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The 16th annual TCM Classic Film Festival gets underway Thursday night in Hollywood with a 45th anniversary screening at the Chinese Imax Theatre of the acclaimed second Star Wars feature, 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, with creator George Lucas on stage to talk about it. It certainly fits in with this year’s theme, “Grand Illusions: Fantastic Worlds on Film,” though it is hard to wrap my head around the fact that this movie is now old enough to fit snugly in with so many of the classic titles TCM regularly features on their channel and at this festival, which brings them back in all their glory to the big screen.

The heavy programming of more contemporary box office hits this year does provide some irony to the title of one of the festival’s panels happening Sunday, “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To,” featuring among others Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman.

Is it time to start thinking about the Golden Globes already? Oh, it’s not until next year. Thank goodness! According to reports, the 83rd Golden Globes ceremony will occur on Sunday, January 11, 2026. Returning to host the star-studded event is last year’s master of ceremonies, Nikki Glaser, with the annual show happening at the Beverly Hilton. The event airs live on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime per a multi-year deal.

The Golden Globes, which celebrate excellence in movies and television, will reveal its nominees on December 8. A complete timeline for the annual event will follow in the coming months. Glaser joined the production to much acclaim last year. Her charming energy, quip-tastic jokes, and playfully stinging roasts hit the mark and ranked better with audiences than Jo Koy’s performance in 2024. Globes organizers asked Glaser to return after her success as host. She gladly accepted, but not before making...

Hollywood’s biggest party officially has a 2026 date.

CBS and the Golden Globes revealed on Thursday that next year’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony will happen on Jan. 11, 2026. As previously announced, Nikki Glaser will return as host after her acclaimed appearance as emcee this year.

The 2026 Golden Globes, billed by the group as the “first major award show of the season,” start at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt. The event will air live on CBS linear television and stream on Paramount+ in the U.S. for subscribers of the Paramount+ with Showtime tier.

This year’s Golden Globes were viewed by roughly 9.3 million people, a slight decrease from the 2023 ceremony, which hit 9.4 million viewers (although that show had the added benefit of honoring blockbusters like Oppenheimer and Barbie). Winners this year included The Brutalist for Best Drama, Emilia Pérez for Best Musical/Comedy, Shogun for Best Drama Series, and Hacks for Best Comedy Series.

The 83rd edition of the Golden Globes is set to take place Sunday, January 11, 2026 at the Beverly Hilton, organizers said Thursday.

Nikki Glaser, who debuted as host of this year’s Globes, is already set to return as host of the shindig, which again will air live on CBS and Paramount+ with Showtime at part of a multi-year deal.

Nominations for the year’s best in movies and TV will be announced December 8, the Globes organizers said, with a full awards timeline still to come.

Dick Clark Productions plans, hosts and produces the Globes, which last year averaged 9.3 million Live+Same Day viewers, a slight dip from 2024 but widely seen as a successful show especially due to Glaser, who was quickly asked back to host again as part of a new deal that includes a pay hike.

The January ceremony saw winners including Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist for the top motion picture prizes,...

Exclusive: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to Inside, an Australian prison drama starring The Brutalist Oscar nominee Guy Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis (Warfare), and newcomer Vincent Miller, slating the film for release in theaters on June 20, following its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca Festival.

World premiering last summer at the Melbourne Film Festival, Inside marks the directorial debut of Charles Williams, who also penned the script. The film follows Mel Blight (Miller), who after being transferred from juvenile to adult prison, is taken under the wing of both Mark Shepard (Jarvis), Australia’s most despised criminal, and Warren Murfett (Pearce), a soon-to-be-paroled inmate. As a paternal triangle grows between them, we see that even the worst of men have a little bit of good inside that will be their undoing.

Marian Macgowan and Kate Glover were the producers on the project, the trailer for which you can view above.

The TCM Classic Film Festival, running this year from April 24-27 for its 16th annual edition, comes at a pivotal time for the network and the state of classic cinema as a whole.

As a new generation of cinephiles flock to vintage film screenings across Los Angeles and beyond, the TCM Classic Film Festival is meeting the moment with Tiktoks and creators helping spread the word.

Beginning in January, TCM hosted a video series titled “New Voices of Film,” where three content creators and impassioned cinema lovers presented a film of their choosing to program on the network. The selections ranged from the Douglas Sirk melodrama “All That Heaven Allows,” Billy Wilder’s “A Foreign Affair” to the pre-code classic “Merrily We Go to Hell.” But in order to reach younger audiences, TCM has also focused its efforts across social media, with short-form videos on TikTok and Instagram drawing bridges between contemporary and older films.

Timothee Chalamet’s Mom On Kylie Jenner!(Photo Credit –Facebook)

It’s not a secret anymore that Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner are much in love with each other. Even though they don’t talk about their relationship much, they often get spotted together at award nights or music festivals, enjoying and swaying in love. Now, in a recent conversation, the Dune actor’s mother has given a thumbs up to their relationship and talked about Jenner very fondly.

For those who don’t know, Kylie was previously in a long-term relationship with Travis Scott. She is not only a beauty mogul and an entrepreneur but also a mother of two. She shares her two children, Stormi and Aire, with Travis. Although Jenner and Scott parted ways in 2019, they remained quite close. But since 2023, she has kept her focus on Chalamet and has been in a beautiful relationship.

In an interview with Curbed,...

In a major shift for Oscar voting protocol, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that members will now be required to confirm they’ve watched all nominated films in a category before being allowed to vote in that race.

The initiative, aimed at strengthening the integrity and credibility of the awards process, combines digital tracking through the Academy Screening Room with member-reported viewings — building on a structure already familiar to Academy voters.

How It Works

Beginning with the 98th Academy Awards, ballots during the final voting phase will only unlock for members who have verified they’ve watched all nominated films in a given category. This requirement applies across all 24 competitive Oscar categories, from best picture and the acting races to costume design and the newly introduced award for casting.

The Academy will track viewership through its exclusive, members-only streaming platform, the Academy Screening Room. Any...

Sebastian Stan does not think there is any question whether or not Donald Trump has watched “The Apprentice.”

In an interview with Vanity Fair published Monday, Stan reflected on the 2024 film, in which the actor played a young Trump who is taught how to succeed in corporate America by Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong). For his performance in the Ali Abbasi-directed film, Stan received critical acclaim and both Golden Globe and Oscar nominations. In October, Trump himself blasted the film and its pre-election release.

“It’s a cheap, defamatory and politically disgusting hatchet job,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “So sad that Human Scum, like the people involved in this hopefully unsuccessful enterprise, are allowed to say and do whatever they want in order to hurt a Political Movement, which is far bigger than any of us.”

It was unclear if Trump had actually seen “The Apprentice” when he penned that social media post.

Mark your calendars! The 32nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are officially set to take place on March 1, 2026. The star-studded ceremony will stream live on Netflix at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt, showcasing the year’s best performances in film and television.

In addition to the date, key deadlines for the 2025–26 SAG Awards season have been announced. Submissions for nomination consideration will open Aug. 25, 2025 and will close Nov. 3, 2025. Actors or their representatives can submit performances for consideration, with the eligible performance window running from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2025.

Nominations for the 2026 SAG Awards will be revealed on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

The SAG Awards are routinely viewed as a key precursor in the Oscars race because the acting branch is the largest group in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Recent Best Picture winners that exerted strength in the race at the SAG Awards with ensemble cast wins include Parasite, Coda,...

As the format continues to gain traction, here’s our regularly-updated list of upcoming 4K Ultra HD disc releases in the UK.

Sitting alongside our list of upcoming DVD and Blu-ray releases (that you can find here), we’re also keeping a calendar for those who support the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc format. As we learn of new UK releases, we’ll add them to this list.

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Without further ado, here are the titles we know about…

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A glimpse at upcoming UK DVD and Blu-ray release dates well into 2025: here’s what’s coming to disc and when.

Here, then, are a few of the upcoming dates for new movies on DVD and Blu-ray that may not yet have been officially announced. Note that all dates are for the UK.

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Obviously in the current climate everything is subject to change, of course…

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First Time On UK Blu-ray: No Way Out (Film Stories Blu-ray #2)

First Time On UK Blu-ray: Bull Durham (Film Stories Blu-ray #3)

Scroll to the bottom of the this list for more releases over the last few weeks.

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Debuts Of Max Original Drama Series “Duster,” HBO Original Film “Mountainhead,” And HBO Original Two-Part Documentary “Pee-wee as Himself” New Seasons of Max Originals “And Just Like That…” And “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” And HBO Original Documentary Series “100 Foot Wave” A24’s Academy Award-Winning “The Brutalist” Featured Programming Series Debuts May 8Max Original Unscripted SeriesCONAN O’Brien Must Go S23 EpisodesRollout: Episodes debut weeklyLogline: In this riotously funny travel series, Conan O’Brien experiences local cultures and connects with fans he previously met on his podcast.Credits: Produced by Conaco; executive producers are Conan O’Brien and Jeff Ross. Debuts May 15Max Original Drama ... Read more...

During the “off season” of the Oscars race, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences likes to make updates to its established rules. In 2025, that’s included the announcement of a new category (Stunt Design coming in 2028!) and requiring that voters actually watch all of the nominated movies. Now, the organization behind the Academy Awards has made a new statement on how using generative AI might affect a movie’s awards chances.

The Academy’s statement on generative AI doesn’t get too deep into the ethics involved or best practices for its implementation, though. Instead, it reads:

With regard to Generative Artificial Intelligence and other digital tools used in the making of the film, the tools neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination. The Academy and each branch will judge the achievement, taking into account the degree to which a human was at the heart...

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the Max streaming service in May. The Max May 2025 lineup includes the drama series Duster, the film Mountainhead, and the two-part documentary Pee-wee as Himself.

The schedule also includes new seasons of And Just Like That…, Conan O’Brien Must Go, and 100 Foot Wave. A24’s Academy Award-winning The Brutalist will begin streaming as well.

And Just Like That… Season 3 Featured Programming

Series

Conan O’Brien Must Go Season 2 (Max Original Unscripted Series)

The three-episode season premieres on May 8, and episodes debut weekly

In this riotously funny travel series, Conan O’Brien experiences local cultures and connects with fans he previously met on his podcast.

Conaco produces the series. Conan O’Brien and Jeff Ross are the executive producers.

Conan O’Brien Must Go Season 2

Duster (Max Original Drama Series)

The eight-episode series premieres on May...

VistaVision is back. Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” not only earned Lol Crawley the Best Cinematography Oscar but has sparked a renewed interest in the format — one that is now being further fanned by unconfirmed reports of the 35mm horizontal format also being used in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia,” Alejandro González Iñárritu’s untitled 2026 film, and Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.”

The timing is perfect, therefore, for the TCM Classic Film Festival to screen two rare Paramount VistaVision prints of “We’re No Angels” (1955) and “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” (1957) on April 26 at the Tcl Chinese Theater. What’s more, the movies will be projected with special horizontal projectors, which haven’t been used since the 1950s.

Crawley will introduce “Gunfight,” the Western from director John Sturges (“The Magnificent Seven”), which teams Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday, and Charlotte Barker,...

After years of informed speculation and online chatter about some Academy members not watching the nominated films before voting, the organization has announced a significant rule change for the upcoming Oscars season.

As revealed on Monday as part of several key tweaks and procedural changes, Academy members must now watch all nominated films in each category to be eligible to vote in the final round for the Oscars.

According to Variety, the Academy intends to monitor viewing activity for its members through the Academy Screening Room streaming platform. Members will also be required to submit a form acknowledging movies they viewed outside of the platform, whether at a film festival or industry event. The process was already used for specific categories, like Best International Feature and Best Animated Feature, but will now be adopted by the entire membership. Academy members will then only be able to access ballots online if...

Oscar voters will no longer be able to cast final ballots in categories in which they haven’t seen all of the nominees, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Monday.

The new rule is the most significant in a group of regulations approved by the AMPAS Board of Governors for the 98th Academy Awards, which will take place in March 2026.

In the past, Oscar voters had been on the honor system; they were encouraged to see every nominee before voting for the winners, but the Academy did not make it a requirement in most categories. The biggest exception was in the Best Foreign-Language Film (now Best International Feature Film) and Best Documentary Feature categories, where for years the only members who could cast votes were those who could show that they had seen all five films in a theater.

In the years in which that rule was in existence,...

On Monday, April 21, The Academy’s Board of Governors released a sweeping list of their newly approved awards rules and campaign promotional regulations for the 98th Academy Awards set for Sunday, March 15, 2026.

One of the more fascinating aspects of the new rules is how many directly address the several scandals swirling around last year’s Oscar campaign. For instance, in response to all the claims of Best Picture nominees from “The Brutalist” to “A Complete Unknown” using some form generative artificial intelligence, the Academy’s Science and Technology Council has approved new eligibility language that reads: “With regard to Generative Artificial Intelligence and other digital tools used in the making of the film, the tools neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination. The Academy and each branch will judge the achievement, taking into account the degree to which a human was at the heart of the creative...

“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet’s monumental cinematic work, distinguishes itself through its aesthetic, narrative, and thematic ambition. An A24 production that has once again triumphed at the Academy Awards, it reaffirms the studio’s position at the forefront of daring and original filmmaking, evident from its opening credits and powerful thematic and aesthetic presence.

Starring a brilliant Adrien Brody, the film chronicles the complex odyssey of László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust only to confront the promises and perils of the American Dream in the post-war era. Spanning over three and a half hours and unfolding across decades, this epic production captivated critics from its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where Corbet won the Silver Lion for Best Director. Its triumphant journey culminated in prestigious accolades, including multiple Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards, and three Oscars, including Best Actor for Brody. Its unique visual style, marked by...

David Cronenberg‘s The Shrouds soundtrack is available on vinyl from Mutant in partnership with Howe Records.

The score is composed by Academy Award winner Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings), who has handled all but one of Cronenberg’s soundtracks since 1979.

The album is pressed on 140-gram Gravestone colored vinyl, limited to 500, and packaged in a jacket designed by Mutant co-founder Mo Shafeek. Priced at $35, it’s due out on June 27.

Mutant writes, “The Shrouds continues in the mold of Crimes of the Future, with a delicate but deceptive score. In a film about burial, decay, and the search for meaning—marred by conspiracy theories and an overreliance on technology—the film and score find a space that balances the ethereal and the dreadful. The sacred and profane.”

The Shrouds opens in New York and Los Angeles today and will expand nationwide on April 25 from Sideshow and Janus Films.

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Trump Rhetoric Rallies Canadians

Poilievre implosion: Ahead of the Canadian election on April 28, I took a deep dive into how media and culture have unexpectedly played a significant role in a rollercoaster race. Admittedly, perhaps not as much of a role as Donald Trump, whose constant goading of his northern neighbor has managed to enrage almost the entire country. His tariffs, in part, led to Liberal Prime Minister and election candidate Mark Carney to pledge major support for Canada’s public broadcaster, CBC/Radio-Canada, and turn what is usually a lesser battle zone into one that’s becoming a major talking point. The Liberals under Justin Trudeau...

The Current Debate connects the dots around a topic of the critical conversation.Anora.Remember Cord Jefferson’s plea at last year’s Oscars? Picking up his Best Adapted Screenplay award for American Fiction (2023), the director chided the industry for being “risk-averse,” and suggested that, “instead of making one $200 million movie,” producers should spread those resources to make room for more diverse and bolder voices. “Try making twenty $10 million movies,” he said, “or fifty $4 million movies.” Jefferson was of course alluding to Oppenheimer (2023), Christopher Nolan’s thunderous portrait of “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer, a $100-million Best Picture winner that racked up seven statuettes and nearly a billion dollars at the box office. A year later, a cursory glance at the list of 2025 Oscar winners might make you think the industry did, in fact, heed the call. It’s not that there were no big-budget films among...

Another horrifying teaser for 28 Years Later has been released. The just over one-and-a-half-minute clip arrives ahead of the full trailer for the eagerly anticipated Danny Boyle-helmed sequel.

Released via the Fandango X account, the eerie teaser begins with blood-drenched skulls forming the 28 Years Later's logo. Terrifying scenes from the film appear in brief flashes, giving fans a taste of what to expect without giving away too much. The clip is set to the same 1915 Taylor Holmes recording of Rudyard Kipling's 1903 poem "Boots" that was used in the film's first trailer and another recent teaser.

#28YearsLater is only in theaters June 20. Check back tomorrow for an all new trailer. pic.twitter.com/GoIzAoGrxY— Fandango (@Fandango) April 16, 2025

28 Years Later is the third entry in the post-apocalyptic horror film series, following 2002's original 28 Days Later and 2007's 28 Weeks Later. Boyle returns to the franchise after...

We’ve already seen the Paddy’s Pub gang visit Abbott Elementary from the teachers’ perspective — now it’s time to see the other side.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia returns for Season 17 on Wednesday, July 9 at 9/8c on Fxx with the first two episodes, TVLine has learned. Fxx has also released a promo for Season 17’s crossover episode with ABC’s Abbott Elementary, following Abbott’s own crossover episode, which aired on ABC in January. (Read our recap here.)

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Both Europe’s most right-wing nation and its second hottest destination for international shoots, Hungary has shocked the world with its recent ban on LGBTQ+ public events. But Hollywood is not yet ready to give up on the country’s generous tax incentives.

An amendment to the constitution passed on Monday by the Hungarian parliament codifies a law passed in March that made it an offense to hold or attend events that violate Hungary’s “child protection” legislation, which prohibits the “depiction or promotion” of homosexuality to minors under 18.

The Hungarian government will use measures to enforce the ban including the use of facial recognition software to identify those attending LGBTQ+ public events — such as Budapest Pride — and infractions can come with fines of up to 200,000 Hungarian forints ($546).

It’s not Hungary’s first anti-lgbtq+ law. Back in 2021, the country’s parliament passed a law forbidding the dissemination of content...

Amanda Seyfried, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of 500 film students at Chapman University, is one of the most talented, versatile and popular screen actresses of her generation.

Seyfried is only 39, but she has been working in the business for more than 25 years. Her credits include big-studio blockbusters like 2004’s Mean Girls, 2008’s Mamma Mia! and 2010’s Dear John; edgy indies like 2009’s Chloe and 2013’s Lovelace; award-winning pics like 2012’s Les Miserables, 2017’s First Reformed and 2020’s Mank, for which she received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination; and standout TV programs including the HBO drama series Big Love from 2006 through 2011, the 2022 Hulu limited series The Dropout, for which she won Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards, and, most recently, the Peacock limited series Long Bright River, which dropped March 13.

Long Bright River, on which Seyfried also served as an EP,...

Several years ago, Hollywood took a stand against North Carolina’s controversial “bathroom bill” Hb 2 and its successor Hb 142 targeting transgender people by pulling production out of the state, including the high-profile decision by Netflix to move what became one of its biggest YA hits, Outer Banks, to South Carolina.

Film and TV studios are now facing a similar moral dilemma with Hungary, a country that has become a leading European filming location. Two of this year’s Best Picture nominees, Dune: Part Two and The Brutalist, were shot there.

Fast-tracked anti-lgbtq legislation last month that banned LGBTQ+ public gatherings — including the annual Budapest Pride — and sparked street protests, was codified this week with a constitutional amendment. It passed overwhelmingly at the Hungarian parliament, which is controlled by a coalition led by populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

This is the latest in a string of moves targeting the LGBTQ community...

Apple TV+ is going up in Smoke this summer.

Formerly known as Firebug, the arson mystery created by Dennis Lehane (Black Bird) and starring Taron Egerton (Black Bird) and Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country) will premiere Friday, June 27, with the first two episodes, followed by weekly drops through Aug. 8.

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The 2025 Academy Awards will live on as an exciting night for first-time nominees. The ceremony saw a handful of veteran actors getting nominated for the first time in their careers, including Demi Moore ("The Substance"), Guy Pearce ("The Brutalist"), and Isabella Rossellini ("Conclave"), and one actor got a big, shocking boost when first-time nominee Mikey Madison won Best Actress for "Anora." But for every new Oscar nominee that comes along each year, there's still a surprising number of talented performers who have yet to be honored by the Academy with even a single nomination. 

Despite being recognized by the Golden Globes, BAFTAs (basically the British Oscars), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and other distinguished institutions, certain artists just can't seem to get on the Academy's radar. A few famous names received honorary Oscars, despite never getting nominated, while the Academy has completely iced out others with some pretty controversial Oscar snubs.

It's been a long wait, but The Brutalist has finally received an official streaming release date. Following A24's streaming deal with HBO and Max, Brady Corbet's Academy Award-winning film will be headed exclusively to Max starting Friday, May 16. A24 had previously had an agreement with Showtime, which expired in 2023. A variety of films from the production company have made their way to Max's streaming library, with recent releases like Sing Sing, A Different Man, Heretic, and Queer all hitting the service in the past few months. Now, one of the most talked-about awards season movies will be available to stream soon.

The Brutalist first premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2024. It would subsequently receive plenty of praise and critical acclaim, garnering hype for a wide theatrical release after being acquired by A24. A significant part of the discussion surrounding Corbet's epic about the American dream was the film's lengthy runtime,...

Brody In Concrete Drama (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Prepare to step into The Brutalist’s sleek, concrete world, where architecture is cold, emotions run hot, and Adrien Brody wears existential angst like a tailored suit. Directed by Brady Corbet, cinema’s reigning king of beautifully strange period pieces, this A24 epic follows László Tóth, a Hungarian Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor chasing the elusive American Dream through steel beams and moral compromises.

It’s not just about buildings, it’s about rebuilding after everything’s been torn down. Brody leads a loaded cast through a gorgeously moody spiral of ambition, trauma, and minimalist walls. It’s the kind of film that whispers, “What if trauma could be designed?”

Equal parts art installation and emotional gut punch, The Brutalist is giving us brooding drama with sharp edges, and we’re here for it. Bonus: it’s finally streaming soon, so you can...

Courtesy of A24 Film buffs, get ready! The critically acclaimed drama, The Brutalist, is heading to your screens next month. The three-time Academy Award winning film will make its streaming debut on Max on Friday, May 16th. For those who prefer linear viewing, you can catch it on HBO on Saturday, May 17th at 8:00 p.m. Et. The Brutalist features an outstanding cast which includes Academy Award winner Adrien Brody alongside Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones and Academy Award nominee Guy Pearce. The film features a skilled supporting cast which includes Joe Alwyn and Raffey Cassidy alongside Stacy Martin and Emma Laird and Isaach de Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola. The film tells the story of László Toth (Adrien Brody) who flees post-war Europe to seek a new beginning in America. He wants to rebuild his life and career as well as his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones...

“The Brutalist” is the Oscar-winning live-action ‘historical drama’ feature, directed by Brady Corbet starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola, streaming May 16, 2025 on Max:

‘…’László Tóth’, a Hungarian-born architect survives World War II and emigrates to the United States…

“…where he struggles to achieve the ‘American Dream’, until a wealthy client changes his life…”

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Adrien Brody is a dog dad!

The 52-year-old actor shared a video of his new pet, a scruffy black dog, to his Instagram on Sunday (April 13). In the clip, he also revealed that he gave the pup a special name referring to his recent major film project.

“Say hi to Laszlo. We adopted [him] from a shelter in Alabama. And no one wanted him! How could no one want this cute little thing? [He's] bringing a lot of joy, and a lot of mischief. But he’s a happy boy,” Adrien said to the camera while Laszlo licked his face.

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If you didn’t know, Laszlo is also the name to Adrien‘s character in The Brutalist, which earned him an Oscar for Best Actor in March 2025.

Meanwhile, last month, it was revealed that Adrien is reportedly eyeing a role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Adrien Brody's Oscar-winning drama The Brutalist makes its streaming debut in May. Brody won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a Holocaust survivor at the March ceremony.

Max announced on Monday (April 14) that co-writer and director Brady Corbet's period drama will begin streaming on Friday, May 16. The film's streaming debut will be followed with an airing on HBO on Saturday, May 17, at 8:00p.m. Et.

Adrien Brody's The Brutalist Premieres on Max in May

The Brutalist brought Brody his second Best Actor Oscar, this time for his portrayal of Hungarian Holocaust survivor László Tóth. After enduring the horrors of the Nazi regime, László immigrates to the U.S. in search of a better life. The architect arrives in the States with nothing to his name, but soon finds himself drawn into the sphere of demanding client Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce).

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The Last of Us posts premiere ratings

HBO shared Sunday night premiere ratings for dystopian drama The Last of Us. The Season 2 premiere garnered 5.3 million viewers on HBO and Max, a number that uses a combination of Nielsen’s measurement of linear TV viewers and Wbd's own streaming data. That's up 13 percent from the Season 1 premiere in 2023, which got 4.7 million viewers.

Leslie Odom Jr. is going back to Hamilton

You've been waiting for it, and now it's happening: Leslie Odom Jr. will be returning to Hamilton on Broadway this fall as Aaron Burr, the role he originated and won the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical in 2016 and shared a Grammy for the original cast recording. His run will last from Sept. 9 to Nov. 23 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's era-defining historical hip-hop musical, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Broadway on Aug.

Soon you’ll be able to watch A24’s Oscar-winning epic “The Brutalist” from the comfort of your own home, personal library or other architectural wonder.

Directed by Brady Corbet and starring best actor winner Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist” will begin streaming on Max on May 16. It will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, May 17, at 8:00 p.m. Et.

In addition to Brody, who picked up his second Oscar for best actor, “The Brutalist” stars supporting actress nominee Felicity Jones, supporting actor nominee Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé and Alessandro Nivola.

“The Brutalist” was up for 10 Academy Awards earlier this year and won for Brody’s incredible best actor performance, the original score by Daniel Blumberg and the cinematography by Lol Crawley. It was also up for best director, supporting actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, editing and production design.

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A24’s post-Word War II epic The Brutalist is set to make its streaming debut on Max on May 16, debuting on HBO linear at 8 p.m. Et May 17.

The film hits streaming following a successful awards season culminating at the Oscars, where it won multiple awards including Best Actor for lead Adrien Brody, Best Original Score for Daniel Blumberg and Best Cinematography for Lol Crawley.

Co-written and directed by Brady Corbet (Vox Lux), The Brutalist centers on László Toth (Brody), a visionary architect escaping post-war Europe, who arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet (Academy Award nominee Felicity Jones) after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building.

Rami Malek’s new spy thriller, The Amateur, is out in theaters everywhere this weekend, and it promises to be a new brand of espionage movie that audiences haven’t seen before. Oscar-winning composer Volker Bertelmann produced the music for the film, and Collider is thrilled to partner with 20th Century Studios to exclusively announce that the original motion picture soundtrack for The Amateur is officially out now. Bertelmann is best known for his work on All Quiet on the Western Front, the 2023 war epic that won four Oscars, including one to Bertelmann for Best Original Score. Bertelmann is also famous for working on Conclave, which was helmed by All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger. Bertelmann’s score was nominated for Conclave, but the award ultimately went to Daniel Blumberg for The Brutalist.

The Amateur tells the story of Heller, a CIA analyst who demands to learn...

"The Brutalist" is an overwhelming achievement that genuinely deserves its modern masterpiece label. Director Brady Corbet's ambitious epic is a breezy three-and-a-half-hour cinematic tome about unwavering ambition and chasing the American Dream (along with the obstacles that entails), complete with a story that spans multiple decades. While use of AI on "The Brutalist" caused some controversy, the film has been praised for its authenticity, attention to detail, and complex rags-to-riches story -- which is why it could be mistaken for a dramatization of real historical events.

Indeed, watching "The Brutalist," one would be forgiven for assuming that the A24 drama was inspired by the life of a real-life figure from post-war America. The film stars two-time Oscar-winner Adrien Brody as László Tóth, a Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor who moves to the Land of the Free after World War II to pursue his dream of becoming an architect. His journey throughout...

Directed by Alex Garland and the Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza, Warfareopened with the one-two punch of excellent reviews and amazing audience response this week. The movie isn’t an easy one to watch; scene after scene is dedicated to depicting the grim realities of modern warfare. But it seems to have struck a chord with folks, and will likely deliver strong holds in the coming weeks. Warfare opened to solid numbers this weekend, and while it couldn’t match the high benchmark of Garland’s last film, Civil War, it bucked the trends that are normally attached to movies about recent geopolitical conflicts.

Films set against the backdrop of the Iraq War — Green Zone and Stop-Loss come to mind — have a poor track record at the box office. But fortunately, Warfare didn’t cost all that much. Produced on a reported budget of $20 million — this is $30 million less than...

After The White Lotus Season 3, every Marvel fan would be thinking the same thing: Why did MCU waste Walton Goggins in such a minor role? Goggins played the secondary antagonist, Sonny Burch, a low-level criminal in Ant-Man and the Wasp. While the second Ant-Man film is not so bad, Goggins’ Sonny was one of the forgettable parts of the movie.

The actor’s portfolio spoke volumes about his acting range, but Marvel just used him as a villain to run the subplot. He wasn’t a menacing villain but one who always became the butt of the joke. His plan to steal and sell Pym’s technology on the black market only posed a minor inconvenience for the heroes in the film.

Walton Goggins as Sonny Burch in Ant-Man and the Wasp | Credits: Marvel Studios

Goggins has been having a great run in his career, with critically acclaimed roles in...

It’s sad news today. Ted Kotcheff, the Canadian filmmaker who directed First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s, and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, has died at the age of 94.

Kotcheff got his start working for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as the youngest director on staff. However, he was briefly jailed and branded a communist after his first visit to the United States, which led to his leaving to work in London. He memorably helmed Underground, an episode of Armchair Theatre in which one of his principal actors actually died in the middle of the live shoot. He scrambled to re-structure the story during the commercial break while the other actors improvised, unaware that their fellow cast member had just passed away.

When Kotcheff returned to Canada, he helmed The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, which starred Richard Dreyfuss as a brash young Jewish Montrealer who embarks on a string of get-rich-quick schemes to gain respect.

The anticipated post-apocalyptic horror thriller, 28 Years Later, offers another sneak peek at the carnage about to unfold in Danny Boyle's upcoming film. A new image from the Sony Pictures title shows star Aaron Taylor-Johnson on the hunt while trying to survive.

Via Collider, the new preview sees Taylor-Johnson's character, Jamie, armed with his bow and arrow alongside his son Spike (Alfie Williams). Jamie, a scavenger with a pregnant wife named Isla (Jodie Comer) at home, looks cautious and measured with his approach as Spike carefully trails him, teasing a potentially dangerous scenario the father-son duo is confronting.

Johnson is no stranger to a bow and arrow as he's coming off his Sony Spider-Man Universe film, Kraven the Hunter, where he played the eponymous scavenger in the box-office bomb-turned-streaming hit. Johnson's 28 Years Later character lives with Spike and Isla in a community on the English tidal island of Lindisfarne,...

IndieWire’s “Screen Talk” podcast had a very special guest this week, live in New York City, with Christine Vachon. The producer at Killer Films, which she runs with Pamela Koffler, has Celine Song’s “Materialists” coming up after the success of Song’s “Past Lives,” which also earned Vachon her first Oscar nomination, for Best Picture. Vachon has helped steer the careers of Todd Haynes, Todd Solondz, and more filmmakers we love throughout a career dating back to Todd Haynes’ Sundance-bracing queer triptych “Poison” in 1991.

Joining IndieWire “Screen Talk” co-hosts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio in-person at Film at Lincoln Center and MoMA’s New Directors/New Films, Vachon previewed Song’s new film and mused about the state of moviegoing: “It’s not so much people aren’t going; there’s nothing for people to see,” Vachon said.

“One of the things I love about ‘Past Lives,’ and...

In “Eulogy,” one of the final episodes of Season Seven of Black Mirror, a lonely man named Phillip (Paul Giamatti) learns that an old flame has died, and he’s been asked to contribute to a unique kind of eulogy wherein an AI guide (Patsy Ferran) pulls his consciousness into old photos to mine memories. Phillip claims not to remember much about the woman, but, over the course of the episode, his blurry memories sharpen, and he admits to himself that he never stopped loving her — that his own hubris kept them apart.

Cheech and Chong's Last Movie, a new documentary about the longtime stoner comedy duo, is coming to theaters on April 25, 2025, with early screenings (naturally) on April 20. Before then, they're teaming up with Alamo Drafthouse for a series of pre-movie videos telling you not to chat during the movie. Collider has an exclusive look at the two videos, which prove the two are Still Smokin'.

In the first video, Cheech Marin does the talking, explaining that no matter how funny the movie is, or no matter how high you are, you cannot talk or text in the theater. An unusually taciturn Tommy Chong seems to agree with him...until it's revealed that he's actually holding in an enormous quantity of weed smoke. The second promo lets Chong do some talking, as he insists that you not talk or text "in the thee-ate-er, man." Marin adds that, as much as it pains him to say so,...

The Cannes Film Festival will reveal its 2025 lineup on Thursday morning European time and expectations are high for a typically bountiful lineup of starry fare and arthouse treats. Cannes remains the Super Bowl for indie film lovers.

It’s always a nervous waiting game for those connected to Cannes hopefuls. Multiple festival regulars have told us that selectors are later than ever in giving them notice. The festival has often announced a major movie or two by now, but not this year. The identity of Juliette Binoche‘s fellow jury members are still also under wraps.

In terms of films in the running, much of the reporting we did in February in our Cannes and Venice prediction piece has either come to pass or is shaping up as we forecast. You can read that story here.

Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning remains the most likely big Hollywood studio splash.

The 2026 Bafta Film Awards will take place on Sunday, February 22.

The date means there will be a three-week window between the Baftas and the Oscars, which will take place on March 15.

For 2025, it was reduced to a two-week gap, in line with the 2021 and 2022 ceremonies; the three-week gap was also in place for 2023 and 2024.

Eligibility criteria and other key dates, including voting windows, nominations and longlist announcements, will be revealed by Bafta at a later date.

This year’s Bafta ceremony was watched by three million people on the night on BBC One, the same as the 2024 edition. This was ahead of 2023 and 2022’s ceremony,...