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Gemma Chan says it is a 'brutal' time for the film industry
Gemma Chan has said that it is a 'brutal' time for the film industry right now due to a 'pushback against diversity'. The Crazy Rich Asians actress, 43, will soon be starring in the upcoming Anna May Wong biopic in which she will play the…
African Film Industry Weighs AI as Tool, Threat or Advantage
Who owns the infrastructure, and who owns what it produces? That was the central question for African film and television as industry figures debated AI at FAME Week Africa 2026 in Cape Town. Panellists were asked whether AI is a tool, a threat or…
Monica Dolan: It was a 'privilege' to raise awareness of Parkinson's in new film
Award-winning actress Monica Dolan has described it as a “privilege” to help raise awareness of Parkinson's disease through her latest film. The 57-year-old stars in Onwards And Sideways alongside Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans, which…
Shahrbanoo Sadat and Jelena Maksimović Hit Back at Discrimination in Film Funding at Tokyo Festival Talk
A lack of funding, and ignorance in the institutions that control it, keeps women at an inherent disadvantage in the film industry, Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat said at a Tokyo International Film Festival talk on the future of women's cinema.
Film Producer Regina Ziegler Dies at Age 82
German film producer Regina Ziegler has died at the age of 82. “It is with great shock and deep sorrow that we must announce that Regina Ziegler passed away this morning, November 1,” Ziegler's daughter Tanja and the company Ziegler…
Iranian 'ghost fleet' filmed evading US blockade en route to China, UANI says
Small Iranian 'ghost fleet' tankers are slipping past the U.S. naval blockade and smuggling sanctioned liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to China through a shadowy maritime hub off Malaysia, according to U.S. investigators who covertly filmed one of…
Readers reply: with governments asking us to stockpile, can we learn anything from disaster films?
As I was building pyramids of loo roll and tinned beans in response to the government's Be Ready campaign, launched this week, I got to thinking about what other aspects of modern life might help us to get through an emergency. Specifically, our…
This new indie film about an AI startup founder and his family feels less like sci-fi by the day
From tech behemoths scrambling to replicate OpenAI's success with ChatGPT to Twitter rebranding to X under Elon Musk, Silicon Valley was undergoing an undeniable transformation in 2023. Nearly 3,000 miles away in New York, two skeptical…
Rider Strong Stopped Rating Films On Letterboxd For Sake Of Career
When this Boxd meets world… While Letterboxd has become a popular destination for moviegoers, Rider Strong is cautioning fellow industry folk from getting too comfortable on the platform. The Boy Meets World alum recently explained that he's…
Radhika Apte says she cannot watch violent films: 'My brain can't compute it'
4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Your feedback has been reported succesfully. In a recent interview, Radhika Apte confessed that she cannot watch violent movies. The actress said, “I don't want to watch abusive films.
Film producer Regina Ziegler has died at the age of 82
Producer Regina Ziegler attends a Netflix reception at the 'Schmock' restaurant as part of the Munich Film Festival. Photo: Felix Hörhager/dpa Regina Ziegler, the successful film and television producer, has died. She passed away unexpectedly…
Pervert caught filming women through windows of their homes
An Islington pervert filmed women through the windows of their homes. The net closed in on Anthony Durkan, 35, of Corporation Street, after two voyeur incidents reported this year, in January and March. Police scanned the footage from the two…
Santa Cruz-based horror film 'Poultrygeist 2' may be too shocking to release
Among the sights at San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair this fall was an LGBTQ+ coterie staging a nude protest. “Release Poultrygeist 2: F—ck Censorship,” read one sign. “Stop Censoring Queer Art,” another…
My ordinary suburb starred in famous film about a rebel and its dissident heart remains
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. You've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. A few years ago, a friend of mine was visiting…
Full list of filming locations across Merseyside for This City Is Ours
Hit BBC drama This City Is Ours is finally back on our screens with a highly-anticipated second series. All eight episodes have landed on BBC iPlayer, and fans have spotted several familiar locations across Liverpool city centre and the wider…
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