As political conflicts grow around the world, major film festivals have rallied around displaced filmmakers. Amidst this movement, the Rotterdam Film Festival stands out as a particularly safe place for such creatives, given the festival’s foundational mission of platforming
Fresh off her Oscar nomination for “Sentimental Value,” Renate Reinsve transforms in “Butterfly” – visually, too. “Itonje wanted me to move away from how I’ve looked before. Lily went against normal beauty norms,” she says. “It made a lot of sense for this character, who had
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, known for his roles in “The Queen’s Gambit” and “Steal,” leads the cast of “Cloud 99,” a dystopian short from the National Film and Television School written and directed by Leila Murton Poole. The film also stars Olivia Popica (“The Wheel of Time,”
The creatives behind the films, backed by the grant scheme unveiled last year by Cate Blanchett and IFFR’s Hubert Bals Fund, also address displacement and identity.
On the face of it, for a comfortable middle-class couple in Lithuania, getting divorced has absolutely nothing to do with the war in Ukraine. Why would it? But when their separation happens to coincide with the Russian invasion two countries away, these two very differently
Algerian history, colonialism and an Oedipal relationship play key roles in Malek Bensmaïl's fiction debut with Palestinian 'Succession' star Hiam Abbass, which world premiered at IFFR.
The Sundance Film Festival’s last edition in Park City offered a bittersweet chance to take stock of how much the independent film world has changed. There are ways that it can now feel diminished, as the streaming world absorbs some of its energy — in ways both positive
Colin Jost compares the first lady to a certain green witch, while Michael Che reminds everyone of Noem's dog-killing past
SNL alum Pete Davidson plays Homan, who realizes his agents have no idea what their jobs really are
Alexander Skarsgård was joined, on his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut, by his father. Skarsgård had been stoic about what’s going on in his career: He didn’t mention his new films “Pillion” or “The Moment” in his monologue, during which he mimed playing the sax along with
“Saturday Night Live” has announced its next host and musical guest, with Connor Storrie set to take over Studio 8H on Feb. 28, joined by Mumford & Sons. The booking continues a high-profile season for NBC’s long-running sketch series, which has leaned heavily into budding
Pete Davidson returned to “Saturday Night Live” for the cold open of the Jan. 31 episode, portraying border czar Tom Homan while he’s working with some woefully underprepared ICE agents in Minneapolis. Davidson opened the segment by saying, “I’m sure a lot of you are wondering
Hughes died of a heart attack at 59 in 2009. He wrote and directed a myriad of beloved movies, including 'Sixteen Candles,' 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Pretty in Pink,' all of which Ringwald starred in.
“The Studio” has canceled its panel at Apple TV’s upcoming press day after star Catherine O’Hara died on Friday. “The Studio” was just one of the many scheduled panelists at the Apple TV press day, set for Tuesday at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles. The streamer announced the
Jane Fonda on Friday spoke out in support of Don Lemon at a rally in Los Angeles after the former CNN anchor was arrested and indicted on charges of interfering with a religious service during a Minnesota ICE protest. “We are not ready to sit and be quiet. We have to speak up,”
The Department of Justice on Friday released 3 million documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files, along with 2,000 videos and roughly 180,000 images. The latest batch included mention of celebrities like Jay-Z, Pusha T and Harvey Weinstein. Mentions of the trio did not come from
Steve Martin and Martin Short paid tribute to the late Catherine O’Hara Friday night, raising a glass to the star during their “The Best of Steve Martin and Martin Short” comedy show in Austin, Texas. “Catherine O’Hara, I met when she was 18 years of age, and all these years
Director Nick Sweeney's feature follows the musician as he experiences the whirlwind success of breakthrough release 'Stick Season.'
“The Last Resort,” directed by Maria Sødahl, won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at the Göteborg Film Festival on Saturday night. The award comes with a whooping SEK 400,000 ($41,500) which, according to the organizers, makes it one of the world’s largest film prizes.
Kenan Thompson recently told People that he “definitely” thinks about leaving “Saturday Night Live” and fears saying goodbye is “gonna suck.” Thompson has been on “SNL” since 2003. “There’s just so many layers to it. It’s not just the on-screen that you see in that one, you
To celebrate 40 years, Mexico’s Guadalajara Film Festival, based out of Mexico’s second biggest city and Guillermo del Toro’s home town, is doing what it has always done: taking Mexican films and talent, especially new voices, to the world. In its latest initiative, Berlin’s
“The Secret Agent” director Kleber Mendonça Filho praised Wagner Moura at Rotterdam Film Festival, calling him a generous star. “Since ‘Neighboring Sounds,’ I’ve believed that a film is a great opportunity to show faces. Once you do, you say a lot about the country you come
Molly Ringwald might’ve become a household name thanks to leading roles in John Hughes films like “Sixteen Candles” and “Pretty in Pink,” but the actor isn’t lobbying for remakes of the coming-of-age classics anytime soon — and she doesn’t think Hughes would be either. “Well,
In an epic match for the championship, Riyadh Season travels to “The Big Apple,” where Americans Teofimo Lopez (22-1-0) defends his WBO Super Lightweight title belt against Shakur Stevenson (24-0-0) on Saturday, Jan. 31. Lopez vs. Stevenson takes place at Madison Square Garden
Melania Trump took to X on Saturday morning to flaunt the early achievements of her new documentary, “Melania,” which opened on Friday. The First Lady posted that “Melania” is projecting the best opening in 10 years for a documentary (excluding concert films) and received an
At IFFR, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Spanish director Carla Simón also laud work with non-professional actors and the authenticity of kids on set, except for some influencer-ish and agency children.
Short calls fellow SCTV actress "the greatest, most brilliant, kindest, sweetest angel any of us worked with"
Florence Hunt’s Hyacinth has been the baby of the family on “Bridgerton” for a long time. When Hunt first joined the Netflix show to play the household’s youngest child in 2019, she was a 12-year-old about to make her television debut in the Netflix fantasy series “Cursed.” Now
After making its debut on Paramount+ with nearly 5 million viewers last week, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is back, as the promotion company travels “Down Under” for UFC 325. The main event features Australian Alexander Volkanovski (27-4-0) defending his featherweight
Anyone who’s attempted to sing Mariah Carey’s catalog at karaoke or in the comforts of their car knows that matching the greatness of Mimi is often an insurmountable task. And yet, a slate of musicians — Foo Fighters, Kesha, Jennifer Hudson, to name a few — did just that in
Marvel Television’s new limited series “Wonder Man” is a meta look at superhero stardom, with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II taking on the role of Simon Williams, the aspiring actor with supernatural powers. As a Hollywood hopeful, Simon makes the rounds of familiar L.A. studios,
During the pandemic, when the prospect of interviewing people in person was an impossibility, I frequently thought to myself that if I never got to do that again, my interview over a long lunch with Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy for a “Schitt’s Creek” cover was the perfect
Actor played Lamont Sanford alongside Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford for six seasons of hit Seventies sitcom
French cinematographer Yorick Le Saux was honored with this year's Robby Müller Award at IFFR.
A flurry of newcomers from familiar faces (Sam Raimi and Jason Statham) and unexpected places (Melania Trump and Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach) hit the box office on Friday, but Fischbach’s indie horror “The Iron Lung” came out on top. “Iron Lung” pulled in an estimated $8.9
Demond Wilson, who co-starred with Redd Foxx on popular 1970s sitcom “Sanford and Son,” died Friday in Palm Springs. He was 79. His publicist, Mark Goldman, said in a statement, “The family of Demond Wilson is deeply saddened by his passing. At this time, they ask for privacy
It’s an expression of the purest, most genuine endearment that Iris (Maria Petrova), an 11-year-old girl in the island nation of Cyprus, displays toward her father Aris (Christos Passalis) just days after meeting him for the first time. The two of them are driving in his car.
Even the most inspirational films about growing up in the inner-city have a tendency to look down on their subjects, portraying them as characters to be rescued or redeemed. But in Walter Thompson-Hernández’s one-of-a-kind Sundance discovery “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” the
“Are you fine with not sleeping at night?” an employer asks a candidate for a lowly security guard position, late in Kosovan director Visar Morina’s new film “Shame and Money.” The question refers simply to the job’s antisocial hours, though it’s one that various characters in
"From our beginnings on the Second City stage, to SCTV , to the movies we did with Chris Guest, to our six glorious years on Schitt's Creek , I cherished our working relationship, but most of all our friendship"
When it came to finding a composer for Charli xcx’s mockumentary “The Moment,” no one made more sense than her longtime producer and friend A. G. Cook. Though he’d never scored a feature before, his fingerprints are all over “Brat,” Charli’s seminal 2024 album that became a
With the first major event of the year, the WWE travels goes to Saudi Arabia for Royal Rumble 2026. The pro wrestling event features four matchups, including an Undisputed WWE Championship bout, on Saturday, Jan. 31. The event also features two different “Royal Rumble” matches
According to Agnieszka Holland, Oscar-nominated director and Göteborg’s Honorary Dragon Award winner, truth is still important in today’s world. But it’s easy to twist. “It happened during Stalin’s propaganda and Goebbels’ propaganda. It showed how easy it is to change the
