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Purin Pictures, a non-profit film fund supporting independent cinema in Southeast Asia, has unveiled $170,000 of grants in its autumn funding round. Its reading committee chose three fiction and two documentary projects for production support and one fiction project for post-production support. The fiction films are “Daughters of the Sea,” a story of three intertwined […]

The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) is partnering with Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) to launch Beyond Japan, a program aimed at connecting Japanese filmmakers with Hollywood opportunities. The initiative, backed by the Japanese government, kicks off virtually this month before transitioning to in-person sessions in Los Angeles.

"Absolution" wants to be more than a dumb action film. Neeson takes you part of the way there, but in its atmospheric way the movie is cobbled together out of so many standard yet disparate devices that it can feel as pumped-up as the cliché thriller it’s trying not to be.

While some dress up for Halloween, Kylie Jenner is opting to dress down. The Kardashians star posed completely nude in an homage to Demi Moore’s 1996 comedy Striptease, recreating the actress’

Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to “Being Maria,” a French movie revolving around the controversial production of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1972 film “Last Tango in Paris.” Directed by Jessica Palud, the movie stars “Happening” breakout Anamaria Vartolomei as Maria Schneider and Matt Dillon as Marlon Brando. “Being Maria” had its world premiered at […]

So far, a total of 164 “Real Housewives” have starred in Bravo’s flagship franchise. And that’s not including the women from the near-endless number of international versions, which next year will add the recently announced Hayu-produced “Real Housewives of London” to its roster. Of the Housewives from the American shows, we have an increasingly small […]