Headlines from the trades, linked to the films and people they cover.
IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film festival, has named filmmaker Tatiana Huezo as its 2026 guest of honor, a distinction that puts the Salvadoran…
Maiken Baird seeks to locate the famous Palestinian-American activist and cultural critic within a torrid political present.
Vera Egito, who directed one of Brazil’s buzziest recent series with Prime Video’s “Tremembé,” is set to helm “The Mystery of the 5 Stars” for Boutique Filmes…
Tom Cruise told GQ magazine as part of a new cover story on the “Digger” star that rumors about him being intense on movie sets are true, and he warns his…
Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s “The Samurai and the Prisoner,” which had its world premiere in the Cannes Premiere section, has attracted distribution deals spanning…
The Zurich Film Festival will honor Berlin and Zurich-based distributor DCM with a Career Achievement Award at its upcoming edition kicking off on September…
Chile’s Francisca Alegría and Fernanda Urrejola, co-showrunners of Prime Video’s epic saga “The House of the Spirits” lead the slate of Alma Media Lab, a…
Nepal’s Academy Awards entry “Elephants in the Fog” is the sole Nepali film at the Toronto Film Festival, where director Abinash Bikram Shah has turned the…
Mikel Gurrea’s “Saints,” starring Victoria Luengo, who played opposite Javier Bardem in “The Beloved,” will be brought to market at San Sebastián by…
Maddalena Ravagli, who is known for penning some of the most successful Italian scripted series including “Gomorrah” and “ZeroZeroZero,” is making her…
Actors Alma Pöysti, William Spetz and Pekka Strang are attached to Jon Blåhed’s romantic comedy “The Bottom Line,” with Pöysti set to play the lead role of…
Bitters End has sold “In My Father’s Room” to France, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong ahead of the film’s world premiere in competition at the San Sebastian Film…
Warner Bros.’ “Practical Magic 2” cast a winning spell over the U.K. and Ireland box office, dethroning “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” after a six-week reign to…
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will honor Japanese filmmaker Kore-eda Hirokazu with its Cinema Honorary Award and has named Korean director…
Kate O'Flynn, Rhea Seehorn, and Matthew Rhys (twice!) comprised a field of Emmy winners tailor-made to thrill die-hard TV fans, but the telecast meant to honor…
Tim Blake Nelson’s "The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd" is a gripping, wrenching, dark-as-midnight crime drama that taps into a phenomenon many might view as…
The lengthy In Memoriam segment also confused a few attendees at the 2026 Emmys.
"Beef" Season 2 was clearly sacrificed to the eldritch power that haunts "Widow's Bay."
TIFF: The Polish director’s latest sets up a compelling moral morass but settles for easy answers to its thorny questions.
No two episodes of Katie Dippold's genre-bending series were alike, and the TV Academy recognized the creativity.
