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All children are gods in their own perspective, until they discover their own human nature. Belgian novelist Amélie Nothomb expanded on this idea in her novel “The Character of Rain,”…
The Zeitgeist weighs heavily on this year’s Guadalajara Construye, the top Mexican fest’s pics-in-post showcase, one of the its industry centerpieces, now in its 19th edition. “Here Be…
Annecy main comoetition contender “Death Does Not Exist” is a political film. And Quebec director Félix Dufour-Laperrière isn’t afraid to admit it. “There’s urgency to redistribute wealth.…
Mexico’s Guillermo del Toro backed El Taller del Chucho and Martfilms are partnering with Spain’s Fasten Films on “Sira and the Secret of the Park,” an animated feature in development from…
Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has launched a attack on Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, calling him “the definition of dumb” and criticizing the streaming giant’s early India strategy around…
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CBS News veteran Scott Pelley sounded the alarm about the possibility of Paramount Global reaching a settlement in the unprecedented lawsuit filed against CBS and “60 Minutes” last year by…
Many early aughts projects are turning 20 and that includes the 2005 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, based on the book by Ann Brashares. After 20 years, one of the cast's…
Back in the day, nature documentaries used to feel like classroom field trips: voiceover, facts, rinse, repeat. But something shifted. Now, Netflix and other companies are building them…
The 80s were an incredible decade for television. DVR was still years away from changing how audiences watched TV, so with a packed programming schedule, every night offered tough choices…
The 20th century offered up no shortage of scary movies. Horror proved popular pretty much from the beginning of cinema, and it morphed in step with the culture, getting more realistic,…
Whenever a show attempts a spinoff, sequel, or prequel, sometimes it goes fantastically well, like with Frasier, a spinoff of Cheers or Better Call Saul, the prequel series to Breaking…
If you’ve watched even just a handful of Hollywood movies from the past few decades, there’s probably a pretty good chance that you’ve come across one that starred Brad Pitt. Put another…
It’s a Focker-Byrnes reunion! Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo and director Jay Roach gathered for the 25th anniversary of “Meet the Parents,” a comedy of errors about male nurse…
David Smick was trying to decide on a title for his new documentary about the division taking place in America. “I had a number of clever, abstract titles for the film,” he notes. He says…
Miley Cyrus had to leave “Hannah Montana” behind after exiting the Disney Channel. In a recent conversation on Spotify’s “The Ringer” podcast, Cyrus said she “wasn’t allowed” to sing any…
In Season 1 of HBO’s “Somebody Somewhere,” the spotlight had to find Sam (Bridget Everett), a wayward 40-something, looking for direction in her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas. In the…
The “John Wick” franchise has just returned to life with “Ballerina,” starring Ana de Armas as a Ruska Roma dancer who trains as an assassin to avenge the death of her father. But even if…
Despite its constant growth and status as the animation industry’s most important animation event for studios, filmmakers, students and fans, the Annecy International Animation Film…
Disney’s live-action “Lilo and Stitch” looks set to dominate the box office for the third weekend in a row. The film will hold off “Ballerina,” a “John Wick” movie, and it held off Tom…
Martin Scorsese couldn’t help but give his two cents to the production even when stepping in front of the camera for Apple TV+‘s “The Studio.” In a recent conversation with People, “The…
Comedian Wanda Sykes has a rallying cry for the entertainment industry and beyond: “Protect our trans brothers and sisters… that’s our next movement.” Sykes, who was honored with the…
When soccer player Robbie Rogers was with the LA Galaxy, he lived just a couple of blocks away from the rundown Holloway Motel on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. “I walked by it…
Through the thoughts and memories of its cast, Annecy __ player “Olivia & the Clouds” leaps across multiple animation and live-action formats. This film — only the third animated feature…
