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Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love' Tops Venice Reviews
Korean star Jeon Do-yeon's performance anchors Lee Chang-dong's 'Possible Love,' which premiered to the strongest reviews at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday — its first film since 2018's 'Burning'
Def Leppard Documentary ‘Long Live Def Leppard’ Coming to Theaters in 2027 From Bleecker Street’s Crosswalk
Bleecker Street's event cinema division Crosswalk acquired North American rights to "Long Live Def Leppard," the first authorized feature documentary on the British rock band, and slated it for an ear
Egerton Stars as Faux-Feminist Dater in TIFF Satire
Jonathan Schey's feature debut "Everybody Wants to Fuck Me," a satire starring Taron Egerton as a performative nice guy whose desirability spirals into horror, premieres at the Toronto International F
‘The place lost its way. Now that’s changed’: can a Manchester art museum move beyond its troubled past?
Manchester's esea contemporary — formerly the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art — is marking its 40th anniversary under new director Xiaowen Zhu, who relaunched the venue in 2023 after a 2020 divers
'The Stunt Driver' TIFF Premiere: Baruchel as Ken Carter
Michael Dowse's "The Stunt Driver," starring Jay Baruchel as '70s daredevil Ken Carter and his attempted mile-long rocket car jump across the St. Lawrence River, world-premieres at TIFF ahead of a Sep
Quiver Acquires U.S. Rights To Jérémy Comte's 'Paradise'
Quiver Distribution has acquired U.S. rights to Jérémy Comte's debut feature 'Paradise,' a Canada-France-Ghana co-production that world-premiered at the Berlinale Panorama earlier this year, with a U.
Don Giovanni review: Holten's dizzying, uneven revival
Kaspar Holten's 2014 staging of Mozart's Don Giovanni, revived by Greg Eldridge, uses Escher-inspired sets and cascading projections of the Don's sexual conquests to frame the title character's spiral
Céline Dion fans gather in Paris as singer prepares for sold-out comeback shows
Céline Dion launched her sold-out Paris comeback Saturday before more than 30,000 fans, four years after her stiff person syndrome diagnosis forced her off stage. The 16-date residency at Europe's lar
British Comedy Is Back: How the U.K.’s Funny Business Is Rallying Thanks to ‘SNL U.K.’ and ‘Mock the Week’
British comedy is staging a comeback driven by Sky's costly 'SNL U.K.,' TLC's 'Mock the Week,' and Prime Video's 'L.O.L.' — but Sky's £2 million-per-episode bet is less about ratings than replacing th
‘The Gentlemen’ Season 2 Loses Half A Million Viewers In The UK
The Gentlemen Season 2 premiered on Netflix on September 3 to 3 million UK viewers — 500,000 fewer than Season 1 — and faces a nearly 50% opening-weekend decline per Netflix's own data, despite a publ
Zurich Summit: Edward Berger, Robbie Brenner, Oliver Berben, Janine Jackowski, Martin Moszkowicz & More Join Swiss Conference Lineup
The Zurich Summit (September 25–27) revealed its second batch of speakers, adding Oscar winner Edward Berger, Barbie producer Robbie Brenner, and other industry figures to a lineup that will also hono
ARP Picks Up French Rights To Trengove's 'Smell Of Apples'
ARP Sélection has picked up French distribution rights to John Trengove's Apartheid-era drama 'The Smell of Apples,' which will world premiere in TIFF's competitive Platform section.
Congolese Filmmaker Wins Venice Final Cut for 'Madi Makambu'
Self-taught Congolese filmmaker Machérie Ekwa Bahango won the La Biennale di Venezia Prize at Venice's Final Cut for her upcoming film 'Madi Makambu,' about a woman whose denied pregnancy upends her r
Macron, South Korea's Lee Unveil $1.1B Content Pact
French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung convened the inaugural Lumiere Summit on Sept. 7 in Saint-Paul-de-Vance, gathering 200 film and TV leaders from over 60 countr
Chen Film 'We Are All Strangers' Named Singapore's 99th Oscars Entry
Singapore has selected Anthony Chen's "We Are All Strangers" as its official entry in the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards, completing the director's decade-long Growing Up tr
Zag Previews Miraculous Live-Action, Updates Katy Perry 'Melody'
Miraculous co-creator Jeremy Zag, named Deadline's 2026 French TV Disruptor, confirmed at Unifrance's Rendez-Vous that a live-action Miraculous series is in development and updated on his Katy Perry-l
Venice's Wall of Shame Names Its Meanest Critic
At the Venice Film Festival, the decades-old Ridateci i soldi ('Give us our money back') wall collects scathing viewer complaints about films, with festival director Alberto Barbera personally awardin
Charli xcx Announces U.K. and Europe ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ Tour Dates, With Audrey Hobert Opening
Charli xcx has announced six February 2027 'Music, Fashion, Film' tour dates across the U.K. and Europe, with Audrey Hobert tapped to open all shows as the pop star extends the trek beyond its current
'Being Heumann' Review: Strong Sit-In, Flat Back Half
The Guardian's review finds Siân Heder's disability rights biopic Being Heumann well-intentioned but clunky, with a strong middle act covering Judith Heumann's 1977 sit-in that deflates into generic,
Country diary: The slow magic of growing a cricket bat from scratch | Michael White
In a Guardian Country Diary entry, woodland manager Michael White describes the bittersweet harvest of cricket-bat willow trees he planted as a teenager, as new cuttings go into the ground to restart
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