All articles by John Hazelton
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NewsNeon sets Palme d’Or winner ‘Fjord’ for awards season North American launch
Cristian Mungiu’s drama gets a similar slot to Neon’s Oscar-winning Parasite and Anora.
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NewsCannes premiere ‘La Bola Negra’ set for US theatrical run by Netflix
The Spanish-language drama will get a four-week awards season cinema release.
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NewsUS Academy invites 529 to join, among them Josh O'Connor, Stephen Fry and Nathanael Karmitz
Forty-two percent of invitees are women, and 53% come from 60 countries outside the US.
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NewsKino Lorber takes Un Certain Regard entry ‘The Meltdown’ for US distribution
Manuela Martelli’s nineties-set mystery is her follow-up to Chile ’76.
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News‘Toy Story 5’ launches with record $312m at global box office; ‘Disclosure Day’ leads holdover pack with $36.1m second weekend
’Toy Story 5’ tops global box office
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Features‘Mr. Scorsese’ director Rebecca Miller on interviewing the legendary filmmaker: “I was very surprised sometimes by his answers”
Rebecca Miller’s five-part documentary Mr. Scorsese gets to the spiritual heart of the legendary filmmaker’s prodigious output and religious upbringing.
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News‘Rehearsals For A Revolution’ to Sony Pictures Classics for North and Latin America and other markets
Winner of the L’Oeil d’or, the film traces 40 years of Iran’s history.
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NewsImax shares spike as report says company exploring sale
The premium cinema format leader had a record year at the box office in 2025.
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NewsLionsgate gives update on second Michael Jackson film
Follow-up “can go forwards and backwards” in telling Jackson’s story, say film group head.
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News‘The Resurrection Of The Christ’ set for staggered two-part 2027/2028 launch
The two parts of the bibilical drama had originally been set for launch 40 days apart next spring.
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NewsCritics’ Week prize winner ‘La Gradiva’ bought by 1-2 Special for North America
The French-Italian drama is the directing debut of cinematographer Marine Atlan.
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NewsUn Certain Regard entry ‘Iron Boy’ goes to Sony Pictures Classics for North America and other markets
The hand painted film is the first as a solo director from former Pixar animator Louis Clichy.
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NewsMatt Damon set to replace Ryan Gosling in the Daniels tentpole
The sci-fi project is the Daniels first feature since multiple Oscar winner Everthing Everywhere All At Once.
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NewsNetflix sets Brad Pitt Cliff Booth film for late November Imax theatrical slot
The Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood spin-off has been viewed as a Venice contender.
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NewsPark Chan-wook’s ‘The Brigands Of Rattlecreek’ set for Warner Bros Clockwork in North America
The western is expected to start shooting early next year.
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NewsLionsgate developing stage version of ‘The Housemaid’
The company launched a stage version of The Hunger Games in the West End last year.
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NewsCritics’ Week opener ‘In Waves’ goes to Netflix for the world outside France
Will Sharpe and Stephanie Hsu head the English-language cast for the French animated romance.
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NewsMistrial declared in Harvey Weinstein’s third New York rape trial
Prosecutors have 30 days to decide whether to try the case for a fourth time.
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NewsJames Bond search “underway,” with Nina Gold reportedly on board
Gold was nominated for the first casting Oscar this year for her work on ‘Hamnet’.
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NewsNetflix ad tier to expand into 15 more international markets
The ad tier now has more than 250m global monthly active viewers, the streamer reports.