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Jerusalem Film Festival Chief: Boycotts Empower Hardliners
Jerusalem Film Festival chief Roni Mahadav-Levin published an open letter urging Palestinian filmmakers to participate in next year's edition, arguing cultural boycotts empower the hardliners they aim
‘Satluj’ Review: A Moving Indian Activist Drama Pulled From Circulation
After years of government censorship demands exceeding 120 cuts, Indian activist drama "Satluj" debuted globally on Zee5 on July 3rd, only to be pulled from Indian viewers within 48 hours and internat
Holly Willoughby Launches YouTube Lifestyle Series
Former ITV 'This Morning' host Holly Willoughby is launching a five-part lifestyle series called 'Holly Willoughby Together' on YouTube starting July 28, marking her first major TV project since quitt
Hollywood Press Tours Swap Interviews for Games and Gimmicks
This columnist argues Hollywood's summer press tours have traded substantive interviews for gimmicky Q&As, snack-rating segments, and Tonight Show-style rap recaps — turning A-list stars into 'endless
Venice Critics’ Week Lineup: Shalini Adnani’s Family Drama ‘Our Share of Sand,’ AI-Assisted Colombian Doc ‘The End of Times’ and More
Venice Critics' Week unveiled its 83rd-edition lineup of seven debut features by first-time directors, all world premieres competing for a $100,000 prize.
Ofcom Probes MAFS UK Over Rape Allegations
Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into Channel 4’s *Married at First Sight UK* over fairness and privacy concerns, following rape allegations against a contestant and removal of episodes from
'The Price Of Peace' Begins Filming in London
Principal photography has begun in London on Anthony McCarten's WWII political thriller "The Price of Peace," which casts Guy Pearce, Jared Harris, and Merab Ninidze as Truman, Churchill, and Stalin a
James Gray Honored With Locarno Career Award
James Gray will receive the Pardo alla Carriera career achievement award at the 79th Locarno Film Festival on August 9, with an open-air screening of his Cannes competition entry Paper Tiger on the 8,
James Gray to Be Honored With Locarno Film Festival Career Award
The Locarno Film Festival will honor writer-director James Gray with its Pardo alla Carriera lifetime achievement award on Aug. 9, accompanied by screenings of his latest film 'Paper Tiger' and two ea
Na Hong-Jin’s Cannes Competition Title ‘Hope’ Has Strong Opening At Korean Box Office
Na Hong-Jin's alien invasion thriller 'Hope' passed 2 million Korean admissions in five days — the fastest any film has hit that mark this year — but as the most expensive Korean film ever, it still n
Ben Platt Debuts First Queer Stage Role in London
Ben Platt is in London debuting his first queer stage role as a 1960s Greenwich Village cabaret crooner in 'Midnight at the Never Get,' while discussing his husband, chronic anxiety, and a 19-year Mer
China Box Office: ‘Kung Fu Soccer’ Maintains Dominance as Animated ‘All Wishes Come True’ Debuts in Second
Stephen Chow's 'Kung Fu Soccer' held the top spot at the China box office with $73.7 million in its second weekend, while new animated entry 'All Wishes Come True!' debuted in second as the country's
Gracie Abrams Drops Two Bonus 'Daughter From Hell' Tracks
Gracie Abrams surprise-dropped two bonus tracks from her third studio album Daughter From Hell on iTunes for a limited time, while also announcing her Look at My Life Tour.
‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog
Director John Carpenter, 78, discusses his new graphic novel Cathedral — based on a dream about demons beneath a church — and reflects on a career defined by Halloween, The Thing, and a stubborn anti-
A Ruhr treat: can a giant pigeon and a pink basketball revive Germany’s depressed industrial heartland?
Manifesta 16, the travelling art biennale, has taken over 12 disused 'slipper churches' across Germany's deindustrialised Ruhr conurbation through October, using the postwar structures as venues to ex
Manila Opens Asia's Only Exorcist Training Center
A five-month-old training facility in Metro Manila — billed as Asia's only dedicated exorcism school — is preparing priests from across the region in the 400-year-old ritual, while mental health exper
Frankel Breaks Down Criston Cole's Suicide Mission
Fabien Frankel tells Variety that Criston Cole's Season 3 suicide mission is the culmination of a nihilistic spiral that began midway through Season 2, driven by Aemond's abandonment and a desire to d
The Odyssey storms global box office with $264m opening
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey debuted to $264 million globally and $124.5 million in North America over the weekend, marking his biggest opening outside the Batman franchise despite an R rating that
Mathematician's 'Langers & Lashes' Decodes Cork Slang
An 80-year-old Mayo-born mathematics professor at University College Cork has compiled what he calls the most comprehensive collection of Cork slang in his new book 'Langers & Lashes,' cataloguing eve
Film Students Can't Sit Through Movies
Film students are struggling to sit through screenings—one professor compared them to nicotine addicts in withdrawal—even as modern blockbusters stretch toward three-hour runtimes.
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