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When he was younger, film came first for Alfonso Cuarón. These days, the Oscar-winning director says, life does. He made the remark at his Busan International Film Festival masterclass on Thursday, a day after he and his son Jonas Cuaron, his co-writer on 2013 space survival drama “Gravity,” revisited the film following an Imax screening. […]
Louis Garrel is set to play John Elkann — heir to Italy’s Agnelli family, behind car giant Fiat — in Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio’s “Falcon.” The biopic centers on charismatic auto industry executive Sergio Marchionne, played by Pierfrancesco Favino, who saved Fiat from the brink of bankruptcy. The high-end production is currently shooting in Toronto. […]
Charlotte Gainsbourg had one artist to recommend to the crowd at her Busan International Film Festival masterclass, and it was not a safe pick. “I’m not good for recommendation. I have one artist that I listen to, very controversial artist, but I listen to everything he does, and it’s Kanye West,” Gainsbourg said, to laughter […]
Spark of hope for a natural world beset by crisis, as conservation efforts succeed amid a 73 percent drop in wildlife.
As even Israel's traditional allies are distancing themselves from Netanyahu, Modi's India has embraced the country.
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles’ “Nina Roza,” Nyla Innuksuk’s “In the Heart of the South” and Marie Clements’ “How We Stand” are among the films taking top honors at the 45th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). The festival announced its 2026 juried awards winners on Wednesday night, recognizing films across its Summit, Horizon, Tides, Arbutus, Vanguard and […]
Three years of war have upended alliances, weakened US influence and reshaped the region’s power balance.
Patekar won three National Film Awards and received the Padma Shri, one of the country's highest civilian honours.
UK Foreign Minister Ed Miliband says consulate building will not be closing as Israeli deadline expires.
Hundreds took to the streets of Bogota to protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
According to the WHO, the Kenyan patient first got sick in the DRC, where they had been living, and was treated there.
Danny and Oxide Pang’s supernatural crime thriller “The Mage,” starring Josie Ho, is being introduced to international buyers at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM) as the film opens in its first Asian territories. Southeast Asian distributor Abnormal Studios will meet with buyers at the market and connect interested parties […]
Na Hong-Jin told a Busan International Film Festival masterclass audience that his film “Hope” grew out of a conviction, around 2017, that war was about to break out on the Korean peninsula. At the time, Na said, news reports were describing U.S. fighter jets and bombers flying in and out over Pyongyang through the night. […]
The upcoming Doha Film Festival has unveiled its 15-title competition lineup made up mostly of Middle East premieres of movies from the region, seven of which directed by women. As previously announced, Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq’s timely drama “The Station,” which looks at the impact of Yemen’s civil war on the country, is set as […]
James Gunn has an answer to the question of “who tf asked for a Clayface movie,” posed by a commenter on the DC Studios head’s Threads account earlier this week. “Who tf asked for Back to the Future? Casablanca? There’s Something About Mary? Pan’s Labyrinth? Fury Road? Weapons? The Matrix?” Gunn fired back on the […]
Ukrainian reports of South Korean fuel exports to Russia come amid strained tensions between Seoul and Kyiv.
Patreon co-founder Sam Yam joined OpenAI last month to lead its creator initiative — and he’s already got his first project set up. Yam is partnering with podcast host Chloe Shih, who launched her podcast “Office Drama” earlier this year, on a new series to explore how technology can help those navigating parenthood and the first […]
When do trimmings become the main course? Or, to pose it in employment terms: When does a side hustle became the real hustle? And can that just go down without a hitch? These are just ways into trying to think about developments in the career of Hayley Williams, who easily sold out two shows this […]
Sebastian Stan, who suited back up as the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes, for the forthcoming “Avengers: Doomsday,” recently revealed he hasn’t actually seen the movie yet — but expects it to be “heartbreaking.” “I haven’t seen the movie, and I don’t know how it turned out,” the actor admitted while speaking with Decider. “I’m sure […]
Nana Patekar, the Indian Hindi and Marathi cinema actor whose roles ranged from the menacing crime lord of “Parinda” to the comic gangster of “Welcome,” died Oct. 8, at his residence in Goa. He was 75. Patekar went into cardiac arrest at home and was declared dead at 5:20 am local time, news agency ANI […]
