Avatar: The Way of Water is still number one at the box office, seven weeks after its release. On Friday, it took in $3.57 million in sales, according to IMDB’s Box Office Mojo. The receipts lifted the sci-fi blockbuster past…
Berlin Film Festival unveils 2023 competition lineup
The Berlin International Film Festival is unveiling the competition lineup for its 2023 edition on Tuesday morning, naming the 18 movies that will compete for the coveted Gold and Silver Bears at the 73rd Berlinale. Berlinale executive director Mariette Rissenbeek…
Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick co-star Jay Ellis insists actor is Oscar- worthy for movie
Tom Cruise has been backed to win an Oscar for the work he did on Top Gun: Maverick and for his movie back catalogue. The actor, 60, bought film fans back into cinemas after the pandemic when he insisted Top…
BAFTA Film Awards longlists unveiled: ‘‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’’ ‘‘Banshees of Inisherin’’ and ‘‘Everything Everywhere’’ lead pack
The BAFTA Film Awards have unveiled this year’s longlists for 24 categories, and in the lead are “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Netflix’s wartime drama leads with 15 longlist nods, while Searchlight Pictures’ “Banshees”…
Jean-Luc Godard: Legendary French film director dies at 91
Film director Jean-Luc Godard, who spearheaded the revolutionary French New Wave of cinema, has died at the age of 91, French media have reported. Godard burst onto the scene with 1960’s À bout de souffle (Breathless). That started a run…
Cannes festival 2019: full list of films (Guardian)
All the films screening at the 72nd edition of France’s celebrated film festival Photograph: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP Cannes official selection Competition The Dead Don’t Die (dir: Jim Jarmusch) – opening film Atlantique (dir: Mati Diop) Bacarau (dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho…
UK film age rating rules get stricter for scenes of sexual violence (BBC)
Under-15s will no longer be able to go to see films that depict rape and sexual violence under new rules set by Britain’s film ratings body. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) surveyed more than 10,000 people and found…
Nigerians Nse Ikpe-Etim, Hakeem Kae-Kazim and Mahmood Ali-Balogun on jury of 39th DIFF
The 39th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), which takes place from July 19 to 29, has announced its films and jury members for this year’s competition including three Nigerian film practitioners but with no film from Nollywood. A statement Monday…