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Kane Parsons was 20 when he turned a viral creepypasta into a YouTube series. The theatrical film cost a reported $10 million and opened at number one in North America and globally. Lionsgate is now chasing a similar bet with another horror short that went viral online.
'NAZA' features anonymous testimony from 24 Israeli soldiers alleging that forces knowingly killed large numbers of civilians. The army chief of staff ordered an investigation into possible leaks of classified material, while the culture minister raised the prospect of revoking the directors' citizenship.
The horror film cost $10 million to make and was directed by Kane Parsons, a YouTuber who was 19 during filming. It ranks tenth on IMDb's all-time list of highest-grossing horror films.
Theja Rio's debut feature, set in 1960s Nagaland and filmed mostly in Konyak, is the first non-English-language Platform Prize winner to receive automatic entry for Academy Awards international feature film consideration. Rio, 31, was born in Nagaland and is based in London.
The horror director built his reboot around an original story with no legacy characters, drawing fan anger but glowing reviews. It opened to $60 million and sits at the top of Rotten Tomatoes' video game movie rankings.
Several executives have named the Irish actor the leading contender for a first Oscar nomination. He plays Ian Charleson, who performed a legendary Hamlet at London's National Theatre while dying of AIDS.
NAZA, produced by the Guardian, received a 25-minute standing ovation — reported as the longest in the festival's history. Netanyahu has pledged to revoke citizenship from anyone he says defames Israeli soldiers, and to increase statutory defamation damages 20-fold, citing the film ahead of Israel's October 27 election.
'The History of Concrete' follows the creator of 'How To with John Wilson' to ancient buildings in Italy and trade conventions in Las Vegas. It also records, in real time, his Zoom calls pitching the same film to Hollywood executives.
The independent horror film, shot in 20 days, is being called the highest-grossing original film of the 2020s. Its lead, Inde Navarrette, is now an Oscar best actress contender — and has been cast as Rogue in Marvel's upcoming X-Men film.
The Danish director was asked to write his will before an emergency operation in 2023 saved his life. He says the experience rekindled a creative drive that had almost gone out — and Her Private Hell, a sci-fi thriller set in a neon-lit Tokyo, is the result.
The director behind 'The Battle of Chile' — long regarded as Latin America's greatest documentary trilogy — died in Paris following a cardiorespiratory arrest. His trilogy had just become available on Mubi days before his death.
The Apple TV horror-comedy surpassed 'The Studio', which won 13 a year ago, to claim the most Emmys ever won by a comedy series in a single year. It took home outstanding comedy series, four acting awards, and prizes for writing, directing and casting.
The Welsh actor is the first person to win two lead acting prizes on the same night. The double win also makes him the first man to hold lead acting Emmys in all three categories — drama, comedy and limited series — joining Barbara Stanwyck in the record books.
Miki Zohar said he would act to revoke the citizenship of directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor after their film NAZA won the Special Jury Prize at Venice. The documentary features 24 Israeli military whistleblowers discussing AI targeting systems used in Gaza, and includes an account of an attack on one person that was approved despite an expected 500 civilian deaths.
NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, is based on testimony from 24 anonymised Israeli military sources who describe an AI system they say identified assassination targets on a mass scale. The Israel Defence Forces rejects the allegations, saying strike decisions are made by humans only.
The Oscar-winning British producer spent more than five decades backing directors working outside the mainstream, from Bernardo Bertolucci to David Cronenberg and Nagisa Oshima. His latest film was due to premiere at Toronto on Monday.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker announced the title change after the show won an Emmy on Sunday. The joke targets Trump's push to rebrand landmarks and waterways, and the tech companies that quietly went along with it.
"You Can See Everything" is an A24 film built around Holmes's own invitation to follow her. Production began 34 days before she was due to report to prison and grew into a three-year project.
Elsinore, premiering at Telluride, follows Ian Charleson's final year and his 1989 Hamlet at London's National Theatre. Charleson died of AIDS in 1990, aged 40. Olivia Colman also stars.
Liam and Noel received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Palazzo del Cinema for 'Don't Look Back in Anger', a documentary following the band's 2025 reunion tour. Noel was seen wiping tears from his eyes during the applause.
The 83rd Venice festival opens in September with four films on the Palestinian issue and others on repression in Russia and Belarus. Ukraine's government has formally objected to one competition entry, a film about Soviet rule whose lead actor still lives and works in Russia.
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