Oscar Actors: Kidman, Nicole–Honoree of AFI Lifetime Achievement Award
Four decades after her feature debut in 1983’s BMX Bandits, Oscar and two-time Emmy winner Nicole Kidman receives a history-making honor: the AFI Life Achievement Award.
Politics 2024: Oscar Winner Spielberg Is Advising
Spielberg is advising the President’s campaign on how to best convey his vision for a second term.
Swift Effect: Taylor Swift Impact on London Pub, Black Dog
“Every single day since the album has been released, we’ve had to turn people away,” the marketing manager said.
French Cinema: Laurent Cantet, Brilliant Filmmaker (“Time Out,” “The Class”) Dies at 63
Laurent Cantet, who died today of illness at the age of 63, was an intelligent, high-minded progressive filmmaker whose literate, emotionally committed, well-acted movies addressed (and criticized) French society at all levels. French filmmaker Laurent Cantet won the 2008 Palme d’Or His most famous film was The Class (“Entre les murs”), which won the Palme […]
Harry Potter: Books to Be Recorded as Full-Cast Audio Productions
J.K. Rowling’s seven original Harry Potter books are getting a massive new audiobook series.
Exorcism, The: Russell Crowe, Oscar Winner (“Beautiful Mind”), Stars in New Horror Movie–Trailer
The genre horror film from director Joshua John Miller gets exclusive theatrical release on June 7.
Most Precious of Cargoes: Animated Holocaust Tale Opens Annecy Film Festival
Alongside the competition lineup, big studio productions, including ‘Despicable Me 4,’ ‘Garfield’ and ‘Transformers One’ will unspool at the French animation festival in June.
Columbia University: Republican and Democratic Lawmen Call for Resignation of President Minouche Shafik
The entire New York GOP congressional delegation has called for Shafik’s resignation:
Megalopolis: Coppola’s Epic Nears Distribution Deal with French Company Le Pacte
Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Nears French Distribution Deal With Indie Banner Le Pacte
Blink Twice (“Pussy Island”): Zoë Kravitz’s Directorial Debut, Starring Channing Tatum–August 23
Originally titled Pussy Island, the movie follows Frida (Naomi Ackie) and Jess (Alia Shawkat) as they are charmed by tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) and lured to his private island
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: Innovative Marketing?
20th Century Film sent horse handlers dressed as monkeys to the iconic California coast in an out-of-the-box marketing effort for their upcoming movie.
Nantucket Film Festival 2024: Lineup, Christopher Reeve Documentary “Super/Man”
The 29th edition is set to open with ‘Thelma,’ close with Christopher Reeve doc ‘Super/Man’ and feature ‘Skywalkers: A Love Story’ as its centerpiece film.
Three Miles to the End of the World: Romanian Emanuel Parvu’s Third Film (Cannes Fest 2024 Premiere))
The film centers on a gay teenager trapped in a village in the Danube Delta.
Hollywood 2024: David Mamet Calls Hollywood’s Diversity Efforts “Fascist Totalitarianism”
Hollywood screenwriter David Mamet is no fan of the industry’s efforts to drive greater diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in its ranks.
Oscars 2024: New Rules and Campaign Protocols, Changes to Special Awards
The Academy is taking on more prominent role boosting movie theaters, becoming more hospitable to composers and writers.
Cannes Film Fest 2024: Hazanavicius, Mohammad Rasoulof, Emanuel Parvu to Official Competition
The French festival added in all 13 new films to its selection for the upcoming 77th edition, including Oliver Stone’s ‘Lula’ and a ‘Count of Monte Cristo’ film adaptation.
Deadpool & Wolverine: Trailer Brings Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Together as Frenemies
Trailer Brings Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Together as Frenemies
Queer Cinema: LGBTQ+ Films from Sundance Festival History, 1985 to Present
LGBTQ+ Films from Sundance Film Festival History, 1985-present
Jinx, The–Part Two: Andrew Jarecki Says Despite True-Crime Boom Robert Durst “Is Kind of a Unicorn”
The team behind the HBO’s Part Two docuseries tease what to expect in the follow-up to the 2015 project that featured shocking revelations unfolding onscreen as the real estate scion was arrested.
Footloose: Star Kevin Bacon Returns to the School Where the 1984 Movie Was Shot
“It’s amazing the power that this movie has had to just kind of bring people together,” the actor told the school’s students in Payson, Utah.