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As ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ Turns 25, Renée Zellweger and Director Sharon Maguire Discuss the Casting Backlash and Creating a New Kind of Rom-Com
Renée Zellweger and director Sharon Maguire reunited at the Tribeca Film Festival for the 25th anniversary of 'Bridget Jones's Diary,' reflecting on the casting backlash against a Texan playing a Brit
Reis Çelik's 'Night of Blindness' Debuts at Shanghai
Turkish director Reis Çelik premiered his Turkish-German co-production 'Night of Blindness,' a black-and-white drama set during Turkey's 1980 military coup, in main competition for the Golden Goblet a
De Niro Leads Anti-Trump Chants at NYC Free-Speech
Robert De Niro used a New York first-amendment benefit concert on Sunday to deliver a sustained attack on Donald Trump, leading the crowd in chants of "shut the fuck up" and comparing expressions of p
Tsui Hark's 'Peking Opera Blues' Restored in 4K for
Tsui Hark's 1986 landmark film 'Peking Opera Blues' returned to the big screen in a 4K Dolby Atmos restoration at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, with the remastered version backed by B
Roger Cook, BAFTA-Winning Investigative Reporter, Dies at 83
Roger Cook, the BAFTA-winning investigative journalist who fronted ITV's 'The Cook Report' and was credited with inventing the doorstep interview technique, has died at 83, his family confirmed.
Huawei Pushes Free HDR Vivid to Break US Cinema Tech
At Shanghai's film festival, Huawei and Chinese cinema exhibitors rallied behind the free HDR Vivid standard as a way to cut American certification fees and assert control over global cinema technolog
Juno Hong's Debut Selected for SIFF Project
Chinese director Juno Hong's debut feature 'Only the Moon Knows' — about a Chinese international student and a homeless elderly woman bonding at a convenience store — was selected as one of three inte
Jordan Expands Film Ties With China at Shanghai
Jordan's Royal Film Commission is premiering two Jordanian films at the Shanghai International Film Festival and signing a memorandum of understanding with the China Film Administration, deepening a t
Andy Burnham builds leadership bid on Manchester music
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has built his pitch for a return to Westminster and a Labour leadership bid around Manchester's music heritage — soundtracking campaign launches with Oasis and El
Kentridge Directs Glyndebourne's First-Ever L'Orfeo
Glyndebourne stages Monteverdi's 1607 L'Orfeo for the first time in its history, in a William Kentridge production framing La Musica as the creative power of art, performed on period instruments by th
China Box Office: ‘The Furious’ Dethrones ‘Dear You’ as ‘Disclosure Day’ Opens Third
Edko Films' action thriller 'The Furious' took the top spot at the China box office June 12–14 with an $11.2M weekend, dethroning the long-running family drama 'Dear You' as the overall market remaine
Kinnear, Osipova Lead Graham's Keynes Play at Haymarket
Rory Kinnear and Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova will lead the world premiere of James Graham's new play about John Maynard Keynes at the Theatre Royal Haymarket this autumn, directed by Nichol
Shanghai Film Festival Unveils Eclectic 28th Edition
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival opens with Tony Leung Chiu-wai presiding as Golden Goblet jury president, screening 420+ films including 12 world premieres alongside diplomatic sidebars
Photographer Don McCullin to focus on Vietnam for his final book
Don McCullin, the 91-year-old British war photographer, will return to Vietnam — the setting of his most iconic images — for his final book, titled 'Vietnam,' publishing in October via Gost books.
‘His last kiss to the world’: David Hockney’s return to Yorkshire triggered a glorious reawakening
A personal reflection on David Hockney's late-career renaissance, anchored by the Fondation Louis Vuitton exhibition "David Hockney 25," which argued that his hay bales, ponds, and Yorkshire fields st
Laverne Cox Memoir Reveals 90% Income Loss
Laverne Cox publishes her debut memoir "Transcendent," reflecting on a traumatic Alabama childhood, her Orange Is the New Black breakthrough, and a 90% income loss she attributes to the Trump administ
Anne Schedeen Dies: Actress Who Played ‘ALF’s Mom Was 77
Anne Schedeen, the actress best known for playing Kate Tanner — the suburban mom who took in the title alien — on NBC's 1980s sitcom ALF, has died at 77, her family announced Sunday via Facebook.
Dead by Daylight Movie Taps Thordur Palsson to Direct
Director Thordur Palsson has been tapped to adapt the hit horror multiplayer game Dead by Daylight into a feature film for Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Behaviour Interactive, announced Sunday at the g
Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over ANTM Documentary Editing
Tyra Banks has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of its ANTM docuseries, claiming producers cut 3.5 hours of her interview down to 16 minutes to manufacture a false
Free Nelson Mandela review – this gripping documentary pulls no punches
A new three-part BBC documentary directed by James Rogan revisits the global anti-apartheid struggle through Nelson Mandela's 27-year imprisonment, the diaspora resistance movement, and the personal t
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