Since the premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” at the Venice Film Festival in September, there has been an intense response from fans and media alike surrounding the revealing love scenes between star Daniel Craig and his on-screen paramour Drew Starkey. When asked about the reactions to the on-screen sex at the Los Angeles premiere of […]

Cinema Eye Honors, an organization that celebrates the artistic achievements of nonfiction and documentary filmmakers, has unveiled the feature film nominees for its 18th annual award ceremony, which takes place Jan. 9 at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem, N.Y. “Sugarcane,” from co-directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, led the pack […]

Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the religious horror film “Inhabitants” from Brick Lane Entertainment. Written and directed by Matt McClung (“The Mad Whale”), Gravitas plans to release the film on digital and video on demand in February 2025. Cast members include Anna Jacoby-Heron (“Stranger Things”), Josh Andrés Rivera (“American Sports Story”), […]

The Palm Springs International Film Awards will honor Edward Berger’s Catholic drama “Conclave” with the ensemble performance award on Jan. 3 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, which runs from Jan. 2-13. Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Lucian Msamati are expected to attend to accept the award. “’Conclave’ is a thought-provoking drama, […]

CBS has locked Feb. 24, 2025, as the release date for its new daytime soap “Beyond the Gates.” The debut project from the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture will premiere on CBS and stream on Paramount+. According to an official logline, “‘Beyond the Gates’ is set in a leafy Maryland suburb just outside of Washington, D.C., and […]

Renee Zellweger is back in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” the fourth and final movie in the rom-com series that’s coming to Peacock on Feb. 13. “Mad About the Boy” is based on the third novel in Helen Fielding’s “Bridget Jones” book series. In addition Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson have both returned […]

Hungarian film and television producer Andras Hamori, who produced films like “Crash” and “Sunshine” and shows such as “The Gate,” died Sept. 2. He was 71. Some of Hamori’s other credits through the late ’90s and early 2000s include films like “The Sweet Hereafter,” “eXistenZ,” “Max,” “Owning Mahowny” and “Formula 51.” From 1991-1993 he served […]

Marvel has released the trailer for the third and final season of “What If…?” which premieres with eight episodes beginning on Dec. 22. The new trailer showcased alternate Marvel universes that includes Storm from the X-Men as the new Goddess of Thunder, a Gundam-sized Captain America, a cowboy Shang-Chi and more. Disney has confirmed the […]

Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ original series “1923,” starring Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, is coming to the basic cable Paramount Network. Season 1 of the prequel series will debut on Paramount Network on Dec. 8, immediately following a new episode of “Yellowstone.” “1923” first premiered on Paramount+ back in 2022, and the December premiere date will […]

If you’re a fan of Turner Classic Movies, you may experience some interruptions in the coming weeks. TCM, the Warner Bros. Discovery owned cabler that specializes in vintage films, released a video statement Friday delivered by host Ben Mankiewicz asking viewers to “pardon our digital dust” as TCM prepares to upgrade and expand its broadcasting […]

Horror streamer Shudder is giving a limited North American theatrical run to Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s latest horror feature, “The Devil’s Bath.” Per the official logline: “In 1750 Austria, a deeply religious woman named Agnes has just married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long […]

Nvidia will replace Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, in a move that underscores the growing influence of Gen AI and advanced computing. The Santa Clara-headquartered tech giant has increased its stock price seven-fold in the past two years through its leadership in artificial intelligence technology, including with development of its Blackwell GPU architecture […]

American comedy museum and archive the National Comedy Center has opened a new exhibit celebrating the legacy of legendary TV producer Norman Lear in civic engagement and comedy. Lear’s life work is being honored with an online exhibit and a physical installation at the Comedy Center’s galleries in Jamestown, N.Y., both of which feature rare […]

Amazon Prime Video has unveiled the first trailer for the dark comedy series “The Sticky.” According to the official logline, the show “follows Ruth Landry (Margo Martindale), a tough, middle-aged maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when the bureaucratic authorities threaten to take away everything she loves. She teams up with the hot-tempered Bostonian […]