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âClayfaceâ Director James Watkins Explains Aaron Paulâs Cameo: âA Real Brief Easter Eggâ
In DC Studiosâ Clayface, Tom Rhys Harriesâ titular shape-shifting Batman villain takes multiple forms, including a surprising familiar face. Following murmurs of a cameo, director James Watkins confirmed that Aaron Paul makes a brief appearance in the DCU movie as Mattâs (Harries) father, who raised him in the slums of Gotham City. âHe has a [âŠ]
Director Rory Kennedy on âThe Trial of Alec Baldwinâ: âIf This Was Tom Hanks or Julia Roberts, I Donât Think This Would Have Gone to Trialâ
The director's film asks how social media and public opinion can affect legal proceedings.
âThe Cycleâ Is a Surprising New Take on the Police Procedural, With a Huge Twist and an Emotional Resonance the Director Didnât Expect
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for âThe Cycle,â now streaming on Shudder. What if a werewolf continued to transform even after its death? This light bulb idea came to frequent collaborators Jordan Downey and Kevin Stewart as they were sketching out a TV treatment for their 2018 film âThe Head Hunter.â âWe both [âŠ]
Joel McHale to Star in Short Film From âOpen Doorâ Director Kevin Cate (EXCLUSIVE)
Joel McHaleâs next move could be a viral sensation. McHale is set to star in the next short film from director Kevin Cate, the pair confirmed in a collaborative video on Oct. 23. No information outside of McHaleâs casting is known about the short film, but Cate is set to collaborate again with the same [âŠ]
Fusion Entertainment Signs Director Ryan DeForeest, Sets Feature Adaptation of His Short Film âMy Brother & Meâ (EXCLUSIVE)
Talent management and production company Fusion Entertainment has signed writer-director Ryan DeForeest and started development on a feature adaptation of his short film âMy Brother & Me,â Variety can reveal exclusively. âMy Brother & Me,â which premiered at the 2024 American Black Film Festival, follows âtwo brothers across three decades, from South Los Ang
âSlow Horsesâ Director on Season 6 and That Final Jack Lowden Scene: âWe Had Two Endings and One of Them Was Happyâ
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for âSlow Horsesâ Season 6, which had its season finale on Wednesday. âSlow Horsesâ Season 6 ended with lots of bangs and a whimper, as a key character appeared to take his last breath. First the body count: over the course of the season the Slough House team, [âŠ]
ITFOK 2027 invites applications; Deepan Sivaraman named festival director
âImagining Justiceâ is the theme of the 17th edition of the international theatre festival to be held in Thrissur from February 21 to 28
Ramy Youssefâs A24 directorial debut Martha & Muhammad: What we know
Ramy Youssefâs first feature film as director is taking shape, with Amanda Seyfried joining him and Sharon Stone in the cast of Martha & Muhammad . The Egyptian-American comedian will also write and star in the A24 comedy, with Seyfriedâs involvement reported by Deadline . The project brings together several of Youssef âs long-standing collaborators, includi
As Uncensored Re-Release of Ken Russellâs âThe Devilsâ Shocks Audiences, Directorâs Son Preps Doc Feature âMad Dadâ (EXCLUSIVE)
Considered one of the most controversial films of all time for its graphic, blasphemous, and sexually provocative imagery, Ken Russellâs âThe Devilsâ is now back in cinemas uncut and uncensored. Re-released in 4K by Warner Bros. imprint Clockwork some 55 years after its controversial debut, the new directorâs cut of the film â which premiered this [âŠ]
Alexander Brothers Case Is a âMicrocosm for a Lot of Questions about Sexual Assault,â Says Doc Director
'The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothersâ director Emma Schwartz argues the high-profile case would not have come to light without New Yorkâs Adult Survivors Act.
âClosureâ Director Michal Marczak Set for Narrative Feature Debut With âPerfection,â About Hipster Millennials in Berlin (EXCLUSIVE)
Prominent Polish documentarist MichaĆ Marczak â a Sundance Film Festival prizewinner with âAll These Sleepless Nightsâ â is set to make his narrative feature debut with âPerfection,â a buzzy drama about hipster millennials in Berlin, based on Italian author Vincenzo Latronicoâs eponymous novel that was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Ger
âO Projetoâ Directors on Walter Sallesâ Support and Screening Poetic Doc About Colonialism Ahead of âDramaticâ Brazilian Elections That Offer a âChoice Between Good and Evilâ
Once the Black Lives Matter protests broke out in the U.S., Brazilian filmmaker Sabrina Fidalgo and Swiss photographer Yvan Rodic realized it was time to begin working on their passion project, âO Projeto.â The documentary, developed and shot over the six years since, began its festival journey earlier this year at Brazilâs renowned Gramado Film [âŠ]
âBiermannâ Director Explains Why His Doc About a German Political Singer Is a Film for the Trump Era
Jens Meurer discusses his doc, screening at Austria's Viennale and showing Wolf Biermann narrating his life in various iterations of Germany, and how the outspoken artist inspired 'The Lives of Others.'
A passion for puppetry: the world according to Wildwood director Travis Knight
The founder of stop-motion studio Laika speaks with Culture Editor-at-large Michael Idato about his childhood watching Ray Harryhausen films and Wildwood's 16-year journey to the screen.
âWildwoodâ Director Hopes People âSee The Dangerâ In GenAI, Calls It âAntitheticalâ To Laikaâs Work
As Laika debuts its latest stop-motion animation, Travis Knight is standing firmly against generative AI. The Wildwood director and Laika CEO explained that GenAI âis antithetical to everything that we are at this studio,â also emphasizing that he hopes people âsee the dangerâ in the technologyâs potential as much as the âvalue.â âBut all of [âŠ]
âWildwoodâ Director Travis Knight on AI: âAn Amazing Piece of Technologyâ But âIâm Not Embracing It at Allâ
âWildwoodâ director Travis Knight is weighing in on Hollywoodâs use of AI. âIâm not embracing it at all,â Knight told me Wednesday night at AFI Festâs opening night U.S. premiere of âWildwood.â âI see technology as a tool, and we use technology at Laika. A pencil is technology, a paintbrush is technology, a 3D printer [âŠ]
âBlack Shine, From âState of Silenceâ Director Santiago Maza, â Delves Into the Aftermath of a 2006 Mining Tragedy That Buried 63 Miners
Mexicoâs Santiago Maza, whose fourth feature-length doc âState of Silence,â (âEstado de Silencioâ), a passion project of Diego Luna, snagged the best feature award at Chileâs 2024 Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic), has premiered his latest work, âBlack Shineâ (âEl brillo negroâ) at the Morelia Film Festival where it competes for the top prize among the [âŠ]
MPTF Expands Board Of Directors With David Kramer And Blair Rich; Five Added To Board Of Governors
EXCLUSIVE: The Motion Picture & Television fund has added UTA CEO David Kramer and Legendary Filmsâ Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer Blair Rich to its board of directors, while boosting its board of governors ranks with the addition of five new members. The new members of the board of governors are WMEâs Dan Aloni, UTAâs [âŠ]
Netflixâs Ted Sarandos Elected Chair of AFIâs Board of Directors (Exclusive)
Sarandos succeeds Bob Daly, who has held the role for the past 17 years.
âAmyâ Director Asif Kapadia Recalls Three-Act Quest to Becoming an Oscar Winner
âIf youâre lucky, you get to pick and choose what you make,â the 'Senna' and 'Diego Maradona' filmmaker told the MIA Market in Rome.
Stanley Kubrick, the Ultimate Outside-the-Box Director, Gets a New Box (Set)
Criterionâs new Stanley Kubrick collection may be the ultimate gift to cinephiles.
Wildwoodâs director says AI is âantithetical to everything that we are at this studioâ
Wildwood is the most ambitious film yet from Laika, the stop-motion studio best known for the likes of Coraline and ParaNorman. It's a sprawling fantasy adventure that took five years to complete. The process involved more 230 puppets - including 36 of the main character Prue alone - which were brought to life by a [âŠ]
YA Vampire Adaptation âHouse Of Nightâ Gets New Director, Casting Underway & Shoot Eyed For Early 2027
EXCLUSIVE: The first big screen adaptation of House of Night, the popular YA fantasy romance book series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast, has a new director in the shape of Johanna Watts. A long-time collaborator of the filmâs producer Davis Films, Watts previously directed the short Career Girl and is currently in post-production on [âŠ]
âWildwoodâ Director Travis Knight on Spending 16 Years to Create His Stop-Motion âMasterpieceâ
The filmmaker and Nike scion poured untold millions into his critically acclaimed "grand experiment." But he knows the real test is yet to come.
Resident Evil Director Zach Cregger Feels âGratifiedâ Following Gamer Backlash To His Highly Successful Movie
Resident Evil director Zach Cregger has responded to the success of his video game movie, and while he doesn't want to say âI told you soâ to his haters, he's happy with the response, both critically and commercially. âI donât know if I feel vindicated,â he told A Shot . âIâm gratified. Iâm gratified that people responded to it.â The Resident Evil movie has
Directorul general Èi cel comercial de la Uzina MecanicÄ Plopeni, acord de recunoaÈtere cu procurorii Ăźntr-un dosar de luare de mitÄ
Directorul general al Uzinei Mecanice Plopeni, Tiberiu Alexandru PĂźrvu, inculpat pentru luare de mitÄ Ăźn formÄ continuatÄ, la domiciliul cÄruia procurorii DNA au gÄsit jumÄtate de milion de euro, Ći Liliana Sorescu, directorul comercial al aceleiaĆi unitÄĆŁi, acuzatÄ de douÄ infracĆŁiuni de luare de mitÄ, dintre care una Ăźn formÄ continuatÄ, au Ăźncheiat acordu
Zacatecas: caen 2 directores de seguridad municipales por secuestro y extorsiĂłn
Zacatecas, Zac., Los directores de las policĂas municipales de RĂo Grande y de MĂłmax, JosĂ© Alonso FernĂĄndez MartĂnez y JosĂ© Miguel GarcĂa, respectivamente, fueron detenidos ayer por su presunta participaciĂłn en los delitos de secuestro, extorsiĂłn agravada y halconeo.
Abdul El-Sayed Michigan US Senate campaign hires Jewish outreach director
<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_1200,w_2160/743011' alt='Democrat US Senate candidate for Michigan Abdul El-Sayed speaks on stage with US Representative Ayanna Pressley (L), Democrat of Massachusetts during a midterm campaign rally in Flint, Michigan on October 18, 2026. (photo cred
âPetal Danceâ Director Ishikawa Hiroshi Ends 13-Year Feature Hiatus With âThe Blue We Touchâ (EXCLUSIVE)
Japanese filmmaker Ishikawa Hiroshi, whose credits include âTokyo.sora,â âSu-ki-da.â and âPetal Dance,â is back with his first feature in 13 years. His new film, âthe blue we touchâ (original title: âAwo no Joâ), is in post-production and will be released in Japan in 2027 by Bitters End, which unveiled the project ahead of the Tokyo [âŠ]
Oscar Nuñez, Marlene Forte, Otmara Marrero & Vivian Ruiz To Star In Adrian Cardenasâ Directorial Debut âIn An Orderly Fashionâ
EXCLUSIVE: Writer Adrian Cardenas is making his directorial debut with the film In an Orderly Fashion, which just completed production in Miami with Oscar Nuñez (The Office, The Paper), Marlene Forte (The Rookie, Star Trek), Otmara Marrero (Florida Man, StartUp), and Vivian Ruiz (Bloodline, Pain & Gain) in lead roles. In an Orderly Fashion follows Rafa [âŠ]
âStreet Fighterâ Director Kitao Sakurai Built a Career by Embracing the Ridiculous
Sakurai helped launch âThe Eric Andre Showâ in the 2010s, a building block that has now led to a big-budget video game movie.
Sorin Costreie, despre concursul pentru directorii de Ècoli: âCred cÄ a fost o problemÄ timpul alocat Èi faptul cÄ nu au avut ciornÄâ
Ministrul EducaÈiei, Sorin Costreie, a declarat miercuri searÄ, la Digi24, cÄ vor fi analizate condiÈiile Ăźn care s-a desfÄÈurat concursul pentru directorii de Ècoli, dupÄ apariÈia unor contestaÈii. Invitat la emisiunea âJurnalul de SearÄâ, ministrul a semnalat posibile probleme legate de timpul alocat candidaÈilor Èi de faptul cÄ aceÈtia nu au avut la dispo
Tanner Buchanan, Peyton Elizabeth Lee to Star in âGasolineâ From âSLC Punk!â Director James Merendino (Exclusive)
Elliott Fullam, Finn Douglas and Oscar O'Meara round out the cast for the feature set in the world of 1990s punk rock.
Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Shimizu Takashi Among Directors of Disney+, Hulu Japanese Horror Series âNight Tales Clubâ
Kurosawa Kiyoshi and âJu-onâ director Shimizu Takashi are among the seven filmmakers behind âNight Tales Club,â a six-part Japanese supernatural anthology series set to premiere on Disney+ and Hulu in January 2027. Yamada Takayuki leads the series as Hojo, a high-flying businessman fixated on the unexplained who acts as its storyteller. Each episode adapts a
Overwatch's director discusses why King's Row is so iconic, but admits that 'every single map in the game gets a vote'
What's the best map in Overwatch? And why is it King's Row?
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