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Italy has selected Paolo Strippoli’s The Spiral (L’Estranea) as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film at the 99th Academy Awards. The drama, which world premiered in Competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, starsJasmine Trinca as a woman who arrives at her daughter’s apartment during a storm to confess a lie that will […]

White House officials are defending U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico, claiming that it does not violate the First Amendment. A Tuesday court filing obtained by The New York Times alleges that the news outlets had breached standards of conduct, accusing them of “trafficking in verifiable falsehoods about national security […]

Singaporean director Ang Geck Geck Priscilla’s “Ah Girl” will open the sixth Jakarta Film Week, set for Oct. 21–25, and Yosep Anggi Noen’s “The Sea Speaks His Name” (“Laut Bercerita”) will close the festival in its Indonesian premiere. The program was unveiled Sept. 23 at a press conference at CGV Grand Indonesia, where Jakarta Deputy […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Mr Bates vs The Post Office producer Patrick Spence has taken control of AC Chapter One, completing a management buyout from Anonymous Content and UK agencies Casarotto Ramsay and United Agents. AC Chapter One, which will be renamed Chapter One, has also taken investment from Chris Rice, the former co-CEO of Fifth Season. Rice, […]

This year’s back-to-back phenomenon of “Obsession” and “Backrooms,” two low-budget horrors that have now earned in excess of $900 million globally, sparked a predictable frenzy in the industry as producers and studios began looking for the next YouTube genre stars ready to make the leap to feature film. But for a group of sales execs […]

Paolo Strippoli’s “The Spiral” has been designated as Italy’s candidate in the best international feature film category of the 2027 Academy Awards. The high-concept thriller stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a demonic character called The Stranger, who entices a young mother played by Jasmine Trinca into forging a Faustian pact. The film, which premiered in […]

A setback for the team, a nefarious plot and a romantic reunion.

The Middle East premiere of Yemeni-Scottish filmmaker Sara Ishaq’s timely drama “The Station” will open the revamped Doha Film Festival, which will run Nov. 19–27 in the Qatari capital. The film centers on Layal, who runs a women-only gas station in Yemen which is a safe haven during the country’s civil war. “When Layal’s younger […]

Sons and fathers bond at the accordion-wielding pop parodist’s concerts.

Founded by Pierre Boulez to treat new compositions with orchestral rigor, Ensemble Intercontemporain has honed the art of turning forbidding scores into expressive sound.

On Oct. 10, the artist’s exhibition, “Some Wild Kind of Language,” opens at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. It will upend expectations.