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‘Franz’ Review: Agnieszka Holland’s Kafka Biopic Never Stands Still, but Never Finds Its Stride
As biopic subjects go, Franz Kafka is resistant to standard-issue treatment on a number of levels — beginning with the fact that his life, short and largely uncelebrated in its...
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Darin J. Sallam’s ‘Churching of Women’ Marks Jordan’s First Busan Asian Project Market Entry
Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam is presenting her second feature project “Churching of Women” at Busan’s Asian Project Market, marking the first Jordanian entry at the APM....
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Tannishtha Chatterjee Battles Cancer While Completing Busan Selection ‘Full Plate’
After making her directorial debut with “Roam Rome Mein” (2019), which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and won the Marie Claire Asia Star Award, Indian...
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Busan Winner Shawkat Amin Korki’s Asian Project Market Title ‘Disorder’ Exposes Clash Between...
Busan International Film Festival New Currents winner Shawkat Amin Korki, who won the prize in 2009 with “Kick Off” and later returned with “Memories on Stone” and “The Exam,”...
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Mohanlal to Receive India’s Top Film Honor
India’s Malayalam-language cinema superstar Mohanlal has been named the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest film honor. The country’s Ministry of...
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JAFF Market Partners with Cinepoint to Track Indonesia’s Box Office Surge as Local Films Outpace...
JAFF Market, the industry arm of Indonesia’s Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival has inked a data partnership with Cinepoint to document the country’s striking film market...
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Christopher Nolan Elected President of Directors Guild of America
Christopher Nolan has been elected president of the Directors Guild of America, taking over the reins as the union prepares for upcoming negotiations with the major studios....
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Busan at 30: Director Jung Hanseok Charts Bold New Course for Festival’s Future
As the Busan International Film Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary, director Jung Hanseok isn’t dwelling on past achievements. Instead, he’s orchestrating what he calls...
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New Projects by Fernando Eimbcke, Jonas Bak and León & Cociña Amongst San Sebastián WIP Lineup
The works-in-progress showcases at the San Sebastián Film Festival — the most important festival in the Spanish-speaking world — return this year with eight anticipated projects...
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Netflix Expands Creative Asia Program at Busan Film Festival, Unveils New Initiatives Across APAC...
Netflix unveiled an expanded slate of creative development initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region during its Creative Asia conference at the Busan International Film...
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‘Drive My Car’ Star Nishijima Hidetoshi’s Busan, Golden Horse Title ‘Dear Stranger’ Unveils...
Mariko Tetsuya’s cross-cultural drama “Dear Stranger” has unveiled its international trailer. Following its Sept. 12 theatrical release in Japan, the film made its international...
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San Sebastian, Busan Title ‘Sai: Disaster’ Boarded by Bitters End (EXCLUSIVE)
Japan’s Bitter End has boarded international sales on “Sai: Disaster,” a suspense feature selected for the San Sebastian Film Festival’s main competition, followed by its Asian...
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Director Jose Alayón Unpacks San Sebastián New Directors Title ‘Dance of the Living’
There’s a touching scene in Jose Alayón’s “Dance of the Living,” which competes at San Sebastián’s New Directors, where one Canary Island wrestler has just won a bout, charging...
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Busan Title ‘Don’t Tell Mother’ Director Anoop Lokkur Draws From Personal Experience in Debut...
The title of Anoop Lokkur’s debut feature “Don’t Tell Mother” proved prophetic in more ways than one. The writer-director-producer not only explored family secrets in his tender...
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Getting to Know Daniel Domenjó, the New Movistar Plus+ CEO
“A lot of people come to the office and ask: What about these new posters? I wanted to create a bit of human contact,” Daniel Domenjó, the new CEO of Movistar Plus+, Spain’s...
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Spain’s Small Screen Operators like Movistar Plus+ Drive Much of the Local Features Business
Why talk about TV at Spain at the Spanish-world’s biggest film festival? One reason: in 2024, San Sebastián hosted the world premieres of Movistar Plus+ Original Series “Querer”...
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‘Good News’ Review: A Sharp Political Farce From the Director of ‘Kill Boksoon’ Follows an...
Terrorism is not exactly a natural fit for screen comedy. Defiantly going where few have gone before — one rare prior example being the bumbling-jihadist satire “Four Lions” 15...
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Jon Stewart Unveils a Trump-Compliant ‘Daily Show’ After ABC Pulls Kimmel: The First Amendment Is...
“From Comedy Central, it’s the all-new, government-approved ‘Daily Show,’ with your patriotically obedient host, Jon Stewart!” That’s how Thursday night’s edition of “The Daily...
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Seth Meyers Jokes He’s ‘Always Admired’ Trump After Kimmel Suspension, Promises ‘We’re Gonna Keep...
On Thursday’s episode of “Late Night,” Seth Meyers sarcastically pretended to seek approval from Donald Trump in response to the news that ABC pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live” off the...
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Singapore Selects ‘Stranger Eyes’ as Oscar Contender for Best International Feature
Singapore has tapped “Stranger Eyes” as its official submission for the 98th Academy Awards’ best international feature film category, the Singapore Film Commission has...
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Jimmy Fallon Vows to Continue Covering Trump Amid Fears ‘That We’ll Be Censored,’ Stands by Jimmy...
Jimmy Fallon is in Jimmy Kimmel’s corner. During his monologue on Thursday’s episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Fallon began by getting right to the point:...
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Hunter Biden Speaks at Inaugural Matthew Perry Foundation Summit on Addiction & Recovery: ‘I’m...
Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, opened up about his addiction and sobriety Thursday during the inaugural Matthew Perry Foundation summit on addiction and recovery. “I am more at...
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Reese Witherspoon Says David Fincher Told Her ‘I’m Not Putting You’ in ‘Gone Girl’: ‘He Was...
Reese Witherspoon opened up about exiting the 2014 thriller “Gone Girl” while the film was in development. At the time, Witherspoon had been attached to star in the adaptation...
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Guillermo del Toro Praises Korean Cinema, Cites ‘Kinship’ With Bong Joon Ho and Calls Park...
Guillermo del Toro lavished praise on Korean filmmakers Bong Joon Ho and Park Chan-wook during a press conference at the Busan International Film Festival, drawing cultural...
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‘The Senior’ Review: Michael Chiklis Plays a 59-Year-Old College Linebacker in Rod Lurie’s...
It’s basically a soft-hearted paint-by-numbers TV-movie, stocked with homilies about what the game of football means next to the game of life. Yet it’s an effective soft-hearted...
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‘Exit 8’ Review: A Lost Man Wanders a Labyrinthine Limbo in a Witty, Elegantly Spare Videogame...
Given how few first-person videogames make a successful transition to the big screen, it’s surprising how easy Genki Kawamura’s “Exit 8” makes it look. But perhaps the key to...
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Triple Win for the BBC’s ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’ at Cádiz’s South Series Festival
The 3rd edition of South International Series Festival wrapped Wednesday Sept. 18 with “What It Feels Like for a Girl” and “Una historia muy heavy” emerging as the big winners,...
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‘Love Is Blind’ Contestant Sues for Unpaid Wages, Inhumane Working Conditions in Class Action Filing
Stephen Richardson, a contestant on the seventh season of “Love Is Blind,” has sued the producers of the Netflix reality series, alleging that the production failed to pay wages...
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‘Alien: Earth’ Stars Alex Lawther and Lily Newmark Break Down Joe’s Episode 7 Betrayal and Nibs’...
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Emergence,” Episode 7, Season 1 of “Alien: Earth,” now streaming on Hulu. Children are the future, or so they are told...
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Hong Kong-Based IP Management Company Medialink Group Expands Into Japan With New Subsidiary...
Medialink Group Limited has officially launched a new subsidiary in Japan, marking a significant expansion for the Hong Kong-based intellectual property management company. The...
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