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The 19th Asian Film Awards convened at Hong Kong’s Grand Theatre of the Xiqu Centre, opening its doors to the public for the first time. The ceremony featured masterclasses by Squid Game director Hwang Dong‑hyuk, Jia Zhangke, and actress Zhang Ziyi, and highlighted youth ambassadors from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand. Top honors went to Terrance Lau (Rising Star), Liu Haoran (Next Generation) and Zhang Ziyi (Excellence in Asian Cinema). The event’s ancillary programs, including Asian Cinerama screenings, are already sold out, underscoring strong audience appetite.
Netflix US will lose all 26 James Bond movies on April 21, 2026, after a three‑month licensing window that began in January 2026. The titles were added through a short‑term deal with MGM, which Amazon acquired for $8.5 billion, making Prime...
MediaOCD announced that more than 30 classic anime titles from Discotek Media and Media Blasters are now available for direct purchase on its website as part of the monthly "DISCOTEK DEEP DIVES" program. The lineup includes Blu‑ray releases such as...
Sam Raimi’s latest film, “Send Help,” arrives directly on video‑on‑demand platforms, starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien. The movie flips the classic “Swept Away” premise, placing a corporate strategist and her inept boss on a deserted island where survival skills and power...
The ETALK team produced four live shows around the Oscars 2026, including a red‑carpet stream and an after‑show, while LaineyGossip managed the website coverage. A sudden flight cancellation forced half the crew onto random reroutes through Seattle, Las Vegas and Vancouver,...
The Strangers: Chapter 3, directed by Renny Harlin and starring Madelaine Petsch, concludes the rebooted slasher trilogy with a release in UK/ROI cinemas on February 6 and immediate VOD availability. Critics describe the film as an anti‑climactic, poorly paced finale that fails...
Warner Bros. announced a limited‑edition 4K Steelbook for the Oscar‑winning drama *One Battle After Another*, slated for summer release. The package bundles 4K UHD and Blu‑ray discs plus a bonus disc curated by director Paul Thomas Anderson, featuring a making‑of...
Montreal, My Beautiful, directed by Xiaodan He, premiered at BFI Flare after a successful Canadian run, starring Joan Chen as Feng Xia, a mid‑fifties Chinese‑Canadian mother confronting menopause and a same‑sex relationship. The film follows her affair with younger Quebecoise...
Minh Beta’s debut feature "Scent of Pho" is a family dramedy set in Vietnam’s pho heartland, starring veteran comedian Xuan Hinh as the aging noodle‑shop patriarch. The film showcases authentic Northern Vietnamese cuisine and culture, blending traditional folk music with...
Over the past 25 years, more than 45 U.S. theatrical distributors have folded, from Great Point Media’s 2024 liquidation to the 2019 Disney acquisition of 21st Century Fox. The wave of closures reflects a confluence of dot‑com bust, the 2008...
Oscar Boyself, known for producing the Safdie brothers’ gritty thrillers Good Time and Uncut Gems, makes his directorial debut with Our Hero, Balthazar, opening in U.S. cinemas on March 27, 2026. The film follows privileged New York teen Balthazar (Jaeden...
Prime Video announced that the feature‑length documentary "Jerry West: The Logo" will debut on April 16, streaming exclusively in more than 240 countries and territories. The film, directed by Kenya Barris in his documentary debut, chronicles the NBA legend’s on‑court...
James Gunn’s DC Universe sequel *Superman: Man of Tomorrow* is slated for a July 9, 2027 theatrical release, continuing the momentum from the 2025 reboot. David Corenswet reprises the role of Superman while Nicholas Hoult returns as Lex Luthor, forming an uneasy...
Project Hail Mary opened to $80.5 million domestically and $141.9 million worldwide, marking Amazon MGM Studios’ strongest opening ever. The sci‑fi thriller became the studio’s biggest North American debut, surpassing Creed III and ranking just behind legacy MGM titles like The Hobbit and...
Bagworm debuted at SXSW 2026, delivering a deliberately odd black‑comedy‑body‑horror hybrid that tackles toxic masculinity. Director Oliver Bernsen’s feature debut leans into uncomfortable humor, dividing viewers between admiration and revulsion. Peter Falls anchors the film with a subtly unsettling performance that steadies its...
"Around Paradise" is a 2026 documentary by Russian filmmaker Yulia Lokshina that explores El Paraíso Verde, a 14.23 sq km gated enclave in southern Paraguay. Founded by Erwin and Sylvia Annau, the community markets to affluent conspiracy theorists, right‑wing extremists and anti‑vaxxers,...
Tadashi Imai’s 1965 film *Cruel Tale Of Bushido* follows salaryman Iikura, who discovers his ancestors’ tragic fates during the Edo period and sees how the samurai code still haunts modern Japan. The narrative shifts from a contemporary hospital scene to...
Yuzo Kawashima’s 1962 film Elegant Beast caps his career‑long critique of post‑war Japan, exposing a middle‑class family that survives through manipulation and fraud. Adapted from Kaneto Shindo’s stage play, the Maedas conceal their luxury behind a façade of poverty, constantly...
The Magic Faraway Tree held its UK premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, showcasing a star‑studded cast led by Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield. The film adapts Enid Blyton’s classic children’s novel, with Simon Farnaby writing and Ben Gregor directing....
“Myanmar Bride” is a 65‑minute ethnographic documentary by Chinese filmmaker Huang Shudan that explores the growing phenomenon of marriages between Chinese ethnic‑minority men in Yunnan and Burmese women from Myanmar. The film follows three distinct Myanmar brides—Ma Azhen, Ma Yong,...
The Asian Movie Pulse interview with director Ong Kuo Sin and star Richie Koh delves into Singapore’s breakout film “A Good Child,” which screened at the Asian Pop Up Cinema and earned a Golden Horse nomination. The movie tackles caregiving,...
Pixar’s original animated feature Hoppers surpassed the $100 million domestic mark, reaching $107.8 million and is projected to close the weekend near $122 million, positioning it close to Illumination’s Migration. Bollywood’s Hindi spy thriller Dhurandhar: The Revenge earned $2.97 million on Friday, a 25%...
The Next Best Picture Podcast breaks down the new sci‑fi/comedy film Project Hail Mary, directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller and starring Ryan Gosling. Based on Andy Weir’s 2021 novel and scripted by Drew Goddard, the movie leverages a built‑in...
The post highlights three 2025 films—Tow, By Design, and Magellan—selected for Women’s History Month. Tow follows a woman trapped in a bureaucratic nightmare after her car is towed, exposing systemic homelessness barriers. By Design uses surreal body‑swap humor to critique...
Pradip Kurbah’s “Ha Lyngkha Bneng” (The Elysian Field) is a 2025 sci‑fi drama set in a remote Khasi village in 2047, exploring communitarianism through six aging residents. The film blends dystopian absurdity with tender humor, using sparse dialogue and non‑professional...
Project Hail Mary opened with $33.1 million on Friday, including $12 million from pre‑release previews, marking one of the biggest opening days ever for a live‑action film that isn’t tied to an existing franchise. The Ryan Gosling‑led sci‑fi epic earned $190 million worldwide, outperforming...
Netflix is turning the high‑viewership Extraction franchise into a multi‑year franchise, with Extraction 3 slated to begin filming in June 2026 and likely debuting in 2027. The streaming giant is also launching an eight‑episode Mercenary series starring Omar Sy and a South...
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s 2025 film *The Secret Agent* immerses viewers in a hyper‑stylized 1977 Recife, juxtaposing vivid 1970s nostalgia with the brutal reality of Brazil’s military dictatorship. The opening sequence’s sonic‑photo montage sets a surreal, carnival‑charged tone that persists through...
Jil Wong Pak‑kei’s 2025 film Pass and Goal reimagines the classic underdog sports story by weaving contemporary Hong Kong issues such as housing scarcity, immigrant labor, and disability inclusion into a light‑hearted football narrative. Former financial advisor Hay Man, played by...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded its inaugural Oscar for casting to Cassandra Kulukindis for the political thriller *One Battle After Another*. The new category crowns five nominees, including *Hamnet*, *The Secret Agent*, *Sinners* and *Marty Supreme*,...
The 2025 film F1, starring Brad Pitt, has claimed the top spot as the highest‑grossing sports movie of all time, pushing the genre’s box‑office ceiling higher than ever. The list’s other entries range from Hollywood classics like Rocky IV and the Cars...
Kenji Iwaisawa’s "100 Meters" adapts Uoto’s manga into a sports anime that debuted eighth in Japan’s opening‑week box office and quickly rose into Netflix’s global top‑6 non‑English titles. The film has earned multiple nominations, including an Award of Excellence at...
“Undertone,” the latest A24 horror effort directed by Ian Tuason, blends found‑footage storytelling with a 3D audio landscape. Made on a $500,000 budget, the film earned $9 million after strong preview numbers and festival buzz at Fantasia and Sundance. Tuason’s VR...
Award‑winning filmmaker Aayushi A. Shah’s short “Strange Things Will Happen” follows Hannah, a solitary immigrant grappling with anxiety. The film uses tight close‑ups, blue‑tinted visuals and a minimalist score to mirror her mental turbulence, while Tyler St. Clair’s performance anchors...
Andreea Cristina Borțun’s debut feature *A River’s Gaze* premiered in the SMART7 competition at the Kino Pavasaris Film Festival, presenting a bleak portrait of a single mother and her teenage son living among impoverished Roma communities along the Danube. The...
"Wishful Thinking" is a romantic dramedy where a couple’s emotions literally alter their environment, sparked by a self‑help seminar. Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke lead as Charlie, a musician, and Julie, a game developer, navigating love, ambition, and supernatural consequences....
SXSW 2026 showcased two genre‑bending indie films, *Grind* and *Drag*, that fuse horror, comedy, and social satire. *Grind* is an anthology of four gig‑economy‑themed vignettes directed by Ed Dougherty, Brea Grant and Chelsea Stardust, lampooning precarious work conditions with grotesque...
No Ordinary Heist, a 2026 UK thriller directed by Colin McIvor, dramatizes the largest bank robbery in British history, where a gang forces Northern Bank employees to commit the theft through “tiger‑kidnapping.” The film follows boss Richard and employee Barry...
Studios rolled out first trailers for four major 2026 releases, including Sony's Spider‑Man: Brand New Day (July 31) and Warner Bros.' Dune: Part Three (December 18). Universal unveiled a teaser for Steven Spielberg’s sci‑fi return, Disclosure Day (June 12), while Searchlight previewed Martin McDonagh’s...
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Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s low‑fi sci‑fi road movie Anima premiered at SXSW, earning a B+ rating. The film follows Beck (Sydney Chandler), a recently laid‑off worker, who escorts wealthy button mogul Paul (Takehiro Hira) to a consciousness‑uploading service. Their reluctant partnership...
French cinema produced 290 feature films in 2025, a modest 6.1% decline from the 2024 record. Total investment fell 4.8% to €1.37 billion, with broadcaster contributions dropping 11.8% while distribution mandates grew 15.4%. Canal+ reduced its pre‑purchase financing, but Disney+ increased...
Grace Glowicki’s 2025 Canadian comedy "Dead Lover" debuted at Sundance’s Midnight program, earning praise for its direction, writing, and technical design. Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the film follows a woman attempting to resurrect her dead lover, blending dark humor...
The Hubert Bals Fund’s HBF+Europe scheme has allocated €60,000 to eight international co‑productions, split between Minority Co‑production Support and Post‑production Support. The programme, backed by Creative Europe‑MEDIA, encourages European producers to partner with filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the...
The sixth D’A Film Lab Barcelona ran from March 22 to 25 as part of the D’A – Barcelona Film Festival, showcasing 36 projects across three sections. The Final Cut competition awarded a €20,000 prize to one of eight Spanish...
The Festival de Cannes announced six new directors—Harry Lighton, Emma Branderhorst, Joecar Hanna, Saulė Bliuvaitė, Mansi Maheshwari and Oliver McGoldrick—selected for the 51st session of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes. The four‑and‑a‑half‑month residency runs from 16 March to 31 July 2026 in Paris,...
Greece will host the 39th European Film Awards in Athens on 16 January 2027, marking the first time the ceremony lands in southeastern Europe. A year‑long programme of screenings, workshops, and industry events will run throughout 2026‑27 across the country and at...
Netflix UK adds 30 new titles this week, including the original film *Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man* and the action sequel *Bad Boys: Ride or Die*. The slate spans 14 movies, 10 TV series, eight documentaries and two stand‑up specials, expanding both legacy franchises and niche genres. Highlighted...
Drew Goddard revealed that Sony’s planned Sinister Six spin‑off was scrapped after the under‑performing Amazing Spider‑Man 2 and a subsequent Marvel reboot, citing a 2014 studio hack that halted production. He now leads the writing on the next Matrix film, stressing reverence...
The article outlines ten new titles hitting UK and ROI screens in April, ranging from a romantic‑drama starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya to a time‑travel mystery by Mark Jenkin. It mixes established directors like Jim Jarmusch with debut filmmakers such...
20th Century Studios is developing a new two‑hander action thriller titled “Test Drive,” with Oscar‑nominee Paul Greengrass set to direct. The project originated from a spec script by Matt Venne, which the studio secured after a heated bidding war in...
