Romance for indie filmmakers Dusty Mancinelli and Madeleine Sims-Fewer blossomed in the most unexpected of places — as they shot their 2020 debut feature Violation, a relentlessly violent and gory revenge drama set in cottage-country Canada. “After making our first film, which really dealt with trauma and was very dark, very painful to make and really delved […]

The Berlin Film Festival kicked off its 75th anniversary edition February 13 with the opening-night world premiere screening of The Light, Tom Tykwer’s politically charged film that takes stock of German society in the first quarter of the 21st century. It starts 11 days of debuts including for movies starring Jessica Chastain, Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Rupert Friend, Marion Cotillard, Rose Byrne, […]

Never in recent memory has a movie bungled its Best Picture chances quite like Emilia Pérez. Some have lost their steam through the months-long awards season, but only Emilia Pérez’s slip has fallen on one person: its star, Karla Sofía Gascón, whose resurfaced tweets that were rightly deemed full of bigotry and hate came back to haunt […]

In April, A Minecraft Movie will be making its way to movie theaters. Ahead of the release, an early look has been revealed of an action figure based on Jack Black’s live-action incarnation of Steve. On Reddit, an image was posted of an action figure for Jack Black’s Steve from A Minecraft Movie. While he wears Steve’s familiar blue […]

The US is the only country where Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is going straight to streaming. It premiered exclusively on Peacock on Thursday, February 13, a day before its international release on Valentine’s Day. That means you can stream it right now! You can purchase a Peacock subscription from $7.99 a month. Alternatively, pay more and skip the commercials by […]

It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard anything on the highly anticipated sequel to the beloved 90s film, Practical Magic. Announced last summer, the sequel will adapt the follow-up novel The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman. Original leads Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are set to reprise their roles as Sally and Gillian Owens. After the recent shake-up at Warner Bros. where […]

New Europe Film Sales has secured international distribution rights for “The Good Sister,” the debut feature from emerging filmmaker Sarah Miro Fischer. The film has already attracted significant attention on the global festival circuit, having previously won two industry awards at the 2024 San Sebastián Film Festival WIP Europa. Today, the finished film was announced as part […]

Star of late 90s and early 2000s classics like Jerry Maguire and Bridget Jones’s Diary, Renée Zellweger has now revealed why she felt she had to quit acting for six years. The Katy, Texas-born actress paused her film career after making My Own Love Song in 2010 and came back in 2016 for the latest entry in the Jones-verse, Bridget Jones Baby . When […]