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Alfred Hitchcock enjoyed making his audiences suffer, and now that uneasy feeling is coming to Netflix in large doses. The streamer said today that it will add several of the horror-suspense master’s best loved films, including The Birds, Vertigo, Rear Window, his final film Family Plot and more. They join the filmmaker’s beloved and dreaded […]

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook) is set to star alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Phoebe Dynevor and Norman Reedus in the Darren Aronofsky-produced feature Pendulum. The horror movie is currently shooting in New Mexico. From screenwriter and director Mark Heyman (Black Swan), Pendulum follows young couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail […]

The International Cinematographers Guild has chosen John Lindley as its new president and revealed the results of the rest of its officers elections. See the full list below. Lindley is returning to a role he previously held from March 2020 through June 2022, succeeding outgoing president Baird Benton Steptoe Sr. He, as well as all […]

Priscilla Pointer, the co-founder of the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop and a theater, TV and film actress who often played memorable mothers – especially to her daughter Amy Irving – died in her sleep on Monday at the age of 100, according to family. Pointer’s most prominent work over her eight-decade career includes roles in […]

Making a mid-budget movie or TV series just got a little bit easier in Los Angeles. The L.A. City Council on Tuesday passed a motion that reduces “onerous regulations and permitting” as well as other “unnecessary fees, inconsistent safety requirements.” The vote, which took place earlier today at City Hall, passed unanimously. It was introduced […]

EXCLUSIVE: China Lion Film Distribution has acquired all media rights from Universe Films to the upcoming Andy Lau-starrer A Gilded Game for release in Canada, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand. China Lion has set May 8, 2025, as the theatrical release date in Australia and New Zealand, and May 9, 2025, as the theatrical release in North America. […]

Universal’s film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s second most recent novel, Reminders of Him will arrive in theaters between Paramount’s take on her Regretting Youbook and Amazon MGM Studios’ adaptation of her thriller Verity. The cast has been rounding out for the film, set to arrive in theaters next year. For everything we know about the […]

Lionsgate has unveiled the first trailer for Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the third installment in its magic-themed franchise Now You See Me, starring Jesse Eisenberg, which hits theaters on November 14. The third Now You See Me sees Eisenberg’s J. Daniel Atlas and his cohort of thieving illusionists, known as The Four […]

“This is a true story that happened in my town,” says a little girl in the first full-length trailer for New Line’s Weapons. “So this one Wednesday is like a normal day for the whole school, but today was different. Every other class had all their kids, but Mrs. Gandy’s room was totally empty. “And […]

On a night saluting the independence and go-for-broke cinematic life of Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino perhaps best summed up why the legendary filmmaker has opted out of accepting many honors over the decades by quoting Coppola himself, who once said, “The things you do when you’re young that you get fired for, are the […]

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has clocked a second commanding week at the box office, taking the flick’s worldwide tally to $ 161.6 M. The film’s rollout has been impressive and unconventional, with marketing materials largely aimed at educating audiences about the philosophy behind the movie’s technical ambitions, the prime example being Coogler’s now-viral Kodak explainer video. […]

More than 40 years later, Ralph Macchio paid back Francis Ford Coppola the best way he knew how at the director’s AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute. During Saturday’s gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the actor recalled an important lesson the filmmaker taught him on the set of 1983’s The Outsiders, repaying him […]

It was a booming box office weekend overall with a duo of event films popping too as fans flooded Pink Floyd and flocked to Mozart. On Swift Horses debuted in moderate release, Magic Farm opened at one theater. The Legend Of Ochi and The Shrouds expanded.   Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, the concert film […]

Although Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong have long been subculture icons, the earnings from their breakout film almost immediately went up in smoke. In Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie, the titular stoner duo recalled the “huge horrible deal” that earned them $50,000 each on their first film Up in Smoke (1978), despite it grossing more […]

As Francis Ford Coppola received AFI’s 50th Life Achievement Award, Adam Driver praised his fearless approach to cinema. During Saturday’s gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the actor paid tribute to “one of my cinematic heroes” and his big swing with last year’s Megalopolis, which Coppola self-funded after first conceiving the idea in […]

Refresh for latest…: A very busy weekend at the global and international box office with strong holds for the films already in play and the impressive return of a Jedi. Before we dive into detail, here’s the topline information.  Warner Bros/Legendary’s A Minecraft Movie crossed yet another century mark worldwide, now at $816.6M global after […]

Although Robert De Niro was passed over for The Godfather, his starring role in the sequel turned out to be the offer he couldn’t refuse. While paying tribute to director Francis Ford Coppola with the AFI Life Achievement Award, he and co-star Al Pacino reminisced about their time with the filmmaker on his seminal mafia […]

More than 45 years later, Spike Lee shared the impact Francis Ford Coppola had on him during the latter’s AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute. While paying tribute to his fellow director on Saturday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Lee recalled being “the first in line” to see Coppola’s war epic Apocalypse Now when […]

As the American Film Institute paid tribute to Francis Ford Coppola with its 50th Life Achievement Award, the acclaimed director celebrated a homecoming of sorts. In his acceptance speech during Saturday’s gala at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the Godfather director said he felt like he “returned to the old neighborhood where I grew […]

As the Marvel Cinematic Universe enters Phase Six, the stakes have never been higher, onscreen and off. With a year until Avengers: Doomsday hits the big screen on May 1, 2026, MCU stars Wyatt Russell and David Harbour recently revealed the pressure they’re under to keep a tight lid on spoilers for the upcoming movie […]

Tom Cruise may often be tagged “the last great movie star” and “the man who saved the film industry” during lockdown but, according to his co-star and friend Kenneth Branagh, he remains “underestimated” in his acting. Cruise’s contribution to filmmaking in the UK is being recognised with a BFI Fellowship – the British Film Institute’s […]

Hamdan Ballal, the Oscar-winning co-director of No Other Land, recounted his brutal attack and capture by Israeli settlers, saying he was mocked for his accolade amid his kidnapping. Calling the incident the “worst moment of my life,” the filmmaker urged continued international attention on Palestine and the “near-daily violence” its residents experience. In a heartfelt […]

Although Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones lead the upcoming romantic drama On Swift Horses, don’t expect the typical sparks between the pair. Director Daniel Minahan teased the film, now playing in theaters, and how the dynamic between Elordi’s Julius and Edgar-Jones’ Muriel “transcends even sexuality” to explore the LGBTQ characters’ “platonic” romance. “I thought it […]

Popular music has produced an assortment of titled talents: The King (Elvis), the King of Pop (Michael Jackson), the Queen of Soul (Aretha Franklin), the Queen of Tejano music (Selena) and the First Lady of Song (Ella Fitzgerald), among others. But there’s only been one Boss. That, of course, would be Bruce Springsteen. The New […]