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Social unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic have not been able to stop the sixth edition of the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival from taking place as an in-person event. It runs this week Sept. 3-6, 2020. The four-day festival features a line-up of films from ASEAN member nations including “Rom” by Tran Thanh Huy from Vietnam,

AMC Entertainment is selling off nine of its Baltic theaters in a €65 million ($77 million) deal. The company said Monday that it has signed a deal to sell nine venues across Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia — cinemas AMC took on as part of its $929 million acquisition of Nordic Cinema Group in 2017. UP

Local project “Another World” and “Stranger Eyes” from Singapore took the top awards at the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), the first time that the nearly two-decade old project market has been held as a virtual edition. Produced by Polly Yeung and to be directed by Ng Kai-chung, “Another World” is an animated

In 1968, during Brazil’s military dictatorship, singer-songwriter, Caetano Veloso – who the preceding year had been among founders of the revolutionary Tropicalia artistic movement – was arrested on trumped-up charges.  Veloso was taken from his São Paulo home to Rio de Janeiro, where he was placed in solitary confinement for one week and held behind

Korean cinemagoers came out to see “Tenet,” but their enthusiasm extended almost no further, as coronavirus cases resurge in the world’s number four box office market. And Korean cinema operators are retrenching. “Tenet,” the much-anticipated time-looping spy thriller earned $2.90 million from 353,000 ticket sales over the Friday to Sunday weekend. It played on 2,216

Chinese war film, “The Eight Hundred” was the highest scoring film in the world over the weekend. According to data from Artisan Gateway, “The Eight Hundred” grossed $69 million between Friday and Sunday, its second weekend on release in China. That compares with the $53 million total achieved by “Tenet” in the 41 international territories

Holland Taylor thought it was only natural that she be cast as the Great Leader, the most powerful person in the universe, in “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” After all, Taylor has made a career out of playing imperious figures who bend the world to their wills in everything from “Two and a Half

Anthony Carrigan endured hours of makeup to become Dennis Caleb McCoy, a time-traveling robot in “Bill & Ted Face the Music.” The “Barry” star embraced the acting challenge, but struggled with the physical demands of wearing such a crazy costume in the dead of summer. He had a very unusual method for cooling off on

Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” launched internationally this weekend with a surprisingly robust $53 million debut despite the ongoing pandemic. “We are off to a fantastic start internationally and couldn’t be more pleased,” said Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. “Christopher Nolan has once again delivered an event worthy motion picture that demands to be seen

Very few fundraising events bring together the combined talents of Zooey Deschanel and former United States Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, but that’s exactly what’s happening Sunday with United to Save the Vote. These leading lights of Hollywood and the Beltway will join a star-stunned lineup that also includes Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence, SIA, Dave

Director Ryan Coogler released an emotional tribute in honor of Chadwick Boseman, the “Black Panther” who died after a four-year battle with colon cancer. Read the statement in its entirety below: Before sharing my thoughts on the passing of the great Chadwick Boseman, I first offer my condolences to his family who meant so very

Superhero thriller “The New Mutants,” one of the first major movies to open since coronavirus caused theaters to close in March, launched to $7 million over the weekend. Though ticket sales were on the lower end of expectations, the Disney and 20th Century Studios title marks the biggest debut yet for a new release during

A host of emerging independent American filmmakers will get an introduction to the European market this November during U.S. in Progress, an event hosted each year during the American Film Festival (AFF) in Wrocław, Poland. The online edition of this year’s event will unspool from Nov. 11-13 alongside the AFF, which has combined its dates

Just when it felt like spirits might be flagging during this summer’s virtual edition of Polish Days—the industry program of the New Horizons Intl. Film Festival—the organizers turned to the unlikeliest of heroes: Wirginia Szmyt, better known by her stage name D.J. Wika, an 82-year-old icon of the Warsaw music scene, and the subject of

Two people were injured in Singapore on Sunday while watching the newly released movie “Tenet.” They were hit by debris as the ceiling partially collapsed at the Shaw Theatres NEX Mall. The incident happened shortly before 5pm local time in Hall 6 of the multiplex. It appears that a large section of ventilation duct crashed

The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Studios will pay tribute to Chadwick Boseman tonight with a special commercial-free airing of “Black Panther” on ABC, followed by a special examining the actor’s life and work. The unusual move is a sign of respect from the studio behind the Marvel movie that brought Boseman his greatest fame

Marvel’s “Black Panther,” starring Chadwick Boseman in the title role, bounded into the top five most popular movies on Apple and Amazon’s charts Saturday — a notable feat, given that the blockbuster superhero title is also streaming on Disney Plus. Interest in “Black Panther” — as well as Boseman’s other films — surged following the

TBS has announced that it will air Marvel’s “Black Panther” twice this weekend in honor of star Chadwick Boseman, who died on Friday at the age of 43. “Black Panther” will air on TBS on Saturday at 9 p.m. ET/PT and on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Boseman died of colon cancer, which he had

“Long Live the King,” the appropriate tagline on the poster for 2018’s “Black Panther,” captures this moment in history. The significance of Chadwick Boseman, who died on Friday at 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, to the African American and Black community is immeasurable. When representing inspirational icons such as Jackie Robinson in

The final tweet posted to Chadwick Boseman’s Twitter account is now the most-liked post in Twitter history. The social media company made the announcement on Saturday afternoon, following the shocking death of Boseman on Friday night due to colon cancer. “Fans are coming together on Twitter to celebrate the life of Chadwick Boseman, and the

The world knew star Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa, the fearless king of Wakanda who would do anything to protect his people. But the actor — who tragically died after a four-year battle with colon cancer on Friday — was not only a hero on-screen, but off, as well. Though Boseman played other major roles, such

The death of Chadwick Boseman from colon cancer is causing many people to sound the alarm for earlier screening for colorectal cancers. According to his family, Boseman, who died at 43, had been undergoing surgeries and chemotherapy for for the past four years. The American Cancer Association reports that cancers of the colon and rectum

With North American moviegoing slowly resuming, the X-Men spinoff “The New Mutants” opened with a solid $3.1 million at 2,412 locations on Friday. That first-day figure portends a weekend opening in line with Disney’s forecast of $7 million to $10 million. About 62% of domestic locations are currently open, while California, New York, New Jersey,

Netflix has delayed a virtual preview event that had been scheduled for Monday for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” following the tragic death on Friday of Chadwick Boseman, who co-stars in the movie alongside Viola Davis and Colman Domingo. Boseman died Friday of colon cancer, a diagnosis that he kept entirely private, which magnified the shock

Indie filmmaker Sean Baker says he isn’t making any kind of movie about Bella Thorne and her record-breaking debut on OnlyFans. In a statement Friday, Baker, whose credits include “The Florida Project” and “Tangerine,” disavowed any connection to a Thorne-OnlyFans project. His announcement comes after a backlash among sex workers who rely on income from

When someone 43 years old dies of cancer, it’s tragic. But when that person is Chadwick Boseman, the word tragic doesn’t fully express it. It’s beyond tragic — it’s cosmically cruel. You feel as if the shock of his loss has ripped a hole in the world. Boseman was a virtuoso actor who had the

In 2018, I interviewed Chadwick Boseman and Ryan Coogler for the cover of Variety, a few weeks before “Black Panther” opened in theaters. At the time, neither of them knew that the Marvel movie — the first studio superhero film with a Black director and mostly Black cast — would shatter box office records, grossing

As the news hit social media that Chadwick Boseman died at age 43 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, Hollywood is remembering the actor who became a household name when he starred in the title role of the Marvel superhero movie “Black Panther.” Jordan Peele tweeted, “This is a crushing blow.” Fellow director Nia

Chadwick Boseman, star of “Black Panther,” died on Friday after a four year battle with colon cancer, his rep confirmed to Variety. He was 43. Before he was cast as the Marvel Studios superhero, Boseman’s career first exploded with his portrayals of Black American icons Jackie Robinson (in 2013’s “42”) and James Brown (in 2014’s

Paramount Pictures has decided to release its untitled ‘Scream” reboot on Jan. 14, 2022, at the start of the MLK holiday weekend while pushing back three other titles by a year. Courteney Cox will reprise her role as news reporter Gale Weathers in the reboot along with David Arquette returning to play Sheriff Dewey Riley.