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Manchester Royal Infirmary cinema shows Hollywood films to patients
A cinema has opened at Manchester Royal Infirmary, which will be able to show blockbuster Hollywood films - sometimes even before their general UK release. The movie theatre has 50 brightly coloured seats with extra legroom - as well as space for…
Citizen Vigilante' film posted on X after effective ban in Germany
A controversial new film starring Armie Hammer has been temporarily released on X after it was effectively blocked from cinemas in Germany. The movie Citizen Vigilante tells the story of an American man living in an unnamed European city who is…
Toronto Film Market Attracts More Than 150 Sales and Promotional Companies
The first-ever Toronto film market has attracted more than 150 sales companies and promotional bodies. The bazaar, known as TIFF: The Market, takes place Sept. 10-16, running as part of the Toronto Film Festival. Among the confirmed exhibitors are…
San Francisco-filmed OpenAI movie dropped by Amazon, future uncertain
The future of one of 2027's most highly anticipated films is up in the air. “Artificial” tells the story of the tumultuous period in 2023 when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired from the company and quickly rehired. The film was set to…
Kunal Kemmu says we now make 'projects, not films': 'Film business isn't about talent but...
Actor Kunal Kemmu has admitted that camps continue to exist in Bollywood, saying that talent alone does not always determine opportunities in the film industry. Speaking to Hindustan Times ahead of the release of his Prime Video reality show…
Karlovy Vary Is Very Proud to Be the World's Second-Oldest Film Festival
The spirit of Václav Havel and Jiří Bartoška lives on at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), and attendees of the 60th edition of the Czech fest will feel a sense of continuity and legacy, a reminder of…
K Bhagyaraj passes away: 5 essential films of the master writer-director
Actor-director K Bhagyaraj, a legend unparalleled in his vision and screenwriting, has bid adieu. The news has come as a shock to the Tamil film industry, which is still grappling with the passing of Bhagyaraj's guru and legendary director…
Paper Daughter' Short Film Interview With Cami Kwan
For writer, director and animator Cami Kwan, Paper Daughter began with a story that had lived in her family for generations. Inspired by her great-grandmother Joy Dep Chan, who immigrated from China through Angel Island in 1926 by assuming another…
What's it like to work on the world's biggest films? It's a lot like selling a pie
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Lara Hopkins reckons she was eight or nine when she started helping out at the family bakery in a tiny town outside the Barossa Valley. She had to…
Animator Luis de la Rosa Killed By Train at French Film Festival
Luis de la Rosa -- an animator with credits on big projects like 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' -- is dead after he was hit by a train while attending a film festival in France. Local newspaper Le Dauphine Libéré reported the…
Understanding Agentic AI: Why sci-fi apocalypse films have been warning us
Agentic AI, a new tech buzzword, involves AI systems making more autonomous decisions, raising concerns reminiscent of sci-fi apocalypse films. Picture: Google Gemini The new buzzword in tech is definitely Agentic AI, but what exactly is it, and…
Indie Films Opening June 26: A24 Comedy 'The Invite', Angelina Jolie In 'Couture
A24 hopes to hit a sweet spot in an underserved genre as it serves up comedy The Invite directed by and starring Olivia Wilde with Seth Rogen, Ed Norton and Penélope Cruz. Angelina Jolie is back on the big screen, and in Paris, in Couture.
Suniel Shetty on his rivalry with Akshay Kumar in films: 'Clashes have always happened'
3 min read Mumbai Make us preferred source on Google Suniel Shetty and Akshay Kumar were once projected as rivals, but even back then, their strength lay in coming together for an action film. Later, they channelled this power into their comedic…
Mike White, Universal and Illumination Sued for Copyright Infringement Over Animated Film 'Migration
Kenneth Giavara, a San Diego-based aspiring screenwriter, filed a federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Mike White, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures, claiming the 2023 animated film “Migration” was lifted…
Manoj Bajpayee on love story with wife Shabana, why she's never visited his film set
4 min read Mumbai Make us preferred source on Google July 1998 was a special month for both Manoj Bajpyee and his wife Shabana Raza. He'd just broken out as gangster Bhiku Mhatre in Ram Gopal Varma's seminal crime thriller Satya, and she had just…
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