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Do film industry open letters make a difference? - The Screen Podcast
In this week's episode of The Screen Podcast, the team debates why open letters have become so popular in the film industry and what kind of impact they can have. To download or subscribe to future episodes, search for ‘The Screen Podcast'…
Netflix Previews New Slate At Annecy International Animation Film Fest
Top Row from Left to Right: Yuji Yamano (Director, Content-Japan), Yuki Igarashi (Director, THE RIBBON HERO), Dan Casey (Art Director, Steps), Jason Figliozzi (Head of Character Animation, Steps), Jane Hartwell (Producer, Steps), Priscilla Bertin…
Rogue Trooper: Actor 'rugby tackled' handbag robber at film festival
A British actor has been praised for 'chasing down and rugby tackling' a handbag robber while he was in France for a film festival. Aneurin Barnard, known for appearing in Dunkirk and Peaky Blinders, was involved in the alleged incident before the…
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The Lost Memoir of a Hiroshima Survivor Was Rediscovered. Now, It Will Be Published as a Book and Adapted for Film
On the morning the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945, resident Kiyoshi Tanimoto, a Methodist minister, was on his way out of town transporting a handcart of items to a home in the suburb of Koi, some two miles away.
Here's Your Gloomy First Look at 'Werwulf,' Robert Eggers' Next Horror Film
Robert Eggers left a gift-wrapped vampire under the Christmas tree in 2024. This year, the Nosferatu director—who's as renowned for his attention to period detail as he is for his devotion to the macabre—has another frightfully…
Silver screen exhibition marks Hong Kong Film Archive's silver jubilee
Long before K-dramas, Japanese anime and Bollywood movies became instruments of modern soft power, Hong Kong films were the leading Asian force on the big screen. In the 1980s and 90s – the golden age of Hong Kong cinema – the city…
With Sundance Film Festival, Boulder works to balance high rental prices with affordable lodging options
As Boulder prepares to host the Sundance Film Festival for the first time, city leaders and festival organizers are working to make sure one of Colorado's most expensive housing markets remains accessible. A review of short-term rental listings…
Joe Rogan mocks Gavin Newsom for dismissing growing state problems as LA film production craters
Podcaster Joe Rogan, a former California resident, condemned the state's leadership as he spoke to California-based comedian Tim Dillon on Wednesday. As Rogan noted on his podcast that there are some beautiful estates in Pasadena that recall…
Provocative Queer Movie 'Blue Film' Scores Distribution In Europe
EXCLUSIVE: Obscured Releasing has secured the sale of provocative queer thriller Blue Film to Peccadillo Pictures, the UK-based distribution company specializing in LGBTQ+ arthouse film. London-based sales agent Rapt Films International has…
Her film is set in three eras. The latest posed a surprising challenge
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. At the centre of Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi's film Silent Friend – quite literally at the centre, much of the time – is…
Paramount Inks Linear Rights Licensing Deal For 'Harry Potter' Films
The world of Harry Potter is coming to Paramount. The company has inked a multi-year licensing deal, making the Paramount networks the exclusive linear home of the Harry Potter film franchise. Beginning July 3, MTV, Nickelodean, Nick At Nite and…
India launches anti-dumping probe against thermal paper, BOPA film, antioxidants from China
India has launched crucial anti-dumping investigations into imports of thermal paper, Biaxially Oriented Polyamide Film, and certain antioxidants from China and other nations, aiming to protect domestic industries from the impact of cheap inbound…
Shudder Acquires Rupert Grint Horror Film 'Nightborn' (Exclusive)
Shudder has acquired North American, Australian and New Zealand rights to Nightborn, the latest horror feature from Finnish filmmaker Hanna Bergholm, following its premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. The AMC…
Saif Ali Khan once lost a film for refusing to leave girlfriend; impact of such choices
4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Long before “struggle” became a buzzword across conversations within the film industry, actor Saif Ali Khan once spoke about what it meant to him personally. In an old interview…
She Brought Her Late Dad's Vintage Camera to Her Wedding. The Film Developed With a Surprise
For years, Mia Chard imagined what her wedding day would feel like without her dad. Her father, Doug Chard, who died in 2018 at age 72 after a long illness, had been one of her closest companions. Mia describes her father as “tough and…
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