Leigh doesn’t make any wrong moves here; just about every scene in the movie plays. Yet "Tender Loving Care" builds (or maybe I should say recedes) to something more schematic than it is powerful.
A week after Olivia Rodrigo made history with her inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival, we have some thoughts about our dream lineup if there's a year two
The jury sent a note Friday morning saying it couldn't reach a unanimous verdict in the closely watched trial over the Massachusetts mother’s alleged culpability in the deaths of her three children
Being eliminated from the “Dream Academy” series that produced Katseye might be the best thing that ever happened to 22-year-old Slovakian native Adéla Jergová: After a summer of lighting up festival stages from Lollapalooza to Reading, the arrival of “Prima” makes it more obviou
Lil Durk Murder-for-Hire Trial: Shooter’s Wife and Mother of King Von’s Son Testify and more — today's soho signal.
The wife of one of the government's star witnesses testified for the defense and disputed her husband's account
Influencers Andrew Fedyk and Madeleine White were told by their trainer that their dog died of heat exhaustion. They believe there's more to the story
“Kane Chronicles” is coming to TV. A series adaptation of the Rick Riordan book series is in development at Disney+. If the project is ordered, Angela Robinson (“True Blood,” “The L Word”) will executive produce and write the show alongside Riordan, who is best known for his “Per
The nonprofit organization Comic Relief is launching its inaugural “Neighborhood Festivals” initiative, with events slated in Los Angeles and Philadelphia. The festivals will bring people together through comedy and connect them with local nonprofits working to end childhood pove
Vertical/microseries studio and platform aTwist, founded by TV vets Jana Winograde, Susan Rovner and Lloyd Braun, launched Thursday with a slate of scripted, unscripted and animation originals. As previously announced, the new company is launching with a wide range of genres — in
Utopai Studios, DeNA Team on AI-Assisted Animation Projects in Japan (EXCLUSIVE) and more — today's soho signal.
Utopai Studios and DeNA Co., Ltd. have unveiled an AI-assisted animation partnership in Japan. The Entertainment Development Business Unit of DeNA will begin weaving Utopai’s storytelling AI system, PAI, into its experimental animation workflows. “Japan is one of the world’s most
Lav Diaz is developing a film about false prophets and a screen adaptation of José Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere,” the Filipino auteur reveals, alongside details on “Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors” (“Makikiraan Po”), his Spanish colonization drama premiering in the Venice Open section
Swiss cinema is resonating domestically and abroad as homegrown films and international co-productions continue to entice local audiences and festival goers around the globe. At Venice this year, Swiss titles and co-productions boasting high-profile talent unspool throughout the
The tender power of "Elsinore" is the way Scott’s performance takes us right inside Ian’s state-of-mind — his belief that what’s left of his life needs to mean something, and that playing Hamlet will give it that meaning.
Spanish indie studio Impulse Cinema and Italy’s Fandango have forged a strategic partnership to boost Spanish and Italian productions through co-production, financing, distribution and global sales. The agreement was announced on Saturday at the Venice Production Bridge, the Veni
“The Echo Chamber,” Andrea Pallaoro’s drama starring Alicia Vikander, Luca Marinelli and Susan Sarandon, has already landed distribution across a raft of key international territories ahead of its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Paradise City Sales has closed deals fo
With war still ravaging Iran — six months after the country was attacked by U.S. and Israeli forces — the Venice Film Festival is set to launch two Iranian films that will provide viewers vivid on-the-ground insight on the conflict’s societal impact as the country contends with b
As biographical films on major historical figures go, “The Idiot(s)” starts off with an advantage over most, since it covers only a finite, conflict-laden passage of its subject’s storied life. This enjoyably off-kilter dramedy then further ingratiates itself with viewers bored o
"I hope that someday a young Filipino kid comes to Hollywood, sees my name and thinks, 'Oh, maybe I can get here too,'" said the Broadway legend
If her epic, Oscar-shortlisted documentary “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air In Moscow” pulled off an astonishing feat, chronicling the last gasps of press freedom in Vladimir Putin’s Russia in real time, docmaker Julia Loktev somehow manages to raise the stakes in the f
Ten editions in, Venice Immersive has plenty to celebrate — just don’t expect the new-media showcase to spend much time looking back. “We’re not planning any retrospectives,” Venice Immersive counselor Michel Reilhac says of this year’s landmark edition. “Instead, we want to focu
Based on a novella by Colm Tóibín, it’s a movie austere enough to risk alienating its audience, yet if you get onto its wavelength you stay right there, inside the movie’s world.
A representative for Sony Pictures Television said Thornton's employment has been "terminated"
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