Austin’s annual South by Southwest Conference and Festival delves beyond movie premieres: It creates an opportunity for personal interactions with actors and directors. Red carpet interviews can reveal the a director’s drive for their latest storytelling adventures and an actor’s passion for a particular role. So, what have celebrities said on SXSW 2025’s red carpet…
Opus follows Ariel Ecton (Ayo Edebiri), a young journalist working at a legacy music magazine. Despite her three-year stint at the publication, Ariel’s ambition is underappreciated, and her smarmy editor Stan (Murray Bartlett) hands her pitches off to more experienced writers. But with Moretti’s VIP invite to his listening party, Ariel gets an unlikely chance…
Jeff Bezos wasted no time in buying out longtime James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli after an alleged slight. In a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon CEO Bezos was determined to take all creative control for the IP through Amazon MGM Studios — which was announced in February 2025 for a reported cost of $1 billion….
VATICAN CITY (AP) — There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting for his life. And that is certainly true as Pope Francis battles double pneumonia at…
The film about the lives of children in Gaza was removed after the BBC said it discovered the film’s 14-year-old narrator was the son of an official for Palestinian organisation Hamas. However, it may not be as simple as that… ADVERTISEMENT More than 800 artists and media personalities, including director Ken Loach, actor Riz Ahmed,…
Thankfully Jeff Bezos doesn’t seem to be putting himself in the run-in to play James Bond after Amazon took control of the iconic franchise. Earlier this week, it was announced that longtime 007 producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have formed a joint venture with Amazon MGM Studios. While Wilson and Broccoli will remain…
Mainland Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 raked in about HK$5.6 million (US$720,620) upon its debut in Hong Kong on Saturday, with some screenings for the following day already sold out. Children with parents in tow joined other residents in lines outside cinemas across the city, while several patriotic groups organised private screenings to support…
Mainland Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 raked in about HK$5.6 million (US$720,620) upon its debut in Hong Kong on Saturday, with some screenings for the following day already sold out. Children with parents in tow joined other residents in lines outside cinemas across the city, while several patriotic groups organised private screenings to support…
This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. International co-productions, where two or more countries join forces to fund a film, usually end up being less than the sum of their parts. Outside interference can water down an original vision; more…
Hong Kong (CNN) — An unruly Chinese boy who battles dragons and defies destiny has made his way to Western cinema screens after smashing box office records in China. “Ne Zha 2,” an animated blockbuster loosely based on Chinese mythology, is now the world’s highest-grossing movie of all time in a single market, racking up…