Diane Warren Performs Medley of Her 17 Oscar-Nominated Songs, Including This Year’s “Dear Me” From ‘Diane Warren: Relentless’ (Exclusive Video)

No person has ever been nominated more times for the best original song Oscar — and no woman has ever received more nominations in any Oscars category — without winning.

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Every ‘Scream’ Movie, Ranked

With Neve Campbell coming back for another round of meta-bloodshed, THR ranks all seven installments of the horror franchise.

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The Screen Actors Guild Has a Storied History. Why Edit It Out of the Awards Show Name?

The founding generation of screen actors, who fought hard and risked much to establish a labor union for the profession, would likely balk at the deletion of the name.

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Actor Awards: Woody Harrelson to Present Life Achievement Nod to Harrison Ford (Exclusive)

Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Allison Janney, Sarah Paulson and Christoph Waltz also will serve as presenters at Sunday's ceremony.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Bride!’: First Reactions From the Premiere

The Gothic romance drama starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale hits theaters on March 6.

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Gaelic and Welsh Films Put Glasgow Fest Spotlight on Minority Languages in the U.K.

Leisa Gwenllian is a hard-partying young woman in rural Wales in Marc Evans' 'Effi o Blaenau,' while Jack Archer's doc 'Sailm nan Daoine' ('Psalms of the People') explores the Scottish psalm singing tradition.

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Ethan Hawke’s First Acting Award Was a Bong From ‘High Times’ Magazine. With ‘Blue Moon’ He’s Aiming Even Higher

The actor landed his fifth Oscar nomination for portraying famed Broadway composer Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s quirky film.

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‘Scream 7’ Review: Put a Knife in It — This Franchise Is (or Should Be) Done

Neve Campbell returns for the latest installment, directed by Kevin Williamson and featuring a cast of both veterans and newcomers.

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German Culture Ministry to Decide Fate of Berlinale Boss Tricia Tuttle

Berlinale staff have come out in support of Tuttle, who is under fire for pro-Palestinian statements made by filmmakers at this year's fest: "Discussions about the direction of the Berlinale will continue in the coming days."

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‘Trial of Hein’ Is an Enigmatic Debut Film About a Homecoming to a Tight-Knit Island Community (Exclusive Trailer)

Writer-director Kai Stänicke's first feature, starring Paul Boche, won the Teddy Jury Award in the Berlinale's Perspectives section, which puts a spotlight on rising talents.

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Robert Duvall Struck a Chord — and Oscar Gold — With ‘Tender Mercies’

The venerated actor, who died Feb. 16 at 95, won his only Academy Award for playing an alcoholic country singer trying to rebuild his life in Bruce Beresford’s indie drama.

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Elle Fanning on Her First Oscar Nomination: “I Like To Be Terrified”

At 27, the industry veteran lands her first Academy nod for 'Sentimental Value' — and finds unexpected resonance in a character who walks away from the spotlight.

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Is the Berlin Film Festival About to Oust Its Leader?

An extraordinary meeting of the supervisory board of the organization responsible for the management of the Berlinale has been called for Thursday morning, following a controversy-filled 76th edition.

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J.K. Simmons, Abby Elliott, John Reynolds Enter ‘Purgatory’ Dramedy (Exclusive)

Lindsay Lanzillotta’s debut feature also stars Ruby McGurrin, Lauren MacRae, Mary Walsh and Jack Innanen.

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BAFTA Jury Member Quits Over Handling of Tourette’s Tic at Film Awards: “Utterly Unforgivable”

Jonte Richardson posted on social media that he will not give his time to an organization "that has repeatedly failed to safeguard the dignity of its Black guests," after a Tourette's campaigner shouted a racial slur while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.

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Lynne Ramsay to Receive Cinema City Honorary Award at Glasgow Film Festival

She joins the likes of James McAvoy and other guests at the 22nd edition of the Scottish festival.

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‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Heated Rivalry’ Both Traffic in Stereotypes. Maybe That’s Not a Bad Thing

There's been a backlash to the characters in both hits. But are critics missing the bigger picture?

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Lily Collins to Play Audrey Hepburn in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Making Of Story From Imagine

The feature is based on Sam Wasson’s book 'Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman.'

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Being Benicio

Hollywood's soft-spoken powerhouse on bonding with Leo, rewriting PT Anderson and “trying to enjoy” his first Oscar nom in two decades.

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How the Tourette’s Fallout Unfolded at the BAFTA Film Awards: From Pre-Show Warnings to a “Throw-Away Apology”

The BBC has released a statement on the clumsily-handled incident, telling The Hollywood Reporter they apologize that the racial slur, shouted as Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented an award, was "not edited out prior to broadcast."

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Tourette’s Debate Sparked at BAFTA Film Awards After Campaigner John Davidson Heard Cursing, Shouting Slurs at Presenters

Davidson is the inspiration behind Robert Aramayo's now BAFTA-winning performance in 'I Swear.'

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“Decency Is a Superpower”: Donna Langley Receives BAFTA Fellowship, Touting Cinema’s Power to Help Us “See Each Other More Clearly”

The NBCU Entertainment chair and the first British woman to run a major Hollywood studio received the BAFTA Fellowship, the British Academy's highest honor, in London on Sunday.

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singing Voice Stars Get BAFTA Awards Grooving With “Golden”

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami took over the stage in London in their first-ever live performance outside the U.S.

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BAFTA Film Awards Winners Unveiled (Updating Live)

The British Academy's ceremony in London, hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming, attracted a star-studded crowd.

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‘Soumsoum, The Night of the Stars’ Wins Fipresci Honor, ‘Moscas’ Wows Ecumenical Jury

The independent juries picked their favorite titles from across every section of the 2026 Berlinale.

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Political Films on the Far Right, Ukraine War Win Berlin Panorama Audience Awards

Faraz Shariat's 'Prosecution,' about a prosecutor confronting far-right violence, and Alisa Kovalenko's documentary 'Traces' about sexual violence against Ukrainian women during the war, took top honors in Berlin's main sidebar section.

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‘Four Minus Three’ Wins Europa Cinemas Prize

Adrian Goiginger's true-life dramedy follows professional clowns struck by tragedy.

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‘Sad Girlz’ Wins Berlin Generation Crystal Bear

The feature debut from Mexican writer-director Fernanda Tovar follows two swimmers whose close relationship is put to the test after a sexual assault.

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‘Sinners’ Star Miles Caton Is Proof That Dreams Can Become a Reality

The 20-year-old actor-singer went from performing in front of thousands to landing his breakout role in Ryan Coogler's Oscar-nominated film.

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Beth de Araújo’s 12-Year Journey to Bring ‘Josephine’ to the Screen

Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan and newcomer Mason Reeves star in Beth de Araújo’s autobiographical drama about the aftermath for an 8-year-old girl who witnesses a violent crime.

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Jafar Panahi and Independent Iranian Directors Decry State Violence

At the Berlin Film Festival, the Oscar-nominated director of 'It Was Just an Accident' declined his long-delayed Golden Bear and put the focus on Iranians killed and detained in a brutal crackdown.

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‘Severance’ Producer Boards Sequel to Nigerian Netflix Hit ‘Black Book’ (Exclusive)

Nicky Weinstock is producing 'The Black Book 2 - Old Scores,' Editi Effiong's sequel to his record-breaking Nigerian action film.

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Meet Tommy Shelby’s Grown Son, Played by Barry Keoghan, in the ‘Peaky Blinders’ Movie Trailer

By order of the Peaky fookin' Blinders.

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Paddington Bear Set to Attend and Present at BAFTA Film Awards

The British Academy has ensured a true icon of U.K. cinema will have a key role in the ceremony.

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Sony’s Worldwide ‘Skeletons’ Deal Caps Cautious Berlin Market

The bidding war for the Brie Larson creature feature helped prop up a stable, but less than spectacular 2026 European Film Market.

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Serbian Filmmakers Call Out “State-Sponsored Censorship” in Open Letter

Serbian film associations accuse Belgrade officials of "open hostility" towards filmmakers critical of the government.

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Berlin: German-Israeli FutureNarrative Fund Launched

Amid political tensions at the Berlin fest, the new initiative aims to build a long-term infrastructure for German-Israeli co-productions across film, television and theater.

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‘The Red Hangar’ Director on His Timely Fiction Feature Debut About Moral Dilemmas and a “Gesture of Humanity Amidst Barbarism”

"We are witnessing the erosion of human rights and international agreements with alarming normalization," Juan Pablo Sallato says about his fiction feature debut, which debuted at Berlin.

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Mandalorian and Grogu Battle Galaxy Bad Guys in Full ‘Star Wars’ Movie Trailer

‘The Mandalorian & Grogu,’ the TV show spinoff hitting theaters May 22 and starring Pedro Pascal, is the first franchise big screen release since 2019.

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Hillary Clinton, Kevin Spacey Attend Berlin’s Cinema for Peace Gala as Kaouther Ben Hania Leaves Award Behind

"I feel responsibility more than gratitude," says 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' filmmaker, denouncing “genocide” and leaving the prize behind at a Berlin Adlon Hotel ceremony hosted by Bob Geldof.

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Bryan Cranston, Cillian Murphy, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Hudson Among BAFTA Film Awards A-List Presenters

Aimee Lou Wood, Patrick Dempsey, Gillian Anderson, Delroy Lindo, Glenn Close, Alicia Vikander, Kathryn Hahn, and Regé-Jean Page will also present at Britain's biggest night for film on Feb. 22.

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Eve Hewson, Tom Burke to Star in Film From ‘Normal People’ Director Set in Dublin’s Jewish Community; A24 to Distribute in U.S.

Newcomer Sean Meagher also stars in the film, written and directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

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BFI Boosts U.K. Documentary Filmmaking Funding Support by 20 Percent

"Independent U.K. documentary is one of the most vital, truth-telling forces in our cultural life."

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‘The Hidden Face of the Earth’ Focuses on a Photographer Losing His Eyesight (Exclusive Berlin Clip)

Arnaud Alain, whose feature documentary directorial debut premieres in the Berlinale's Panorama Dokumente, says about Dimitri, whom the film follows: "His camera becomes an extension of his gaze."

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Next Narrative Africa Fund Founder Akunna Cook on Why Hollywood Needs an Africa Strategy

With $50 million to deploy and a first slate of projects set to be unveiled in March, Cook says the smart money should already be looking south.

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‘Iron Sky’ Producers Prepping Communists-on-Mars Trilogy ‘Deep Red’ (Exclusive)

While 'Iron Sky' told a “story of Nazis hiding on the dark side of the Moon,” the new films “shift the battleground to Mars, where the Red Menace is alive and well.”

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Midi Z’s Taiwan-Set Crime Thriller ‘The Exiles’ Reveals First Look, Additional Cast

Sam Worthington and Taiwanese actress Ke-Xi Wu strike a tense note in the evocative first look at the expat thriller, which co-stars David Duchovny and is now being shopped to buyers at Berlin’s European Film Market.

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‘Lust’ Is a Coming-of-Mid-Age Psychodrama About Unsettled Control (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

In her sophomore feature, premiering in the Berlinale's Forum program. Ralitza Petrova observes "the emptiness left by absent fathers, and how daughters carry that weight."

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’17’ Director Kosara Mitic on Exploring the Silence of Trauma and Unspoken Female Solidarity in Her Debut (Exclusive Berlin Clip)

The writer-director says about her first feature, debuting in the Perspectives section: "Realism comes from restraint. I deliberately avoided dramatic cues that would tell viewers how to interpret a scene."

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‘The River Train’ Directors on Their Contemplative Argentinian Coming-of-Age Tale (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

The feature debut of actor Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale, premiering in Berlin's Perspectives section, brings us a non-professional actor as its star, Malambo, and a trip into the big city and solitude.

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‘Roya,’ the Clandestinely Shot Story of a Teacher Imprisoned in Iran for Her Beliefs, Marks Mahnaz Mohammadi’s Bold Return to Cinema of Resistance

Her second fiction feature, starring Turkish actress Melisa Sözen, premieres in the Berlinale's Panorama section: "I didn't hug any of my family for so long. I became the loneliest person just to make it."

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‘Everybody Digs Bill Evans’ Director on Exploring a Jazz Legend and How Grief Blocks Creativity (Exclusive Clip)

British doc director Grant Gee's fiction feature debut, premiering in Berlin's competition lineup, stars Anders Danielsen Lie, Laurie Metcalf, and Bill Pullman: "Sometimes an intermission is part of the music."

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Isabelle Huppert’s Enduring Love Affair With Berlin

The French screen legend on her 50-year relationship with the Berlinale, how German stage directors shaped her craft and why the festival has always celebrated the side of her that the world rarely sees. 

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Berlin Flashback: Wim Wenders’ First Date With His Hometown Film Festival

A familiar presence at the fest, the German auteur is the head of the international jury at the fest’s 76th edition.

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Copenhagen Docs Fest CPH:DOX Sets Competition Lineup, Including ‘Amazomania,’ ‘Techplomacy’

"Institutions are tested, conflicts intensify, and new technologies challenge our understanding of perception and agency. In such a moment, documentary cinema becomes more than observation."

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Donna Langley, Chair of NBCU Entertainment, to Receive BAFTA Fellowship

The British Academy will award "the first British woman to run a major Hollywood studio" its highest honor during the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards ceremony in London.

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‘Gugu’s World’ Director on Telling the Story of a “Queer Childhood Lived Through Gestures Rather Than Declarations” (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

Allan Deberton's new film, debuting in the Generation Kplus section, follows a boy living "in a fragile balance between affection and fear of losing the only place where he feels protected and understood."

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‘Enjoy Your Stay’ Gives a Very Different View of the Swiss Alps (Exclusive Berlin Clips)

Dominik Locher's third feature, debuting on Feb. 14 in the Berlinale's Panorama section, stars Mercedes Cabral and Alexis Manenti and focuses on undocumented Filipino cleaners in a luxury ski resort.

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Nick Jonas Joins ‘Bodyman’ from ‘Homefront’ Director

The new action thriller from director Gary Fleder will be shopped to buyers at Berlin's European Film Market this week.

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Where to Watch ‘Marty Supreme’ Online

Writer-director Josh Safdie's new film stars Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion and others — here's when the sports dark comedy is expected to land on HBO Max.

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‘I Understand Your Displeasure’ Takes Us Inside the Cut-Throat Cleaning Sector (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

Writer-director Kilian Armando Friedrich's debut fiction feature, starring a cast of non-professional actors, premieres in the Berlinale's Panorama lineup.

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Jonny Greenwood and Paul Thomas Anderson Want ‘Phantom Thread’ Music Pulled From ‘Melania’ Doc

"Universal failed to consult Jonny on this third-party use, which is a breach of his agreement,” say the Radiohead musician and the film's director, respectively.

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Sprechen Sie Deutsch? German Film Sales More than Double Over 2024

German features and international co-productions earned close to $300 million outside the country last year, a 115 percent jump from 2024.

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‘The Garden We Dreamed’ Tells a Timely Story of a Family on the Move Searching for a Bubble of Tenderness (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

The poetic film from Mexican writer-director Joaquín del Paso, debuting at Berlin, stars Nehemie Bastien, luscious cinematography, and Monarch butterflies: "I want the film to serve as a vehicle for empathy."

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In ‘Árru,’ a Reindeer Herder Must Choose Between Saving Ancestral Lands or Her Family (Exclusive Berlin Clip)

In her debut feature premiering in Berlin's Panorama section, Elle Sofe Sara takes us into the snowy landscapes of the Arctic region of Sápmi, where the indigenous Sámi live.

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‘Supergirl’ Soars on Super Bowl Sunday With New Trailer

The DC Studios feature arrives June 26.

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Box Office: ‘Send Help’ Scores $10M Repeat Win as Indie Sensation ‘Iron Lung’ Makes Gains and ‘Melania’ Tumbles to No. 10

Major studios generally avoid opening their films on Super Bowl weekend, leaving the field wide open for others. This year's scoreboard included a new K-pop concert pic from 'Stray Kids' and a Kevin James rom-com from Angel Studios.

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Sam Raimi Says Rachel McAdams Was “Underutilized” in ‘Doctor Strange’ Sequel

The director admitted he "promised" himself he would work with 'The Notebook' actress again following their time collaborating on 2022's 'Multiverse of Madness.'

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Camilla Carr, Actress in ‘Keep My Grave Open’ and ‘Designing Women,’ Dies at 83

The Texas native appeared in three films for exploitation director S.F. Brownrigg, including ‘Don’t Look in the Basement’ and ‘Poor White Trash Part II.’

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How Boulder Can Breathe New Life Into Sundance

The low-key goodbye to Utah was saddled with nostalgia. It's finally time to look toward the future.

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Neon Nabs ‘Clarissa,’ Starring Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, For U.S. Release

Neon will also shop Arie and Chuko Esiri’s latest feature, a modern take on Virginia Woolf's novel 'Mrs. Dalloway,' to international buyers in Berlin after also taking the foreign sales rights.

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A Pickleball Sports Comedy Was Bound to Happen. Now There’s a Trailer

'Pickleheads' had its premiere at the Austin Film Festival and is a mockumentary about "America's fastest growing nightmare."

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‘Special Unit – The First Murder’ Director on Bringing a Modern Take on the “Danish FBI” 100 Years Ago to Cinemas, Led by ‘Vikings’ Star

Christoffer Boe discusses the box office success, global appeal and franchise potential of the movie, featured at Rotterdam, casting Alex Høgh Andersen, and swapping DNA analysis for early fingerprinting.

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‘Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest’ Director on Her Feature Debut About Life Between Cultures and “Non-Judgment” (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

Chinese creative Viv Li's doc, premiering in the Berlinale's Panorama Dokumente section, shows her in search of answers to the question of how to deal with your own culture after you have learnt another.

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‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Star Gavin Casalegno to Lead Rom-Com ‘Sunflower Child’ (Exclusive)

Casalegno will star alongside actor and screenwriter Jennifer James in the indie romance, which MSR Media is pitching to buyers in Berlin.

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Why Jane Fonda Thinks America Needs to See ‘Gaslit’

With her new documentary, the actress and activist takes on the fossil fuel industry’s extraction and export of liquefied natural gas in Texas and Louisiana.

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‘Unerasable!’: A Chat With a Displaced Creator About His Film on Exile and Memory, and Why He Uses the Alias Socrates Saint-Wulfstan Drakos

The film, which world premiered in the Tiger Competition at Rotterdam, traces a filmmaker's escape from violent repression: "I wanted to create something and return something that was erased."

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Matthew Macfadyen Joins Rachel Weisz in Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Seance on a Wet Afternoon’

The film follows Myra, a self-proclaimed medium who convinces her husband to kidnap the son of a wealthy family so she can lead the police to the "missing" child and legitimize her psychic abilities.

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‘Wolfgang’ at Rotterdam: Iranian Filmmaker on Their Audiovisual Acid Trip Opera Celebrating Mozart and “Silliness,” and Resistance From Exile

In a "gender-queering ode to self-transformation,” Filmsaaz reimagines the life of 22-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Paris to tell the present-day story of an Iranian artist in Paris.

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‘London’ Goes on the Road With a Man Who Encounters Strangers, Courtesy of a Car-Sharing Service (Exclusive Berlin Trailer)

The new film from Austrian director Sebastian Brameshuber, world premiering in the Panorama section, is “neither a documentary nor entirely fiction,” creating a portrait of Europe today.

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In ‘Lali,’ the First All-Pakistani Film at Berlin, Love Is a Battlefield, and a Man Pretends to Be Possessed to Control His Wife (Exclusive Trailer)

The new movie from writer-director Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, who has seen two previous films submitted as entries in the international Oscar race, will world premiere in Berlin's Panorama section.

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‘The Fabulous Time Machine’ Follows Girls in the Brazilian Hinterland on Their Journey to Adolescence (Exclusive Berlin Clip)

Eliza Capai’s new feature documentary ‘A Fabulosa Máquina do Tempo’ will open the Generation Kplus lineup of the Berlin Film Festival.

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Egyptian Director Marwan Hamed on Crafting a Street Fight Scene With the Help of YouTube and Hyenas on Animal Planet: Rotterdam

The prolific filmmaker, the focus of a retrospective at IFFR 2026, discussed his career and craft during a Rotterdam event.

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Fiji, and Tilda Swinton, Star in ‘Heart of Light – eleven songs for Fiji.’ Swinton and Her Director Share What the World Can Learn From the Island Nation

The fourth collaboration of the star and director Cynthia Beatt, 40 years in the making, world premiered in the Harbour program of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

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‘Scream 7’ Gets Super Bowl Trailer and First Imax Release in Franchise History

Paramount's next installment in the series of slasher movies hits theaters Feb. 27.

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Sci-Fi Doc ‘Hungry’ Promises an “Immersive” Exploration of How to Avoid “Extinction Events” (Exclusive Rotterdam Clip)

"I want it to be thought-provoking," says director Susanne Brandstaetter, about the IFFR-debuting film. "I want people to be emotionally touched and think about what they're hearing and seeing."

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John Lithgow Lauds Queer Family Drama ‘Jimpa,’ and Co-Star Olivia Colman, Hoping the Film Can “Expand People’s Consciousness, Tolerance”

The U.S. star and Dutch cast members Romana Vrede, Hans Kesting and Zoë Love Smith discussed the film, set in Amsterdam and inspired by director Sophie Hyde's father, during an IFFR talk.

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‘It Was Just an Accident’ Co-Screenwriter Mehdi Mahmoudian Arrested in Iran

The Oscar nominee was taken into custody in Tehran for signing a statement condemning the actions of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khameni.

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Shahrbanoo Sadat, Maryna Er Gorbach Discuss Their Displacement Film Fund Shorts ‘Super Afghan Gym’ and ‘Rotation’: Rotterdam

The creatives behind the films, backed by the grant scheme unveiled last year by Cate Blanchett and IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund, also address displacement and identity.

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‘The Arab’ Director on Moving From Docs to Fiction for the Story of an Unnamed Figure in Albert Camus’ ‘The Stranger’: Rotterdam

Algerian history, colonialism and an Oedipal relationship play key roles in Malek Bensmaïl's fiction debut with Palestinian 'Succession' star Hiam Abbass, which world premiered at IFFR.

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