How They Sidled Their Way Into the Oscar Race

Five new awards contenders (including Denzel’s son) share their debut jitters, the best advice they received and how “you have to bring … your entire being to the film.”

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The ‘Sideways’ Revolution: How a Single Joke Upended the Wine World

Two decades after Alexander Payne’s boozy comedy became a surprise smash hit, its creators — and a host of top sommeliers — marvel at the movie’s lasting influence.

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Camerimage: How Sean Baker and Cinematographer Drew Daniels Made ‘Anora’ “As Anti-Hollywood as Possible”

Daniels breaks down the lensing of Baker's Cannes Palme d'Or winner, which is getting a special screening at the 2024 Cameraimage Film Fest.

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Camerimage Director on Screening ‘Rust’ and the Decision to Not Invite Alec Baldwin

The festival director discusses why the decision to honor cinematographer Halyna Hutchins wasn’t meant to court controversy: “We don’t need that kind of attention.”

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Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Rachel Zegler Apologizes for Trump Re-Election Reaction

"I let my emotions get the best of me," the 'West Side Story' star wrote.

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Oscars: Conan O’Brien Will Host Hollywood’s Biggest Night

The beloved comedian will emcee the 97th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, 2025, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its broadcasting partner ABC announced on Friday.

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AI Trained in Werner Herzog’s Works Wrote Murder Mystery Doc ‘About a Hero,’ Starring Vicky Krieps

Piotr Winiewicz discusses his hybrid feature debut that opens IDFA, getting Krieps and Stephen Fry, trusting AI more than the U.S. President-elect, and Herzog's famous line about computers and film.

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‘Longlegs,’ ‘Shogun’ Among Top Marketing Winners at 2024 Clio Entertainment Awards

'Deadpool & Wolverine,' 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story' and 'Dune: Part Two' were also recognized at Thursday's ceremony, which celebrates the best in entertainment marketing.

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Todd Haynes Named Berlin Film Festival Jury Head

“Todd Haynes is a dazzlingly gifted writer and director with an impressive range; his body of work is at once stylistically versatile but also unmistakably his."

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Red Sea Film Fest Unveils 38 Titles for Souk Project Market, Including First Asian, TV Series Projects

"Marking a significant expansion of the program," the addition of Asia resulted in 28 percent of total submissions originating from the continent, organizers highlight.

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‘The Shadow Scholars’ Director Eloise King on Diving Into the Essay-Writing Industry in Kenya and Using AI to Protect People

The doc, filmed across three continents, with Steve McQueen among its executive producers, debuted at the London Film Festival and now screens at IDFA: "I'm always interested in having a holistic view."

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BAFTA Can Strip Future Winners of Awards If Convicted of Crimes

Following the conviction of disgraced former BBC News host Huw Edwards, the British academy can revoke competitive honors, starting with those awarded on 2025, in cases of “proven dishonesty and the very rare instance of a winner being convicted of a serious criminal offense resulting in a prison sentence.”

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9 Million Tulips and an Extra-Grande Ariana: ‘Wicked’ Director Jon M. Chu on Creating Oz

The THR Titan talks about conjuring up the season’s biggest hit, the ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ sequel, why ‘In the Heights’ didn’t resonate at the box office and the latest on that Britney Spears flick.

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A24’s ‘Y2K’ Trailer Remixes Bill Clinton in 1990s Montage Promoting Kyle Mooney’s Directorial Debut

The movie releases next month.

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‘Black Panther’ 3: Denzel Washington Says Ryan Coogler Is Writing Role for Him in Next Film

Marvel has not officially confirmed that a third film is in the works, but Washington, speaking to Australia's 'Today' show, says that the director is crafting a role for him.

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Paul Engelen, ‘Phantom Menace,’ ‘Gladiator’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Makeup Designer, Dies at 75

A winner of two Emmys and a two-time Oscar nominee, he also worked on Nicole Kidman’s nose in ‘The Hours’ and on ‘Empire of the Sun,’ ‘The Phantom Menace,’ ‘Mary Shelley's Frankenstein’ and six Bond movies.

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Disney Debuts Taika Waititi-Directed Holiday Short

'The Boy and The Octopus' follows a young boy and a persistent mollusk who bond over the shared celebration of the season and trademarked Disney IP.

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Dwayne Johnson Admits He’s Late to Set, Pees in Bottles — But Explains There’s More To It

The actor is addressing those accusations of bad behavior on the set of 'Red One': "Yeah, that happens."

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‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Now Titled ‘The Final Reckoning’

A teaser trailer for the upcoming installment looks back at past films and adversaries as Cruise says "every choice has led to this."

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‘Gladiator II’ Review: Paul Mescal and a Scene-Stealing Denzel Washington in Ridley Scott’s Entertaining but Imitative Sequel

Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn and Connie Nielsen also star in the bruising sword-and-sandal epic, set 15 years after the events of the original Oscar-winning drama.

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Red Sea Fest Sets Viola Davis Honor, Competition Films, Johnny Depp’s ‘Modi,’ Robbie Williams Biopic

Davis will travel to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the fest which will open with Karim Shenawi's 'The Tale of Daye's Family' and close with 'Better Man,' with six of 15 competition titles from female filmmakers.

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‘Wicked’ Dolls: Mattel Apologizes for Mistakenly Linking to Adult Porn Site on Packaging

"We deeply regret this unfortunate error and are taking immediate action to remedy this. Parents are advised that the misprinted, incorrect website is not appropriate for children," the company said in a statement.

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How George Clooney Calmed Anna Kendrick’s Nerves on ‘Up in the Air’ Set: “Such a Gift”

Kendrick said her former co-star "works really hard" to make everyone feel comfortable.

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Michelle Yeoh Admits She “Had No Clue” What ‘Wicked’ Was When Director Jon M. Chu Called Her

Yeoh stars alongside Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in the big screen adaptation of the Tony-winning musical, which premiered in L.A. on Saturday.

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Box Office: ‘Venom 3’ Leads Quiet Frame as Major Studios Abandon Post-Election Weekend

The two newcomers willing to take the risk and open nationwide were A24's indie horror pic 'Heretic' and Lionsgate's faith-tinged 'Best Christmas Pageant Ever.'

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‘Thunderbolts’ Brings Special Look to D23 Brazil

David Harbour, who plays Red Guardian in the Marvel film, presented the footage, which also features Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Is the “Worst Film Ever Made” Sequel Actor Says

Comedian Tim Dillon, who has a small part in the Todd Phillips-directed sequel says discussions about the first film being "loved by the wrong kinds of people" led filmmakers to go "the other way" with "Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga tap dancing to a point where it’s insane."

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Tony Todd Remembered by ‘Candyman’ Co-Star Virginia Madsen: “A Gentle Soul With a Deep Knowledge of the Arts”

The Oscar nominee praised her late colleague in the 1992 horror film, and wrote of how Jordan Peele, the co-writer and producer of the Nia DaCosta-directed 2021 sequel, had talked about a prequel about how their characters' "love began."

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Merry Saltzman, Daughter of James Bond Producer Harry Saltzman, Dies at 77

She announced plans for a musical based on the 007 character, but it never made it to the stage.

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SCAD Savannah Film Fest: 10 Oscar-Contending Doc Makers on Films’ Challenges, Rewards (Video)

Tune in to this THR-moderated discussion featuring the directors of 'Black Box Diaries,' 'Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid,' 'Daughters,' 'Hollywoodgate,' 'Piece by Piece,' 'Porcelain War,' 'Sugarcane,' 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story,' 'Union' and 'Will & Harper.'

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Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal Reteam for ‘The Dog Stars’

Scott’s next film from 20th Century Studios is based on the Peter Heller thriller and will likely shoot next year.

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Convicted Ozy Media Founder Carlos Watson to Be Focus of Doc Debuting Weeks Before Sentencing (Exclusive)

'The Troubling Case of Carlos Watson' begins streaming later this month and questions whether the media personality got a fair trial when he was convicted of fraud in July.

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Ridley Scott Will Never Stop Directing: “Shut Up and Go Make Another Movie”

The legendary director, who turns 87 this month, looks back on his five-decade career: From 'Alien' to 'Blade Runner' to his best film in years — 'Gladiator II.'

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Oscar Winner ‘20 Days in Mariupol,’ Channel 4 Triumph at British Documentary Awards

At The Grierson Trust's ceremony in London, Channel 4 won five awards, the highest number, followed by the BBC with three, and Netflix with two.

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Marrakech Fest Unveils Lineup as Luca Guadagnino Replaces Thomas Vinterberg as Jury Head

Andrew Garfield, Jacob Elordi, Virginie Efira, and Ali Abbasi also join the jury of the Morocco film festival.

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How Neon Flipped Movie Marketing on Its Head to Make ‘Longlegs’ the Indie Hit of the Year

A guerrilla campaign involving cipher codes and a creepy hotline but no TV ads (and no Nick Cage) got horror fans hooked on Osgood Perkins' serial killer thriller. "From the jump, we said we need to respect the horror audience."

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Sam Riley Trades Joy Division for Ballet in ‘John Cranko’ Biopic

Riley plays the legendary choreographer in Joachim Lang new, German-language drama, which will have its market debut at AFM.

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Tokyo: Yoshida Daihachi’s ‘Teki Cometh’ Takes Grand Prix, Director, Actor Awards

Ivan D. Gaona's spaghetti western action film 'Adios Al Amigo' won the Tokyo Film Festival's special jury prize.

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Vegas According to … Highland Film Group’s Laura Voros

The executive VP of sales for Highland Film Group offers insider tips on how to get away from the hustle and bustle of the strip, what 'Casino' gets right and where to discover "old Vegas."

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A New Generation of Filmmakers Is Shaking Up the Chinese Film Industry

A string of intimate, stylish features in 2024 reveal how the country’s emerging filmmakers are "bold, open and willing to adapt." 

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‘Writing Hawa’ Documents a Woman’s Journey of Emancipation in Afghanistan (Exclusive Trailer)

“Director Najiba Noori films her mother Hawa and her niece Zahra in their aspirations to emancipate themselves from patriarchal traditions,” says a synopsis of the doc that is world premiering at IDFA.

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British Independent Film Awards: ‘Kneecap,’ ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Lead Nominations

Saoirse Ronan, Barry Keoghan, Kristen Stewart, and Sean Baker's 'Anora' are also among the nominees.

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‘The Stimming Pool’ Creators Want to Change Perceptions of Film and Push Boundaries

"The film is about the creative process," says a member of the Neurocultures Collective. "It's about creating and about collaborating."

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BFI London Film Fest Posts 10-Year-High in Attendance, Unveils Audience Awards Winners

A host of talent ushered in some of the year's biggest movies at BFI LFF with Steve McQueen's 'Blitz', Sean Baker's 'Anora' and John Crowley's 'We Live in Time' all getting air time at Royal Festival Hall.

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Thriller ‘Do Not Open’ Imagines Technology We Trust Becoming Our Worst Enemy (Exclusive Trailer)

"We spend so much time staring at our screens without asking what could be staring back," says writer and director Brian Babarik about his film with Kian Lawson-Khalili, Johanna Smitz, and Noëlle Gutierrez.

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‘Paddington in Peru’ Review: The Determined Bear, Voiced by Ben Whishaw, Returns to His Homeland for the Third Installment Directed by Dougal Wilson

Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas come along for the ride, while Emily Mortimer takes over the role of Mrs Brown, joining returning players Hugh Bonneville and Julie Walters.

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Tokyo: Filmmaker Midi Z, Actress Zhao Liying on the Universal Themes of Mystery Thriller ‘The Unseen Sister’

The Chinese film has been selected for the main competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

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Box Office: ‘Venom 3’ Scores $26M to Stay No. 1, ‘Here’ Goes Nowhere With $5M Opening

'Here' reunites director Robert Zemeckis with his 'Forrest Gump' stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.

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Tokyo: Kung Fu Legend Sammo Hung on His Seven-Decade Career, Working With Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Donnie Yen

Hung popularized comedy-martial arts flicks, created the horror-kung fu genre and broke ground as an East Asian lead in the CBS series 'Martial Law.'

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‘Red, White and Blue’ Director on Why Getting Her Oscar-Nominated Short on YouTube Before Election Day Was So Important

The short stars Brittany Snow as a single mother from Arkansas forced to cross state lines in order to find access to an abortion.

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Robert Zemeckis Says There’s a “Good” ‘Roger Rabbit 2’ Script That Will “Never” Get Made Because of Jessica Rabbit

"They can't make a movie with Jessica in it," the 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' director said.

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Oscars 2025: The 12 Leading Contenders for Best Picture

As award season heats up, here are a dozen movies that could take the big prize — and how they might do it. 

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Tokyo: Chinese Director Wei Shujun Talks Making ‘Mostly Sunny’

The rising Chinese filmmaker discusses the making of his bittersweet humanistic drama and working with his hero Jia Zhangke, who plays the part of a benignly charismatic cult leader.

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TIFFCOM: 2024 MPA, DHU Pitching Contest Winners Revealed

Now in its seventh year, the contest supports young filmmakers looking to take their first steps into the international film industry.

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Chinese Director Guan Hu on Releasing ‘Black Dog’ and ‘A Man and a Woman’ in the Same Year: “Both Films Are Simply About Life”

The six-generation auteur won Cannes' Un Certain Regard prize in May and has already begun work on an action tentpole set during WWII.

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Miami Film Fest: ‘The Last Showgirl’ Star Pamela Anderson Set for Art of Light Acting Award (Exclusive)

The honor will be presented following a Nov. 3 screening of the film, followed by a Q&A with Anderson and director Gia Coppola.

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Inside Ridley Scott’s Producing Empire: “Tell Me the Film in Two Sentences”

Behind the scenes of his production company Scott Free: How the iconic director picks his projects, and his one real business regret.

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New Book Examines the Role Propaganda Has Played in the History of British Cinema

Scott Anthony, deputy head of research at the U.K. Science Museum Group, discusses 'The Story of British Propaganda Film,' which examines everything from overt propaganda in the U.K. tied to WWII to more subtle forms found in James Bond, 'The Crown,’ and even ‘Paddington.’

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‘Papa’ Review: An Unspeakable Crime Tears a Family Apart in an Impressionistic Hong Kong Drama

Premiering at the Tokyo International Film Festival, writer-director Philip Yung's latest feature centers on a father whose teenage son commits a gruesome act of violence.

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Red Sea Fest to Spotlight New Saudi Voices, ‘Othman in the Vatican,’ Art, Turkish Telenovelas, and ‘Zorro’

The fourth edition of the festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will for the first time feature Saudi works in its New Vision strand, while its Series program will present four new international TV shows.

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‘Promise, I’ll Be Fine’ Review: Lived-in Authenticity Boosts an Otherwise Familiar Slovakian Coming-Of-Age Tale

Katarina Gramatova's debut feature stars first-time actor Michael Zachensky as a rural teen confronted with difficult truths about his frequently absent mother (Eva Mores).

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Sean Penn, David Cronenberg to Get Marrakech Film Festival Tributes

The 21st edition of the fest will also posthumously pay homage to Moroccan star Naïma Elmcherqui.

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‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Wins Arab Critics’ Award for European Films

The Iranian drama from exiled director Mohammad Rasoulof is Germany's entry for the 2025 Academy Awards.

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AFM: Ansel Elgort Boards Bear Grylls-Produced Survival Thriller ‘Faster Than Horses’

The 'Baby Driver' star will headline the based-on-a-true-story feature about a former Olympic runner in a deadly footrace across the Sahara Desert.

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‘Queer’ Trailer: Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey Develop a Connection in Mexico City

The film adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novel premiered at the Venice Film Festival to positive reviews.

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AFM: Dave Bautista Leads A-List Additions to ‘Alpha Gang’

Steven Yeun, Zoë Kravitz, Léa Seydoux, Riley Keough, and Channing Tatum join star Cate Blanchett in the alien invasion comedy from the Zellner Brothers, which will be shopping to buyers at the American Film Market next week.

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Tokyo: Filmmaker Daihachi Yoshida On Literary Adaptations and Competition Entry ‘Teki Cometh’: “It Lit a Spark In Me”

An atmospheric character study shot in monochrome of a man nearing the end of his days, the film plays with reality and ask questions around an "enemy" everyone must face.

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Jon M. Chu to Receive American Cinema Editors’ Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award

Career achievement awards will also be presented to Maysie Hoy and Paul Hirsch.

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‘Moana 2’ Debuts First 30 Minutes as Sequel’s Team Promises “Epic Scale”

The film's directors explained how the project evolved from being planned as a streaming series to becoming a feature that hits theaters later this year: "We had to rightsize it in a very dramatic way."

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Tokyo Film Fest Makes Rollicking Start with Premiere of Bloody Samurai Flick ’11 Rebels’

During the festival's star-packed opening ceremony, Japan's new prime minister Shigeru Ishiba appeared via video to express his commitment to boosting support for the country's film sector.

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Jeremy Allen White Is The Boss in First Photo Released From Bruce Springsteen Biopic

The star of 'The Bear' features as the legendary musician in the upcoming biopic 'Deliver Me From Nowhere' directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Hearts), coming in 2025.

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‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Review: Aardman’s Beloved Duo Return With a Zippy, Gorgeously Animated Netflix Caper

The misadventure-prone inventor (now voiced by Ben Whitehead) creates a "smart" gnome that develops a mind of its own, leaving his clever pooch to save the day.

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David Harris, ‘The Warriors’ Actor, Dies at 75

Harris played Cochise in the 1979 cult classic film.

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Angelina Jolie Says ‘Maria’ Allowed Her To Be “Terrified Again as an Artist” and “Find My Voice”

The star portrays legendary but troubled opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín's latest film.

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Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham on the Return of Wallace and Gromit in New Netflix Film ‘Vengeance Most Fowl’

The first 'Wallace & Gromit' movie since 2008's 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' premieres at the AFI Film Festival on Sunday and bows on Netflix on Jan. 3.

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Tom Hanks on Reuniting With ‘Forrest Gump’ Co-Star Robin Wright For New Movie ‘Here’: “Can You Believe This?”

The pair are back together 30 years later for Robert Zemeckis' latest project, a single-shot film that also features de-aging technology.

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‘Venom’ Box Office: ‘Last Dance’ Stalling Out in U.S. With $52M Bow, Looks to Overseas for Rescue

The movie is opening well behind the first two installments in North America, where it's facing competition from the World Series showdown between the L.A. Dodgers and N.Y. Yankees

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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Slithers to $8.5M in Box Office Previews, Ups Global Forecast

The threequel returns Tom Hardy in the titular role.

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‘Snakes on a Plane’ Changed His Life. Then It All Fell Apart.

John Connery Heffernan III, the gonzo screenwriter behind the 2006 cult hit was never suited for the country club life into which he was born. In Hollywood, he found his people, his purpose and ultimately his undoing. A long-lost friend uncovers how it all went so wrong.

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StudioCanal Snaps up ‘Megalopolis’ TV, Streaming Rights for Europe

Francis Ford Coppola‘s $120 million epic has been a box office disappointment, but the studio is betting it will have long ancillary legs.

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Hugh Grant Shocks AFI Fest With Joke About 1995 Lewd Conduct Arrest at ‘Heretic’ Premiere

While introducing the thriller with filmmakers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and co-stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East, the 64-year-old star said: "Hollywood Boulevard has always been a lucky place for me."

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Jeremy Irvine to Play Gay Firefighter Turned Ballroom Dancer in ‘The Light Fantastic’

Layton Williams, Rupert Everett and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett co-star in the new British comedy from director Chris Cottam, which Cornerstone is selling at AFM.

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Nick Frost Horror Comedy ‘Get Away’ From XYZ Films Coming to Sky in U.K. in Early 2025

"Looking forward to spending a vacation on a small Swedish island, the Smith family is unsettled by the unfriendly mainlanders who advise them to avoid the island at all costs," says the logline.

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‘Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’ Review: Disney+/Hulu Doc Is a Joyfully Earnest, if Slightly Shallow, Tribute

Thom Zimny, a frequent collaborator of the rock icon, directs this inside look at the group as they prepare for and then embark on their first tour since 2017.

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Red Sea Film Fest Books ‘Black Dog,’ ‘Santosh,’ ‘Familiar Touch’ for Festival Favorites Program

The lineup of 12 movies from the fest circuit, including two from Africa, will be "showcasing diverse voices and perspectives," organizers of the event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia say.

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Roman Polanski Lawsuit Alleging Director Raped Minor in 1973 Has Been Settled

The case was "settled in the summer to the parties' mutual satisfaction and has now been formally dismissed," news agency Agence France-Presse quoted his lawyer as saying.

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MIPCOM: John Turturro, Melissa Leo Films Lead Mediapro’s Slate of English-Language Content

Among the unveiled scripted content is a show from producer Evan Katz, who will serve as showrunner on 'Witness 36' about a woman who falls in love with a man she helped create a new identity for.

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Robert Pattinson to Produce ‘Primetime’ for A24, ‘Ren Faire’ Director Lance Oppenheim

The feature is rumored to take inspiration from 'To Catch a Predator,' though the studio is not confirming any connection.

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‘Grand Theft Hamlet,’ ‘Witches’ Feature on Longlist for BIFAs Raindance Maverick Award

One of 13 contenders will win the honor for "creative, cash-conscious, and risk-taking filmmakers."

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Marvel Takes ‘Blade’ Off 2025 Calendar, New ‘Predator’ Movie Gets Theatrical Release Date

'Badlands' takes the Marvel movie's release date of Nov. 7, 2025.

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Paramount’s Dan Cohen Talks ‘NCIS: Tony & Ziva,’ ‘Adulthood’ With Josh Gad, Kaya Scodelario

Speaking at MIPCOM Cannes, Paramount's chief content licensing officer confirmed the revived Republic Pictures has picked up the U.S. and Canadian rights for Alex Winter's 'Adulthood.'

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‘Fanmade: Enhypen’ Trailer Celebrates the Strong Bond Between K-Pop Stars and Fans (Exclusive)

The documentary, produced by Hello Sunshine and Good-People, follows the K-Pop boy group and their fandom, collectively known as Engenes.

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The Hottest Ticket in Town: Johnny Depp to Close Out Rome Film Fest With ‘Modi’

Depp’s new film will be shown on Saturday after snagging the "Capri Cult Award 2024."

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Lily Gladstone, Sharon Stone Join Marc Maron in Indie Comedy ‘In Memoriam’ (Exclusive)

Former 'Late Show with David Letterman' head writer Rob Burnett wrote the script and is directing the feature.

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Spain’s Most Prestigious Film School Opens Short Contest With J.A. Bayona, Daniel Brühl on the Jury

"We need to empower young students," headmaster of the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya, told THR about the competition.

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Netflix Developing Film Adaptation of Rebecca Yarros Novel ‘In the Likely Event’ (Exclusive)

Penned by Netflix's "go-to" writer Lindsey Ferrentino, the film is based on the 2023 novel by best-selling 'Fourth Wing' author Rebecca Yarros about a romance between a U.S. soldier and congressional aide.

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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Overtakes ‘Barbie’ In All-Time Domestic Box Office Receipts

Greta Gerwig's meta-comedy, however, still ranks ahead of the Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman smash hit at the worldwide box office.

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Aaron Kaufman, Director of the Ukraine War Documentary ‘Superpower,’ Dies at 51

The filmmaker, whose doc was meant to be lighthearted and shine a light on President Volodymyr Zelensky, was also the longtime producing partner of Robert Rodriguez.

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‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Mother Vera’ Win BFI London Film Festival Awards

Honors for best first feature and best short film were also unveiled as 'Piece by Piece,' Morgan Neville's animated LEGO biopic of Pharrell Williams, will help wrap up the 68th edition of the fest.

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Box Office: ‘Smile 2’ Grinning With $23M Opening, ‘Anora’ Jolts Awards Race Awake

Paramount's horror-thriller sequel is easily set to win the weekend but still has to contend with competition from indie slasher pic 'Terrifier 3.'

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Denzel Washington on His ‘Gladiator II’ Role: “I’m Putting This Dress On, These Rings, and I’m Going Crazy”

Washington joined Paul Mescal, Connie Nielsen and Fred Hechinger at an early screening of the sequel on Friday night.

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‘That Christmas’ Review: Netflix’s Richard Curtis-Scripted Animation Is Poised to Become a New Holiday Classic

Brian Cox voices Santa in Simon Otto's feature directing debut, which tells overlapping stories about children at Yuletide in a quaint seaside town.

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‘Undercover: Exposing the Far Right’ Doc Pulled by London Fest Amid “Safety and Well-Being Risks”

"After exploring all the viable options to screen this film at a public film festival, we took the heartbreaking decision," says fest director Kristy Matheson. It will air on Channel 4 on Monday.

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Lee Pace Joins Glen Powell as Villain in Edgar Wright’s ‘The Running Man’ (Exclusive)

Josh Brolin and Katy O'Brien are already on the call sheet for Paramount's adaptation of the Stephen King novel.

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Queer Lebanese Director Returns to His Hometown in ‘Tripoli/A Tale of Three Cities’ Trailer (Exclusive)

Raed Rafei interviewed people about their embrace of new ideas for his doc, "a poetic reflection on the ... dramatic moments that Lebanon has experienced ... in anticipation of the current devastating war."

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‘Nocturnes’ Review: A Delicate Doc Explores the Beauty of Moths and What They Tell Us About Climate Change

Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan's film, which won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Craft at Sundance, transports viewers to a lush forest in the Eastern Himalayas.

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Nick Cave Reads, Emilíana Torrin Sings: How ‘The Extraordinary Miss Flower’ Is Getting Audiences Grooving

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard ('20,000 Days on Earth') discuss their London Film Fest movie, "part film, part theater, part fever dream," the desire to work across film and music and the need for empathy: "Our faith in playful creativity was restored by this film."

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Jennifer Lawrence- and Malala-Produced Apple Doc About Afghan Women ‘Bread & Roses’ Drops Trailer

The Sahra Mani-directed film had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and will begin streaming on Apple TV+ on Nov. 22.

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‘Goodrich’ Review: Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis Buoy a Good-Natured Dramedy Drowning in Clichés

In Hallie Meyers-Shyer's second film, a man must lean on his eldest daughter from his first marriage after his second wife leaves unexpectedly leaves him with their two young kids.

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‘The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire’ Explores a Trailblazer of Afro-Caribbean Surrealism While Subverting the Classic Form of Biopics

Artist Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich discusses her first feature and why she is "a pleasure forward filmmaker" who loves "courageous" films: "I'd rather make you furious with me than have you just go and eat a sandwich."

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‘Kneecap’ Stars Dominate Longlist for BIFA’s Breakthrough Performance Award

Sponsored by Netflix, 12 actors have been spotlighted on the British Independent Film Awards' list this year after "remarkable" performances in stand-out features.

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WME Independent Co-Head: “IP Gives You Protection” in Today’s “Really Hard” Film Business

Alex Walton, Globalgate Entertainment's Meg Thomson, and others discussed originals, adaptations and remakes at the BFI London Film Festival.

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Taron Egerton Battles Jason Bateman to Protect Plane in Netflix’s Tense ‘Carry-On’ Trailer

Jaume Collet-Serra helmed the thriller feature that begins streaming just in time for the holidays.

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‘Smile 2’ Review: Naomi Scott Gets Put through Hell in Unsettling Horror Sequel That Goes Full Freakout

Parker Finn follows his surprise 2022 hit about a malevolent spirit that jumps hosts via a diabolical grin, this time infecting a troubled pop star with a ton of trauma to feed on.

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Netflix Unveils German Film on Migrant Rescue Operation Starring Louis Hofmann

The movie is inspired by the true story of German NGO Jugend Rettet and its ship, the Iuventa, which saved thousands of migrants in the Mediterranean after a crowdfunder was launched to obtain the boat.

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Sebastian Stan Scolds “Hypocrite” Trump at ‘The Apprentice’ U.K. Premiere: “Do You Really Trust This Person to Lead a Country?”

Stan, who portrays Donald Trump in Ali Abbasi's new movie, was asked whether this film debuting so close to the U.S. election could sway voters: "He's been trying to censor this movie, and at the same time, he claims he acknowledges free speech. I can't think of anything more hypocritical."

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‘Brothers’ Review: Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage Play Estranged Twins in Amazon’s Erratic Crime Caper

Glenn Close, Brendan Fraser and M. Emmet Walsh also star in ‘Palm Springs’ director Max Barbakow’s sophomore feature.

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Searchlight Pictures “Can’t Be Competitive” With Giants Like Netflix But Score With “Humanity”: Exec

Touting the "un-American" and "un-corporate" studio, Katie Goodson-Thomas tells the BFI London Film Festival that under Disney's ownership, it has had more focus on brand but also "total creative freedom."

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Camerimage Film Festival: ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘The Girl With the Needle’ and ‘The Fire Inside’ to Screen in Competition

Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett will serve as jury president at the 32nd edition of the pioneering Polish event honoring excellence in cinematography.

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‘Sugarcane’ Leads Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations

'Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story,' 'Daughters' and 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story' received six nominations each.

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Lupita Nyong’o on Becoming a Scream Queen and Living With Grief After Chadwick Boseman’s Death: “I Don’t Think I’ll Ever Be Done Shedding My Tears”

The 'Black Panther' star also said that when filming the 2018 Black-led movie with Boseman: "Marvel was shaking in their boots a little bit. We were too! But it totally shattered the myth that Black doesn't sell."

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Clare Dunne, Michael Socha, Dexter Sol Ansell Join Bill Nighy, Roman Griffin Davis in ‘500 Miles’

Ansell, who has been cast in a 'Game of Thrones' prequel, and the two others come on board the road movie that also features Maisie Williams of 'Game of Thrones' fame.

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Marianne Jean-Baptiste on Awards Buzz for ‘Hard Truths,’ Her Long-Awaited Reunion With Mike Leigh

Twenty-eight years after scoring a supporting actress Oscar nomination for 'Secrets and Lies,' the British actress stars in the director's new movie that gets its U.K. premiere at the BFI London Film Festival.

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‘Flow’ Director on the Feline Inspiration Behind His Cat-Focused Animated Environmental Fable

A big winner at the Annecy Animation Film Festival, and Latvia's entry for the Oscar, Gints Zilbalodis' film hits U.S. theaters on Nov. 22 after its U.K. premiere at the London Film Festival.

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Zoe Saldaña Opens Up About Sci-Fi Typecast Fears, How James Cameron Helped Her Book ‘Star Trek’

"I went into 'Guardians' with a lot of fear of being typecast," she said of her role in the Marvel film franchise.

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Box Office: ‘Terrifier 3’ Winning Weekend as ‘Joker 2’ Suffers Historic Fall, and ‘The Apprentice’ Gets Fired

The Donald Trump feature is among several Oscar hopefuls opening nationwide to sluggish numbers, including Jason Reitman's 'Saturday Night.'

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‘The Summer Book’ Review: Glenn Close Gets Back to Nature in Charlie McDowell’s Delicate Reflection on the Cycles of Life and Death

Anders Danielsen Lie and young newcomer Emily Matthews also star in this adaptation of Tove Jansson’s novel about a grieving family on an islet in the Gulf of Finland.

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Denis Villeneuve Tells Brett Goldstein ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Was The “Riskiest” Film of His Career

"I thought, to make a sequel to my favorite film is a beautiful way to end my career," the 'Dune' director told 'Ted Lasso' star Brett Goldstein at a BFI London Film Festival event on Saturday.

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Lamorne Morris Finally Lands a Gig on ‘SNL’ (Sort Of)

The freshly minted Emmy winner always dreamed of being on 'Saturday Night Live.' He just never imagined he’d end up doing it on the big screen as Garrett Morris.

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Kerry Washington Inspires WWII Black Women Battalion to Battle in Tyler Perry’s ‘The Six Triple Eight’ Trailer

The prolific director’s fourth film for Netflix — about the first and only Women's Army Corps unit of color to battle overseas during the Second World War — launches Dec. 20.

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‘Suburban Fury’ Review: A Riveting but Searching Documentary Portrait of a Would-Be Presidential Assassin

In his latest feature, Robinson Devor weaves archival footage and exclusive interviews with Sara Jane Moore to figure out how a seemingly ordinary mother became an FBI informant and later a radical.

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Zurich Jury Duty Reignites Lee Daniels’ Passion for Indie Cinema

"I lost my balls a little bit," he says, arguing that the success of TV's 'Empire' blunted his creative edge, but judging the films at Zurich has sparked a desire to return to his indie roots: "It's been like a rebirth."

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Exec Bringing ‘The Apprentice,’ Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ to Screens Decries Hollywood’s “Cowardice”

After releasing movies like 'Fahrenheit 9/11' and 'Spotlight' earlier in his career, Tom Ortenberg has never been afraid of controversy. But with distribution deals for the scathing new Trump film and Majors' return, the Briarcliff founder says he's still feeling "needed" in a risk-averse movie industry.

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Mubi Acquires ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ for U.S., Global Streaming (Exclusive)

The SXSW-winning documentary follows a pair of out-of-work theater actors during the COVID lockdown of 2021 who try to stage a production of 'Hamlet' within the video game 'Grand Theft Auto.'

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Oscars 2025: South Africa Picks ‘Old Righteous Blues’ for International Feature Race

Muneera Sallies’ drama follows a young man who tries to unite his fractured community by restoring a blues Christmas choir band.

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Oscars 2025: Singapore Picks Malay-Language Comedy ‘La Luna’ for International Feature Category

Director M. Raihan Halim’s comedic drama — starring Shaheizy Sam, Sharifah Amani, Wan Hanafi Su and Hisyam Hamid  — premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival last year. 

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Daniel Kaluuya on How Chadwick Boseman “Big Bro-ed” Him and Heightened “Anxiety” on a U.S. Set

The 'Get Out' and 'Black Panther' star spoke with fellow actor and friend Ashley Walters at a BFI London Film Festival event Wednesday, saying about Boseman: "Meeting Chad was a pivotal moment in my life."

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Saoirse Ronan on London Fest Opener ‘Blitz,’ How the News Never Allowed “an Escape” From War, and the “Pivotal” Role of Women During WWII

She, fellow cast members Stephen Graham and Benjamin Clementine, and director Steve McQueen also lauded young star Elliot Heffernan during a press conference ahead of the festival's official evening start.

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Sandra Bullock Reunites With Keanu Reeves at ‘Speed’ Anniversary Screening, Says Hollywood Might Not be “Brave Enough” for Third Installment

Bullock and Reeves shared the Egyptian Theatre stage with filmmaker Jan de Bont and moderator Jim Hemphill for a lively 50-minute conversation to mark the 30th anniversary of 'Speed.'

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European Animated Film Nominations Unveiled

The European Film Academy announced the five animated feature nominees for this year's European Film Awards, all of which are also eligible for the best film prize.

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Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan Battles Celebrity Fame in Latest ‘A Complete Unknown’ Trailer

The iconic songwriter bristles at being defined by success and audience expectations in the official trailer for James Mangold’s biopic set to hit theaters on Dec. 25.

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Political Cinema Pioneer Costa-Gavras to Recieve Lifetime Achievement César

The French Film Academy will honor the Oscar-winning director of 'Missing' and 'Z.'

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‘Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid’ Trailer and Poster Unveiled (Exclusive)

Acclaimed documentarian Matt Tyrnauer's latest doc, which will debut in theaters on Friday, profiles the legendary political strategist James Carville and chronicles his efforts to convince Pres. Joe Biden to not seek re-election.

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Ernest Shackleton’s “Stunning” Footage Comes To Life 110 Years Later with Nat Geo’s ‘Endurance’

Premiering at the BFI London Film Festival, and soon to stream on Disney+, the doc alternates between the explorer's legendary Antarctic expedition and the 2022 mission to find the wreck of his ship.

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NYFF: Holocaust-Studies Dramedy ‘A Real Pain’ Debuts With a Giant Digital Jesse Eisenberg

A Zoomed-in Eisenberg joined the premiere of his new film which embeds issues of trauma and identity in an odd-couple buddy comedy.

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London Film Fest Head on World Premieres, the Post-Strikes Return of Stars, Plus the Strong Showing for Brazil, Animation — and Animals

Kristy Matheson also discusses how "motherhood in all of its many guises" features across the BFI fest's 2024 edition and how LFF's thematic strands work.

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Busan: Korean Blockbuster ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ to Get Indonesian Sequel and Series Adaptation

Indonesia’s Falcon Pictures and South Korea’s Contents Panda are coming together for the projects, which build on a trend of Korean genre films being remade in local markets around the globe.

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Busan: Kiyoshi Kurosawa On Why His New Film ‘Cloud’ Is Not the Typical Action Movie

The Japanese filmmaker explained how his film could be seen as a dark reflection of modern-day Japan after its economy collapsed.

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Fans Say ‘Joker 2’ Ending Was a Betrayal, But Was It Actually Its Finest Moment?

Maybe it's not the punchline we deserve, but Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix danced through a messy delivery to land on a pretty killer joke.

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‘Wild Robot’ Director on Bringing Out Pedro Pascal’s “Playful” Side and Voicing Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’

Filmmaker Chris Sanders and producer Jeff Hermann tell The Hollywood Reporter about a potential sequel and their hopes for the future of animation: "The human element in this film is what made the difference."

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‘The Burbs’ Director Reacts to Movie’s Keke Palmer-Led Series Remake: “It’s Kind of a One-Off Story”

Filmmaker Joe Dante spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about Peacock's planned project, and discussed the second season of Max's 'Gremlins: The Wild Bunch.'

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How to Watch All of the ‘Deadpool’ Movies in Order Online

All three movies, plus spinoff films, are available to stream right now.

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‘Devara: Part 1’ Review: N.T. Rama Rao Jr. Soars in an Occasionally Thrilling, Frequently Exhausting Action Drama

The 'RRR' star plays multiple roles in writer-director Koratala Siva's bloody Tollywood epic, set in a remote coastal region populated by four warring clans.

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‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Earns $7M in Box Office Previews, Notably Less Than First Film

Todd Phillips' daring movie teams Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in a genre-busting, music-infused sequel that's polarizing critics and audiences.

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SCAD Savannah Film Fest: Demi Moore, Amy Adams and Natasha Lyonne Among New Wave of Honorees (Exclusive)

Marisa Abela, Felicity Jones, Pablo Larraín, Diego Luna, Margaret Qualley, Jason Reitman and RaMell Ross will also be fêted at the fest.

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Mubi in Multi-Territory Deal for Daniel Craig Drama ‘Queer’

The arthouse distributor snapped up all rights across multiple territories, including UK, Germany and Canada, for Luca Guadanino's William S. Burroughs adaptation.

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Oscars: Thailand Picks ‘How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ for International Feature Category

The heartwarming drama, starring popular Thai singer Putthipong Assaratanakul (aka Billkin), has become a worldwide hit, earning nearly $50 million at the global box office.

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Francis Ford Coppola Receives Standing Ovation at U.K. Film and Television School Visit (Exclusive)

The 'Megalopolis' director offered advice and insight to the students during a two-hour "In Conversation" event earlier this week.

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Oscars 2025: Bangladesh Submits ‘Boli’ for International Feature Category

The traditional wrestling drama from first-time feature director Iqbal Hossain Chowdhury won a top prize last year at the Busan International Film Festival.

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Oscars 2025: Bosnia and Herzegovina Pick Danis Tanovic’s ‘My Late Summer’ as Best International Feature Contender

Tanovic won the best international feature Oscar in 2002 with 'No Man's Land.'

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‘Rust’ to Make World Premiere at Camerimage Film Festival (Without Alec Baldwin)

The indie Western will be unveiled before the public three years after the tragic on-set death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins — but its star and producer will not be in attendance.

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Jonathan Majors’ ‘Magazine Dreams’ Landing Theatrical Release from ‘Apprentice’ Outfit Briarcliff

The body building feature was previously set up at Searchlight, before the star's criminal conviction.

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Olivia Rodrigo Sets GUTS World Tour Concert Special at Netflix

The film hits Netflix on Oct. 29.

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European Film Academy Opens Best Film Category to Docs, Animated Features

Feature length documentaries and animated films can now qualify for the top prize of best European film.

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‘TWST: Things We Said Today’ Review: A Thrillingly Experimental Beatles Doc Serves up a Dynamic Snapshot of a Moment in Time

Director Andrei Ujica blends archival footage with animation and narration for a unique feature that's built around, but never actually shows, the band's iconic 1965 Shea Stadium concert.

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Paz Vega Calls Sofia Allepuz, the Young Star of Her Directorial Debut ‘Rita,’ “a Ferrari”

Spanish actress and director Paz Vega (Spanglish, Sex and Lucia, Rambo: Last Blood, The OA, Netflix heist drama Kaleidoscope), who wrote and stepped behind the camera for her directorial debut Rita, which world premiered during the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival this summer, enjoys writing and directing, adding another layer to her creative endeavors. […]

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Nathan Crowley to Receive EnergaCamerimage Festival’s Production Designer Award

Poland’s pioneering EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival revealed Tuesday that industry veteran Nathan Crowley will receive a special award for achievement in production design at the event’s upcoming 32nd edition in Toruń. Crowley is best known for his long-running collaboration with Christopher Nolan, which earned him Oscar nominations for production design on The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet (he also was […]

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Sean Baker’s Cannes Winner ‘Anora’ to Open Stockholm Film Festival

Sean Baker’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anora will open this year’s Stockholm Film Festival, organizers said Tuesday. Scream and Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood actress Mikey Madison stars as the titular character in the screwball dramedy, playing a sex worker in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, who gets mixed up with the son of a Russian oligarch. […]

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Cillian Murphy Is Tommy Shelby Once Again as Production Begins on ‘Peaky Blinders’ Film

Tommy Shelby is back. Cillian Murphy has reprised his iconic Peaky Blinders role and reunited with Steven Knight, the mastermind behind the hit Birmingham gangster drama, in a first look photo released Monday. The Peaky Blinders Netflix film, directed by Tom Harper, is officially in production, the streaming giant announced on Monday. The film follows […]

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NYFF: How a Palme d’Or Winner Pulled Off an ’80s-Style Action-Comedy Set Piece Involving a Sex Worker

[The following story contains spoilers from Anora.] It’s the scene of the movie and perhaps of the season: halfway through his sex-worker dramedy Anora, director Sean Baker somehow puts on the board a 28-minute real-time scene in which a pair of heavies out of an ’80s action-comedy seek to rein in Mikey Madison’s tough-but-vulnerable escort […]

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Where Is Bob Weinstein? Brother of Harvey Answers the Question With Three New Films

For the past few years, Bob Weinstein has been quietly setting up movies under a new label, Watch This Entertainment. On Oct. 11, the first of those films, Seven Cemeteries, will arrive in theaters and on-demand courtesy of Quiver Distribution. Seven Cemeteries comes to screens as Bob’s older brother and former business partner, Harvey Weinstein, […]

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Julia Roberts to Receive Honorary French César Award

Julia Roberts will receive an honorary César award at the upcoming 50th César Awards in Paris. The Pretty Woman star will be honored at the gala event on Feb. 28, 2025 at the historic Olympia Hall in Paris. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Canal+. “Julia Roberts is not only a movie star but also […]

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‘Nickel Boys’ Director RaMell Ross on How Film’s Subjective Point of View Serves as an “Experiment of Perception”

For his film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s bestseller The Nickel Boys, director RaMell Ross largely tells the story using a subjective point of view, with the camera serving as the eyes of main characters Elwood (Ethan Herisse and Daveed Diggs) and Turner (Brandon Wilson). The immersive experience, Ross told The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the […]

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Kris Kristofferson, Idol of Country Music and the Movies, Dies at 88

Kris Kristofferson, the soulful country music superstar who wrote “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” performed with the supergroup The Highwaymen and made audiences swoon in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and A Star Is Born, has died. He was 88.  Kristofferson died Saturday at home in Maui, Hawaii, […]

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John Ashton, ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Actor, Dies at 76

John Ashton, known for playing John Taggert in Beverly Hills Cop and its various sequels, has died. He was 76. Ashton died on Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado, his manager Alan Somers told The Hollywood Reporter. A cause of death was not immediately available. Detective Sergeant John Taggart appeared in the first two Beverly Hills […]

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Lamorne Morris Relates to Garrett Morris’ Experience as the First Black Cast Member of ‘SNL’

Garrett Morris, Saturday Night Live (SNL)’s first Black cast member, appeared on the show from 1975 to 1980 and was best known for his portrayal of the fictional Dominican baseball player Chico Escuela. However, it was his role as Stan Winters on the first three seasons of Martin Lawrence’s self-titled ‘90s sitcom Martin that made […]

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Andrew Garfield Charms San Sebastian as ‘We Live in Time’ Wraps Up Film Festival

Andrew Garfield graced the red carpet in San Sebastian on Saturday night as his latest film, We Live in Time, closed the film festival on the Spanish coast. The British actor was not joined by his co-star Florence Pugh but did have director John Crowley by his side. We Live in Time, which screened out […]

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Box Office: ‘Megalopolis’ Bombs With D+ CinemaScore, ‘Wild Robot’ Soaring to No. 1

DreamWorks Animaton and Universal’s family film The Wild Robot is charming moviegoers and audiences alike, boasting both a stellar 98 percent Rotten Tomatoes critics score and a 98 percent audience score, not to mention an A CinemaScore from moviegoers — if only the love were being spread around. Francis Ford Coppola — in one of […]

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Nicholas Podany Watched ‘When Harry Met Sally’ for First Time Before ‘Saturday Night’ Audition for Billy Crystal

He is slightly embarrassed to admit it, but Nicholas Podany first watched When Harry Met Sally as he was gearing up for an audition to portray the classic rom-com’s star, Billy Crystal. Podany was going out for Jason Retiman’s Saturday Night (in theaters this weekend in limited release before opening wider on Oct 11.) Told […]

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Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Actress in Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Frenzy,’ Dies at 88

Barbara Leigh-Hunt, the Olivier Award-winning actress who portrayed one of the victims of Barry Foster’s Necktie Murderer in Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate film, Frenzy, has died. She was 88. Leigh-Hunt died peacefully Sept. 16 at her home in Warwickshire, England, her family announced. The British star also was known for her performance as Lady Catherine de […]

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How to Watch ‘Apartment 7A’ Online, the Prequel to Horror Classic ‘Rosemary’s Baby’

Beginning Friday, Sept. 27, Apartment 7A, the Rosemary’s Baby prequel starring Julia Garner and Dianne Wiest, is available to stream on Paramount+. The film explores what happened in the Bramford, the apartment building where Rosemary’s Baby is set, before Rosemary (Mia Farrow) moved in. The psychological thriller is also available to purchase for $19.99 on Apple […]

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Box Office: ‘The Wild Robot’ Beats ‘Megalopolis’ in Previews

DreamWorks Animaton and Universal’s The Wild Robot started off its North American box office run with $1.95 million in Thursday previews, a solid start for a family animated film. The movie is based on Peter Brown’s beloved bestseller about a robot nicknamed ROZ who forms an unexpected bond with an orphaned gosling and other creatures […]

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‘Downton Abbey’ Cast, Creators Pay Tribute to Maggie Smith: “One of the Greatest Actors of Our Time”

Maggie Smith’s Downton Abbey family and other figures in Hollywood are paying tribute to the late, Oscar-winning actress who died on Friday. She was also known for her iconic role as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film franchise, as well as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and […]

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Film Academy Postpones Event Set for Oct. 7 Amid Concerns (Exclusive)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has postponed a reception for new members in New York from Oct. 7 — the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel — to a date to be determined later this year, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. “It is so important to us that everyone feel comfortable and […]

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‘Maria’ Teaser Sees Angelina Jolie as Legendary but Troubled Opera Singer

Angelina Jolie goes through all the emotions in the first teaser trailer for Maria, which sees the actress portray the legendary but troubled opera singer Maria Callas. The film, directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie and Spencer), follows the “American-Greek soprano as she retreats to Paris after a glamorous and tumultuous life in the public eye. Maria reimagines […]

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Barbra Streisand Documentary in the Works From Frank Marshall

Barbra Streisand is getting into the music documentary game. The singer, actress, director, producer and EGOT winner has started production on a multipart documentary about her life and career directed by Frank Marshall and produced by Alex Gibney, the project’s creative team announced Thursday. The project aims to be an “intimate and comprehensive exploration of […]

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Tokyo International Film Festival Unveils Lineup

The Tokyo International Film Festival revealed its full 2024 lineup on Wednesday, including its main competition program and the Asian Future section for emerging regional filmmakers, as well as the all-new Women’s Empowerment section, which highlights nine films directed by women or involving female-focussed stories.  Tokyo’s 15-title main competition reveals a preference for securing world […]

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Oscars 2025: U.K. Selects ‘Santosh’ as International Feature Submission

The U.K. has selected Santosh, an Indian police procedural from director Sandhya Suri, to represent the country in the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature category. Shahana Goswami stars as the titular Santosh, a driven young Hindu widow who inherits her husband’s job as a police constable thanks to a government scheme. She finds […]

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AGBO Creative Chief Touts Priyanka Chopra Jonas, ‘Electric State,’ Robert Downey Jr. Digital Double

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, robots, Robert Downey Jr., and more were in focus in London Tuesday morning as executives from AGBO, the artist-led independent studio from brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, discussed upcoming series and film projects. Chief creative officer Angela Russo-Otstot, the sister of the duo, and chief marketing officer Marian Koltai-Levine also shared insights […]

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Oscars 2025: Mexico Picks Sundance Winner ‘Sujo’ for International Feature Race

Mexico has picked Sundance Film Festival winner Sujo to represent the country at the 2025 Oscars in the Best International Feature category. The drama from Identifying Features directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez premiered at Sundance this year, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema. It is currently doing the festival tour […]

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Oscars 2025: Kazakhstan Picks ‘Bauryna Salu’ for International Feature Race

The submissions for the 97th Oscars in the best international feature category are coming thick and fast as countries rush to get in their entries before the Nov. 14 deadline. Kazakhstan is the latest to pick a national contender, selecting Askhat Kuchinchirekov’s coming-of-age tale Bauryna Salu. The feature premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival […]

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Elizabeth Olsen’s Sister Act

Death has been on Elizabeth Olsen’s mind lately. It started — or, rather, became much more acute — on a recent helicopter ride. The actress was on an East Coast press tour for her new movie, His Three Daughters, and Netflix scheduled a junket day in New York City, followed by a screening out in […]

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Oscars 2025: India Selects ‘Laapataa Ladies’ for Best International Feature Race

India has selected Kiran Rao’s comedy of errors Laapataa Ladies (Lost Ladies) to represent the country in the 2025 Oscar race in the Best International Feature category. The Hindi-language film, which premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, beat out Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light, which had been considered the frontrunner for the […]

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San Sebastian: How Audrey Diwan’s ‘Emmanuelle’ Helped Noémie Merlant Rediscover Her Libido

Noémie Merlant found she had a lot in common with her character in Emmanuelle. Her involvement in Audrey Diwan‘s new film, in the titular role, was so influential that she says it helped her re-examine her own relationship with female pleasure. “Like Emmanuelle, I was completely disconnected with my body,” the French actress tells The […]

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Karla Sofia Gascón Talks ‘Emilia Pérez’ Oscar Buzz in San Sebastian: “I Want the Focus to Be on My Acting”

Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofia Gascón has spoken candidly about her performance in Jacques Audiard’s one-of-a-kind Spanish language musical, saying that making history with an Oscar nomination is a possibility out of her control. The actress, a trans woman, has been the recipient of critical acclaim since the film debuted in Cannes, winning her the […]

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Box Office: ‘Transformers One’ Getting Squeezed by ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ in an Unexpected Close Battle

In a surprise twist, the Bots are getting squeezed by Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at the weekend box office. Transformers One was expected to open to at least $30 million to $35 million in North America. Now, it’s looking like $26 million, which puts the Paramount and Hasbro movie in an all-too-close race with Warner Bros.’ Beetlejuice […]

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Kathryn Crosby, ‘7th Voyage of Sinbad’ Actress and Wife of Bing Crosby, Dies at 90

She also appeared in 'The Phenix City Story,' 'Operation Mad Ball,' 'The Big Circus' and 'Anatomy of a Murder.'

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Questlove Set to Direct Earth, Wind & Fire Documentary

21st night day of September, indeed. Questlove is on board to direct the Earth, Wind & Fire documentary in the works. The feature is set to examine the iconic group’s lasting legacy, cultural impact and enduring body of work. For the project, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning filmmaker will feature exclusive access to the band’s archives […]

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Sean Baker Talks ‘Anora’ Success in San Sebastian: “I’m Not Looking for It to Get Me a Marvel Film”

Sean Baker, director of Cannes’ Palme d’Or winner Anora, discussed the success of his latest movie at a San Sebastian Film Festival event Saturday, admitting that he won’t be using the momentum to take on big-budget studio films like Marvel’s. Baker spoke to a packed crowd about his film — now receiving Oscar buzz — […]

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James Cameron Says He Knows Parts of ‘Terminator’ Are “Cringeworthy,” Shuts Down Critics of Dialogue in His Films

James Cameron reflected on being “just a punk” when he directed The Terminator and how, looking back now, he knows it wasn’t perfect. The Oscar-winning director spoke to Empire magazine ahead of the classic sci-fi film’s 40th anniversary next month and noted he considers the project his first, despite technically getting his first director credit […]

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‘Happy Holidays’ Director Scandar Copti on Finding Love Across the Israeli, Palestinian Divide

Scandar Copti doesn’t like polemics. In his Oscar-nominated debut Ajami (2009), Copti, a Palestinian director and Israeli citizen, avoided easy answers, and obvious finger-pointing, to tell a story of crime and corruption, family belonging, and political divisions set in his hometown of Jaffa, a mostly Arab city just south of Tel Aviv. Co-directed with Jewish […]

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Oscars 2025: Norway Picks Renate Reinsve Starrer ‘Armand’ for International Feature Race

Norway has entered the 2025 Oscar race, selecting Halfdan Ullmann Tondel’s school-set drama Armand as its contender for next year’s Academy Awards in the best international feature category. Renate Reinsve, the breakout star of Joachim Trier’s double Oscar nominee The Worst Person in the World, plays the lead in Armand, namely Elisabeth, a local celebrity […]

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‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Outfit MK2 Inks Multi-Year Financing Deal With IPR.VC

French production and sales outfit mk2 films has signed a multi-year financing deal with the Finnish private equity fund IPR.VC to bankroll a slate of new projects, the two companies unveiled on Thursday. The new capital will come in handy for mk2, which is looking to build on recent crossover success, including its co-productions The […]

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Oscars 2025: Denmark Picks ‘The Girl With the Needle’ for International Feature Race

Denmark has selected Magnus von Horn’s period drama The Girl With the Needle as its nominee for Best International Feature at the 2025 Oscars. Set in Copenhagen in 1919, the feature stars Vic Carmen Sonne (Holiday, Godland) as Karoline, a young seamstress who is left high and dry when her wealthy lover (Joachim Fjelstrup) gets […]

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Zurich Festival to Honor ‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger

The Zurich Film Festival will this year present director Edward Berger with its prestigious Golden Eye A Tribute To…Award, honoring his life’s work. Berger, whose 2022 war epic All Quiet on the Western Front was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 4, is back in the award conversations this year with his latest feature, Conclave. […]

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Oscars 2025: France Picks ‘Emilia Pérez’ for Best International Feature Race

France has picked Jacques Audiard’s queer crime musical Emilia Pérez as its contender for the 2025 Oscar race in the best international feature category. Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz star alongside Spanish trans actress Karla Sofia Gascón in the genre-jumping feature about a Mexican drug lord (Gascón) who enlists the help of a […]

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BAFTA: Asif Kapadia Backs Doc, Factual Content Talent Program

BAFTA, film director Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna, docu-fiction thriller 2073), TV host Reggie Yates (Reggie Yates: Extreme Russia, Reggie Yates: Insider), advocacy organization We Are Doc Women, and British luxury menswear house Dunhill are partnering on a BAFTA Elevate program to accelerate the careers of up to 20 mid-senior level creatives making documentary and specialist factual TV content and feature […]

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GLAAD’s 2023 Studio Responsibility Index Reports Sharp Increase in LGBTQ Characters of Color

GLAAD released the 12th installment of its Studio Responsibility Index, a study that tracks the “quantity, quality and diversity” of LGBTQ characters in films released in a calendar year by 10 Hollywood distributors. The report found that most of the companies received low grades and overall representation ticked down just slightly. To compile the data, […]

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Pamela Anderson to Receive Golden Eye Honor at Zurich Film Festival

Iconic Canadian actress Pamela Anderson will be honored at the 20th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) with the festival’s Golden Eye award in honor of her “versatile career.” Anderson will present her latest feature, Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl, at the 2024 Zurich Festival and will receive her award on Oct.4. In The Last Showgirl, which premiered […]

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Oscars 2025: Finland Picks ‘Family Time’ for International Feature Race

Finland has picked the dramedy Family Time to represent the country for the 2025 Oscars in the best international feature category. The film, by writer/director Tia Kouvo, is a sharp look at the familial ties that bind, following three dysfunctional generations as they come together at their grandparents’ house over the holidays. Ria Kataja, Elina […]

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Bike Theft Comedy ‘James’ Wins Oldenburg Film Festival

James, a quirky Canadian comedy about a stolen bike, has won the German Independence Award for Best Film at this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival. The black-and-white feature, from director Max Train, which our reviewer compared to the “early works of Jim Jarmusch” follows the down-on-his-luck title character (played by Dylan Beatch, who co-wrote the screenplay […]

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BFI Chair, Working Title Films Bosses Set for London Film Festival Spotlight Sessions

Spotlight sessions featuring the bosses of Working Title Films, the international head of Searchlight Pictures and the chair of the BFI, as well as panels on the story behind the success of Last Swim, emerging film writers and documentary makers, adaptations and remakes, the art of sound, and marketing magic are among the industry sessions […]

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Sylvia Le Fanu’s First Feature ‘My Eternal Summer’ Gets Teaser Before San Sebastian Debut (Exclusive)

Sylvia Le Fanu‘s feature debut My Eternal Summer, which is set to have its world premiere in the New Directors lineup of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, now has a teaser trailer. “Fifteen-year-old Fanny and her parents retreat to their summer house, embracing familiar routines: reading, swimming, and walking,” a synopsis of the movie […]

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Toronto Awards Takeaways: Feinberg on an Off-Year for the Fest

The Toronto International Film Festival — which I have been attending since 2007, and from which I just returned — has long been an important launching pad for Oscar contenders, from 1981’s Chariots of Fire to 1999’s American Beauty to 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire to 2018’s Green Book. But a few years ago, that status was jeopardized […]

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Paramount Snags Fall’s Hottest Sales Title ‘September 5,’ Shaking Up Oscar Race (Exclusive)

In a move that will thoroughly shake up the Oscar race, September 5, the hottest sales title that played at this year’s fall film festivals and an across-the-board awards contender, has landed at Paramount Pictures, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The studio has secured the worldwide distribution rights for the film — with the exception […]

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Toronto: Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Life of Chuck’ Wins Audience Award

Mike Flanagan’s The Life Of Chuck picked up the top People’s Choice honor Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival as its 2024 edition wrapped with renewed celebrity heat but still in the shadow of Venice and Cannes. The Stephen King novella adaptation stars Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan and Chiwetel Ejiofor in a genre-tripping film about […]

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Newcomer Gia De Sauvage on Debut Thriller and Her Admiration for Gena Rowlands

Gia De Sauvage is just starting her career onscreen, but she already has a model for the path she’d like to follow. “I just absolutely adore Gena Rowlands, and I would love to have a career like hers,” the newcomer says. She makes her debut in the new television movie, Nightmare in the Desert, the first of the cable […]

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‘Shell’ Review: Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson Headline a Superficial but Serviceable Horror Comedy About Youth and Beauty

Kaia Gerber and Amy Landecker co-star in Max Minghella's second film, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.

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Franca Bettoia, Italian Actress in ‘The Last Man on Earth,’ Dies at 88

Franca Bettoia, the Italian actress who starred opposite Vincent Price in the 1964 cult sci-fi film The Last Man on Earth, has died in Rome, her family told the Italian news agency Adnkronos. She was 88. Bettoia was married to Italian actor Ugo Tognazzi — he starred in the 1978 movie La Cage aux Folles […]

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‘The Fire Inside’ Review: Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry Give Knockout Performances in Barry Jenkins-Penned Boxing Drama

Cinematographer Rachel Morrison makes her directorial debut with this chronicle of the career of two-time Olympic gold medal-winner Claressa Shields.

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THR Critics Pick the Best Films From the Fall Festivals

An ambitious American immigrant saga, Nicole Kidman’s steamy erotic thriller, an intimate John Lennon doc and a trippy Luca Guadagnino-Daniel Craig collaboration are among our reviewers’ 15 faves out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto.

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Michael Long Brings Liverpool to Oldenburg With ‘Baby Brother’: “My City Has Never Been Shown the Way It Should”

Michael Long is a proud Scouser, meaning a native of Liverpool, and wants the world to know it. The actor-turned-director’s debut feature film is getting its world premiere on Friday at Oldenburg Film Festival. It’s a big moment for Long, who admits to The Hollywood Reporter that it’s been a “rough” journey and he sometimes […]

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‘Transformers One’ Review: Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry Lead a Delightful, Franchise-Revitalizing Prequel

Directed by Josh Cooley ('Toy Story 4') and based on the Hasbro toy line, the origin story explores the friendship — and eventual animosity — between Optimus Prime and Megatron.

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5 Films to Watch From Oldenburg Honoree Dominik Graf, “Germany’s John Carpenter”

The Oldenburg Film Festival, Germany’s leading indie film fest, has devoted its 2024 retrospective to the movies of Dominik Graf. The ridiculously prolific filmmaker —  Graf has more than 50 films and TV series to his credit — is rightly hailed as “Germany’s John Carpenter”: An auteur director who walks the line between genre and arthouse […]

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Hala Matar’s ‘Electra’ Is Where ‘Mr. Ripley’ and ‘Saltburn’ Meet — And the Director Is Delighted

Hala Matar is the first of her kind. The director tells The Hollywood Reporter she is the first female Bahraini director to make a feature film. After growing up in the Middle East and studying theater at school, Matar studied in America at the University of Virginia. By mistake, she enrolled in a cinematography class, […]

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How AI Helped Create a Key Dream Sequence for “Shoestring Budget” Oldenburg Film ‘Traumnovelle’

Sometimes, an interview subject surprises you with something you didn’t see coming at all. “This film is one of the first films to incorporate a fully AI-generated sequence,” Florian Frerichs (The Last Supper), director and co-writer of Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of the Arthur Schnitzler novella that inspired Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, mentions during […]

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Sandra Oh Doubles Reel Asian Film Fest Donation to $100K

Sandra Oh has doubled her donation to the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival for prize giving to $100,000. During a reception at the Toronto Film Festival, the Killing Eve star added another $50,000 to take her overall contribution to the festival’s Reel Asian Fire Horse Award to $100,000 over five years. Oh, a long-time activist […]

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Nikolai Kinski, Director Florian Frerichs on Sex Scenes Always Being “Super Awkward” and ‘Traumnovelle,’ Their German-Style ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

Remember Eyes Wide Shut, Stanley Kubrick’s exploration of marriage and relationships starring Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise? Of course, you do! Now, get ready for Traumnovelle, a new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic short story that inspired Eyes Wide Shut and that opens the Oldenburg Film Festival on Wednesday! The drama, from German director […]

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Maura Delpero’s Venice-Winning Period Drama ‘Vermiglio’ Lands North American Distribution

Sideshow and Janus Films have scooped up North American rights to Maura Delpero’s acclaimed Italian period drama Vermiglio, winner of the Venice Film Festival’s silver lion grand jury prize.  The film debuted in competition in Venice and received its North American premiere Tuesday night at the Toronto Film Festival. Sideshow and Janus say they will […]

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‘Meet the Barbarians’ Review: Julie Delpy’s Middling Refugee Comedy Has Its Heart in the Right Place

The latest feature from the director of '2 Days in Paris' reveals what happens when a tiny French town welcomes a Syrian family into its midst.

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‘The Apprentice’ Releases First Trailer Ahead of October Release

Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice released its first trailer on Tuesday ahead of the much-discussed movie’s October release. The film, from director Ali Abbasi and writer Gabriel Sherman, follows Sebastian Stan as a young Trump under the mentorship of Jeremy Strong’s Roy Cohn. Upon its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, The Hollywood […]

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Erotic Infidelity and Berlin S&M Feature in Trailer for Oldenburg Opener ‘Traumnovelle’ (Exclusive)

This is not your father’s Traumnovelle. Florian Frerichs’ new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s famed erotic novella — the work that inspired Stanley Kubrick‘s Eyes Wide Shut — promises to be a much more explicit version of the story. The trailer for the film, which opens this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival on Sept. 11, is heavy on the hot and […]

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Oscars 2025: Czech Republic Submits ‘Waves’ for International Feature Race

The Jirí Mádl-directed movie Waves, a new take on the time before and after the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet Union-led Warsaw Pact troops, is the Czech Republic’s submission for the best international feature race at the 2025 Oscars. The film, which had its world premiere at the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), was […]

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Cam Gigandet, Sam Trammell Action-Thriller ‘72 Hours’ Lands at Brainstorm Media (Exclusive)

Brainstorm Media has picked up the action-thriller 72 Hours, directed by Christian Sesma and starring Sam Trammell and Twilight actor Cam Gigandet. A theatrical and on-demand release is planned for Nov. 1, 2024. 72 Hours centers on two brothers, a dedicated FBI agent and a crypto international money launderer, putting aside their differences and joining […]

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‘The Brutalist’: Venice Winner Brady Corbet Opens Up About the Tireless Seven-Year Journey Behind His Buzzy Epic

A monumental triumph of independent filmmaking is coming to a cinema near you. Brady Corbet’s 3.5-hour-long, seven-years-in-the-making historical epic The Brutalist finally secured a U.S. distribution deal over the weekend. The movie, which won Corbet the Venice Film Festival’s best director prize Saturday, will be released by indie tastemaker A24 sometime later this year with […]

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Max Minghella Sees a Lot of ‘Look Who’s Talking’ in ‘Shell,’ His Second Feature as a Director

Shell is Max Minghella’s second feature film as a director. Dubbed a “dark comedy and body horror about society’s obsession with youth and good looks,” it stars none other than his The Handmaid’s Tale colleague Elisabeth Moss as a struggling actress opposite Kate Hudson as the CEO of a mysterious, and potentially monstrous, beauty company. The […]

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