Austria’s Viennale film festival has named German filmmaker Christian Petzold as its new president. The role was vacant for four years, following the death in 2019 of Eric Pleskow, who had been president from 1998. As president of the Viennale, Petzold holds its highest position.
The year is 2014 in freshman director Alice Douard’s lightly comic drama “Love Letters” and French couple Nadia (Monia Chokri) and Céline (Ella Rumpf) are expecting their first child. Nadia is 37, so the duo have decided together that she should be the gestational parent,
Insanely prolific “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine’s other major publishing franchise, the young adult “Fear Street” series, made a decent splash on Netflix four years ago with the premiere of three interlocking features, each set in the same fictitious “cursed” town during a different era. All
“Brat” summer is dead — long live “Joachim Trier Summer,” as proclaimed by Elle Fanning, and her playful T-shirt, at Cannes. “After three years of hard work, I’d love to have a three-year-long summer,” laughs the Danish-born Norwegian director after the premiere of “Sentimental Value.” Starring Renate
Amazon MGM Studios Distribution, led by Chris Ottinger, head of worldwide distribution for the relatively new division, has started making the studio’s highest profile – and said to be costliest – titles “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” and “Citadel,” available to
In Morad Mostafa’s austere and captivating feature debut “Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” the title says it all. An absorbing and at times, puzzling blend of genres ranging from drama to body horror tells the story of an African immigrant who both craves something more and
More often than not, when you hear some movie fans of a certain age complain “They sure don’t make them like they used to,” they’re referring to, and likely wishing for, something on the order of “The Last Rodeo.” Smoothly directed by Jon Avnet (“Fried
A new musical era from Karol G begins with the premiere of the Colombian singer’s new “Latina Foreva” single. A celebration of Latinas everywhere, “Latina Foreva” was produced by Mazzarri and Misha and ends with a sample of a viral video featuring “Euphoria” actor Alexa Demie. In the
