Spike Lee To Head Cannes Film Festival Jury

Filmmaker Tabitha Jackson has been named the incoming director of the Sundance Film Festival, succeeding outgoing director John Cooper.

The Sundance Film Festival awards are underway.

If you care about cinema, you take the Sundance Film Festival for granted at your peril. Yet despite some early-in-the-festival grousing (“Oh no! The first day has gone by without a masterpiece!”), this was the sort of year that didn’t allow one to take the festival for granted.

"Pinch me. This couldn’t have worked out better for this project," Byrne says.

Spike Lee has signed on to direct a film adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia, Deadline reports. The feature-length version of Byrne’s hit Broadway show is slated for a 2020 release, and will be executive produced by Participant alongside Byrne, Lee, and others. The film will be produced by Byrne’s Todomundo and Lee’s Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks production companies, as well as RadicalMedia.

Spike Lee has signed on to direct a movie based on the Broadway show “David Byrne’s American Utopia” with Participant acting as lead financier and executive producer.

By Mike Fleming Jr

Anne Hathaway enjoyed a rare public night out with her husband, Adam Shulman, on Monday night. 

A study by the Time’s Up Foundation and USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has found that women and people of color are vastly underrepresented at film festivals worldwide.

Taylor Swift arrived at this year's Sundance Film Festival in style and was met with a really warm welcome.

Taylor Swift has a lot to look forward to in 2020 with the first important event being the release of her documentary, Miss Americana. Ahead of the Netflix documentary release, we got a small glimpse into what to expect from it through a refreshing trailer.

The San Francisco International Film Festival, known as SFFilm, named Anne Lai as its new executive director on Tuesday. She is the first woman of color to hold the title.Lai, who is currently at the Sundance Institute as director of creative producing and artist support, will start her new role on March 11, ahead of the 63rd SFFilm festival kickoff on April 8.

By Dade Hayes

Actor/producer Cate Blanchett will be the president of the international jury of the competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival this September, which will decide on the Golden Lion for best film and other awards, organizers said Thursday.The decision was made by the board of directors of the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, based on the recommendation of festival director Alberto Barbera.In accepting the proposal, Blanchett said: "Every year I look expectantly to

By Andreas Wiseman

The 27th edition of the SXSW Film Festival will feature a romantic caper starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, a documentary about the Beastie Boys directed by Spike Jonze, a “hidden camera” comedy headlined by Tiffany Haddish and an autobiographical studio vehicle from Pete Davidson.

Acclaimed director Spike Lee will serve as the president of the Cannes Film Festival’s 73rd jury, making him the first black person to do so. In a statement released by the organization, the filmmaker said that he “was shocked, happy, surprised and proud all at the same time.” 

Spike Lee has been named the head of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury, overseeing the official selection competition at the 73rd edition of the event.The 62-year-old American filmmaker has had a long and at times fraught relationship with Cannes.

Gigi Hadid was reportedly called for jury duty on Monday in disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's trial. According to Variety, Hadid was "spotted in the hallway entering the courtroom." She was then seen leaving the courtroom around noon.