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Exclusive: Talent representation firm imPRint has promoted three team members, Brett Ruttenberg, Maria Candida and Jennifer Sims, to new roles at the company.

Ruttenberg has been named SVP, stepping into a key leadership role, where he’ll continue to build campaigns and deepen industry alliances. Candida and Sims have both been promoted to VP, where their cross-platform storytelling expertise and command of both traditional and new media will be further utilized.

“These promotions reflect the leadership, ingenuity and relentless dedication each of these executives brings to our clients every day,” imPRint co-CEOs and founding partners Nicole Perna and Melissa Raubvogel said. “In an industry that is constantly shifting, their ability to think ahead, break ground, and build meaningful visibility for our clients is what keeps us not only competitive, but ahead, as we continue to set a new standard for what modern publicity looks like.”

With a client base that spans film,...

The King of Cocaine, Pablo Escobar, headed a reign of terror as one of the wealthiest conventional criminals in history with his drug cartel before finally laying down to rest on December 2, 1993. But even in his final moments, he ostensibly believed in living life king-size, celebrating a lavish birthday a day before his death. The picture that the top-rated series Narcos painted of him was much different.

When it comes to how he spent his final days, reports have it that the Colombian drug lord was busy having the time of his life as he lavishly celebrated his 44th birthday on December 1, 1993, after escaping custody in July 1992 and going into hiding. Per Britannica, he allegedly enjoyed cake, wine, and even marijuana during the same.

Unfortunately for him, a day later, his hideout in Medellín was discovered by officials, with Colombian forces storming his building as he escaped to the roof with his bodyguard.

The third time might be the charm for Brian Tyree Henry, who’s already been nominated twice before for his work on Atlanta and This is Us. But the nod for Dope Thief is the first time he’s being recognized for a leading role. It’s also the first time he’s been nominated since 2018, so he’s looking forward to a “crazy prom” at the upcoming Emmy Awards next month, where he’ll get to hang out with his friends. “It just feels like it’s going to be a big class reunion,” he says.

Here, Henry opens up to Gold Derby about why he felt he had to play Ray, what he learned from being an executive producer, and why Girl Scout cookies saved the day on set.

What was your reaction to the news that you were nominated?

I forgot that the nominations were that day.

"Elite Squad", the 2007 Brazilian-produced crime thriller based on the novel “Elite da Tropa” by Luiz Eduardo Soares, André Batista and Rodrigo Pimentel, is directed by José Padilha, starring Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira and André Ramiro, now streaming on Netflix:

“…’Roberto Nascimento’ (Moura), a captain with the ‘Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais’ aka ‘Bope’ …

“…leads a police crackdown on a series of Rio de Janeiro ‘favelas’ …

“…in-preparation for the Brazilian state visit of ‘Pope John Paul II’.”

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Could this be the next Anora for Neon?

Brazilian political thriller The Secret Agent won four prizes at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival: writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho won the Fipresci Prize, the Afcae Art House Cinema Award, and Best Director, while star Wagner Moura won Best Actor.

Neon picked it up for North American distribution at the festival, along with Palme d’Or winner It Was Just an Accident and second-place Grand Prix winner Sentimental Value, the latter of which is likely Neon’s strongest awards contender this year (it’s currently sitting at #2 in Gold Derby’s combined odds for a Best Picture nomination). The independent distributor hopes to replicate the success it had with Anora, which went from taking Cannes’ top prize to winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Secret Agent appears to be Neon’s third-strongest contender coming out of the festival.

Now, the company has...

Neon has acquired another film from Cannes, taking North American rights to Genki Kawamura’s Japanese thriller Exit 8 before it plays in TIFF Centrepiece next month.

Based on the video game by Kotake Create, the feature follows a man trapped in a subway labyrinth who must find the titular exit while obeying a simple rule that forbids him from overlooking anything out of the ordinary.

Kawamura co-wrote the film with Kentaro Hirase and the cast includes Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, and Nana Komatsu.

Kawamura’s debut feature A Hundred Flowers won best director at San...

Neon has acquired the North American rights to the Japanese thriller “Exit 8.”

The film screened as part of the Midnight section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and will have its North American debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Centerpiece section.

Neon is planning a theatrical release for the film in early 2026.

The film is based on a video game and is directed and written by Genki Kawamura. Kawamura wrote the film with Kentaro Hirase, adapted from the game by Kotake Create. “Exit 8” stars Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, and Nana Komatsu.

The story follows a man trapped in an endless, sterile subway passageway, who sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then...

Neon has acquired North American rights to Japanese thriller Exit 8, which world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the midnight section.

Based on the hit video game, the film will make its North American debut next month at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Centerpiece section. Neon plans a theatrical release in early 2026.

Exit 8 is directed and written by Genki Kawamura, who has produced numerous films and won the Best Director Award for his debut feature A Hundred Flowers (2022) at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.

The film debuted in Cannes to strong reviews and an 8-minute standing ovation and has since already secured screenings in more than 100 countries and regions across Asia, Europe, and beyond.

Kawamura wrote the film with Kentaro Hirase, adapted from the game by Kotake Create. It stars Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, and Nana Komatsu.

Brian Tyree Henry is three for three when it comes to Emmy nominations in the major acting categories, having nabbed his first for best guest actor in 2017 for his appearance as the long-lost cousin of Ron Cephas Jones’ William on the NBC drama This Is Us; his second a year later for his supporting actor role as Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles in the FX comedy Atlanta; and now a lead actor nod for his portrayal of Ray Driscoll in Apple TV+’s limited series Dope Thief.

“This is a sexy-ass category,” says Henry of being nominated alongside Colin Farrell (The Penguin), Jake Gyllenhaal (Presumed Innocent), Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story) and Stephen Graham (Adolescence), to whom he expects to take a graceful L.

“I hit up Stephen, because I love Stephen Graham — I truly, truly love him,” adds Henry, “and I keep telling him, ‘It’s...

Michael Mando, the newly confirmed villain in Spider-Man 4, was reportedly fired from the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ drama Dope Thief, which holds an impressive 86% rating, following a physical altercation with a co-star.

While producers tried to smooth things out, however, it was decided to let Mando go and he was replaced by Narcos alum Wagner Moura. A source shared with The Hollywood Reporter that the decision to drop Mando actually came after attempts to smooth things over.

Well, despite the Apple fallout, Mando will be reprising his role as Scorpion in Spidr-Man: Brand New Day, joining Tom Holland, Mark Ruffalo, and possibly Jon Bernthal in what could be the Marvel brawl of the year.

Michael Mando Officially Set To Reprise His Role In Spider-Man 4 Michael Mando in Spider-Man: Homecoming (Credits- Sony Pictures)

Michael Mando is officially swinging back into action as Mac Gargan, better known to Marvel fans...

Sofía Carson leads a new era of cinema, merging authenticity, global appeal, and creative control to dominate Netflix’s streaming universe.

Sofía Carson doesn’t need controversy to command attention. With grace, intelligence, and unshakeable values, she has quietly become one of the most influential faces in global entertainment. In an industry driven by algorithms and virality, Carson stands out for her consistency, vision and deep emotional connection with viewers.

Just ten years ago, she had never stepped onto a film set. Today, her name guarantees global traction. Her first Netflix feature, Feel the Beat, was a modest hit—but it was 2022’s Purple Hearts that made her impossible to ignore. The film topped charts in 82 countries and spawned the platform’s most-streamed soundtrack on Spotify. Then came Carry-On (2024), opposite Taron Egerton, now Netflix’s second most-watched English-language film of all time. And with The Life List, another global number one,...

Netalie Braun’s anti-war film “Oxygen” took the top prize at the 42nd Jerusalem Film Festival which kicked off on July 17 with an honorary tribute to Gal Gadot.

“Oxygen” stars Dana Ivgy (“Zero Motivation”) has Anat, a mother who sets out on a perilous journey to bring her soldier son home after learning that he’s been deployed on the front lines.

The long-gestated movie, which was developed at the Sam Spiegel Lab, won the Haggiag Award for best feature from a jury comprising Israeli director-actor Menashe Noy; Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival founder Tiina Lokk and filmmaker Julie Shles

The jury praised “Oxygen” for its “radical reading of Israeli existence centered on a mother who boldly chooses to stop being a victim of the Israeli ethos, no matter the cost,” and presents Israeli society “from a new perspective, giving an almost biblical dimension to the story of a mother...

David Laub has joined Neon as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Publicity.

Laub, who served as Head of Metrograph Pictures from February 2024 through July 2025, will work closely with Ryan Werner, Neon’s new President of Global Cinema, further strengthening the studio’s position as a champion of bold, auteur-driven filmmaking. In this newly created role, Laub will bring his years of experience in marketing, publicity, and awards to Neon’s growing slate.

During his time at Metrograph, Laub acquired and released such films as India Donaldson’s highly acclaimed feature debut “Good One,” which played both Sundance and Cannes and was on over 100 year-end top ten lists; Cannes selection “Santosh,” which was on the shortlist for this year’s International Oscar award; and the highly lauded Venice prize-winner “April,” by Dea Kulumbegashvilli.

Laub spent almost 9 years at film and television studio A24, where he worked in all aspects of film distribution including marketing,...

The 2025 Emmy nominations delivered meaningful gains in representation across race, gender and identity, with a few concerning declines.

A total of 94 actors were recognized in the main acting categories — lead, supporting and guest. Of those 24 are Poc, a decline from the past five years. In 2024, 30 were performers of color, making up 31% of the nominees, which was an increase from 2023 and 2021, though it fell short of the 2022 peak, when 42 of 108 nominees (39%) were people of color, the most in Emmys history. Look at the last decade of numbers to see how this year compares:

“Abbott Elementary” creator, executive producer and star Quinta Brunson continues her historic Emmy run for hit ABC mockumentary. After becoming the first solo Black woman to win for comedy writing in 2022, and the second Black woman to win lead comedy actress in 2023, she now ties Stefani Robinson (“Atlanta” and “What We Do in the Shadows”) for the most...

At around the same time as Gareth Edwards was hired to direct the Godzilla reboot on the back of the excellent job that he did on the micro-budget science-fiction film Monsters, Brazilian filmmaker José Padilha was selected to reboot the RoboCop franchise. Padilha made a name for himself in his home country with the critically acclaimed and commercially successful cop dramas Elite Squad and its sequel, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within. However, the RoboCop reboot didn't perform as well as it was expected to, failing to start a new franchise. Now, over a decade after its initial theatrical run, RoboCop is witnessing a surge in interest on streaming.

According to FlixPatrol, it was the fifth-most-watched movie on Prime Video in the United States on July 15, jumping one spot from July 14. RoboCop beat out hits such as Nosferatu, Fast Five, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Twisters. The Prime Video rankings were...

Netflix's "Narcos" is far more than one of the best Pedro Pascal TV shows out there. Inspired by real (and often extremely terrifying) events, the show chronicles the story of various drug cartels from the 1970s to the 1990s. Initially, the focus is on the most infamous cocaine trafficker of them all -- Wagner Moura's celebrity narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar -- but the combined six seasons of "Narcos" and "Narcos: Mexico" feature several other kingpins, as well as the many officers and agents who are risking life and limb to stop them.

"Narcos" is the kind of show that can easily drop the viewer down a rabbit hole of crime history. Its depiction of dangerous locales that range from Medellin to Ciudad Juárez sucks the viewer right in, and many of the key events on the show really happened ... up to and very much including some of the most disturbing ones.

Wagner Moura has finally been able to get his hands on the Cannes best actor award he won earlier this year for his lead role in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent.”

Cannes jury president Juliette Binoche belatedly handed out the statuette to the Brazilian actor — who played a father who disguises his identity in an attempt to evade assassination during Brazil’s military dictatorship — on Saturday in Paris.

Moura, who was shooting in May and thus unable to attend the Cannes awards ceremony, was in Paris attending the Cinéma Paradiso Louvre Festival, organized by distributor mk2, at Cour Carrée du Louvre open air venue. Mendonça Filho, who also won the Cannes best director award for the film, was also on hand.

Binoche, according to a statement, surprised Moura by taking the stage to bestow the actor with the award in front of thousands of fans attending the sold-out screening of “The Secret Agent.

Brazilian star Wagner Moura has finally taken physical receipt of his Cannes Best Actor Award six weeks after he won the coveted prize for his performance in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Palme d’Or contender The Secret Agent.

French actress Juliette Binoche, who was Jury President at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in May, surprised Moura on stage at the Cinéma Paradiso Louvre Festival in Paris on Saturday.

Moura and Mendonça Filho were in attendance for a sold-out, open-air screening of thriller The Secret Agent, which also won Best Director in Cannes.

The actor was unable to attend the Cannes Awards ceremony in May because he had left the festival to return to the set of Louis Leterrier’s sci-fi horror 11817 in London.

”One of the things for me about this award, was the fact that you were the President of this jury. I can’t tell you how...

Before Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt Nearly Headlined Netflix’s The Gray Man ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Acclaimed Hollywood star Brad Pitt has starred in numerous action films, including Troy, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Spy Game, and Bullet Train. However, even some diehard movie buffs may not know that the Oscar-winning actor was once in line to star in a spy action thriller that eventually became one of the biggest Netflix hits. Can you guess which film it is? Read on to find out.

The Netflix Hit Which Almost Starred Brad Pitt

We are talking about the 2022 film The Gray Man, which was directed by the Russo Brothers and featured Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in the lead roles. According to an earlier report by Variety, Brad Pitt was once in talks to headline a film adaptation of Mark Greaney’s debut thriller The Gray Man. At the time, the project was supposed...

Exclusive: Jacob Scipio is set to co-lead the as-yet-untitled real estate drama pilot ordered by the Onyx Collective for Hulu, opposite Edgar Ramirez. The series regular cast includes Leslie Grace (In The Heights), Mariana di Girolamo (Ema), Liz Caribel Sierra (Dope Thief) and Armando Rivera.

Production To Start July 14 in Toronto.

From Roberto Patino and Cassius Corrigan, the drama follows a cutthroat battle to dominate the Manhattan skyline, where two rival real estate developers (Ramirez and Scipio) risk everything — wealth, family and their souls — as their ambition turns into obsession, and their partnership turns into war.

Scipio will play Abe Alonso, a wildly ambitious, charismatic up-and-coming real estate developer from the outer boroughs of New York City. He is willing to do whatever it takes to seize the American Dream for his growing family.

Grace will play Val Alonso-Rivera, a passionate...

Sentimental Value, which is one of the most praised films out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, would only take home the runner-up prize, the Grand Prix, when Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident edged it out for the Palme d’Or. But it would be The Secret Agent that would be the most awarded film, as it took home both Best Director for Kleber Mendonça Filho and Best Actor for Wagner Moura. Best Actress, meanwhile, went to Nadia Melliti for coming-of-age film The Little Sister. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne would take Best Screenplay, which they previously won for 2008’s Lorna’s Silence.

Neon has now released the trailer for Sentimental Value, which stars Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgärd, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and Elle Fanning.

Joachim Trier directs from a script co-written by him and Eskil Vogt. The official synopsis reads, “Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father,...

Over the past two months of Emmy campaigning, Gold Derby has spoken with several contenders in all categories. Now with voting underway ahead of the July 15 unveiling of the nominees, we have compiled seven interviews for stars vying for Best Limited/Movie Actor, including: Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story), Taye Diggs (Terry McMillan Presents Forever), Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North), Paul Giamatti (Black Mirror), Stephen Graham (Adolescence), Brian Tyree Henry (Dope Thief), and Cooper Koch (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story).

Read on for highlights from each interviews and links to watch our full video Q&As.

Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story)

For the Netflix series, Chavez plays Lyle Menendez — a figure whose life has been well-documented in books, interviews, and court footage.

“I read every book that I could get my hands on. I watched every single documentary,...

Apple TV+ has inked a new multi-year, first-look feature film deal with The North Road Company’s Chernin Entertainment, the flagship scripted film label behind such titles as Hidden Figures, Ford v Ferrari, The Greatest Showman and Planet of the Apes.

On the television side, Chernin Entertainment is already a partner of the streaming platform, producing the upcoming historical miniseries Chief of War starring Jason Momoa, about the unification and colonization of Hawaii at the turn of the 18th century, set to premiere Aug. 1. It is also behind the Emmy-nominated See, also featuring Momoa; NAACP Image Award-winning Truth Be Told with Octavia Spencer and Gabrielle Union; and Emmy-winning docuseries The War for Football, executive produced by North Road’s premium nonfiction label Words + Pictures.

“We’ve had a great experience working with Apple on the series side, where they’ve been smart, daring, and always supportive — we’re excited...

In 2025, almost 8 years after Narcos wrapped up its final season, Netflix released a crime docuseries that feels a lot like a spinoff of the Mexican cartel chaos. Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft., directed by Olivier Bouchara and Jérôme Pierrat, this French limited series dives into the 2014 “Air Cocaine” scandal- when 4 men, including two celebrated ex-military pilots, were caught in Punta Cana after 1,500 lb (700 kg) of cocaine was discovered on board their private jet.

However, unlike the hardened criminals of Narcos, the suspects in this case were seemingly unsuspecting, with clean records and established family lives. This dramatic shift from their regular lives is what made the story so shockingly surreal.

What Is This ‘Narcos Spin-Off’ About? A still from Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft. (Credit: Netflix)

Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft. is a Netflix docuseries that follows a chilling true crime story. On March 20, 2013, Dominican police found 26 suitcases full...

Here’s The Spy Series You Might Like If You’ve Watched Fubar! ( Photo Credit – Prime Video )

The second season of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s spy action-comedy series Fubar premiered a few weeks ago. Although many fans were excited to watch the Terminator star on the small screen, the show didn’t find favor with several critics. Overall, it has a 52% Rotten Tomatoes critics’ score. If you are rowing the same boat and looking for a gripping and entertaining spy action series on Ott, we’ve got you covered!

This 90%-rated, Emmy-winning series streaming on Ott will keep you glued to the screen and is perfect binge-watch material. We are talking about last year’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith series, starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine in the titular roles. Read on to discover what it’s about and where to stream it.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith – Plot & Cast

Created by Francesca Sloane and Donald Glover,...

As it did when it debuted in theaters earlier this year, Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's Warfare dropped on streaming with a bang. The war thriller, which sort of underperformed at the box office but earned excellent reviews, beat a Denzel Washington blockbuster in its first two days of release on Prime Video. Featuring an ensemble cast of young male stars, Warfare was based on a real-life incident experienced by Mendoza, who served in the Iraq War. The movie made a little over $30 million worldwide against a reported budget of $20 million.

According to FlixPatrol, Warfare was the fourth-biggest film on Prime Video on June 18, whereas Washington's The Equalizer 3 had to settle for the eighth spot. The Prime Video charts were topped by The Accountant 2, which recently debuted on streaming after grossing over $100 million worldwide. The number three spot was claimed by its predecessor, The Accountant, with...

The Most Consistent Indie Distributor In The United States The 2020s have been a rather interesting decade for the world of Cinema to say the least. Blockbusters have been designed to be massive IP event movies for the most part, while comedies are being relegated straight to streaming, with wide theatrical releases becoming virtually extinct for the genre. Among this chaos, independent film has been thriving more and more each year, partly in thanks to indie distributors that have built themselves up as a “brand”, such as A24 and Neon, the latter achieving great success at the big film festivals and with their Oscar campaigns. Neon will look to continue their hot streak after acquiring several contenders at the Cannes Film Festival last month, while also having many acclaimed films releasing in theaters in the coming months. Things to do: Subscribe to The Hollywood Insider’s YouTube Channel, by clicking here.

The 79th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is set to run from May 12-23, 2026. The festival announced the news via its Instagram page on Wednesday.

The news comes less than three weeks after its 78th edition concluded, which saw Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident win the Palme d’Or, marking a celebrated in-person return to the festival for the Iranian filmmaker, who last attended the event 22 years ago.

Cannes has not announced the dates for its market, which this year took place May 13-21 during the festival (May 13-23).

Other winners at the most recent edition included Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, which took the Grand Prize, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Wagner Moura who won Best Director and Best Actor respectively for The Secret Agent, Nadia Melliti who won Best Actress for La Petite Dernière and Jean-Pierrer and Luc Dardenne who both won Best Screenplay for Young Mothers.

"Dope Thief allowed me to reclaim my name," says Brian Tyree Henry, the star and executive producer of the Apple TV+ limited series. The Oscar, Emmy, and Tony nominee tells Gold Derby, "I was just Paper Boi [from Atlanta] to people for quite a few years. And so with this one, I think that I became Brian again, and that is very special to me." Watch our full interview above.

Henry plays Ray Driscoll on Dope Thief, a con artist who, along with his lifelong friend Manny Carvalho (Wagner Moura), robs from drug dealers by posing as DEA agents. Unfortunately, they steal from the wrong people, and mayhem ensues. The program is written by Peter Craig and based on the 2009 novel by Dennis Tafoya. "Everything that happens is absolutely terrible, but in the end, it's a fun ride," the actor recalls.

"Wagner Moura is truly one of the best that's ever done it,...

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Ana de Armas is a brilliant and beautiful actor, and she has proven her acting chops time and time again by giving several brilliant performances in recent years. She even added James Bond to the growing list of films. The Cuban actress is fluent in both Spanish and English, and she has made a great career for herself in Hollywood by working with brilliant directors and actors. So, if you also love Armas’ brilliant performances and want to see more of her, here are the 8 best movies starring Ana de Armas you can watch right now.

8. Ghosted (Apple TV+) Credit – Apple TV+

Ghosted is a romantic comedy spy action-adventure film directed by Dexter Fletcher from a screenplay co-written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers. The 2023 film follows Cole who falls head over heels for...

Before shooting their first major scene together in Apple TV+’s “Dope Thief,” Wagner Moura pulled Brian Tyree Henry into a makeshift green room and pressed his forehead against his costar’s. Moura had been hired only days earlier and had no time to prepare.

“We grab each other’s forearms, and he’s like, ‘My name is Wagner Moura. I’m Brazilian. I have three kids. I’m married. I’m incredibly scared. I don’t really know what’s going on. English is not my first language,'” Henry said. “I’m like, ‘That’s cool. My name is Brian. I’ve got your back. I’m scared too. No matter what, just look at me if you need anything. I promise I’ll never leave your side.’ And I meant it.”

Created by Peter Craig (an Oscar nominee for his “Top Gun: Maverick” script), “Dope Thief” tells...

Peter Gould has a new drama pilot in development at FX. Disinherited, written by Gould, who will also direct the pilot and serve as executive producer, will star Victoria Pedretti and Kiera Allen.

In Disinherited, an unexpected inheritance thrusts a pair of scrappy sisters into a world of generational wealth and long-buried crimes.

In addition to Gould, Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, and Nena Rodrigue of T-Street executive produce with FX Productions producing.

Peter Gould is the Emmy Award, WGA, and PGA award-winning showrunner and co-creator of Better Call Saul. After running the first two seasons alongside co-creator Vince Gilligan, Gould took over as sole showrunner for the remainder of the series, writing and directing multiple episodes, including the critically acclaimed series finale. Before Saul, he was a writer/producer of the Emmy Award–winning series Breaking Bad throughout the show’s five-season run.

Few filmmakers have as distinguished a resume as Ridley Scott, who has helmed some of the most memorable sci-fi and period films of all time. He’s the visionary creator behind the Alien franchise, which has altered the history of science fiction, and he even directed some of the most notable hits ever, such as Blade Runner and Gladiator. Scott has teamed up with a large catalog of stars over the years for projects in many genres, but there are a few things he hasn’t had the chance to tackle… yet. Collider’s Steve Weintraub recently caught up with Scott to chat about the new 4K release of his incredible 2005 historical epic, Kingdom of Heaven, and he asked if there was one thing he was still dying to make after all these years of directing movies:

"If they’re good enough, and you know it’s not the moment...

KlikFilm proudly announces the exclusive Indonesian release of a curated selection of award-winning films, fresh from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, including this year’s prestigious Palme d’Or winner. Continuing its commitment to championing world cinema, KlikFilm once again becomes the home for the most talked-about international films of the year.

Leading the lineup is “It Was Just an Accident”, this powerful new film from Jafar Panahi was made in secret in Iran. With masterful subtlety and a sense of quiet urgency, Panahi constructs a moral thriller about guilt and complicity in a tightly surveilled society.

Here are the celebrated films from 2025 Cannes Film Festival coming soon to KlikFilm:

Sentimental Value

Grand Prix winner Joachim Trier returns with an emotionally rich drama about a widowed father and his two daughters reuniting after years apart. With a cast led by Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, and Elle Fanning, the film explores memory,...

Max contains a treasure trove of both well-known, beloved films and hidden gems that you might not have ever heard of before. Its list of psychological thrillers, consequently, consists of mainstream hits, lesser-known classics from many decades ago and smaller, independent movies released within the past few years. The streaming service has, in other words, a wide array of films to choose from whenever you find yourself in the mood for a thriller that is as cerebral as it is thrilling, or as contemplative as it is propulsive.

With that in mind, here are the seven best psychological thrillers streaming on Max right now.

“Heretic” (A24) “Heretic” (2024)

“Heretic” is a psychological thriller that will unbalance you and leave you reeling on your heels just as forcefully as it does its protagonists. Written and directed by “A Quiet Place” writers Bryan Woods and Scott Beck, this 2024 gem follows two young, female...

Editor’s Note: The following story contains some spoilers for “Poker Face” Season 2, Episode 6.

Season 2, Episode 6 is not your typical episode of “Poker Face.” Charlie (Natasha Lyonne) has been working as lunch lady at a local elementary school, where she meets the terrifying Stephanie (Eva Jade Halford), a student whose ambition compels her to humiliate one of her peers and indirectly kill the class pet.

It’s a demanding role even on paper, and one brought to life superbly by the 12-year-old Halford (the episode premiered on her birthday), who goes toe to toe with Lyonne, Margo Martindale, and Adrienne C. Moore throughout the episode. It’s enough to shake a seasoned pro — but Halford is already on her way to being just that, having just wrapped “The Last Day” with Alicia Vikander, Victoria Pedretti, and Wagner Moura, from first-time feature director Rachel Rose. As a child, she’s used...

Does anyone else remember that badass Jason Voorhees design from Wildstorm’s 2007 comic-book sequel Freddy vs. Jason vs Ash? After getting a chainsaw to the face, Jason loses the lower third of his iconic hockey mask and ends up looking like a gnarly parody of the grim reaper throughout the remainder of the story. Not only is this an undeniably cool look for the character, but I also think that it’s an honest depiction of what Jason (and many other horror antagonists) really represent: corpse-like emissaries of Death itself.

And with Final Destination Bloodlines revisiting the idea of death as both a scheming entity and a mere fact of life (not to mention Oz Perkins’ The Monkey dealing with many of the same ideas), we’ve decided to come up with a list celebrating six of the scariest depictions of death in horror films. After all, artists have been...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival winners were unveiled on Saturday, with all of the major prizes going to international films, putting many potential 2026 Oscar contenders on the map and setting the stage for what will be an exciting awards derby.

Recently, as a result of the Academy’s expansion of voting members, there have been more international features in the top categories at the Oscars. The past two years have seen double the tally in Best Picture. With Cannes being the biggest kingmaker for films on the road to the Oscars, as seen with Best Picture winners Parasite and Anora and Best Picture nominee Anatomy of a Fall, below are the biggest international competitors to keep an eye on.

Palme d'Or: It Was Just An Accident, Jafar Panahi

Categories to watch: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film

Jafar Panahi becomes the fourth director to win the Palme d'Or,...

Scene From The Secret Agent Trailer Featuring Wagner Moura As Marcelo!(Photo Credit –Instagram)

The Secret Agent, a political thriller starring Wagner Moura, who played the dreaded Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in Narcos, recently had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it got a standing ovation. Helmed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, the critically acclaimed Brazilian film bagged the Best Director and the Best Actor awards at the prestigious fest. Read on to learn more about the film and whether it will be released in Indian theatres or on any Indian Ott platform.

The Secret Agent – Plot

Set against the backdrop of Brazil’s military dictatorship in 1977, the film revolves around a widowed academic, Marcelo (played by Wagner Moura), who is forced to go on the run after he publicly opposes a corrupt government officer. The fugitive arrives in his hometown, Recife, during carnival week using a fake identity,...

Those unacquainted with Kleber Mendonça Filho’s particular tonal register may find themselves bewildered that a film titled “The Secret Agent” The Secret Agent may be anything other than a conventional, tightly wound political thriller. Those of us familiar with his languid, context-dependent Brazilian works, meanwhile, can only be left to smirk at just how far the critic-turned-filmmaker is willing to take his alienating tactics in service of a greater framework that yields, up to now, his most challenging and rewarding results yet.

As the Brazilian public continues to reckon with the reverberating traumas of a military dictatorship that lasted a grueling 21 years, the nation’s cinema continues to reflect the passion of a people whose widespread pride in their endurance has only proven more and more poignant in a global landscape so willing to backslide into conservative chaos. “The Secret Agent,” on that front, proves a potent examination of just how unassuming—and,...

Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” captured the Palme d’Or in Cannes on 24 May, sealing a comeback for the Iranian director four years after Tehran lifted his travel ban. Jury president Juliette Binoche praised the thriller as “a force that transforms darkness into forgiveness, hope and new life,” moments after Panahi urged viewers to “join forces so that no one will dare tell us what we should do or wear”.

The win crowns a politically charged edition disrupted hours earlier by a Riviera power outage that briefly threatened the red-carpet broadcast yet left the closing ceremony intact. Neon, distributor of the last five Palme winners, pre-bought North-American rights to Panahi’s film during the festival, extending its awards-season run and intensifying scrutiny of whether Iran will permit a domestic release required for international-feature Oscar eligibility.

Joachim Trier’s Norwegian family drama “Sentimental Value” took the Grand Prix after a 19-minute ovation,...

Jeremy Strong likened the Cannes competition jury’s final huddle to “a conclave with champagne,” a papal-sounding image that broke the customary secrecy surrounding how nine jurors decide the world’s most watched film prize. Led by French actor Juliette Binoche, the panel spent 11 days weighing 22 entries before emerging on 24 May to hand the Palme d’Or to Iranian dissident Jafar Panahi for his revenge drama It Was Just an Accident.

The Grand Prix went to Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, while the Jury Prize was shared by Óliver Laxe’s desert odyssey Sirât and Mascha Schilinski’s family saga Sound of Falling. Nadia Melliti and Wagner Moura collected the acting awards, and Kleber Mendonça Filho was named best director for Brazil’s The Secret Agent.

Asked why the panel backed such politically edged work, Binoche said Panahi’s film “springs from a feeling of resistance, survival, which is absolutely...

Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d’Or on Saturday for “It Was Just an Accident,” a revenge drama he shot clandestinely while officially barred from filmmaking at home. Accepting the prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the 64-year-old director dedicated the award “to all Iranians” and expressed hope for a day “when no one will tell us what to wear or do,” a clear reference to Iran’s restrictive dress and speech rules.

Panahi’s victory caps a career defined by defiance. In 2010 he received a six-year prison sentence and a 20-year ban on directing, yet he continued to make films in secret and smuggle them abroad on flash drives. “It Was Just an Accident,” only the second Iranian film ever to claim Cannes’ top honor after Abbas Kiarostami’s “Taste of Cherry” in 1997, follows a garage owner who confronts the man he believes tortured him in prison.

For many years most in the industry have looked to the fall festival trifecta of Venice, Telluride and Toronto as the real start of Oscar season, but recently, with two Palme d’Or winners going on to also be Best Picture winners, the “start” of the season has to be redefined. It really now starts at Cannes.

For example, in 2024 the Cannes Film Festival selections and winners scored very big at the Oscars, with Palme d’Or winner Anora becoming only the third film to also win the Best Picture Academy Award (after 1955’s Marty and 2019’s Parasite). Emilia Perez, The Substance and the animation feature winner Flow also saw big success out of Cannes at the Oscars, where the festival’s films scored an overall whopping 31 nominations. In fact the track record has been pretty good, not at all a detriment for its early positioning, in the past seven...

Neon CEO Tom Quinn took no chances this year en route to winning the company’s sixth Cannes Palme d’Or in a row, for Iranian dissident Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident.” He acquired the film just two days before Saturday’s award ceremony. Neon also collected the festival Jury Prize for “Sirât” (shared with Mubi’s recent buy “Sound of Falling”), and two awards for Brazil’s “The Secret Agent” — Best Director (Kleber Mendonça Filho) and Actor (Wagner Moura ).

Neon came out ahead on the acquisitions derby, as Mubi’s starry $23-million pick-up “Die My Love,” from Scottish/British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, came up empty-handed. A Cannes Actress win for Jennifer Lawrence could have fueled an Oscar campaign, but that loss won’t stop Mubi from pursuing that goal. Similarly, although Oliver Hermanus’ muted American drama “History of Sound” won nothing, Focus may still pursue acting...

Laxe triunfa en el Festival con ‘Sirat’, que comparte el Premio del Jurado. © Getty Images

La 78ª edición del Festival de Cannes ha llegado a su fin y ya conocemos el palmarés completo. En esta edición, la codiciadísima Palma de Oro, el máximo galardón del Festival al que aspira todo cineasta que pasa por la Croisette, ha ido a parar a la película It Was Just An Accident, dirigida por el iraní Jafar Panahi. Este triunfo no solo consagra al cineasta –que completa así la prestigiosa y casi inalcanzable “triple corona” de Festivales y entra en un selectísimo grupo–, sino que también permite a Neon hacer historia: se trata de su sexta Palma consecutiva tras Anora (2024), Anatomía de una caída (2023), El triángulo de la tristeza (2022), Titane (2021) y Parásitos (2019).

El cine español, por su parte, ha tenido un protagonismo especial (y es para celebrarlo). El director gallego Oliver Laxe se ha...

The red carpet is rolling up at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and the top honor, the coveted Palme d’Or has been awarded to Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, edging out favorite Sentimental Value, as well as films by Richard Linklater (Nouevelle Vogue), Ari Aster (Eddington), Wes Anderson (The Phoenician Scheme), Kelly Reichardt (The Mastermind) and two-time Palme d’Or winners the Dardenne brothers (Young Mothers).

Of note, It Was Just an Accident is the first film with (partly) Iranian backing since Abbas Kiarostami’s remarkable A Taste of Cherry 1997 co-win to take home to Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The film tells of a minor accident that yields consequences that none of the parties could foresee. Director Jafar Panahi has been highly critical of his home country of Iran, facing numerous arrests and even facing charges of propaganda. In his acceptance speech,...

Update: In a triumphant in-person return to the Cannes Film Festival, 22 years after he last attended (though some of his movies have screened in the intervening time), Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was awarded the Palme d’Or this evening for It Was Just an Accident.

An emotional Panahi, who has spent most of his filmmaking career in the crosshairs of Iran’s authoritarian Islamic Republic government — including more than a decade of multiple detentions, prison sentences, house arrests and filmmaking and travel bans — implored from the Lumière stage: “Let’s put all the problems, all the differences aside; the most important thing right now is our country and our country’s freedom.”

To cheers, he continued, “Let’s reach that moment together when no one dares to tell us what we should completely include, what we should say, what we shouldn’t do… Cinema is a society. No one has...

Juliette Binoche’s Cannes jury has unveiled their winners for this year’s edition, awarding the Palme d’Or to Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, marking Neon’s sixth win in a row. Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value picked up the Grand Prize while Oliver Laxe’s Sirat and Mascha Schilinski’s The Sound of Falling tied for the Jury Prize. The Secret Agent also picked up a rare two wins: Best Director for Kleber Mendonça Filho and Best Actor for Wagner Moura.

As Ryan Swen notes, “Jafar Panahi is only the fourth director—after Henri-Georges Clouzot, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Robert Altman—to win the big three film festival prizes: the Cannes Palme d’or, the Berlin Golden Bear, and the Venice Golden Lion, and the first Camera d’or winner to win the Palme.”

Leonardo Goi said in his review of It Was Just an Accident,...

The awards from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival have now been presented. Every year, the prestigious French film festival honors new movies with a variety of awards celebrating the best director, actor, actress, and screenplay, in addition to the Jury Prize, the Grand Prize, and the coveted Palme d'Or. Recent Palme d'Or winners include Sean Baker's Anora, which went on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, Bong Joon Ho's fellow Best Picture winner Parasite, and the Oscar-nominated European films Triangle of Sadness and Anatomy of a Fall.

ScreenRant was in attendance at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, which ran from May 13 through May 24 and featured screenings of a number of films that were in competition for the biggest awards, including Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, Ari Aster's Eddington, Lynne Ramsay's Die My Love, and Julia Ducournau's Alpha. The awards have now been presented at the closing ceremony.