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‘Children of Blood and Bone’ Trailer: Magical African Fantasy Novel Comes to Life With Damson Idris, Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis and More
Paramount has dropped the trailer for its January 2027 film adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's bestselling African fantasy novel 'Children of Blood and Bone,' directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood with a stacke
Booker Prize longlist: See the 13 'dynamite' novels up for this year's prestigious award
The 2026 Booker Prize longlist — the 'Booker Dozen' — was unveiled, with judge chair Mary Beard calling the 13 selected novels 'dynamite' and spotlighting returning winners Marlon James, Douglas Stuar
Booker longlist goes weird, led by two former winners
The Booker Prize longlist leans experimental and surrealist, led by two previous winners — Marlon James and Douglas Stuart — in a year judge Patricia Lockwood called a 'new, weird literature emerging'
Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead Booker prize longlist
The 2026 Booker Prize longlist of 13 novels was announced Tuesday, featuring previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James alongside three-time nominee Elizabeth Strout, with classicist Mary Beard
Anna Kendrick's 'Embassy' Lands at MGM+ for U.S. and Global
MGM+ has acquired the AGC Television-produced thriller Embassy, starring Anna Kendrick as an American diplomat caught in an armed siege of the U.S. Embassy in London, for the U.S. and a wide slate of
Holland Returns in Ambitious but Arduous Spider-Man Sequel
Tom Holland returns as an isolated Peter Parker in 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day,' a Marvel sequel that Variety's reviewer calls an ambitious but arduous attempt at mature superhero drama that runs half
When Wham! Went To China To Conquer America: Unearthed Rushes In New Feature Doc Give Fresh Perspectives On A Pop History Moment
BBC feature documentary "Wham! 10 Days in China," built from restored 1985 Lindsay Anderson rushes with backing from Andrew Ridgeley and the George Michael Estate, gets a one-day theatrical release on
True Colours Boards Venice Peshmerga Sniper Drama
Rome-based sales company True Colours has acquired international sales rights to Norwegian-Kurdish director Halkawt Mustafa's drama 'No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman,' starring Avan Jamal as a
Mary Beth Barone's 'Galaxy Brain' Hits Netflix
Mary Beth Barone debuts her Netflix special 'Galaxy Brain' — a 55-minute set calling the Israel-Palestine conflict a 'genocide' and skewering manosphere comedy — capping a breakout year with a Golden
Luiselli's 'Beginning Middle End' Finds Power in Life's Messy Middle
The Atlantic reviews Valeria Luiselli's new novel 'Beginning Middle End,' a book built around a newly divorced Mexican writer in New York whose supposed European reboot collapses into an ode to stayin
Xinemarte Debuts in Malaysia With Immersive 'The Room Remembers'
Xinemarte, an immersive cinematic art platform by SQNXR, debuted in Malaysia at MIFFest with 'The Room Remembers,' featuring the audiovisual work 'Fluid' by Ray Tijssen, drawing positive audience reac
Laurie Kilmartin's London Debut: Filthy, Fierce, Half-Formed
Laurie Kilmartin, a Peabody-winning US comedian and Oscars gag-writer, brought her vulgar, knife-edged stand-up to London for the first time, earning a mixed verdict: blistering in her best bits but v
San Sebastián Adds Larraín, Leigh, Naishtat Films
San Sebastián Film Festival added Pablo Larraín's 'My Sad Dead,' Mike Leigh's 'Tender Loving Care' and Benjamín Naishtat's 'Glaxo' to its 74th edition main competition, joining three previously announ
Just when you thought it was safe … the shark movie is back for more
The shark movie genre is enjoying a yearlong surge in 2026 with at least six new releases, but critics note the creatures are hard to portray convincingly and the genre remains overshadowed by Spielbe
Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' Sets Dates, Netflix Debut
Lee Chang-dong's first feature in eight years, 'Possible Love,' opens in Korean theaters September 23 before streaming globally on Netflix November 6, with festival premieres at Venice and Toronto.
Von Hagens' plastination eclipsed Hirst's shock art
An essay arguing that Gunther von Hagens's Body Worlds exhibitions of plastinated corpses eclipsed Damien Hirst's 1990s shock art by drawing global audiences in the millions — but stripped death of it
Netflix Sets Awards-Qualifying Run for Lee Chang-dong Film
Netflix will give Lee Chang-dong's first film in eight years, 'Possible Love,' a qualifying theatrical run across Korea, the U.S., and other territories ahead of its November 6 global streaming premie
Holly Willoughby Together Echoes With Love, Meghan
Holly Willoughby has debuted *Holly Willoughby Together (With Voy)*, a YouTube cookery and lifestyle show co-produced with health company Voy, with Stanley Tucci as the first episode's guest — a relau
Betye Saar, pioneering figure of Black arts movement, dies aged 99
Betye Saar, the assemblage artist who transformed racist memorabilia into symbols of Black liberation and became a leading figure of the West Coast arts scene, has died at 99 in her Los Angeles home.
Theatrical Romance Down 75% in 20 Years, SDCC Panel Warns
At SDCC 2026's romance panel, producers and authors urged studios to invest in 'elevated' chemistry, specificity, and visual polish, citing a 75% decline in theatrical romance over 20 years even as th
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