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In a modern world where work creeps further and further into one’s personal life, eating away at time and energy alike, it is a familiar feeling to realize you don’t have as much time as you would like for a partner. Chinese director Chouwa Liang currently feels that pressure, although her […]

Spike Lee will preside over the jury of the fourth edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival. “Looking towards our fourth edition, we’re honored to welcome the legendary Spike Lee as our president of jury for the festival this year,” said Jomana Al Rashid, chairwoman of the Red Sea […]

Dutch documentarians Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch are veterans on their home turf of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam — where they won Best Dutch Film in 2014 and 2022 — but this year brought a career highlight for the renowned duo: introducing their latest doc […]

Vertigo Releasing has acquired U.K. and Ireland distribution rights to “The Kingdom,” directed by Corsican filmmaker Julien Colonna. The organized crime thriller and coming-of-age drama is set for theatrical release in spring 2025. The film, which bowed in the Un Certain Regard strand at […]

Due to modern medicine, people are living longer and more fruitful lives, but television depictions of those enjoying their golden years certainly haven’t caught up. There are anomalies, of course, like Netflix’s “Grace and Frankie,” Max’s “Hacks,” and the new CBS drama “Matlock,” […]

Female director Tribeny Rai once took on hard labor in her native Sikkim, India, in order to prove that women are not weak. But she found that even those drastic efforts did not solve the problems of patriarchy and long-standing traditions that favor male decision-making, male children and even how […]

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross produced the new track for the upcoming film, starring Daniel Craig

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross produced the new track for the upcoming film, starring Daniel Craig

The first reactions to Timothée Chalamet’s “A Complete Unknown” have started rolling in on social media ahead of the Bob Dylan biopic’s Christmas release date, with members of the press praising Chalamet, Monica Barbaro and more for their performances in the film. “Timothée Chalamet […]

Indian technology startup Vireza is developing a new mobile application that aims to revolutionize the theatrical movie-watching experience by allowing audiences to interact with films in real-time, founder Arjun Nittoor revealed at Film Bazaar. The technology, developed entirely in-house at the […]

The singer previously dropped her first single as a free woman on Independence Day

The singer previously dropped her first single as a free woman on Independence Day

Sierra Hull, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, and Charlie Worsham also join in on a string-music rendition of Tom Petty's 1977 hit

Sierra Hull, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, and Charlie Worsham also join in on a string-music rendition of Tom Petty's 1977 hit

Andy Paley, a veteran producer and musician who worked with a wide range of artists including Brian Wilson, the Ramones, Madonna, Jonathan Richman, Elton John, Deborah Harry, NRBQ and many others, died following a brief battle with cancer, a rep confirms to Variety. He also worked extensively in […]

From Entertainer of the Year to New Artist, all the winners at the 58th Country Music Association awards

From Entertainer of the Year to New Artist, all the winners at the 58th Country Music Association awards

Backed by a choir, horns, and strings, the Chief recreates the studio grandeur of his orchestral song

Backed by a choir, horns, and strings, the Chief recreates the studio grandeur of his orchestral song

McBryde paid tribute to the songwriter, actor, and activist, who died in September at 88