Harry Styles’s Pleasing has added a new accessory to its lineup: earplugs. The lifestyle brand, which the Grammy-winning artist launched in 2021, has teamed up with Loop Earplugs on a limited-edition collection of the Experience 2 Earplugs, designed specifically for live music.
Guilty pleasures are one thing, but utterly delicious bits of television are something else entirely. Season 2 of Hulu’s “Rivals,” the 1980s-set dark comedy adapted from Jilly Cooper’s “Rutshire Chronicles” novels, is exactly that. The series, which is set in the fictional
CANEX Creations CEO Osahon Akpata has outlined his strategic vision for how the pan-African institution can boost the profile of the continent’s filmmakers, while Neon has released a first-look image for the CANEX-backed “Clarissa,” the buzzy, Lagos-set adaptation of Virginia
“To Hold a Mountain,” a documentary from directing duo Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić about sisterhood and solitude in the Montenegrin highlands, won the Grand Prix at Millennium Docs Against Gravity during an award ceremony in Warsaw on Thursday. The film, which won the
Matthew McConaughey revealed on the “No Magic Pill” podcast (via People) that he once exiled himself from Hollywood and lived without electricity for 22 days in Peru when the pressures of early fame became too much for him to handle. He exclusively went by Mateo during this
The German director will close out the Cannes 2026 competition with her new feature, about an archaeologist who becomes entwined in a war between rival criminal gangs.
“In the ever-changing landscape of the international film industry, it is all the more crucial that we design infrastructures that allow serious investors to engage with these markets on their own terms."
Epsilon Film has closed a raft of international deals on “Momo,” the live-action family adventure film based on the novel by Michael Ende, best known for “The NeverEnding Story,” and starring Martin Freeman and Claes Bang. U.K. and Ireland rights have been acquired by Signature
At the start of 2023, as the awards campaign for Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” was in full swing, a bombshell landed: Florian Teichtmeister, one of its lead actors, was charged with possession of child pornography. On Friday, Kreutzer debuts her latest film, “Gentle Monster,” in
London-based sales outfit The Mise-En-Scène Company is launching international rights to “The Napa Boys,” an ensemble comedy, at the Cannes Film Market, with the acquisition struck through Sunset Rose Pictures, the production banner of producer Mike Rosenstein. Co-written by
Ukrainian filmmaker Zhanna Ozirna’s claustrophobic marital drama “Honeymoon” won the inaugural Build Your Dream award at a chic Cannes ceremony atop the JW Marriott on May 14. Set at the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war, the intimate thriller follows Kyiv newlyweds trapped in
Eclectic Pictures and Hollywood Ventures Group unveiled the news at the Cannes Film Festival as part of a new features slate of “globally commercial films.”
Jordana Brewster helped electrify Cannes during the 25th anniversary screening of “The Fast and the Furious,” which she attended alongside original cast members Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez plus Paul Walker’s daughter Meadow. Speaking to Variety’s Angelique Jackson a few
The winners are in. Fantastic Lab Central America & Caribbean has unveiled six finalists and one grand prize at the Cannes Fantastic Pavilion. Presented by Baby Atómica, one of Fantastic Lab’s partners, the grand prize goes to “We Won’t Let the Goat Die” (“No dejaremos que
A new Paris-based production company dedicated to independent and auteur Indian cinema has entered the market. Pavo Films, co-founded in by Cosmin Illes and Némésis Srour, announced its formation at the Cannes Film Market, with Gurvinder Singh’s “Rehmat” – starring Naseeruddin
Relaxed, witty and fresh off another globe-spanning theater tour, Isabelle Huppert was already slipping back into Cannes mode when we met at Paris’ iconic Lutetia Hotel ahead of the world premiere of Asghar Farhadi’s “Parallel Tales” in competition. In the Paris-set movie,
The busiest actor in Cannes this year is a man considerably more famous for his artistry on the football field than on screen. Eric Cantona has an impressive three films in the festival, with the French soccer legend and Manchester United hero acting in two and the subject of
Asghar Farhadi spoke about the conflict in his native Iran during the Cannes Film Festival press conference for his new film “Parallel Tales,” saying: “Any murder is a crime.” It didn’t take long for the Iranian auteur to be asked his thoughts on the war between Iran, the U.S.
With the war in Iran throttling tourism and business travel in the region, the Kingdom is doubling down on financial support for its film production sector.
Fauzan Zidni is at Cannes this year as the newly elected chair of the Indonesian Film Agency (BPI) with a program already in Critics’ Week and the agency making its first institutional appearance at the festival. “Next Step Studio Indonesia” — four short films by Indonesian
The first 'Star Wars' film in seven years hits theaters on May 22.
The African Producers Accelerator, an initiative designed to tackle persistent industry barriers faced by mid-career African film and television producers, has selected the six participants who will take part in its 2026 edition. The producers, who were chosen from 267
The German B-movie filmmaker appears to be trolling 'Resident Evil' director Paul W.S. Anderson, who is planning an official reboot of the zombie franchise, adapted from the hit video game.
Wild Bunch has acquired German rights to “Balandrau: Where the Fierce Wind Blew” (“Balandrau, Vent Salvatge,” original Catalan title), the Spanish survival thriller sold internationally by Filmax. The deal is one of several closed by Filmax ahead of and around the Cannes Marché
It’s been almost 50 years since the first “Star Wars” was released. And it’s taken that long for a movie in the beloved franchise – “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” — to be shot in Los Angeles “I’d like to thank the California Film Commission and allowing us to have a tax
The project is based on Dana Thomas’ book of the same name, and the noted fashion scribe is writing and will produce alongside Bronwyn Cosgrave, with Danielle Perissi on board as an executive producer.
“Star Wars” has officially returned to the big screen courtesy of “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” and members of the film press are calling the franchise’s comeback “a thrilling adventure,” “a perfect summer movie” and “a lot of fun,” although overall reactions are divided. “It’s
Each winner, picked by a jury consisting of Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Feo Aladag and Tom Tykwer, receives a grant of €5,000 ($5,820) and support for their stay at the Cannes Film Festival.
Copenhagen-based sales outfit TrustNordisk has acquired international rights to “Shadow & Light” from acclaimed Danish writer-director Niels Arden Oplev (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “We Shall Overcome,”“Flatliners”). The drama, which just started filming in Denmark,
The next film in the spy franchise will be directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Steven Knight
For his historical drama “Moulin,” which premieres in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Oscar-winning Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes (“Son of Saul”) traveled back in time to WWII-era France to tell the story of Jean Moulin, a resistance fighter whose bravery helped
Several characters in “Decorado” are on the brink of a mental breakdown. Poverty, unemployment and a constant state of paranoia have driven them to feel like they are trapped inside an artificial set, where every element in their lives feels fake and orchestrated by an
Oscar-Nominated “Sentimental Value” star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas will join “The Secret Agent” lead Wagner Moura on Brazilian film “The Outsider,” where Ibsdotter Lilleaas will have the central role. Bringing together stars of the two biggest non-English language movies at
Producer Ohno Atsuko of Hassaku Labs, whose Fukada Koji film “Nagi Notes” is competing at the Cannes Film Festival this year, is reteaming with writer-director Pan Nalin on “The Man Who Walks,” an English-language love story currently in casting and seeking co-production
Ivan Marković's fiction feature debut, which premieres in the ACID lineup, dives into the world of luxury homes and inequality in Cambodia, showing "how urban landscapes are also political."
“Everybody Digs Bill Evans,” the jazz biopic that received a rapturous reception in the Berlinale and would go on to win the Silver Bear for director Grant Gee, has been picked up for the U.S. Cohen Media Group has bought the feature, described by “evocative portrait of one of
Isabella Rossellini, Emma Laird and Millicent Simmonds are set to star in “Vermillion,” a period piece set during the last days of the French Revolution to be directed by British director Jon Amiel. Based on the play by Joel Gross, “Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh,” which
After a surprise, landslide electoral defeat brought down longtime strongman Viktor Orbán last month, there’s a breath of new life in the Hungarian film industry. Here’s a rundown of the some of the buzziest titles local producers are bringing to the Cannes market, featuring a
Now that the dust has settled on longtime strongman Viktor Orbán’s landslide electoral defeat last month, Hungarian industry figures are charting a course for what one leading producer describes as a “new day” after 16 years of Orbán’s authoritarian rule. The election-day
Antti-Jussi Annila, the Finnish director behind “Codename: Annika” and the political drama series “Peacemaker,” is set to helm “Sands of Sarasvati,” a Finland-U.K. co-production eco-thriller adapted from Risto Isomäki’s best-selling novel. The screenplay is co-written by Annila
Brazilian soccer star Adriano, who dazzled at Inter Milan and Flamengo with his goals and flamboyant personality, looks set to get a big screen movie bio, “The Emperor Adriano,” from Brazil’s Boutique Films and Paramount Pictures Brazil. Behind “3%,” a Netflix
Italy’s Fandango has scored multiple sales on “Sweetheart” (“Gioia Mia”) the delicate generation gap drama by Margherita Spampinato who is being honored with Kering’s Emerging Talent Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The fresh film about a cheeky young boy named Nico
Are genre films set to overtake the Cannes Film Festival like a zombie horde? As with the ominous music before a jump scare, things certainly seem to be trending in that direction. Two years after Coralie Fargeat’s grotesque, feminist fantasia “The Substance” shocked the
In 1946, 15 years before Alain Resnais made “Last Year at Marienbad,” one of the world’s earliest film festivals unspooled in the Czech spa towns of Marianske Lazne — aka “Marienbad” — and Karlovy Vary — aka “Carlsbad.” Tucked in beautiful Bohemia, Karlovy Vary had already made
Warner Bros.’ Spanish romantic dramas “All That We Never Were” and “Ask Me What You Want” have struck major sales deals. International sales agent FilmSharks reports that all North American rights to romantic drama “All That We Never Were” (“Todo lo que Nunca Fuimos”) sold to
“It is truly a dream come true,” says Reed Van Dyk, whose directorial feature debut, “Atonement,” unspools in Directors’ Fortnight. “If I had any dream in film, it was to present a movie at Cannes, and I have a long-standing relationship with this section of the festival.
The city that works is now into overtime. During the first quarter of 2026, Chicago saw seven series lensing in town. Production expenditures in Illinois hit a record $703 million in 2025, per stats released by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office. Those numbers were bolstered
Stephen Colbert’s 11-year run as host of “The Late Show” will end on May 21. That its untimely end was announced mere weeks before the Trump-loyalist Ellison family finalized their CBS-Paramount takeover led many to believe it was a move to appease Trump, while the network
