John Updike, A Lyrical Writer Of The Ordinary, Is Dead At 76

Tiina Lokk, the founder and managing director of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (known as PÖFF), one of the largest festivals in Northern Europe, has put together with her team of 15 programmers, another strong and varied harvest for the fest’s 28th edition unspooling Nov. 8-23 in the Estonian capital.  Split into six main competition strands and another 37 sections, […]

Pan-Indian star Prabhas has signed a three-picture pact with production banner Hombale Films, following their collaboration on “Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire.” The deal, which includes the upcoming “Salaar Part 2” and two additional features, represents one of the largest talent-studio partnerships in Indian cinema. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Sony Group Corporation reported little changed revenues of JPY2.91 trillion ($19 billion) for the July to September period, representing the second quarter of its April to March financial year. But group-level net income surged by 75% to JPY3.39 trillion ($2.21 billion). The ‘Pictures Division,’ which spans the feature film, TV channels and TV content production […]

“Dune Part 2” won a pair of awards in the feature competition at the annual Hollywood Professional Association Awards on Thursday at the Television Academy in North Hollywood. It won trophies in color grading, which was awarded to Fotokem colorist David Cole, and in sound, which was presented to the team.

A new film festival titled Chinese Cinema Today is set to launch in Japan, featuring 15 Chinese films including four Japanese premieres. The program, running Nov. 22-Dec. 12 at Tokyo’s Cinelibre Ikebukuro before moving to Osaka (Dec. 13-26), spotlights both commercial hits and festival favorites from mainland China’s growing film industry.

One of cinema’s most iconic vampires is out of the coffin again. Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” finally debuted to film press, and first reactions are calling the horror drama a “knockout” with impeccable below-the-line craft. A reimagining of F. W. Murnau’s 1922 silent German Expressionist film, “Nosferatu” stars Lily-Rose Depp as a young woman who becomes […]