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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…

Welcome to Deadline's The Hot Ones, our guide to some of the best television being sold at Mipcom next week. Our editorial team has done extensive research in the run-up to the 2023 market and handpicked what we think are sure to be the shows that will be big talking points at this year's event in Cannes…

EXCLUSIVE: In its fourth deal for films that played last month’s Toronto Film Festival, Netflix has acquired His Three Daughters for just under $7 million, sources said. Scripted, directed and edited by Azazel Jacobs, the film stars Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon. CAA Media Finance…

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…

Jordan has submitted Amjad Al-Rasheed's female inheritance rights drama Inshallah A Boy for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. The picture made history earlier this year when it became the first Jordanian feature film to premiere in Cannes, when it was selected for parallel…

France has submitted The Taste of Things as its candidate for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, in a major upset after Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner and hot favorite Anatomy of a Fall was shut out. The period drama The Taste of Things revolves around a culinary…

France has unveiled the five titles in the running to be its entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Related Stories Awards Best International Feature Film…

Karim Aïnouz has begun the Brazil shoot of erotic thriller Motel Destino, in a return to his roots after English-language drama Firebrand starring Alicia Vikander and Jude Law. The new feature began filming in the Brazilian-Algerian filmmaker's native region of Ceará in north-eastern Brazil on July…

EXCLUSIVE: Cinema Guild has acquired North American distribution rights for Portuguese director Pedro Costa's short film The Daughters of Fire, following its buzzy world premiere in Cannes this year. Set against the backdrop of Costa's stomping ground of the Atlantic Ocean island of Cape Verde, the…

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…

EXCLUSIVE: Wild West, the genre-focused joint venture between French film companies Goodfellas (ex-Wild Bunch International) and Capricci, has unveiled a third slate of projects at a co-financing event in Nantes. The two-day meeting, running June 22-23, comes hot on the heels of a successful Cannes…