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Chile Film Industry Surges 20.5% Compared to Previous Season, New Catalog Reveals (EXCLUSIVE)
CinemaChile unveils its 2026-2027 catalog at the San Sebastián Festival on Sept. 21 where it has much to celebrate, with eight titles screening across seven sections, led by Pablo Larrain 's “My Sad Dead,” a 4-part Netflix…
India's reigning star Noor Jehan built Pakistan's film industry, earned 5x more than peers
Noor Jehan started working in the movies in the 1930s as a child artist, and by the 1940s, she was playing lead roles. She started her career in Bengal, moved to Bombay as a young actor, and with the 1942 film Khandaan, she became a star. The film…
Cate Blanchett latest star to ask theatre audience to stop filming
A-list actress Cate Blanchett has become the latest star to make a plea for theatre audiences to put their phones away during performances. The Australian film and stage actor and producer was appearing at London's National Theatre in…
Creetown pub used in cult film The Wicker Man up for auction
A pub in the south of Scotland where scenes for the 1973 horror film The Wicker Man were shot is going up for auction. The interior of the Ellangowan Hotel in Creetown was the fictional Green Man in the movie and had actress Britt Ekland as a…
Red Sea Film Festival Cancels 2026 Edition, Will Return Next Year
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Film Festival, the most prominent film event and market in the Arab world, has canceled its sixth edition that was scheduled to take place from Dec. 3 to 12. The event will return in the fourth quarter of 2027 with a…
BBC star had 'several' near-death experience while filming new series
Presenter Simon Reeve has shared some of his near-death experiences while filming his new BBC series. For his brand new series, Wilderness with Simon Reeve, the host returns to screens with four new expeditions to some of the world's wildest and…
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Film Festival Cancels 2026 Edition
The Red Sea Film Foundation has cancelled the 2026 edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, saying in a statement that the sixth edition had been postponed to the fourth quarter of 2027. The foundation said the decision “followed…
Swimming coach sparks online storm after filming Joseph Lau's mansion
A Hong Kong swimming coach has landed in hot water after filming her trip to billionaire Joseph Lau Luen-hung's mansion for a private swimming lesson — and complaining about having to wait for her “young miss” student. SCROLL…
Rebel Wilson back in court as The Deb producers sue star over allegedly blocking film
Hollywood star Rebel Wilson had a “last chance” phone call with her film's co-producers over a dispute about up-front costs and her $1m fee, a judge has heard. The Pitch Perfect and Bridesmaids star appeared in the New South Wales…
Wedding Photographer Buys Film on Amazon-Can't Believe What's Inside
A wedding photographer who bought film roll on Amazon was left deeply regretting that decision after arriving at the venue and then realizing what was actually inside the canisters. Katie Hunt has photographed plenty of weddings over the years, and…
Blu-ray Review: Ishiro Honda: Memoirs of a Film Director
When I was growing up in the '70s, there were two kinds of Japanese films that were playing in America. They either starred Godzilla or were directed by Akira Kurasawa. Turns out both types of films involved the same man. When Ishiro Honda passed…
Kerala film festival organisers say 31 films denied screening nod by Centre
3 min read Thiruvananthapuram Make us preferred source on Google The Keralam State Chalachitra Academy under the Cultural Affairs Department has written to the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting seeking reconsideration of its decision…
Oasis make seven-figure weekly profit from new film ahead of mega 2027 tour
Oasis have been rolling in it at the bank following the release of their documentary Don't Look Back In Anger. The documentary, which had its world premiere earlier this month, documented the Britpop legends reuniting for their mammoth Live '25…
Red Sea Film Festival Cancels 2026 Edition, Vows to Return Next Year With 'Renewed Vision'
The sixth edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival has been postponed, the event's Foundation has confirmed. A note released to press on Monday explains that this year's installment, originally set for Dec. 3-12 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia…
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Film Review: MINOTAUR: An Example of a Smart Film Marked with Disturbing Intensity [NYFF 2026]
Minotaur (2026) Film Review from the 64th Annual New York Film Festival, a movie directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, written by Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev and Claude Chabrol and starring Dmitriy Mazurov, Iris Lebedeva, Boris Kudrin, Varvara…
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