New Topper Markos Holevas on How Revamped Greek Film Center Hopes to Push Industry to Greater Heights

Sean Hannity devoted part of his opening monologue Thursday to a discussion of new election fraud allegations stemming from videotapes in Georgia and Nevada. In Georgia, the host said, surveillance video of a canvassing center showed poll watchers being ushered out of the room after being told the count would be paused for the night.Then, a woman in blonde braids stepped over to a table and pulled out a pair of suitcases from underneath.

Jon Burlingame A new generation of film composers is shaking up the status quo.

Christopher Vourlias As a young, Black woman growing up in Soweto, the sprawling township built by South Africa’s apartheid government on the outskirts of Johannesburg, Lala Tuku had dreams of making movies. But after making inroads into the local industry in the mid-2000s, she found her path to the director’s chair blocked.

Georgia Senate Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock -- both locked in tight runoff races that have drawn national attention -- have taken different stances on the question of court packing. Ossoff is challenging Republican Sen.

Natalie Oganesyan editorThe Transgender Film Center, a new nonprofit organization established to support transgender filmmakers with resources and opportunities for their projects, announced its first initiative, the Transgender Film Center’s Trailblazer Grant.

Studio Ghibli has shared another batch of artwork from some of its classic films, including My Neighbour Totoro.The animation house began sharing new images from its arsenal of films, shorts and TV shows earlier this year.The latest drop includes 50 images each for five of its films, including Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 fantasy film My Neighbour Totoro, Porco Rosso – the 1992 film about a WWI pilot-turned-pig – and 1989’s Kiki’s Delivery Service, which centred around a 13-year-old girl and her

Charlie Sims was a popular cast member on ITVBe’s TOWIE since joining the show back in 2013 to join his sister, Chloe Sims.The TV star, who is now 28, had his on-off romance with Ferne McCann play out on the series.The couple dated for six years before calling it quits in 2015 and Charlie subsequently left the show soon after.

Sia has today (November 19) released a new single, ‘Hey Boy’ – you can listen to the new song below.The single arrives alongside news that Sia’s next album, ‘Music’ will be released on February 12 via Monkey Puzzle/Atlantic.The fourteen track album, which is Sia’s eighth studio album, was written to accompany her upcoming film Music. You can listen to the new song here:As well as writing all the songs for her upcoming film project, which has been described as a “musical drama”, Sia has also

Mexico to find her teenage son who went missing while trying to reach the United States, won the top prize at Greece’s Thessaloniki Film Festival on Monday.Organizers said the feature film by Mexican debut director Fernanda Valadez had been awarded the Golden Alexander prize.“In a cruel world of heartbreaks, tragedy, and survival, a story of an unexpected bond is born,” the organizers said in a statement.

Christopher Vourlias “Identifying Features,” Fernanda Valadez’s searing abduction drama set along the U.S.-Mexico border, was awarded the Golden Alexander for best feature film at the 61st Thessaloniki Film Festival.The awards were announced Monday at the conclusion of the Greek fest’s digital edition, which ran Nov. 5-15.

ATHENS, Greece -- A bust of the ancient god Hermes, in good condition, was discovered in central Athens during sewage work, authorities said Sunday.The Greek Culture Ministry said that the head, one of many that served as street markers in ancient Athens, was found Friday and it appears to be from around 300 B.C. — that is, either from the late fourth century B.C., or the early third century.

Marina has announced the release of a new song, ‘Man’s World’, on Wednesday (November 18).The Welsh-Greek singer, whose last album ‘Love + Fear’ was released in two parts last year, is expected to return in the coming months with her fifth album (her second since she shed the ‘And The Diamonds’ part of her moniker).

What’s going on with Terrence Malick’s “The Last Planet” movie about Jesus? Well, not much publicly anyhow. As usual, most of it is under the radar, but a new sign suggests it’s entering the post-production stages and perhaps inching towards completion (though with Malick, you never know).

Tom Grater International Film ReporterParis-headquartered content creator and producer Asacha Media Group has hired Maria Grazia Ursino as Vice President of Content Development and Distribution. She joins from Disney where she most recently served as Sales Director for Turkey, Israel and Greece, following the company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first look at Charlotte Rampling in Juniper, Matthew Saville’s dark comedy in which the actress plays a feisty alcoholic grandmother whose self-destructive teenage grandson (Marton Csokas) is sent to live with her as a punishment.

Christopher Vourlias Giorgos Valsamis could not have predicted where his career path would lead almost a decade ago, when, as a student of fine arts and accounting, he bought a camera to photograph the dramatic landscapes of Iceland, where he was on a study-abroad program. “It never crossed my mind that I could be a cinematographer,” Valsamis told Variety.

Christopher Vourlias Romanian-born filmmaker Bogdan George Apetri has made a life for himself in New York City, since moving there 19 years ago to study film at Columbia University, where he now teaches.