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California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s aim to boost the state’s film and television tax incentives program to $750 million annually is on the legislative precipice of coming true, but for the Issa Rae-produced One of These Days sequel, a biopic of infamous Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, a mystery Netflix project, the Ang Lee-helmed Gold Mountain and 44 other films, tax credit day has already arrived.

In total, with the Netflix feature snagging $20 million alone, the allocation in the latest round of funding for 48 projects announced Monday totals about $96 million. Perhaps reflecting the changing finances and geographical realities of the industry, 43 of those 48 projects are independent films, with many working with budgets of $10 million or less.

The wear and tear of Donald Trump’s erratic tariffs policies aside, as Texas hikes its incentive program to $150 million a year, Canadian provinces put more on the continental table and New York having...

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There’s a good chance you missed Pink Floyd’s legendary Pompeii concert in person. After all, the band performed in the empty ruins of the excavated amphitheater, in front of only the film crew. But you can experience the concert in definition so high you’ll feel like you were there, because Pink Floyd released a 4K remaster of the film. Just want the tunes? There’s...

It was a booming box office weekend overall with a duo of event films popping too as fans flooded Pink Floyd and flocked to Mozart. On Swift Horses debuted in moderate release, Magic Farm opened at one theater. The Legend Of Ochi and The Shrouds expanded.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii, the concert film from Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing, has grossed an estimated $2.6 million in North America for a no. 9 spot. Digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage by Pink Floyd’s director of restoration, Lana Topham, and featuring newly enhanced audio mixed by Steven Wilson, this release presents the definitive version of the film from Sony Music’s Film and TV division.

Pink Floyd At Pompeii predates the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon and the film documents the band before they became giants on both sides of the Atlantic. Set in the...

Pink Floyd have shared the new trailer for their remastered Live at Pompeii concert film, which is returning to the big screen — including IMAX — this April.

The minute-long look at Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii — “a rare and unique document of the band performing live in the period prior to The Dark Side Of The Moon,” drummer Nick Mason said in a statement — showcases the crisper visuals and audio for the 1972 film, courtesy of a recently unearthed negative.

“Since 1994, I have searched for the elusive film rushes of Pink Floyd At Pompeii,...

“Pink Floyd at Pompeii — McMlxxii,” the rock band’s 1972 concert film/documentary, will revisit theaters with a restored version that is coming to Imax and other cinema screens starting April 24, followed shortly by a first-time stand-alone release of the soundtrack as an official live album on May 2.

Trafalgar Releasing and Sony Music Vision are bringing the film back into theaters, to be seen in a 4K digital remaster created from the original 35mm footage. Steven Wilson, whose remixes are well known to fans of classic rock, was behind the board for a new Dolby mix of the movie’s audio.

The live album will come out just a week after the film’s reappearance in cinemas, with Legacy, Sony’s catalog division, issuing it on CD, vinyl, digital audio and Dolby Atmos formats. It’s the first time the music from the film has been commercially released as a stand-alone item.

A 4K remaster of Pink Floyd’s legendary 1972 concert film, Live At Pompeii, will be released in theaters and IMAX this spring.

The film has been meticulously hand restored, frame-by-frame, from its original 35mm cut negative after being discovered in “five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd’s own archives,” according to a press release.

“The newly restored version presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance with the additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments filmed shortly after,” explained Lana Topham, Director of Restoration for Pink Floyd.

The film’s audio has also been newly mixed in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii will be released in theaters and IMAX worldwide beginning April 24th, with tickets going on sale starting March 5th. Additionally, a companion live album featuring the newly mixed audio will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl,...

A 4K remaster of Pink Floyd’s legendary 1972 concert film, Live At Pompeii, will be released in theaters and IMAX this spring.

The film has been meticulously hand restored, frame-by-frame, from its original 35mm cut negative after being discovered in “five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd’s own archives,” according to a press release.

“The newly restored version presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance with the additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments filmed shortly after,” explained Lana Topham, Director of Restoration for Pink Floyd.

The film’s audio has also been newly mixed in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii will be released in theaters and IMAX worldwide beginning April 24th, with tickets going on sale starting March 5th. Additionally, a companion live album featuring the newly mixed audio will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl,...

The influential concert film, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, which featured the band performing in the empty, excavated remains of the titular Roman amphitheater, will get a new look this spring. Restored from the original 35mm prints and remastered in 4K with remixed audio by musician and recording engineer Steven Wilson, the film — newly retitled Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii — will return to movie theaters, including some IMAX screens, on April 24. Tickets for the picture will go on sale via PinkFloyd.film on March 5.

The band is releasing a six-minute clip of “Echoes,...

Pink Floyd fans rejoice because ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii,’ the groundbreaking 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, will return to cinemas in Spring 2025.

The re-release has been digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage, with enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson, the upcoming theatrical release presents the definitive version of this pioneering film.

‘Pink Floyd At Pompeii’ pre-dates the release of The Dark Side Of The Moon. The film documents what Pink Floyd did before they became giants of the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic – where their music remains celebrated to this day.

Set in the hauntingly beautiful ruins of the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy, this unique and immersive film captures Pink Floyd performing an intimate concert without an audience. Filmed in October 1971, the performance marked the very first live concert to take place at Pompeii, and features the vital ‘Echoes,’ ‘A Saucerful of Secrets,...

Pink Floyd fans will soon get to relive an iconic moment from the band’s illustrious career. Back in 1971, before the release of their breakthrough eighth studio album Dark Side of the Moon, the band performed in the ancient Roman Amphitheatre in Pompeii, Italy. This legendary performance was the first live concert to ever take place at Pompeii. Though there was no audience at the time, Pink Floyd performed songs like “Echoes,” “A Saucerful of Secrets,” and “One of These Days,” all of which are now considered fan favorites. This performance was the subject of the 1972 documentary film Pink Floyd at Pompeii - McMlxxii. In April, the film will be re-released in theaters, digitally remastered in 4K.

From April 4 to May 23, 2001, Comedy Central ran eight episodes of a 30-minute sitcom called "That's My Bush!," a sendup of the then-active George W. Bush administration. The premise of the show was as broad as possible. George W. Bush (Timothy Bottoms) was in the White House, but his life was more akin to that of an old-fashioned, 1980s-era workplace sitcom than that of a sitting president. There was a noisy, obnoxious laugh track paired with bright, even TV lighting, making the show look deliberately old-fashioned and artificial. Kurt Fuller played the buttoned-down killjoy Karl Rove, while Carrie Quinn Dolin played Laura Bush.

More than being a spoof of the Bush administration, however (and there was plenty to spoof), "That's My Bush!" was a satire of all-American sitcoms. Show creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker (of "South Park" fame) merely used the White House as a backdrop to mock dated sitcom...

In “One of Them Days,” the start of the month creates a sense of stress for two best friends living in South Los Angeles. Dreux and Alyssa set out on a frantic, day-long mission to raise $1,500 after being stuck between past-due rent and a landlord’s unyielding demands. This idea reflects contemporary struggles, where survival becomes a spectacle and is full of chaotic humor and unpredictable twists. A reminder of the fortitude needed to persevere, the film’s humor provides a rare glimpse of joy amid the weight of economic hardship.

With the energy of standards like Friday, this film harkens back to the 1990s urban comedies. The story takes place in Baldwin Village, where the lively community and interesting characters bring it to life. Keke Palmer plays Dreux well, while Sza’s Alyssa is a free-spirited and spontaneous artist. Together, their chemistry captures the delicate balance of friendship and survival,...

Two days after making their debut at Farm Aid, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts played their first headlining show Monday night at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. The 14-song set mixed gentle acoustic songs (“Come a Time,” “Journey Through the Past”) with wild, Crazy Horse-style electric numbers (“Big Time,” “Powderfinger,” “I’m the Ocean”) heavy on jams.

The highlight was an epic “Down by the River” that spanned 13 minutes, featuring extended guitar interplay between Young and Micah Nelson. The band also featured organist Spooner Oldham, drummer Anthony LoGerfo,...

Carrie Preston is an acclaimed actress, producer, and director. She has a long list of roles and projects but is most known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO drama True Blood and Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS drama The Good Wife. 

She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Good Wife.

After The Good Wife, she played the same character in the Paramount+ spinoff, The Good Flight.

Now, with the expanding multiverse of The Good Wife, Preston has gone from an accessory to the main event with her role on CBS's Elsbeth as Elsbeth Tascioni.

It is about time Preston is front and center, and we are here to celebrate her long and delightful road to lead lady!

Early Career

Preston started acting in 1985 as Mint Jennifer in the movie Just a Friend. She was also part...

Dubai-based sales outfit Mad World has acquired worldwide sales rights to Nadim Tabet’s upcoming ghost story In This Darkness I See You ahead of the Cannes market

The Lebanese thriller will join the inaugural slate of Mad World, a new sales and distribution company for Arab-language feature films that was launched yesterday by Mad Solutions.

The supernatural story follows strange events that occur at a construction site in a Lebanese village, where tensions between Syrian workers and local villagers come to a head after one labourer becomes convinced that the site is haunted. The screenplay was co-written by Tabet,...

Despite her incredible success as a musician, Olivia Rodrigo confirmed she hasn’t lost her desire to act. Speaking to Variety on the red carpet at the Governors Awards in Hollywood last night, the singer said she “would love” to appear onscreen again soon.

“I love movies, I love telling stories,” Rodrigo said. “I really want to do a coming-of-age thing maybe before I’m actually of age. Maybe I am of age already.” She added, “I just love telling stories, whether that be in a song or movie, that...

Olivia Rodrigo hasn’t completely abandoned her acting career for music.

The “Vampire” singer tells me she’d love to star in a film. “I love movies, I love telling stories,” Rodrigo said at the Academy’s Governors Awards on Tuesday night in Hollywood. “I really want to do a coming-of-age thing maybe before I’m actually of age. Maybe I am of age already.”

Rodrigo turns 21 on Feb. 20.

“I just love telling stories, whether that be in a song or movie, that’s really something that really excites me,” she said.

Rodrigo’s acting credits includes TV’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” “Bizaardvark” and an episode of “New Girl.”

She attended the Governors Awards in support of “Can’t Catch Me Now,” her single from “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” soundtrack. The song has been shortlisted for the Oscars.

Rodrigo also revealed...

Nate Smith reckons with the memory of an old flame in the music video for “World on Fire.” The song first rolled out in April for the deluxe version of his self-titled debut album and follows the success of his breakout radio hit, “Whiskey on You.”

The clip sees the country singer and his band perform against a blazing background as Smith roars out the chorus, “You set my world on fire/Yeah, it’s all long gone/I’m watching flames get higher/And I can’t move on.

From writer/director Bastian Günther, and starring Carrie Preston, Callie Hernandez, Joe Cole, and Cullen Moss (Outer Banks), One of These Days is available on demand and digital now, in the US, from Gravitas Ventures.

In a small town in Texas, an annual endurance contest (Hands On) to win a pickup truck promises thrilling entertainment to spectators and the chance of a lifetime to participants, but ends in real tragedy.

Warner Bros.’ “The Batman” dominated the U.K. and Ireland box office for the fourth weekend in a row with £1.66 million ($2.1 million), according to numbers released by Comscore. The film now has a total of £35.6 million.

Dreamz Entertainment release “Rrr,” directed by S.S. Rajamouli and starring Ntr Jr, Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt, released wide in the Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi languages, and debuted in second position with £650,204.

Universal release, Michael Bay’s “Ambulance,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza González, debuted in third place with £521,049.

In fourth position, Sony’s “Uncharted” collected £349,457 and now has a total of £23.2 million after seven weekends.

Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “The Nan Movie” with £289,731 and now has £1.1 million after two weekends.

EOne’s “The Phantom of the Open” took £218,626 in sixth place in its second weekend and has a total of £1.06 million.

Mubi release,...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read ahead if you have not watched season four of “The Crown.”

The latest season of hit Netflix series “The Crown” is ruffling all sorts of feathers in the U.K. as the families of those depicted in the drama have begun speaking out about their portrayals.

After three seasons, the Peter Morgan-created show finally marks the arrival of Princess Diana as well as her troubled marriage to Prince Charles in season 4 — a chapter of the award-winning drama that Morgan deems “the first of the modern series.” As it inches closer to the current day, however, the show is also facing more intense scrutiny.

Lady Diana’s brother, Charles Spencer (also known as Earl Spencer), who has always been a fierce guardian of his sister’s legacy, is concerned that the general public will treat the series as fact and not a fictitious version of real-life events.

Aimee Mann celebrated the 20th anniversary of Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo by playing tracks for Rolling Stone’s In My Room.

Released in 2000, many of the album’s songs were featured in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia. On Friday, Mann will honor the album’s anniversary with a vinyl-only reissue via Record Store Day’s Black Friday event.

Sitting down with a guitar in Los Angeles, Mann performed “Nothing Is Good Enough” and “Save Me.” She closed with “Philly Sinks,” off her most recent album,...

“It’s so cringey,” said Emma Corrin, who stars as Princess Diana in Season 4 of Netflix’s “The Crown.” “It’s the worst.”

“It’s so uncomfortable,” agreed Josh O’Connor, who, as Prince Charles, is Corrin’s frequent scene partner. “It’s so horrible. I’m so sorry.”

Here’s the thing about playing the British royal family’s two very famous star-crossed lovers — there are any number of based-on-real-life scenes with Corrin and O’Connor in “The Crown” that they could be talking about. Is it the duo’s terrible engagement interview, where it becomes very apparent that Charles has little interest in his future bride? Is it the press conference in Australia where Diana fumbles incredibly basic questions about their trip Down Under? Is it when Charles watches aghast as attention-starved Diana does a surprise dance to Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl” in front of a packed audience at the Royal Opera House?...

The buzziest storyline for season four of The Crown is best described during the penultimate episode, "Avalanche," when Princess Anne (Erin Doherty) sits Queen Elizabeth II (Olivia Colman) down for a foreboding conversation. "Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl who fell madly in love with a handsome prince," Anne says. "Unfortunately, the prince was already in love with someone else, who was herself in love with someone else—and they all lived unhappily ever after. That's it, in a nutshell. Do you need more?" Anne, of course, is referring to the marriage of Prince Charles (Josh O'Connor) and Princess Diana (Emma Corrin), a tempestuous romance...

One of the lesser-known royal-adjacent tragedies is depicted in season four of The Crown: Prince Charles's 1988 skiing accident. The episode, appropriately named "Avalanche," reveals how Charles nearly died - and one of his friends actually did - in a sudden avalanche on a steep Swiss mountain.

According to The Guardian, the avalanche occurred on Gotschnagrat Mountain at the Klosters ski resort, one of the steepest slopes in Switzerland, when an unexpected avalanche came down on the royal party. Other royals on the trip, including Princess Diana and Sarah, Duchess of York, had stayed behind while Charles led a group for an off-road run. His friend, Major Hugh Lindsay, was a 34-year-old army officer and former equerry to the Queen, with a pregnant wife at home. The avalanche began without warning and quickly approached Charles and his party, who were standing still in between ski runs. Prince Charles was able...

The six-part HBO documentary series I’ll Be Gone in the Dark may have concluded last month, but Aimee Mann has just released a full version of the opening theme: her cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Avalanche.”

Sharing the same cover art as Cohen’s 1971 album Songs of Love and Hate, Mann’s rendition of the track ups the original’s instrumentation, with a haunting string arrangement to accompany her vocals. “You who wish to conquer pain/You must learn what makes me kind,” she sings. “The crumbs of love that...

Publisher Warner Bros. Games and developer Avalanche revealed on Wednesday Hogwarts Legacy, a role-playing game set in the magical wizarding world of Harry Potter in the 1800s.

Players of the immersive, open-world game will play as a student witch or wizard and take on missions that test their character, combat skills and abilities.

“Hogwarts Legacy gives players control over their own experience with RPG gameplay unlike anything else in the Wizarding World, which will continue to build fan appeal in the Portkey Games label,” said David Haddad, president of Warner Bros. Games.

“Avalanche has brought to life this rich ...

Berlin-based Flare Film is continuing its focus on international productions with German filmmaker Bastian Günther’s “Avalanche,” which just wrapped principal photography in Louisiana.

The timely social drama, which stars Carrie Preston (“Claws”) and British thesp Joe Cole (“A Prayer Before Dawn”), is set in America’s troubled social and cultural environment and explores the caustic repercussions of extreme capitalism that exploits underprivileged people for profit and entertainment.

The story follows the marketing manager of a small-town car dealership, played by Preston, who organizes an endurance contest in which 20 down-on-their-luck contenders compete to win a new pickup truck, and a young contestant (Cole) hoping for a better life.

The drama marks producer and Flare Film managing director Martin Heisler’s third collaboration with Günther after his debut feature, “Autopilots,” and his 2013 Sundance screener “Houston,” which was likewise set in the U.S.

“Avalanche” is produced by Heisler and Los Angeles-based co-producer Peter Veverka,...

The Velvet Underground's self-titled third album will be reissued as a six-disc "super deluxe" set to celebrate its 45th anniversary this fall. The record, which was the group's first without founding violist John Cale and is home to the single "What Goes On" and fan favorites "Pale Blue Eyes" and "Candy Says," will now be the centerpiece of a 65-track set, housed in a case-bound book, with many different mixes of the songs. The reissue will also be available as a single-disc remastered album and as a two-disc deluxe edition,...