Tag: FilmFestivals
Czech-Slovak film ‘Better Go Mad in the Wild’, Iranian film ‘Bidad’ among Karlovy Vary film festival 2025 winners
Czech-Slovak documentary Better Go Mad in the Wild won the Grand Prix Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which closed its [...]
Donald Trump Capitalizes On ‘Superman’ As MAGA World Kvetches
Folks, he’s done it again. It’s been a little more than a week since President Donald Trump embraced a sporting discipline from foreign shores over c [...]
Melbourne film festival reveals 2025 lineup and competition titles
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has unveiled a selection of more than 275 titles for its 73rd edition, including the 10 features vy [...]
San Sebastian Spanish lineup includes José Luis Guerin, Alberto Rodríguez titles
Films by José Luis Guerin, Alberto Rodríguez, and José Mari Goneaga and Aitor Arregi are among the 17 Spanish features selected for the 2025 San [...]
‘Lolita’, ‘Matador’, ‘Rome 11:00’ among Venice Classics 2025 line-up
Venice Classics will screen restorations of Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita and Pedro Almodóvar’s Matador as part of an 18-film line-up at the 82nd Ven [...]
UK original industries minister calls for a shift away from the screen sector’s freelance model | News
UK original industries minister Chris Bryant has said he would like to see less dependency on freelancers within the film and TV industries, with [...]
‘Don’t Call Me Mama’ Review: Pia Tjelta Stands Out In Surprisingly Subversive Norwegian Immigrant Drama – Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Norway famously gave us Liv Ullmann, muse to the Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman, but since then, thi [...]
‘Superman’ earns $22.5m in record Thursday previews for 2025 | News
The DC Studios test case is off to a record-breaking start in 2025 as James Gunn’s Superman earned an estimated $22.5m in Thursday previews throu [...]
Kabuki drama ‘Kokuho’ hits Japan box office landmark | News
Kokuho, the three-hour Japanese epic about a family of kabuki performers that premiered at Cannes, has surpassed the ¥5bn ($34m) mark at the Japa [...]
Body horror ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ wins top awards at Bifan 2025
The Ugly Stepsister by Norway’s Emilie Blichfeldt has won the top prize and audience award at the 29th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Fest [...]