The 31st Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg (JFBB), Germanys largest Jewish film festival, unveiled its line-up Thursday, spotlighting independent features from Israel, the U.S. and Europe depicting Jewish narratives from a global perspective. The festival kicks off May 6 with Daniel Robbins Bad Shabbos, a dark comedy centered on a chaotic New York Shabbat dinner, which premiered at Tribeca last...

The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is looking to be another knockout, with some of this years hottest features, including Wes AndersonsThe Phoenician Scheme, Richard LinklatersNouvelle Vague, and Ari Asters Eddington set to premiere on the Croisette. Cannes delegate general Thierry Frmaux and president Iris Knobloch announced this years line-up at a press conference in Paris Thursday morning....

Its official: China is set to reduce the number of Hollywood films it imports in response to an escalating tariff war with the U.S. and will look to increase film imports from other countries. The China Film Administration (CFA), the body that handles film releases and quotas in the country, released a statement on Thursday in response to a reporters...

Christopher Landon, who was originally set to direct Scream 7, is revealing what went down amid Melissa Barrera being fired from the film. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Landon spoke about what a dark and tumultuous experience Scream 7 was. Barrera who led Scream and Scream VI, was dropped in November 2023 from the seventh film because of...

Ryan Coogler is looking back at how seriously the lateChadwick Boseman took his work as an actor. The Black Panther director, who recently helmed Sinners starring Michael B. Jordan, made a recent appearance on The Breakfast Club, where he was asked, What did Chadwick Boseman bring out of you that Michael B. Jordan doesnt? Out of all of my actors,...

Brandyn Barbara Artis, an actress who appeared in films including George Lucas THX 1138 and Randa Haines The Doctor, has died. She was 81. Artis battled breast cancer and died March 31 at her home in Los Angeles, her friend Karen T. Bolt announced. Artis rsum also included work on such TV shows as Man From Atlantis, The White Shadow,...

Joey D. Vieira, who portrayed the farm boy Sylvester Porky Brockway on the first four seasons of the long-running CBS series Lassie, has died. He was 80. Vieira died Monday the day before his birthday in hospice care, his Lassie co-star Jon Provost announced on Facebook. Viera also appeared in some notable films, among them Bob Carol Ted Alice (1969),...

Ne Zha 2, Chinas animated mega-blockbuster, is getting another, and very special, way to excite fans and the entertainment industry. The Beijing International Film Festival has unveiled that an exhibition featuring 150 posters for the movie hand-painted by director Yang Yu, who goes by the name Jiaozi, will take place during its 15th edition, which runs April 18-26. Enlight Media...

[This story contains spoilers from the Black Mirror season seven episode, Plaything.] For the first time in Black Mirrors seven seasons on Netflix, viewers of an episode can play one of its terrifying plot points on their phones as the episode unfolds. In Plaything one of six new episodes from creator Charlie Brooker now streaming a video game journalist (played...

Cold is never far from mind in Netflixs North of North, set in a remote village deep in the Arctic region of Canada. Snow blankets the ground in every single episode, as icy grey waters lap the shore. Even in summer, the characters remain bundled up in woolen hats and puffy coats. And yet warm was one of the words...

Richard Kahn, the former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences whose term included the 1989 Oscars, infamous for its Rob Lowe-Snow White musical number, has died. He was 95. The first head of AMPAS to come from its marketing and public relations branch, Kahn died Saturday in Los Angeles, his daughters, Sharon Kahn and Lisa Kahn...

If youre looking for the Connections answer for Wednesday, April 9, 2025, read onIll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, Ill explain the meanings of the trickier words and well learn how everything fits together. Beware, there are spoilers below for April 9, NYT Connections #668! Read on if...

If youre looking for the Wordle answer for April 9, 2025, read on. Well share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solution. Todays puzzle is easier; I got it in three. Beware, there are spoilers below for April 9, Wordle #1,390! Keep scrolling if you want some hints (and then the answer) to todays Wordle game. How to...