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Diljit Dosanjh's Controversial Film Pulled From India After One Day
Diljit Dosanjh in 'Satluj', formerly 'Punjab '95', formerly 'Ghallughara'. After years of certification disputes and repeated release delays, Honey Trehan's Satluj has encountered another glancing blow. Less than two days after debuting on ZEE5…
Universal's Latest 'Minions' Delivers $64 Million in Film Debut
Minions & Monsters, the seventh film in the animated franchise depicting the yellow, mischievous creatures who speak in expressive gibberish, was the highest-grossing movie over the July 4 holiday weekend, with $61.4 million in US and Canadian box…
Banned' gangster film streaming on BBC as fans demand a sequel
An 'absolutely beautiful' feature film boasting a near-perfect 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, which was previously banned from certain UK cinemas, has quietly made its way onto BBC iPlayer. The critically acclaimed film, written and directed by Rapman…
Creators of Landman behind new Paramount+ series as filming starts next month
AFTER serving up slices of Americana, TV hitmaker Taylor Sheridan's new show has a distinctly Scottish theme. The Oscar-nominated US writer, who has given us Tulsa King, Yellowstone and Landman, has now penned The Laird — the title of a…
Harvey Keitel Shooting Film Written by Wife Daphna Kastner, Calls Out 'Danger' of AI When Mentioning Michael Caine AI-Narrated 'The Odyssey' Audiobook
Harvey Keitel, who is at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival for the third time to present a screening of Martin Scorsese's “Mean Streets,” has revealed he is shooting a new film written by his wife, actor Daphna Kastner. Speaking with…
Harvey Keitel Sees Film as a Force of 'Change' and Tool to 'Cure Our Biases' - and Quotes Aristotle
Harvey Keitel is passionate about film and other arts as key forces to bring people together and enable change. And if you don't believe him, believe Aristotle, he says! The legendary actor sat down for a chat with The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday…
Diljit Dosanjh's Satluj removed from ZEE5: 'The film will be unavailable in India'
Diljit Dosanjh's Satluj, based on the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, was taken down from ZEE5 on Sunday, just two days after premiering on the platform. Annoucing the decision, the OTT platform said, “In light of the…
Satluj Controversy Explained: Why Diljit Dosanjh's Film Based On Real Events Was Removed From OTT Hours After Release
Diljit Dosanjh's movie Satluj has been pulled down from the streaming service ZEE5 around 48 hours after it dropped on the platform. It also stars Arjun Rampal, Kanwaljit Singh, Suvinder Vicky and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan and is based on true events…
Tauron American Film Festival Readies for 17th Edition - and U.S. in Progress Continues to Be an 'Essential Part of the Fabric of American Independent Cinema'
Poland's Tauron American Film Festival will celebrate its 17 edition from Nov. 17-22 – and its industry sidebar U.S. in Progress will, once again, connect European buyers and Polish post-producers with American indie filmmakers. “I've…
'Near perfect' gangster film quietly added to BBC after cinema 'ban'
Blue Story is available for streaming on the BBC An 'absolutely beautiful' feature film boasting a near-perfect 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, which previously encountered a ban from certain UK cinemas, has discreetly landed on BBC iPlayer. The…
7 Animated Movie Trilogies Where Every Film Is a Masterpiece
Long-running franchises are more common nowadays, with series milking their IP as much as possible, for better or worse. However, everyone loves a good trilogy, like The Lord of the Rings. Animation, in particular, has become more popular, with…
Taiwanese film hunters rescue ageing reels from bygone era
Rare Taiwanese-language films -- known locally as 'taiyupian' -- flourished briefly from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s under the Kuomintang (KMT) government, which fled to Taiwan following its defeat by the Chinese Communist Party. Until it…
Meet Czech Interpreter Helena Koutná Who Gives Voice to the Stars of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) is not just a Czech celebration of cinema. It is a global affair. The fest in the Czech spa town regularly opens the doors of its cinemas and hotels and its audiences' hearts to films from around…
GKids Brings Acclaimed Films From Mamoru Oshii, Hideaki Anno to Blu-ray With Deluxe Packages | Exclusive
GKids, the Academy Award-winning producer and distributor behind “The Boy and the Heron” and countless others, announced a brand-new slate of home video releases that will be available exclusively at the GKids online store. The…
1 of CBS' Longest-Running Shows, A Heist FIlm & More Paramount+ Releases This Week
Paramount+ releases this week feature a CBS classic, a high-stakes crime thriller, and other new titles. Premiering on CBS on July 9 is Big Brother Season 28. Big Brother is a reality competition series that isolates strangers in a house outfitted…
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