For comedians who came up on social media — or really, all comedians — getting a TV show is both a dream and a potential trap. With a series order comes a paycheck and validation from mainstream institutions. But it also saddles performers accustomed to
Known as a tech-savvy country where Skype was invented, Estonia is making a new leap forward by unleashing the Baltics’ first ever hub where creatives, tech pros and entrepreneurs can unite to lift the regional audiovisual sector to new levels. The Ida Hub film and
The entertainment business has seen better days. Film and TV production in the U.S. rose 18% last year but lagged 2022 levels, according to ProPro, which tracks studio productions. Theatrical ticket sales fell 3.3% in 2024 and remain nearly 25% down from pre-pandemic levels. Media
From “Criminal Minds” to “Mindhunter,” a number of television shows over the years have depicted the FBI’s efforts to take down the country’s most nefarious criminals and organizations. In Max’s new drama series “Duster,” veteran writer-creator J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan have teamed up to
In the shadows of Tokyo’s relentless redevelopment, rising filmmaker Yuiga Danzuka found both the canvas and the subject for his Cannes Directors’ Fortnight selection “Brand New Landscape.” The debut feature transforms the Japanese capital’s architectural flux into a metaphor for a family navigating grief and
Gary Sinise recently opened up to People magazine about his decision to leave Hollywood behind five years ago amid his son’s battle with a rare bone cancer. Sinise, well known for his Oscar-nominated role as Lieutenant Dan in “Forrest Gump” and for headlining all nine
Cannes regular Oliver Laxe returns this year with “Sirat,” a Morocco-set, techno-fueled story about an almost mythical journey through the desert that pushes its characters to their absolute limits. The filmmaker’s latest follows Cannes wins for his first three features: 2010’s “You Are All Captains”
Selected to open the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, French Tunisian director Erige Sehiri’s intimately conceived drama “Promised Sky” follows four generations of Ivorian immigrant women as they find solidarity, conflict and sometimes a sense of displacement in one another’s company.