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Oscar winner Rami Malek revealed a previous encounter with the Los Angeles Police Department during which he was racially profiled and thrown onto a cop car as authorities tried to locate a robber. The actor, who detailed the incident in a lengthy cover story with The Guardian, was discussing issues of identity and othering he […]

Following the death of David Lynch, his four children — Jennifer, Austin, Riley and Lula Lynch — paid tribute to their filmmaker father and invited people everywhere to join in a “worldwide group meditation” to honor him on what would have been his 79th birthday. “David Lynch, our beloved dad, was a guiding light of […]

Although the One of Them Days premiere was canceled, some of producer Issa Rae‘s old pals are celebrating the release with fellow Angelenos. The cast of HBO‘s Insecure will reunite to host a free screening of the new Keke Palmer/SZA buddy comedy on Saturday at 2pm at AMC The Grove 14 “for a moment of […]

UPDATED with latest: It’s a new year — time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we get deeper into Oscar season and look ahead to the guild awards, Grammys, Tonys and more. Check back often for updates. Note that the AARP Movies […]

UPDATED, 5:41 p.m.: This year’s AFI Awards luncheon will now take place on Thursday, February 6, AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale announced on Friday evening. Like many award shows around town, they’d been delayed by the L.A. wildfires, which continue to approach containment. The luncheon had previously been dated for Friday, January 10. “With […]

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Katt Williams is boarding Adam Rifkin’s trippy road-trip comedy Toad opposite James Paxton (Twisters) and Oliver Wyman (Feeling Randy). The pic follows two dudes who are hired by terrifying crime boss, Charles (Craig Robinson), to transport a box of contraband psychedelic toads from L.A. to Vegas. When the soaring desert temperatures cause the toads to suffer […]

UPDATED with new date: The Critics Choice Association said it has rescheduled its 30th annual Critics Choice Awards for Friday, February 7. Chelsea Handler will remain as host of the ceremony, which will broadcast live on E! from 7-10 p.m. ET/PT from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Organizers said E!’s Live from E!: Critics Choice […]

Now that Cameron Diaz is back in action, she’s considering revisiting one of her most beloved roles. When asked if she’d reunite with Jim Carrey for a sequel to their 1994 superhero comedy film The Mask, the 4x Golden Globe nominee seemed ready to reprise her role as lounge performer Tina Carlyle. “If Jim’s on […]

Walter Salles-directed I’m Still Here caps weeks of packed screenings after a Best Actress Golden Globe win by star Fernanda Torres with a theatrical release from Sony Pictures Classics on five screens in New York and LA. The distributor’s The Room Next Door jumps from 44 screens to over 850, the widest release of a […]

David Krumholtz (Oppenheimer) and Emily Beecham (1899) have joined Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow as the parents of Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl, Deadline can confirm. They join a cast led by House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock, who landed the title role after a long search. Others on board include Matthias Schoenaerts as villain Krem of […]

OK, Academy Members, time is up. Extensions are almost over, and this is your last warning to cast your Oscar nomination ballot before the final deadline at 5 p.m. PT today, January 17. Due to the L.A. wildfires tragedy, the voting window has been extended twice. The original deadline was Sunday, January 12, and then […]

The Santa Barbara Film Festival has revealed its entire program for its upcoming 40th edition, which includes 32 world premieres and 74 U.S. premieres from 60 countries. The fest will open February 4, 2025 with the U.S. premiere of Jane Austin Wrecked My Life and will close February 15 with the U.S. premiere of A […]

The votes are in for the 2025 Dorian Awards nominations. GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics said today that Neon’s Anora, Amazon MGM Studios’ Challengers, A24’s I Saw the TV Glow, Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM’s Nickel Boys and Mubi’s The Substance will battle it out for Film of the Year. Vying for LGBTQ Film of the Year […]

Sony Pictures Classics has announced that it will release its dramedy The Penguin Lessons, starring Academy Award nominees Steve Coogan (Philomena) and Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), in theaters nationwide on March 28. The film is set to open against Focus Features’ Sundance entry The Ballad of Wallis Island, starring Carey Mulligan; Universal’s horror thriller […]

EXCLUSIVE: Laura Kosann has come on to write the Lyrical Media and Ryder Picture Company’s film adaptation of Brynne Weaver’s bestselling novel Butcher & Blackbird, the first installment of Weaver’s New York Times bestselling Ruinous Love trilogy. Chris McKay is set to direct. Lyrical’s Alexander Black and RPC’s Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett will produce […]

Bill Marsh can teach your kid to swim. In fact, he may be better at it than anyone else. If you think that’s no big deal, consider this: “In the United States, drowning is the leading cause of preventable death for children ages 1-4.” That statistic is cited in A Swim Lesson, the Oscar-shortlisted short […]

Following the busiest few years of her career, Renée Zellweger enjoyed a much-needed six-year hiatus. The 2x Oscar winner recently opened up to Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy co-star Hugh Grant about why she took a break from acting in 2010, before returning for 2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby. “Because I needed to,” Zellweger said […]

Society of Camera Operators announced today the film and television nominees for its 2025 SOC Awards, which honor the craft of camera operation and celebrate the vital role camera operators and crews play in storytelling. Vying for the movie prize are the camera pros behind Challengers, Civil War, A Complete Unknown, Wicked and Wolfs. Nominees […]

Whether the Sundance Film Festival remains in Utah or moves to Boulder or Cincinnati in 2027, this year’s gathering will see some big changes. And we don’t mean on the screen. Just more than a week before Sundance 2025 kicks off, the resort town has made the long-desired decision to make Park City’s often-congested Main […]

At every stage of release, the Oscar-shortlisted documentary The Bibi Files has faced tremendous challenges – obstacles that might have derailed filmmakers without the fortitude of director Alexis Bloom and producer Alex Gibney. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, whose reputation takes a beating in the film, tried to block its unofficial world premiere at […]

UPDATED with more details: Anora, Challengers, A Complete Unknown, Nickel Boys and Wicked are among the feature film screenplay nominees for the 77th annual Writers Guild Awards, which revealed its nominees Wednesday to honor the year’s best in film, TV, new media, news, radio and promotional writing. Winners will be announced February 15 during concurrent […]

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ghanaian artists created vibrant hand-painted movie posters to promote Hollywood blockbuster films. These posters served as promotional material for mobile cinemas that flourished in Ghana between the 1980s and 2000.  These wildly imaginative posters were a testament to a once-thriving industry: the “Ghanaian Mobile Cinema.” This industry emerged in the […]

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to UnBroken, the award-winning documentary that tells an extraordinary story of survival from Nazi Germany. The distributor plans a February 21 theatrical release of the film from first-time director Beth Lane (watch the film’s trailer below). UnBroken bowed at the Heartland Film Festival in 2023 where it […]

At the end of the day, it wasn’t as bad as expected. That’s the overriding sentiment among international distribution executives and other industry watchers regarding how 2024’s overseas and global box office panned out. Yes, we continue to need more consistency to foster the cinema-going habit, as well as more good movies that hit their […]