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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
'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
Nocebo Effect: How Sports Curses Take Hold
Helen Pilcher reframes sports 'curses' as a measurable psychological phenomenon, arguing that the nocebo effect — in which negative expectations produce real performance declines — helps explain why h
Mahesh Babu as Rudhra Unveiled in Rajamouli's Varanasi
S.S. Rajamouli unveiled two new character stills of Mahesh Babu as Rudhra from "Varanasi" on the actor's birthday, shot on location at Kilimanjaro and Maasai Mara in Africa.
Tibetan Cooperative Preserves Centuries-Old Pulu Weaving
The Ethnic Huaji Handwoven Cooperative in Shannan, Tibet, founded by artisan Pasang in 2008, now employs more than 100 local residents weaving Pulu and its finer cousin Zeter — a centuries-old craft r
McConaughey Drops 'Quill' Single From Amziah King
Lakeshore Records has released "Quill," a single from the soundtrack of Matthew McConaughey's upcoming film The Rivals of Amziah King, performed by McConaughey and co-star Ben Hardesty ahead of the fi
Prince-Bythewood Unveils 'Blood and Bone' Clips at MVAAFF
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood unveiled unseen 'Children of Blood and Bone' footage at MVAAFF, called author Tomi Adeyemi 'a genius,' and defended her Amandla Stenberg casting—all while Adeyemi has pu
Johnson On Moana's 32% RT Score: 'Just The Way It Goes'
Dwayne Johnson shrugged off the live-action Moana remake's 32% Rotten Tomatoes score, telling People that negative reviews are "just the way it goes" as Disney's CEO pivoted to framing the $266M-gross
Gluck Defends 'One Night Only' Against 'Sex Purge' Comparisons
Director Will Gluck acknowledged viral 'sex Purge' comparisons for his new Universal rom-com 'One Night Only' but said the dystopian premise should serve the characters rather than dominate the story.
Goode's 'Monsters of God' Reptile Doc Premieres on HBO
HBO's new five-part docuseries 'Monsters of God' from Tiger King co-director Eric Goode profiles reptile smugglers in what Goode calls a deliberately 'nuanced' take on the billion-dollar illegal trade
Rachel Reid Fires Back at Heated Rivalry Season 2 Casting Critics
Rachel Reid, author of the Game Changer book series behind Crave's Heated Rivalry, responded to online backlash over Season 2 casting of Justice Smith and Charlie Gillespie as Harris Drover and Troy B
Melissa Barrera Takes Weekend Off After Losing Voice
Broadway's Melissa Barrera announced she's taking the weekend off from 'Titanique' after losing her voice during a performance, describing the experience as 'mortifying.' Her final show is September 2
Madonna Honors Late Producer William Orbit On Instagram
Madonna posted an emotional Instagram tribute to Grammy-winning producer William Orbit, who produced her 1998 album "Ray of Light" and died July 23 at age 69, calling him her "Ray of Light" and recall
Madonna pays tribute to 'genius, otherworldly' producer William Orbit
Madonna is mourning producer William Orbit, who she credits with reinventing her sound on Ray of Light, after his death at age 69 was announced by his family late last week.
Fenix Flexin Reverses AI Denial for 'Rubberz'
Fenix Flexin has shifted from explicitly denying AI use on his hit 'Rubberz' to claiming he 'never said I didn't use AI,' after producer Medasin accused him publicly and a Treblo AI detector flagged t
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