Daily Archives: June 13, 2025

Transilvania Focuses on Dystopia, Goes Against Curatorial Grain of Major Festivals: ‘You Can Either Be a Copy-Paster or a Gold Digger’

The 2025 edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival, taking place in Cluj-Napoca between June 13-22, is looking at the future — but also at the past. Within this year’s program, which features over 200 features across the ten-day event, is a central strand called

Radu Jude, Romanian Documentaries Shine at Transilvania Film Festival

A few months after Radu Jude’s Silver Berlin Bear for best screenplay in Berlin for “Kontinental ‘25,” Romania’s largest film festival, the Transilvania International Film Festival, is here to help take the temperature of the country’s national cinema. Jude’s latest, as well as the director’s

Pixar Announces All New Original Film ‘Gatto,’ Sneaks Joan Cusack’s ‘Toy Story 5’ Return and Presents ‘Hoppers’ Exclusive Footage at Annecy 

Today, Disney and Pixar re-affirmed once again their commitment to France’s Annecy Animation Festival, a world-class event the studios now use annually to deliver exclusive news and preview screenings to a global audience of animation fans. In what opened as a regular preview showcase of

Elvis Presley ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Boxed Set to Include Raw Studio Sessions From Singer’s Final Era

Elvis Presley fans will get another fix of his unaugmented studio sessions on Aug. 1 when RCA/Legacy releases “Sunset Boulevard,” a five-CD boxed set that will focus on material the King was recording in Los Angeles during the last years of his life in the

Geoffrey Rush Talks Stalled Groucho Marx Project, Shinya Tsukamoto’s Vietnam War Film

“I’m sure you can throw curly ones,” Academy Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush says as we sit down to talk at the Taormina Film Festival in Sicily. He’s wearing a Mambo Loud shirt of remarkable color and is here to receive a Taormina Excellence Award as

Vox Media Union Reaches Agreement on Three-Year Contract

Vox Media’s union employees will not hit the picket line for now: On Friday morning, the union said it had reached a tentative three-year agreement with the digital media company after an overnight bargaining session. The Vox Media Union covers editorial staff at Vox.com, The

Magna Studios Officially Launched by Marisa Clifford and Davud Karbassioun as Former Pulse Execs Tout Roster of Creatives (Including Brady Corbet), Features and Oasis Reunion Doc (EXCLUSIVE)

Magna Studios has been officially launched by co-founders Marisa Clifford and Davud Karbassioun. The company, which spans film, non-fiction, commercials, branded entertainment and music content, has been quietly operating for over a year, with Clifford, who co-founded Pulse Films before exiting the company in early

Adult Swim, Cartoon Network Studios, Sneak Peek Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Heist Safari’

The Adult Animation Spotlight panel between Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim at Annecy Animation Festival summarized a number of titles in the overlap between the two studios, including the Anderson Entertainment collaboration “Hit Squad.”  The presentation was lead by Peter Girardi, EVP of Alternative