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The Diabolical and Clinical filmmaker Alistair Legrand passed away on March 7 after a battle with metastatic colorectal cancer. He was 41.

“Alistair bravely & mostly privately fought a long, hard, battle against stage four metastatic colorectal cancer after being diagnosed in May 2023,” his wife Shelley Legrand wrote on Instagram. “We’re all absolutely devastated at the loss of such a uniquely talented & loving part of our lives.”

Legrand made his feature directorial debut on 2015’s The Diabolical, a haunted house movie with a sci-fi twist starring Ali Larter. He followed it up with Clinical, a horror-thriller released by Netflix in 2017.

He co-wrote both films with his writing partner, Luke Harvis.

Legrand also helmed music videos for the likes of Bring Me the Horizon, Nate Ruess, and Beach House, fronted by his sister Victoria Legrand.

A GoFundMe has been set up on behalf of Shelley. The two met when she was hired as...

Exclusive: Strange Darling actress Willa Fitzgerald is joining Paramount Pictures’ feature adaptation of the Colleen Hoover 2019 novel Regretting You.

The Fault in Our Stars’ Josh Boone is helming and wrote the latest draft off Susan McMartin’s version (After). This movie hits theaters on October 24.

In Regretting You, a shocking car wreck takes the lives of two family members, unlocking a series of secrets, lies and regrets. The people left behind can’t move forward without looking at the past. The movie explores what’s left behind after a tragedy, the messiness and grief but also the beauty of life and love.

Fitzgerald joins a booming cast that includes Allison Williams, Dave Franco, Mckenna Grace, and Mason Thames (Black Phone).

Robert Kulzer is producing for Constantin Film alongside Brunson Green of Harbinger Pictures,...

Kevin Costner On Support From His Kids (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Veteran actor Kevin Costner has gone through a tough phase in his personal and professional life this year. The 69-year-old went through a divorce from Christine Baumgartner and was embroiled in controversy regarding his projects, the neo-western show Yellowstone and the film series Horizon. It was not an easy phase of his illustrious life to wade through.

However, a report has suggested that he has been leaning on his children during this difficult time. For the unversed, Kevin is the father of six, three of whom are adults, and the other three are teens. He has 40-year-old Annie, 38-year-old Lily, and 36-year-old Joe with his first wife, Cindy Silva. He shares 17-year-old Cayden, 15-year-old Hayes, and 14-year-old Grace with Christine.

Is Kevin Costner Leaning On His Kids After A Difficult Year?

As per Life & Style magazine, Kevin has been keeping...

Kilby Block Party has revealed its 2025 lineup. Headlined by New Order, Beach House, Weezer, and Justice, the four-day music festival also boasts an impressive undercard featuring the likes of Devo, Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill, St. Vincent, TV on the Radio, Slowdive, Panda Bear, and more.

Set to go down May 15th through May 18th, Kilby Block Party will once again take place at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City. In addition to the acts listed above, the long weekend will also feature other indie-rock-tastic offerings, including Car Seat Headrest, Julien Baker & Torres, Perfume Genius, Yeule, The Lemon Twigs, Wallows, George Clanton, Gang of Four, Toro Y Moi, Ovlov, and Still Woozy, as well as Consequence favorites like Wishy, Been Stellar, Free Range, Friko, Geese, Nation of Language, Sasami, Wisp, Barrie, Momma, Hovvdy, and Bartees Strange.

As per usual with Kilby Block Party, the initial lineup announcement leaves room for additional surprises.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is an ensemble show where every character is funny, but Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher) manages to find humor in a serious, stoic character. Holt starts the series as a reserved, unemotional manager, but by the ending of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, he has slowly revealed layers that make the squad and the viewers fall in love with him. Holt has some of the funniest scenes in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but he also is at the center of some of the most emotional beats.

Braughers Captain Holt begins the pilot as the new captain of the 99th precinct. Holt is a dry, deadpan character compared to the rest of the cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Holt develops familial bonds with everyone under his command throughout the shows run. As the anniversary of Andre Braughers passing approaches, his role as Captain Holt will always be preserved. Holts typical gravitas makes the moments when...

Emma Myers takes center-stage as Pip Fitz-Amobi in the television adaptation of Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Moments of levity and suspense intertwine within the young adult murder mystery series, and the soundtrack contains songs to accompany happy and scary times.

Viewers may recognize Billie Eilish’s “you should see me in a crown” and Awolnation’s “Sail.” Beach House’s “Take Care” plays softly in a later episode and Yonaka’s “Seize the Power” features in Episode 2 after playing in the show’s trailer.

Episode 1

“The Feminine Urge” by The Last Dinner Party “A New Error” by Moderat “In the Big Mood” by BBC Big Band “Gunshot” by Lykke Li

Episode 2

“Seize the Power” by Yonaka “Wet Dream” by Wet Leg “Me and the Devil” by Gil Scott-Heron “Midnight” by Siobhan Sainte

Episode 3

“Sail” by Awolnation “Guillotine” by Mansionair & NMBe “Patient Zero (feat. Brett Castro...

The Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox is home to a variety of unique horror content, from originals and exclusives to cult classics and documentaries. With such a rapidly-growing library, there are many hidden gems waiting to be discovered.

Here are five recommendations you can stream on Screambox right now.

The Collector

If the triumphant return of the Saw franchise has you in the mood for more trap-laden horrors, look no further than The Collector — which was originally conceived as a prequel to Saw that would show Jigsaw’s original story. When producers passed on the idea, writers Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan (Saw IV-vii) reworked it into an original script, which Dunstan directed in 2009.

A slasher/home invasion hybrid for the so-called “torture porn” era, The Collector stars Criminal Minds‘ Josh Stewart as struggling ex-con Arkin. A planned heist at his new employer’s home to repay a debt becomes deadly when he...

Exclusive: Beach House Pictures is riding the crest of an Asian true crime wave. Having created three premium doc projects for Netflix, the Singapore-based producer has now optioned the story of the disappeared Instagram adventurer Justin Alexander.

A premium doc, Lost, is in development after Blue Ant Media-owned Beach House took the rights to Harley Rustad’s book ‘Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas.’ It has access to all the key players in the story and is headed to Mipcom next week to find potential partners.

“It’s at the nexus point between the East and West that we get fascinated about as storytellers in Asia and from an international perspective,” said Beach House co-founder Donovan Chan.

He has been closely working with co-founder and business partner Jocelyn Little and Head of Factual Rob Sixsmith to build a network of sources across Asia that provides local,...

This edition boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to-date at Emiff.

The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival has unveiled its full line-up for the 12th edition of the Spanish festival, with a total of 140 projects, including German auteur Wim Wenders’ Cannes world premiere Perfect Days and a special spotlight screening of David Fincher’s Venice title The Killer.

This year boasts the largest feature film selection programmed to date at Emiff. Additional categories for long-form projects include the debut feature film competition, the Made In Baleares (Mib) feature film competition, Spotlight Screenings and the Drive In Cinema strand. Six...

The Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, running from October 18 to 24 in the Spanish island’s capital of Palma, has unveiled its full line-up.

The festival will open with Spanish director Isabel Coixet’s new feature Un Amor, which recently world premiered at San Sebastian.

Coixet will also be feted with the festival’s Evolution Vision Award at the opening night ceremony.

Other honorees will include German-Spanish actor Daniel Brühl, best known for his roles in Goodbye Lenin, Rush and The Alienist, and Danish writer and director Susanne Bier, whose recent credits include The Night Manager and The First Lady.

They will both receive Evolution Icon awards while there will also be screenings of Brühl’s most recent film The Movie Teller, as the closing film, and Rush and Bier’s 2010 feature In A Better World, which won the Best International Feature Film Oscar.

The 12th edition marks the festival’s...

After The Loneliest Time comes The Loveliest Time. On Thursday, Carly Rae Jepsen announced plans to drop her new album, The Loveliest Time — a followup to her album released last year.

“After a season of hibernation comes the season of blossoming,” she wrote on Twitter. “I got to know loneliness and discover the beauty in it. The loneliest time taught me that growth comes from being planted in darkness. But now the world has opened itself back up again and in turn so have we.”

“It’s time for celebration...

Carly Rae Jepsen has dropped “Shy Boy,” her first bit of new music since last year’s album The Loneliest Time. Listen to it below.

A funky, romantic tune, “Shy Boy” places Jepsen’s playful vocals in between layers of wah-wah-clad chordal hits, synth melodies, and a bubbling bass line. Even though at first glance the idea for the song — an ode to shy boys — might sound more like fodder for a Lonely Island bit than a hit-the-dance-floor anthem, Jepsen’s knack for irresistibly catchy hooks comes through, and the chorus has that sing-along magic you’d hope for.

The track was produced by James Ford, who’s known for his work with Gorillaz, Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The Machine, and others. It arrived alongside a black-and-white visualizer, featuring a date night with Jepsen and her titular crush. Watch it below.

The Loneliest Time was released last October and featured the single “Beach House,...

In a 2021 interview with The New York Times, Jodie Foster, one of our most guarded movie stars, confessed, "I am a solitary, internal person in an extroverted, external job. I don't think I will ever not feel lonely. It's a theme in my life. It's not such a bad thing. I don't need to be known by everyone."

Movie stardom can be a curse in this regard. Each performance, splashed across a big screen and examined time and again in the home-viewing format of your choosing, draws us near to them. We want to know them, befriend them, tear up the town with them... we want them. And since we are typically not an empathetic species (particularly in the United States), too many of us do not understand why these seemingly blessed individuals recoil from the public eye or feel ambivalent about their success.

This tension has been the central theme of Foster's career,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Kesha has a spiritual awakening in her first release in three years, Jack Harlow returns, Labrinth catches the feels, and Taylor Swift gets moody with The National.

Kesha, “Eat the Acid” (YouTube)

Seventeen, “Super” (YouTube)

Labrinth, “The Feels” (YouTube)

Jack Harlow, “They Don’t Love It” (YouTube)

Coi Leroy, “Bops” (YouTube)

Jessie Ware, “Freak Me Now” (YouTube)

Bebe Rexha feat. Dolly Parton, “Seasons” (YouTube)

Big Freedia and Ciara “100 Dollar Bill” (YouTube)

Miguel,...

Italian screenwriter, novelist and poet who formed a successful partnership with the film director Roberto Benigni

Although he was a respected novelist and poet, Vincenzo Cerami, who has died aged 72 after a long illness, was perhaps best known as a screenwriter, thanks to his long partnership with the director Roberto Benigni. The pair co-wrote six films and had their greatest success with La Vita è Bella (Life Is Beautiful, 1997), which starred Benigni as a Jewish internee in a concentration camp, desperately pretending to his young son that it is all a game. The film won three Oscars and had a further four nominations, including for best screenplay. "Knowing Vincenzo was a gift," said Benigni, "because he taught people's hearts to beat."

On their early films together, Cerami was not able to totally sublimate Benigni's excesses as an actor. Nevertheless, Il Piccolo Diavolo (The Little Devil, 1988), Johnny Stecchino (1991) and Il Mostro (The Monster,...