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It was while shooting the documentary Last Men in Aleppo in Syria, that Feras Fayyad came across Dr. Amani Ballour.

Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog showed no signs of slowing down as their bright blue ball of lightning claimed a second world number one this weekend, after bringing in $64. 6 million this frame.

The Berlin International Film Festival demonstrated what we all know: men CAN look amazing on the red carpet. Individualism and flair were the keywords of the week.

The 70th Berlin International Film Festival opened with a minute of silence for the victims of the mass shooting in the German city of Hanau. It was followed by the world premiere of, My Salinger Year by writer/director Philippe Falardeau, starring Golden Globe-winner Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley - most recently seen in Fosse/Verdon, Seberg and Once Upon a Time.

For over 40 years the HFPA has recorded famous and celebrated actresses, actors and filmmakers. The world's largest collection of its kind - over 10,000  items - is now in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Margaret Herrick Library.

One in an occasional series exploring the state of Hollywood films in global markets. In a departure from the trend in other countries, the top-grossing film on the Italian charts in 2020 is Tolo Tolo, a comedy about migration directed by and starring Luca Medici, aka Checco Zalone, the country’s most popular comedian, who regularly commands the top of the charts with his broad farces.

It was October of 1953 when then powerful Argentina Sono Film, the largest film studio in the region, released El Vampiro Negro in glorious black and white. It had all the makings of an instant hit: Roberto Escalada, one of the most prestigious leading men of the time playing against type as a vile prosecutor willing to do anything in his power to achieve his goals, Olga Zubarry, a beautiful young actress who was as popular as she was respected.

Charming but stubborn. A loyal family man and a great warrior.

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FTA is the title of a documentary, lost for almost 50 years, directed by Francine Parker and produced by 15-time Golden Globe nominee and 7 times winner Jane Fonda with eight-time Golden Globe nominee and two-time winner Donald Sutherland. The film is about the tour that the two famous actors did of military bases across the United States, the Philippines, and Japan in 1971, bringing political satire, songs, poetry, conversations and questions about the role of the United States in the Vietnam war to the soldiers, many of whom were actively opposed to the conflict at the time.