The backstage farce "La Comédie-Française" took a well-deserved bow as the opener at this year's Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris " an auspicious spotlight for a project not originally mea…
Boutique distributor Menemsha Films has acquired U.S. rights to "The Pianist's Choice," a World War II-set romantic drama written and directed by Jacques Otmezguine. Oscar Lesage, a scene-st…
Star power drove viewers home in 2025, with Eva Green, Romain Duris and Vincent Cassel in "The Three Musketeers: Milady," Guillaume Canet's action vehicle "Ad Vitam," and acclaimed auteur Le…
Laurence Fishburne is looking to step back behind the camera and is currently developing a directing project, "The Rule of Nines," with producer and casting director Bonnie Timmermann ("I Or…
Fresh off one of the most ambitious shoots of his career, Tahar Rahim landed at the Marrakech Film Festival buzzing about Fred Cavayé's dynamic new take on Victor Hugo's classic "Les Misér…
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 bolster…
Following her Afghanistan-set features "Dust" and "Cinema Jazireh," Turkish auteur Gözde Kural is poised to return home with "G-Spot of My Soul," an Almodóvar-esque literary adaptation…
Terry Gilliam always knew that "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" would leave a cultural mark far outstripping its modest box-office returns. But he never thought it would morph into a kind of…
Jacqueline Bisset had "mixed feelings" when presented a Torino Film Festival lifetime achievement honor for a simple reason: "I have not finished my career!" Even so, she gladly embraced Tor…
Work stunk on the Anthony Bourdain biopic " and Antonio Banderas relished the experience. "We spent a month and a half filming in Cape Cod and Newport, constantly surrounded by the smell of …
"Knife + Heart" director Yann Gonzalez has reunited with frequent collaborators Vanessa Paradis and M83 frontman Anthony Gonzalez " the filmmaker's brother " on "I'll Forget Your Name," a go…
In 1993, David Lynch quietly traveled to Italy to pay his final respects to his Rimini-born inspiration, Federico Fellini. Three decades later, the Rimini-based Italian Global Series Festiva…
Egyptian locations will soon take the spotlight in three wildly different titles all set for release next year. While blockbusters "Wicked Part Two" and "Fountain of Youth," from director Gu…
With another seven premium theaters set to open in India by this coming December and negotiations ongoing with new partners in Europe, Asia and Latin America, ICE Theaters will hit the groun…
Hidden behind two passcode-protected doors in a nondescript office complex just outside of La Rochelle, France, sits the Bunker " ICE Theaters' state-of-the-art, highly protected facility wh…