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7 Dogs: USD 40m Saudi Arabian-Egyptian film, with Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, releases teaser
His Excellency, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), Advisor Turki bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Sheikh, recently launched, via his official account on the X platform, the first teaser video for the highly anticipated action film 7 Dogs, the largest Arab production with a budget of $40 million. Starring Egyptian and Arab cinema stars Karim Abdel Aziz and Ahmed E...
Swaha-In the Name of Fire, Review: Burning issues and stark reality, in black and white
Deprived lower castes, without cash or savings, living in abject poverty and being targeted by members of higher castes, is a theme that we have seen and heard and read a lot about. We have also read, seen and heard on media, and learnt through vicarious narrations, that these adverse circumstances have slowly abated over the last 75 years or so, though, by no means have they been dealt with, in finality. ...
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Nominations for the 2025 German Cinema New Talent Award
This year, the Munich International Film Festival will again present the German Cinema New Talent Award in four categories: directing, production, screenplay, and acting. These awards are among the most coveted among young German filmmakers, as a sponsorship award can help launch a promising career. This year, the jury is comprised of Liliane Amuat (actress), Erol Afşin (director and actor), and Jan-Ole Gerster (film directo...
Brief Encounters, Mumbai, screens Jafar Panahi’s This is Not a Film
Made in 2011, This is Not a Film is a genre-defying, ground-breaking film (yes, it is a film) about the reputed Iranian film-maker, Jafar Panahi, made in collaboration with one of his friends, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, who wields the camera too. It was shot secretly in, and from, the house and building of Panahi, where he was serving a house-imprisonment sentence, for having made anti-establishment films secretly, and for suppo...
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, Alanna De La Rossa and Marko Zaror (Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images for Grindstone/Lionsgate)
The action feature Diablo, starring Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Juan Camilo Castillo, and Alanna De La Rossa, debuted today in theatres and on-demand on iTunes and Amazon. Ahead of the highly anticipated film release was an exclusive VIP screening, hosted by Grindstone Entertainment Group and Highlightstar, held on June 12th in Santa Monica, California at Lionsgate Screenin...
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Enter the Universe, chronicled by Malaki-z, the cosmic historian who records the most intriguing and critical tales of existence. MALAKI-Z’s 1st ANTHOLOGY, Into the Light, spans five thought-provoking stories, each one casting light on humanity’s place within the vast cosmos.
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AsiaTech x Singapore, 2025, 02: Future of Broadcast: Asia-Pac, navigating the shift from legacy TV to a cloud-driven, streaming era
One of the key themes shaping ongoing conversations in the broadcast and media industry is the Future of Broadcast.
BroadcastAsia is the premier broadcast trade show in the Asia-Pacific region, bringing together the most influential broadcasters, media executives, and entertainment professionals. The event offers invaluable insights into the technologies a...
From the World of John Wick-Ballerina, Review: Biting the Ballet, gunfire and fireguns
Father and young daughter talking seriously, almost in whispers; daughter clinging on to a plastic toy, where a ballerina performs to Tchaikovsky’s tune, in a small round container
Heads, torsos and figures emerging from a river, carrying guns
Hell breaks loose; there are a dozen or more men; they want to get to the man and his daughter, who, live in a fancy, remote mansion
Bullets, bullets, more b...
Kubera song launch: Beggars can be choosers
Nagarjuna, Dhanush and Rashmika Mandanna in one film. Music by Devi Sri Prasad (DSP) and direction by Sekhar Kammula. This makes the project special (not Director’s Special, please). Also present was Jim Sarbh, who, apparently, plays the villain. They all came to the Juhu PVR INOX multiplex to launch two songs and a teaser on June 10. Proceedings began about two hours late, because Dhanush was shooting and could only come to the venue during t...
Asia Tech x Singapore, 2025, 01: Expo-nential
What began as a regular event at the Expo Exhibition during end May/beginning June, the humungous technology extravaganza was held during May 27-29 this year. This is where it began, and after stints at Marina Bay and Suntec City, it has returned to its roots, at Expo, in the far East of Singapore, which is where I first attended it, some 25 years back. It was then known as CommmunicAsia. Some years later, it added Satellite Asia, Broadcast Asia, ...
12 Books. 1 Visionary Mind. A new Book Reel Is Here.
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Step into the universe of James W. Hawk, where science fiction meets deep humanity, and ideas leap off the page. From cosmic journeys and hidden destinies to thought-provoking nonfiction and cinematic storytelling.
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Francisco Carrillo, Bill Shadorf
The highly anticipated Lionsgate release Diablo by director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza, executive produced by Highlightstar, the trailblazing social media company led by CEO Bill Shadorf, and “CiscoKid” Francisco Carrillo, is set to debut in theatres and digital on-demand on...
5 days to go and the big announcements keep coming! The closing night film for this year’s Festival is the rollicking romantic comedy SPLITSVILLE, directed by Michael Angelo Covino (The Climb) and starring Adria Arjona, Dakota Johnson, Kyle Marvin and Nicholas Braun. “An utterly endearing tale of four people trying to negotiate their own desires in the silliest ways possible” (IndieWire), SPLITSVILLE comes straight from its lauded World Premiere at Cannes. Be the...
The project, produced by Sammie Astaneh’s Vancouver-based production outfit Service Street Pictures (Exile, Lonestar Christmas), marks Goodshort’s first vertical drama series produced in Canada. One Last Temptation Before I Say I Do is directed by Brianne Nord-Stewart (I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story) and produced alongside Geoff Browne (Gboy, Call Me Shamsz).
"Vertical dramas are more than a format shift — they're a cultural bridge to a gener...
‘Sirât’, the original Movistar Plus+ film directed by Oliver Laxe, confirms its status as a favorite in the Official Selection of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where it has been awarded the Jury Prize, ex aequo with the German film Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski.
Oliver Laxe praised the Cannes Festival in his acceptance speech:
"I believe that’s what the Cannes Festival does. It brings us together here, we come from different cultural latitudes, in this ...
Watch the full recording and read the transcript of the press conference with Executive Producer/Director/Star ELISABETH MOSS and Stars YVONNE STRAHOVSKI, ANN DOWD, O-T FAGBENLE, MADELINE BREWER, AMANDA BRUGEL, SAM JAEGER, EVER CARRADINE and JOSH CHARLES.
SERIES SYNOPSIS: Adapted from the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in...
Award-winning French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo is delighted to announce that its film division Dandelooo Cinema has secured a deal with French production company Films Grand Huit and Academy Award®-nominated studio Xilam Animation for the feature film My Life in Versailles – The Movie. The deal gives Dandelooo Cinema exclusive worldwide distribution rights (excluding France, Italy, Germany and the UK).
Produced by Films Grand Huit ...
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