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“Voodoo Macbeth” credits no fewer than 10 directors and eight screenwriters, all of them students of or recent graduates from the USC School of the Cinematic Arts. And arguably the most impressive thing about the USC-produced movie — a fanciful dramatization of Orson Welles’ historic 1936 New York production of “Macbeth” with an all-Black cast

The first trailer for “You Resemble Me,” the feature directorial debut of “The Square” associate producer Dina Amer, has been unveiled. The film debuted at Venice in 2021 and has had a stellar festival run since, picking up plaudits on the way. The film, executive produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, Riz Ahmed and Alma

The Berlin Film Festival was not significantly shaped by the Nazi activities of Alfred Bauer, its first festival director, new research has found. But the festival will hold itself up for scrutiny, with a public discussion next month about Bauer and how he disguised his affiliations. Revelations about Bauer’s past came to the surface in

The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have revealed the nomination longlists for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film categories. In addition, BIFA’s Raindance Discovery Award longlist has also been unveiled. Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 49th Student Academy Awards ceremony, which took place during an in-person ceremony at its David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles. The Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards were presented during the Academy’s first in-person ceremony

In a video posted to the official TikTok account on Thursday, Rachel Zegler gives viewers a tour of the set of “Hunger Games” prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” The film, which is based on Suzanne Collins’ book of the same name, stars Tom Blyth as a young Coriolanus Snow — who eventually grows up

Warner Bros. Pictures has named longtime executive Jesse Ehrman as president of production and development, Variety has learned exclusively. The 16-year studio executive steps into the role vacated by Courtenay Valenti. He will report to Michael DeLuca and Pamela Abdy, co-chairs and CEOs, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Ehrman will oversee and manage the division’s live-action development

United Talent Agency has signed filmmaker and artist Morrisa Maltz for representation in all areas. Maltz’s latest film, “The Unknown Country,” premiered at SXSW this year and marks the artist and filmmaker’s first narrative feature. Filmed in the style of an observational documentary, “The Unknown Country” stars Lily Gladstone (also in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming “Killers

The Animation Is Film Festival, in its fifth in-person edition, once again champions the jewels of the hand-drawn, CGI and stop-motion world.   This year’s festival kicks off Oct. 21 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood with the U.S. premiere of Henry Selick’s stop-motion “Wendell & Wild.” Selick will also be there to

NewportFilm has announced the revival of its Cinematography Lab, which seeks to provide creative support and mentorship to emerging documentary cinematographers. Six fellows will participate in this year’s program, which is set to be held on Oct. 21-23 at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, R.I. Robb Moss, a department chair of Visual and Environmental

Highland Film Group has locked distribution deals in key international territories in all media for “Blood for Dust,” a new action-thriller starring Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington and Josh Lucas. The film is directed by Rod Blackhurst, best known for Netflix’s “Amanda Knox” and Peacock’s “John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise,” and written by David Ebeltoft.

A New York jury sided with Kevin Spacey in a $40 million civil lawsuit, finding that the Oscar-winning actor did not molest Anthony Rapp when he was a teenager and is not liable for battery. After roughly 80 minutes of deliberations, jurors reached their decision finding that Rapp’s lawyers had failed to prove that Spacey

Italy’s Lucca Comics & Games, which is Europe’s biggest pop-culture and cosplay meet, is back in full post-pandemic swing with a slew of premieres and high-caliber talent set to engage with thousands of fans in the medieval Tuscan town. The immersive Oct. 28-Nov. 1 event, dedicated to fandom and the whole universe of comics —

Publicist Haleigh Breest recalls feeling “absolutely paralyzed and terrified” when the Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis allegedly raped her at his Manhattan apartment in January 2013. Haggis’ civil rape trial continued on Thursday in a Lower Manhattan courtroom as Breest testified that the director raped her after she reluctantly went to his Soho apartment following a

What’s stranger than fiction? Biopics and historical dramas have typically been Oscar fodder, as shown by winners like “The King’s Speech” (2010) and “A Beautiful Mind” (2001). Sometimes, real-life events become a common thread among multiple titles in a single awards season. This year, however, several films tackling sexual assault — such as Universal’s “She

Ten years ago, Lucca Comics & Games expanded its scope with a dedicated film and TV section run by Milan-based entertainment marketing company QMI, headed by Giovanni Cova, who has been working in tandem on this strand with Lucca chief Emanuele Vietina. During the course of this decade, Hollywood has become a more integral part

Writer/director Rian Johnson beams with positivity when sitting down to chat at the Middleburg Film Festival. His latest film “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” has been making the festival rounds, garnering critical acclaim and some Oscar buzz. But there’s one thing that his fans are dying to know: will he ever make his proposed

A jury was selected Thursday morning in Harvey Weinstein’s Los Angeles rape trial, after almost two weeks of screening and juror questioning. The jury will be comprised of nine men and three women, many of whom said they didn’t hold strong (or any) opinions about the #MeToo movement, which grew into a global reckoning following

Attorneys for Anthony Rapp portrayed Kevin Spacey as a voracious sexual predator in their closing statements in a $40 million civil lawsuit brought against the Oscar-winning actor. “[Kevin Spacey] cannot control his sexual urges when they come up,” Richard Steigman, one of the lawyers on Rapp’s team, told the jury in a New York City

Netflix has boarded the Safdie Brothers’ upcoming feature film starring Adam Sandler, Variety has confirmed. While little is known about the untitled “Uncut Gems” followup, Josh and Benny Safdie are set to develop the project. Last week, Sandler told Vanity Fair that the project is set to shoot in late winter, and he expects the

Queen of camp, priestess of the double entendres and the official “Mistress of the Dark”: Elvira was light years ahead of her time. With her iconic sky-high bouffant, black nails and tight dress, Cassandra Peterson’s spooky hostess persona is now a staple in the annals of horror. But it wasn’t all wigs and laughs when

Charlie Cox is Daredevil once more. After reviving the character for a brief cameo in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Cox officially debuted his fan favorite superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a few episodes of the Disney+ series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.” Next up, Cox will lead the 18-episode limited series “Daredevil: Born Again.”

“Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” co-stars Ke Huy Quan and Harrison Ford broke the internet in September when they reunited for the first time in over three decades. The two actors snapped a viral photo together at Disney’s D23 convention. Now in an interview with The New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan, Quan detailed

The Grammys’ visual-media song category is always the same story: last year’s Oscar-bait movie tunes versus this year’s potential Oscar contenders. So Beyoncé, Ariana Grande and Jay-Z face off against Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Zendaya, Mick Jagger and Doja Cat in first-round balloting to decide the Grammy nominees for best movie, TV or video game

“Call It!,” an app that empowers the U.K. film and TV workforce to call bad behavior out, has entered into a partnership with ITV Studios. The app enables the workforce to record incidents of bullying, harassment and discrimination quickly and anonymously, without fear of reprisal or repercussion. It also provides easy access to employers’ ‘Dignity

Michelle Williams will receive a performer tribute at the 32nd Gotham Awards ceremony, taking place in person on Nov. 28 in New York City. The Gotham Awards are the first ceremony of the fall season recognizing the achievements of independent productions and performers in film and television. With Williams in the Oscar conversation for her

Cohen Film Collection is continuing its restorations of classic Merchant Ivory productions, among them 1963’s “The Householder,” the first film collaboration between Ismail Merchant and James Ivory. The classics label of Cohen Media Group, Cohen Film Collection is lining up the restorations of four titles that also include the 1977 episodic romantic drama “Roseland,” with

The 35th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA, Nov. 9-20), will open with the world premiere of Iranian-Dutch filmmaker Niki Padidar’s “All You See.” The festival has also revealed the titles in its competition lineups. In all, 277 titles will be screened at the in-person festival. Artistic director Orwa Nyrabia said: “Here’s

Bollywood action star Vidyut Jammwal (“Sanak”) is teaming with Arjun Rampal (“The Rapist”) and Jacqueline Fernandez (“Attack”) on extreme sports action film “Crakk – Jeetegaa Toh Jiyegaa!” The film, the journey of a man from the slums of Mumbai to the world of underground extreme sports, reunites Jammwal with his “Commando 3” director Aditya Datt.

“Rust” will resume production in January, more than a year after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed on set. But the production will not return to New Mexico, where a criminal investigation and state workplace safety proceedings remain unresolved. The production is still looking for a new location, but California is a possibility, said