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- Isabelle Huppert Says AI Hasn’t Replaced Her Yet: ‘It Really Is Me Acting’
- ‘12.12: The Day’ Director Kim Sung-soo Says AI ‘Shows What’s in Your Imagination’
- Netflix Romance ‘Love Untangled’ Director Namkoong Sun on Netflix Freedom and the Funding and Distribution Gap in Korean Indie Film
- Ajay Devgn Says ‘Drishyam 3: The Conclusion’ Surpasses Predecessors, Ends Franchise for Good (EXCLUSIVE)
- Christy Carlson Romano Says She and ‘Even Stevens’ Co-Star Shia LaBeouf Were ‘Like Oil and Water’ While Filming the Disney Channel Show
- Tom Hiddleston Recalls Trekking to Everest for ‘Tenzing’ and Kevin Feige Telling Him ‘Thor’ Wasn’t ‘Going to Be the Only Film’ He Would Play Loki In
- Jesse Eisenberg on ‘The Debut’ and How Community Theater Saved Him as a ‘Shy’ Child Who Was ‘Made Fun of in School’: ‘Suddenly Everyone Was So Nice’
- Will a U.S. Federal Tax Threaten Europe’s Production Boom? European Producers Don’t Think So: ‘The U.S. Is Falling Behind’
- Werner Herzog and Orlando Bloom on ‘Bucking Fastard’ and That Threesome Scene With the Mara Sisters: ‘It Has Such Charm and Depth’
- Kenneth Branagh and Reed Van Dyk on the War Drama ‘Atonement’: ‘It Requires Patience of the Heart’
- Yoon Dan-bi’s Toronto and San Sebastian Film ‘The World Before’ Gives Its Camera a Soul and Its Island a Voice
- Jorge Alonso’s Spanish Romance Drama ‘All That We Never Were’ Sells to France and India (EXCLUSIVE)
- Stephanie Ahn’s Seven-Year Road to ‘Bedford Park’: ‘You Never Know What Can Make Your Film Better’
- Speaking News Today — September 4, 2026
- Oasis Documentary Directors on Filming the Brothers’ First Reunion in 15 Years and Why There Wasn’t Much Emotion in the Room: ‘It’s the Gallaghers, It’s Not ‘Dawson’s Creek”
- Venice Chief Alberto Barbera on the Fest’s Lineup Missing Israeli Films: ‘We Have No Prejudice Against Anyone Anywhere in the World’
- Helsinki’s Love & Anarchy Festival Unveils Full Lineup: ‘We Are Proud to Be a Festival That Is Not Afraid to Take a Stand’ (EXCLUSIVE)
- Christine Vachon on Why Landing Pedro Pascal to Replace Joaquin Phoenix in ‘De Noche’ Gave Todd Haynes the ‘Happy Ending’ He Deserved
- ‘You Don’t Belong Here’ Director Florin Şerban Sets Next Feature After Winning Locarno’s Golden Leopard (EXCLUSIVE)
- Ewan McGregor Says Next Obi-Wan Kenobi Project Could Be Tracking Down Yoda or a ‘Big Love Story’ With Wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s ‘Ahsoka’ Character: ‘There’s Got to Be Something’
- ‘I Don’t Know’: Kenneth Branagh on Directing, ‘Harry Potter’ and How Christopher Nolan Had Him Speaking Russian Backwards
- ‘The Blacklist was a Plague’ — Locarno Retrospective Curator Ehsan Khoshbakht Talks About What We Can Learn from the Intolerance of the Past
- Mike Leigh Says It’s ‘Very Likely’ He’ll Retire After Next Film Due to Illness
- Sam Worthington, David Duchovny and Ke-Xi Wu’s ‘The Exiles’ Draws on Joseph Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness,’ Director Midi Z Reveals (EXCLUSIVE)
- Wu Jing Honored at MIFFest, Says Hong Kong Action Cinema’s Influence Still Runs Through Every Wuxia Film Today
- Lee Chang-dong on His Eight-Year Gap Before Venice-Bound ‘Possible Love’ and MIFFest Lifetime Achievement Honor: ‘Thanks to Cinema, I Feel Connected to Something Much Bigger’
- Pasto Cine Boards ‘Puan’ Helmer María Alché’s ‘I Love You and Today Everything Looks Beautiful’ (EXCLUSIVE)
- ‘Silver Express’ Review: Miki Tanaka’s Sensitive Debut Feature Explores Asexual and Aromantic Identity
- Tsui Hark Pays Emotional Tribute to Nansun Shi, Discusses New Projects and Reflects on AI at Lumière Festival (EXCLUSIVE)
- Ella Rumpf, Júlio Andrade, Ana Flávia Cavalcanti to Star in Locarno Winner Andrea Staka’s ‘Ibicaba: O Paraíso Prometido’ for MyMama Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)
- Cannes Festival Winning Producer Quijote Films Launches In-House Scripted Series Division (EXCLUSIVE)
- Why the Boss of Leonine, Germany’s Top Indie Film and TV Company, Is Backing Skydance: ‘David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz Are a Very Strong Team’