مسار منفصل للأخبار السياسية والعراقية والعالمية يظهر فور الجلب، بينما تبقى التقنية والذكاء الاصطناعي في الواجهة الرئيسية.
Two years ago, Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival was talking rebuild. Now it can start talking momentum. The world’s longest continually running film festival opens its 79th edition Thursday with 38 new feature presentations, 21 world premieres, a pumping 30th-anniversary celebration of “Trainspotting,” Ewan McGregor, Kenneth Branagh and Ken Burns in town, a beefed-up industry program […]
Based on the feminist writer Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel of the same name — and having been previously adapted in Gillian Armstrong’s acclaimed 1979 film starring Judy Davis and Sam Neill — Netflix’s “My Brilliant Career” has a lot to live up to. The Australian period drama, adapted into a series by Liz Doran, is […]
FX is finally lifting the curtain on “American Horror Story: 13,” courtesy of a new teaser trailer that confirms the returns of Jessica Lange as Constance Langdon (“AHS: Murder House”); Evan Peters as Kai Anderson (“AHS: Cult”); Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett and Emma Roberts as Cordelia Goode, Marie Laveau and Madison Montgomery (“AHS: Coven”); plus […]
Language and sounds trigger idyllic childhood recollections in Meritxell Colell Aparicio’s deeply personal, contemplative drama “Far From the Trees,” a handsome reverie blending 4K, Super16mm and archival footage to capture the different textures of memory. Following a Mexican sound artist and her assistant-guide in the Peruvian Amazon as they record nature and indigenous languages, the […]
Move over, Oscars: There’s a brand new awards show for bicoastal elitists. “How Long Gone,” the cult-famous culture podcast hosted by Chris Black and Jason Stewart, has announced the inaugural edition of “The Goneies,” an intimate awards show taking place on Sept. 15 at Racket NYC in Manhattan. A limited number of tickets will go […]
David Letterman’s next guests who need no introduction are Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Jimmy Kimmel and Alex Honnold. The late-night legend will sit down with the aforementioned subjects for longform interviews as part of his Netflix talk series, “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman,” which returns for Season 7 later this year. […]
Some of Latin America’s greatest arthouse directors –Celina Murga, Mariana Rondón, Santiago Loza, Matias Mariani and Christopher Murray– feature among 15 projects set to be unveiled at San Sebastián’s 2026 Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, the Spanish festival’s biggest industry centerpiece. The selection also frames hot emerging director such as Ernesto Martínez (The Devil Smokes”) and […]
“Heated Rivalry” actor Dylan Walsh has found himself on thin ice after revealing details about upcoming episodes in a video clip that has gone viral. Walsh, who plays David Hollander on the hit hockey romance, recently paused his account on the celebrity video app Cameo after he got “in trouble” – in his words – […]
For the first five minutes of the Cure’s headlining set at Øyafestivalen in Oslo, Norway, Robert Smith stared out at the packed crowd and smiled. As the band played the long, atmospheric introduction to “Alone” — the opening track of their great 2024 album “Songs of a Lost World” — Smith stood there positively beaming, […]
Tencent Video pulled back the curtain on its “Warrior Cats” animated series, showing fans early animation and character artwork for the first time at a fan meeting held in Shenzhen. Series director Rodrigo Blaas appeared alongside Zhou Wang, head of Randong Studio Group and vice president of content production at Tencent Video, offering fans a […]
The Royal Shakespeare Company has postponed its production of “Othello,” with Sharon D. Clarke set to play the title role, so the actor can undergo treatment for cancer. The show had been scheduled to run Feb. 13 through April 3, 2027, at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. Touko’s staging reimagines the Shakespeare tragedy with a […]
India’s Panorama Studios, the producer behind the Bollywood “Drishyam” franchise, has invested in Indian original stories vertical platform Rocket Reels, fueling the platform’s next phase of growth and global expansion. Panorama Studios is chaired by veteran film producer Kumar Mangat Pathak and led by filmmaker and managing director Abhishek Pathak. The studio has built a […]
From the Upside Down of Hawkins to the boards of London. Noah Schnapp, best known as Will Byers in “Stranger Things,” is set to make his world stage debut in the British capital. The actor, who became a household name thanks to the Netflix phenomenon, is adding theater to his resume as the star of […]
BTS member V told fans in a Wednesday livestream that he is being treated for hearing loss affecting his right ear, which he said now functions at roughly a third of the level in his left. He said he initially did not take the issue seriously, calling it “a matter of mental strength,” but is […]
New Nordic Films, the industry confab and side-kick to the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway, has revealed today the full list of anticipated Nordic features selected for its 32nd edition running Aug. 25-28. One of New Nordic Films’ hottest showcases, the Nordic Co-Production Market (NCPM) will platform 21 titles in development, picked among […]
Debut writer-director Dylan Meyer practically achieves liftoff with her absurdist stoner comedy “The Wrong Girls,” starring Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat. If Method Man and Red Man once posited “How High” with their 2001 comedy, Meyer counters with a pair of pals who achieve psychic powers through experimental psychedelics. And while Dave Chappelle was “Half […]
The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) has selected Japan as the 2026 Focus Country for its Producer Hub, a co-production networking platform tied to the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF(. Japan will send 10 producers to Busan in October for project pitching, speed meetings and case-study sessions. Now in its third year, Producer Hub […]
In “Far From the Trees,” (“Lejos de los árboles”) Meritxell Colell asks viewers to listen before they try to understand. Premiering in Locarno’s international competition, the Spain-Italy-Peru production from Allegra Films follows Adela, a 50-year-old Mexican sound artist who travels from the Peruvian jungle to the Andes recording endangered languages. Accompanied by a guide and […]
Most Deep Purple fans had long since given up any hope of seeing the band ever share a stage with founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore again, due to a well-know, decades-long estrangement. But that’s exactly what took place near the end of the group’s show Wednesday night at Jones Beach in New York, as hatchets were […]
The world premieres of two major German films, Andreas Dresen’s “Love, After All” and Doris Dörrie’s “How Can I Help?,” are among 10 titles to feature in the Gala Premieres section of Zurich Film Festival. The selection also includes Oscar contenders “I Play Rocky” and “Josephine,” and Switzerland’s most anticipated film, “111 – Echoes From […]
