Idfa Adds More Than 100 Documentaries, Including Films By Kevin Macdonald, Radu Jude, Mati Diop

Joshua Oppenheimer is tired. The two-time Academy Award nominee isn’t simply spent at the tail end of an exhausting week for the American body politic. Nor has he tossed and turned his way through countless sleepless nights, doomscrolling through the nightmare scenarios of what a second Trump administration could mean for Americans’ civil rights, the […]

“Kaos” star Nabhaan Rizwan has set his next project following the cancellation of the Greek mythology-inspired Netflix series. He has joined the cast of upcoming BBC rom-com drama “Film Club” alongside “Doctor Foster” lead Suranne Jones. The show follows members of a film club as they find solace in their shared passion of cinema every […]

GAMES DEVELOPMENT 88 Pictures, a successful animation and VFX studio from India, has launched a new gaming division 88Games. It aims to craft world-class indie games for PC and console audiences, by blending high-quality visuals with storytelling rooted in Indian rich and diverse history and culture. The multicultural studio has assembled a team of industry […]

Studiocanal’s third “Paddington” instalment, “Paddington in Peru,” delivered a commanding £9.6 million ($12.3 million) opening weekend at the U. K. and Ireland box office, per numbers from Comscore. “Paddington in Peru” scored the biggest opening of the year for a British-produced film, the biggest opening in the territory for the franchise and is Studiocanal’s highest U.

Fortress Investment Group has bought British arthouse exhibitor and distributor Curzon in a deal that it claims will secure the company’s future across exhibition, distribution and streaming. The acquisition, announced Tuesday, saw Fortress acquire the company from Charles Cohen’s Cohen Media Group in a foreclosure auction involving multiple Cohen assets, including the Landmark cinema chain.

On “The Daily Show” Monday night, host Jon Stewart offered an analysis of what went wrong for the Democrats with Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. “If you remember, the last time we spoke, it was midnight on election night, and it seemed even at that moment very clear Donald Trump had won the election in a […]