Countries, screen industry bodies and rights organizations adopted five thematic declarations at the Lumière Summit on Monday at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, establishing shared frameworks across artificial intelligence, piracy, image education, gender
The cult director discusses the creation of his Taiwan-set action-comedy, a deliberate riff on Kurosawa's 'High and Low,' and why shooting outside Japan left him "invigorated."
Top filmmakers including Richard Linklater, Rebecca Zlotkowski, Jafar Panahi, Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Wim Wenders, Tarik Saleh and Jia Zhang-ke have signed on to take part in the International Resilience Initiative for Independent Screens unveiled Monday during the
Emmanuel Macron called for global initiatives to protect the future of cinema and he sounded the alarm about the threats to artistic expression posed by the endless scroll of social media platforms during his opening speech at the Lumiere Summit on Monday. The French president
Monday’s Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence generated a cluster of industry announcements alongside its headline declarations, with deals spanning co-production financing, distribution, exhibition and education. Toho Europe, the regional arm of Tokyo-based entertainment
Regal Cinemas and the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), together with the CNC, launched the Future of Distribution pilot on Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, – a new international initiative that will hand under-used cinema screens to a
With only an estimated 20% of the world’s film heritage safeguarded, the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage is making its first move into cinema. Announced Monday at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, ALIPH’s new Program for the Safeguarding
France and Korea have each pledged €500 million ($581 million) to a joint initiative designed to strengthen the global screen industries, with the first funding instruments deploying from 2027 through 2031. The Lumière Partnership, unveiled Monday at the Lumière Summit in
France TV Distribution is presenting four new TV movies, including two female-fronted action thrillers, a light crime drama and a dramedy, at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Le Havre, which runs Sept. 7-10. The sales company’s muscular lineup already includes the
French actor and director Louis Garrel, who gained international fame starring in Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Dreamers,” is at the Venice Film Festival with a film by another Italian auteur, Nanni Moretti’s “It Will Happen Tonight.” The romantic drama, which is competing for the
The A24 docudrama about the Theranos founder and convicted fraudster had a surprise screening at the Telluride Film Festival.
Paris-based Halley Production has boarded Javier Polo’s feature film thriller project “Carro Seco” (“Carreau”), showcased at the upcoming Iberseries & Platino Industria’s Co-Production and Financing Forum in Madrid. Halley Production is partnering on “Carro Seco” with
Cuba’s Jorge Perugorría, best known for his lead role in the iconic Oscar-nominated Cuban classic “Strawberry and Chocolate” (“Fresa y Chocolate”), has been cast in the upcoming film, “Hotel Nacional” which participates in the Iberseries & Platino Industria Co-Production and
The original lead cast of cult Brit teen comedy series “The Inbetweeners” are officially back for the upcoming reunion movie at Netflix, which the streamer has confirmed is now in production. First reported last month, the new film has now been given the title “Inbetweeners 3,”
Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas will reprise their roles in the new film from creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, starting production on Monday.
"You Can See Everything" is about the furthest thing from a "pure" documentary you’ve ever seen. That’s part of its appeal — it’s a one-a-kind reality-TV-as-hangout-movie psychodrama circus. Yet it’s been made with a spirit of genuine inquiry, driven by Fielder’s acidly
Hungary's Gábor Reisz, winner of the 2023 best film award in Venice's Horizons section for 'Explanation for Everything,' returns to the Lido in the Venice Spotlight program with a quixotic tale and dark humor.
The filmmaker and actor won Guest Actor in a Comedy Series during the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony on Sunday night
The self-professed “story of a theatrical revolution and how it shaped a nation,” Freddie Fox’s documentary “Into the Breach” attempts to chronicle the impact that British theater has exerted on art, culture and politics over the last century. Assembling a roundtable of acting
Paris-based The Party Film Sales, attached to Oscar-nominated “The Voice of Hind Rajab” and Cannes Un Certain Regard winner “Congo Boy,” has inked multiple deals on the French documentary “Tax Me (If You Can),” helmed by Thomas Lafarge (“The World According to Amazon,” “In the
The film, co-directed by Lance Oppenheim, premiered at the Telluride Film Festival
Venice Golden Lion winner Lav Diaz (“The Woman Who Left”), who returns to the Lido this week with the Venice Open selection “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” (Makikiraan Po), is in post-production on “An Entry Into the Sadness of a Portuguese Woman.” The Filipino auteur
A group of prominent Palestinian, Arab and international filmmakers and industry professionals on Monday launched the Gaza Cinema Academy at the Venice Film Festival. The new entity aims to establish a sustainable space for film education, training and production in Gaza,
“The Red and the Black,” an adaptation of Stendhal’s 1830 novel, follows the young Julien Sorel (Victor Belmondo) as he pursues greatness, rising socially beyond his modest upbringing while entangled in a web of passion, power and political intrigue. Following screenings at
A barefoot monk in a red robe walks the length of San Sebastian’s La Concha, pauses beneath the concrete rooms of Chillida Leku and stands before the crashing wall of the Peine del Viento. He is Tsai Ming-liang’s Walker, and in “Dust,” the 11th installment of the director’s
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s World Forum For Art and Culture (WFAC) and Creativeland Studios have formalized a partnership to take “Krishnavataram,” a trilogy tracing the life of Hindu God Lord Krishna, to international audiences. The association was made official on Janmashtami, the
Executives from Alibaba Token Hub, Sonilo and PROMPTR joined film educator Barry Dignam at a TapNow-hosted panel during the Venice Film Festival’s Venice Production Bridge to debate AI filmmaking’s creative and economic impact, capped by a technical breakdown of the
“Look Back” is Kore-eda Hirokazu’s third time working from manga source material, but never before has the arthouse filmmaker drawn from such a commercially popular and internationally beloved work.A one-volume story from “Chainsaw Man” mangaka Fujimoto Tatsuki, “Look Back”
With its lush costumes, decadent food spreads and playfully anachronistic soundtrack, Sofia Coppola’s gorgeous 2006 film “Marie Antoinette” is a phenomenon of the aughts, a kaleidoscopic yet emotionally dark foray into youthful isolation and, like much of the filmmaker’s work,
The late and great Rob Reiner has won an Emmy, nine months after his death. Reiner won the outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for “The Bear” at the Emmy Awards Night 2, prevailing over Michael J. Fox and Brett Goldstein (“Shrinking”), Hamish Linklater (“Widow’s Bay”),
Linda Cardellini won her first Emmy on Sunday night at the Creative Arts Emmys taking home the award for supporting actress in a limited or anthology series. On stage, an emotional Cardellini said, “I had to write something just in case, but first I would just like to say thank
David Harbour has won the Emmy for Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his portrayal of Floyd Smernitch in HBO Max’s “DTF St. Louis.” This marks the actor’s first Emmy win. As an executive producer on the series, he is also up for Outstanding Limited
For years, it’s been rumored that Nathan Fielder had been interviewing Theranos founder (and certified huckster) Elizabeth Holmes — including visiting her in prison — for a top-secret documentary. And on Sunday night, that documentary premiered at the Telluride Film Festival.
Watch a teaser for the film, 'You Can See Everything,' which will be released in October.
The Tokyo International Film Festival will introduce two new competitive awards, a Southeast Asia-focused section and a prize honoring women in cinema. The Nippon Cinema Now section will award a Best Film prize and a Special Jury Prize this year, with a jury combining Japanese
Korean sales house Finecut has closed a string of international deals for three festival titles, including Hong Sangsoo’s Locarno prizewinner “Nowhere to Lay My Eyes,” ahead of the Toronto Film Festival. The film marks Hong’s 35th feature. It competed in the Concorso
Apple TV’s “Widow’s Bay” led Night 2 of the 78th Emmys with eight Emmy wins— putting it firmly in the frontrunners position among comedy contenders heading into the Primetime ceremony on September 14. “Widow’s Bay” was one of several big wins for Apple TV, which wound up
"There are agencies that are telling people not to hire me still," said the actress, who was dropped by United Talent Agency three years ago after controversial remarks at a pro-Palestine rally.
Andy “The Butcher” Williams, a professional wrestler who played guitar with the bands Every Time I Die and Atomic Rule, died Saturday night after collapsing at the end of his match in Millvale, Pennsylvania. He was 48. Williams was rushed to the hospital but did not survive.
Netflix wants the “ink” to dry on its Oscar prospects. Danny Boyle made his first trip to Venice with “Ink,” his adaptation of James Graham’s stage sensation, which opened the 83rd edition in competition before moving through Telluride and Toronto, with the streamer giving it a
Forty years into a career that has made him one of American cinema’s most recognizable character actors, John Turturro has a Cannes best actor prize, an enviable résumé and exactly zero Oscar mornings when his name was read aloud with the words “and the nominees are.” Sony
Cannes-winning directors Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo joined star Carlos González at an electric post-screening Q&A — capping a weekend of deafening word-of-mouth for the Oscar contender.
Against the rubble gray and stiff mahogany with which director May el-Toukhy washes out her post-Second World War Copenhagen, the pops of crimson in “Woman Unknown” announce a stark symbolism that’s about as subtle as the red swastika eventually smeared on the front door of
Macklemore opened for Ed Sheeran on Friday night in New Jersey at the MetLife Stadium, and during his set the rapper sang out “Free Palestine” before launching into a speech, telling the audience he wanted people in Gaza and the occupied West Bank to know they had not been
Writer/director Martin McDonagh, producer Graham Broadbent and stars John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi and Mariana di Girolamo speak with The Hollywood Reporter about their film, which got a 14-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival en route to Colorado.
As anyone who has made a great-author biopic (or even watched one, for that matter) can tell you, writing is among the hardest professions to make cinematic. The slow churn of ideas, the second-guessing and self-editing, and even those rare, exhilarating surges of creative flow
The Korean maestro’s first movie since ‘Burning’ reunites him with stars Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu and arrives as Korea’s international Oscar submission and Netflix's leading awards contender.
On Sunday, influencer Amanda Hirsch — the creator behind the popular “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast, who also hosts Hulu’s “Get Real” podcast — addressed the uproar about having posted partner content with the betting platform Polymarket over the Lindsay Clancy verdict. In a
In 'Practical Magic 2,' Maisie Williams and Joey King were cast as Sandra Bullock’s character Sally Owens' daughters Antonia and Kylie, respectively.
Acclaimed South Korean director Lee Chang-dong returned after 24 years to the Venice Film Festival, where he was warmly embraced with a six-minute standing ovation for his sweeping romantic drama “Possible Love.” Directed by Lee and co-written by Oh Jung-mi, “Possible Love”
