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variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Shanghai Film Fest Launches Tech Unit, Reveals AI Industry Push
Shanghai Film Fest Launches Tech Unit, Reveals AI Industry Push
Variety

The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival opened on June 12 with the launch of a new Technology Creation and Fabrication Unit and a parallel press conference for the Shanghai High-Tech Films and Televisions City, held in the city's Songjiang…

mumsnet.com - Old films that badly predicted the future...
Old films that badly predicted the future...
Mumsnet

Please or to access all these features Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting. Currently watching T2;judgement day. The terminators have come back from 2029. Not sure we're at time…

forbes.com - Tim Lammers - 'Disclosure Day' Eyes $42.5 Million Opening As Spielberg Film Defies Pre-Release Projections
'Disclosure Day' Eyes $42.5 Million Opening As Spielberg Film Defies Pre-Release Projections
Forbes

Steven Spielberg's new alien thriller, 'Disclosure Day,' is significantly outperforming box office expectations, projected to gross $42.5 million domestically by Sunday. This strong opening would secure its place as the director's fifth-biggest…

mirror.co.uk - Lucretia Munro - Line of Duty star Martin Compston injured as he's shot while filming new series
Line of Duty star Martin Compston injured as he's shot while filming new series
Daily Mirror

Line of Duty star Martin Compston was accidentally injured while filming the seventh series of the hit TV show. The cast including Vicky McClure, who plays Kate Fleming, have been filming in Northern Ireland after a five-year hiatus. According to…

buzzfeed.com - Benjamin Dzialdowski - 17 Movie Plot Holes And Inconsistencies That People Say Ruin The Whole Film
17 Movie Plot Holes And Inconsistencies That People Say Ruin The Whole Film
BuzzFeed

'It breaks its own rules and logic in order to move the plot forwards. Ashton Kutcher's character transports his consciousness back in time to his kid self and impales his hands on some pencils at school as a kid in order to make scars appear on…

nypost.com - Titus Wu - Spielberg's ailen film Disclosure Day could be 'cursed,' priest says
Spielberg's ailen film Disclosure Day could be 'cursed,' priest says
New York Post

A Tennessee Roman Catholic priest is making a wild claim that “demons can be attached” to movies in response to comments from Steven Spielberg on his new alien film “Disclosure Day.” Spielberg, the famed filmmaker behind…

variety.com - Marcus Lim - Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Lead Shanghai Film Festival's Star-Studded Opening
Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Lead Shanghai Film Festival's Star-Studded Opening
Variety

The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival launched Saturday at the city's Grand Theatre, drawing a constellation of Chinese-language stars to its opening red carpet and centering its ceremony on cinema's human core rather than the geopolitical…

theguardian.com - Harry Tafoya - 'A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans': stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer's funniest film
'A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans': stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer's funniest film
The Guardian

Drag queens are never more striking than when they're set against an everyday background. “Kristen Stewart is a buoy … ” the Laotian American beauty Jujubee muttered spacily to herself in the hallway of Bleecker Street Media's…

timeout.com - Tita Honghirunkham - The Thai LGBTQ+ films you need to watch now
The Thai LGBTQ+ films you need to watch now
Time Out

1985 cast: Somying Daorai, Jirawadee Isarangkul Na Ayudhaya 2006 cast: Aisawanya Amm Areyawattana, Wacharakorn Waiyasin, Nirut Sirichanya Rare is the film so significant that the same director returns two decades later to remake it with a new…

variety.com - Naman Ramachandran - Zhang Disha's Sci-Fi 'The Decisive Moment' to Close Shanghai Film Festival
Zhang Disha's Sci-Fi 'The Decisive Moment' to Close Shanghai Film Festival
Variety

“ The Decisive Moment,” a sci-fi feature directed by Zhang Disha and produced by Huang Jianxin, will world premiere as the closing film of the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 21, screening at Shanghai Film Art Center…

variety.com - Rafa Sales Ross - Gore Verbinski Says We Need a 'Rating System' for AI Use in Films: 'If You Use AI to Write a Script, You Get an F'
Gore Verbinski Says We Need a 'Rating System' for AI Use in Films: 'If You Use AI to Write a Script, You Get an F'
Variety

American director Gore Verbinski, who is at the Taormina Film Festival in competition with “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die,” spoke about the challenges of labelling the use of AI in films as the technology continues to grow…

thehindu.com - Vivek M.V. - From 'Toxic' to '666 Operation Dream Theatre', films to watch out for from Kannada cinema
From 'Toxic' to '666 Operation Dream Theatre', films to watch out for from Kannada cinema
The Hindu

The Kannada film industry has had a quiet 2026. It needs a remarkable turnaround to end the year on a positive note. The Hindu looks at some of the films to watch out for and puts the spotlight on big films such as ‘Toxic', ‘666…

screenrant.com - Joshua Fox - 10 Years, 10 Movies: The Best Anime Films Released Since 2016
10 Years, 10 Movies: The Best Anime Films Released Since 2016
ScreenRant

Anime has never been better and more mainstream than it has been in the past decade; whether by coincidence or by design, the visual and narrative quality of anime has reached heights many people likely thought would be impossible, and with…

variety.com - Nick Vivarelli - Italy's 'King of Cashmere' Brunello Cucinelli on Taking Giuseppe Tornatore's Docufilm About His Life to the Shanghai Film Fest: 'It Can Connect With the Chinese Mindset'
Italy's 'King of Cashmere' Brunello Cucinelli on Taking Giuseppe Tornatore's Docufilm About His Life to the Shanghai Film Fest: 'It Can Connect With the Chinese Mindset'
Variety

After premiering at Rome's Cinecittà Studios and Lincoln Center in New York, Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore ‘s docudrama, “Brunello: The Gracious Visionary” – about Brunello Cucinelli, the fashion designer known…

ladbible.com - Brenna Cooper - Alien sharks' filmed for the first time ever by researchers in their natural habitat
Alien sharks' filmed for the first time ever by researchers in their natural habitat
LADbible

A rare species of shark described as 'ridiculously horrendous' and alien-like has been captured on camera for the first time. Anyone even the remotest bit familiar with the ocean knows there are some seriously unique, unusual and downright…

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