Mike Leigh’s ‘Tender Loving Care’ Sweeps San Sebastian Awards as ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘NAZA’ Earn Audience Nods

Mike Leigh’s dramatic comedy Tender Loving Care took home three top awards at Saturday night’s closing ceremony of the 74th annual edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, which ran Sept. 18-26, including the Golden Shell for best film and Silver Shell for Kate O’Flynn’s lead performance. O’Flynn shared the award with Asta Kamma…

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Toddler Found Wandering Connecticut Street Alone — Cops Came And Made A Terrible Discovery

[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] This is so, so heartbreaking. A 3-year-old girl was reportedly found wandering around alone through a Waterbury, Connecticut, neighborhood in the middle of the morning one day this past week, leading police to make a devastating discovery inside her home, according to the CT Post. Authorities said the little girl showed…

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Kane Parsons Recalls ‘Backrooms’ Trailer “Activated a Desire to See: How Did Hollywood Mess This Up?”

Twenty-one-year-old Kane Parsons is reflecting on a whirlwind summer in which the box office was undoubtedly bolstered by the release of his feature debut, Backrooms. Speaking with some of the industry’s top executives at the Zurich Film Festival Summit on Saturday afternoon, the young director spoke about the health of the 2026 box office, which…

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Calls From the Dead, a Madrid Dystopia and Kids Swap Among Writers’ Show Pitches as Iberseries

Iberseries & Platino Industria’s sixth edition takes place in Madrid this week, and its jam-packed schedule includes the Thursday, Oct. 1 presentation of six series projects developed by seven screenwriters as part of a collaboration with Fundación SGAE, Spain’s primary collective management organization for intellectual property rights. The series will be in focus during one of the pitching events that will…

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