Row K Entertainment will release DEAD MAN’S WIRE in select theaters January 9, 2026, and wide January 16, 2026, with an awards qualifying run December 12, 2025. Based on a true story, the 1977 kidnapping of a prominent banker grips the nation and turns the abductor into an outlaw folk hero. As the media frenzy […]
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Apple Original Films today announced it is has landed the global rights to “Sponsor” and Apple Studios will produce the new feature starring Jason Segel and directed by James Ponsoldt. Set to be shot in California, the film hails from an original idea co-written by Segel and Ponsoldt, who also serve as executive producers on
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Cine+Más SF proudly launches the 17th San Francisco Latino Film Festival (SFLFF) this week, celebrating Latin American and U.S. Latino stories with 24 in-person screenings—featuring 16 features and 8 short film programs—across some of San Francisco’s most beloved cultural venues. The festival opens Thursday, October 23 at 6:00 PM at the Roxie Theater with ASCO:
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Mark Ruffalo is officially in his cop era. From chasing bad guys in “In the Cut” (2003) and “Collateral” (2004) to leading a full-blown FBI task force in HBO’s “Task” (2025), the man has gone from smashing things as the Hulk to smashing organized crime. At this rate, he’s one badge and a coffee addiction
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The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the Park City Legacy program for the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, celebrating the Festival’s rich history and shared experiences in Utah through archival and restoration screenings of iconic films from previous editions, artists talks with notable Festival alumni, and a special event for the community. This year’s Festival will serve as
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This weekend, the 2025 Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) continued its 26th annual festival with its 2025 Festival Honors Brunch and Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch at the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, CA. This year’s honorees included include Scarlett Johansson (Variety’s Legend & Groundbreaker Award), Kerry Condon (Artist of Distinction Award), Brendan Fraser (Icon Award), Mark Hamill (Icon Award), Diane Lane (Icon Award), Francine Maisler (Casting
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The annual gala for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures took place this past weekend in Los Angeles, bringing together a glittering mix of Hollywood stars, musicians and filmmakers for an evening that blended fashion, celebration and serious purpose. Hosted at the museum’s Wilshire Boulevard campus, the gala serves not just as a celebration of
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I recently had the chance to screen some indie films from this year’s ScreamFest Horror Film Festival, and here’s my takeaway on four standout titles: The Red Mask, Landlord, Nightshift, and Spirit of Halloweentown. The Red Mask plunges you into a meta-horror labyrinth, following writer Allina Green (Helena Howard) as she reimagines a cult classic while facing online backlash and
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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival, the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, is excited to announce its 2025 award winners. The festival took place from October 7 to 16, 2025, at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Screamfest concluded this week with the premiere screening of Hulu’s The Hand that Rocks The
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The Festival de Cannes has announced the six filmmakers selected for the 50th edition of La Résidence du Festival de Cannes: Alica Bednáriková (Slovakia), Federico Luis (Argentina), Maksym Nakonechnyi (Ukraine), Laís Santos Araújo (Brazil), Baran Sarmad (Iran), and Dian Weys (South Africa). From October 1, 2025, through February 15, 2026, these rising talents will live
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Last year’s global cinematic cultural sensation, which became the most successful Broadway film adaptation of all time, now reaches its epic, electrifying, emotional conclusion in Wicked: For Good. Directed once again by award-winning director Jon M. Chu and starring the spectacular returning cast, led by Academy Award®nominated superstars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the final chapter
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When a private jet goes down on a remote island, the power dynamics flip in this gripping survival dramedy starring Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien. McAdams plays a brilliant but undervalued employee stuck catering to her arrogant boss (O’Brien) on a work trip gone wrong. With him injured and no rescue in sight, she’s forced
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After seven days of screenings across 48 features and 70 short films, virtually all making their Los Angeles theatrical premieres, the inaugural 2025 Film Fest at Hollywood Park, presented by Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas and Hollywood Park, is proud to announce this year’s award winners. Best Picture was given to the festival’s Opening Night Film Becoming
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It’s giving similar energy as the 1991 film “Defending Your Life” with Albert Brooks and Meryl Streep. In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with (Miles Teller) and her first love (Callum
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YANUNI is a documentary that follows Juma Xipaia, an Indigenous leader from the Brazilian Amazon, as she transitions from life in a remote village to serving as Brazil’s first Secretary of Indigenous Rights. The film chronicles her experiences facing multiple assassination attempts, her partnership with her husband—a federal IBAMA agent combating illegal gold mining—and her
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Diane Keaton, born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946, in Los Angeles, California, was the rare kind of Hollywood original who never seemed to be acting—she was simply, unapologetically herself. She passed away on October 11, 2025, at the age of 79, leaving behind a legacy built on eccentric charm, sharp humor, and fearless individuality.
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Amazon MGM Studios is on a roll with star-studded releases this year. An expert thief rolls out the biggest heist of his life in Play Dirty, an action-packed thriller from director Shane Black. Parker (Mark Wahlberg), along with Grofield (LaKeith Stanfield), Zen (Rosa Salazar) and a skilled crew, stumble onto a score that pits them
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This week, Apple TV+ was honored as part of the Spotlight Section at the New York Film Festival with the world premiere of the highly anticipated documentary event “Mr. Scorsese,” about the life of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese. All five episodes of the documentary series were showcased at NYFF as part of this special presentation
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