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A24’s rom‑com ‘The Drama’ pulls $6.4M opening, eyes $15M‑$17M weekend
The Drama opened Friday with a $6.4 million haul, making it A24’s third‑biggest opening‑day ever behind Civil War and Marty Supreme. Analysts project a domestic weekend total between $14.4 million and $16.9 million, with upside to match Civil War’s $25.5 million run.
Bryan Fuller, the creator of the acclaimed series “Hannibal,” announced a partnership with horror legend Clive Barker to develop a new television series. Fuller described the collaboration as a childhood dream, hinting it could be a reboot of Barker’s iconic “Hellraiser” franchise. Barker, who is currently writing 31 manuscripts including sequels to “Abarat” and “The Art,” emphasized his focus on new horror storytelling. The joint effort merges Fuller’s psychological‑thriller pedigree with Barker’s mythic horror, generating strong anticipation among fans and streaming services.
I’ve talked to several Oscar nominees over the past 12 months. Here are some of the highlights. https://t.co/2YT21sT0xx
The latest sci‑fi offerings on streaming highlight two distinct approaches. Hulu’s *Predator: Badlands* places the iconic Yautja hunter in the driver’s seat, delivering an alien‑first narrative that blends pulp adventure with modern visual flair. Meanwhile, *Re/Member: The Last Night* returns...
Mario Martone is filming *Scherzetto* in Naples, starring Toni Servillo in his seventh collaboration with the director. The drama adapts Domenico Starnone’s 2016 novel about a tense three‑day duel between a reclusive grandfather and his lively grandson. Produced by Mad...
Mexican filmmaker Otilia Portillo Padua’s documentary *Daughters of the Forest* follows Indigenous women Lis and Juli as they safeguard generational mushroom knowledge while seeking academic recognition. The film treats fungi as narrative agents, using a sci‑fi visual language to portray spore journeys...
Fun Trailer for 'Pizza Movie' Drug Trip Comedy with Gaten Matarazzo https://t.co/Twftdz1XTr #SXSW2026 #PizzaMovie #GatenMatarazzo, #SeanGiambrone #LuluWilson https://t.co/jRlpV1PSdm
Shooting has wrapped on Anna Foglietta’s directorial debut, *Una storia*, marking the Roman actress’s first feature behind the camera. The intimate drama follows a small‑town couple, Erika and Mauro, as they grapple with the emotional vacuum left when their daughter...
German director Jens Schanze’s new documentary Materia Prima premiered at CPH:DOX, exposing the contentious push for lithium mining in Bolivia. The film juxtaposes EU‑driven investment with historic colonial exploitation, highlighting how the country’s salt flats—critical for batteries—are threatened by environmentally...
Max Walker‑Silverman’s second feature, Rebuilding, drops its first trailer and poster ahead of a UK/ROI theatrical launch on April 17. The drama stars Josh O’Connor as Dusty, a rancher forced into a trailer park after a wildfire destroys his home, and reunites...
Come see the US premiere of Nawi tonight at the Angelika Film Center with a Q&A session https://t.co/6nis7l7wQj
Thomas Ancora is shooting his second feature, *L’Ordre Pourpre*, an atypical slasher set in Wallonia that tackles toxic masculinity, racism and homophobia. The story follows a hazing‑related murder at an elite Belgian university and a subsequent revenge plot. Filming began...
The 2025 film slate is dominated by politically charged works that confront the Trump era and its cultural fallout. High‑profile directors such as Paul Thomas Anderson, Yorgos Lanthimos, Kathryn Bigelow and Óliver Laxe use genre conventions—from satire to dystopian neo‑realism—to...
Hollywood faces a crossroads as streaming accelerates and theater attendance slips, prompting a debate over the future of film distribution. Industry veterans Hawk Koch and Chris Aronson argue that blockbuster spectacles still thrive on the big screen, while streaming champions...
Boots Riley’s second feature, I Love Boosters, blends absurdist sci‑fi with a razor‑sharp satire of the fashion industry. The story follows Corvette (Keke Palmer), a “booster” who steals overpriced designer clothes to fund her dream of becoming a designer, sparking...
Rotten Tomatoes has released a downloadable 2026 Oscars ballot that pairs each nominee’s Tomatometer and Popcornmeter scores. The ballot is offered as high‑resolution PDFs for easy printing at Oscar‑watch events. Market data from Kalshi shows "One Battle After Another" as...
The Conversation previewed this week’s Oscar race, highlighting Michael B. Jordan’s dual‑role performance in Sinners and recommending Naomi Joseph’s pick, The Secret Agent, alongside Jane Wright’s favorite, Hamnet. The piece also spotlighted cultural works beyond film, including the newly translated Iranian...
Documentary "Barbara Forever" by Brydie O’Connor spotlights pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer, whose five‑decade career is introduced to new audiences at Sundance and Berlinale. The film resonates with both early‑twenties queer viewers and senior lesbians discovering Hammer for the first...
In this episode of The Business, host Kim Masters interviews Aline Vander Veldin, co‑founder of Particle 6 Productions, about her synthetic AI character Tilly Norwood. Vander Veldin explains that Tilly is intended solely for AI‑generated content and is not meant to...
The Northern Animation Network launches its 2026 call for entries, allowing animators to submit a single short‑film entry that will be considered by four major Nordic and Baltic festivals—Fredrikstad, Viborg, REX, and BLON. The initiative uses a shared FilmFreeway account,...
Caren Wuhrer’s debut feature *Große Mutter* is currently in principal photography in Hamburg’s Steilshoop district under the Nordlichter talent initiative, a joint programme by NDR, MOIN Filmförderung and nordmedia. The coming‑of‑age drama follows a disillusioned teenager and a weary septuagenarian...
Train Dreams is a period drama set in early 20th‑century America that follows a solitary lumberjack whose family is killed by a wildfire. The film repeatedly invokes the exploitation of Chinese railroad laborers as a symbolic conscience. Critics praise the...
My review of the re-release of Zulu Dawn (1979) (dir. Douglas Hickox) is up here: https://t.co/Yi2FRXqsdd
All Day & All Night adds Kumail Nanjiani, O’Shea Jackson Jr., John Leguizamo and Dan Fogler to a cast already led by Josh Hartnett. The high‑concept thriller follows reformed bank robber Billy Davies, forced back into crime to fund his...
My review of the re-release of The Straight Story (1999) (dir. David Lynch) is up here: https://t.co/BJP04R7cez
My review of A Pale View Of Hills (dir. Kei Ishikawa) is up here: https://t.co/80K3VYYFvL
South Korean director Park Chan‑wook’s new thriller “No Other Choice” stars Lee Byung‑hun as a veteran paper‑mill worker whose job is eliminated by AI‑driven automation. Faced with unemployment, he lures three job seekers with a fake posting and murders them...
My review of How To Make A Killing (dir. John Patton Ford) is up here: https://t.co/zjcI8OGL4g
My review of Everybody To Kenmure Street (dir. Felipe Bustos Sierra) is up here: https://t.co/jyfw0Y1XsG
Netflix is launching the horror miniseries *Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen* on March 26, positioning the show as a marriage‑centric thriller. Ed Sheeran revisited his controversial *Game of Thrones* cameo, expressing lingering disappointment over fan backlash. Hulu announced...
A worthy discussion here of the key inaccuracies and illogicality central to the plot of @netflix's film House of Dynamite: https://t.co/8CFYAw74md
Emily Robinson’s feature debut Ugly Cry premiered at SXSW 2026, blending comedy, psychological thriller, and body‑horror to examine Hollywood’s beauty obsession. The film follows Delaney, a strikingly beautiful actress who becomes fixated on delivering an ‘ugly cry’ without compromising her looks,...
TVBEurope recapped its Oscar‑season coverage, spotlighting three nominees it has featured: the high‑octane drama *F1*, Netflix’s period piece *Train Dreams*, and the Iranian thriller *It Was Just An Accident*. *F1* earned four nominations—including Best Picture and Visual Effects—while *Train Dreams*...
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A new film adaptation of Shakespeare’s *Hamlet* directed by Aneil Karia re‑imagines the tragedy in suburban London’s South‑Asian milieu, casting Riz Ahmed as the brooding prince. The story replaces the Danish court with a ruthless capitalist property empire, using gritty cityscapes...
Anime studios are capitalizing on 4K theatrical revivals, with recent screenings of Jin‑roh: The Wolf Brigade and Macross Plus drawing weeks‑long runs at Japanese multiplexes. Legacy titles such as Princess Mononoke, Angel’s Egg, and upcoming Tekkonkinkreet have generated box‑office revenues that rival...
Netflix unveiled the trailer for its upcoming horror limited series *Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen*, debuting on Friday the 13th. The show, created by Haley Z. Boston and executive‑produced by Stranger Things’ Duffer brothers, follows a bride‑to‑be and...
Hulu unveiled the trailer and key art for its new comedy‑psychedelic film “Pizza Movie” at SXSW on March 13, 2026. The movie, starring Gaten Matarazzo, Sean Giambrone and a supporting ensemble, follows two college roommates whose pizza run spirals into a hallucinogenic night after an...
Turkish directors İlker Çatak and Emin Alper captured the Berlinale’s top honors with *Yellow Letters* (Golden Bear) and *Salvation* (Silver Bear), films that directly confront President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s autocratic rule. Both movies are co‑produced by the indie company Liman and echo the...
In this bonus episode of The Town, host Matt Bellany talks with Amelia Dimoldenberg, the official social‑media ambassador and red‑carpet correspondent for the Oscars, about how the Academy is trying to make the ceremony relevant to Gen Z and younger...
FOX Sports, Imagine Documentaries and Delirio Films announced the documentary feature “Summer of ’94,” which will debut on FOX on May 23, 2026, after a world premiere at SXSW on March 14. The film chronicles the U.S. Men’s National Team’s...
Bunnie Xo’s Memoir ‘Stripped Down: Unfiltered and Unapologetic’ Gets Film Adaptation From ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘Landman’ Producer 101 Studios (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/iBHeoleYku via @variety
The SXSW‑premiered documentary *Cornbread Mafia* chronicles a Kentucky farming collective that built the United States’ largest home‑grown marijuana operation in the 1970s and 80s. Directors Evan Mascagni and Drew Morris mix talking‑head interviews, animated sequences, and Boyd Holbrook’s narration to turn...
A Safe Distance, the feature‑directorial debut of Gloria Mercer and written by Aidan West, premiered at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival. The low‑budget thriller weaves a sapphic romance into a Highsmith‑style psychological plot, following Alex’s entanglement with a charismatic criminal...
"3 Steps. Today, Universal led the way on the first one… no more VOD window under 30 days…. then 45 days. Hopefully by 2028, that will be 60 days and we can stop fighting over the issue." THB #811:...
The Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Brendon Park, makes his debut on Thursday’s episode of HBO’s series The Pitt. The role is played by Lou Ferrigno Jr., adding a new layer of medical grit to the show’s ensemble....
Whatever @A24 paid for #undertone they got completely ripped off Thorough snoozer Feels like a bargain basement IFC film Not a single aspect worth recommending unless you are looking for a solid nap at the multiplex 😴😴😴 https://t.co/IJ0jN7xuPu
Fun news: Bradley Cooper is now the choice to write and direct the Ocean's 11 prequel for WB. (Lee Isaac Chung recently dropped out.) Cooper would also star with Margot Robbie. No deals yet, but goal is to shoot this...
‘A Friend Of Dorothy,’ an Oscar‑nominated short reviewed by Jennie Kermode, explores the historic concept of queer safe‑spaces through a chance encounter between teenage JJ (Alistair Nwachukwu) and an elderly Dorothy (Miriam Margolyes). The film weaves two origins of the phrase—The...
A young man confronts his life and fears while trapped in a surreal, endless subway corridor, in the surprisingly effective Japanese horror film "Exit 8". Here's my spoiler-free review: https://t.co/lesrIWr4ZV #horror #film #movies #exit8 https://t.co/IZDSKAqC7j
Final Oscar Predictions: Adapted Screenplay — Paul Thomas Anderson Poised for His Long-Awaited Oscar-Winning Moment https://t.co/SFQD96Wz72 via @variety #Oscars
Final Oscar Predictions: Original Screenplay — Ryan Coogler Set to Become the Second Black Winner in the Category With ‘Sinners’ https://t.co/5Fje98SQFK via @variety #Oscars
