مسار منفصل للأخبار السياسية والعراقية والعالمية يظهر فور الجلب، بينما تبقى التقنية والذكاء الاصطناعي في الواجهة الرئيسية.
Chilean wunderkind Diego Céspedes whose debut feature “The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” (“La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco”) snagged the top prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard last year, is prepping his sophomore pic, “The Case of the Boy Who Lost His Heart.” News comes in the wake of another milestone in the 31-year-old’s fledgling […]
Laura Jackson is set to return as host of CNN’s global culture show “Seasons” for four new episodes. The British TV broadcaster and entrepreneur — who joined the show last year for its second instalment — will one again explore shifting trends shaping global culture across fashion, travel, food, technology, design and art. Jackson previously hosted an episode […]
IMMERSIVE INVESTMENT Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) and the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) have entered a three-year partnership expanding Taiwanese immersive work in New York, building on a 2025 collaboration that drew more than 3,000 screenings at near-90% daily capacity. The deal launches with two works running at MoMI through Sept. 6: “Proof […]
Spanish state investment vehicle SETT and South Africa’s Known Associates Group are teaming on a major audiovisual venture in Spain, encompassing a Madrid-based production company and post-production studios in the Canary Islands and Basque Country. SETT, the investment arm of Spain’s Ministry for Digital Transformation, will commit €12.7 million ($14.5 million) to two public-private ventures […]
Wes Anderson and Bill Murray teased a Western project during a surprise onstage reunion in Paris, with Anderson saying he and Murray have “for many years” talked about making one — potentially with Owen and Luke Wilson. The exchange took place at Cinema Paradiso, the star-studded four-day festival of open-air screenings and live music organized […]
Peter Mullan (“I Swear”), Rebecca Lucy Taylor (“Teeth nSmiles”) and Iwan Rheon (“Game Of Thrones”) will lead director Celyn Jones’ next film “Mountain.” Jones is known for co-directing Rebel Wilson starrer “The Almond and the Seahorse” as well as co-writing “The Vanishing,” which featured Gerard Butler, and “Set Fire to the Stars,” which saw Elijah […]
Freshly restored works by Andrej Wajda, Roberto Rossellini, Luis Buñuel, Roger Corman, John Cassavetes and Ann Hui are set to screen as part of the Venice Film Festival’s 19-title Venice Classics lineup. Wajda’s drama about postwar political and social chaos “Ashes and Diamonds,” which Martin Scorsese has called one of his ten favorite films; Rossellini’s […]
Michelle Dockery will return to the stage for the first time in seven years to lead the world premiere of Ava Pickett’s new play “Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy” at Stratford East. Dockery, known for playing Lady Mary Crawley in “Downton Abbey,” will star as Helen opposite Laura Aikman as Cee, marking Aikman’s stage debut. […]
“My Indian Boyfriend: The Golden Mile,” a British romantic drama set against Leicester’s Diwali celebrations, has landed U.K. and Ireland theatrical distribution through RFT Films, ahead of the film’s principal photography this summer. The independent production brings together talent and partners from the U.K., Malaysia, Hong Kong and India. Directed by Vijay Chauhan and produced […]
Lisa Nandy, the U.K.’s Culture Secretary, said Thursday that she is leaving X, and that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will follow suit. In what could be her final post on the platform, Nandy wrote: “I’ve decided to leave this platform and my department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech […]
Vietnam-based sales agent Skyline Media and streaming platform Galaxy Play have struck a partnership that will send Galaxy Play Originals into international markets for the first time, with Skyline Media named exclusive international sales agent for more than 20 original miniseries. The deal was unveiled during DANAFF Industry Days at the fourth Danang Asian Film […]
“Angaat Aalay Ka,” the opening song from the AI-created musical microdrama “Mohini – Khud Se Pyaar,” has been released by India’s Equinox Virtual, the company conceived by producer and storyteller Amita Madhvani. Rooted in the western Indian state of Maharashtra’s folk traditions, the song arrives at a pivotal moment in the drama’s narrative – when […]
“Sometimes I like to just hide in the shadows,” mutters Madonna at the start of “I Feel So Free,” the opening track on her 15th album “Confessions II.” “Create a new persona. A different identity. I can be whoever I want to be.” As hard as it may be to picture Madonna hiding in the […]
شوهدت الممثلة لينا دنهام وعارضة الأزياء جيجي حديد وشريك تايلور سويفت الموسيقي جاك أنتونوف بملابس رسمية بالقرب من ماديسون سكوير جاردن، مما يشير إلى بداية احتفالات زفافها.
The first trailer for “Peluru Senja: The Ghost & the Gun” has arrived alongside confirmation of a nationwide Malaysian theatrical release on Aug. 28, timed to the country’s Independence Day weekend. Local distributor MSK Cinemas will handle the rollout. The Bahasa Malaysia-language feature is the third film from Singapore-based Indian director Anshul Tiwari, whose previous […]
Jodie Foster was discussing great movies and how Hollywood has changed in a talk this week, and she brought up Apple’s “F1” as an example of how machines may be altering creativity. During a Tuesday talk called “Who Owns the Future of Hollywood” with former Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton at the Aspen Festival of […]
Moritz Borman, the producer of Oscar-nominated films such as “The Quiet American” and “Under the Volcano” as well a frequent collaborator of Oliver Stone, died Wednesday in Munich. He was 71. Borman’s death was confirmed by his longtime producing partners Eric Kopeloff and Philip Schulz-Deyle. A cause of death was not given. The German-born Borman […]
2026 has already been a wild year for horror, from low-budget box office hits (“Backrooms,” “Obsession”) to sequels the world could have lived without (“Scream 7,” “The Strangers – Chapter 3”). In a year loaded with scary movies, many of them were good-to-great, a welcome surprise that kept multiplexes busy. Below are the year’s standouts, […]
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Jennifer Maas explains how notable directors David Fincher and Zach Cregger helped shape Netflix’s ambitious new property “Unhinged,” which is a video game that plays like a TV series and your smartphone is the controller. “Unhinged” marks a level up for Netflix in the creative ambition for […]
Seth Rogen appeared on “The A24 Podcast” alongside his “The Invite” director and co-star Olivia Wilde and remembered when Anne Hathaway quit “Knocked Up,” Judd Apatow’s classic 2007 comedy in which Rogen and Katherine Heigl starred as a mismatched couple having a baby together. Wilde auditioned for the female lead but didn’t get the part. […]
