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The actor’s triumphant breakthrough has clear ancestors in grimy tales of working-class struggle, but finds a fresh, rousing idealism Peter Farrelly’s new film I Play Rocky is about the underdog-with-heart story of how a great boxing movie got made against the odds with its plucky young untried screenwriter allowed to star. So here is a reissue of that 1976 film for its 50th anniversary. It’s a forthright, rousingly idealistic film, wholesome in its essential patriotism, and which unselfconsciously shrugs off the boxing-movie’s gloomy generic inheritance, throwing away its grim traditional baggage of tragedy, cynicism and loss. It also doubles as a love letter to Philadelphia, the cradle of American democracy. Its writer and insurgent star Sylvester Stallone created the role of Rocky Balboa, a punchy heavyweight fighter just turned 30, making peanuts slugging it out with bums and reduced to collecting debts for the Philly mob; this is an indignity which infuriates his grizzled old trainer and former mentor Mickey (Burgess Meredith) who once saw greatness in Rocky and is disgusted to see him selling out. Rocky is moreover entirely oblivious to national preparations to celebrate the 1976 bicentennial. (Boxing is for this anniversary what country music was in Robert Altman’s Nashville, only without the disorientation and pessimism.) Continue reading...

In James Gray’s new crime drama, starring Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson, and Adam Driver, a Queens couple’s life is turned upside down by a scheme for easy money.

EXCLUSIVE: Black Panther, Small Axe and Black Mirror star Letitia Wright is set to star in supernatural horror film In Her Shadow whose producers include Obsession outfit Tea Shop Films. Ahead of the AFM, Bankside is launching world sales on the project which heralds from Brit writer-director Rowan Athale (Gangs of London). BAFTA winner and […]

Known for championing first and second features, the Torino Film Festival has increasingly become a showcase for rising female talent. For the second year running, 10 of the 16 films in Torino’s feature competition are directed by women, a proportion now matched by this year’s short-film selection. While few festivals, in Italy or elsewhere, can […]

In anticipation of Martin McDonagh's new film about two CIA agents in 1970s Chile, writer Lale Arikoglu seeks out the locations and the real people behind them.

The ‘new James Bond’ isn’t Callum Turner, if you believe a bunch of actors in a pub (Picture: shutterstock/ metro) The new James Bond might have just been revealed in the most British way possible – being leaked by the actor’s mates at the pub after too many pints. The identity of the next 007 has been one of Hollywood’s most closely guarded secrets, with anticipation building since Daniel Craig’s 2021 exit. After writer Steven Knight teased that someone had been selected, rumours ramped up about who that chosen actor could be. However, it’s not frontrunners Callum Turner or Jack Lowden’s mates who were ‘insisting’ their friend was Bond. Instead, Josh O’Connor has reportedly landed the role, if the murky beer-goggled details are to be believed. An insider told The Sun: ‘I bumped into one of Josh’s Golden Boy cast mates at The French House. They were recognised by a lot of people who asked for selfies, and we got chatting in a corner completely by accident. Josh O’Connor reportedly told his Golden Boy cast mates he was Bond (Picture: AP Photo/Michel Euler) The next 007 has been speculated since Daniel Craig’s exit (Picture: Danjaq/UPI/Kobal/Shutterstock) ‘Out of nowhere, and oiled by a few glasses of lager, they blurted out that Josh was the next James Bond. ‘I said it was pure speculation but they were insistent it was Josh.’ The actor has been mentioned in the running for Bond but not quite as a top contender, according to bookies. He would undoubtedly be a popular choice, having enjoyed a run of huge films, including Knives Out’s Wake Up Dead Man, Challengers, and God’s Own Country. Reportedly, the Golden Boy cast claimed he had ‘confided in them about getting the role’ after the cast had ‘celebratory drinks’ when the play finished on Halloween. While it would be silly to rule out any contender, it’s probably best to wait for an official announcement before anyone takes O’Connor out for another round of celebratory drinks. Fans are still waiting on…

After breaking out with ironic Instagram videos and self-caricaturing roles, the 35-year-old is ready to show us a ‘more true side’ of himself with his atypically earnest directorial debut, Club Kid.

The 14-year-old Brit discusses owing his music taste to onscreen dad Jordan Firstman, shooting with queer performers and why a failed 'Harry Potter' audition was the best thing that ever happened to him.

Lego is bringing together some of the biggest names in entertainment for its new holiday campaign, directed by “The Greatest Showman” and “Better Man” filmmaker Michael Gracey. Set to Daft Punk’s 2000 hit “One More Time,” the 74-second commercial takes viewers inside a fantastical Lego workshop, where characters from across the toy company’s sprawling universe […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Whitehall (Malice), Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), Oscar nominee Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets) and Golden Globe nominee Andie MacDowell (Four Weddings And A Funeral) are set to star in rom-com Honeymooners. Hanway Films will be launching international sales at the AFM for filmmaker Daryl Wein’s (Something From Tiffany’s) feature which […]

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the American Film Market, international buyers from 12 territories have teamed up to form a new distribution network called Lokia. The 12 distribution partners comprise Wild Bunch Germany GmbH / Wild Bunch Austria (Germany and Austria); Praesens-Film (Switzerland); PRIS Audiovisuals SA (Portugal); Feelgood Entertainment (Greece); Kazoo Films (UK/Ireland); Noori Pictures (South Korea/ […]

Simon Stone’s true-life drama, shot by Mike Eley, stars Andrew Scott as British actor Ian Charleson, who, succumbing to AIDS, throws himself into a final performance of 'Hamlet.'

According to Florence Pugh, Denis Villeneuve’s stunningly strange and breathtaking universe is the equivalent to George Lucas’ heroic space opera. Let’s hope not A long time ago, far far away, in a galaxy called the 1970s, kids dreamed of joining the rebellion, rescuing a princess and blowing up the Death Star. Peer into the cosmic tea leaves and it would become immediately clear that no amount of evildoing could withstand a neurotic gold butler, a dustbin with ideas above its station and a walking seven-foot tall shagpile carpet with a very low tolerance for disagreement. It is worth remembering this when considering Florence Pugh’s recent declaration, ahead of next month’s Dune: Part Three, that Dune is her generation’s Star Wars. And then wondering how much trouble we might be in if she’s actually right. “I think they brought back movie-going. What an event the second [Dune] was,” Pugh cheerfully told the New York Times. “It was just so lovely to be a part of something that we know is our generational kind of Star Wars.” Continue reading...

Taiwanese star Chang Chen introduced six rising actors in a showcase co-organized by the Golden Horse Awards and Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) at the seventh edition of TCCF today. The event, which marks the first collaboration between TCCF and Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, aims to raise the profile of Taiwanese actors at a time […]

James Cameron is inviting audiences back to Pandora with a new collector’s edition of “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” arriving on digital platforms and 4K Ultra HD on Dec. 8. The special release, available on Prime Video, will feature more than nine hours of bonus material, including deleted and extended scenes, behind-the-scenes footage and an awards-season […]

Ruffled gowns, sequins and a werewolf hunter dressed in layers of wool are among this year’s costume designs audiences will see on screen. Contemporary designs are seen in Olivia Wilde in “The Invite,” while a nod to the Regency era is made in “Sense and Sensibility.” And there are numbers. Marci Rodgers delivered over 3,000 […]

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Kitsch (Lone Survivor), Alexandra Daddario (The White Lotus) and screen legend Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) are set to star true crime thriller The Long Island Bank Robber. Based on a true story, Kitsch will star as Stephen Trantel, “a successful Wall Street commodities trader. After being fired from his job, Stephen’s desperate […]

Palme d’Or–winning filmmaker Cristian Mungiu — whose latest film, “Fjord,” is Romania’s official submission for best international feature film at the Oscars — will be leading a delegation from his country at the upcoming American Film Market, where Romania has been set as the first-ever country of focus. The AFM is launching this new initiative […]

EXCLUSIVE: Vasaria Pictures, the genre label set up by Saw writers Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunston and producers Sean Gowrie and Nick Phillip, has teamed with horror-focused vertical streamer TerrorBox. The pair will work together to develop short-form content, often from emerging horror filmmaking talent, and seek to expand that into feature films. As part […]

Universal has laid out its international rollout plans for Alex Gibey’s documentary about Elon Musk. “Musk,” which comes in at a hefty 3 hours and 45 minutes, will begin its global release via Universal Pictures International in the U.K., where it hits cinemas on Jan. 15, followed by Germany on Jan. 21, Spain on Feb. […]

“You Can See Everything,” Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s smash-hit documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, has yet to open in major international territories. But the crescendoing anticipation for a nearly three-hour film that came out of nowhere suggests that it could also rock numerous other box offices in the coming weeks. In the […]

Universal International has finally set offshore release dates for Alex Gibney’s controversial four-hour documentary Musk with the UK on Jan. 15, Germany on Jan. 21, Spain on Feb. 5, France on Feb. 17 February and Australia on Feb. 25. More release dates abroad will be announced. The pic has already released stateside via Bleecker Street, […]

At the Santiago Film Festival (Sanfic) to talk about his upcoming shoot in Chile, “The Misunderstanding” (“El Malentendido”), Spain’s Alex de la Iglesia (“The Bar,” “30 Coins”) could not have been more effusive. He relates that it was at the festival last year where he met his Chilean producer Pablo Díaz of Rio Estudios (“Hidden […]

EXCLUSIVE: New York Times Op-Docs, the Oscar-winning series of short documentaries, has acquired Listen, the new film directed by Taliesin Black-Brown. The short produced by Black-Brown, executive produced and produced by Greg M. Moga III and Bray’s Run Productions and produced by Academy Award winner Sam A. Davis (The Singers) “takes audiences into the world […]

“The End of Oak Street” is coming to a neighborhood near you. The suburban dinosaur film is set for release on HBO Max on Nov. 13. From director David Robert Mitchell, “The End of Oak Street” premiered in theaters on Aug. 14 from Warner Bros. Pictures. The film stars Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor as […]

EXCLUSIVE: One of the most fun-sounding projects on sale at the upcoming AFM will be the Matthew Vaughn-produced irreverent action-comedy Stuntnuts, the Kick-Ass and Kingsman filmmaker’s homage to the largely unheralded men and women who carry out the death-defying stunts in the movies we love. Stuntnuts will have a first market screening at the AFM […]

EXCLUSIVE: Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Hannah John-Kamen (Thunderbolts* ) and Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Hill House) have been unveiled as the stars of horror thriller Can I Come In? as The Launch Company gears up to commence sales at the AFM. Directed by Iranian Canadian director Rouzbeh […]

The cast and filmmakers behind “La Bola Negra” will receive the International Star Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Jan. 7. Co-directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and stars Penélope Cruz, Guitarricadelafuente and Miguel Bernardeau will attend the 38th annual gala event to accept the award. “With ‘La Bola Negra,’ Javier Calvo […]

Everyone’s favorite kaiju is stomping its way back to the box office. “Godzilla Minus Zero,” the sequel to 2023’s “Godzilla Minus One,” has made $6.7 million in previews. The Japanese movie is expected to beat fellow newcomers at the box office this weekend with a $30 million opening. That’s more than double the $11.4 million […]

The 20-year-old actress, who rose to fame with her role in 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' and later with her 'Dancing With the Stars' win, took on a new challenge voicing Gabby in the new animated film.

As the Instagram star-turned-auteur brought his Cannes breakout home to the New York Film Festival, he talked about adding a queer entry to the comedy canon, and how he’s more patient than he thought.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ The End of Oak Street will make its global streaming debut exclusively on HBO Max on Friday, November 13. The movie will be released on HBO linear the following day, November 14, at 8 p.m. ET. The film, written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, stars Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella […]

Arriving a bit late to ride the fizzled momentum of the nation’s semiquincentennial, and a bit early for Christmas, patriotic musical “Drummer Boy” nonetheless should strike a chord with Christian audiences. It’s the first feature for several collaborators since 2024’s “Unsung Hero,” one of the bigger “faith-based entertainment” hits in recent years, though this tale […]

The period drama, set in rural Croatia, circa 1910, takes inspiration from 'Wuthering Heights' and gothic horror to tell a surprisingly modern tale of female liberation.