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In a country whose film industry has rapidly – and firmly – established itself as one of the most dynamic in the world, it's no wonder that the Jeonju International Film Festival, which runs May 3 -12, is quickly finding an international – not just Asian – recognition. The festival takes place in the old town of Jeonju, one and a half hour fast-train ride south of the capital of Seoul, a much smaller town filled with traditional houses, restaurants, walkways, street food and young people often wearing the traditional Hanbok costume strolling its streets and parks.

Last week’s box office report was all about the dominance of Avengers: Infinity War, and the many records it won on its first outing. This week is about.

Golden Globe winner (forTrue Blood ) Anna Paquin is a fearless actress. Since she received the first of her five Golden Globe nominations at age 10, for her amazing portrayal of Flora, the little girl in director Jane Campion's The Piano, she always chose the most complicated or tortured characters to play.

HFPA journalist  Jenny Cooney met the powerhouse wife-husband writing-producing team, funny and witty Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino at the Hollywood Athletic Club. They have created TV shows like Gilmore Girls, Bunheads and the Golden Globe-winning comedy series The Marvelous Mrs.

HFPA Grantee Created in 1981, the American Cinematheque has been honoring and promoting the art of motion pictures, presenting films and videos otherwise not available to the large public,  and establishing a dialogue between audience and filmmakers, in the realm of classical, independent and new talent filmmaking. Home base of the Cinematheque is the historic 1922 landmark Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Blvd, where the first Hollywood premiere of Robin Hood starring Douglas Fairbanks was held in 1922, and the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, where the Cinematheque started programming in 2005.

It was the end of January when Marvel launched a new title that ended up monopolizing both the worldwide box office and the cultural conversation. Three months after the debut of Black Panther, they did it again.

Often the outfit is elevated by the accessory or the way hair is worn – sometimes that’s when it’s topped by a hat. Let’s see what’s cropped up lately.

The Bigamist (1953), a film noir restored with funding provided by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, anchors a celebration of the 100 years anniversary of legendary actress and director Ida Lupino (1918-1995): Hard, Fast and Beautiful : The Films of Ida Lupino, which showcases six of her films, shown at the Billy Wilder Theater. They are all typical Lupino, tackling and exposing the dark underside of American society in the midpoint of the 20th century.

Golden Globe winner Tim Robbins is known as a great actor, but we cannot avoid the musical legacy that he inherited from his father, a member of the acclaimed 60s folk band, The Highwaymen. One of his sons is becoming a rock star, and Tim himself has his own band, The Rogues Gallery – they played two concerts in Italy, in Spoleto and Ravello, which yielded a new live album of folk-inspired Americana material.

HFPA journalist Ana Maria Bahiana sat down with writer/director Kenneth Lonergan at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills.   They talked about his new miniseries, Howards End, based on the novel by E.