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The Blockbuster Mentality Is Back, Baby!
Spider-Man: Brand New Day shattered box office records with nearly $1 billion in its first 72 hours, reigniting Hollywood's blockbuster mentality amid concerns over creative stagnation and the need fo
Zuckerberg's yacht was closest to stranded Alaska skiff
A small Alaska cruise ship rescued a stranded skiff near Farragut Bay, but AIS tracking data showed Mark Zuckerberg's superyacht Launchpad was actually the closest vessel to the boat in trouble.
Steve Carell's 12th Emmy Nomination Without a Win
Steve Carell has earned his 12th Emmy nomination without a win, making him the second-most nominated performer in history without an award, trailing only Angela Lansbury.
Letterboxd Outage Locks Out 30M+ Users
Letterboxd, the film-review social platform with more than 30 million users, went down Sunday morning around 6 a.m. PT, with users unable to sign in and the company acknowledging the issue on Instagra
Paddy Young's 'Will Sir Be Laughing Alone?' Show Reviewed
A review of comedian Paddy Young's new show 'Will Sir Be Laughing Alone?', praising his self-deprecating 'luckless bachelor' persona and crowd-work while noting a downbeat edge that can sap comic mome
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Becomes Second-Fastest Movie to Hit $1 Billion Overseas, Powers to $1.67 Billion Globally
Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed $1.67 billion globally in just 12 days, becoming the second-fastest film ever to hit $1 billion internationally as it powers toward a potential $2 billion finish.
Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Flies to Third-Biggest Second Weekend of All Time With $145 Million
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ posted a historic second weekend with $145 million domestically, while ‘The Odyssey’ became Christopher Nolan’s highest-grossing film worldwide, surpassing his previous blo
The Odyssey Becomes Nolan's Top Grosser at $1.1B
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" has crossed $1.1 billion worldwide after four weekends, surpassing "The Dark Knight Rises" to become his highest-grossing film ever and the second-highest-grossing R-
Locarno Protest Unfurls 60,000 Names of Gaza Dead
About 100 demonstrators at Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival unfurled a shroud listing 60,000 names of those killed in Gaza, in a pre-approved protest calling on the Swiss government to pressure Isr
David Ellison Is Promising Theater Owners Contractual Guarantees for Paramount-Warner Bros. 30-Film Annual Slate. But What if Moviegoers Don’t Care?
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is offering AMC and Regal three-year contractual guarantees for 30 theatrical releases annually with 45-day exclusive windows, even as Paramount's doubled 2026 sla
John Carpenter Releases Cathedral Novel and Album
John Carpenter has released "Cathedral," a graphic novel and accompanying soundtrack album based on a vivid dream, as the 78-year-old filmmaker continues his second career as a musician with his son a
John Carpenter Has Been to Hell and Back
John Carpenter, the 78-year-old horror auteur behind Halloween and The Thing, has released a paired graphic novel and soundtrack album titled Cathedral, signaling that his late-career pivot to music h
Armar's 'Our Time Will Come' Premieres at Locarno
Amartei Armar's feature debut "Our Time Will Come," a Ghanaian drama about two orphans searching for family in Accra with Oliver Twist echoes, premieres at Locarno after its 2025 Marrakech Atlas Works
James Gray Calls Cinema 'Closest Thing To A Dream' At Locarno
James Gray received an honorary award at the Locarno Film Festival ahead of Paper Tiger's Swiss premiere, using the press conference to declare cinema 'the closest thing we have to a dream' and to con
Why Every Orchestra Needs a Conductor
A composer who also conducts reframes the often-mocked baton-wielder as a practical necessity born from the 19th-century orchestra's expansion—arguing conductors emerged to solve real acoustic and mus
'Monsters of God' Premieres on HBO: Inside Reptile Smuggling
Eric Goode and Jeremy McBride, the creators of Tiger King, have premiered a new five-part HBO docuseries "Monsters of God" tracing decades of global reptile smuggling from a 1960s cheese salesman to k
'Foriegner' Review: Punk Anti-Comedy at Edinburgh Fringe
At Edinburgh's Summerhall, US-based Iranian performer Sohrab Haghverdi's anti-comedy "Foriegner" blends bodily-fluid provocations, a pro-Trump-bombing-Iran rant, and Rumi-inspired philosophy into a se
Lucy Beaumont on the Songs That Shaped Her Life
Comedian Lucy Beaumont runs through the soundtrack of her life in a music questionnaire, revealing Coldplay triggers a visceral carsick feeling, the Stone Roses' debut transformed her teenage worldvie
Edinburgh Fringe Veterans Trade Tips With First-Timers
The Guardian paired six Edinburgh fringe veterans with debut comedians — including 78-year-old Gyles Brandreth and 50-year-old NHS nurse Brandy Bex in drag — to trade survival tips and generational gr
'Donkey Princess' Premieres in Locarno Competition
Chilean filmmaking duo León and Cociña premiered their third feature 'Donkey Princess,' a hybrid live-action and stop-motion fairy tale riffing on Perrault's 'Donkeyskin,' in Locarno's international c
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