Via a new forum, the U.K. government will scrutinize the future of linear TV broadcasting based on research published Friday showing some viewers could be excluded from a general shift towards streaming. Senior representatives from U.K. regulator Ofcom, TV broadcasters, infrastructure operators and organizations representing audiences will form a new working group, convened by media […]
The Marrakech Film Festival unveiled its 2024 lineup on Thursday and set that Luca Guadagnino would replace Thomas Vinterberg as its jury president. The other jury members will be Andrew Garfield, Jacob Elordi, Virginie Efira, and Ali Abbasi. Vinterberg “had to excuse himself for family reasons,” festival organizers said. The Marrakech fest on Thursday also […]
When director Paolo Sorrentino’s hit series The Young Pope debuted in 2016, it took the Vatican a year to grudgingly bless his imagined and occasionally blasphemous portrayal of the pope. Not so for Sorrentino’s latest film Parthenopewhich has gotten an early thumbs down from Italy’s Catholic Church. That has only seemed to pique interest in […]
The first footage of Longlegs director Osgood Perkins shared with distributors Neon was a short clip showing the Nicolas Cage reveal. “It was a very tiny piece of footage, a very early image and I’ve never seen anything like that,” remembers Neon boss Tom Quinn. “If it wasn’t Nick Cage [doing that performance] it would […]
The world’s political leaders, including in Israel, Ukraine, the U.K., France and Italy, have began congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on his election win. The Republican and former reality television star emerged victorious on Tuesday, beating Vice President Kamala Harris to the 270 electoral votes to return to the Oval Office. It marks a historic comeback […]
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After 44 years on the Santa Monica beachfront, the American Film Market has upped its stakes and is heading to Vegas. The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) has found new Nevada lodgings for their annual film bazaar, which will set up shop at the Palms Resort Casino from Nov. 5 to 10. The move […]
A new Burger King restaurant under construction in Tortosa, Spain, following the current expansion of Restaurant Brands International Inc. – the parent company of BK- in new and existing markets. Joan Cros | NurPhoto | Getty Images Restaurant Brands International on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as domestic same-store sales growth […]
The Substance by Coralie Fargeat, Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard, The Room Next Door by Pedro Almodóvar, and The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof are among the nominees for the 2024 European Film Awards (EFAs), organizers unveiled on Tuesday. Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door earned four noms each, including for best European […]
The Stimming Pool is like nothing else you may have seen on the film festival circuit this year. Described as “a hybrid film that presents the possibilities of a world informed by autistic perspectives and perception,” the experimental movie from a group of British filmmakers features a “drifting form built around the concept of an […]
