German-Lebanese thesp Kida Khodr Ramadan, the "4 Blocks" standout whose profile jumped internationally via Amazon Prime Video, is set to star in "GÖZ," a radical contemporary reimagining…
"Smash" star Katharine McPhee and "E.T.'s" Henry Thomas are set to lead upcoming kidnapping feature "Three People in the Woods." Directed by Joshua Caldwell ("Mending the Line"), the film fo…
Harry Styles has landed his next new gig: festival curator. The pop star is set to curate Meltdown at London's Southbank Centre, which bills itself as the "world's longest-running artist-cur…
"Tehran" producer Dana Eden has died during the Season 4 shoot of the hit Apple TV+ series in Greece. She was 52. No cause of death has been confirmed but Shula and Donna Productions, the pr…
"Room" and "Normal People" director Lenny Abrahamson is gearing up to shoot his next film for Element Pictures, and has tapped Tom Burke and Eve Hewson to star in the as-yet-untitled project…
Even Pope Francis has a hardback copy of his graphic novel. He has a loving relationship with his glamorous wife, who travels the world. As a globally renown cartoonist, he can afford a care…
Film Heritage Foundation's newly restored version of Pradip Krishen and Arundhati Roy's cult film "In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones" (1989) is making its world premiere at the Berlin Film …
Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó directs Amy Adams in the Berlinale competition film "At the Sea," which might be his most accessible film yet. "I'm just grateful I get to tell my…
The 41st Independent Spirit Awards are here, and many of the best indie movies and TV shows are set to be celebrated. Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Ego Nwodim is set to host the s…
"Sinners" star Wunmi Mosaku recently told The Sunday Times that she hasn't been able to enjoy her recent Oscar nomination for best supporting actress because of the deaths of Alex Pretti and…
David Kaplan, the Brooklyn-based independent producer whose latest film, "Josephine," won a pair of awards at Sundance and will next compete at the Berlinale, has set his next ambitious proj…
A clear sign that the world has gone topsy-turvy is when the Grammys are more political than the Berlinale. But while anti-ICE pins and punchy statements were the surprise headline act in L.…
Turkish writer/director Emin Alper " who was at the Berlinale in 2019 with "A Tale of Three Sisters," followed by his incendiary 2022 Cannes entry "Burning Days"Â " is back in Berlin with …
The first image from "The Idiot(s)," directed by MaÅ‚gorzata Szumowska, who has twice won the Berlinale's Silver Bear, and MichaÅ‚ Englert, has been released. "The Idiot(s)" stars "Whi…
Emma Laird recalls a moment " not all that long ago " when she was stood on the rooftop of her apartment in Los Angeles, looking out across a picture-postcard sunset skyline and smoking a ci…
"Wuthering Heights" production designer Suzie Davies was excited to get a call from Emerald Fennell, since she'd worked on period dramas from this era before " not to mention on Fennell's la…
Just 24 hours after Sean Baker arrived in Penang, Malaysia, to shoot "Sandiwara" " the Oscar-winning director's new short film starring Michelle Yeoh " he threw his initial script out the wi…
Under the scalding hot sun of the Brazilian northeast, a group of young boys kicks dirt up while running over a football. All but one, Gugu, whose energy is directed elsewhere: a pompous dan…
Renowned German New Wave artist and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger returns to the Berlin International Film Festival " where she received an Honorary Golden Bear in 2020 " with a film that too…
The Friday box office fell in love with Emerald Fennell's sexy literary drama "Wuthering Heights," which won out over fellow newcomers "GOAT" and "Crime 101" to claim the No. 1 spot. Fennell…
Playing Emily Brönte's tragic heroine Cathy in "Wuthering Heights" is, for many actors, the dream screen role. For Charlotte Mellington, it's the first. But that's not all. Alongside play…
When prolific Welsh indie director Jamie Adams went looking for his next film, he didn't start with a famous name in mind. He started with an epiphany. For years, he's had a drawer full of i…
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by Indian screenwriters in their work even as long-standing concerns around pay, credit and professional recognition continue to dominate s…
A mousy teenager with curly hair and a face full of acne, Minnie is the farthest thing from cool " even if the actress who plays her, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, has charisma to spare. Minnie…
Greed is good? Not in Anke Blondé's "Dust." Premiering in Berlinale's main competition, it sees two 1990s Belgian entrepreneurs, Luc and Geert (Jan Hammenecker and Arieh Worthalter), who su…