Film

Film director Otar Iosseliani passes away

Film director Otar Iosseliani passes away

Georgian film director Otar Iosseliani has died at the age of 89 in Georgia. Born in Tbilisi, Iosseliani made his first full-length film Falling Leaves in 1966. It received two awards at the Cannes film festival. He moved …

Rocky Balboa's friend passes away

Rocky Balboa's friend passes away

Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Rocky Balboa’s best friend Paulie in the Rocky movies with Sylvester Stallone, has died aged 83. Young died on October 8 in …

Prominent film director killed in Iran

Prominent film director killed in Iran

One of Iran's most prominent film directors, Dariush Mehrjui, has been found dead alongside his wife.  Mehrjui and his wife were discovered at their home with neck wounds indicating that they had been stabbed to …

Oscar for Best Picture goes to CODA

Oscar for Best Picture goes to CODA

Sian Heder’s CODA has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The movie tells the story of a teenage girl who is the only hearing member of a deaf family. The motion picture features deaf actors portraying deaf characters. One of …

Disney, Warner Bros. suspending film releases in Russia

Disney, Warner Bros. suspending film releases in Russia

The Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. halt all future theatrical film releases in Russia, CNBC said. "Given the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis, we are pausing the release of theatrical films in …

Iran's short film wins Oxford Film Festival award

Iran's short film wins Oxford Film Festival award

The Iranian short film "Breaktime," directed by Navid Nikkhah-Azad won the award for the best short fiction film in its first screening in the United States in the 18th Oxford International Film Festival's competitive …

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm up for Golden Globes

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm up for Golden Globes

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is up for three major accolades in this year’s Golden Globe Awards. The film has been shortlisted for best comedy or musical movie while stars Sacha Baron Cohen and Maria Bakalova are up for acting …

Azerbaijani film joins festival in Slovakia

Azerbaijani film joins festival in Slovakia

"The Steppe Man", a film by the Azerbaijani director Shamil Aliyev has entered the main competition program of Košice International Montly Film Festival 2020 in Slovakia. "Despite the global coronavirus …

Trump comments on ‘Parasite’ Best Picture win

Trump comments on ‘Parasite’ Best Picture win

U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at “Parasite’s” historic Oscar wins at a Colorado rally on Thursday. “How bad were the Academy Awards this year?” he asked, prompting jeers from the …

Netflix releases David Lynch's short film

Netflix releases David Lynch's short film

To celebrate director David Lynch's 74th birthday, Netflix has uploaded a new short film from the filmmaker, which sees him interrogate a talking monkey about a murder. The 17-minute short film What Did Jack Do? was …

Empire names best films of 21st century

Empire names best films of 21st century

Empire magazine published the '100 Greatest Movies of the Century' list. George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road has been voted as the greatest movie of the century by critics and readers in a poll conducted by film magazine …

Phoenix and Zellweger among winners at SAG Awards

Phoenix and Zellweger among winners at SAG Awards

Bong Joon-ho's Parasite won for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG Awards). Joaquin Phoenix won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor for …

Taika Waititi may direct new Star Wars movie

Taika Waititi may direct new Star Wars movie

Taika Waititi, the director behind Oscar nominated film Jojo Rabbit and Marvel hit Thor: Ragnarok, is in talks with Disney and Lucasfilm about overseeing a future Star Wars movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. There are no …