“The Count of Monte Cristo,” one of four films on France’s shortlist for the country’s official submission to the Academy Awards, will open on Dec. 20 in U.S. theaters. Samuel Goldwyn Films plans to campaign the three-hour adventure drama in all categories including best picture, with the release to roll out nationwide after its bow. […]

GLAAD, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization, has released its 12th annual Studio Responsibility Index tracking films released during 2023. Despite “a huge increase in LGBTQ characters who were front and center in their own narratives,” the study found the number of films with LGBTQ characters dropped in 2023. The survey looked at 256 films from […]

Ambition has almost always been a thorny issue for television’s fictional females. When Mary Richards applied for a secretarial job at a local television station in Minneapolis on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970s, she ended up as an associate producer by the end of the interview. News director Lou Grant gave her […]

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains plot details for Season 4, Part 2 of “Emily in Paris.” Good-bye, Emily in Paris. Hello, Emily in…Rome? Fans of the frothy comedy “Emily in Paris” may have been shocked by the ending of Season 4, Part 2, which dropped on Netflix this week. In the season finale, Emily (Lily Collins) […]

NewFest has announced the full lineup for the 36th edition of the New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival. The largest queer film festival in the U.S., it will include more than 140 new features, shorts and episodic projects from 31 countries in addition to legacy screenings. The festival runs Oct. 10 to Oct. 20 in theaters […]

The Sundance Institute has narrowed down the search for a new Sundance Film Festival location to three areas: Cincinnati, Ohio, Boulder, Colo., and Salt Lake City/Park City, Utah. The three cities will now move forward into the concluding review process to determine the long-term location for the festival starting in 2027. The decision will be […]

Harvey Weinstein was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York City on Sunday night for emergency heart surgery. He was being held at Rikers Island and had been experiencing chest pains. According to Weinstein’s representatives Craig Rothfeld and Juda Engelmayer, “Mr. Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue Hospital last night due to several medical conditions. We […]

Indie distributor Film Movement has snapped up North American rights to Swiss director Ramon Zürcher’s “The Sparrow in the Chimney” following its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival. Described by Variety’s Guy Lodge as a “darkly engrossing psychodrama of pent-up domestic tensions,” the film explores the tumultuous relationship between two sisters, Karen and Jule, […]

James Darren, who went from teen idol status acting in youth-oriented movies like “Gidget” to becoming an actor in TV shows such as “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and “T.J. Hooker” and a singer and director, died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 88. His son Jim Moret said that he had […]

Last year’s “Sound of Freedom” made a splash at the box-office appealing to conspiracy theorists and religious groups and convincing audiences that watching it was a morally righteous action taken against those perpetuating the horrors of human trafficking. “City of Dreams,” from producer-turned writer-director Mohit Ramchandani, seeks to repeat the formula. The “must-see” account this […]

The Venice Film Festival kicked off the fall festival season in style this week, with premieres of anticipated new movies like “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Babygirl” and “Maria” as well as the prestige TV series “Disclaimer.” “Queer” and “The Room Next Door” have also made a big impression. Still to come are “Joker: Folie à Deux,” “Horizon: […]