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Monday, 31 March 2025

James L. Brooks Set to Receive CinemaCon Award Ahead of Release of New Film ’Ella McCay’

 
The special honor, a Cinema Vérité trophy, will be presented during the Walt Disney Studios presentation inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 3.

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‘The Matrix’ Returning to Theaters for “Shared Reality” Event (Exclusive)

 
The immersive technology company Cosm has inked a multi-film pact with Warner Bros., as well as creative studio Little Cinema — and the seminal 1999 film is first up on its docket.

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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Movie Saved by Ketchup Entertainment

 
The film that ignited social media when Warner Bros. canceled it for a tax write-off has gone to the indie outfit after recent negotiations.

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 Zack Snyder to Direct ‘Brawler’ for UFC

 
The mixed martial arts giant's latest big-screen treatment will portray a young fighter getting his shot at the UFC championship but having to battle his inner demons as he fights for redemption.

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Sunday, 30 March 2025

Mitch Hedberg Doc Director on 20th Anniversary of Comedian’s Death: “We Need Mitch More Than Ever”

 
Director Jeff Siegel tells The Hollywood Reporter about conducting hundreds of interviews for a forthcoming feature celebrating the late performer: "There's a timeless universality to Mitch that transcends comedy trends."

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Richard Norton, Actor, Martial Arts Expert, Trainer and Stuntman, Dies at 75

 
A native of Australia who was pals with Chuck Norris, he worked in films including ‘The Octagon,’ ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars,’ ‘City Hunter’ and ‘China O’Brien.’

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Jason Momoa and Jack Black Think the World Needs ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Right Now: “So Much War and Hatred … We’ve Got to Work Together”

 
The actors joined Jennifer Coolidge and Danielle Brooks for the movie's world premiere in London's Leicester Square.

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Saturday, 29 March 2025

Why Helen Mirren Says She “Never Liked” the James Bond Franchise

 
“The whole concept of James Bond is drenched and born out of profound sexism," the actress said.

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Bruce Glover, the Villainous Mr. Wint in ‘Diamonds Are Forever,’ Dies at 92

 
The father of Crispin Glover worked opposite Bette Davis and Anne Bancroft on Broadway and appeared in ‘Chinatown,’ ‘Hard Times’ and the ‘Walking Tall’ films.

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Bill Murray Says Not Working With Clint Eastwood Is “One of the Few Regrets I Have”

 
The 'Groundhog Day' actor turned down joining the director's war movie because he was afraid of being typecast.

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Box Office Upset: Blue-Collar Drama ‘A Working Man’ Declares Victory Over ‘Snow White’

 
Disney isn't standing down just yet, and says the race is too early to call even if the troubled movie is falling off a steep 65 percent or more in its second outing.

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Friday, 28 March 2025

‘True Detective’ Actress Anna Lambe Joins Brad Pitt in ‘Heart of the Beast’ (Exclusive)

 
David Ayer directs the Paramount feature that focuses on the aftermath of a plane crash in Alaska and counts Damien Chazelle as a producer.

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‘Legend of Zelda’ Live-Action Movie Lands March 2027 Release

 
Wes Ball directs Sony's feature adaptation of the popular Nintendo video game franchise.

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‘Warfare’ Review: Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland Plunge the Audience Into the Hell of Combat in Visceral Real-Time Nerve-Shredder

 
Shaped from the memories of Navy SEALS on a 2006 mission in Iraq, the drama features rising stars including Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Charles Melton and ‘Reservation Dogs’ discovery D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai.

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Beijing Film Fest Unveils Competition Lineup, Jiang Wen to Lead Jury Including Joan Chen, David Yates

 
Three Chinese movies feature in the main competition, with the festival touting a record number of submissions, with Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr overseeing the jury for the Forward Future section.

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Thursday, 27 March 2025

Alyssa Milano Joins Road Trip Comedy ‘Driver’s Ed’ With Kumail Nanjiani, Molly Shannon, Sam Nivola

 
The 'Melrose Place' and 'Charmed' actress teams up with director Bobby Farrelly for the third time.

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Jessica Chastain Drama ‘Dreams’ Sells Wide

 
Michel Franco’s new film, co-starring Isaac Hernández, closed deals across multiple territories, including most of Europe.

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Wednesday, 26 March 2025

‘Wicked,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘The Substance’ Earn ReFrame Stamp for Gender-Balanced Hiring

 
Other high profile titles to earn the Stamp this year include 'Babygirl,' 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,' 'Blink Twice,' 'Challengers,' 'Inside Out 2,' 'It Ends With Us,' 'Madame Web' and 'Venom: The Last Dance.'

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Barry Jenkins, Zendaya Team for Ronnie Spector Biopic

 
The A24 movie about the music legend who fronted the 1960s girl group Ronnettes will be directed by Jenkins and based on a screenplay by Dave Kajganich.

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Napa Valley StreamFest: Diane Warren Set for Award, Q&A After New Documentary

 
The legendary songwriter and 16-time Oscar nominee will be celebrated on April 26.

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Academy “Refused” to Publicly Support Hamdan Ballal, Says ‘No Other Land’ Co-Director

 
Yuval Abraham called out the organization's silence after an Oscar winner was detained: "We were told that because other Palestinians were beaten up in the settler attack, it could be considered unrelated to the film, so they felt no need to respond."

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Tuesday, 25 March 2025

CinemaCon Back in Action: Sony Rejoins, Amazon MGM Studios Debuts As Vegas Beckons

 
The National Association of Theater Owners — for years known as the "fun NATO" by insiders — will also celebrate its new name, Cinema United, when gathering in Las Vegas with Hollywood studios.

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Hot Docs Fest to Open With ‘Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance’

 
The embattled documentary festival unveiled its 2025 film lineup in Toronto after a chaotic 2024 edition and with new leadership.

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Anne Hathaway-Starring ‘Verity,’ Based on Colleen Hoover Novel, Gets May 2026 Release Date

 
Amazon MGM Studios has picked a spot for the Michael Showalter-directed psychological thriller that also stars Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.

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Monday, 24 March 2025

Nicholas Hoult to Star in David Leitch’s Bank Heist Thriller for Amazon MGM

 
Leitch is directing the film that is being produced by Imagine Entertainment and his 87North Productions.

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Inside Apple’s Blockbuster Deal for Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Zach Baylin UFO Conspiracy Thriller

 
The streamer has just acquired the rights to the feature, with unusually rich deals for the behind-the-scenes talent.

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Jack Reynor to Star in Lee Cronin’s ‘The Mummy’

 
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, along with Cronin’s banner Doppelgängers, are producing the horror feature for New Line.

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Finland’s Jussi Awards: ‘Stormskerry Maja’ Dominates With Six Wins

 
Tiina Lymi's period drama about a woman’s struggle for survival on a remote 19th-century island was the big winner at the Finnish version of the Oscars, winning best film and best director.

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Sunday, 23 March 2025

Academy Museum to Host Large-Scale Bong Joon Ho Exhibition

 
Part of a new deal between the Academy Museum and Korean studio CJ ENM, the exhibition will feature a retrospective of Bong's films and more than 100 original items from his archive, including storyboards, concept art, creature designs and props.

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Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Nearing Deal With Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate

 
Bill Condon helmed the musical adaptation that premiered at Sundance and also stars Diego Luna.

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Saturday, 22 March 2025

Box Office: ‘Snow White’ in Danger of Biting Poison Apple, On Course for $45M Domestic Debit

 
Elsewhere, Jonathan Major's comeback pic 'Magazine Dreams' appears DOA.

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Did the New ‘Snow White’ Change Things for the Better?

 
Any remake of a nearly 90-year-old movie will need an update, but some of the adjustments were more successful than others.

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Peruvian Drama ‘Reinas’ Wins Swiss Film Awards

 
Klaudia Reynicke’s period drama, about a father reconnecting with his two daughters amid a country's political upheaval, took the top prize for best Swiss film of the year.

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Friday, 21 March 2025

Regina Hall Joins Will Ferrell and Zac Efron in Amazon MGM Comedy Movie (Exclusive)

 
Nicholas Stoller is directing the feature that centers on payback for a TV judge.

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Jan Schwieterman, ‘Good Burger’ Actor, Dies at 52

 
The Indiana native also appeared on episodes of ‘McKenna,’ ‘ER’ and ‘Felicity’ during his brief career.

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Box Office: ‘Snow White’ Bites Off Promising $3.5M in Thursday Previews

 
The live-action remake of the classic 1937 Disney animated film — starring Rachel Zegler as the iconic princess and Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen — has drawn plenty of controversy.

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‘We Live Here’ Examines an Ex-Soviet Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan: a “Paradox Etched Into Land”

 
Director Zhanana Kurmasheva discusses her debut feature, premiering at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, along with producer Banu Ramazanova: "Why we are so indifferent to each other?"

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Thursday, 20 March 2025

Eva Longoria to Receive Platino Honor Award in Recognition of Her Contribution to U.S. Film and TV

 
The 'Desperate Housewives' star will pick up the prize on April 27 in Madrid's Municipal Palace at the 12th Platino Awards, considered the Oscars of Ibero-America.

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Bowen Yang Says “It’s a Miracle” That ‘Wicked’ Is Out Given the Political Climate: “It’s About Racism and Fascism”

 
Yang spoke candidly at a BFI Flare event in London on Thursday: "Like, the only reason that the wizard has powers is because he creates problems for other people."

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Tom Cruise Will Receive BFI Fellowship — and Has “No Plans” to Stop Making Films in the U.K.

 
Cruise's Fellowship forms part of a month-long BFI celebration of his film career, with the actor honored, in part, for filming much of his 'Mission: Impossible' franchise in Britain.

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‘One to One: John & Yoko’ to Close India’s Second Red Lorry Film Festival

 
Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards' documentary will get its Asia premiere, with the fest director touting its "bold artistic vision, cultural significance," and ability to "transcend boundaries."

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Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Sotheby’s to Auction Original E.T. Model Used in Steven Spielberg’s 1982 Sci-Fi Classic

 
The model comes from the personal collection of the Oscar-winning special effects and makeup effects artist Carlo Rambaldi, who has a long list of credits on high-profile films like 'King Kong' and 'Dune.'

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Mia Wasikowska Joins Taika Waititi in Sky Original Film ‘Fing,’ Based on Bestselling Children’s Book

 
The film, based on David Walliams' children's book, also stars Penelope Wilton of 'Downton Abbey' fame and Blake Harrison from 'The Inbetweeners,'

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Afghanistan’s Female Emissary to Austria Defies the Taliban in Doc ‘The Last Ambassador’ (Trailer)

 
Natalie Halla's film, premiering at doc fest CPH:DOX in Copenhagen, follows Manizha Bakhtari, her Daughters program and other work since the Taliban took power in 2021.

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Tuesday, 18 March 2025

Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal Vie for Dakota Johnson’s Affection in ‘Materialists’ Trailer

 
Director Celine Song's romantic feature hits theaters this summer from A24.

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Adam Sandler Returns to the Golf Course in Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’

 
The sequel to the 1996 comedy includes a trove of cameos, from pro golfers to Travis Kelce, Bad Bunny and Ben Stiller.

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Filmart: Road Pictures Takes Anime Blockbuster ‘Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning’ for China (Exclusive)

 
Amid a shift in consumer tastes, the biggest Japanese anime hits have outperformed many Hollywood tentpoles at China's box office in recent years.

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Filmart: Taiwan Creative Content Agency Makes Global Film Push 

 
Taiwanese stars were out in force in Hong Kong to push a slew of films from the country, including the groundbreaking action thriller '96 Minutes.'

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Monday, 17 March 2025

Hong Kong Film Fest to Open With Japan’s ‘The Brightest Sun,’ Co-Production ‘Pavane for an Infant’

 
Talent participating in masterclasses and getting the retrospective treatment will include local star Louis Koo, Japan's Sakura Ando, French auteur Leos Carax, and Catalonian filmmaker Albert Serra.

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Anime Heavyweights Aniplex, Crunchyroll Co-Launch Production Company Hayate

 
The new venture continues Sony Group's aggressive pursuit of anime as a key driver of global revenue growth.

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Fifth Season Sells Japanese Blockbuster ‘Godzilla Minus One’ to Broadcasters Across the Globe

 
Fifth Season executed the sales on behalf of its strategic investment partner Toho International, which produced the hit Kaiju film.

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‘September 5,’ ‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Lead German Film Award Nominations

 
The German Film Academy has unveiled the nominees for the 2025 Lolas, Germany's equivalent of the Oscars.

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Sunday, 16 March 2025

Filmart: HKIFF Industry Looks to Expand on China’s Animation Boom

 
A new initiative hopes to ride the wave of 'Ne Zha' — the Middle Kingdom's biggest animated hit in history — with six new animated productions: "We will probably see other project markets doing more animation."

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‘Snow White’ First Reactions Praise Remake: “A Big Surprise,” Rachel Zegler “Stuns”

 
Disney held the L.A. premiere of its live-action reboot starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot on Saturday and early reactions to the film say that it is far better than anticipated — CGI dwarfs aside.

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Box Office: ‘Novocaine’ Tops Slowest Weekend of Year With $8.7M as Moviegoers Numbed By New Offerings

 
To say theater owners are counting the days until Disney's ' Snow White' opens in theaters is an understatement after a miserable few weekends at the office.

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Asian Film Awards: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ Wins Best Picture, Yoshida Daihachi Takes Best Director for ‘Teki Cometh’

 
Asia's most prestigious film honors were handed out Sunday night at a glitzy ceremony inside Hong Kong's gleaming new Xiqu Centre.

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Saturday, 15 March 2025

Jenna Ortega Says She’s “Moved on” From Marvel After Appearing in ‘Iron Man 3’ “for a Quick Second”

 
The actress played the vice president’s daughter in the 2013 superhero film.

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Julia Stiles Says She Felt “So Slimy” During Harvey Weinstein-Led Reshoots for ‘Down to You’

 
The actress starred opposite Freddie Prinze Jr. in the 2000 teen rom-com.

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Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot Premiere ‘Snow White’ in High Spirits Amid Controversies

 
The pair chatted and posed together for photos at an event that largely featured no interviews or red carpet press. Noted one actor in the film: "I don't think you can please everybody. But I do know this movie was made with love."

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‘The New Year That Never Came’ Wins Top Award at 15th Luxembourg City Film Festival

 
The movie about the Romanian revolution of 1989 is "set in the recent past, (but) can be seen as a reflection of the present and carries a warning for the future," says the jury led by Mohammad Rasoulof.

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Friday, 14 March 2025

Jonathan Majors’ Moment of Truth

 
Speaking exclusively for the first time since his domestic violence sentencing, the embattled ‘Magazine Dreams’ star opens up about his childhood abuse, Marvel firing and fight for Hollywood redemption: “It’s harder to find a way when you are trapped in notoriety.”

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Front Row Acquires Middle East, North Africa Rights for Oscar-Winning Doc ‘No Other Land’

 
The film's win at the Oscars this year marks the first time a documentary has won an Academy Award without a U.S. distribution company attached.

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‘Warfare’: First Reactions to Alex Garland’s A24 War Film

 
The harrowing real-time Iraq War movie hits theaters on April 11.

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Thursday, 13 March 2025

Box Office: ‘Minecraft Movie’ Tracking for Decent $58M Opening

 
Starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa, the family friendly event pic follows a group of misfit humans who must learn how to survive in the world of the popular video game.

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Entertainment Squad Boards LGBTQ+ Rom-Com ‘Play It Again’ for PrideFlix (Exclusive)

 
"Original and unpredictable rom-coms have found a strong and engaged audience," say producers Kate Forrest and Myrthin Stagg about the feature adaptation of a short to be directed by Dan Abramovici.

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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Effects Guru Talks Pretend VFX and the AI “Tsunami Wave”

 
Jeff Desom, currently doing jury duty at the Luxembourg City Film Festival, calls for a thought-through approach to AI: "At the end of the day, you might be robbing a bank, and you're not realizing it."

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Paul Laverty on Ken Loach’s Final Film, Trump as “a Symptom of the Times,” Musk’s “Unfettered Power”

 
The screenwriter, currently at the Luxembourg City Film Fest, discusses Gaza, the banality of evil and the "tiny" role filmmakers play: "You try to tell stories that are worthwhile and nourish some sense of hope."

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Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Inside Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Troubles: “They Need to Get This Over With”

 
Disney’s live-action 'Snow White' reboot starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot seemed like a can't-miss project five years ago. But have some PR missteps combined with anti-woke outrage turned marketing the film into a poisoned apple?

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‘For Worse’ Review: Amy Landecker Struggles to Make Sparks Fly in Her Directorial Debut

 
The 'Transparent' actress also wrote and stars in the dramedy about a newly divorced mom who joins an acting class and strikes up a flirtation with a hunky younger classmate.

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‘This Is Spinal Tap’ Sequel Lands at Bleecker Street for September Release

 
'Spinal Tap II' follows the band as they reunite after a 15-year break for one final concert, and reunites director Rob Reiner with stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer.

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‘The Parenting’ Review: Brian Cox, Edie Falco and Lisa Kudrow Fight Demons in Max’s Fun, Low-Stakes Horror Comedy

 
In Craig Johnson's movie, also starring Parker Posey, Brandon Flynn and Nik Dodani, a couple's meet-the-parents weekend goes horribly awry.

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Tuesday, 11 March 2025

You Haven’t Seen All of Lili Reinhart Just Yet

 
The Hollywood Reporter's latest "Person of Interest" is the 28-year-old actress and entrepreneur who is being "intentionally picky" about her next roles, but she has a reason.

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Tribeca Festival Sets Dates For Second Portugal Edition

 
Tribeca Festival Lisboa will run Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2025 in Lisbon with a mix of U.S. indie and local Portuguese film and TV series titles.

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Can Feminism and Religion Coexist, Ukrainian Activist Asks in ‘Girls & Gods’ (Exclusive Trailer)

 
The film from directors Arash T. Riahi and Verena Soltiz, written and narrated by Inna Shevchenko, world premieres at Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX.

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A Ukrainian Mother and Doc Maker Writes to Her Son From the Frontline in ‘My Dear Théo’ (Trailer)

 
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Alisa Kovalenko enlisted to defend her country, leaving her husband and 5-year-old son behind, sending him letters now revealed in her Copenhagen-premiering new film.

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Monday, 10 March 2025

Cannes Film Festival Contenders: 60 Movies That Could Make the 2025 Lineup

 
The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival is just two months away, and speculation is building that new features from Paul Thomas Anderson, Park Chan-wook, Wes Anderson, Kristen Stewart, Richard Linklater, Nicolas Winding Refn, Spike Lee and Scarlett Johansson could be among the titles competing for this year's Palme d'Or.

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China’s $2B Blockbuster ‘Ne Zha 2’ to Release Across Europe

 
Already the highest-grossing animated film in movie history, the film will soon launch in the U.K., Germany, France, Spain and 30 more territories, courtesy of Trinity CineAsia.

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Sunday, 9 March 2025

‘The Secret of Me’ Review: Illuminating and Compelling Doc Explores the Treatment of Intersex Children

 
Grace Hughes-Hallett, a producer of 'Three Identical Strangers,' directs this similarly themed account of destructive social experiments and identity.

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Jon Bernthal and Ben Affleck Punch, Line Dance and Bond in ‘The Accountant 2’: “Ben Is A Hero of Mine”

 
The stars were on hand for the SXSW premiere of their action thriller.

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Why ‘Peaky Blinders’ Creator Wants Movie to Have a Theatrical Run: “It Is Mind-Blowingly Good”

 
'Peaky Blinders' ran for six seasons on Netflix and stars Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby.

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Saturday, 8 March 2025

‘The Dutchman’ Review: André Holland and Kate Mara Star in an Uneven Update of the Provocative Play

 
Writer-director Andre Gaines takes Amiri Baraka's 1964 play about the encounter between a reserved Black man and a roguish white woman into the modern age.

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Box Office: Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ Eyes $18M-$20M U.S. Launch, Slapped With B CinemaScore

 
The film, starring Robert Pattinson, will easily top the chart even while coming in on the lower end of expectations.

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How ‘Together’, ‘Sorry, Baby’ Producer Managed to Make Five Indie Films Last Year

 
With credits like ‘Aftersun’ and a Weird Al Yankovic movie, buyer turned producer-financier Lia Buman has been building Tango as a go-to indie operation.

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Friday, 7 March 2025

Talking to Michael Bay Is Still a Blast (So Is His “Illegal” Parkour Movie)

 
The action icon on his thrilling new documentary 'We Are Storror,' the dismal state of Hollywood ("no one can greenlight anything anymore"), that Michael Bay TikTok meme, and how Ben Affleck managed to nail the ending of 'Armageddon.'

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The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked

 
With Carson Lund’s ‘Eephus’ — about the final game in an amateur league of aging players — hitting the big screen, a THR film critic ranks 10 other movies that took viewers out to the ballgame.

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License to Shill: Inside Amazon’s 007 Takeover

 
It’s the Bond movies’ most shocking plot twist in decades. But will the tech giant’s surprise buyout of the franchise prove deadly? Or could it breathe new life into cinema’s most famous spy?

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Thursday, 6 March 2025

TCM Classic Film Festival to Honor Michelle Pfeiffer With Hand and Footprint Ceremony

 
The three-time Oscar-nominated actress also will be seen in a screening of ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys’ during next month’s event in Hollywood.

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‘The Spies Among Us’ Shows a Victim Talking to Ex-Stasi Officers, Taking You Inside a Surveillance State

 
Jamie Coughlin Silverman and Gabriel Silverman say their doc, debuting at SXSW, has parallels to today, from data collection to times "when your neighbors turn on each other, when realities become fractured."

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The Luxembourg City Film Festival: A B-Tier Fest that Attracts A-List Names (Who Don’t Need a Tux)

 
Tim Roth will give a masterclass, while Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof heads up a jury that also includes long-time Ken Loach collaborator Paul Laverty and Danish star Trine Dyrholm.

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Wednesday, 5 March 2025

Matthew Modine Joins Legendary’s Newest ‘Godzilla x Kong’ Movie

 
Kaitlyn Dever, Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo are already on the call sheet as newcomers to the franchise.

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‘In the Lost Lands’ Review: Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista in a Stale George R.R. Martin Adaptation

 
A witch and a gunslinger team up in Paul W.S. Anderson's violent fantasy film based on the short story by the 'Game of Thrones' author.

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A Tense ‘Rust’ Doc Screening Reveals the Painful Evolution of a Film About Dead Cinematographer

 
At an FYC event for Hulu's 'Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna Hutchins,' the director of the indie Western, Joel Souza, told documentary filmmakers, "I hoped it might have a little more Halyna."

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UFO ‘Disclosure’ Director Breaks Silence on Groundbreaking Film’s Revelations

 
Filmmaker Dan Farah discusses his UFO/UAP documentary 'The Age of Disclosure,' which premieres at SXSW this weekend: "None of the government leadership I spoke to are debating whether this is real."

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Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Harvey Weinstein Responds to Adrien Brody Mentioning His Kids in Oscars Speech

 
During his best actor acceptance speech, the 'Brutalist' star thanked his partner, Georgina Chapman, and the two children she shares with Weinstein: "Thank you for accepting me into your life."

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Mexico’s Rancho Humilde, Sony Pictures Pact for ‘Clika’ Theatrical Release

 
Director Michael Greene’s drama about a an aspiring musician’s fight to preserve his family’s legacy will hit theaters on August 15, 2025, via Columbia Pictures and Sony Music Vision. 

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Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’ With Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans Sets June Release

 
The next movie from the two-time Oscar-nominated 'Past Lives' director is arriving this summer.

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Monday, 3 March 2025

Welsh Talent Leaves Big Mark on 2025 Oscars With Wins for Lol Crawley and ‘Dune: Part Two’

 
Two out of the three Welshmen nominated for Oscars came out victorious Sunday night, with 'The Brutalist' cinematographer Crawley thanking his friends back in Wales.

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How Kieran Culkin Realized He Was Imitating Someone From His Life for His Oscar-Winning Role

 
The star, who nabbed the best supporting actor Academy Award, received some memorable feedback from his wife about his performance in 'A Real Pain.'

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Oscars Analysis: How ‘Anora’ Won, Demi Moore Lost and a Tumultuous Awards Season Came to An End

 
THR's executive editor of awards coverage dissects the results of Sunday night's 97th Oscars.

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A ‘Wicked’ Night at the Oscars: Two Wins, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo’s Magical Performance and Paul Tazewell Makes History

 
The Broadway musical adaptation won the best costume design and production design trophies.

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Sunday, 2 March 2025

Oscars 2025: Watch The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Awards Countdown’ Preshow

 
Academy Awards experts break down this year's top categories and forecast who will win the gold Sunday night.

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‘Piggy Bank’ Explores the Climate Crisis Via a Mix of Self-Experiment, Mockumentary, Fact and Fiction

 
Austrian artist Christoph Schwarz's debut feature film follows him living a year without money: "This is my starting point for many projects – I come up with some kind of adventure which I am interested in."

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Why Are Jewish Celebrities in Hollywood So Afraid to Talk About Antisemitism? (Opinion)

 
The Oscar season that ends Sunday has brought a troubling period of silence.

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Saturday, 1 March 2025

Ever Wonder Where “Gaslighting” Comes From? This Oscar-Winning Film

 
Isabella Rossellini is nominated for an Oscar for the first time this year, but her legendary mom, Ingrid Bergman, earned a statuette for this suddenly apt thriller 80 years ago.

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Oscars: How Those Best Picture Plaques Pop Up So Fast Outside the Dolby

 
The mall that hosts Hollywood’s biggest night displays every best picture winner since 1927. But how do they do it so quickly?

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The Hollywood Reporter Sets Oscars Preshow

 
THR's film and awards experts will break down the ceremony's top categories, showcasing their year-long coverage leading up to Hollywood biggest night and ultimately forecasting who will win.

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‘Peacock’ Is a Cinematic Social Media Age Metaphor That Dissects Self-Presentation With Subtle Humor

 
Austrian writer-director Bernhard Wenger researched rent-a-friend agencies in Japan for his directorial debut feature with Albrecht Schuch: "It is a satirical story about our society and our society's problems."

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