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Review Pans Boll's 'Citizen Vigilante' as Morally
Uwe Boll's vigilante thriller 'Citizen Vigilante,' originally titled 'The Dark Knight,' draws a brutal Variety review that calls the film morally bankrupt exploitation and warns it damages star Armie
Olivia Rodrigo tops UK charts as confessional pop
Female pop singers led by Olivia Rodrigo are dominating the UK charts with confessional lyrics and unfiltered social media, though artists like Rachel Chinouriri push back on total disclosure expectat
UTA's Jason Burns: It's a 'Fantastic Time' for
UTA partner Jason Burns describes a 'fantastic time for animation' ahead of the Annecy Film Festival, arguing that competitive studios now give filmmakers deal-making leverage once reserved for live-a
Five Documentaries Vie for Golden Goblet at Shanghai
Five documentaries from Spain, China, the Balkans, Chile, and a Serbia-Croatia-Bulgaria co-production are competing for the Golden Goblet at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, with their c
David Fortune's 'Color Book' Lands on Netflix After
Director David Fortune's debut feature "Color Book," a black-and-white father-son drama that spent years moving through Netflix- and industry-backed incubator programs, premieres on Netflix and in lim
Amazon MGM Drops Sam Altman Biopic 'Artificial'
Amazon MGM has dropped Luca Guadagnino's planned film 'Artificial' about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, covering his dramatic 2023 firing and re-hiring, and is now seeking a new studio to release it.
Netflix's 'Oasis' Review: More 'Elite' Than 'White
A Variety review of Netflix's Spanish resort thriller "Oasis" argues the show is glossy teen-soap fare closer to "Elite" than to "The White Lotus," with thin characters and a missing-person plot that
Tate Frida Kahlo Show Breaks Pre-Sale Record
Tate Modern's Frida Kahlo exhibition has sold more than 41,000 advance tickets — the highest pre-selling show in the gallery's history — as British museums report blockbuster demand roaring back even
‘Unidentified’ Director Haifaa Al Mansour On A New Era In Saudi Arabian Filmmaking, Especially For Women
Saudi director Haifaa Al Mansour — the Kingdom's first female feature filmmaker — opens her TIFF-premiering crime thriller Unidentified theatrically on 90 screens, tracing a 13-year arc from directing
Amazon Drops 'Artificial' Sam Altman Biopic After
Amazon has dropped Luca Guadagnino's Sam Altman biopic "Artificial" as its distributor shortly after announcing a massive investment partnership with OpenAI, the company Altman runs.
Senators Urge FCC to Block Paramount-WBD Merger Closing
Three Democratic senators are pressing FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to block the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger from closing until a national security review of its 49.5% foreign ownership — inc
Greg Vrotsos' $130K Indie 'Situations' Skips Streaming
Actor Greg Vrotsos walked away from financiers, self-funded his $130,000 indie film "Situations" with a 10-person crew, and is now touring it through independent theaters worldwide with Utopia's Circl
Durutti Column returns with first album in 16 years
The Durutti Column — Vini Reilly, Bruce Mitchell and Keir Stewart — will release "Renascent" at the end of July, their first new album in 16 years, arriving as the group's sound resurfaces in work by
Neruda's Refugee Ship Animated Film Competes at Annecy
"Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope," a Spain-Chile-Argentina animated co-production about the cargo ship Pablo Neruda and Delia del Carril chartered to rescue Spanish Civil War refugees, will compete in the Con
7 Rising Romanian Talents Ready to Break Out in 2026
Seven rising Romanian directors take the spotlight at Transilvania Film Festival's 25th edition, stepping out of the shadow of the Romanian New Wave — which artistic director Mihai Chirilov says has '
Bologna's Rediscovered Cinema Festival Opens 40th
Bologna's Il Cinema Ritrovato opens its 40th edition on Saturday with more than 500 restored and overlooked films, drawing a new generation of streaming-age cinephiles after last year's event attracte
St Kilda Pier Wins Top Victorian Architecture Medal
The reimagined $53m St Kilda pier by Jackson Clements Burrows Architects took the Victorian architecture medal plus two other gongs at the 2026 AIA Victorian awards, with judges praising projects that
MuVpix Casts Brown & Cabau in 'Romeo & Juliet
Microdrama platform MuVpix has cast Gabrielle Faith Brown as Juliet and Yolanthe Cabau as The Nurse in 'Romeo & Juliet, Reimagined,' a dual horizontal-and-vertical adaptation of Shakespeare set in mod
Abdy & De Luca to Headline TIFF's Inaugural Market
Warner Bros. co-chairs Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca will headline the inaugural TIFF Market's Dialogues programme in September, discussing studio strategy and content development in a global marketplace.
Amazon Drops Guadagnino's OpenAI Film 'Artificial'
Amazon MGM will not release Luca Guadagnino's film "Artificial," which chronicles Sam Altman's firing and rehiring at OpenAI in 2023, with the studio saying the film would be better served by a differ
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