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Editors note: This review was originally published May 29 when the movie premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Now Argentina’s Oscar entry, it hits theaters Friday via Mubi. Whether it's the flat white lighting and washed-out color grading that gives The Delinquents the look of a '70s TV…

Editor’s note: This interview was originally published on May 16 during the Cannes Film Festival. It is being rerun now to coincide with the film’s domestic release and interviews were carried out prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike. EXCLUSIVE: In 2016, the hottest book in Hollywood hadn't even been…

UPDATED with latest: The 2023 Emmys are going to be in 2024, and with voting for the TV honors ending Monday night, it’s time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows, events and the like as the film-awards conversation starts to pick up again. The Primetime Emmys…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures Content Group has acquired international rights to Alex Gibney’s latest documentary Musk, about the lightning-rod entrepreneur and businessman. Negotiations first began in Cannes with Black Bear International and the multimillion-dollar pact is among the biggest ever for…

Welcome to International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we talk to Tunisian-Egyptian star Hend Sabry, who walks us through the second season of her hit Netflix show Finding Ola, signing…

Sudan has submitted Mohamed Kordofani's Khartoum-set drama Goodbye Julia for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. The film made history in Cannes this year as the first Sudanese film to play in the festival after it was selected for Un Certain Regard. Its premiere took…

Brazil has selected Kleber Mendonça Filho's documentary Pictures of Ghosts as its entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Mixing archive and contemporary footage, the deeply personal work revisits the director’s hometown of Recife through the cinemas he once…

UPDATED, 8:47 AM: Following the arrest in Iran of Leila’s Brothers filmmakers Saeed Roustayi and Javad Noruzbegi, who screened their family drama at Cannes last year without government approval, Martin Scorsese has shared a petition on social with hopes to “bring justice” to the duo. “Please sign and…

Studiocanal UK has revealed the trailer for Ken Loach and Paul Laverty's Cannes 2023 Palme d’Or contender The Old Oak, ahead of its UK and Ireland release on September 29. Starring Dave Turner (Sorry We Missed You) and newcomer Ebla Mari, the film revolves around the titular The Old Oak, the last…

The French distributor of Catherine Corsini's Cannes 2023 Palme d'Or contender Homecoming has lashed out at local media over its coverage of misconduct allegations linked to the film and also leveled criticism at the country's National Cinema Centre (CNC). Le Pacte CEO Jean Labadie reportedly sent a…

The Match Factory has posted fresh deals of for veteran Italian director Marco Bellocchio's Cannes 2023 Palme d'Or contender Kidnapped about the true story of the kidnapping of a young Jewish boy. It has sold to the UK and Ireland (Curzon), Australia and New Zealand (Palace Entertainment), Japan…

EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based Goodfellas has unveiled a raft of deals on French genre title Vincent Must Die by Stéphan Castang following its buzzy world premiere in Cannes Critics' Week in May. In Europe, it has sold to Benelux (O'Brother), Switzerland and Germany (Ascot Elite), Spain (La Aventura), Greece…