‘Wild Horse Nine’ Gets Venice’s First Rapturous Reception of 2026
Martin McDonagh’s latest darkly literate, offbeat comedy drama Wild Horse Nine landed on the Venetian Lido by way of Easter Island Thursday evening, giving the world’s oldest film festival its first raucous standing ovation of 2026. Set shortly before the 1973 military coup in Chile, the darkly comic and soulful buddy movie features a cast […]
Paul Schrader is a Legend of the Venice Film Festival
Paul Schrader is back in the room. The screenwriter of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, and the director of American Gigolo, First Reformed and The Card Counter, turned 80 in July. He’s never been busier. The Basics of Philosophy, Schrader’s latest film as writer-director, premieres out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. He says he has “three more films in the […]
NFL’s Ceyair Wright Nabs Starring Role in Teyana Taylor Dance Movie
Ceyair Wright has long sought to balance a love of football and films. Film, at this particular moment, has tipped the scales. Wright, the Cincinnati Bengals cornerback who temporarily left the team during training camp following its first preseason game to pursue a movie project, has signed on to star in Get Lite, a dance […]
‘Primetime’ Exclusive: Robert Pattinson Goes Deep on His Chris Hansen
For Lance Oppenheim, Primetime’s DNA resides inside a silly Cameo video. The director, who’d grown up fascinated with To Catch a Predator’s Chris Hansen, was celebrating the release of his FX documentary, 2024’s Spermworld, when his wife bought him a recorded message from the former Dateline NBC host himself as a surprise gift. In it, Hansen congratulated Oppenheim on Spermworld, told […]
‘Everest: The Other Side’ Review: New Doc From ‘Free Solo’ Directors
In their gripping, Oscar-winning 2018 documentary Free Solo, husband and wife directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi examine the boggling daring of Alex Honnold, a rock climber who scales sheer mountain walls without the aid, and protection, of ropes. The film’s climbing scenes are breathtakingly tense, but what sells the movie as more than […]
Venice 2026 Film ‘Eklipse’ Interview on AIDS Taboos, Social Exclusion
Austrian filmmaker Manuel Wetscher made a name for himself with such fiction shorts as 2018’s Four Seasons, 2021’s At Night When Mice Scream and 2022’s Magma. Then came the 2024 experimental short doc Richard, a particularly personal film. “I only learnt the real reason for my father’s death 10 years after he died,” reads a synopsis for the […]
Venice: ‘Queer Edward II’ Film Clip With Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton
In 1991, Irish cinematographer Seamus McGarvey, who later became known for the likes of Atonement, The Hours, Nocturnal Animals and The Greatest Showman, was invited by the legendary Derek Jarman to shoot behind the scenes on the set of his film Edward II, his gay love story with a bloody ending. After 30 hours of footage […]
Romania Picks Cannes Winner Fjord as 2027 Oscar Contender
Romania has picked its Oscar contender, selecting Cristian Mungiu‘s Fjord starring Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan to be its official selection for the 99th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature race. In the drama about progressive politics, religious faith, and the limits of tolerance, Reinsve and Stan play two fundamentalist parents who relocate from Romania to a small Norwegian […]
Sony Dates Indian Epic ‘Ramayana’ For Release
The Ramayana is headed to theaters this fall, with Sony putting a Nov. 6 release date on the project. Sony has global rights, excluding India, where Ramayana producer Prime Focus Studios will handle distribution. The film will get a release in multiple languages catered to local markets around the world. The Ramayana is one of […]
Carla Jeffery Dead: Disney’s ‘Zombies’ Actress Was 33
Carla Jeffery, best known for her role as Bree in Disney‘s Zombies franchise, died on Tuesday. She was 33. Alexanders Talent Management announced her death, writing in a statement shared on her Instagram, “It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Carla Jeffery, who passed away on September 1, 2026, […]