Peter Jackson Talks Upcoming Projects, AI’s Role in Filmmaking: “It’s Just a Tool Like Any Other”

The 2026 Cannes Film Festival is underway with French filmmaker Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss serving as the opening-night pic. Among the headline filmmakers debuting new works on the Croisette this year are previous Palme d’Or winners Cristian Mungiu and Hirokazu Kore-eda, two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and American indie veteran Ira Sachs. The […]

Warner Bros. Discovery co-heads of sales Ryan Gould and Robert “Bobby” Voltaggio kicked off the company’s upfront Wednesday by acknowledging the looming $110 billion Paramount acquisition. “Before we go on, we do want to address the Ellison – I mean, the elephant in the room,” Gould said, alluding to Paramount CEO David Ellison (and perhaps […]

No voices are raised in “Nagi Notes,” in the course of a tranquil week or so spent in a remote rural village in western Japan. No seismic incidents disrupt the film’s mellow day-to-day flow, and though we hear sporadic background rumbles from a military base in the area, no urgent mortal threat hangs over proceedings. […]

Takako Matsu and Shizuka Ishibashi star as two women who redefine their relationship as friends while one sits for the other as an artist's model in this contender for Cannes' top prize.