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‘The Father’ Director and Playwright Florian Zeller Joins Prestigious French Literary Society, Académie Française

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Miike Takashi’s ‘Sham,’ Rajkumar Periasamy’s ‘Amaran’ to Compete for Golden Peacock at India’s IFFI

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Berlin Winner ‘The Blue Trail’ to Open India’s IFFI; Fest to Feature Japan Focus, Aamir Khan Masterclass

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Tallinn Rocks: Music Docs Put Fest Spotlight on Baltic Bands BIX, aka “Almost Nirvana,” and Velikije Luki

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Indie Star Award Winner Alexandre O. Philippe Would Like to Make a Horror Film Next – Or Finally Tackle the ‘Mysterious’ Cinema of Nicolas Roeg

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Garin Nugroho’s ‘Opera Jawa’ to Open 20th Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival, ‘Comedy Buddy’ to Close

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‘Shape of Momo,’ ‘Fury’ Among Contenders for IFFI Goa’s Best Debut Feature Prize

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Tim Roth, Barbara Sukowa, Angeliki Papoulia to Voice Animated ‘Unknownia’ by ‘Cryptozoo’ Director Dash Shaw That Echoes the Legacy of Miyazaki (EXCLUSIVE)

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Paul Newman Retrospective, Programming Zeal Keeps Torino Film Festival Young at Heart

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War Documentary ‘My Camera, My Gun’ Takes Top Taiwan Creative Content Fest Prize, ‘Do You Still Love Me’ Dominates Series With Five Wins

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Cannes Winner ‘The President’s Cake’ Among 10 Films Competing for ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at India’s IFFI Goa Festival

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Egypt’s Oscar Hopeful ‘Happy Birthday’ Follows an 8-Year-Old Maid Who Is a Class Act in a World of Classism

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How the ‘Stranger Things’ Premiere Also Worked as Damage Control for Star David Harbour

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Filmmaker Claims Jeremy Renner Sent Unsolicited ‘Intimate’ Images, Threatened to Call ICE on Her

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How ‘Predator: Badlands’ Star Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi Became the First Predator to Be a Hero

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‘All Her Fault’ Star Sarah Snook on the Thriller’s ‘Crazy!’ Twists and What Shiv Roy — That ‘Cold-Hearted Bitch’ — Might Be Up to Post-‘Succession’

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‘Love Island: Beyond the Villa’ Gets Renewed for Season 2, Will Feature Season 7 Islanders

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How Millennials’ Y2K Nostalgia Is Fueling This New Round of TV Revivals — Including ‘Scrubs,’ ‘Buffy’ and ‘Malcolm in the Middle’

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Nina Hoss on Playing a Queer Icon in ‘Hedda’, and Why ‘It’s Our Time Now’ for Women Over 50 in Hollywood

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Jared Bush and Byron Howard Why Bringing ‘Zootopia: Better Zoogether’ to Walt Disney World’s Animal Kingdom Is a Full-Circle Moment

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‘Call My Agent’ American Adaptation in Development at HBO From ‘The Other Two’ Co-Creator Sarah Schneider

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WGA Names John August and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel to Lead Negotiating Committee

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Ryan Reynolds Remaking 1970s Crime Movie ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot’ for Amazon MGM (Exclusive)

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Universal, Jeff Robinov Partner on Adventure Spec ‘Baby Monster’ (Exclusive)

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12 New Talent Gems Spotlighted by the Seville European Film Festival

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How Google Cloud Entertainment Biz Boss Is Explaining Fine-Tuning AI Models to Hollywood: ‘I’ve Heard People Use the Terms Incorrectly’

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Jennifer Lawrence Says Female Directors Don’t “Overdirect” Like Men

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CBS and Sony Resolve ‘Wheel of Fortune’ and ‘Jeopardy!’ Fight, Agree to New Distribution and Sales Structure

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Casting Couch Iranian Style: A Creepy Director Lures Young Women Into His Web of Deceit and Coercion in ‘1001 Frames’

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Seville European Festival Reflects Europe’s Animation Surge

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Wonder Project CEO Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten on ‘House of David,’ ‘Sarah’s Oil’ and Launching Purpose-Built Media Brand

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Why Young Miko Went ‘Do Not Disturb’: Breaking Free From Self-Doubt, Touring With Billie Eilish and Her Acting Ambitions

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Seville European Film Festival Bets on Scale, Broader Audiences and Industry Clout as EFA Nominations Return to the City

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Laura Dern on Working With Adam Sandler and Will Arnett, Her Family Legacy and Teasing ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 3

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Spike Lee, Juliette Binoche, Terry Gilliam Set for Spotlight at 43rd Torino Film Festival

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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Directors Explain Making ‘Real’ Characters Who Are ‘Ugly at Times, Silly and Hot’ at SCAD Animation Panel

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‘Elsewhere at Night,’ Starring Camille Rutherford, Debuts Trailer Ahead of European Premiere in Torino

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Melissa Leo Starrer and New Animation from ‘Cryptozoo’ Team Among Tauron American Film Festival’s U.S. in Progress Winners

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Guillermo del Toro on ‘Frankenstein’s’ Epic Scale and the Film’s Message of Forgiveness: ‘It’s the One We Don’t Hear Often Enough’

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Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver to Star in ‘Useful Idiots’

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Sundance Institute Episodic Lab Sets Georgia’s Dunaway Gardens as Its New Home for 2026

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Vince Gilligan and Rhea Seehorn on What ‘Pluribus’ Is Really About, Why Hollywood ‘Needs More Heroes’ and How Silicon Valley Has ‘F—ed Up the World’

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Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver to Topline ‘Useful Idiots’ Thriller

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Seth Rogen, Michelle Yeoh and Anthony Mackie Bring Heat to a Reborn AFM

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Jim Gaffigan to Receive Variety’s Inaugural Comedy Vanguard Award at New York Comedy Festival

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Duffer Brothers on ‘Stranger Things’ Theatrical Release: ‘A Dream of Ours for a While’

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How Neal Stephenson’s Lamina1 and Weta Workshop Are Using ‘Artefact’ Web Game to Launch ‘Truly New Original IP’: ‘Almost a Post-AI Mythos’

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Hollywood Flashback: Schwarzenegger’s ‘Running Man’ Hit Lots of Hurdles

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Kim Kardashian Celebrates All Those Terrible Reviews of ‘All’s Fair’

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12 New Catalan Titles To Track at Tallinn, From the Latest by Isabel Coixet and Lluís Miñarro and Cannes, Canneseries and SXSW Winners

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