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Robert Richardson: The White Devil, a feature documentary dedicated to the life and career of the legendary cinematographer and three-time Oscar winner, is set to world premiere at the 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) next month. And the feature directorial debut, which is already creating buzz, comes from an unexpected source: Czech filmmaker Jana Hojdová. Richardson continues to be a close collaborator of Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Andy Serkis, Antoine Fuqua, Ben Affleck, John Sayles, Barry Levinson, Scott Hicks and others. So how did a young Czech director end up making a deep…

Netflix used its Annecy International Animation Film Festival platform on Wednesday to unveil a slate of high-profile projects, led by a first look at Brad Bird’s Ray Gunn and new details on its upcoming Ghostbusters series. The streamer also confirmed December release dates for Ray Gunn and its Cannes animation acquisition In Waves, positioning both as potential Oscar contenders. Ray Gunn, Bird’s long-gestating noir sci-fi film, will debut globally on Netflix on December 18. The film, set in an alternate 1939 Metropia, follows private eye Raymond Gunn as he investigates a case involving aliens, murder, and a multimedia star named…

Jemaine Clement is once again preparing to embrace what he calls his dreaded “writer’s body.” After a self-imposed writing hiatus, the New Zealand multihyphenate — arguably still best known with Bret McKenzie as one half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords — is ready to return to the shadows of the dark office and the fears of the blank page. He has a TV project set up — a comedy sci-fi series, “which I’m not allowed to say anything about,” that he’ll begin writing “as soon as the deal gets done.” But before he puts pen to…

Timothée Chalamet and Selena Gomez will voice star in Illumination’s upcoming alien movie Not Alone, it was announced out of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Chalamet had teased the announcement in his Instagram Story on Sunday night. He posted a photo of a cloudy sky with the caption “new movie announcement tmrw :)” overlaid on the image, with a small rocket emoji, looking as if it was blasting into space. Universal and Illumination shared the poster for Not Alone on social media on Monday. The film will hit theaters on April 16, 2027. The role marks Chalamet’s first feature-length…

Chinese filmmaker Zhong Kaifeng formally introduced himself to the world at the Shanghai International Film Festival on Saturday night, picking up the main Golden Goblet award for his debut, Atlantic Rhapsody. For the Golden Goblet jury — led by Hong Kong star Tony Leung Chiu-wai — the film is a “uniquely compelling visual experience.” For the 29-year-old Zhong, the story of a young man from northern China searching for meaning in life is a sign. “I want to say that Atlantic is not a definition, it does not provide answers — but today it seems to have given me an…

“I’m still that 25-year-old needy actor,” insists two-time Emmy winner Tony Hale. “Once there’s an opportunity, it’s like: Really? Me? Seriously?” Hale’s latest chance to get in front of audiences comes this weekend in Toy Story 5, playing Forky, Pixar’s closest approximation to Kierkegaard, a philosopher-utensil that is simultaneously horrified and delighted by the realities of his own free will. Forky’s introduction came in Toy Story 4, starting life as a plastic spork who was then fashioned into a toy thanks to some artful placement of pipe cleaners and popsicle sticks by Buzz and Woody’s current kid, Bonnie. Having started…

[This story contains spoilers for Girls Like Girls.] Hayley Kiyoko has accomplished something very unique. She took her 2015 hit song “Girls Like Girls” and turned it into an expansive universe featuring a music video, novel and now a feature film. Though the 35-year-old got her start with roles in Disney Channel’s Lemonade Mouth and the Scooby-Doo! live-action films, she didn’t wait long before turning her full attention to music. She used her lyrics as a tool for self-expression and healing, leading to her personal coming-out anthem “Girls Like Girls,” which established her as a major force in the music…

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has completed the lineup of its 60th edition in its 80th year, on Thursday unveiling the program of its popular Horizons section, which is once again chock-full of festival circuit favorites of the past year, including recent Cannes winners, and the genre movies unspooling in Afterhours, formerly known as Midnight Screenings. Overall, the Czech festival will present more than 130 feature-length fiction and documentary films. The Afterhours selection will this year include the likes of Jane Schoenbrun’s feminist slasher Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Aidan Zamiri’s mockumentary The Moment about Charli XCX, the South Korean zombie film Colony from…

[This story contains spoilers for Prime Video‘s Your Fault: London.] I’m not sure if it’s his charming smile, curly locks or English accent, but it’s hard not to fall for Matthew Broome, especially in Your Fault: London. The 25-year-old actor plays Nick in the newly released sequel to Prime Video’s hit film My Fault: London, based on the bestselling Culpables trilogy by author Mercedes Ron. The second installment continues the forbidden love story between Noah (Asha Banks) and her stepbrother, Nick, as they face challenges with new relationships, secrets and career paths. Broome has also captured hearts with his role…

Netflix on Tuesday shared further details on its global theatrical release plans for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, unveiling that Sony Pictures Entertainment will handle international distribution for the global theatrical release.  “Netflix and Sony Pictures have a strong track record of partnership, including their landmark global pay-1 licensing deal under which SPE’s feature films stream on Netflix worldwide — an industry-first for pay-1 — following their full theatrical and home entertainment windows,” the streaming giant highlighted. As THR previously reported, the film is set to be Netflix’s first wide theatrical release and first foray into releasing a movie into theaters…