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Jakarta-based Matta Cinema Production is shopping a six-project slate at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market, with budgets ranging from $440,000 to $1.1 million and production timelines…
The Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) is positioning itself for a major transformation as it marks its 20th anniversary alongside the Busan International Film Festival‘s 30th milestone,…
Guillermo del Toro lavished praise on Korean filmmakers Bong Joon Ho and Park Chan-wook during a press conference at the Busan International Film Festival, drawing cultural parallels…
Canal+ group has entered into exclusive negotiations to buy 34-percent stake in UGC, the Paris-headquartered film studio that was founded in 1971 and operates one of France’s leading…
MILAN — A regular presence at the Venice Film Festival, this year Chanel swapped its traditional soirée hosted at Harry’s Bar for a lunch celebrating its partnership with Biennale College…
If you can’t be in Venice this year, Variety is bringing Venice to you. We’re publishing daily digital editions, running Aug. 29 – Sept. 2, including all the latest news, reviews and…
Get ready for an onslaught of Italian movies on the post-Venice fall festival circuit. Seven Italian titles are set launch into North America from Toronto. Seven will be bowing into Asia…
Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke took the stage at the Venice Film Festival for a wide-ranging masterclass that spanned his career, his parallel work as a distributor, and his thoughts on the…
The Jakarta World Cinema Festival will open and close with a brace of Cannes winners – Joachim Trier‘s “Sentimental Value” and Jafar Panahi‘s “It Was Just an Accident.” In a move to…
The company behind embattled cinema chain The Projector owes creditors S$1.2 million, including close to S$90,000 to almost 2,300 of its members, The Business Times has learnt. In an…
Steve Madden is ringing in the upcoming fall season with a new four-part campaign series, “Everyone Has Something to Say About Shoes,” inspired by indie cinema. These witty vignettes, in…
Tim Burton‘s iconic “Batman” (1989) and “Batman Returns” (1992) are getting the premium treatment, returning to theaters for a one-night engagement on Aug. 25 exclusively at Dolby Cinema…
A dispute between Eros International and filmmaker Aanand L. Rai over the studio’s AI-altered re-release of the Tamil-language version of 2013 commercial hit “Raanjhanaa” has intensified,…
Yash Raj Films (YRF) is set to make cinematic history when “War 2” becomes the first Indian film to screen in Dolby Cinema in India, with the Hindi and Telugu-language action sequel slated…
If You Can Recognize More Than 10 Movies From Just The 'The' In Their Titles, You're A Cinema Expert I didn’t realise how many of my favorite movies start with'The' until I tried to list…
Cathay cinema could face its final curtain call after 85 years, as streaming and shifting consumer patterns deal a fatal blow to theatres around the world. Media company mm2 Asia – which…
B. Saroja Devi, one of the most celebrated leading ladies of South Indian cinema whose cross-industry stardom spanned Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi-language films, died on Monday at her…
In “The Luminous Life,” Portuguese director João Rosas shows off his hometown Lisbon – but chances are, you won’t recognize it. “It’s sentimental cartography: tourists don’t know these…
Italy’s RAI Cinema is the first international distributor to announce the acquisition of “Day Drinker,” the film that marks Johnny Depp‘s return to Hollywood following his high-profile…
When Richard Linklater set off to direct “Nouvelle Vague,” a black-and-white tribute to Jean-Luc Godard that charts the making of his debut film “Breathless,” the Oscar-nominated American…
Byron Mann‘s debut in Korean cinema has proven that cross-cultural casting can pay off at the box office. The actor’s new film “Big Deal” opened at No. 3 in South Korea, landing just…
The Asian Cinema Fund (ACF), the flagship funding arm of the Busan International Film Festival, has unveiled its 14 official selections for 2025 following a record-breaking submission…
Sometimes the best stories are worth the wait. Giuseppe Tornatore revealed at a Shanghai International Film Festival masterclass that his beloved Oscar-winning film “Cinema Paradiso”…
It’s impossible to discuss “The Life of Chuck” without revealing the ending, because that’s where the movie starts. It’s built backward, as is the Stephen King novella on which it’s based.…
