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The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has announced that the 40th annual festival will take place in Santa Barbara, California, from February 4 through February 15. In honor of its 40th year, the festival will run for 12 days to celebrate the landmark moment. “As we embark on our 40th year, we are proud of […]

Elvis Costello, Brittany Howard, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Meshell Ndegeocello, Makaya McCraven, Kassa Overall, Samara Joy, Robert Glasper, and others are also set for the Rhode Island festival’s 70th anniversary edition

EXCLUSIVE: Embankment Films is making Garbo: Leave Me Alone, a feature documentary about the enigmatic movie star who died in 1990. The doc will have previously unseen archive material including personal photographs of Garbo and letters written by the iconic actress, who is regarded as one of the all-time greats. Production is underway and the […]

Storied docs producer Dawn Porter has said private funding in the documentary space could help plug financial gaps that have opened up in today’s challenging market. The Gotham Award-winner’s latest project, revealed by Deadline in February, is a documentary about Nelson and Willie Mandela that is part-funded by the Schultz Family Foundation. Speaking at MIPTV […]

Today’s Hollywood stars are more “sophisticated” and “aware of the business” than in the days Kyle MacLachlan was starting out, the Sex and the City star said today as he gave his thoughts on another Twin Peaks reboot. As a budding actor, MacLachlan played the role of Paul Atreides in David Lynch’s 1980s version of […]

The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival is coming off a successful — and at times turbulent — 26th edition, wrapping “amidst an explosive ambiance with episodes of violence and intolerance.” In a post-festival report, TiDF says 66,000 spectators and visitors participated in the event this year, an increase of 16 percent over 2023. The festival ran […]

The annual event, taking place for the first time in New Jersey, will also feature Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Maren Morris, Mavis Staples, and Celisse

Actor Beau Bridges is being honored in a place of special significance to his family. The star of The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Descendants, Norma Rae, and more than 200 other films and television series received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sonoma International Film Festival on Friday. His late father, actor Lloyd Bridges, traced […]

The Flats, a film about The Troubles in Northern Ireland, won the top award at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen at a Friday night, earning a €10,000 prize.  The documentary directed by Alessadra Celisia takes place in “New Lodge in the center of Belfast, a neighborhood still haunted by the nearly 30-year conflict between Catholics and Protestants […]

The Killers, Future and Metro Boomin, Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez, and Skrillex are also headlining the Chicago festival in August

Iranian filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi’s My Stolen Planet won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival today, automatically qualifying the film for Oscar consideration. The film, which held its world premiere at the Berlinale last month, combines the director’s memories with fragments of 8mm film recorded by others to examine the vitality of Iran […]

Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine are closing SXSW with the premiere of The Idea of You, which will be available on Prime Video on May 2. The Idea of You is based on a novel by Robinne Lee about a single mother who takes her daughter to Coachella and ends up in a relationship with the […]

Halloween is coming early this year, as Blumhouse and AMC Theatres have partnered to launch the Halfway To Halloween Film Festival, which will take place at over 100 AMC theaters in 40 U.S. cities from March 29 to April 2. Anchored by an April 1st 13th anniversary screening of Insidious, the horror franchise launcher marking […]

Shania Twain takes the “legends” slot, with LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, Jamie xx, the National, King Krule, and more down the bill

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to sing — I promise” beamed The Fall Guy star Ryan Gosling to a crowded Paramount Theatre in Austin on Tuesday night. He promptly received an immediate collection of “awws” and “boos” at the world premiere of the Universal title at SXSW. That’s not a bad thing: a number of […]

“I wanted to bring back those early 2000 romantic comedies,” Sydney Sweeney said Tuesday in her SXSW chat this afternoon about her mission with Anyone But You. Not only did she star in the movie, but she produced it as well. She’s here at SXSW with her second starring- and produced-by project, Immaculate, world premiering […]

The champagne may be flowing at the kickoff for the 27th Annual Sonoma International Film Festival – for more reasons than one. This year’s event in California’s wine country will open with the U.S. premiere of Widow Clicquot, directed by Thomas Napper, a narrative feature about the Grande Dame of Champagne. Actress Haley Bennett stars […]

Jessie Ware, Four Tet, Nubya Garcia, Yard Act, and others are also performing at the British festival

The Roots will back Lil Wayne in a celebration of New Orleans, with Victoria Monét, Gunna, Nas, and Babyface elsewhere on the bill

Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios has had a winning record coming to the Berlin Film Festival since 2013, when his film Gueros took the Best First Feature prize. Five years later he was back with his second, the sensational museum-heist film Museo, and deservedly won the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. His third, A Cop Movie, […]

The 74th Berlin International Film Festival rolled out the red carpet yesterday for the opening film and the world premiere of Small Things Like These, directed by Tim Mielants starring Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley and Emily Watson.  The film is based on the book by the award-winning Irish writer Claire Keegan. It takes place […]