Dastawez Jahan-Numa

The Rookie is on the move… again. ABC’s hit crime procedural starring Nathan Fillion will premiere its ninth season on Jan. 6 in a new time period on a new night, Wednesday at 9 PM. It will serve as a lead-in to new spin…

More than 25 years after introducing the world to Artemis Fowl, author Eoin Colfer is teaming up with Disney for an animated series adaptation. On Sunday at New York Comic-Con, Colfer announced during the “25 Years of Ar…

The Bend Film Festival wraps on Sunday after presenting awards for the 23rd edition of the cinematic spectacle in central Oregon. Ramzi Bashour’s debut feature Hot Water, starring Lubna Azabal (Coriolanus), Daniel Zolgha…

Neon’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winning drama Fjord starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve had a terrific $124k opening on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, as documentary Naza marks a strong week two expansion. Cri…

Dhar Mann took center stage at MIPCOM on Sunday for the market’s first-ever pre-opening headline session. He broke down the vision for his soon-to-open studio site, Creator City. Mann founded Dhar Mann Studios and recent…

The motion picture studios can easily sing that 42nd Street song “We’re in the Money” as the U.S. and Canada box office clicked past the $8 billion mark on Friday. Why is this a big deal? Because in post-Covid times dist…

With two R.L. Stine adaptations under its belt and another on the way, Tubi is dipping back into the vault for its next spooky title. On Sunday, the streamer announced a live-action feature adaptation of Stine’s The Baby…

As KJ Apa brings the life of James Stewart to the big screen in Jimmy, he’s earned the approval of the late actor and military aviator’s daughter. Kelly Stewart-Harcourt praised Apa’s portrayal and recalled “it was eerie…

SUNDAY UPDATE: The Social Reckoning from Sony opened considerably below forecasts with a $5.5 million launch as audiences shrugged at Aaron Sorkin’s Facebook takedown pic. Universal horror Other Mommy starring Jessica Ch…

The China release of Sony/Constantin’s Resident Evil propelled the move not only to the top of the global weekend box office in its fourth frame with an overall $62.7M WW, but the pic also became Zach Cregger’s highest g…

Bad reviews, David Fincher's decision not to return, and a story about algorithms, not AI, are partly to blame.

Filmmaker James Gray told a London Film Festival audience this morning during a career Q&A that he believes Two Lovers, his fourth feature, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow, was the first time he successfully…

Laika, the Oregon animation house that specializes in stop motion, has a perfect track record of landing Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations for all four of its first films: Coraline, ParaNorman, Missing Link, and Ku…

"Wildwood" is the antidote to all of the worst trends in mainstream animation, but it gets lost somewhere in the wilderness between reality and imagination.

The rebranded Easterseals Disability Arts & Culture Awards saw "The Pitt" and "Take Me Home" among the winners of its inaugural outing.

Shudder and Independent Film Company's slasher horror sequel opens opposite Greta Gerwig's "Narnia" movie.

Mark Zuckerberg has shut out dissenting voices; Aaron Sorkin and Burr talk about building the fiction of letting the stand-up get under his (and Jeremy Strong's) skin.

Pegah Ahangarani’s acclaimed look at her life in exile and her native country's political turmoil was already a leading contender for Best Documentary.

The "Iron Giant" and "Incredibles" filmmaker and legendary animator has been kicking around his jetpack-powered noir-meets-"Blade Runner" feature for decades. The result is immersive, but too sprawling.

Ava DuVernay’s ambitious follow-up to “13th” traces the Fourteenth Amendment’s unfinished promise, but its urgency sometimes overwhelms its argument.