John Crowley, acclaimed Irish director, will be in conversation with Lenny Abrahamson on Saturday 23rd May. Crowley’s films Intermission and Brooklyn will be screened on Thursday 21st and Sunday 24th May, respectively.
It was a “Lord of the Rings” reunion at Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday night as Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson received an honorary Palme d’Or from Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in the fantasy franchise. In his speech, Wood recalled meeting Jackson for the first time at 18 after sending in an audition video. […]
Guillermo del Toro’s “Pan’s Labyrinth” hasn’t lost any of its power to dazzle the Cannes Film Festival over the last two decades. The fantasy movie world premiered in competition at the 2006 festival, where it earned instant acclaim and was met with a still-record holding 22-minute standing ovation. Del Toro returned to Cannes this year […]
Demi Moore weighed into the debate surrounding artificial intelligence during the Cannes Film Festival jury press conference on Tuesday, saying that “AI is here” and Hollywood should “find ways in which we can work with it.” Asked by Variety her thoughts on how AI is impacting the movie business and if there should be more […]
Iranian director, actress and activist Pegah Ahangarani is in Cannes with documentary “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” which sketches Iran’s failed attempts at self-determination over the past four decades from her personal prism and provides a timely take on the country’s turmoil that goes beyond the headlines. “Rehearsals for a Revolution,” which bows in the fest’s […]
Showbox has closed deals on “Colony,” Yeon Sang-ho’s virus-outbreak action thriller, across several territories as the film prepares for its Cannes Film Festival debut in the Midnight Screenings section, out of competition, on May 15. Buyers span the globe. Gaga Corporation takes Japan, Well Go USA handles North America, StudioCanal acquires the U.K., ARP SAS […]
By Jessica Herndon One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. While we can learn a lot about the filmmakers from the 2025 Sundance Film Festival through the art that these storytellers share with us, there’s always more we can […]
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Even with a “Bloodsport” remake now in the works almost 40 years after the classic that made his name, Jean-Claude Van Damme isn’t done beating the living crap out of people just yet. The martial arts star and action veteran is set to topline WWII action epic “Raid Pacific, with Steven Luke attached to direct. […]
Lil Rel Howery (“Get Out”), Angela Sarafyan (“Westworld”) and Manny Montana (“Good Girls”) are set to appear in indie horror film “The Things We Hide,” co-directed and produced by Amir Noorani and Eric Bergemann. Italy’s Minerva Pictures has boarded the chiller and will launch world sales at the Cannes Market. Atit Shah’s Create Entertainment (“Monsoon,” […]
Latido Films will bring to market “Carte Blanche,” a bloody period war action movie directed by Oscar-winning producer Gerardo Herrero (“The Secret in Their Eyes”), part of a buzzy batch of buzzy quality genre movies made at scale which marks Spain out at this year’s Marché du Film. Set in the Moroccan desert in 1921, […]