It can be challenging to sympathize with rich middle-aged men confronting the typical phases of midlife crises. These stories are shockingly unoriginal, both in the real world and in films and television. However, in Apple TV+’s latest drama, “Your Friends & Neighbors,” creator Jonathan Tropper
Warner Bros. Discovery president and CEO David Zaslav’s pay package rose just over 4% to $51.9 million in 2024, according to the company’s 2025 proxy statement filed Friday. Zaslav had a 2023 pay package worth $49.7 million, up 26.5% from the year prior. Zaslav’s compensation
Emerging indie distributor New Mountain Films is building out its North American slate with two new acquisitions. The Toronto-based outfit has nabbed rights to “Freedom Way,” a Nigerian drama directed by Afolabi Olalekan, and “My Brother Ali,” a documentary from filmmaker Paula Palacios that chronicles
Iranian directorial duo Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha have been given a 14-month suspended jail sentence by an Iranian court on charges that include alleged production of obscene content pertaining to their film “My Favourite Cake.” The tender rom-com — which follows a 70-year-old woman
Netflix has lodged an appeal to France’s Council of State to call out the windowing rules which force the streamer to wait 15 months to access newly released films. Such rules, which have largely been responsible for the absence of Netflix at the Cannes Film Festival,
David Tennant may be one of the most beloved actors to ever play the title role in “Doctor Who,” but if he had listened to his agent’s advice he wouldn’t have taken the role. On the latest episode of “David Tennant Does a Podcast With…,”
Raoul Peck, who will be at the Cannes Film Festival next month with his George Orwell documentary, “Orwell: 2+2=5,” delivered a blistering warning about the global rise of autocracy this week at documentary festival Visions du Réel, where he is guest of honor. “Orwell: 2+2=5,”
Anette Ostrø’s debut feature-length film “The Golden Swan” took the seasoned filmmaker, who has been directing documentaries for television for decades, nearly 30 years before she was ready to make it. The film, which was first pitched at IDFA, tells the story of Ostrø’s brother