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Turkey Picks 'Like a Limbless Tree' for Oscar Race
Turkey has selected Tunç Davut's "Like a Limbless Tree," a social drama about a retired engineer caring for his Syrian caregiver's children after she vanishes trying to reach Europe, as its entry for
Edinburgh Film Festival 2026: ‘Trainspotting’ Turns 30, World Premieres Multiply and Looking Beyond the Revamp
Edinburgh International Film Festival opens its 79th edition Aug. 13-19 with 21 world premieres, a 30th-anniversary Trainspotting celebration, £50,000 in cash prizes, and its inaugural U.K. Film Confe
Netflix Adds 35 Cantinflas Films, Expands Counterattack
Netflix is rolling out a Mexican Cinema Day programming push that adds 35 classic Cantinflas films to its platform from September 1 through March 2027, while expanding its Counterattack action franchi
Netflix's 'My Brilliant Career' Adds Race, LGBTQ Subplots
Netflix's six-episode adaptation of Miles Franklin's 1901 novel "My Brilliant Career," written by Liz Doran and starring Philippa Northeast, updates the feminist Australian period drama by foregroundi
'Lanterns' Co-Stars on Hal and John's Tense Partnership
HBO's upcoming series "Lanterns" stars Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Hal Jordan and John Stewart, whose clashing partnership drives a deliberately grounded alien investigation in rural Nebraska. I
Netflix Greenlights Keiko Orca Doc, Expands Mexican Slate
Netflix has greenlit three Mexican-originated feature documentaries ahead of Mexican Cinema Day, led by a film about Keiko, the orca who starred in the 1993 movie Free Willy, with Mexican production c
Chris Carter's R-Rated X-Files Director's Cut Hits Disney+
Chris Carter is releasing an R-rated director's cut of the 2008 X-Files film, titled 'I Want to Believe – Vrach Frankenshteyn,' on Disney+ and Hulu, finally delivering the gory version he says 20th Ce
‘Far From the Trees’ Review: A Richly Contemplative Journey of Physical and Mental Meanderings, Beautifully Combining 4K Digital with Super 16
Variety reviews Meritxell Colell Aparicio's 'Far From the Trees,' a Locarno competition entry blending 4K digital and Super 16mm to follow a Mexican sound artist recording dying indigenous languages i
Letterman Season 7 Lands Damon, Roberts, Kimmel, Honnold
David Letterman's Netflix interview series 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction' returns for Season 7 with guests Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Jimmy Kimmel, and Alex Honnold.
Billion-streamers, Beyoncé and heart-bruising beauty: Frank Ocean’s 20 best songs – ranked!
The Guardian ranks Frank Ocean's 20 best songs, crowning the nearly 10-minute 'Pyramids' at No. 1 and identifying 'Nights' as one of four 'Blonde' tracks to surpass a billion streams.
Chelsea Wolfe's 'The Dark' Shifts From Doom to Gothic Folk
Chelsea Wolfe's ninth album 'The Dark' marks a deliberate pivot from drone and doom metal toward guitar-driven gothic folk, produced by Grammy-winner Jennifer Decilveo and informed by her sobriety and
The Cure Plays Hits, Robert Smith Tears Up in Oslo
The Cure headlined Norway's Øyafestivalen with a two-and-a-half-hour set of hits and new material, where Robert Smith teared up during 'Just Like Heaven' in a show the reviewer called nostalgic and wh
Tencent Video Unveils Warrior Cats Animation in Shenzhen
Tencent Video showed the first public look at its "Warrior Cats" animated series at a Shenzhen fan event, debuting a 3D model of protagonist Rusty built by director Rodrigo Blaas ahead of a planned 20
Pluto Film Acquires Roma Drama 'I Matter' Ahead of Venice Premiere
Pluto Film has acquired international sales rights to Alina Șerban's directorial debut 'I Matter,' billed as the first film by a Roma woman to screen at an A-list festival, ahead of its world premiere
Georgia Mann Stages 17th-Century DJ Set at Banqueting House
Georgia Mann is curating a Jacobean-Carolean Classical DJ set beneath the newly restored Rubens ceiling at Banqueting House, Whitehall, pairing four centuries of masque-era lute songs and choral anthe
AI Songs Hit Charts as Labels Seek Disqualification Rules
Major record labels are pushing global chart disqualification rules for AI-generated tracks as Fenix Flexin's 'Rubberz' becomes the first AI-assisted single to crack the Billboard Hot 100, exposing te
Jordan Brookes' new Edinburgh show: sharp, less ambitious
Jordan Brookes, the 2019 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, returns to the Fringe with 'The Part of You That's Always Screaming' — a show built around an awkward croissant moment on a train that interroga
Tom Six Doc Captures Post-Centipede Life With MS
Dutch filmmaker Tom Six, whose Human Centipede trilogy shocked cinema audiences 15 years ago, has released a zero-budget pay-what-you-want documentary from his Amsterdam apartment chronicling his post
Borges and Me Screens at Edinburgh: Turtletaub Interview
Marc Turtletaub's 'Borges and Me,' adapted from Jay Parini's memoir about a grad student road-tripping across Scotland with Jorge Luis Borges, screens this weekend in an Out of Competition spot at the
EJAE Blames DiCaprio Stare for Cracking on 'Golden' High Notes
EJAE, the singing voice of Rumi in KPop Demon Hunters, opened up to the Times about freezing up during the BAFTAs when she locked eyes with an unsmiling Leonardo DiCaprio, and recalled Beyoncé telling
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