Tokyo Film Festival to Open With Zeze Takahisa’s Sukiyaki
The 39th edition Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) will open on Oct. 26 with a gala screening of Zeze Takahisa’s music drama Sukiyaki. Festival organizers also revealed that Yeon Sang-ho‘s zombie action horror film Colony will close this year’s event on Nov. 4. Based on true events, Sukiyaki tells the story behind the famed Japanese […]
What Romance Producers Know About Bringing Love Stories to Screen
Some stories refuse to stay on the page. The Hollywood Reporter’s Beyond the Book column explores what happens when books make the leap to screen and beyond — unpacking what changed, how it was done and why it matters with the creatives who made it. *** There’s a reason producer Jennifer Gibgot and manager-producer Lena […]
Gal Gadot Criticizes DC Over Henry Cavill’s Superman Exit
Gal Gadot is criticizing DC’s handling of its superhero talent from when the company transitioned away from its Zack Snyder-led era. The actress told the Happy, Sad Confused podcast that the shift from the Snyder-verse to the current creative era — run by co-chairmen and CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran — was “not handled […]
Andrew Scott, Cynthia Erivo Set for London Film Festival Screen Talks
This year’s BFI London Film Festival has unveiled a raft of talent set for its Screen Talks lineup, including Andrew Scott, star of Sherlock, Fleabag and, more recently, Pressure; Cynthia Erivo, an Oscar nominee for her performance in Wicked, Social Network actor-turned-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg; and two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali, best known for roles […]
Venice 2026 Film Clip ‘Until the Day Ends’: Love Amid Serbia Protests
With her debut feature, the Serbian protest drama Until the Day Ends (Do Kraja Dana), Jelena Maksimović becomes the first female director from Serbia to bring a narrative feature to the official selection at the Venice Film Festival since Soja Jovanović’s Eagles Fly Early in 1966. That is likely to make for an emotional journey […]
AMC Launching Indie Distribution Company Leawood Films
It’s no longer unusual for a hit movie to come from outside the Hollywood system, with upstart player Angel Studios scoring with Sound of Freedom three years ago, or Taylor Swift going directly to AMC Theatres for her blockbuster Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie. Now AMC Entertainment is launching a new distribution company to […]
How Andrew Scott Took on the Role of a Lifetime in ‘Elsinore’
Andrew Scott had played Hamlet 150 times, each production clocking in at three hours and 45 minutes. He’d learned all 1,500 lines to perform at every show. He’d mastered the physical demands of the final-act swordfight and waded through the complex, volatile emotional journey that led into it. “You’re dealing with the very essence of […]
‘The Girl in the River’ Review: Tiffany Haddish in Detective Thriller
“Business and feelings, they don’t go well in this line of work,” comments a veteran criminologist in the new thriller written and directed by Brando Benetton. It’s the sort of hackneyed observation made by jaded cops since they’ve first been portrayed onscreen, and it’s emblematic of the cornucopia of familiar elements in The Girl in […]
‘Club Kid,’ ‘Bunker,’ ‘Babies’ Added to Zurich Film Festival Lineup
Zurich Film Festival has added a slew of gala premieres to its lineup, including Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz‘s Venice-bound Bunker and Jordan Firstman‘s Cannes breakout Club Kid. Florian Zeller’s Bunker, also starring Stephen Graham, Paul Dano and Patrick Schwarzenegger, follows a renowned architect offered the chance to secretly design a survival bunker for a […]
TIFF 2026 Film Trailer: ‘Love Is the Monster’ Starring Paulina García
Love Is the Monster (Amor es el Monstruo). Costa Rican writer-director Neto Villalobos Brenes (All About the Feathers, Helmet Heads) has picked a title for his latest film that will make you sit up straight, deal with questions swirling through your head, or both. The chilling dystopian thriller, starring Paulina García (Gloria) and teeming with fear […]