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150 Catalan Companies Drive San Sebastián 2026 Slate
Catalonia is sending roughly 150 companies and a very significant chunk of Spain's films to the 2026 San Sebastián Film Festival, powered by a new generation of directors and a wave of pan-regional co
Snyder Eyes Dark Knight Returns Film Amid DC Reset
Zack Snyder is lobbying to adapt Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns as a film despite being shut out of DC Studios under James Gunn and Peter Safran, whose regime is already running two concurrent
Catalan Filmmakers Double Budgets, Push Genre at San Sebastián
A new generation of Catalan filmmakers is making bigger, bolder, genre-driven films as regional funding more than doubles and Spanish production hits a European high, with multiple titles competing at
Yeo's 'Age of Goodbyes' Links Curse to 1969 Riots
Edmund Yeo's "The Age of Goodbyes" premieres at TIFF with a key creative departure: the director ties a character's disappearance to Malaysia's May 13, 1969 race riots rather than the trigger used in
MPs to Quiz BBC Over UK's Dismal Eurovision Record
The chair of a UK parliamentary committee has launched an inquiry into Britain's persistent Eurovision failures, summoning BBC bosses and music industry figures to explain why the UK has finished last
Tom Cruise Says Swift Schooled Him on Football
Tom Cruise told Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show' that Taylor Swift spent their Monday night together at the Kansas City Chiefs' season opener 'schooling' him on football — and praised her as a 'bril
Jack Shainman Gallery Stages Gordon Parks Retrospective
Jack Shainman Gallery in New York opens "Gordon Parks: Voices in the Mirror," an exhibit celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Gordon Parks Foundation, featuring reflections from figures including M
Lena Khan on Directing 'Best of the Best' for Netflix
Director Lena Khan's 'Best of the Best,' a Netflix film about UCLA's competitive Bollywood fusion dance circuit, premieres with a deliberate focus on cultural pride and resisting the over-explaining o
Pulp Encore Documentary: Cocker's Reunion Reviewed
A new documentary captures Pulp's 2023 reunion concerts at London's O2 Arena, blending arena footage with Jarvis Cocker's autobiographical reflections on becoming a national treasure four decades afte
Alfonso Cuaron to Make First Korea Visit at Busan as Festival Also Spotlights European Women+ Filmmakers
The 31st Busan International Film Festival will host Alfonso Cuarón's first Korea visit while spotlighting nine films from European women+ filmmakers through its 'Europe! Voices of Women+ in Film' pro
Carly Rae Jepsen Wants to Party in ‘Versailles’ Music Video
Carly Rae Jepsen released her new double LP Day and Night, a 24-track project split into Day and Night halves, alongside a music video for its Marie Antoinette-inspired single "Versailles."
Best of the Best review: Netflix comedy leans on choreography
A review of Netflix's college comedy "Best of the Best" — predictable rom-com beats elevated by sharp second-generation humour and a finale that fuses Bollywood choreography with diaspora storytelling
Brad Pitt Returns to San Sebastián With 'Heart of the Beast'
Brad Pitt returns to San Sebastián with 'Heart of the Beast,' headlining a festival where global streamers poured €2.0 billion into Spanish productions last year and Movistar Plus doubles its local se
Miley Cyrus Drops 'Let's Get Married' Video Ahead of New Album
Miley Cyrus dropped the black-and-white music video for "Let's Get Married" featuring fiancé Maxx Morando at the Chateau Marmont, arriving one day before her 10th studio album Bass Persuades is releas
‘The damage was much worse than I had imagined’: the shocking inside story of Salman Rushdie’s survival
A new documentary, 'Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie,' uses wife Rachel Eliza Griffiths' bedside video diary and 1989 fatwa-era archive footage to trace a direct line between global viole
Spotify Launches Fresh Finds Forward to Support 10,000 New Independent Artists
Spotify has launched Fresh Finds Forward, a new initiative to support 10,000 emerging independent artists annually with resources including free studio time, mental health support, and early access to
‘The Traitors: New Blood’ EPs Break Down NBC Premiere, Sweetening the Pot for the Faithful and Why the Civilian Cast ‘Played Hard Straight Away’
NBC's 'The Traitors: New Blood' premiered on Peacock with an all-civilian cast, a new $15,000 bonus added to the prize pot every time a Traitor is banished, and episodes compressed to 41-42 minutes fo
Vintage Violence: Kotlyarenko's Denim Rom-Com at TIFF
Eugene Kotlyarenko's 'Vintage Violence,' a rom-com about an urban explorer and a Tokyo woman hunted by yakuza over a haul of rare Japanese denim, debuted at TIFF's Midnight Madness section.
Dekanalog Takes North American Rights to 'Amoeba'
Bangkok-based sales agent Diversion has licensed North American rights to Tan Siyou's debut feature "Amoeba" — a festival hit since its TIFF 2025 premiere — to US distributor Dekanalog for a spring 20
Dudamel Kicks Off Philharmonic Era With Manhattan Tour
Gustavo Dudamel has formally begun his tenure as music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic with a multi-stop Manhattan tour culminating in the orchestra's first Geffen Hall concert of t
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