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Looks like in the current economic situation the Russian government listened to the strong distributors lobby and does not want to kill their precious golden goose, Hollywood’s high-profile and very profitable movies. Even with the drastic drop of exchange rate of ruble to dollar Deadpool Russia showed had the best box office numbers foreign markets in the pic’s initial rollout: more than 12 million dollars during the first weekend of release (the total to date is over $23 million, still the highest in continental Europe).

“This film festival is my baby,” says Tiina Lokk, director and founder of the Tallinn Black Nights International Film Festival (POFF). 2016 year marks the 20thanniversary since its inception, and since 2014 it stands alongside such established and prestigious 'A' status festivals as Venice, Berlin and Cannes.

With a keynote q&a with President Obama and the usual dizzying array of offerings in its multiple film/ TV, music and new/interactive media sections, the 29th edition of the South By Southwest festival launches this Friday, March 11, in Austin, Texas. With a massive lineup that includes 89 world premieres in the film section, this year’s SXSW will run until March 20.

The Heel Has it – Hollywood embraces Spring Shoe trends …Every few seasons there’s a seminal shift in a trend that brings a fresh approach to the road we walk. Over the past few years, fashion forward stars have been turning up on the red carpet sporting the shift we can now see taking hold everywhere.

Even though creator Julian Fellowes has always insisted that Downton Abbey wasn't "another English period drama with people wearing lovely clothes", a major appeal of the series was.

First in an occasional series featuring prominent women working in Hollywood today.   Nancy Meyers is the most financially successful female filmmaker of all time.

After spending the last three weeks taking in Deadpool's garrulous antics the world pricked up their ears and brought the kids out to see Disney’s latest box-office triumph, Zootopia. After three strong weeks in a number of foreign territories, 2016's latest blockbuster finally launched in the US on March 4, earning $73.

And so here they are: on the cusp of the events that would become the bulk of the 20th Century’s legacy, seasoned but still optimistic, at the end of tumultuous but glorious journey. Through six seasons of Downton Abbey the Crawleys, their servants and extended family and the inhabitants of the fictitious village neighboring their estate dealt with the sinking of the Titanic, the Spanish Flu epidemic, World War I, Irish nationalism, the rise of the Labour party, the first seeds of Nazism and the movement for women’s right to vote.

As Zootopia director Rich Moore likes to say, nothing is more adorable than a bunnie rabbit. And the history of Disney animation is filled with adorable, smart rabbits of all kinds.

The old gods have faltered once again in the age of super-heroes. After the lackluster performances of  2014's two big-budget biblical thrillers Noah and Exodus: Gods and Kings, Lionsgate and Thunder Road Pictures suffered  a disappointing launch for their ambitious period epic Gods of Egypt.