Pedro Almodóvar Feature ‘Parallel Mothers’ Added To AFI Fest Lineup

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentNetflix has acquired exclusive rights for Latin America to Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers,” which won Penélope Cruz the best actress award at September’s 78th Venice Film Festival.Struck by Netflix and El Deseo, Pedro and brother Agustín Almodóvar’s Madrid-based production company, the deal marks the first time that Netflix has taken all and exclusive rights to a territory on a first-run Almodóvar film.Hailed by Variety as Almodóvar’s best

Newhart to Girls to Evil over the long years of his career, has passed away. A familiar face for many on television as well as some film appearances, the actor was 66-years-old at the time of his death.

facing a mysterious illness. The Mysterious Girl singer and former ITV I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here star has been ill all week.

Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures’ Sing 2 will make its world premiere at AFI Fest, screening in-person at the TCL Chinese Theatre on November 14, the American Film Institute announced today.

Selome Hailu editorIllumination’s “Sing 2,” the animated film written and directed by Garth Jennings, will world premiere at AFI Fest on Nov. 14 at the TCL Chinese Theatre.The movie, a sequel to 2016’s “Sing,” follows a koala named Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) as he and his cast of performing animals prepare for their biggest concert yet in Redshore City, and must convince a reclusive rockstar (Bono) to join them.

JUST IN: Emma Raducanu sets up trial with former Johanna Konta mentor amid struggle to find coachRaducanu has been looking for a full-time coach with more tour-level experience as she makes the transition to life on the pro circuit. The young Brit made history last month as she became the first-ever qualifier to win a Grand Slam title, while ranked down at world No.

IFC presents Mia Hansen-Løve’s Cannes entry Bergman Island, Searchlight debuts Antlers, Film Movement brings Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy to the arthouse this weekend, as A24’s surprise hit Lamb and Greenwich Entertainment’s The Rescue go wider week two after a strong open. It’s early days but a nascent specialty revival may be in the works ahead of a stream of potential hits from The French Dispatch to Spencer to Belfast.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSPOILERS AHEAD: Do not read until you have seen “Lamb,” in theaters now.Director Valdimar Jóhannsson deliberately kept the ending of “Lamb” vague, wanting audiences to open up discussions.The film, a viral sensation after its trailer debut follows a childless couple who discover a hybrid lamb baby — half-human, half lamb.

another first printing of the same book, which additionally bragged an autograph from the author, fetched a cool $90,000 in 2019.Three years prior, a bedazzled, handwritten tome by Rowling herself — a re-creation of “The Tales of the Beedle the Bard,” a story told within “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” — raised a whopping $620,000 for charity.

NBC News’ Meet the Press Film Festival will move to Los Angeles this year and will be part of the AFI Fest next month.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAGC International, the sales arm of Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, and Image Nation Abu Dhabi, which is the UAE’s top production entity, have unveiled the first trailer for upcoming action film, “Al Kameen” (The Ambush), touted as the largest Arabic-language feature film production ever shot in the Gulf.“The Ambush,” which reconstructs the true story of an attempt to rescue a small group of Emirati soldiers trapped by rebel fighters in a mountainous valley,

A staple of awards season returns to Hollywood next month with the 2021 edition of AFI Fest.

The story that Disney will tell you, in the new trailer for “The Beatles: Get Back” is that in January 1969, a film crew was given unprecedented access to document the Beatles at work. This resulted in over 57 hours of the most intimate footage the band ever shot and that it remained in the vaults unseen for several decades.

Premier League is going to look a little different when it returns from the current international break. The sleeping giant that is Newcastle United will step into a brave new era after the club was successfully taken over by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.

Penélope Cruz has stunned in a black mini dress while on the red carpet at the New York Film Festival. The 47-year-old was all smiles on October 8 as her acclaimed new film Parallel Mothers closed out the world-famous festival. Her short black dress was adorned with sequins and featured a mesh overlay on her chest and at the hem. She paired the look with towering black pumps, a silver bracelet and matching silver drop earrings as she stepped out at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.