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 MoreAgnieszka Holland’s Franz Kafka biopic ‘Franz’ is coming soon to theaters
Billed as Holland’s most ambitious project to date, her biopic of the iconic 20th-century Czech writer had its world premiere last year at the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, and it became Poland’s official entry to the 98th Academy Awards.
Read MoreDirected by Georgia Oakley, new take on Jane Austen’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’ to bow in fall
Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Twisters,” “Where the Crawdads Sing”) as Elinor and Esme Creed-Miles (“The Sandman,” “The Chronology of Water”) as Marianne. George MacKay (“1917”) is portraying Elinor’s love interest, Edward Ferrars. Frank Dillane (“Urchin”) stars as Marianne’s initial love interest John Willoughby, and Herbert Nordrum (“The Worst Person in the World”) plays her later suitor, Colonel Brandon
Read MoreRoadside Attractions cooking up a theatrical bow for Alysa Nahmias’ documentary ‘Cookie Queens’
The documentary “Cookie Queens,” which made its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, counts Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex; Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, among its executive producers.
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 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 MoreIconic Japanese filmmaker Kinuyo Tanaka to be honored with Criterion Collection Eclipse Series box set
The “Eclipse Series 48: Kinuyo Tanaka Directs” collects the six movies that the iconic actor made once she bravely shifted into making movies instead of simply starring in them. She became just the second woman filmmaker in Japan and the only female director to be active during the post-World War II Golden Age of Japanese cinema in the late 1950s.
Read MoreLynne Littman’s 1983 nuclear war drama ‘Testament’ is getting a Criterion Collection release
Starring Jane Alexander, who earned an Academy Award nomination for best actress for her performance, the shockingly intimate “Testament” chronicles the everyday life of a family and community in California following a devastating nuclear attack.
Read MoreAward-winning documentary ‘Who in the Hell is Regina Jones?’ to premiere on TV for Black History Month
The documentary turns a lens on Regina Jones’ remarkable journey: the invisible labor, turmoil, struggle and joy of a modern-day Black woman, who emerged as publisher and founder of the groundbreaking SOUL newspaper, a nationwide platform where Black artists could get coverage long before other publications entered the arena.
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 MoreMaryam Touzani’s drama ‘Calle Malaga’ to open the Palm Springs International Film Festival
“Calle Málaga” had its world premiere in the Spotlight at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. It also was selected as Morocco’s official entry for the Oscars‘ international feature film category, but it did not make the shortlist.
Read MoreSearchlight Pictures releasing ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ in select 70mm theaters for Christmas
Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried (“Mank,” “The Housemaid”) stars as the Shakers’ irrepressible leader. One of pre-Revolutionary America’s seminal religious figures, Lee espoused gender and social equality while believing herself to be the female incarnation of Christ.
Read MoreMira Nair’s debut narrative feature ‘Salaam Bombay!’ is getting a 4K Criterion Collection release
“Salaam Bombay!” follows young Krishna (Shafiq Syed), who is cast out by his family and makes his way to the city, where he encounters love, friendship and tragedy in the face of extreme poverty. Drawing naturalistic performances from her cast, which consists largely of children she met on the streets, Nair creates an intimate human drama that is empathetic, heartbreaking and uplifting.
Read MoreCynthia Erivo is receiving the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas Award
Since 2006, the annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film has been awarded annually to a lifelong contributor to cinema through their work in front of the camera, behind or both. Past honorees include Michelle Yeoh, Dame Judi Dench, Jane Fonda and Jessica Lange,
Read MoreHelen Mirren to receive Golden Globes’ 2026 Cecil B. DeMille Award
A new primetime special, “Golden Eve,” will debut on Jan. 8, 2026, a few days before the Golden Globes Awards ceremony, showcasing Mirren as the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award as well as the winner of the Carol Burnett Award.
Read MoreFocus Features is releasing Chloe Zhao’s acclaimed drama ‘Hamnet’ in theaters for Thanksgiving
“Hamnet” has been generating Oscars buzz since it made its world premiere in August at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. The devastating drama subsequently played the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the coveted People’s Choice Award.
Read MoreHIKARI’s ‘Rental Family,’ starring Brendan Fraser, is opening in theaters via Searchlight Pictures
Set in modern-day Tokyo, the film follows an American actor who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality.
Read MoreShih-Ching Tsou’s ‘Left-Handed Girl’ heading to theaters ahead of Netflix debut
“Left-Handed Girl” follows a single mother and her two daughters, who return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in their own way will have to adapt to this new environment to make ends meet and maintain the family unity. But when their traditional grandfather forbids his youngest left-handed granddaughter from using her “devil hand,” generations of family secrets begin to unravel.
Read MoreDolly Parton, Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas to be presented honorary Oscars at Governors Awards
The Honorary Award is given “to honor extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences in any discipline, or for outstanding service to the Academy,” while the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is bestowed on “an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry by promoting human welfare and contributing to rectifying inequities.”
Read MoreWill we ever get to see Jessica Chastain’s fact-based series ‘The Savant’ on Apple TV?
The cast of “The Savant” is also led by Nnamdi Asomugha (“The Knife”), Cole Doman (“Bust”), Jordana Spiro (“Ozark”), Trinity Lee Shirley (“Da Bottomz”), newcomer Toussaint Francois Battiste and guest star Pablo Schreiber (“Orange Is the New Black”).
Read MoreBAFTA winner Sally Wainwright’s anticipated new series ‘Riot Women’ sets BritBox premiere date
Featuring original songs from the English femme alt-rock duo ARXX, the series follows five menopausal women – a teacher, a police officer, a pub landlady, a midwife and a shoplifting freeloader – who form a punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest. Once they pick up their instruments, they suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined.
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