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Travel movies allow us to extend beyond the confines of our living room or a movie theater. It offers escapism free from boundaries or restrictions. A comfort that allows us to see different perspectives, cultures, and landscapes in a level of depth that everyday travel cannot always offer. Here is a list of movies about travel aimed at broadening your horizons and offering the perfect escape.

20. Eat Pray Love (2010) Julia Roberts as “Elizabeth Gilbert” in Columbia Pictures’ Eat, Pray, Love.

To ‘find oneself’ through travel has become a familiar cliché over the years, and Eat Pray Love does not shy away from using this concept in its entirety. Despite the predictability, the film delivers a familiar message – the need to escape the everyday routine and seek more outside the mundane.

We experience this desire through Elizabeth Gilbert. A woman who questions the stable life she has built and yearns to...

It’s been over 35 years since The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! crash-landed into pop culture with all the subtlety of a banana peel on a courtroom floor. Directed by David Zucker, the movie is a chaotic mix of slapstick, puns, deadpan delivery, and pure nonsense. This 1988 comedy classic didn’t just make us laugh, it rewired our brains to never look at police procedurals the same way again.

But the movie wouldn’t have hit nearly as hard without its totally off-the-wall cast. You had Leslie Nielsen delivering punchlines with the seriousness of a Shakespearean actor, Priscilla Presley proving she could do comedy like a pro, and Weird Al popping up just to make things even weirder (in the best way). It was the kind of casting that shouldn’t have worked, but somehow nailed it.

Some were comedy legends. Some were wild choices that totally caught us off guard.

The New York Times recently released its ranking of the 100 best movies of the 21st century so far. While not everyone was happy with the list (in part because the picks weren't as international in scope as they could've been), it's hard to argue with each individual movie they chose. Ranked #4 on the list was "In the Mood for Love," a 2000 romance film directed by Wong Kar-wai.

Sofia Coppola was among the filmmakers who chose "In the Mood for Love" as one of the 10 movies on her ballot, and the film's entry on the list quotes her reasons for including it. "It really blew my mind that you could make films in that way, as a poetic medium that doesn't have to spell everything out," Coppola wrote. "It felt like something I hadn't seen before and it was really inspiring to make things that were more impressionistic."

It makes sense...

Sofia Coppola makes her documentary debut with ‘Marc by Sofia’, an intimate portrait of the iconic designer Marc Jacobs.

The acclaimed director Sofia Coppola steps into documentary filmmaking with a production focused on one of the most influential names in contemporary fashion: Marc Jacobs. The film, titled ‘Marc by Sofia’, will premiere out of competition at the prestigious Venice Film Festival this summer, already establishing itself as one of the most anticipated releases in the worlds of art and fashion.

Coppola and Jacobs share a creative history spanning decades. Their bond goes beyond the professional, with collaborations including advertising campaigns, perfume commercials, and partnerships within brands such as Louis Vuitton and Heaven by Marc Jacobs. This closeness makes Coppola a privileged storyteller, able to explore Jacobs’s artistic, professional, and personal evolution from a unique perspective deeply connected to the subject.

Although details about the documentary’s narrative approach remain under wraps,...

Luca Guadagnino, for better or for worse, is an arbiter––and cultural signifier––of taste. Follow his lead and you are assured a sensuous journey, albeit one that never goes too far beneath the surface. In the years since’s Call Me By Your Name, Guadagnino has put his weight behind up-and-coming voices whose films are also aesthetically pleasing and intellectually promising. There’s the Italian director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino and, more notably, the Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili (April). Last year, Giovanni Tortorici, a former assistant director for Guadagnino on the HBO series We Are Who We Are, added his name to this list when Diciannove premiered in the Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti sidebar, where it was well-received by critics. A semi-autobiographical coming-of-age picture about a repressed homosexual intellectual under the Tuscan sun? Consider me seated.

Just like Leonardo, its 19-year-old protagonist played by Manfredi Marini, Diciannove is marked by a restless listlessness.

Dos presencias españolas, ‘Extraño Río’ y ‘Calle Málaga’, en la programación de la Biennale.

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Ayer se desveló la impresionante programación de la 82 edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia, que se celebra del 27 de agosto al 6 de septiembre. Una selección potente, con claro protagonismo del cine en lengua inglesa, que busca posicionar a Venecia como la antesala decisiva de la temporada de premios. No es un gesto gratuito: Anora, ganadora en Cannes el año pasado, acabó llevándose el Óscar a la Mejor Película. Y ahora, todos miran a la Mostra como el próximo trampolín. Así, en la competición por el León de Oro hay nombres de peso como Guillermo del Toro, Yorgos Lanthimos, Jim Jarmusch, Noah Baumbach, Park Chan-wook, o Benny Safdie. La riqueza de la programación se extiende también a las secciones paralelas y fuera de competición. En ellas se presentarán, entre otros, los nuevos trabajos de...

Early Tuesday morning, the Venice Film Festival announced the lineup for its 82nd edition featuring a range of films set to make waves internationally the rest of the year. While many of the competition titles were predicted by IndieWire and others ahead of the official announcement on the morning of July 22, the overall list of films and filmmakers in attendance still offered plenty of surprises.

Below, we dive into what stood out about the lineup, whether it was which films and studios are not participating this time around, to the ways in which this group of Venice entries differs from the ones from last year.

No Warner Bros. Pictures

While there are other studios that are not taking some expected features to Venice, like Focus Features with “Hamnet” or Sony with “Klara and the Sun,” the studio most noticeably absent from any part of the Venice schedule is Warner Bros.

It's going to be a smashing time in Venice this year. The Venice Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its 82nd edition and the annual event will serve as the launching pad for Dwayne Johnson's Oscar campaign. The WWE star-turned-leading man plans to be front and center on the Lido with the competition entry The Smashing Machine from director Benny Safdie. Based on the life of Mma fighter Mark Kerr, the film reunites Johnson with his Jungle Cruise costar, Emily Blunt, and hopes to succeed in the awards race where A24's last sports picture — 2023's The Iron Claw — fell short.

But Johnson is stepping into the ring with some heavy-hitters in the Best Actor race, including George Clooney and Oscar Isaac. Both stars will be in Venice for their respective Netflix productions, Jay Kelly and Frankenstein, which hail from directors with proven awards track records. Clooney...

The lineup for this year’s Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, with the likes of Giullermo del Toro, Noah Baumbach, Kathryn Bigelow, Jim Jarmusch, Park Chan-wook, and Yorgos Lanthimos all competing for the coveted Golden Lion.

Here is the full lineup of 20 films in competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival:

Ballad of a Small Player, Edward Berger

Below the Clouds, Gianfranco Rosi

Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos

Duse, Pietro Marcello

Elisa Leonardo Di Costanzo

Father Mother Sister Brother, Jim Jarmusch

Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro

The Grace, Paolo Sorrentino

A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow

Jay Kelly, Noah Baumbach

Mother Bhum, Chong Keat Aun

No Other Choice, Park Chan-wook

A Pied D’Oeuvre, Valerie Donzelli

Silent Friend, Ildiko Enyedi

The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie

The Stranger, François Ozon

The Sin Rises on Us All, Cai Shangjun

The Testament of Ann Lee, Mona Fastvoid

The Voice of Hind Rajab, Kaouther Ben...

The Venice Film Festival is back on the Lido for its 82nd edition, kicking off August 27-September 6. The packed lineup of auteur premieres heading to Italy include new films from Olivier Assayas, Guillermo del Toro, Mona Fastvold, Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Baumbach, Yorgos Lanthimos, Benny Safdie, Jim Jarmusch, Park Chan-wook, László Nemes, François Ozon, Pietro Marcello, and many more in competition.

Out of competition, we’ll see new films from Luca Guadagnino (“After the Hunt”), Werner Herzog (“Ghost Elephants”), Sofia Coppola (Marc Jacobs documentary “Marc by Sofia”), Charlie Kaufman (the short “How to Shoot a Ghost”), Julian Schnabel (“In the Hand of Dante”), Gus Van Sant (“Dead Man’s Wire”), Laura Poitras (“Cover-Up”), Lucrecia Martel (“Nuestra Tierra”), and Tsai Ming-liang (“Back Home”)

Artistic director Alberto Barbera’s programmers had already unveiled a wave of announcements before Tuesday’s lineup: Alexander Payne heads up the jury, Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” opens the festival Italian-style,...

Alberto Barbera presided over a lengthy press conference Tuesday morning, when he announced the stacked lineup for this year’s Venice Film Festival, which runs August 27-September 6.

The lineup is expansive, with big names and arthouse darlings sprinkled across the festival’s strands, even including the shorts program.

High-profile titles include Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt, starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny. Roberts leads the cast as a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light. The film will screen Out of Competition on Guadagnino and Amazon MGM Studios’ request, Barbera explained during the presser.

Elsewhere, in Competition we have Jay Kelly, the latest film Noah Baumbach has made for Netflix. The...

Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” Kathryn Bigelow’s “A House of Dynamite,” and Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” are heading to the Lido for their world premieres at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

At a press conference in Venice on Tuesday morning, the announcement of those and other titles was made by Alberto Barbera, Director of the Cinema Department and Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, president of La Biennale di Venezia.

Other films in the Venice main competition include new work from Paolo Sorrentino (“La Grazia”), Jim Jarmusch (“Father Mother Sister Brother”), Laszlo Nemes (“Orphan”), Park Chan-wook

“Sermon to the Void,” Hilal Baydarov

“L’Isola di Andrea,” Antonio Capuano

“Il Maestro,” Andrea Di Stefano

“After the Hunt,” Luca Guadagnino

“Hateshinaki Scarlet,” Mamoru Hosoda

“The Last Viking,” Anders Thomas Jensen

“In the Hand of Dante,” Julian Schnabel

“Dead Man’s Wire,” Gus Van Sant

“Orfeo,” Virgilio Villoresi

Out of Competition – Non Fiction

“Kabul,...

Celebrating its 82nd edition this year, Venice Film Festival will take place August 27 through September 6. Ahead of the event, President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and Director Alberto Barbera have now unveiled the lineup.

Highlights include new films from Jim Jarmusch, Park Chan-wook, Lucrecia Martel, Laura Poitras, Benny Safdie, Werner Herzog, Kathryn Bigelow, Luca Guadagnino, Olivier Assayas, Sofia Coppola, Kent Jones, Yorgos Lanthimos, Mark Jenkin, Tsai Ming-liang, Mamoru Hosoda, Gus Van Sant, Noah Baumbach, Mona Fastvold, Pietro Marcello, Guillermo del Toro, László Nemes, and more.

See the lineup below.

Opening Film

La Grazia (Paolo Sorrentino) (in competition)

Closing Film

Chien 51 (Cédric Jimenez) (out of competition)

In Competition

The Wizard of the Kremlin (Olivier Assayas)

Jay Kelly (Noah Baumbach)

The Voice of Hind Rajab (Kaouther Ben Hania)

A House of Dynamite (Kathryn Bigelow)

The Sun Rises on Us All (Cai Shangjun)

Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)

Elisa (Leonardo Di Costanzo)

À pied d’œuvre...

Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera has unveiled a rich mix of buzzy movies with big stars — as well as smaller titles with awards potential — that will be vying for the Golden Lion during the event’s upcoming 82nd edition.

Hotly anticipated new works from Kathryn Bigelow, Guillermo Del Toro, Noah Baumbach, Mona Fastvold, Luca Guadagnino, Yorgos Lanthimos, Olivier Assayas, Park Chan-wook, Benny Safdie and more are set for Lido launches, making for a cornucopia of cinematic offerings.

As anticipated by Variety, big-name films premiering at Venice include Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” from A24, featuring Dwayne Johnson as two-time UFC heavyweight champ Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as his wife Dawn; Focus Features’ “Bugonia,” the latest collaboration between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, who were last at the fest in 2023 with the Oscar-winning “Poor Things”; and Luca Guadagnino’s psychological drama “After the Hunt” starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri.

Kathryn Bigelow’s A House Of Dynamite, Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, and Luca Guadagnino’s After The Hunt are among the films selected for the 82nd Venice Film Festival (August 27 - September 6).

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The first two are among 21 Competition titles, with further Competition entries including Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly starring George Clooney, Olivier Assayas’ The Wizard Of The Kremlin starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin, Mona Fastvold’s The Testament Of Ann Lee, and Guillermo del Toro’sFrankenstein starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi.

The selection was announced by artistic director Alberto Barbera,...

The line-up for the 82nd Venice International Film Festival (August 27-September 9) is being unveiled today at 11:00 Cest (10:00 BST) by festival president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco and artistic director Alberto Barbera.

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Alexander Payne will preside over the jury, which also includes Mohammad Rasoulof, Fernanda Torres, Stephane Brize, Maura Delpero, Cristian Mungiu and Zhao Tao. Julia Ducournau will chair the Horizons jury.

The Venice Critics’ Week line-up was announced yesterday.

Competition

La Grazia

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The Cherry Lane Theatre, the historic Off-Broadway venue in New York City, will officially reopen this September, with a programming lineup that includes theater, film, comedy, and music events. As BroadwayWorld reported in 2023, the theatre was purchased by the film studio A24. The launch will kick off with a week of "Red Door Reopening" events from September 8-14, including the newly announced Sundays with Sofia, a series of film screenings hosted by celebrated director Sofia Coppola. The inaugural edition will be a showing of Adrian Lyne's Foxes, screening on September 14, followed by a block party. Other programming will be announced at a later time, but is expected to include multi-week theater productions, standup, film screenings, staged readings, and pop-up performances. Newly minted renovations include new seating,...

Bruce Springsteen was “Born to Run” into the 2025 Oscars race.

As The Boss gears up for the release of his much-anticipated biopic “Deliver Me from Nowhere” later this year, the iconic singer is already set to be honored during the fifth annual Academy Museum Gala. The timing couldn’t be better: The Academy Museum Gala will take place October 18, with “Deliver Me from Nowhere” arriving in theaters in October 24. Springsteen will be portrayed by Jeremy Allen White, with Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Marc Maron, Gaby Hoffmann, and David Krumholtz also starring in the ’80s-set feature.

The Academy Museum Gala recognition further ushers in the presumed Springsteen mania of this upcoming awards season. Springsteen will receive the museum’s inaugural Legacy Award and is also set for a live performance at the ceremony. The Legacy Award “honors an artist whose body of work has inspired generations of storytellers and deeply influenced our culture,...

The Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre, now owned by A24, will reopen its doors in September, with plans to offer theatrical productions, film screenings and more.

The first official event will be Sundays with Sofia, a film screening series hosted by Sofia Coppola, which will also include a discussion afterwards. It kicks off Sept. 14 with a screening of Adrian Lyne’s Foxes and is expected to have additional events throughout the year.

The 167-seat theater will also include programming such as artist-led mainstage productions for multi-weeks runs, emerging talent presentations, including staged readings, standups and music performances, as well as well-known artists doing pop-up performances. The theater will also host events starting Sept. 8 in the leadup to Sundays with Sofia.

A24 is partnering with the team behind Frenchette, Le Rock and Le Veau to open a restaurant and bar, entitled Wild Cherry, at Cherry Lane.

The theater has also been renovated...

Exclusive: The 29th LA Shorts International Film Festival is about to get underway in downtown Los Angeles, an Oscar- and BAFTA-qualifying event that will showcase 470 films between July 16-28.

The festival opens at Regal LA Live with a selection of four shorts including Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado, directed by Natalia León, an animated short that won the jury award at the Sundance Film Festival.

“In Olivia’s Mexican hometown, femicide and gender-based violence are increasing at an alarming rate,” notes a description of León’s film in the program guide for Hot Docs, where the film also played. “Upon her return after a long absence, she quickly notices the city walls are covered with posters of missing women. The mistreatment of women is pervasive, and the once-vibrant city is gradually losing its vitality.”

‘The Letter’ LA Shorts International Film Festival

Also screening tonight is The Letter,...

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Scarlett Johansson is one of the biggest names in Hollywood. If there is an A-list, she is unquestionably on it, right alongside the likes of Tom Cruise, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, or anyone else one cares to name. Thanks to the recent success of "Jurassic World Rebirth" at the box office, Johansson is now literally the highest-grossing lead actor of all time. That comes from decades of work dating back to the mid-'90s. But long before she was mixing it up with dinosaurs, she once tangled with giant spiders in an oft-forgotten creature feature.

The movie in question is "Eight Legged Freaks" which, as the name suggests, is all about giant spiders. Directed by Ellory Elkayem, the film centers on the residents of a rural mining town. A chemical spill combined with the inhabitants of a local exotic creature...

The Star Wars universe is vast. Between trilogies, spin-offs, and countless stormtroopers in every piece of canon content, it’s easy to forget who’s under all those helmets. Over the decades, the franchise has become a who’s who of cameos and pre-fame appearances.

Here are six actors you may have forgotten are part of the Star Wars universe (number five is my favorite!)

1. Keira Knightley – The Phantom Menace (1999)

Before she broke out with Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean, Keira Knightley played Sabé, Queen Amidala’s decoy handmaiden in The Phantom Menace. Thanks to Natalie Portman and Knightley’s striking resemblance, even Knightley’s own mother had trouble telling them apart on screen. Knightley famously forgot her Star Wars role, so don’t worry if you did, too.

2. Daniel Craig – The Force Awakens (2015)

Yes, James Bond is technically in Star Wars. Daniel Craig has a...

Chanel unveils a Haute Couture Autumn 2025 collection that blends classical heritage with a wild, contemporary vision.

Once again, Chanel has astonished the fashion world with its Autumn 2025 Haute Couture collection — a proposal that merges tradition, luxury, and an unexpected dose of boldness. This show marks a strategic turning point for the French maison, not only due to its ongoing creative transition but also thanks to its ability to reinterpret its most iconic codes through a renewed and powerful visual language.

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Held at the newly restored Grand Palais in Paris, the event recreated the legendary Rue Cambon couture salon, reflecting the history and sophistication that define the house founded by Gabrielle Chanel. Surrounded by Art Deco mirrors, neutral-toned upholstery, and an intimate atmosphere, Chanel unveiled an unexpected narrative: a collection inspired by the wild outdoors, with references to Scotland — the birthplace of the iconic tweed that’s etched into the brand’s DNA.

It was a star-studded fashion show for Chanel today!

The Chanel Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2025/2026 show was held during Paris Fashion Week today on Tuesday (July 8) in Paris, France, and some of the big names who showed up were Gracie Abrams and Lorde!

Also seen at the event were Keira Knightley with her husband James Righton, Kirsten Dunst, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, singer Laufey, and Sofia Coppola, who brought along her daughters Romy Mars, 18 and Cosima Mars, 15. By the way, if Romy‘s name sounds familiar, she went viral 2 years ago for her TikTok on her family!

Haute Couture fashion week continues until July 10 in Paris, France. Stay tuned for more photos from other events as the week continues!

Browse through the gallery for all the Chanel show attendees…...

So much goes unspoken in “Broken Voices,” Czech director Ondřej Provazník’s nuanced retelling of the notorious sex scandal that rocked the Bambini di Praga girls choir, rechristened Canticella here. Set in the early 1990s, the empathy-minded psychological drama follows 13-year-old Karolína (Kateřina Falbrová), focusing largely on her desire to join the choir’s prestigious concert section, where her slightly older sister already performs.

The intricate dynamics Karolína must navigate to be selected for the 10-person tour, which is scheduled to visit New York City, would be enough for most films. But this one builds to a devastating finale, exploring a darker subtext wherein the girls’ motives and feelings are implied but never explicitly confirmed. At once intimate and enigmatic, “Broken Voices” is ultimately more “Picnic at Hanging Rock” than “Pitch Perfect,” especially in the scene where the girls emerge from the boulders in Central Park, offering a variation on...

Sofia Coppola made an impact in Paris with an elegant Bal d’Été that blended art, fashion, and exclusivity — with no mobile phones allowed.

The Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris was the setting for an unforgettable evening when Sofia Coppola took on the role of artistic director for the first Bal d’Été, a gala that combined classic luxury with a carefully curated contemporary vision. In an era where everything seems designed for social media, Coppola chose the opposite approach: guests’ mobile phones were covered with stickers over the cameras to preserve the event’s intimacy.

The American filmmaker, dressed in Chanel haute couture, designed every detail of the night: from intensely pink napkins to the after-party music provided by the band Phoenix, led by her husband Thomas Mars. Every corner of the museum — from the chandeliers to the floral arrangements on round tables — reflected an aesthetic meant to be experienced,...

Paris Haute Couture Week is kicking off with a lavish event!

Kirsten Dunst and husband Jesse Plemons joined Keira Knightley and her husband James Righton at the Bal D’Ete At The Musée Des Arts Décoratifs on Sunday evening (July 6) in Paris, France.

Other guests in attendance included Penelope Cruz, Sofia Coppola, Diane Kruger, French actress and model Camille Rowe, designer Christian Louboutin, fashion editor Derek Blasberg, and theater producer Jordan Roth.

The event was held on to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and was a tribute to French elegance and art de vivre. Sofia served as artistic director for the event big event.

“I am honored to be entrusted with the artistic direction of the Bal d’Été at the

Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris,” Sofia shared in a statement. “This city is my beloved second home, so to celebrate this icon...

Scarlett Johansson says a lot of her roles, including the ones in her best movies of the 2000s, revolved around desirability or the ‘male gaze.’ During a recent interview with The Times of London, the Marvel actress shared that it is “a different time for young women” in Hollywood.

She shared that the “messaging is different,” with women becoming role models and taking on powerful positions. Johansson shared that she was increasingly getting opportunities to “play women who don’t have to just be one thing or another.”

In her latest role, she plays a covert operation expert, Zora Bennett, in Jurassic World Rebirth. It happens to be one of those opportunities that Johansson talked about. However, this wasn’t the case for the actress for the longest time.

When she was younger, she was offered roles where she was hypers*xualized or objectified. These roles included some of her best works,...

We often turn to actors, directors, and industry insiders for their takes on what makes a movie unforgettable. A recent poll of over 500 Hollywood names has revealed a stunning lineup of the top 30 films since 2000, showcasing a mix of bold storytelling, striking visuals, and raw emotion.

From heart-wrenching dramas to pulse-pounding action, this list spans genres and cultures, reflecting the diverse tastes of those who craft cinema. Let’s dive into the films that left a mark, starting from the bottom and working our way to the top.

30. Lost in Translation (2003) American Zoetrope

Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in Translation’ captures the quiet beauty of fleeting connections. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson shine as two lonely souls finding solace in Tokyo’s neon glow.

The film’s subtle humor and tender moments make it a timeless exploration of isolation and friendship. Its dreamy soundtrack and intimate pacing linger long after the credits roll.

And just like that, the entire James Bond fandom can be considered both shaken and stirred. Ever since hearing the bombshell news that Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson had officially handed the creative reins of the 007 franchise over to Amazon, the future of Bond instantly became one of the most high-profile questions hanging over all our heads. The long-simmering drama taking place behind the scenes soon gave way to frenzied speculation over where things might go next. As far as directors go, we only just found out that visionary "Dune" filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has been hired to lead the next reboot in the years ahead. Now, we've received word on the young leads currently being eyed for the actual title role ... and it's safe to say that reactions are all over the map.

According to Variety, Amazon's wish list for the next James Bond has been revealed and,...

The MCU is one of the most popular movie franchises of all time, but that doesn't mean it is as revered as other, more critically-acclaimed cinema. The Avengers franchise has made billions for Marvel Studios, but it's not often they make the cut of the "Best Of" all-time lists. However, the New York Times just released their Best Movies of the 21st Century list, voted on by select actors and filmmakers, and the highest-rated MCU movie on Rotten Tomatoes has made the cut.

The New York Times has unveiled The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century, and while superheroes were mostly absent, one beloved MCU title made the list. The three-time Oscar-winning film Black Pantherlanded at the #96 spot on the list, sandwiched between Gravity (#97)and The Worst Person in the World (#95). Ryan Coogler's Black Panther is one of two superhero movies to be voted in the top 100, while Christopher Nolan...

Sofia Coppola has an anti-violence rule for watching films — with one notable exception. The director said during a recent masterclass at the Biarritz Nouvelles Vagues Festival that she tries to steer clear of “violent” films, though she is still a fan of Martin Scorsese’s features.

“I love Scorsese, so there are moments for it,” Coppola said, adding that “violent themes can be interesting or insinuating.” However, as a whole, Coppola herself “[doesn’t] really like violent films.”

She added, “There’s so much gun violence in my country. It’s really hard to see [those] movies. Old cowboys are cool, but just the way [violence] is overdone now is upsetting. … But really gory, not so much for me.”

Scorsese has no doubt has been a personal staple in Coppola’s life: Scorsese presented her father, fellow auteur Francis Ford Coppola, with the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025, and the duo have long praised each other’s work.

A film with an 84% Rotten Tomatoes score may just secure the top spot on The New York Times' latest list. After polling more than 500 actors and filmmakers, The New York Times has compiled a list of the 100 best movies of the 21st century, pulling from individual lists by people like Sofia Coppola, Toni Collette, Barry Jenkins, and more.

20 additional movies have been added to The New York Times' list each day, with the final 20 set to be unveiled at the end of the week. Along with tracking what movies have made the top 100 so far, readers can also see what important figures in Hollywood determined were the 10 best movies released since the start of 2000.

To predict what the New York Times' top 10 could look like, as well as which movie might come out on top, we scraped the various top 10s of those voting. David Lynch's 2001 surrealist mystery film,...

The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate multi-Oscar-winning Italian costume designer Milena Canonero, who is admired for her work with Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola, among other directors, with its lifetime achievement award dedicated to creative pioneers.

The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to international indie cinema will be feting Canonero with its Vision Award Ticinomoda and screening her most recent collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola “Megalopolis.”

“Since making her debut as a costume designer on Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” (1971), Milena Canonero has produced some of the most visionary costumes in film history and has shaped our collective imagination through the clothes we see on screen, using colorful fabrics and innovative cuts to draw out the essential natures of some of the most recognizable cinematic creations,” the fest said in a statement.

“Take the Jazz Age tuxedos and gowns of Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Cotton Club...

Don’t expect Sofia Coppola to jump on the horror movie bandwagon anytime soon. While speaking at a masterclass at the Biarritz’ Nouvelles Vagues Festival, Coppola said she “[doesn’t] really like violent films.”

“There’s so much gun violence in my country,” she said. “It’s really hard to see [those] movies. Old cowboys are cool, but just the way [violence] is overdone now is upsetting.”

Coppola, who flew from New York to be the guest of honor at the third edition of Nouvelles Vagues Festival in the picturesque south-western town of Biarritz, cited Martin Scorsese as a filmmaker whose movies have violence that serves a narrative purpose. “I love Scorsese, so there are moments for it,” she said, adding that “violent themes can be interesting or insinuating. But really, gory, not so much for me.”

The effortlessly chic Coppola also reminisced about her childhood, her early passion for fashion and photography, and...

When it comes to man vs. dinosaurs, Scarlett Johansson is betting on her husband. While on “The Tonight Show,” the “Jurassic World Rebirth” star weighed in on which celebrities she thinks would survive a dino attack and who would become raptor food.

Jimmy Fallon closed out his game with his funniest choice: “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost or Michael Che.

“I’m only going to say Colin because he’s from Staten Island. He’s a tough guy,” Johansson said, laughing.

Fallon agreed with her, adding, “Colin, you are a tough guy. Good answers.”

The rest of Johansson’s picks were equally well thought out. Chris Hemsworth won over Chris Evans because Evans is from Boston and Hemsworth is from Australia — “In Australia, they have a lot of scary venomous snakes” — the A-lister reasoned. Meanwhile, Adam Driver won over Bill Murray not because of his age, but...

When The New York Times recently dropped its list of the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century, it didn’t just spark film buff debates — it also gave readers a peek into which movies actors, directors, and creatives listed as their favorites. And let’s just say, the results are full of surprises.

Who would’ve guessed that comedy legend Mel Brooks — the mind behind Blazing Saddles and The Producers — is a major fan of Hidden Figures? His top 10 also includes Jojo Rabbit, A Beautiful Mind and The Bourne Identity.

Then there’s horror king Stephen King, who proved he has a soft side with Brokeback Mountain on his list, alongside more intense films such as Black Hawk Down, Million Dollar Baby, and Oppenheimer.

When Oscar winner Julianne Moore needs a laugh, it appears she turns to comedies Superbad and The 40 Year-Old Virgin. Rounding out her list was also stylish dramas like Black Swan,...

The New York Times is determined to find the Top 100 Films of the 21st Century as voted by the public. It’s open on their website (with a paywall), but even famous actors and filmmakers in the movie business are getting in on the action. According to the Borrowing Tape page on Facebook, “The poll includes ‘more than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films released since Jan. 1, 2000.'” They have shared the lists that were compiled by Bong Joon Ho, Sofia Coppola, Julianne Moore, Mel Brooks, Mikey Madison, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ava DuVernay.

Bong Joon Ho, whose Mickey 17 was released earlier this year, submitted his picks for the Top 9 Films of the 21st Century. His list includes films like Asako, No Country for Old Men, Lazzaro Felice, Mad Max: Fury Road, Stranger by the Lake, The Day He Arrives,...

Because “lists for people to argue about on social media” are more financially dependable than “journalism,” The New York Times recently published their list of the “Top 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century” — or, at least they published numbers 100 through 81. They’re going to drag this thing out for as long as humanly possible, à la Adrien Brody’s Oscar speech.

The paper reached out to “more than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood” to vote on “the best films released since Jan. 1, 2000.” That means that 2000’s Dude Where’s My Car is 100 percent eligible and could still crack the top 80.

They’re also letting readers create their own ballots, which obviously won’t be counted towards the same list, but it’s nice to feel included, isn’t it?

The roster of notable filmmakers that contributed to the list includes big names like Bong Joon Ho,...

Dead Language directors Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun with music producer/99 Records founder Ed Bahlman and Anne-Katrin Titze on Depeche Mode’s Enjoy the Silence: “We couldn't imagine any other song there.”

Reshuffling the syntax of couple behaviour may be the only way to bring the relationship back from the dead. This is a film of missed appointments and of 'letters' sent, to paraphrase Lacan, that despite all odds, always arrive at their destination.

Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun’s fearlessly original and smart Dead Language (a highlight in the Viewpoints programme of the 24th edition of the Tribeca Festival), evolving out of their Oscar-nominated short, Aya, begins in the arrival area of an airport, where Aya, instead of picking up her husband Aviad pretends to be the driver for the unwitting Mr. Esben (Ulrich Thompsen of Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen), who is in Jerusalem on a...

Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun’s fearlessly original and smart Dead Language (a highlight in the Viewpoints programme of the 24th edition of the Tribeca Festival), evolving out of their Oscar-nominated short, Aya, begins in the arrival area of an airport, where Aya, instead of picking up her husband Aviad pretends to be the driver for the unwitting Mr. Esben (Ulrich Thompsen of Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen), who is in Jerusalem on a business trip as a lighting designer.

Lars Eidinger, playing a hotel guest with the sang froid of a werewolf, at first not interested in whatever Aya is offering, functions as uncanny catalyst to desires as the plot unfolds in unpredictable ways, better left to enjoy...

OpenAI sees 2013’s Her as a vision of a utopian future where everyone loves their AI products. But it’s really about people, not tech.

Nb: The following contains spoilers for Her.

It isn’t science fiction’s job to predict the future, but occasionally, the genre still throws out some prescient ideas. Case in point: writer-director Spike Jonze’s Her – the 2013 drama about a lonely guy who falls in love with an AI operating system. It was conceived long before the generative AI epoch we’re living through today, and yet feels recognisably of a piece with the current era of intelligent-seeming chatbots that help people cheat on their geography coursework.

Her certainly has one high-profile admirer: Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI. In early June, tech journalist and author Karen Hao suggested that Altman is “deeply obsessed” with Jonze’s movie, adding that he’s “evoked throughout OpenAI...

Chanel is hosting another big event during the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival!

The fashion brand hosted the Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner on Monday night (June 9) held at The Odeon in New York City.

Stars in attendance included Lily James, Joe Jonas, Lucy Liu, and Jon Hamm.

The event was held to honor a curation of vibrant visual artists who have contributed original artwork to the award-winning filmmakers of the 2025 Tribeca Festival filmmaker winners. The Artist Awards Program recognizes the intersection between creative fields and celebrates New York City’s enduring spirit of cultural innovation.

Following the event, we compiled photos of the stars in attendance so that you can see who was there!

Keep reading to find out more…Keep scrolling to see the stars in attendance…

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Christy Turlington

Cooper Hoffman

Derek Blasberg

Drena De Niro

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Chanel celebrated the return of the hottest, most star-studded event of the Tribeca Festival Monday, June 9: Its 18th annual Tribeca Artists Dinner at The Odeon in New York City. The evening celebrates visual artists who have contributed original artwork to films at the festival, highlighting the intersection of creative fields — the fine arts and filmmaking — and the city’s innovation in cultural practices and happenings.

“We’re all working together and these are our collaborators, so it’s always great to support other filmmakers,” Sofia Coppola said on the red carpet. “These are all people that you get to know over the years. I have friends that are artists and, of course, as a visual medium, I think we respect each other. I’m always inspired by the work of visual artists and other mediums, and I always love meeting other creative people.”

“The consistency and the continuity of...

From television cowboy to one of the most instantly recognizable movie stars in the world, no one does it like Clint Eastwood. There's an irony to the man with no name, a character made famous by Sergio Leone's deeply influential "Dollars" trilogy, becoming so ingrained in pop culture that his signature squint alone transcends generations. Eastwood could have lived off his acting roles for the rest of his career. He was so popular that one of the highest grossing films of 1978 was "Every Which Way But Loose," a leisurely road trip comedy with Eastwood as a truck driver/bar brawler traveling the country with his trusty orangutan buddy. He's nothing, if not adaptable, proving countless times that he's also one of the industry's most restless talents by way of his expansive director's portfolio.

For the past five decades, Eastwood has taken a stab at just about every genre from...

Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague,” a cinematic love letter to the French New Wave which bowed at Cannes, will aptly kick off the third edition of the Biarritz Film Festival, also called Nouvelles Vagues, on June 24.

On the following day, Sofia Coppola, the festival’s guest of honor, will attend a screening of “Virgin Suicides” to celebrate its 25-year anniversary and take part in a masterclass before an audience filled with film students.

Coppola’s presence at the festival reflects the involvement of Chanel, a partner of the festival whose mantra is to shine a spotlight on young talent in front and behind the camera. Chanel hosted a glamorous dinner at the Grand Café du Grand Palais in Paris in honor of the festival on June 3.

Along with Nouvelles Vagues founder and president Jérôme Pulis, general delegate Sandrine Brauer and programming director Lili Hinstin, and Chanel president of fashion Bruno Pavlovsky,...

One of the most underrated (and rarely screened) Godfatherfilms has a new streaming home.

Paramount+ has just given a critically underrated chapter of The Godfather a new streaming home. As of now, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone is available for streaming on Paramount+.

The final entry in director Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, The Godfather Part III premiered in 1990 to some particularly scathing reviews from critics. Whereas the previous two films were hailed as some of the greatest pieces of cinema of all time, The Godfather Part III was met with widespread derision as a stand-alone feature largely unconnected to the series' overarching narrative. That being said, The Godfather Part III was also criticized for being unable to truly stand on its own without audiences already being intimately familiar with the preceding films.

Despite these criticisms, The Godfather Part III was still a major success at the box office.

“If we learn our lessons properly when young, we can expect a calm and happy life when faced with the distractions of the world.”

Young women in the Civil War-era south were raised to accomplish very specific goals. They were expected to memorize the rules of polite society, learn domestic skills useful in maintaining a home, and develop beguiling talents to reel in potential suitors. But above all, they must remain innocent and pure, never challenging the authority of a man or bringing his motives into question. The students of Martha Farnsworth’s Seminary for Young Ladies have learned their lessons well, but a fox in their peaceful henhouse awakens murderous strength they didn’t know they possessed.

As the headmistress of this exclusive finishing school, Miss Martha (Nicole Kidman) spends her days minding the property and watching for passing troops on both sides of the conflict. One day while...

In the ‘90s, Tom Hanks was the star to beat. He starred in multiple critically acclaimed dramas and cemented his legacy as a leading man by winning Oscars for his roles in Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994). But even award-winning actors have off days, which explains his performance as Colonel Tom Parker in Elvis.

Hanks’ uncharacteristically bad depiction of The King’s manager horrified critics. David Erlich called the role “possibly the most insufferable movie character ever conceived,” and wasn’t alone in thinking so — the portrayal earned Hanks two Golden Raspberry Awards: one for Worst Supporting Actor and another for Worst On-Screen Combo, which went to his accent and his awful prosthetics.

Of course, other stars know what it’s like to possess such duality. Here are more Oscar-winning performers and the films they won Razzies for, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith and Joaquin Phoenix.

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Before he became the brooding heartthrob of the late ’90s, Josh Hartnett wasn’t even trying to be famous. Seriously, he didn’t dream of red carpets or blockbuster premieres—instead Hartnett just wanted to direct artsy films and geek out over Federico Fellini. But life had other plans, and in poetic irony, the actor accidentally fell into acting—and totally stole the show in a 1998 cult classic.

In a wild twist of fate, as recalled by Josh Hartnett during his Vanity Fair interview, the actor mentioned how director Robert Rodriguez’s The Faculty was the first film he was cast in, although Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, became his first feature film. During the interview, Hartnett then reflected on how he landed the role of Zeke, even though he didn’t care enough to read the script.

Josh Hartnett reflected on his early career and disinterest in acting

Even...