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Seeds is planting itself firmly in the hearts of critics around the country. Brittany Shyne’s documentary about Black farmers in the South won the Grand Jury Prize in Competition at the 2025 Seattle International Film Festival, the latest honor for a film that has won awards at Sundance, RiverRun in North Carolina, and the San […]

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has won out in a tug of war for Richard Linklater’s Breathless homage Nouvelle Vague after its Cannes Film Festival debut in the competition. We understand the deal has closed for a hefty $4 million, a record domestic outlay for a French-language movie. This is an interesting one. Breathless is viewed as a […]

What evil lies in down and under? Surely a place filled with kangaroos and Men at Work can’t be all this sinister. And the most unsuspecting duo of the deepest abyss of horror are Sundance Film Festival wunderkinds-turned-genre meisters, twin brother filmmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou. They’re so vivacious and jolly, you’d never think they […]

TITLE: Kokuho Section: Directors Fortnight Director: Lee Sang-il Screenwriter: Satoko OkuderaLogline: After the death of his father who was the head of a yakuza gang, Kikuo is taken under the wing of the renowned Kabuki actor Hanjiro Hanai (Ken Watanabe). Kikuo becomes his disciple alongside Shunsuke, Hanjiro’s only son. The young men dedicate their lives to the […]

The Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner Jafar Panahi has returned to Iran, where he was given a hero’s welcome.  The Guardian newspaper reports that, two days after claiming the top prize at Cannes, Panahi touched down in Tehran, with video of his posted on social media, including footage posted by Iranian director Mehdi Naderi. […]

Marcel Ophuls, the director of the seminal 1969 documentary The Sorrow and the Pity that explored the collaboration between the Vichy government and Nazi Germany during World War II, died at his home in in France over the weekend. He was 97. His death was reported to The New York Times by his grandson Andreas-Benjamin […]

Netflix’s latest Brazil slate includes a series set in the world of MMA; another about the iconic Brazilian football team of the 1970s; a movie spin-off of the Sintonia series; and documentaries about soccer stars Neymar and Ronaldinho. The streamer has also greenlit its first local horror movie and first wildlife doc. New films include […]

In an unfortunate example of life imitating art, Argentine moviegoers were treated to an unwitting immersive experience as they screened Final Destination Bloodlines, with their theater’s ceiling collapsing mid-movie. The incident took place last week at Cinema Ocho in La Plata, the capital city of Argentina’s Buenos Aires, according to Argentine digital publication Infobae. During […]

Indies held their own on super start-of-summer weekend as Jane Austen, the late 18th century British novelist and early feminist continued her box office run in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Faith-based Angel Studios takes audiences to The Last Rodeo, and Tim Robinson fans, who helped open Friendship with a bang, are driving strong word […]

Although on paper, the Hollywood Walk of Fame sounds glamorous, Miley Cyrus found out that the reality is pretty gross. After filming a music video rolling around on the famed sidewalk for her upcoming track ‘Walk of Fame’, the 3x Grammy winner revealed she “caught something” and was hospitalized over Thanksgiving. “I filmed this video […]

When it comes to getting indie films made, Richard Linklater lives by the golden rule of “fake it until you make it.” The 5x Oscar nominee recently opened up about the struggles of financing as an indie filmmaker, explaining that they have to “be a cheap hustler” and “have some charm” in order to convince […]

Although Courtney Shayne might be the ultimate onscreen mean girl, Rose McGowan was a fierce girl’s girl behind the scenes. More than 25 years after playing Brenda in Jawbreaker (1999), Tatyana Ali called McGowan “a real one” and reminisced about the actress standing up for her against an on-set bully while making the Darren Stein-helmed […]

SUNDAY UPDATE, Refresh for latest…: Disney’s Lilo & Stitch has come in well ahead of pre-weekend projections, with a massive $341.7M global start when factoring in the holiday Monday in the U.S. If counting just the domestic Friday-Saturday-Sunday, the worldwide total is $304.2M. The international box office portion through Sunday is $158.7M. With this weekend […]

EXCLUSIVE: With The Eternaut still nestled high in Netflix’s viewing charts, the streamer is adding to its line-up of content from Argentina. It has greenlit two new movies, acquired another, and cameras are rolling on a previously-announced Juan José Campanella film. The two new films are Lo dejamos acá, starring Ricardo Darín and Diego Peretti; […]

Thierry Frémaux, the Delegate Général of the Cannes Film Festival, is propping up the Majestic Beach’s main bar. The joint’s buzzing, the victors being lionized after what has been acknowledged as a strong competition and selection, and I have the temerity to wonder idly when he’ll retire. “I don’t know,” he murmurs. “You know, in […]

Gone Girl actress Rosamund Pike has described her “15 minutes of hell” after she was punched in the face on a London street, and had her mobile phone stolen.  The Sun newspaper reports that, back in 2006, Pike – who starred as Amy Dunne in Gone Girl alongside Ben Affleck and also appeared in Bond […]

Tom Cruise was so physically exhausted after a day of stunt work on his latest Mission: Impossible film he had to be carried by his crew. His longtime stunt coordinator and second unit director Wade Eastwood told The Times of London newspaper how drained the actor was by one particular stunt in the eighth (and […]

The one person who actually went to prison for the 2021 shooting death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins is free just weeks after the tragedy suffused Alec Baldwin starring indie Western premiered and then promptly disappeared in a cloud of box office dust earlier this month. According to the New Mexico Department of Corrections, the […]

Renowned comedian and actor Dick Van Dyke revealed that he and longtime friend, the late great Ed Asner, were set to team for a remake of classic comedy The Odd Couple prior to the latter’s death in 2021. “That would’ve been such fun, and we lost it. I’ve lost a lot of friends,” Van Dyke […]

David Tennant would probably have liked to use the TARDIS to nab the lead role in Walt Disney Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps. During a panel conversation at MCM Comic Con in London, the Doctor Who alum was asked by a fan if there were any villains or superheroes he would like to portray […]

As Hayley Atwell bids farewell to her Mission: Impossible character Grace, she’s taken on the most important role of her life. The Golden Globe nominee recently revealed that she was nearly nine months pregnant with her first child during reshoots for one fight scene in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, which is now playing […]

Colleen Hoover’s thriller Verity will hit theaters following the feature adaptation of Regretting You. Both films have big shoes to fill after the feature adaptation of It Ends With Us starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who directed the film. Verity is another one of Hoover’s popular novels, and it has a thriller bent. The […]

Focus Features had the final slot of the Official Selection here in Cannes this evening with Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t!, a dark comedy reuniting Margaret Qualley with the filmmaker on the heels of last year’s Drive-Away Dolls. Coen & Co. received a 6.5-minute ovation in the wee hours of the morning. “Fun finish to the […]

A sequel to The Devil Wears Prada is in the works, first revealed in July 2024, so best prepare and gird your loins. The original film was based on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the same name, following Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), a journalism graduate who moved to New York City and lands a very […]