‘Going To Mars,’ ‘Bobi Wine,’ ‘In The Rearview’ Nab Spots On IDA’s Shortlist Of Year’s Best Documentaries

Caroline Brew editor Film Movement has acquired the U.S. rights to Maciek Hamela’s “In the Rearview,” following its Cannes Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival premieres. Film Movement has a theatrical release and awards campaign planned with the documentary’s producers and Polish Film Institute, which co-financed the film.

The Hollywood News Run by film fans for film fans! The Hollywood News A new trailer has landed for American Symphony, a new documentary heading to Netflix very soon. The score focusses on musician Jon Batiste who attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.Official synopsis is as follows:It’s 2022 and musician Jon Batiste is at the peak of his music career while also embarking on his most ambitious challenge – composing an original symphony. In the midst of this meteoric rise, Batiste’s wife – best-selling author Suleika Jaouad – learns that her long-dormant cancer has returned. AMERICAN SYMPHONY is an intimate portrait of two artists and the healing power of love and creativity.This one comes to Netflix from November 29th and you can watch the trailer below.The Hollywood News – For Film Fans By Film Fans (c) 2023

In 2020, musician and composer Jon Batiste won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, and a BAFTA Film Award for co-composing Pixar’s “Soul.” Not to rest on his laurels in 2022, he dominated the Grammy Awards entirely with 11 nominations, the most of the year. The day the nominations were announced, however, Batiste’s partner, writer Suleika Jaoaud, went through her first round of chemotherapy.

according to Bloomberg.A trailer is expected to be released in December, just as Rockstar Games is celebrating it’s the 25th anniversary.The new game will be the first “GTA” release since the massively successful “Grand Theft Auto V” came out in 2013.That game, a multi-platform phenomenon, has sold over 185 million copies second only to Minecraft, which has sold over 300 million since its release in 2011.GTA V is available for users to play using PC, Playstation, and Xbox, where players can play either the story mode or the online mode format where your character is inside an open world with the ability to drive fly, and sail around the map while completing missions, heists and business dealings.Over the years, the GTA online community has been plagued with hackers, who “grief” or intentionally disrupt the gameplay for other players, something the developers have tried to combat, but to no avail.In 2018 a Georgia man was sued by Take-Two Interactive after claiming it lost $500,000 because the man developed a cheating system that “allows a player to “alter” the games of those they’re competing against.The new game will be set in a fictionalized version of Miami and South Florida, while featuring a man-woman duo, with the latter being the first female protagonist of the series.This new installment will also reportedly cut back on the crude, and potentially offensive jokes about minority groups, that were made popular in the previous games.Reports of the milder language have sparked a debate among the fans, with some complaining they are taking away the jokes, and are leaving behind the violent gameplay, because players can drive over non-playable characters (NPC) shoot and kill police officers, and rob convenience

It’s been almost one year since Aaron Carter’s shocking death and it is still incredibly difficult for his brother Nick Carter to process…

Emmerdale fans were over the moon when DS Jason Wise, played by Neil Roberts, made a surprise return to the show on Thursday night after three years. He first appeared on the ITV soap in 2016 and was last seen in the village in 2020. DS Wise returned to investigate the murder of Craig Reed, chatting with Kim Tate as Craig's body was found on Home Farm land.

SFFilm’s 9th Annual Doc Stories festival is getting underway, featuring a distinguished lineup of Oscar-contending nonfiction films.

People.HBO attributed the delay to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike as well as the Writers Guild of America strike, which ended in September after five months. The announcement that the series, which ended with a cliffhanger, would take even longer to return to screens was met with mixed sentiment. “WTH,” one angry fan posted on X (formerly Twitter).

Chinese spy balloon that was shot down after it had floated clear across America’s airspace — eight days and more than 4,000 miles after it first breached the US border.“Every year there is a new story that we are all fixating on,” Kaufman explained. “This year is what this one: the Chinese spy balloon? At first, no one knew what it was [or] why it was there — a floating balloon flying across the U.S.

Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft emotionally fought back tears as she reflected on her ‘horrific year’ during an interview about the significance of her upcoming dance with partner Johannes Radebe on the next live show. The tennis star, 57, revealed on Tuesday's Strictly It Takes Two (31 October) that she would be dancing a Couple’s Choice dance with Johannes, set to Wings by Birdy.

Chicago Med, Chicago PD, and Chicago Fire are arguably three of NBC’s absolute best TV shows on the air right now.

Will Tizard Contributor Czech punk rocker visual artist Marta Kovarova says it was becoming a mother that made her realize she had to do something radical to fight climate change. So, five years ago, she embarked on making “The World According to My Dad,” which won the Czech Joy student jury prize at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival on Saturday. “When my children were born, environmental grief fell upon me,” she says.

The Walt Disney Co. accused Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies of being engaged in “ongoing constitutional mutiny” for targeting the company over its opposition to a parental rights bill, known by detractors as the “don’t say gay” law.

Meg Ryan is “enchanting.” It’s hard to think of a better word to describe her than the one Nora Ephron usedin the “You’ve Got Mail” script — a word repeated four times in the first 30 minutes of the 1998 film. My ears perk up when Ryan uses it now, nearly 25 years later. We’re sitting across from each other in a suite at the Four Seasons hotel in Beverly Hills, meeting to speak about her new film — her first in eight years.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor “Tinder Swindler” studio AGC Unwritten has sold U.S. rights to Monica Villamizar and Jordan Bryon’s feature documentary “Transition” to Gravitas Ventures. The film follows Australian filmmaker Jordan Bryon, a trans man, as he embeds with a Taliban unit as they retake control of Afghanistan.

For anyone who drives regularly on the M56 or A556 through Cheshire, there is a familiar and sad sight along the roadside - of a gradually decaying old pub. Once The Nag's Head, and more recently the Cheshire Lounge, its car park and fields famously played host to Sunday car boot sales off Junction 7 of the M56 at Bowdon for years.

Oscar-nominated director Matthew Heineman and late filmmaker Nancy Buirski will be honored at the Hamptons Doc Fest in New York next month.

Emily Longeretta The holiday seasons are officially underway, according to the TV movie calendar. While Great American Family kicked off their holiday slate on Oct. 13, Hallmark follows close behind with their “Countdown to Christmas” beginning on Oct.

A family who has run a pub in Stockport for four generations has handed over the reins to new owners.

The documentary festival DOC NYC has unveiled the full lineup for its 14th edition. It will be a total of 114 features and 129 short films. The festival runs in-person November 8-16 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre and Village East by Angelika and continues online through November 26 with films available to viewers across the U.S.