Ethan Hawke will never forget what he learned from working with Robin Williams on 1989s Dead Poets Society. During a recent career retrospective video interview with Vanity Fair, the Black Phone 2 actor opened up about what he observed from watching filmmaker Peter Weir direct the late Williams. Im watching him direct Robin Williams, not an easy thing to do,...

The classic stereotype of the citizens of Los Angeles is that that were all fake. That the people here are all flash and no substance, all smiles and no sincerity, as photogenic as the Pacific at sunset and as shallow as the Los Angeles River during one of our somehow constant historic droughts. This is not true, obviously, any more...

Netflix has released the official full trailer for Stranger Things final season. Below is the new footage for season five of the Netflix coming-of-age sci-fi smash. The official trailer is nearly three minutes long and is stuffed with bombastic special effects, intense emotion (a lot of tears), plenty of action and one mean Vecna. We kind of hit the ground...

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo is the seductive title of young Chilean writer-directorDiego Cspedes feature film debut. The modern western, which explores themes of love, chosen family, and myths, world premiered inCannesUn Certain Regard section, where it won the sections top award. More recently, Chile selected it as the countrys entry for the best international feature category of the...

Logo text [This story contains MAJOR spoilers from the season finale ofChad Powers.] The mask didnt come undone. But it might as well have because Chad Powers (Glen Powell) secret is now out, at least when it comes to his relationship with coach Ricky (Perry Mattfeld). In the season one finale of Hulus sports comedy Chad Powers, Ricky discovers that...

The Hello Kitty movie is getting ready to greet audiences. Warner Bros. is set to release director Leo Matsudas animated film in theaters July 21, 2028. The studio took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce the release date for the project that hails from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and New Line Cinema and will adapt the classic feline character. Plot...

Diane Lane admits there was a bit too much testosterone on the set of 1983s The Outsiders. The Oscar-nominated actress stopped by a recent episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, where she was asked about her experience shooting the movie with mainly male costars, including Tom Cruise,Rob Lowe,Emilio Estevez,Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell,Patrick Swayze andMatt Dillon. What was it like...

With two acclaimed indie features screening back-to-back at last years Tokyo International Film Festival Keiko Tsuruokas Ravens and Kiyoshi Sugiyamas award winner Teki Cometh actress Kumi Takiuchi cemented her standing as one of the most versatile and fearless young performers of contemporary Japanese cinema. A onetime newcomer discovered through a national talent contest, Takiuchi has built a singular career outside...

As much as I cant stand DeSean Jackson and for good reason the former Philadelphia Eagles wideout has done a remarkable job turning around the Delaware State University football program. Documentary filmmakers have taken notice. Indie docuseries Inside the Hornets Nest from co-directors Jon Connor and Byron Jackson, DeSeans brother, is currently in production and soon to be shopped to...

Animation has been among the key drivers of the Chinese film industrys rapid development over the past two decades, and the past 12 months have showcased just how far this art form has come in the country. Obviously much of the noise has been centered about the stunning box office success of Beijing Enlight Pictures Ne Zha 2, the tale...

After Mel Owens filmed the Golden Bachelor reunion special and sat down to chat with reporters, he had one request. Be nice to me! he asked, earnestly. But really, Owens had already faced his toughest critics when, on the first night of the second season of ABCs senior-aged spinoff series of The Bachelor, the 66-year-old former NFL player turned lawyerhad...

Kokuho, which takes its title and its novelistic sweep from a recent work of fiction about the rarefied world of kabuki, begins in the mid-1960s and ends 50 years later. Steeped in modern Japanese history without explicating it, director Sang-il Lees feature is propelled by operatic intensity and visual poetry. It unfolds over three mostly riveting hours, with only occasional...

DreamWorks Animation hopes to make a splash with its casting for the forthcoming feature Forgotten Island. H.E.R. (The Color Purple),Liza Soberano (Lisa Frankenstein), Lea Salonga (KPop Demon Hunters), Dave Franco (Regretting You), Manny Jacinto (Freakier Friday) and Jenny Slate (Dying for Sex) will lead the voice cast for the animated comedy adventure film. Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado are writing...