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Akinola Davies Jr’s My Father’s Shadow leads the way with 12 nominations, with Harry Lighton’s Pillion and Kirk Jones’s...

James Cameron took a full 13 years to make his first sequel to "Avatar." It emerged in 2022 in the form of "Avatar: The Way of Water," and despite some pre-release doubt, it did not disappoint. It became Cameron's third movie to cross the $2 billion mark at the box office, joining "Titanic" and the first "Avatar." So there's little doubt regarding the third installment, "Avatar: Fire and Ash," which arrives in theaters just before Christmas. But on the odd chance it doesn't pan out financially, the director still has a plan to wrap up the franchise.

During a recent interview on "The Town" podcast, Cameron spoke about his career and all about...

Never mind the murdered priest in “Wake Up Dead Man” — the real crime is that Rian Johnson’s first film, “Brick,” came out 20 years ago. For more than two decades, then, Johnson has worked with cinematographer Steve Yedlin to craft sharp, enticing worlds, be they ground down with grit or painted with the lushest, most epic colors in the Galaxy. On “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” Yedlin was tasked with pushing the cosy, woody New England vibes of the first “Knives Out” film and going full gothic with it.

“I’m super lucky to have had [Johnson] bring me along for the ride because it started out great, and it’s kind of gotten even better,” Yedlin told IndieWire. “Like, I would be a huge fan of his films even if I didn’t have anything to do with them. So I’m lucky to have gotten involved with him,...

Although many now-beloved older films were underappreciated in their time, the same can't be said for Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller "Pyscho," which was controversial but still a clear-cut hit. The movie earned over $32 million at the box office against its $800k budget. It might've earned even more money if Alfred Hitchcock hadn't decided on a new rule for the audience. Hitchcock insisted viewers could only show up to the theater at the beginning of the movie so they could enjoy the full story in the right order. This might sound obvious today, but he was going against a common theater behavior of the time.

Moviegoers would often show up at...

The One Chicago Universe now includes three shows. But the series that started it all was "Chicago Fire," which debuted back in 2012. Adding to the immersion of the interconnected shows is the fact they frequently make use of Windy City locales when not shooting on Chicago based soundstages. For former "Chicago Fire" star Monica Raymund, however, the procedural's location wasn't ideal. The actor portrayed paramedic Gabriela Dawson for six seasons but harbored ambitions to move to Los Angeles. When her "Chicago Fire" contract came to an end she opted not to renew, instead pursuing her desire to move westward which meant she could no longer commit to the Chicago-based filming of NBC's drama.

Just as everyone was packing up their Halloween costumes, November began with one of Hollywood’s glitziest and star-studded events of the year, Lacma’s Art+Film gala. Cynthia Erivo, Salma Hayek and the mother-daughter duo of Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber were just some of the bold-faced names who stunned on the carpet and helped the museum raise a record-breaking $6.5 million.

At the same time, in New York City, Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence premiered “Die My Love.” A couple of nights later, Harrison Ford was the surprise guest at the Los Angeles premiere of his fellow “Star Wars” series stars Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones’ new drama “Train Dreams.”

And Christmas came early in Bel-Air when Kathy Hilton hosted her annual Pajama Party, presented by QVC, with “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” stars Denise Richards and newbie Rachel Zoe scooping up freebies from candle company Slatkin + Co and...

Rob Lowe is a beloved actor who has been in numerous acclaimed movies and TV shows, from prestige dramas like "The West Wing" to the beloved Francis Ford Coppola crime drama "The Outsiders," but he is no stranger to populist entertainment like superhero stories. Lowe, of course, appeared in James Gunn's very first superhero movie, which was a far cry from "Superman."

But Lowe was also part of a big superhero universe, even if most people aren't aware of it, playing a major role as one of the most powerful DC superheroes. The show is "Young Justice," an animated superhero show that first aired on Cartoon Network starting in...

Sarah Natochenny launched her acting career voicing the boy who’s gotta catch ’em all on “Pokémon.” But this fall, the actress better known as the voice of the English dub Ash Ketchum battled the masses to catch a flight. After spending nearly two decades as one of animation’s most iconic performers, Natochenny has broken through to live-action features with a part in comedian Tim Heidecker‘s upcoming indie feature, “Raccoon” directed by Michael Basta, which shot this November in Boston.

“The idea that voice acting and on camera acting are somehow so different is a hard one for me to accept,” the actress recently told IndieWire. “I don’t really buy into that.”

Still voice-acting on “Pokémon” after 19 years, Natochenny jokes that her job does eventually boil down to being able to sound “like a little boy” and commanding Pikachu. But in 2006, when she landed Ash as her first major role,...

At some point, did someone make it illegal to premiere a major animated film without copious Easter eggs and cameos? Not that I'm complaining, at least when it comes to "Zootopia 2." Apart from the assorted visual references, the animated sequel's array of vocal talents includes some serious and sometimes surprising names ... especially when it comes to a certain humble tiger character (appropriately named Bob Tiger).

In a "Zootopia 2" scene where Bob Tiger delivers a weather report, viewers might be hard-pressed to place his vaguely familiar voice — but that's only because they're probably more used to its owner using it in business and PR-related purposes instead of acting. Bob Tiger,...

“Zootopia 2” unleashed a box office stampede as Disney’s animated sequel raced to $556 million in its global debut.

Those ticket sales rank as the fourth-highest global debut of all time after “Avengers: Endgame,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” putting the family-friendly adventure in elite company at the box office. After all, “Endgame” and “Infinity War” eventually surpassed $2 billion globally while “No Way Home” got incredibly close with $1.9 billion. “Zootopia 2,” which earned a staggering $400 million internationally and $156 million domestically, set several other opening weekend records, including the largest global and international animated launch in history as well as the biggest worldwide start of any 2025 release.

“Zootopia 2” was especially massive in China, earning $272 million since Wednesday to stand as the biggest non-local animated opening ever, second-biggest non-local debut after “Avengers: Endgame” and sixth-largest start of all time, including local titles. After just five days of release,...

On December 4, the IndieWire Honors Winter 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for crafting some of the year’s best films. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the filmmakers, artisans, and performers behind films well worth toasting. In the days leading up to the Los Angeles event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Honoring Nina Hoss, IndieWire’s Spotlight Award winner and Tessa Thompson‘s co-star on “Hedda,” Thompson praises the actress’ magnetism and generosity on set. As Hoss is playing a female version of the male Ejlert character from Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” in Nia DaCosta’s film version, Thompson also explains how Hoss’ performance makes the case for future gender-flipped iterations of the play.

As told to Ryan Lattanzio.

It is my honor to honor the extraordinary Nina Hoss. I...

Judi Dench recently shared that she “can’t recognize anybody” due to her eye condition.

When asked by ITV why she’s stepped away from acting, Dench told the outlet, “I can’t see anymore. I’ve got, you know, that thing.” Ian McKellen, who appeared alongside her in the interview, joked that her vision hasn’t stopped the audience from seeing her. Dench then responded, “Yes, and I can see your outline, and I know you so well. But I can’t recognize anybody now. … I can’t see the television, I can’t see to read.”

McKellen then quipped, “But do you go up to total strangers and say, ‘Lovely to see you again?'” Dench joked back, “Sometimes.”

This isn’t the first time Dench opened up about her sight. She shared in a 2023 interview with “The Graham Norton Show” that it has become “impossible” to learn...

It is natural to feel like you're seeing double while watching "Foundation," especially with Lee Pace playing at least four clones of the last sitting emperor, Cleon. Pace, as expected, brings a lot of verve to these versions of a rather complicated figure, representing altered perspectives that emerge as different characters in their own right. Pace's effortless screen presence can be traced back to some of his most prolific projects — be it the "Hobbit" movies or his appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — but the full force of his talent shines brightest in his television roles. For example, Pace is memorable in Bryan Fuller's stylistically distinct and tonally surreal "Pushing Daisies,...

There are tons of stories about actors who almost played some major role but didn't because of scheduling conflicts, but few are as truly terrible as Charlie Sheen losing out on playing the lead in "The Karate Kid" because he had already committed to another role, in the low-budget "Jaws" rip-off and horror sequel "Grizzly II: Revenge." Despite having been chosen to play Daniel Larusso, the role made famous by Ralph Macchio, in "The Karate Kid," Sheen had already signed on to "Grizzly II" and was going to be in Hungary filming that instead. While speaking to Conan O'Brien on his podcast, Sheen revealed that he had actually tried to...

On December 4, the IndieWire Honors Winter 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for crafting some of the year’s best films. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the filmmakers, artisans, and performers behind films well worth toasting. In the days leading up to the Los Angeles event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

The great Nina Hoss doesn’t need to work herself up into crying onstage or onscreen if the moment is right and she’s really feeling it.

Earlier this year, in spring 2025, the Berlin Silver Bear-winning actress (2007’s “Yella”) starred onstage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo, New York City, as melancholy matriarch Lyubov Ranevskaya in Benedict Andrews’ “The Cherry Orchard,” an adaptation of the Anton Chekhov classic. Seated two rows from the theater-in-the-round-style stage at St. Ann’s,...

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Will Smith is one of the biggest movie stars of all time. In the '90s and early 2000s, he had a nearly unmatched run, ranging from blockbusters like "Independence Day" to rom-coms like "Hitch." One might think that pairing him with one of the creators behind HBO's smash hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones" would be a slam dunk. Instead, it resulted in the 2019 box office flop "Gemini Man."

The film centers on retired hitman Henry Brogan (Smith), who is on the run and being hunted by a younger clone of himself. De-aging technology was used to make Smith into his younger self.

Virginie Efira picked up a new skill when working with Ryusuke Hamaguchi: She learned Japanese for the just-wrapped shoot.

Recently, she’s been heard to test it out — especially when bolstered by a bit of liquid courage. “[I can start speaking] after a few drinks,” she jokes. “Though someone recently told me it sounded more like Hungarian!”

Set for release next year, Hamaguchi’s Paris-shot “All of a Sudden” will also boast a three-hour run-time and more “astonishing formal choices,” per Efira. “He has a pretty unusual way of shooting,” she says. “We did a huge number of table reads in a space where you had to stay completely focused. I had to imagine a heavy stone in my stomach and direct everything toward it. It created a really unique atmosphere.”

Efira shared these reflections during a wide-ranging, nearly two-hour conversation with Chiara Mastroianni at this year’s Marrakech Film Festival. The two actresses swapped stories,...

Hollywood is giving thanks for “Zootopia 2” and “Wicked: For Good,” two Thanksgiving offerings that kept movie theaters stuffed over the holiday weekend.

Disney’s animated sequel “Zootopia 2” towered over the domestic box office with a mighty $156 million from 4,000 venues since Wednesday, including $96.8 million over the traditional weekend. Those ticket sales rank as the second-best Thanksgiving launch of all time, behind another Disney sequel, 2024’s “Moana 2,” which earned $225 million over the five days, and above another Disney sequel, 2019’s “Frozen II,” which generated $125 million over the five days. The original “Zootopia” opened in March 2016 with $75 million and became a massive hit with $341 million domestically and $1.02 billion worldwide.

“Zootopia 2” was an even bigger force at the international box office with $400 million, including a record-setting $272 million in China. In total, the second “Zootopia” earned a massive $556 million globally to stand as the fourth-biggest opening weekend in history.

“The...

Few production companies foresaw the contemporary horror boom like Blumhouse. While other studios blew huge budgets on star-studded, over-produced remakes of classic films (the $35 million "A Nightmare on Elm Street" remake from 2010 comes to mind), veteran Hollywood executive Jason Blum saw the potential in backing films with intriguing concepts that could be accomplished on budgets of about $5 million — sometimes even less.

After executing the business model to tremendous financial success with Oren Peli's "Paranormal Activity" in 2009, James Wan and Leigh Whannell's "Insidious" in 2010, and Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill's "Sinister" in 2012 (all of which grossed over ten times their budgets and spawned at least one successful...

Robert De Niro may be one of the most respected actors in the world, but when Jodie Foster first met him on the set of Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” at just 12 years old, she wasn’t so impressed.

Speaking during a career-spanning conversation at the Marrakech Film Festival on Sunday after receiving a tribute award, Foster recalled how De Niro “took me under his wing” and would bring her to coffee shops to run lines for the film. But since De Niro was taking a Method approach to his character, she found him quite boring.

“We’d run the lines and run the lines a second and third time. And I’m sure maybe some of you have been here when Robert De Niro was here. One of our greatest American actors, so proud to have worked with him — not the most interesting person on earth,” Foster continued. “And at that time,...

Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies" has remarkable craftsmanship. The 2015 historical drama/thriller follows real-life Cold War-era U.S. lawyer James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks) as he's entrusted with negotiating the release of a CIA pilot captured by the Soviet Union in exchange for the convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel (Mark Rylance), whom Donovan defended in court. In Spielberg's more-than-capable hands, this somber narrative comes alive without a speck of cynicism, in no small part thanks to the excellent screenplay penned by Matt Charman and the Coen Brothers. To no one's surprise, the film was a box office success and was critically lauded enough (securing a 91% on Rotten Tomatoes...

[Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers for both the film and novel versions of “Hamnet.”]

It’s always a question of whether you want to read a book first before you see a movie adaptation, but the flavor of the question facing “Hamnet” is a little bit different. It certainly isn’t one of plot spoilers. The dramatis personae all lived and died 400 years ago, and if you don’t yet know what happens in the William Shakespeare play “Hamlet,” well, your English teacher would prefer that you watch “The Lion King” and not ask ChatGPT, so go do that.

Both Maggie O’Farrell’s novel and Chloé Zhao’s film, which she adapted with help from O’Farrell, are much more about vibes. The story in both makes liberal use of the fact that almost nothing is known about Shakespeare’s family, that English did not have standardized spellings in the late 16th Century, and that the plague, according to O’Farrell’s author’s note,...

On December 4, the IndieWire Honors Winter 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for crafting some of the year’s best films. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the filmmakers, artisans, and performers behind films well worth toasting. In the days leading up to the Los Angeles event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Honoring our Impact Award winner Autumn Durald Arkapaw, director Ryan Coogler — himself a previous IndieWire Honors honoree — talks about his collaboration with the cinematographer and what she brought to “Sinners.” As told to Jim Hemphill.

Autumn is incredibly loyal and has a passion for storytelling. When she is working, she is intensely dedicated to the integrity of the image and its capacity to uphold the story and the work of all of the artists involved. She is passionate about everyone...

Throughout the original run of "The Big Bang Theory," Sheldon Cooper, the series protagonist played by Jim Parsons, remains oddly tight-lipped about where he went to college ... but definitely believes that his education was much better than the ones received by his friends and colleagues Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg), and Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar). So, where did he get his education?

The answer to this question was eventually revealed on the first major spin-off of "The Big Bang Theory," the prequel series "Young Sheldon," which wrapped up its run in 2024 with Sheldon moving to California. Before I get into more details, though, here's the gist: Sheldon...

On December 4, the IndieWire Honors Winter 2025 ceremony will celebrate the creators and stars responsible for crafting some of the year’s best films. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, IndieWire Honors is a celebration of the filmmakers, artisans, and performers behind films well worth toasting. In the days leading up to the Los Angeles event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.

Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw may be behind some of the year’s most striking imagery, but the innovator who combined 65mm IMAX and Super Panavision 70 to create the gorgeous, ambitious large-format photography of “Sinners” never envisioned a career in filmmaking. In high school, she was interested in photography and made short films with her friends, but never considered them a serious pursuit. When she decided to attend Loyola Marymount University, her intention was to study art history. But even though...

If you feel like you've seen Kelly Hu across a whole bunch of cool things, that's because you have. Not only is her roster loaded with recurring voiceover roles in "Phineas & Ferb," "The Legend of Vox Machina," and the 2012 "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" series, but she's also behind a slew of characters in the "Mortal Kombat" games over the past decade. One of Hu's most famous live-action roles is a character who, ironically enough, doesn't speak. Of course, I'm talking about her turn as Yuriko Oyama from "X2: X-Men: United," otherwise known as the lethal Lady Deathstrike. The Marvel Comics villain is a fierce counterpart to Logan...

The turn of the millennium was a great time to be an animation fan, but a horrible time to be a studio executive. Indeed, the early 2000s saw the release of several huge animated movies that defied what a studio feature could look like yet failed to light the box office on fire, including Disney's fantastic Jules Verne-inspired steampunk adventure "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (the rare animated movie that actually warrants a live-action remake) and its sci-fi "Treasure Island" re-telling "Treasure Planet" (which similarly rules). Meanwhile, Don Bluth made his own animated sci-fi epic with "Titan A.E.," a film that effectively bankrupted Fox Animation. However, it wasn't the only...

Jon Favreau's "The Mandalorian and Grogu," a continuation of the TV series "The Mandalorian," will be the first theatrically released "Star Wars" movie since 2019's "Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker" when it arrives in 2026. That seems like a long time to wait for this franchise. When Disney bought Lucasfilm back in 2012, the studio announced a grand plan to release a new "Star Wars" film every year. The odd-numbered years would see the arrival of the next mainline entry in the franchise, while the even-numbered years would see spin-off films and other movies hit the scene. That approach proved to be less-than-successful, though, so the plan was changed.

Warning: spoilers for "It: Welcome to Derry follow.

"It: Welcome to Derry" hasn't yet revealed how the military discovered Dick Hallorann's psychic abilities. According to actor Chris Chalk, while the origin of his character's unofficial conscription goes unaddressed in the show, there were discussions about how Hallorann got caught up in the Derry saga, and the prevailing theory is that it all began with a harmless game of cards.

"Stranger Things" might be back for its fifth and final season, but there's room for two horror series that involve a small town beset by supernatural occurrences that have attracted the attention of the U.S. military. "Welcome to Derry" continues...

Visual Media Studio (Vms) is debuting at the second edition of Indonesia’s Jaff with romantic drama The Last Flight and Hope, an Indonesian remake of a Korean feature film.

The Last Flight stars real-life celebrity couple Jerome Kurnia and Nadya Arina as a pilot and a flight attendant who become embroiled in a love scandal, touching on a subject matter rarely seen in Indonesian cinema. It is scheduled to open in local cinemas on January 15.

Hope is adapted from the 2013 Korean film of the same name directed by Lee Joon-ik and produced by Lotte Entertainment. Based on a true story,...

Back in 2003, Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg delivered "It's All About Love" and was immediately excoriated by critics for making a movie that was, according to most, an incoherent mess. But the film does have some interesting ideas, and while this certainly isn't a near-perfect sci-fi movie that somehow slipped under the radar, it might one day be considered an underrated sci-fi movie, even if it hasn't quite reached that point yet.

"It's All About Love" is a romantic drama that's also an apocalyptic sci-fi vision of the future. It's a very post-9/11 film. Not in the sense that it's full of terrorists and renewed jingoistic fervor, but in the sense...

Indonesia’s cinema market is experiencing significant volatility in 2025, with box office numbers fluctuating despite breakthrough successes, according to industry leaders speaking at the Jaff Market panel “Expert Witnesses: Indonesia’s Box Office Transformation as Seen From Home and Abroad.”

Angga Dwimas Sasongko, filmmaker and founder and group CEO of Visinema, revealed that while animated feature “Jumbo,” produced by the company, achieved nearly 11 million admissions this year to become the country’s all-time box office champion, other months saw ticket sales drop below 3 million. The film’s seven-year production journey represents a strategic shift for Indonesian producers seeking sustainable growth beyond domestic theatrical revenue.

“We always succeed when we try to be different,” Sasongko said, noting that Visinema’s counter-programming strategy has consistently delivered results. However, he emphasized the need for industry restructuring, suggesting a potential cap of 160 films annually to address market oversaturation.

The panel featuring producer Todd Brown...

Screenis running this regularly updated page with the latest film festival and market dates from across the world.

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French Film Festival, UK - November 6-December 11

Doc NYC, US - November 12-30

Foyle Film Festival, UK - November 19-30

Leeds Palestinian Film Festival, UK - November 21-December 6

Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore - November 26-December 7

King’s Lynn Film Festival, UK - November 27-30

African Diaspora International Film Festival, US - November 28-December 14

Marrakech International Film Festival, Morocco - November 28-December 6

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Indonesia’s Mandela Pictures and Korea-l.A.-based Desert Bloom Pictures have forged a four-film development slate, with the pact unveiled at the Jaff Market in Yogyakarta.

The partnership establishes a pipeline of projects designed to bridge Indonesia, Korea and Hollywood markets, combining Desert Bloom’s track record in Korean blockbusters with Mandela’s intellectual property and positioning in Southeast Asia’s largest theatrical market.

Desert Bloom is headed by executives Jennice Lee, Hugh Cha and Park Hyoungjin, whose combined credits include Korean box office hits “Exhuma” and “Along With the Gods,” along with experience at Studio Dragon, Dexter Studios and Lotte Cultureworks. The Seoul-l.A. operation develops cross-cultural content targeting Asian and American audiences.

Mandela Pictures, run by the Samtani brothers — Manoj, Deepak and Lavesh — operates from Jakarta and is expanding its slate of genre and commercial titles, building on its film library and theatrical and streaming presence in Indonesia.

The Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival is partnering with the Asian Film Awards Academy for a second consecutive year to present a Hong Kong film program featuring director Ann Hui and works spanning multiple generations of filmmakers.

Running Nov. 30-Dec. 4 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, the “Together We Dare to Direct” showcase will feature a masterclass with Hui, one of Asian cinema’s most influential female directors, alongside screenings of nine features and four shorts representing different eras of Hong Kong cinema.

The program marks the 20th anniversary of Jaff and builds on the festival’s 2023 collaboration with Afaa, a non-profit founded by the Busan, Hong Kong and Tokyo international film festivals to promote Asian cinema globally.

“Jaff’s collaboration with Afaa represents the transformation of Asian cinema through a selection of curated Hong Kong films lineup, which continues to evolve through various challenges, while reflecting on what can be learned from the...

Magma Entertainment and Bumilangit Entertainment have unveiled “Si Buta dari Gua Hantu: Mata Malaikat” (The Blind Warrior From the Phantom Cave: Angel Eyes), a new feature adaptation of the legendary Indonesian martial arts comic hero who remains the country’s most adapted character, with nine films and 86 TV episodes to date.

The project was revealed at the Jaff Market, with Charles Gozali set to direct and production slated to begin in 2026 ahead of a planned 2027 release.

Hit action-horror movies “Qodrat” (2022) and “Qodrat 2” (2025) were directed by Gozali and produced by Magma Entertainment, with “Qodrat 3” in the works.

“Having [the IP acquired] was like a dream come true for us. We’ve tried to pitch for a different comic adaptation 12 years ago, so this is very special,” Gozali told Variety. The period comic book adaptation brings in a new chapter for Magma Entertainment. “Staying true to the books, the adaptation is trying to keep the original story’s breath.

Indonesian filmmaker Angga Dwimas Sasongko lit up Jaff Market 2025 with the first major public reveal of his new action-fantasy feature “Queen of Malacca” (“Ratu Malaka”), presenting an ensemble cast and giving audiences a candid look at the project’s creative evolution and world-building.

The project was first revealed by Variety at the Cannes Film Market.

At Jaff Market, Sasongko confirmed the film’s ensemble through a rapid-fire onstage presentation, revealing stylized character boards for lead Claresta Taufan, currently enjoying acclaim for “Pangku,” Faris Fadjar, Lutesha, Ganindra Bimo, Dion Wiyoko, Jihane Almira, and Wulan Guritno, along with producer Kori Adyanning and veteran Hong Kong stunt coordinator Chan Man-ching, whose arrival drew loud applause.

Sasongko positioned “Queen of Malacca” as a contemporary Southeast Asia-inspired fantasy world with its own mythology, languages and cultural logic. “This is not a period film. It’s modern, it’s contemporary. We built a fantasy world inspired...

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One of the biggest challenges for "Avengers: Age of Ultron" was making the villainous Ultron (voiced by James Spader) feel threatening. This was the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first official robot villain, and while robots can certainly be threatening (see: "The Terminator") it's also easy for them to look silly instead. As explained in the 2021 behind-the-scenes book "The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe," the visual development team struggled to make Ultron threatening while still being capable of "convey[ing] human emotions." As director Joss Whedon put it:

"In the comics, Ultron always has his mean face on.

During a recent appearance on the “So True with Caleb Hearon” podcast, co-director Lilly Wachowski was asked about certain right-wing groups attaching their ideologies to her 1999 sci-fi masterpiece “The Matrix.” Wachowski said she’s unbothered by conservative misinterpretations and knows how to separate herself from her films once they’re released to the public.

“You have to let go of your work. People are gonna interpret it however they interpret it,” Wachowski said. “I look at all of the crazy, mutant theories around ‘The Matrix’ films and the crazy ideologies that those films helped create and I just go, ‘What are you doing? No! That’s wrong!’ But I have to let it go to some extent … You’re never gonna be able to make absolutely every person believe what you initially intended.”

“The Matrix,” specifically the iconic “blue pill or red pill” scene, is the most famous example of...

This post contains spoilers for "Paycheck" and its source material.

Sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick has left behind a striking legacy. Over the course of 40 novels and 120 short stories, Dick blurred the lines between reality and what could've been, etching memorable characters plagued by doubt or delusion. In 1953, when Dick's career had just started taking off, he wrote a chunk of his oeuvre in a burst of inspiration — or just perhaps in an attempt to make a living.

"Paycheck" is one such entry. This 1953 novelette takes place in a dystopian society where workers get their memories wiped after fulfilling their contractual obligations. Jennings, our electronic engineer protagonist, realizes that his...

The modern Chud Grifter Industrial Complex is an economic engine unto itself — a boundless, unwashed sea of reactionary YouTube channels, TikTok accounts, and Reddit threads, all with the express purpose of tearing down any "nerd culture" media deemed too disgustingly woke. Back in the early 2000s, the digital infrastructure that has allowed this tumor on cultural discourse to thrive wasn't nearly as fully formed, but the reactionary rage content persisted nonetheless.

Take "Battlestar Galactica," for example — specifically, the 2003 Syfy reboot. Today, the series is heralded as a genre classic years ahead of its time, having broken new ground with both its genre and overarching narrative structure. Indeed, years before "The Walking Dead...

Kanya Iwana, an Indonesian multidisciplinary artist making her feature directorial debut, has “Ibu” selected for the Jaff Future Project, about three generations of women wrestling with inherited identity in 2011 Yogyakarta.

The Indonesia-u.S. co-production, directed by Iwana and produced by Zack Rice through production company Feed You Films, is among 10 titles selected for the Jaff Future Project at this year’s Jaff Market in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

“Ibu” follows Maya, a formidable Javanese woman who once dreamed of becoming a writer but subsumed her ambitions under obligation and tradition. Now a widow, she parents through manipulation disguised as protection, resenting her daughters for chasing freedoms she was taught she could never claim.

Her eldest daughter Tash fled to Los Angeles years ago, juggling single motherhood with an uncertain creative career. When Maya’s husband Arief dies, Tash returns home to face not only her domineering mother but her commanding grandmother Dewi and half-sister Inez,...

Park Ki-yong, who stepped down as chair of the Korean Film Council (Kofic) last year and directed “Motel Cactus,” which won the New Currents Award at the 1998 Busan International Film Festival, has a new project selected for the Jaff Future Project with “Ghost Island,” a supernatural thriller about parallel Cold War massacres in Korea and Indonesia.

The South Korea-Malaysia-Indonesia co-production, directed and produced by Park alongside Malaysian producer Ho Yuhang through production company Paperheart Sdn Bhd, is among 10 Asia-Pacific titles selected for the Jaff Future Project at this year’s Jaff Market in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

“Ghost Island” follows Ayu, an Indonesian woman who arrives on snow-covered Jeju Island to search for her missing husband Herman, who vanished during their honeymoon. She partners with Inho, a Korean ex-marine turned investigator, as their search leads them through motels, ferry terminals and labor agencies. Herman appears in CCTV footage, yet remains blurred and indistinct,...

Josh Brolin remembers Donald Trump before he was elected president of the United States.

During a recent interview with The Independent, Brolin said he understands Trump in a different light, having “been a friend” of his before he was president. This understanding makes Brolin confident that Trump won’t try to serve a third term, a possibility that circulates in some political spheres and is occasionally elevated by Trump himself.

“I’m not scared of Trump, because even though he says he’s staying forever, it’s just not going to happen,” Brolin said. “And if it does, then I’ll deal with that moment. But having been a friend of Trump before he was president, I know a different guy.”

The “No Country for Old Men” star met Trump around the production of “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” Oliver Stone’s 2010 financial drama. Trump was set to appear in...

Before he became a star Sylvester Stallone fronted a thriller that went largely overlooked, despite the fact it was re-released several times in the post-"Rocky" world. Originally called "No Place to Hide," the film saw a 25-year-old Stallone portray a political activist who plans several bombings — and he was almost joined by a similarly up-and-coming Richard Pryor, who a decade later had become a big enough star to play a villain in 1983's "Superman III."

In 1969 a young Stallone moved to New York City to pursue his acting dream. Seven years later, he propelled himself to stardom by writing "Rocky" (in an incredible three short days) and somehow convincing...

Indonesian filmmaker Adriyanto Dewo has a new psychological horror project selected for the Jaff Future Project with “Evil Underground,” about estranged sisters trapped in a mall basement.

The Indonesia production, directed by Dewo and produced by Perlita Desiani and Tina Arwin through production company Relate Films, is among 10 Asia-Pacific titles selected for the Jaff Future Project at this year’s Jaff Market in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

“Evil Underground” follows a group of teenagers who gather for a midnight horror screening at an old, decaying trade center. Among them are sisters Dian and Mirna, still estranged after their father’s death sent Dian into a mental-health retreat. After the film, a friend dares them to try a viral ritual in the mall’s lowest basement: five circles at midnight, headlights off, a simple mantra.

Nothing happens until the final loop ends with a violent jolt, and when they step out to check,...

Jakarta Vice Governor and veteran actor Rano Karno used a Jaff Market panel in Yogyakarta to outline a plan to position the capital as a global filmmaking hub ahead of its 500th anniversary in 2027, declaring, “It’s time,” as he called for a coordinated push to make Jakarta a film-friendly city.

“Jakarta will be turning 500 years old in 2027. So what can we create in celebration of this?” Karno asked. Along with Andi Boediman, producer and CEO, Ideosource Entertainment, Indonesian producers’ association Aprofi chair Edwin Nazir, and director Ernest Prakasa, the panel discussed the future of Indonesia’s film industry and filmmaking ecosystem – specifically in Jakarta.

Karno proposed a thesis about ways in which Jakarta as a city can serve further purpose in filmmaking and expand its cultural experiences in its efforts of becoming a global city. “The celebration of Amsterdam’s 750th anniversary took three years to prepare, and yet...

The holiday season is once again upon us, and that means it's time for Kevin McCallister, The Grinch, and Buddy the Elf to dominate screens for the next month. Sometimes, though, you just want some alternative Christmas movies to mix things up, and if that's you, "Jingle Bell Heist" is a solid choice. In a year full of romantic comedies, Netflix is finishing 2025 strong with this festive film that, like so much of the romance fare that's hit streamers recently, sees an American woman fall in love with a dashing stranger. But there's enough here to make "Jingle Bell Heist" distinct from other recent hit romantic comedies, as evidenced by the reviews,...

This post contains spoilers for "Mad Men" season 7.

There is no shortage of tragedy on "Mad Men," a show that's fundamentally about unhappy people trying to fulfill social roles that don't quite fit them. But perhaps most tragic of all is the eleventh hour reveal that Betty (January Jones) has terminal lung cancer.

The reveal makes sense, given the sheer amount of cigarettes Betty smokes over the course of the show, but it still stings. Not only is Betty still in her 30s when she's diagnosed, but she'd recently started to find herself. Indeed, she receives her fatal cancer diagnosis in the midst of returning to school to pursue a career in psychology.

Indonesia and Malaysia are set for closer and stronger collaboration through a string of genre projects announced at Jaff Market on Saturday (November 29). These include Indonesian remakes of Malaysian box office hits Munafik and Khurafat.

The Indonesian version of horror film Munafik is directed by Guntur Soeharjanto and stars Arya Saloka and Acha Septriasa. It is produced by Indonesia’s Oswin Bonifanz of Unlimited Productions, along with Malaysia’s Skop Productions and Komet Productions, and Indonesia’s A&z Films and Legacy Pictures.

The Indonesian remake of Khurafat will be directed by Malaysia’s Zahir Omar and feature an Indonesian cast.