Rebecca Hall serving as guest director of Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival
Hall’s work spans independent films, major studio productions, television and the stage. She will next star in Adam Wingard’s A24 action thriller “Onslaught” and appears in the upcoming season of Netflix’s “Monster,” as well as “The Man I Love” and “The End of It,” which both premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
Read MoreEllen Burstyn to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice International Film Festival
The Golden Lion will be awarded to Burstyn in conjunction with the festival’s screening of Maggie Gyllenhaal’s short film “Flesh Impact.” Dedicated to Marilyn Monroe on the centenary of her birth, the film co-stars Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, and Sepideh Moafi.
Read MoreAnya Taylor-Joy plays a con artist on the run in the upcoming series ‘Lucky’
With a star-studded ensemble cast that also includes Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Drew Starkey, Clifton Collins Jr. and William Fichtner, “Lucky” will make its global debut on Apple TV with the first two episodes on Wednesday, July 15.
Read MoreJennifer Garner and Bekah Brunstetter are dishing up the Peacock series ‘The Five Star Weekend’
Along with Garner, who is also an executive producer, the series stars D’Arcy Carden, Gemma Chan, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Harlow Jane and Timothy Olyphant. It is adapted from Elin Hilderbrand’s best-selling novel of the same name.
Read MoreCreated by Laura Kittrell, ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel series ‘Elle’ coming soon to Prime Video
The debut season of “Elle” stars Lexi Minetree as Elle Woods, June Diane Raphael as Elle’s mother Eva and Tom Everett Scott as her father Wyatt. Ahead of the series’ debut, Prime Video has already ordered a second season of the prequel series.
Read MoreA24 is bringing Olivia Wilde’s Sundance hit ‘The Invite’ to theaters
In “The Invite,” director Olivia Wilde and Seth Rogen star as Angela and Joe, whose marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors (Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton) for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.
Read MoreLisa Cholodenko’s acclaimed debut film ‘High Art’ is getting a Criterion Collection Blu-ray release
The queer romantic drama follows Lucy Berliner (Ally Sheedy), a once prominent photographer who has retreated into a life of heroin abuse with her faded-actress lover (Patricia Clarkson). When Lucy is rediscovered by Syd (Radha Mitchell), an up-and-coming editor at a photography magazine, professional ambition and personal attraction become dangerously entwined.
Read MoreSheryl J. Anderson’s Netflix series ‘Sweet Magnolias’ returns for Season 5
Based on the popular book series by New York Times best-selling author Sherryl Woods, “Sweet Magnolias” follows lifelong best friends Maddie (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), Dana Sue (Brooke Elliott) and Helen (Heather Headley) as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the charming small town of Serenity, South Carolina.
Read MoreAmazon Original series ‘Every Year After,’ from showrunner Amy B. Harris, is streaming soon
The series is based on Fortune’s “Every Summer After,” which spent 16 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, has sold more than a million copies to date and gained popularity through BookTok.
Read MoreAmy Poehler to be honored with a Peabody Career Achievement Award
The other Special Award Winners for the 2026 Peabody Awards are award-winning Oklahoma-based director, producer, and screenwriter Sterlin Harjo, who will be honored with the Peabody Trailblazer Award, and historic programmer PBS KIDS, which will be recognized with the Peabody Institutional Award.
Read MoreOscar winner Regina King is serving as ambassador for the 30th annual American Black Film Festival
In her ambassadorial role, King is helping to champion the festival’s mission to showcase groundbreaking storytelling, elevate emerging talent and empower the next generation of artists to thrive across film and television. The 30th anniversary edition of ABFF returns to Miami Beach, Florida, May 27-31 with the celebratory theme “The Homecoming.”
Read MoreBarbra Streisand to receive Honorary Palme d’or at Cannes Film Festival
The 79th Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to take place May 12-23 in France. The prestigious event will feature South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook as the jury president for the main competition.
Read MoreHollywood icon Ann-Margret to be honored at the Chita Rivera Awards
One of Hollywood’s most celebrated and versatile stars, Ann-Margret has won five Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. A dynamic force in film, television, music, and live performance, she also has earned two Academy Award nominations.
Read MoreCreator Katie Dippold’s new horror-comedy series ‘Widow’s Bay’ making global premiere on Apple TV
“Widow’s Bay” is named for its setting, a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Emmy Award winner Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There’s no wi-fi and spotty cellular reception, plus he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed.
Read MoreOlivia Newman’s ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ starring Sally Field and Lewis Pullman, debuting on Netflix
The film also stars Colm Meaney (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Bring Them Down”), Joan Chen (“Dìdi,” “The Wedding Banquet”), Kathy Baker (“The Ranch,” “Edward Scissorhands”), Beth Grant (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “No Country for Old Men”) and Sofia Black-D’Elia (“Single Drunk Female,” “The Night Of”).
Read More‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles,’ starring and executive produced by Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman, coming to Apple TV
Hailing from A24 and multi-Emmy Award winner David E. Kelley, and based on Rufi Thorpe’s bestselling novel of the same name, the eight-episode Apple Original series will premiere globally on Wednesday, April 15, with three episodes, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through May 20.
Read MoreKat Coiro rom-com ‘You, Me & Tuscany,’ starring Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page, sweeps into theaters
Halle Bailey stars as a woman who crashes at an empty Italian villa, and while posing as the owner’s fiancée, she discovers an unexpected romance that may transform her life. Directed by Coiro from a screenplay by Ryan Engle (“Rampage,” “Beast”), the Universal Pictures project is based on an original idea by Ryan Engle and Kristin Engle.
Read MoreElisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington starring in Apple TV’s ‘Imperfect Women,’ created by Annie Weisman
Based on Araminta Hall’s novel of the same name, “Imperfect Women” examines a crime that shatters the lives of three women in a decades-long friendship. The unconventional thriller explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that irrevocably alter our lives.
Read MoreMaura Tierney to be honored at the US-Ireland Alliance’s 20th annual Oscar Wilde Awards
The 20th anniversary Oscar Wilde Awards are set for March 12 at The Ebell of Los Angeles, and Irish singer Dave Lofts will perform at the event. Previous Oscar Wilde Awards honorees include Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, Kerry Condon, Jessie Buckley, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Pierce Brosnan, Eve Hewson and more.
Read MoreMaggie Gyllenhaal’s long-awaited ‘The Bride’ to haunt theaters in March
Set in the 1930s, “The Bride” follows a lonely Frankenstein (Christian Bale), who travels to Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious (Annette Bening) to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride (Jessie Buckley) is born.
Read MoreDove Cameron and Avan Jogia star in Prime Video series ’56 Days,’ based on a Catherine Ryan Howard thriller
Billed as both a unique crime story and a riveting, sexy, psychological thriller, “56 Days” follows Oliver and Ciara, who, after meeting randomly in a supermarket, fall for each other fast and dangerously hard. Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body — brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed.
Read MoreFrom Shondaland and showrunner Jess Brownell, Netflix hit ‘Bridgerton’ coming back for Season 4
The fourth season of “Bridgerton” turns its focus to Bohemian second son Benedict (Luke Thompson). Despite his elder and younger brothers both being happily married, Benedict is loath to settle down — until he meets a captivating Lady in Silver at his mother’s masquerade ball.
Read MoreEmerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ arriving in theaters in time for Valentine’s Day
Billed as a bold and original imagining of one of the greatest love stories of all time, Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” stars Margot Robbie as Cathy and Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff, whose forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to intoxicating in an epic tale of lust, love and madness.
Read MoreChloé Zhao, Nia DaCosta and Geeta Gandbhir to be honored at 2026 Sundance Film Festival
The awards will be presented at the fundraising event “Celebrating Sundance Institute: A Tribute to Founder Robert Redford,” which is taking place Jan. 23 at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley. The event will be a meaningful tribute to Sundance Institute’s Founder, Robert Redford, who died Sept. 16, 2025, at his home in Sundance, Utah, at age 89.
Read MoreSarah Jessica Parker is to receive the Golden Globes’ Carol Burnett Award
Parker has received four Golden Globes, all as lead comedy actress for the 1998-2004 hit “Sex and the City.” The iconic show also won three consecutive Globes as best comedy series. She most recently starred in the third season of HBO’s series “And Just Like That,” which is a sequel, to “Sex and the City.”
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An Alliance of Women Film Journalists blog.