'higher Ground' Review: A Believer's Lively Quest

Last year proved fairly spectacular for Spanish animation with “Robot Dreams” scoring a best animated feature Oscar nomination, “Sultana’s Dream” winning the Annecy Festival’s Contrechamp, its biggest sidebar, and “Buffalo Kids” proving the third most popular local movie in Spain, grossing €5.2 million ($5.4 million) while breaking out to substantial sales abroad.  “Robot Dreams” and […]

Amazon’s bid to be a Prime mover during TV’s annual Upfront Week is causing it to crash into long-held industry protocols. The streaming and e-commerce giant plans to shift its upfront presentation to the Monday evening of the week of May presentations that top media companies hold annually for Madison Avenue.

Disney announced a deal with internet pay-TV streaming provider Fubo to combine Hulu + Live TV with Fubo’s operations in a joint venture. Under the deal, Fubo will drop its antitrust lawsuit seeking to derail Venu, the sports-focused streaming package from Disney, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery. The Hulu subscription video-on-demand service is not […]

AMBASSADORS ASSEMBLE The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) has tapped actor Dean Fujioka as Ambassador for its upcoming 18th edition, along with four Youth Ambassadors who are fellow actors – Aokbab Chutimon (Thailand), Austin Lin (Taiwan), Lo Chun Yip (Hong Kong) and Okada Masaki (Japan). Fujioka, known for “Fullmetal Alchemist” and winner of Best Actor […]

Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Grammy-winning composer A. R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and the KM Music Conservatory have unveiled the Bharat Maestro Awards, a new initiative celebrating Indian classical music and its practitioners. The awards program features three distinct categories: four awards for promising young musicians, a lifetime achievement honor for educators, and a state medallion […]

The South Korean box office witnessed “Harbin” fortify its dominant position during the weekend of January 3-5, 2025, while “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” made a notable ascent into fourth place. According to Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, “Harbin” added KRW4.71 billion ($3.2 million) to its gross, maintaining the top spot […]