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Red Sea Film Festival Cancels 2026 Edition, Plans 2027 Return
The Red Sea Film Festival is skipping a year. The Saudi Arabian event, widely considered the premier film market in the Arab world, has canceled its…
Peacock Reveals Diverse Cast for ‘The Traitors’ Season 5
Peacock is stacking Season 5 of The Traitors with a cast built to travel across very different corners of entertainment.
Andrew Scott to Star in ‘Sea Wall’ Stage-Play Film Adaptation
Andrew Scott is taking Sea Wall back to the stage, and this time the performance is headed for the screen.
Rosalind Eleazar Steals the Show in Chris Rock’s ‘Misty Green’
Chris Rock’s Misty Green is being hailed as a sharp Hollywood portrait, but the early consensus is even more specific: Rosalind Eleazar owns it.
Searchlight Sets ‘The Families Stone’ Title for Family Stone Sequel
Searchlight is bringing the Stones back for the holidays. The sequel to 2005’s The Family Stone is officially titled The Families Stone, with Sarah…
Siân Heder Says Collective Action Matters as ‘Being Heumann’ Opens TIFF
Siân Heder opened the 51st Toronto International Film Festival with Being Heumann, a drama about the disability-rights campaign that helped pave the…
Jodie Comer’s ‘Stuffed’ Earns a Discouraging Review at TIFF
Jodie Comer’s latest attempt to turn theatrical daring into movie-star momentum has hit a sour note. Stuffed, a corpse-themed musical screened in…
Dan Schneider’s ‘Quiet on Set’ Defamation Suit Dismissed on Appeal
Dan Schneider’s defamation lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery over Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV was dismissed on appeal Thursday.…
Barry Melrose’s Death Leaves ESPN Without Veteran Hockey Voice
Barry Melrose, the NHL player, coach and longtime ESPN analyst known for his sharp hockey eye, big personality and signature mullet, died Wednesday at…
DAU Recreates Soviet Oppression in Venice Competition Debut
After 20 years of ambition, excess and argument, Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s DAU has finally had its official Venice competition premiere. The 195-minute film…
Noel Clarke Charged With Sexual Offences
Noel Clarke has been charged with sexual offences including sexual assault, voyeurism and exposure, a development that moves the actor and filmmaker…
Practical Magic 2 Review: Bullock and Kidman Charm in Thin Sequel
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman still have the spark. Practical Magic 2 apparently does not have enough story to match it.
Prime Video Unveils First Looks at Boys of Tommen, Our Fault: London
Prime Video is turning its YA slate into a traveling campus, and the first lesson is clear: Boys of Tommen is being positioned as a major new draw.
Macklemore Defends “Free Palestine” Call Amid Loop Tour Petition
Macklemore has answered a campaign to remove him from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour by making his message even plainer: his call for “Free Palestine,” he…
Mariska Hargitay Wins Two Emmys for HBO’s My Mom Jayne
Mariska Hargitay won two Emmys for My Mom Jayne, the HBO documentary in which she examines the life and career of her late mother, actor Jayne…
Oasis Reunion Documentary Shows Gallagher Brothers Reunited
Oasis’ reunion documentary turns the old Gallagher question into a stadium-sized answer: whatever finally got Noel and Liam back in the same room, the…
Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime Examines TV Justice and Humiliation
Robert Pattinson turns a familiar TV vigilante into a figure of pure appetite in Primetime, Lance Oppenheim’s Venice Competition drama inspired by the…
A Long Winter Brings Family Isolation to Colorado Mountains
Andrew Haigh’s A Long Winter, a 1-hour-59-minute drama adapted from a Colm Tóibín novella, screened at the Telluride Film Festival. Set in Colorado’s…