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When, at the height of Expressionism, Fritz Lang imagined Metropolis, Europe was still shaking from the Great War, the bloody fall of the tzars, and the series of internal wars in Russia. A mere four years separate the consolidation of Russia as a communist nation to the birth of Metropolis, in 1927.

Acclaimed American ballet dancer and choreographer Justin Peck, who will celebrate his 35th birthday on September 8, has been a big name in the theater world for quite some time, and in 2021, after the release of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, officially entered the pantheon of Hollywood legends. And here is how it all began.

Imagine that Rome is just like Los Angeles: it hasn't rained in three years! The Eternal City is in the middle of the worst drought probably ever, just as Southern California actually is. In real life, in Rome it rains, it rains a lot, usually.

This week, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore remains in the first place. Directed by David Yates, this adventure movie starring Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law and Mads Mikkelsen about Albus Dumbledore’s new assignment to Newt grossed 4,569,228 dollars reaching a total of $ 13,353,845.

Tom Cruise, long known for his strong relationship with exhibitors, is still busy shooting the latest installment of his Mission: Impossible franchise. So he wasn’t able to attend CinemaCon 2022 this week in Las Vegas, Nevada, in support of Top Gun: Maverick.

An Egyptian business major student finishes his second year of college. As he enjoys a break in New York, he gets the news that he failed his exams.

They all sat in front of their screens, some better lit than others but all of them isolated. It was February 28, 2021, and the uninvited party guest Covid had crashed the 78th Golden Globe Awards that had gone virtual as a result.

In a little more than a decade, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, a company specializing in low-budget psychological and supernatural horror films, has put out 30 movies that have grossed roughly $5 billion in the combined worldwide box office — all with a combined production cost of just over $130 million. It’s a jaw-dropping rate of return on investment that would leave even casino owners steaming with jealousy.

The Cannes Film Festival has concluded its Official Selection ahead of next month’s 75th edition. Amongst the movies competing for the Palme d’Or are three Belgian productions: The Eight Mountains / Le Otto Montagne, by Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen (Beautiful Boy.

CinemaCon 2022 kicked off its first half of programming in Las Vegas with three studios, Sony, Neon, and Warner Brothers, all reaffirming in their own distinctive yet formidable way to the worldwide delegates of theater owners that movies are back to the big screen. After nearly two years of theatrical shutdown then slowdown and a steady torrent of prominent products streamed day and date, the testimonial that films are meant to be seen in the theatrical experience resonated with the crowd of more than 3,000 envoys.