Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh will be honored with the Berlin Film Festivals Golden Bear in recognition of her outstanding achievements in film and cinema, the festival announced Friday. The Everything Everywhere All At Once star will receive the award at the opening ceremony of the 76th Berlinale on February 12, 2026. Michelle Yeoh is a visionary artist and performer whose...

After the 1988 success of Cannon Films Hong Kong-set Bloodsport, starring the then up-and-coming Jean-Claude Van Damme, Cannons Menahem Golan, a regular and colorful presence at the American Film Market, was looking for a new vehicle for the Belgian-born martial arts star when writer-director Sheldon Lettich pitched a screenplay hed written based on Alexandre Dumas The Corsican Brothers, about two...

Migration is one of the hot-button issues of our time, dividing people on TV and mobile screens and at dinner tables and bars in many countries around the world. In the heat of some of the more heated debates, the human stories sometimes may get sidelined, or maybe even forgotten. Director Marta Bergmans new feature, migrant drama The Silent Run...

Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan will be honored by The Hollywood Reporter at this years EnergaCamerimage film festival with the inaugural THR Visionary in Cinematography Award. Ryan is one of the most versatile and acclaimed cinematographers working today. A two-time Oscar nominee for his lensing of Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite (2018) and Poor Things (2023) their latest collaboration is the awards-season...

To be, or not to be? That is the question echoing through a derelict Soviet-eraretirement home in Armenia, where a group of residents rehearse for an original play that may even dazzle William Shakespeare. The play, Shakespeares Sins, sees the characters of the famous playwright, who is often simply called The Bard, confront him over theirtragic fates. And a documentary...

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Bob Ferguson, a washed up former revolutionary, in One Battle After Another, the movie from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson. Called a furious film, a richly engaging and persuasive polemic by film critic Richard Lawson, the action thriller is now available to watch online. Before it streams on demand on HBO Max, One Battle After Another is available...

Morgan Freeman is speaking out again on AI. Freeman recently spoke with The Guardian about his thoughts on AI and how its trying to use his voice with permission. Im a little POd, you know, he said. Im like any other actor: dont mimic me with falseness. I dont appreciate it and I get paid for doing stuff like that,...

Stop the presses! Theres a new monarch in town. Long live the king and his queen! Where, you ask? Well, in Versalles. What, you ask? Well, thats the title of the new movie from Andrs Clariond (Hilda), which world premieres on Sunday in the main competition lineup of the29th editionof theTallinn Black Nights Film Festival(PFF). So, what in the world...

Taika Waititi has a long relationship with Disney and its studios. He directed a pair of Thor movies for Marvel Studios, won an adapted screenplay Oscar for Searchlights Jojo Rabbit, and voiced a droid in The Mandalorian, in addition to directing on the Disney+ Star Wars series. Now, he has added another line to that resume: directing the companys annual...

Sofia Coppola was honored at the Museum of Modern Arts 2025 Film Benefit, presented by Chanel, on Wednesday, as the filmmaker looked back at the start of her career when she was known just as Francis Ford Coppolas daughter. Bill Murray, Elle Fanning, Josh Hartnett, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, Michael Ovitz and MoMAs chief curator of film Rajendra Roy were...

You could almost call it the Rise of Solo. Or maybe A New New Hope. Weeks after it was revealed that the Walt Disney Company had squashed the idea of a Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker spinoff centered on Ben Solo, the son of Han Solo played by Adam Driver, the idea refuses to die amongst fans of the...

Lady Gaga is opening up about being on lithium while filming A Star Is Born and experiencing a psychotic break. In her Rolling Stone cover story published Thursday, the singer revealed that during filming the Oscar-nominated film, she used the drug totreat and prevent episodes of mania. After filming wrapped, Gaga embarked on the Joanne world tour, where she experienced...

With the publicity machine behind Stranger Things starting to ramp up ahead of the final season, the show re-entered the Nielsen streaming charts in mid-October. The series ranked eighth among original streaming shows for the week of Oct. 13-19, logging 393 million minutes of viewing time for the four currently available seasons. That week saw the reveal of running times...