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The Kino Film Collection streaming service is celebrating the annual Sundance Film Festival season with a special January program featuring festival-alum films.

IndieWire can announce that 49 movies that have previously played at Sundance will be part of the Kino Film Collection, including “Prey for Rock and Roll” and “The Disappearance of My Mother” — both new-to-the-platform films begin streaming January 23. “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” will also make its streaming debut later this season.

Highlights from the Kino Film Collection Sundance edition include Todd Haynes’ iconic 1991 film “Poison,” Taika Waititi’s breakout “Boy,” Eliza Hittman’s “It Felt Like Love,” and Chloe Zhao’s “Songs My Brother Taught Me.” Alex Gibney’s documentary “Finding Fela” and Nina Menkes’ acclaimed “Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power” are additionally among the selected titles.

The Kino Film Collection similarly launched a Toronto International Film Festival edition in 2024, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Alps” and Pietro Marcello’s “Martin Eden.”

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An exciting new tale that merges gripping action, sensuality, and the hierarchy of bees in a dystopian setting is on the horizon from Image Comics. Screen Rant has an exclusive first look at The Hive, a wild story about people trying to survive in a world where humanity is influenced as easily as worker bees.

Preview pages provided to Screen Rant show off this intriguing new world and begins with a pair of truckers approached by motorcyclists with cartoonish bee masks. However, the truckers immediately fall under the mind control powers of bikers with just a few words and veer wildly off course.

The bikers, Ash and Noa, force the truck to turn off of a bridge, causing it to crash into an open field. Waiting for the bikers near the crash site is their partner, Benji. Benji implores his partners to hurry with their plans while Noa and Ash share a kiss.

In the vast expanse of Super Earth’s ongoing war against the galaxy’s threats, Helldivers 2 has carved out a niche for itself as a thrilling co-op shooter. But as players continue to spread managed democracy across the stars, there’s a growing sense that something is missing from the battlefield.

Enemies that put Bile Titans to shame. | Image Credit: PlayStation/YouTube

For veterans of the original Helldivers, that something might just be the epic, planet-sized boss battles that once defined the struggle against liberty’s foes. And with rumors swirling about potential new threats on the horizon, could now be the perfect time for Helldivers 2 to revisit one of its predecessor’s most beloved features?

Bringing Back the Big Baddies

The original Helldivers featured a unique boss fight system that pitted players against colossal enemies in multi-phase battles spanning entire planets. These encounters weren’t just about firepower; they required strategy,...

Exclusive: The L.A.-based Screamfest Horror Film Festival has unveiled the first wave lineup for its 24th edition, taking place at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood from October 8-17.

Among the films to look out for at this year’s festival are two produced for Hulu by WorthenBrooks (formerly 20th Digital Studio), on which we were first to report: Screamfest alum Brandon Espy’s Mr. Crocket and Justin Harding’s Carved, both of which will premiere on Hulu later this year.

A supernatural horror film starring Jerrika Hinton and Elvis Nolasco, Mr. Crocket follows Summer Beverly (Hinton) as she embarks on a chilling journey to rescue her son from a sinister children’s show host with otherworldly powers. Starring Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Carved is a fun romp centered on a group of survivors trapped in a Halloween village battle with a sentient, vengeful pumpkin.

In addition to Carved,...

It's become very apparent that getting discovered as a Podcaster is more difficult than ever. The Walled Gardens do not provide proper syndication, they force self-censoring, they give Podcasters only a menial portion of the earnings and bury them in search results.

CastGarden is solving those issues. By syndicating podcasts across multiple websites, apps and networks such as the Fediverse, Blockchains, Nostr, Torrent sites and RSS, Podcasters reach millions of additional people which equates to an active comment section, hence more shares, more views/listens and in turn, more income. Syndication and user-engagement are everything:

Syndication to the Fediverse network (~10 Million users and growing)

The Fediverse is a growing network of independent, decentralized servers and enables those hosts to syndicate (re-stream) your podcasts, similar to how radio stations do it in cities across the planet.

Syndication to, and Monetization from Blockchains (~6 Million users and growing)

Blockchains like Hive, Bitcoin (Nostr...

Attention Helldivers 2 players! A new dispatch has arrived from high command, and you’re going to want to sit down for this one.

There’s some new information given about some possible upcoming threats, and there’s a chance that the one enemy no one’s prepared to take down right now (from the first Helldivers) might be making a return. Are you ready for the challenge of a lifetime?

The Situation in Helldivers 2 Just Got Much Worse

The announcement, made in the official Helldivers Discord community, called upon the players and congratulated them for earning the right to access the At-Mines.

RELATED88% Increase Proves Helldivers 2 Player Count Can Turn It Around, Even When It’s Out of Spite

In this latest update, high command acknowledges the many challenges that players have faced recently, including failing several missions and sacrificing the mines for sick children.

Resultantly, after various strategic decisions and sacrifices,...

The reactions to M. Night Shyamalans Trap are in, and theyre overwhelmingly positive. Early screenings have thus far resulted in many saying that the film is a throwback to Shyamalan movies of old, with others claiming that the director is "back." Spoiler alert: he was never gone. Trap stars Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, and Saleka Shyamalan as pop singer Lady Raven, and opens nationwide on August 2, 2024.

Users who have seen the film took to X (formerly Twitter) to share some of their thoughts on the production, and have thus far been great at not spoiling anything, as yes, there are things to spoil. Namely, the big twist that Shyamalan has become known for that many thought was revealed in the trailer, but surprise! It wasnt. User @Mjcartels praised the acting chops of Hartnett, and called Trap a "different story."

#TrapMovieReview: The thriller is fantastic with some fun & thrilling scenes,-...

Warning: Spoilers for Primer: Clashing Colors #1

Deathstroke aims to recruit metahuman teens for H.I.V.E, not just fight the Teen Titans, in Primer: Clashing Colors #1. Primer, a 13-year-old hero, inadvertently attracts Slade Wilson's attention during a scuffle with the Titans. Slade, seeking unstable heroes, may have Primer in his sights as a potential recruit.

The Teen Titans of the 2003 animated series have returned in comic form, fighting their nemesis, Deathstroke. Slade Wilson, a collector of super-powered teenagers, sets his sights on a new hero during his scuffle with the Titans. The young and slightly fumbling Primer, in pursuit of her heroes' admiration, has inadvertently exposed herself to a hunter. All that remains to be seen is whether Slade intends to fight Primer or recruit her.

Ashley Rayburn is Primer, a 13-year-old superhero with a top-secret set of military body paints that grant a variety of powers based on the colors used.

Like every online game, Helldivers 2 has also some hackers despite its strict anti-cheat system. We’ve seen hackers since day 1, spawning unreleased vehicles, Stratagems, and weapons. Once again, a player on the Helldivers 2 subreddit has shared some screenshots of a hacker using unreleased Stratagems that players might have not seen before.

A still from Helldivers 2 (via Arrowhead Game Studios)

The hacker was able to spawn in 2 Stratagems called “Defense Wall” and “Commando.” Judging by the player’s description of these Stratagems, it seems like these will be very useful on the battlefield. These screenshots have assured the community that Arrowhead is working on new things as players have been eagerly waiting for new Stratagems. The Commando Stratagem is not new to the franchise as the first game also had this Stratagem.

Helldivers 2 player came across a hacker who dropped unreleased Stratagems

A still from Helldivers 2 (via Arrowhead Game Studios)

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The latest intel report in Helldivers 2 might be a hint that the Terminids are finally taking their revenge. Earlier this month, the community destroyed a Terminid Supercolony on Meridia using Dark Fluid and now, players are using Hive Breaker Drill to destroy Terminid nurseries on Hellmire, Nivel 43, Estanu, Crimsica, and Fori Prime. Obviously, the Terminid faction will retaliate and we’re convinced they have begun their revenge operation.

Helldivers 2 (via Arrowhead Game Studios)

The intel report revealed that high levels of interstellar spore emissions have been observed on the Terminid planets that are being liberated. Super Earth claims that “it is unlikely to cause any long-term problems,” but it will definitely backfire in the future. Players should prepare themselves for new threats as Terminid units might evolve into something more terrifying.

Helldivers 2 players might be making a mistake by destroying Terminid nurseries

The Terminid faction in Helldivers 2 (via Arrowhead Game...

As if Helldivers 2 wasn’t crawling with enough bugs already, an even bigger and more menacing foe might be burrowing its way onto the frantic battlefield. Along with the new Nuke Nursery mission, Arrowhead is teasing an enemy Helldivers 1 players still have nightmares about.

Towering rib cages, huge molts, inexplicable tremors, and eerie sounds coming from massive boreholes—all these foreshadow the arrival of a harrowing beast, and players are equally excited and terrified.

Helldivers 2 is Teasing Something Big, Literally The monstrosities those giant skeletons belong to might soon unleash their wrath in Helldivers 2.

@Helldiversmedia posted a snippet from the new Helldivers 2 Nuke Nursery mission on X, showing a large borehole emitting spine-chilling sounds from underneath the surface.

The Ministry of Truth doesn’t want you to see this…

Approached the large boreholes on the new Nuke Nursery mission and overheard this. Something big is coming Diver!!

cigretz #Helldivers2 pic.

Xochitl Gomez, best known for playing Marvel heroine America Chavez in the studio’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is shooting Hive, a horror short from rising Colombian-American filmmaker Felipe Vargas.

Written and directed by Vargas, Hive stars Gomez as a teenage babysitter who loses the young girl she’s taking care of at an idyllic playground and is forced to confront an insidious entity hidden among the children. Gomez stars alongside Lorelei Olivia Mote, a tyke who has appeared in American Horror Story and Daisy Jones & the Six.

The story is being told in real time and and set in the bright daylight of the outdoors, something the filmmakers think differentiates their project from most horror projects.

“Working with Felipe on Hive brought me back to the pure fun of filmmaking,” Gomez tells The Hollywood Reporter. “He’s precise and playful, being aware of every detail...

Fans in Canada can rejoice after Sanrio announced that the region will get its first-ever Hello Kitty Caf, bringing the adorable kitten character to Vancouver.

Via Daily Hive, fans can head down to 1274 Robson Street in Vancouver, British Colombia for Canada's first-ever Hello Kitty Caf. The caf will feature merchandise like Hello Kitty-themed treats and beverages, with the Grand Opening starting at 12 Pm on Friday, May 17. It features a meet and greet with Hello Kitty and a goodie bag for the first 50 guests. Regular operating hours are Sunday to Thursday from 12 to 9 Pm & Friday and Saturday from 12 Pm to 10 Pm. Readers can follow the official Instagram account (@hellokittycafevancouver), and check out the Hello Kitty Cafe Grand Opening visual and more information below.

Related Sanrio's Berry Cute Cat Keychains Are Purrfect for Hello Kitty Fans Sanrio and mofusand team up for a line of keychains featuring cats cosplaying as Hello Kitty and friends,...

It was certainly very strange to see that Hive Lords were not a part of the Terminid faction in Helldivers 2 since these massive units were difficult to deal with in the first game. There have been various theories regarding these Hive Lords and possible mutations that were triggered due to the Terminid Control System missions that fans were introduced to in March. Now, it seems like all those theories were true.

Bile Titan in Helldivers 2

The latest Major Order in Helldivers 2 is asking players to disable the Terminid Control System on Erata Prime, Fenrir III, and Turing as massive bug outbreaks have been caused. There is speculation that this is a buildup for the introduction of Hive Lord as fans have also spotted its molts scattered on Terminid planets.

Helldivers 2 players are sure that Hive Lords are on their way

Players have come across fossils of Hive Lord from the...

Helldivers 2 seems to be on a roll, giving players enough content and challenges to keep busy with. While Automatons continued to plague the game and bother players right from the start, developers, Arrowhead Studios, have from time to time released Major Orders giving the community collective challenges to fight the Automatons.

Helldivers 2

The players have not stayed behind in any way, delivering crushing blows to the mechanized Automatons. Just recently, the players came together to kill a massive army of two billion Terminds in a matter of hours. But just when players are rejoicing in their victory, a new challenge awaits.

Arrowhead hints at more Terminids coming in Helldivers 2

As Helldivers strive to spread democracy to bots and bugs on Super Earth in Helldivers 2, they recently managed to beat two big forces in the game. This includes the massacre of two billion Terminids in half a day and pushing back...

Spoilers are ahead for Halo season 2, episode 6, "Onyx."

Kai suggests the Spartan-III team needs to work like bees — one mind, one mission. Halo season 2's reference to a hive-mind mentality foreshadows the looming threat of the Flood. The need for the Spartan-IIIs to work as a collective unit might tease their ultimate fate when the Flood finally emerges.

One pointed line in Halo season 2, episode 6, "Onyx," teased the coming of the Flood, and the Spartan-iii soldiers' roles in the plotline. With its first season, the Paramount+ adaptation proved that it was an alternate take on the franchise's lore. Although the Silver Timeline of the Halo series is inspired by the core canon of the video games, it didn't adapt the story of the first-ever Halo game for its first season. In Halo: Combat Evolved, the Unsc's Pillar of Autumn ship exits slipspace in the wake of the Fall of Reach.

Just in time to ruin Christmas, gruesome horror comedy The Mean One, is out now on DVD and Digital Platforms from Altitude Film Distribution.

David Howard Thornton, the award-winning actor who plays Art the Clown in the hugely popular Terrifier movies, stars as The Mean One, a gruesome grouch in a Santa suit who is intent on causing Christmas carnage. Directed by Steven Lamorte (Bury Me Twice), The Mean One also stars Krystle Martin as Cindy, who takes on the Christmas killer with a baseball bat wrapped in tree lights.

Like recent horror hit Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, The Mean One is another buzzy slasher mixing mirth, murder and all-out action in equal measure, as the townsfolk decide to take on the green meanie with all the weapons they can lay their hands on. Already a viral sensation (over 5 million people have watched the trailer online) The Mean One...

Beyonce is opening up about the smash success of her new tour movie and documentary Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce.

The global icon’s movie premiered last week to rave reviews and raced to the top of the box office with solid ticket sales.

On Wednesday (December 6), she took to social media to open up about the release. She thanked so many important people and revealed why the movie was “one of the hardest things” she’d ever tackled.

She also revealed a special connection between the release date and her beloved late Uncle Johnny.

Head inside to see what Beyonce had to say…

“I am so deeply thankful to AMC and every team member who worked so hard on this film,” Beyonce wrote on Instagram. “I just can’t thank all of you enough for your support. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done because...

Alex Pettyfer stars in the terrifying action thriller Black Noise, which is out out now on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon Prime Video in the UK & Ireland.

“We go in, we get the client, and get out”. If only it was that simple for Alex Pettyfer (Alex Rider in Stormbreaker) and Jackson Rathbone (Twilight), on a rescue mission from hell in Black Noise, a chilling action horror set in a lush paradise, also starring Eve Mauro (Wicked Lake) and Ashton Leigh (Big Shark).

Sent to the remote island of Esperanza to rescue a tech heiress, a security team finds their communications cut off, and starts having nightmarish hallucinations… but the worst is yet to come. Coming on like 80s classic Predator Black Noise is an action adventure that turns into all-out horror.

Synopsis:

Members of an elite security team deployed to rescue a VIP on an exclusive island.

Amber Heard (Aquaman) stars as a doctor battling against 19th-century superstitions and paranoia in In The Fire, also starring Luca Calvani (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), Eduardo Noriega (The Devil’s Backbone), and Sophie Amber (soon to be seen in The Last Girl with Antonio Banderas).

Directed by Cocor Allyn (No Man’s Land), In The Fire is an intense and thrilling experience featuring a searing career-best lead performance from Heard as a woman attempting to convince a community that medicine can overcome what they perceive as ‘evil’.

Synopsis:

A doctor travels to a remote plantation to care for a disturbed boy who has inexplicable abilities. She ignites a war of science versus religion with the local priest who believes the boy is possessed by the Devil.

In The Fire is available now on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon.

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Manhwa is the general term for the comics and print-cartoons that come out of Korea and they’re the country’s equivalent to Japan’s manga. Manga and its accompanying anime have found international success and there are even fringe properties that are hits in North America and Europe. Manhwa hasn’t expanded to the same extent as manga, but there are just as strong stories being told in this medium that frequently get overlooked.

Manhwa celebrates all genres of storytelling. However, it exhibits a real flair for horror and there are some must-read manhwa series that manage to do far more than simply scare their audience.

25 Top Manhwa You Need To Read

Distant Sky Written by Inwan Youn & Illustrated By Sunhee Kim

Distant Sky is a unique take on apocalyptic dystopias that's frightening and foreboding. However, it's a series that understands how less can be more and the value...

Crank up the witch house and start peeling those grapes for the eyeball bowl, because the spookiest month of the year is once again upon us! All roads lead to Halloween in the month of October, including the zombie-prowling highways and byways of Film Independent Fiscal Sponsorship.

Of course, horror and short films go together like peanut butter and mini Reese’s cups, which is why were turning this month’s #FiSpo column over to three concise, high-concept chillers that are sure to send a shiver down your spine—and perhaps bring up a salient social point or two, as horror so often does.

As always, these films are being supported by Film Independent’s Fiscal Sponsorship program, enabling filmmakers to solicit tax-deductible donations and organizational grants in partnership with Film Independent. Here’s how:

This month’s Fiscal Spotlight projects are The Flacalta Effect, Hive and Burnout. Learn more...

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It may seem hard to believe, but at one stage Resident Evil was not only the highest-grossing film series based on a video game, but also the highest-grossing horror film series period. Consisting of six movies and a reboot, the Resident Evil movies just kept making money even while they were being bashed by critics. Most of those critics arguably had valid points, but the arrival of a new Resident Evil movie simply became oddly comforting somewhere along the way.

Thanks to the creative voices of Event Horizon director Paul W.S. Anderson and his Fifth Element actress wife Milla Jovovich, six of the seven Resident Evil movies feature the character of Alice (Jovovich firing on all cylinders), a former security specialist and covert operative who initially has amnesia but eventually remembers she’s out to take down the insidious Umbrella Corporation, a global company responsible for Earth’s weirdest zombie apocalypse.

Sam Smith is a big fan of Vancouver — and Canada in general.

During Smith’s show at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Tuesday, reported Daily Hive, the singer took to the stage wearing a custom Canucks Pride jersey with his name and the number 23 emblazoned on the back, which he eventually took off and tossed into the crowed.

At one point in the show — the final Canadian date on their Gloria tour — Smith addressed the audience.

Read More: Sam Smith Has Conquered Their Body Dysmorphia: ‘I Look Fabulous’

“I can’t tell you — I promise I don’t say this all the time. But I can’t tell you how much I love this city. I love this city so much,” they said.

“I swear to God, these shows in Canada have been the best of the entire tour,” Smith added. “The energy every night has been incredible.”

Prior to the concert,...

Nail biting thriller The Flood is out now on Digital Platforms and DVD.

Assault on Precinct 13 meets Alligator in the action thriller The Flood, which sees Nicky Whelan (Hall Pass) trying to control a jail filled with dangerous convicts, a torrential storm, and a horde of hungry alligators.

Written and directed by Brandon Slagle (Battle for Saipan), the film stars Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers), Louis Mandylor (Rambo: Last Blood), Devanny Pinn (Piranha 3D), and Randy Wayne (Hellraiser: Judgement), and features some seriously scary reptiles who are keen to snack on some caged convicts. A rip-roaring, action packed ride, The Flood is a must-watch for fans of nerve-shredding creature features Meg, 47 Feet Down, and Black Water Abyss.

Synopsis: A daring jailbreak during a ferocious storm gets complicated when a horde of giant, hungry alligators interrupt the escape attempt.

The Flood is available on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon,...

The mob just crossed the wrong man in thriller Shrapnel, available now on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon in the UK & Ireland.

Shrapnel blasts onto screens this summer and viewers better take cover. Jason Patric (Sleepers) is a lethal army veteran flipped into combat mode when his daughter is kidnapped by a drug gang, enlisting the help of Cam Gigandet (The Magnificent Seven) to dish out the mayhem.

Directed by action expert William Kaufman (One in the Chamber), Shrapnel boasts blistering action scenes, heavy weaponry, white-knuckle suspense, and vengeance dished out by the bucket full across an unforgiving New Mexico landscape.

Synopsis:

A former Marine and his old war buddy face off against the Mexican cartel behind the disappearance of his daughter.

Shrapnel is available now on on Digital Platforms including Google, Apple TV, Sky and Amazon in the UK & Ireland.

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When director Elene Naveriani first read the book upon which “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry” is based, they immediately recognized a whole community. “It was the story of my mom, the story of my aunt, the story of my neighbor,” Naveriani tells Variety. “I could name so many women around me that they were really going through the same interior kind of struggle, and I found it very important to bring this character to life on screen.”

Playing in Directors’ Fortnight, “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry” follows 48-year-old Etero (Eka Chavleishvili – the filmmaker’s first and only choice for the character) as she discovers her sexuality and enters into her first relationship later in life. In the film’s startling opening sequence, shopkeeper Etero survives a brush with death, returns to her small corner store, and seduces the first man who walks in – having her initial sexual relation on a momentary whim.

Though Etero...

Twenty emerging producers from across Europe have been selected to take part in European Film Promotion’s promotion and networking platform Producers on the Move before and during the Cannes Film Festival.

The producers who were selected for the program from nominations submitted by Efp’s member organizations are Gentian Koçi (Albania), David Bohun (Austria), Julie Esparbes (Belgium), Vanya Rainova (Bulgaria), Miljenka Čogelja (Croatia), Stelana Kliris (Cyprus), Alice Tabery (Czech Republic), Emile Hertling Péronard (Denmark), Emilia Haukka (Finland), Silvana Santamaria (Germany), Vicky Miha (Greece), Júlia Berkes (Hungary), Kathryn Kennedy (Ireland), Valon Bajgora (Kosovo), Dominiks Jarmakovičs (Latvia), Erik Glijnis (The Netherlands), Elisa Fernanda Pirir (Norway), Radu Stancu (Romania), Juraj Krasnohorský (Slovak Republic), and Julia Gebauer (Sweden).

They will take part in a tailor-made program to foster international co-productions, increase the exchange of experiences, and help create new professional networks. The pre-festival online program, which started yesterday and runs until May 4, includes 1:1 speed meetings,...

Paris-based sales outfit Totem Films has acquired “A Song Sung Blue,” by Chinese director Zihan Geng, and “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry,” from Georgian filmmaker Elene Naveriani. Both films will premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.

“A Song Sung Blue” is the feature debut of the Beijing-born Geng. The coming-of-age story follows 15-year-old Xian, who’s left in the care of her estranged father, a struggling photographer, after her mother is compelled to travel to Africa for work. Over the course of a restless summer, Xian befriends 18-year-old Mingmei, the daughter of his father’s assistant-turned-girlfriend, and soon finds herself looking up to the older girl.

Driven by the ignorance and impulse of youth, their friendship will leave an unforgettable mark on the young girl’s life, a journey that “we follow to retrieve the memories of that distant part of our own youth,” according to Geng.

A new variant cover for Venom #18, drawn by the talented Paco Medina, gives Eddie Brock the true King in Black treatment, casting the former host of Venom as a valiant warrior with impressive armor, an Odin-like missing eye, and a new version of All-Black the Necrosword, honoring his status as Marvel God.

Eddie Brock famously killed the dark God Knull in King in Black #6, becoming the new King in Black as well as earning the title of God of Symbiotes, but since then the troubled man has been in freefall, trapped outside of time by a villainous future version of himself named Meridius, and becoming estranged from his son Dylan Brock, the new host of Venom.

Venom #18 - written by Al Ewing with art by Cafu - sees Eddie's dark and mysterious journey continue after the conclusion of the tumultuous Dark Web event, and while Brock is perhaps in the...

Get ready for the next genius installment from Donald Glover as Swarm (2023) lands next month. The singer and actor/writer/director has his next hit show lined up due to a deal with Amazon Studios. Following the conclusion of Atlanta, Glover hasn't slowed down his momentum and continues his trend of music-related and black-led stories. Originally titled Hive, Glover developed Swarm with co-creator Janine Nabers (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce). The actor, comedian, and rapper is also set to star in and adapt the reboot series of the 2005 film Mr. and Mrs. Smith with co-creator Francesa Sloane (The First).

Sza launched her 2023 North American “Sos Tour” (grab tickets for upcoming shows here) at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, February 21st.

Among the 30-plus songs our December Cover star debuted more than a dozen tracks from her chart-topping new album and tour namesake, Sos, like “F2F,” “Forgiveless,” and her current single, “Kill Bill.” She opened the set with the pre-order exclusive “PSA” while recreating the album’s Princess Diana-inspired artwork, and later boarded a lifeboat and floated above the audience to perform “Supermodel” from 2017’s Ctrl, “Nobody Gets Me,” and more.

She also packed in a cover of Erykah Badu’s “Bag Lady” and shared a clip from the scorching new music video for “Low,” which revealed the singer operating a flamethrower and closed with a “coming soon” tag. Watch fan-captured footage from Sza’s “Sos Tour” opener and see the full setlist below.

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This year, women directors – and their women-centric subjects – swept the awards at Sundance Film Festival. Three women directors – Madeleine Gavin, Maryam Keshavarz, and Noora Niasari – won Audience Awards for their films on North Korea (“Beyond Utopia”), intergenerational motherhood (“The Persian Version”), and custody in diaspora (“Shayda”). Portraits of masculinity were also celebrated as well. First-time feature filmmaker Sing J. Lee won the Directing Award for his touching portrait of masculinity and fatherhood in “The Accidental Getaway Driver,” while Sauvnik Kaur’s intimate documentary on brotherhood “Against The Tide” took home a Special Jury Award. After two years of isolation and virtual festival-ing, it seems that stories of tenderness appealed over aggressive storytelling at Park City this year.

“This year’s Festival has been an extraordinary experience,” said Joana Vicente, Sundance Institute CEO. “The artists that comprise the 2023 Sundance Film Festival have demonstrated a sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in independent film.

Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is...

Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is...

Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is...

Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is...

All cinema tickets will cost just €5 on September 10 and 11.

Germany is joining the US and the UK to launch a September weekend cinema initiative called Kinofest where all tickets will cost just €5.

Taking place September 10-11, the aim is to reignite cinema-going with German audiences and increase footfall in German cinemas. The theatrical business is struggling post-pandemic with box-office receipts and admissions falling by 33.8 and 38.8 respectively in the first six months of 2022, compared to the same period in 2019, according to figures released this week by the German Federal Film Board (Ffa)

Receipts grossed €305.7m and admissions reached 33.2m from January to June,...

Before Disney+ and Kevin Feige brought television series into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D" was a fan-favorite network television underdog. Born out of 2012's "The Avengers," the show followed a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents assembled by a newly not-dead Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg). Thanks to a strong fanbase, "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." survived cancellation multiple times with rallying cries on social media like #CoulsonLives and #SaveAgentsOfSHIELD.

"Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." had a rough start, but then "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" hit theaters, revealing the McU's biggest twist thus far. Since S.H.I.E.L.D.'s inception, Hydra had moles on the inside. The show's story exploded from there, exploring how these street-level agents grapple with the aftermath. What started as a seemingly typical network "villain of the week" formula became a great companion piece to the movies. As the seasons progressed, the...

Donald Glover spoke out on the difference between artists and entertainers…and the children of both.

During an interview with The Wall Street Journal Magazine, the “Atlanta” creator applauded Zoë Kravitz for her directorial debut with “Pussy Island,” which she also co-wrote.

“I know she feels the pressure,” Glover said of Kravitz’s need to be viewed as more than “the daughter of,” citing her parents Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet’s respective fame. “There’s always a pressure that’s like, ‘I actually have to do something that’s good, because otherwise people will say it’s not because of me being creative.'”

The “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” showrunner continued, “A lot of artists think they’re artists but they’re actually entertainers. She’s actually somebody who is like, ‘No, I know when someone’s lying to me. I know when I actually look good. I know...

The Ebo twins, Adamma and Adanne Ebo, have entered a multi-year overall deal with 20th Television and 20th Television Animation. Under the deal, they will develop, create and produce live-action and animated series for all platforms. Currently, the Ebo twins are developing “Supashawty Girls, Funkamatic Bangbang” with 20th Television Animation for Freeform.

The American-Nigerian filmmaking duo made their feature film debut with “Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul” starring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and will be released widely on Sept. 2. Adamma wrote and directed the film with Adanne producing. Their TV writing credits include Donald Glover and Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming series “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” as well as pilot spec “Supply, 40” with Gloria Sanchez and MRC. Adamma has directed an episode of Glover’s “Atlanta” at FX and three episodes of Glover and Amazon’s “Hive.” They are repped by UTA,...

Filmmaker sibling duo Adamma & Adanne Ebo (Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul) are further cementing their relationship with Disney Television Studios. The identical twins have signed a multi-year overall deal with studios’ 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, where they will develop, create and produce live-action and animated series for all platforms.

The Ebo twins currently have Supashawty Girls, Funkamatic Bangbang in development with 20th Television Animation for Freeform. Adamma and Adanne serve as writers and executive produce with Tiffany Haddish and Melanie Clarik.

The project follows Yeze and Tule when a freak laboratory accident turns the twin college students into dopeass superheroes, and they must learn to manage their brand new super-powered lives with the growing pains of adulthood. Unfortunately for humanity, they’d actually rather kick it than kick butt & save the world.

“I bonded instantly with Adamma and Adanne because they are just as obsessed with animation as we are,...

Adamma and Adanne Ebo, known as the Ebo twins, have signed a multiyear overall deal with 20th Television and 20th Television Animation, where they will develop, create and produce live-action and animated series for all platforms.

The filmmaking duo is behind the upcoming comedy-satire film “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul,” starring Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown, which was sold to Focus Features and Monkeypaw at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The Ebo twins currently have the series “Supashawty Girls, Funkamatic Bangbang” in development with 20th Television Animation for Freeform, and this overall further cements their relationship with Disney Television Studios.

“20th continues to be flexible in an ever-evolving TV landscape, while supporting various creative sensibilities,” the sisters said in a statement. “And as creators with a non-stop running list of ideas, we’re super hype to have studio partners who are just as committed to adding and challenging the...

Altitude Releasing’s release of Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava received biggeste Audience Fund grant.

The 10 biggest recipients of distribution funding from the British Film Institute (BFI) received a total of £521,353 from the organisation’s Audience Fund in the first half of 2022.

The biggest Audience Fund award went to Altitude Film Distribution, which received £135,170 to support the March 4 release of Clio Barnard’s Bradford-set love story Ali & Ava. The film went on to take £349,935 at the box office, according to figures supplied by the BFI.

Mubi UK’s release of Joachim Trier’s Norwegian drama The Worst Person In The World...

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The 2022 Golden Trailer Awards are led by Coda with 14 nominations — the most of any film — followed by The Matrix Resurrections, which starred Keanu Reeves, with 10.

Coda and Apple TV+ made history when the film captured best picture at the Academy Awards, a first for a streaming service after years of Netflix and other competitors long campaigned for such an honor.

Other multiple nominees include Top Gun: Maverick with five nominations; Dune with four; and Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and The Batman among the movies with three mentions.

The Golden Trailer Awards, which honor creatives who produce trailers and marketing content for new movies, TV and streaming series, will be held live in Los Angeles on Oct. 6 and will be hosted by comedian Henry Cho.

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Exclusive: Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have acquired North American rights to Eva Vitija’s documentary Loving Highsmith, which takes as its focus Carol and The Talented Mr. Ripley author Patricia Highsmith. Zeitgeist will release the film theatrically this September.

Loving Highsmith is a unique look at the life of the celebrated American author, focusing on Highsmith’s quest for love and her troubled identity through her personal diaries and the intimate reflections of her lovers, friends and family. The film sheds new light on her life and writings, the best known of which were adapted for the big screen: Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr. Ripley and Carol, a partially autobiographical novel and the first lesbian story with a happy ending in 1950s America. Highsmith herself was forced to lead a double life and had to hide her vibrant love affairs from her family and the public, reflecting...

Dominique Fishback will star in Donald Glover and Janine Nabers’ upcoming Prime Video series, the streaming service announced April 14. The limited series is currently untitled, but it was previously referred to as Hive and is rumored to center around a “Beyoncé-like figure,” possibly played by Fishback. The actor will also serve as a producer, according to Variety. Glover and Nabers are developing the series under their individual overall deals with Amazon Studios. They both also write for Atlanta, in which Glover stars. Nabers previously served as a producer on HBO‘s Watchmen. And the creators sparked headlines when they brought Malia Obama into the writers room on this new Hive series. Glover talked about the project, currently in production, at the Atlanta Season 3 premiere in March. He told Variety production’s going well while singing Fishback’s praises as an actor. He also said Chlöe Bailey (now going by...

Dominique Fishback, who stars in Apple’s limited series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey alongside Samuel L. Jackson, has been cast as the lead of Amazon’s Donald Glover and Janine Nabers series.

The untitled limited project, which has previously been referred to as Hive, comes from the Atlanta creator and Watchmen writer, who both have overall deals at the streamer.

It reportedly revolves around a Beyoncé-like figure and has garnered headlines for the fact that President Barack Obama’s daughter Malia Obama is a writer on the series.

Fishback, who also stars in the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts movie, has also joined the project as a producer.

She is currently adapting her one woman show Subverted into a special and will produce it alongside Jamie Foxx and recently received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Judas and the Black Messiah. She has also starred in Project Power,...

Last week’s premiere of “Atlanta” Season 3 marked Donald Glover’s long-awaited return to television writing. The multi-hyphenate has kept busy with a variety of film and music projects in the four years since Season 2 of his hit FX show aired, but the return of “Atlanta” has reminded audiences why he is one of TV’s most acclaimed scribes. Glover himself claims that Seasons 3 and 4, both of which have already filmed, are some of the best television ever produced, rivaled only by “The Sopranos” in his view. But with “Atlanta” in the can, Glover is already moving onto his next television project.

Vanity Fair has reported that Glover is writing and producing a new series for Amazon with the potential working title “Hive,” which is reportedly inspired by a pop star reminiscent of Beyoncé. While the show is still in the writing phase, he has already made one high profile...

In February 2021, The Hollywood Reporter disclosed that Donald Glover had exited his pact with FX for a multiple-year deal with Amazon. This deal will see Glover executive producing a number of projects for the streamer, including one called "Hive," which has already begun staffing a writers' room that includes none other than Malia Obama. "Hive" is rumored to feature a Beyoncé-like figure and come from the mind of "Watchmen"'s Janine Nabers.

In a recent interview with Variety, Glover described Obama as "somebody who's gonna have really good things coming soon" before adding that her "writing style is great." Glover's brother and collaborator, Stephen, echoed the same sentiments, saying, "Donald always says perspective is important, and people with different perspectives are important for a writers' room. And for sure, [Malia] definitely has a unique perspective on everything. So we wanted to hear her stories and have her work with us.