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‘Imagining Justice’ is the theme of the 17th edition of the international theatre festival to be held in Thrissur from February 21 to 28

Ramy Youssef’s 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 Seyfried’s involvement reported by Deadline . The project brings together several of Youssef ’s long-standing collaborators, includi

Considered one of the most controversial films of all time for its graphic, blasphemous, and sexually provocative imagery, Ken Russell’s “The Devils” 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 director’s cut of the film — which premiered this […]

'The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers’ director Emma Schwartz argues the high-profile case would not have come to light without New York’s Adult Survivors Act.

Prominent Polish documentarist Michał Marczak – a Sundance Film Festival prizewinner with “All These Sleepless Nights” – is set to make his narrative feature debut with “Perfection,” a buzzy drama about hipster millennials in Berlin, based on Italian author Vincenzo Latronico’s eponymous novel that was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Ger

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, “O Projeto.” The documentary, developed and shot over the six years since, began its festival journey earlier this year at Brazil’s renowned Gramado Film […]

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.'

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.

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 “is antithetical to everything that we are at this studio,” also emphasizing that he hopes people “see the danger” in the technology’s potential as much as the “value.” “But all of […]

“Wildwood” director Travis Knight is weighing in on Hollywood’s use of AI. “I’m not embracing it at all,” Knight told me Wednesday night at AFI Fest’s opening night U.S. premiere of “Wildwood.” “I see technology as a tool, and we use technology at Laika. A pencil is technology, a paintbrush is technology, a 3D printer […]

Mexico’s Santiago Maza, whose fourth feature-length doc “State of Silence,” (“Estado de Silencio”), a passion project of Diego Luna, snagged the best feature award at Chile’s 2024 Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic), has premiered his latest work, “Black Shine” (“El brillo negro”) at the Morelia Film Festival where it competes for the top prize among the […]

EXCLUSIVE: The Motion Picture & Television fund has added UTA CEO David Kramer and Legendary Films’ 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 WME’s Dan Aloni, UTA’s […]

Sarandos succeeds Bob Daly, who has held the role for the past 17 years.

“If you’re lucky, you get to pick and choose what you make,” the 'Senna' and 'Diego Maradona' filmmaker told the MIA Market in Rome.

Criterion’s new Stanley Kubrick collection may be the ultimate gift to cinephiles.

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 […]

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 film’s producer Davis Films, Watts previously directed the short Career Girl and is currently in post-production on […]

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 has responded to the success of his video game movie, and while he doesn't want to say “I told you so” to his haters, he's happy with the response, both critically and commercially. “I don’t know if I feel vindicated,” he told A Shot . “I’m gratified. I’m gratified that people responded to it.” The Resident Evil movie has

Directorul general al Uzinei Mecanice Plopeni, Tiberiu Alexandru Pîrvu, inculpat pentru luare de mită în formă continuată, la domiciliul căruia procurorii DNA au găsit jumătate de milion de euro, şi Liliana Sorescu, directorul comercial al aceleiaşi unităţi, acuzată de două infracţiuni de luare de mită, dintre care una în formă continuată, au încheiat acordu

Zacatecas, Zac., Los directores de las policías municipales de Río Grande y de Mómax, José Alonso Fernández Martínez y José Miguel García, respectivamente, fueron detenidos ayer por su presunta participación en los delitos de secuestro, extorsión agravada y halconeo.

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Japanese filmmaker Ishikawa Hiroshi, whose credits include “Tokyo.sora,” “Su-ki-da.” and “Petal Dance,” is back with his first feature in 13 years. His new film, “the blue we touch” (original title: “Awo no Jo”), is in post-production and will be released in Japan in 2027 by Bitters End, which unveiled the project ahead of the Tokyo […]

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 […]

Sakurai helped launch ‘The Eric Andre Show’ in the 2010s, a building block that has now led to a big-budget video game movie.

Ministrul Educației, Sorin Costreie, a declarat miercuri seară, la Digi24, că vor fi analizate condițiile în care s-a desfășurat concursul pentru directorii de școli, după apariția unor contestații. Invitat la emisiunea „Jurnalul de Seară”, ministrul a semnalat posibile probleme legate de timpul alocat candidaților și de faptul că aceștia nu au avut la dispo

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 and “Ju-on” director Shimizu Takashi are among the seven filmmakers behind “Night Tales Club,” 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

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