Oscar Contender ‘Acasa, My Home’ Tells Strange Story Of Family That Fled “Wicked Civilization” For Wild Existence

Dwayne Johnson's childhood gets the spotlight on NBC's new biographical comedy series, inspired by the former pro wrestler turned movie star/entrepreneur's colorful life, follows Dwayne at pivotal points of his youth — at 10 years old (played by Adrian Groulx), 15 (Bradley Constant) and then 18 (Uli Latukefu).

Alissa Simon Film CriticNow shortlisted in the international feature category, Tunisia’s ambitious entry “The Man Who Sold His Skin” from female writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania (“Beauty and the Dogs”) offers a provocative contemporary take on a Faustian bargain.

“Framing Britney Spears” may tell Britney Spears’ story, but it does so without the involvement of Britney Spears herself. (A source tells ET she “is aware” of the documentary but has yet to see it.) According to director Samantha Stark, however, that was not by design.

Britney Spears herself. (A source tells ET she "is aware" of the documentary but has yet to see it.) According to director Samantha Stark, however, that was not by design.«There's a big ethical conflict for me in making a film where the central person in it isn't participating,» Stark tells ET's Lauren Zima.

After releasing Lu Over the Wall to critical acclaim, director Masaaki Yuasa was met with a similar brief for his next feature, Ride Your Wave, by Japanese animation studio Science Saru.

Maleonn, also known as Ma Liang, has become one of China’s leading conceptual artists, producing works of stunning imagination that span photography, video, drawing, installations, set design and mechanical puppetry.

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Bill Cunningham, the renowned chronicler of fashion, once wrote of himself, “I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women…That’s all there is to it.”

The Kenyan film Softie is gaining momentum as documentary features make their closing arguments for inclusion on the Oscar shortlist, with preliminary voting set to wrap up Friday. The film was nominated Tuesday for a Producers Guild Award, honoring the work of director-producer Sam Soko and producer Toni Kamau.

For writer/director Borja Peña Gorostegui and executive producer Amanda Miller, Lost & Crowned marked the culmination of years of hard work, bringing their creative content studio, Psyop, into the Oscars conversation for the first time.

Over her four-decade career, Diane Warren has become synonymous with songwriting, penning nine No. 1s and 32 top 10s.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorVariety’s Peter Debruge called ‘A Sun’ a “world cinema stunner” in his review of Chung Mong-Hong’s drama, and it was also hailed as one of the best movies of 2020 in his year-end roundup.The film has now been named by Taiwan as its contender for the best international feature film section at the Academy Awards.

Alissa Simon Film CriticAn endangered musician in a Syrian town controlled by ISIS must sell his beloved piano in order to escape the country in the gripping drama “Broken Keys.” It marks the feature debut of Columbia U.-trained, Lebanese writer-director Jimmy Keyrouz.

When fire erupted at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania in 2015, the blaze killed 26 people on the spot. But the worst, in many respects, was yet to come.

In a year of pandemic, social unrest and political polarization, one Oscar-contending documentary arrived to lift people’s spirits, not just in the U.S. but around the world.

Clayton Davis “Pieces of a Woman” marks the English-language debut for director Kornél Mundruczó, who gained a passionate following with his breakout film “White God” in 2014. The Hungarian filmmaker has brought his latest project to the streaming giant Netflix, earning acclaim for his singular vision and an outstanding performance by Vanessa Kirby.“Pieces of a Woman” is written by Kata Wéber, Mundruczó’s partner, based on their shared personal experience.

Starring newcomer Sidney Flanigan, Eliza Hittman’s film Never Rarely Sometimes Always tells the harrowing story of a young woman who must travel from Pennsylvania to New York City in order to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.

Manori Ravindran International EditorGreek filmmaker Christos Nikou marks his directorial debut with “Apples,” an accidentally timely pandemic movie that captured imaginations at the Venice Film Festival, where it opened the respected Orrizonti section, and has since gone on to represent Greece in the international feature film Oscar race.The film wasn’t actually shot during the COVID-19 crisis, but follows a man (Aris Servetalis) struggling to recover his memory amid a pandemic that causes

After publishing his book The Torture Letters in January of 2020, Laurence Ralph decided to adapt it into an animated short—reckoning in both cases with systemic racism in America, in hopes that society at large will address it, and take meaningful action to stop the violence it perpetuates.

Just outside of Bucharest, a family with nine children once called the lands around an abandoned water reservoir and landfill home.For decades, the Enaches lived in nature and slept in a crowded but cozy hut. They didn’t disturb anyone and no one disturbed them until the city decided that the area should be turned into a public park where they could no longer live.