Marco Bellocchio Brings the Fall of Enzo Tortora to the Screen in HBO Max’s ‘Portobello’

Marco Bellocchio Brings the Fall of Enzo Tortora to the Screen in HBO Max’s ‘Portobello’

For Portobello, its first Italian original production, HBO Max is taking us back to 1980s Italy and one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice in the country’s history. Legendary Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio (The Traitor, Kidnapped) directed and co-wrote the six-episode series, which tells the story of the downfall and imprisonment of popular TV…

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‘No Other Choice’: First Trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Latest Masterpiece Reveals a Korean Dad Driven to Darkness

‘No Other Choice’: First Trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Latest Masterpiece Reveals a Korean Dad Driven to Darkness

The first official trailer for Korean maestro Park Chan-wook‘s pitch-black comedy thriller No Other Choice has arrived.  Neon dropped the extended look at the buzzy film (below) late Thursday — and it delivers all of the pricky anticipation, dread and virtuosic style viewers have come to expect from the Korean maestro behind Old Boy, The…

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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup That “Holds up a Mirror to Our World”

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup That “Holds up a Mirror to Our World”

The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) in Estonia unveiled its competition and first feature competition lineups and the international jury for its 2025 official selection on Friday. The main competition for the 29th edition of the festival includes 17 feature films, with 16 world premieres and one international premiere. “This year’s selection follows an impressive number of submissions:…

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Stockholm Fest to Honor Alexander Skarsgård, Benny Safdie

Stockholm Fest to Honor Alexander Skarsgård, Benny Safdie

Alexander Skarsgård and Benny Safdie will be honored at this year’s Stockholm Film Festival, with the Swedish actor receiving Stockholm’s Achievement Award, and the New York director getting the festival’s Visionary Award. Skarsgård’s latest Pillion, in which he stars as a domineering biker who begins a turbulent relationship with the submissive Colin, played by Harry…

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Tech Company Unveils AI-Generated Music Video Hosts

Tech Company Unveils AI-Generated Music Video Hosts

Tilly Norwood was only the beginning. FastStream Interactive, a group that designs tech for interactive TV channels, on Tuesday unveiled its new line of AI-generated TV presenters. The computer-generated images will be placed on FastStream’s interactive TV music channel, ROXi, mimicking MTV-style presenters by introducing musicians and clips. The interactive free-TV channel airs on Nextgen…

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National Film and Television School Director Jon Wardle Unpacks His 5 Takeaways From Graduate Impact Report (Exclusive)

National Film and Television School Director Jon Wardle Unpacks His 5 Takeaways From Graduate Impact Report (Exclusive)

The National Film and Television School’s (NFTS) Graduate Impact Report landed Tuesday, and director Jon Wardle is taking THR through its wildly impressive numbers. Every five years, the NFTS, located in Buckinghamshire, England — and included on The Hollywood Reporter‘s 2025 list of best international film schools —  collects an enormous amount of data demonstrating just…

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Luca Marinelli, Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch Re-Team for ‘Let Love In’

Luca Marinelli, Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch Re-Team for ‘Let Love In’

The team behind 2022’s acclaimed drama The Eight Mountains — Italian star Luca Marinelli and Belgian filmmakers Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch — are re-teaming for Let Love In, a romantic drama which van Groeningen will direct and Vandermeersch will star in, alongside Marinelli. Vandermeesch and Marinelli play a couple whose relationship is thrown…

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