Finnish Director Tiina Lymi Is ‘Not Afraid Anymore’ and Neither Is ‘Stormskerry Maja,’ New Feminist Heroine With a ‘Cool Head and a Warm Heart’

Ellise Shafer During the Berlin Film Festival press conference for his newest film “Small Things Like These,” Cillian Murphy reflected on the “collective trauma” of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries. “Small Things Like These” focuses on the “horrific asylums run by Roman Catholic institutions from the 1820s until 1996, ostensibly to reform ‘fallen young women,’” according to its synopsis.

Sleep Token have announced a new record deal with RCA.The mysterious London metalheads announced the news on their Instagram stories today (February 14), which linked to a post on the RCA Records page: “Welcome to the RCA family!”So far, Sleep Token have released all of their discography, including their 2023 album ‘Take Me Back To Eden‘ through Spinefarm, a Finnish heavy metal label and subsidiary of Universal Music Group.A post shared by RCA Records (@rcarecords)The announcement follows the band’s recent social media cleanse, leaving only the phrase “Nothing lasts forever” in their bio. It was initially speculated to be in response to an identity leak of a member, resulting in fears Sleep Token were going to disband.NME reviewed ‘Take Me Back To Eden‘ when it dropped last year, giving it a five-star review: “There are more risks on ‘Take Me Back To Eden’ than Sleep Token have ever taken before, but there’s never an opportunity to doubt whether anything they attempt will succeed.

Richard Russell, have released the single ‘Cry Without End’.The song is the first track by the duo that has been made available on streaming services, following on from their vinyl-only 2023 singles ‘Hunger Hill Road / Ghosts Are Dancing’ and ‘Supplication / Headbouncing’. The track also features contributions from the Manchester composer and poet Alabaster DePlume.Morton’s fragile vocals are presented a cappella at first, before a gentle, ghostly arrangement and ethereal backing vocals seep into the track.

Ross McCausland's explosion onto the Rangers first-team scene struck Michael O'Neill like a bolt from the blue. But the Northern Ireland boss can't get enough of it - and reckons he's an inspiration to his international peers.

Princess Andre is over the moon to be becoming an older sister once again, as her dad Peter Andre, 50, is set to welcome a new arrival with wife Emily MacDonagh, 34, in March.The 16-year-old tells OK!: "I am honestly so, so, so excited for it. I feel like having a baby in the house will bring such a different atmosphere – I’m really looking forward to it." With a blended family of eight children in total, Princess is hoping for a little sister, explaining: "I don’t know whether it will be a boy or a girl, but I’d like it to be a girl because I have four brothers and not enough sisters on my side." The little one will be Peter's fifth child, as he also shares son Junior, 18, with his ex wife, and kids Millie and Theo with Emily.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Global Screen has closed further deals on major territories for its animated adventure film “Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights.” Variety debuts the new teaser (below). Viva Kids has acquired all rights for North America to the latest feature film in the franchise about a flying reindeer, following worldwide hits “Niko & the Way to the Stars” (2008) and “Niko – Little Brother, Big Trouble” (2012), which were sold to more than 120 countries. Further deals were concluded with Flins y Piniculas for Spain, CDC for Latin America, Nos Lusomundo for Portugal, Grand Entertainment for the Middle East and SVOE Kino for Ukraine.

Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Out of Darkness,” now playing in theaters. About an hour into “Out of Darkness,” an Old Stone Age monster movie from first-time feature director Andrew Cumming, comes a shocking reveal: It’s not a monster movie at all. The film, released in theaters Feb. 9, follows a tribe of people living on a desolate Scottish island 45,000 years ago who find themselves prey to a mysterious enemy that picks them off one by one.

And the award for one of the most awkward moments ever on a podcast goes to… Tom Sandoval!

Eyal Booker has shared a look inside his "apartment of dreams" in Los Angeles.The Love Island star took to TikTok to give a tour of his new home with his 406,000 followers. He captioned the clip: "Moving into the apartment of dream in LA with my best friend Max & his girlfriend Lexie. Very grateful & excited." One user estimated the rent for the apartment to be $6,900 after they "saw it listed on a realtor's page".The stunning flat has its own private entrance, which opens on to their enormous living room, which is flooded with natural light.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Fisher King, the leading Finnish company behind some of Scandinavia’s biggest scripted hits including “Bordertown” and “The Helsinki Syndrome,” has gone bankrupt amid challenges that have thrown the Scandinavian TV industry into turmoil. Beta Film, which acquired Fisher King in 2019 and subsequently launched the umbrella banner Beta Nordic Studios, said the company was declared bankrupt on Dec.

An inquiry into how women and girls in custody have been treated by Greater Manchester Police officers could be published in the spring.

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) opens this evening with New Zealand director Jonathan Olgilvie’s coming-of-age tale Head South set against the late 1970s, post-punk music culture of his home city of Christchurch.

Tom Holland is always in support of Zendaya, no matter her style. Following Zendaya’s debut of her new and edgy hairstyle, which she debuted at the Schiaparelli Spring/Summer 2024 show, Holland shared a photo of his girlfriend in one of his Instagram stories. What’s Oxford’s word of the year? Hint: Tom Holland made it viralZendaya unfollows Tom Holland and everyone on InstagramHolland shared a black and white photo of Zendaya on his Instagram stories.

Pixies and Modest Mouse have announced their joint 2024 US tour with Cat Power which is set to kick off later this year.The co-headlining tour will see Power provide opening support and is set to kick off on Friday, May 31 at the Firefly Distillery in Charleston, South Carolina. From there, the are set to make stops in major cities such as Nashville, Atlanta, Pittsburg, Toronto, Philadelphia, Queens, Mansfield, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Austin, Irving and more.The tour will wrap up on Sunday, June 30 at Fiddler’s Green in Denver, Colorado.

A Manchester-born freelance journalist who was the main suspect in the murder of French producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier has died in Cork, Ireland, his solicitor has revealed.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jesse Eisenberg is officially giving his Lex Luthor advice to Nicholas Hoult, and it’s blunt: “Don’t watch me!” During an interview at the Variety Studio presented by Audible while attending the Sundance Film Festival, Eisenberg suggested Hoult should forge his own path and not pay attention to Eisenberg’s own work as Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder’s DC Universe. “Whenever you play a role you feel connected to it,” Eisenberg added to Variety‘s Matt Donnelly about playing the DC villain for a short time.

Björk and Philip Glass are among the musical guests that have been announced for the new album by US electronic producer Jlin.The eleven-track album is called ‘Akoma’ and will be released via Planet Mu Records on March 22. Jlin has also shared the first track from it, ‘The Precision of Infinity’, which features the legendary minimalist composer Glass.

K.J. Yossman “10 Lives,”an animated comedy set to premiere at Sundance, tells the story of a pampered cat called Beckett (voiced by British comedian Mo Gilligan) who undergoes a series of transformations – both physical and emotional – while learning a lesson about love. The all-star cast includes “Bridgerton’s” Simone Ashley, “Love, Actually” star Bill Nighy and One Direction heartthrob Zayn Malik in his first feature film speaking role (he plays a pair of dopey henchmen, Cameron and Kirk).

Marta Balaga Finnish-British director Mikko Mäkelä isn’t shying away from sexual content in “Sebastian,” which has its world premiere on Sunday at Sundance Film Festival. “As was already the case with ‘A Moment in the Reeds,’ I wanted to provide a very frank and honest portrayal of queer sexuality,” he tells Variety, referencing his 2017 debut. “For so long, queer sexuality has been shied away from and censored.

Alex Ritman The nominees for the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards are set to be revealed on Thursday, with Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir — both former BAFTA Rising Star nominees — making the announcement at 12 p.m. U.K. time (4 a.m.