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Barry Jenkins Gave Director Eva Victor’s Directors’ Fortnight Debut ’Sorry Baby’ a Solid Launch
No new filmmaker has a more fitting name than Eva Victor, writer-director-star of the seriocomic Sundance hit “Sorry, Baby.” The actor and online comedian’s first feature attracted L...
May 17, 2025
Why Harris Dickinson Put His Rising Acting Career on Hold to Direct Cannes Premiere ‘Urchin’: ‘I Didn’t Work as an Actor for a Year’
When someone has an acting career in the sharp ascendancy, casting directors lining up to offer starry roles and a newly-crowned label as Hollywood's latest It Boy, it’s unlikely that they’...
May 17, 2025
MotoGP Action Movie ‘Idols’ Taps Óscar Casas to Star
scar Casas ("Mi soledad tiene alas") is the man on the lightning-fast bike in the MotoGP action film "Idols." The up-and-coming Spanish actor will star in the film for Film Mode Entertainment, 4 Cats ...
May 17, 2025
Christian Petzold’s ‘Miroirs No. 3’ Is Like a Gothic Fairytale Set in the American Mid-West
Christian Petzold's "Miroirs No. 3," which has its world premiere on Saturday in Directors' Fortnight, is set in present-day Germany but it evokes a gothic fairytale, albeit set in a landscape reminis...
May 17, 2025
Studio Babelsberg Nabs New ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel, Latest Schlöndorff Pic While Celebrating Wes Anderson’s Cannes Premiere
Studio Babelsberg remains a key player for international productions shooting in Europe, but it’s expanding its focus in Germany and eager to offer its vast infrastructure to more local producti...
May 16, 2025
Meet the Space Program, the Producing Collective Behind Buzzy Cannes Film ‘The Plague’: ‘For Indie Movies, It’s Not One Size Fits All’
The Space Program, a New York-based team of indie producers, describes itself as a collective. The way things work is that the three-person team collaborates on all projects - with one person taking l...
May 16, 2025
FA Cup Final 2026: Here’s Where to Watch the English Cup Match Live Online
The Emirates FA Cup (Football Association Challenge Cup) is England’s primary soccer cup, while its final match concludes the 145th annual season. In the cup match, Chelsea FC takes on Mancheste...
May 16, 2025
Indonesia’s Angga Dwimas Sasongko Unveils Action Epic ‘Queen of Malacca’ at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)
Indonesian filmmaker Angga Dwimas Sasongko is making a return to the director’s chair with “Queen of Malacca,” a crime-action thriller that melds Southeast Asian mysticism with gritt...
May 16, 2025
Cannes Competition: Chie Hayakawa’s ‘Renoir’ Explores Childhood Grief Within Japan’s Bubble Era
Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa, whose “Plan 75” earned a Camera d’Or Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival, is back on the Croisette with competition title “R...
May 16, 2025
‘The Bondsman’ Canceled After One Season at Amazon
“The Bondsman” has been canceled at Amazon after just one season, Variety has learned. The action horror series originally debuted its entire eight-episode first season on Prime Video on A...
May 16, 2025