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There is something fascinating about combining the old and the new in one go. Such was the experience at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival, which took place mainly at the modern cinematheque overlooking the ancient city.

As everybody waits to board Brad Pitt’s Bullet Train next weekend, it was an unexceptional period at the box office. DC League of Super-Pets, an animation action-adventure with a voice cast led by Dwayne Johnson (Krypto, canine pal of Superman, voiced by John Krasinski) and Kevin Hart (Ace, one of the shelter pets who also have superpowers), opened on top with a very pet-friendly $23 million.

Exciting it is not. Germany’s summer box office is about as sluggish as the – otherwise big number of – movie fans that are baking in the sun instead of flocking to the theaters.

A new release, Chinese sci-fi comedy Moon Man, skyrocketed to the top of the box office after it opened this weekend, also showing on IMAX. Its presales had been off the charts – 100 million yuan - by Thursday, the biggest of the summer season according to Lighthouse, the entertainment data company.

A twice Golden Globe winner with six nominations, Brad Pitt stars as a trained killer in the action/comedy Bullet Train, opening this week. Pitt spoke to the journalists of the Golden Globes during several interviews between 1992 and 2004 about working with Robert Redford as a director on A River Runs Through It and as a fellow actor in Spy Game (2001) by Tony Scott, about the actors that he most admired growing up and other directors he worked with.

Anti-heroes come in every shape and size and have been popular with audiences going back to ancient Greek mythology. Since the silent movie era, they have been a cinematic staple that has long endured in Hollywood.

Edward Norton talks about acting in and directing Motherless Brooklyn, at the Allora Film Festival (Italy), on June 21, 2022. Golden Globe winner for Best Supporting Actor in Primal Fear in 1996, Edward Norton has been a force in Hollywood ever since his acclaimed acting debut in Gregory Hoblit's thriller about an altar boy accused of murdering a priest.

Nichelle Nichols, the beloved actress who played the role of Lieutenant Uhura, the communications officer on the TV series Star Trek, and six of its spinoff films, died on Saturday in Silver City, N. M.

There is something special about the Venice Film Festival, something that makes it unique and different, and it is not just its beautiful location. Venice, now in its 80th year - just like the Golden Globes - has always made it a point to celebrate and discover incredible talent.

Cinema can be a great bridge between both different cultures as well as past and present generations, generating empathy and serving as a conduit for expanded human feeling by simply transporting viewers to different places and times. To live a life with a sustained, open embrace of movies is to commit to never stop musing, learning, and growing.