Box Office: ‘Springsteen’ Fizzles Overseas With $7 Million Start, ‘Black Phone 2’ Climbs to $80 Million
By Rebecca Rubin According To The variety Bruce Springsteen is one of music’s biggest names, but his global popularity didn’t exactly translate at the box office. [more…]
China Box Office: ‘Row to Win’ Remains No. 1 as ‘Colorful Stage! The Movie’ Opens in Second’
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety At the China box office over Oct. 24–26, “Row to Win” stayed in first place for a second straight [more…]
Hocus Pocus 3’: Thora Birch Is ‘Super Open’ To Returning as Dani Dennison
By Andrew McGowan According To The variety As Disney+ develops “Hocus Pocus 3,” Thora Birch, who played young Dani Dennison in the original 1993 film, says she’s willing [more…]
Guillermo del Toro Says He’d ‘Rather Die’ Than Use Generative AI in His Films: ‘Not Interested
By Jack Dunn According To The variety During a recent sit-down with NPR, Guillermo del Toro asserted that he would “rather die” than use artificial intelligence, “particularly generative AI,” [more…]
From an Andalusia-Set Caper and Tales of the Broken Hearted, 10 Spanish Titles to Keep on the Radar at Valladolid
By John Hopewell According To The variety Opening with Isabel Coixet’s well-reviewed Italian drama “Three Goodbyes,” closing with “Always Winter,” the latest from Goya best picture winner [more…]
Valladolid Film Festival Marks 70 Years With a Bold Director-Driven Focus, Including Kristen Stewart, Kelly Reichardt, Chloé Zhao
By Emiliano De Pablos According To The variety As it turns 70, Spain’s Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid — the Seminci — refuses to look [more…]
David Trueba on Adapting David Trueba, Life After Great Love Breakup, and What Could Be a Kind of Coming of Age
By John Hopewell According To The variety In David Trueba’s “Always Winter,” the closing night film of this year’s Valladolid Film Festival in Spain, Miguel Mena (David Verdaguer), 40, [more…]
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle’ Review: A Thriller Remake That Makes Promises It Can’t Keep
By Siddhant Adlakha According To The variety With a near-total re-imagining of its source material, Michelle Garza Cervera’s “The Hand That Rocks The Cradle” layers contemporary political [more…]
Indonesia’s JAFF Future Project Unveils 10 Asia-Pacific Titles, Renews Adelaide Partnership
By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety JAFF Market 2025 has unveiled its second edition lineup for the JAFF Future Project, featuring 10 fiction and documentary titles [more…]