Severe flooding wreaks havoc across northern Europe
Severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall has inundated Voeren and Liège in Belgium, as well as parts of France and Germany.
Severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall has inundated Voeren and Liège in Belgium, as well as parts of France and Germany.
Paolo Sorrentino is back in Cannes for the sixth time with “Parthenope,” a love letter to his native Naples but also, as he puts it, a film about his “missed youth” that comes as a natural follow-up to his autobiographical “The Hand of God.” Perhaps more significantly,
Dozens have been reported killed as Israeli strikes pummel Gaza and street fighting rages in northern Jabalia and Gaza City.
If a jacket is made by Patagonia or a piece of hardware is made by Teenage Engineering, you can probably tell who made it the first time you see it, even without a logo. A painting by Sonia Delaunay doesn’t need to be signed to know who it’s by. On the other hand, AppleTV
Ranked third in Europe for its yearly output of documentaries, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory, with more than 70 titles in 2023, the small but prolific filmmaking nation will unveil four of its most promising features at the Swiss Cannes Docs Showcase, May
There’s a scene early in director Tudor Giurgiu’s documentary “Nasty,” a rollicking portrait of the ’70s Romanian tennis bad boy Ilie Năstase, where the Grand Slam champion’s mentor and longtime doubles partner Ion Țiriac recalls teaching Năstase how to ski. The young prodigy
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 promo art of Senua’s face surrounded by hands Senua’s Saga continues on May 21 Continue reading…
“Emilia Pérez,” the latest Cannes-premiering film from French auteur Jaques Audiard, is many things at once: a gritty crime film, an ambitious musical and a spotlight on trans issues. At the center of the Spanish-language movie are three women – Rita (Zoe Saldaña), Jessi
Ex-President Jacob holds a rally in the historic township of Soweto as he returns to the political front line.
Focus Features has bought international rights to “Hamlet,” Aneil Karia’s London-set modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s famed play starring Oscar winner Riz Ahmed. Morfydd Clark (“Saint Maud,” “Rings of Power”) and Joe Alwyn (“Kinds of Kindness”) also star in the film, which
Mubi has swooped on its third 2024 Cannes competition title, Variety has learned. Having acquired worldwide rights to Coralie Fargeat’s buzzy body horror “The Substance” and U.K. rights to Andrea Arnold’s Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski-starring ‘Bird’ before the festival
Protests form in Madrid after Argentinian President Javier Milei plans to shun a meeting with the prime minister and instead hold a far-right meeting.
Berlin-based sales agency Films Boutique has closed the first international sales for Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” ahead of its world premiere on Friday in the Competition section of the Cannes Film Festival. The film has been acquired in
Athens-based sales and production outfit Heretic has sold key territories on the Cannes Film Festival’s ACID sidebar opening film, Greece’s “Kyuka: Before Summer’s End.” Heretic has sealed distribution deals for France with The Dark, Benelux with Gusto Entertainment and Greece
Russia is increasingly using budget "glide bombs" to advance its offensive in Ukraine.
Browsing the xz repo in GitHub and checking the recent entries in the Issues tab, I just found this entry: https://github.com/tukaani-project/xz/issues/121 The person wasn't able to compile the project and he starts by being mean when he asks for help: - "it shouldn't be this
Also performs medley of "Feather" and "Nonsense"
The very title of “Everybody Loves Touda” poses a kind of challenge to viewers. If everybody loves Touda, dare you not? Moroccan director Nabil Ayouch’s forthright musical drama certainly doesn’t permit much room for dissent. From first gilded frame to last, the film is
Hundreds of French gendarmes are trying to secure the road from Nouméa to the airport, officials say.
In the Road House star's third time hosting SNL , he also demands absolute discretion from his son-in-law to-be after eating a cookie
A controversial mobilisation law took effect on Saturday as Kyiv struggles to recruit troops amid a new Russian offensive threatening Kharkiv, the second-largest city.
Poland is investing approximately €2.2 billion to enhance security and deterrence along its border with Russia and Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on Saturday.
Do all book covers look the same today? Euronews Culture goes under the dust cover with those that design them.
As the prestige flower event begins, horticulturalists are shown how a waterlogged patch can help counter climate crisis Gardeners should “embrace the bog” that has formed in backyards across the country after record rain, a designer at this week’s Chelsea flower show has said.
This week is set to be an important one for AI with an international summit held in Korea and a sign-off on the AI Act in Brussels.
After making waves on the festival circuit with a pair of heralded short films, Somali filmmaker Mo Harawe makes his auspicious feature debut at this year’s Cannes Film Festival with “The Village Next to Paradise,” which premieres May 21 in the French fest’s Un Certain Regard
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Brazilian production powerhouse Gullane, which is behind Netflix’s “Senna” and Karim Aïnouz’s Cannes competition title “Motel Destino,” has closed international co-production pacts on new projects from Cao Hamburger (”The Year My Parents Went on Vacation”) and Sandra Kogut
Signature Entertainment has acquired the U.K. and Irish rights to creature action thriller “Werewolves” from the Solution Entertainment Group. The feature was produced by Myles Nestel (“Blacklight”) and Craig Chapman (“Honest Thief”), with additional producers including Steven
Across his 25-year career, Jia Zhangke has become the de facto face of independent-minded Chinese cinema — and the Cannes Film Festival has arguably been the most important institution to help him hoist that flag on the world stage. Beginning with his 2002 drama Unknown
Colin Jost and Michael Che also trade jokes to close out SNL 's 49th season
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