Korea Box Office: Yeon Sang-ho’s Cannes Midnight Screener ‘Colony’ Rockets to No. 1 With Dominant Opening

Pope Leo XIV on Monday launched an impassioned call for regulation of Artificial Intelligence, warning that “opaque algorithms,” controlled by a handful of powerful private companies, can bring “new forms of dehumanisation,” On an eagerly awaited new encyclical called (Magnificent Humanity) – an encyclical is an ancient form of Vatican communication – Pope Leo also […]

Neon may be the toast of Cannes — again — after landing its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or on Saturday thanks to “Fjord,” but according to Boots Riley, the distributor could have had another hot film in its 2026 lineup. With the musician and filmmaker’s latest movie “I Love Boosters” having hit cinemas on May 22, Riley has […]

“Cricket is at a crossroads,” says Uday Shankar. As vice-chair of JioStar – the behemoth Indian platform that serves more than 500 million viewers, spends some $3.9 billion a year on content, and was built, in no small part, on the back of cricket rights – he is not speaking as a neutral observer. The […]

Hong Kong-based ACT3 and Philippine production company Blackops Studios Asia have set Cuba Gooding Jr., Luke Ford, Keith Duffy and multimedia artist Qymira in “Lotus,” an international action thriller that marks the first production under the companies’ multi-year, five-film slate deal. The project was introduced to international buyers and distribution partners at the Cannes Film […]