“The Life of Chuck,” Mike Flanagan‘s sci-fi drama that won the Toronto Film Festival’s prestigious audience award last year, is set to close the screen festival of the inaugural SXSW London. The film — being distributed locally by Studiocanal — will have it’s U.K. premiere as the event’s closing night film on June 7. Adapted by Flanagan from Stephen King’s 2020 novella, “The Life of Chuck” stars Tom Hiddleston alongside Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, and Jacob Tremblay. Billed as a “life-affirming” story about an ordinary man named Charles...

Sidetalk is truly something special. As 4/20 celebrations smoked up across the country, NYC's unhinged street show was there to capture the festivities, albeit with a special guest in tow: the stupendous Spider Cuz. Spider Cuz is a street performer who dares to ask the question: what if Peter Parker wasn't a pasty white kid from Queens? It's an amusing look at another facet of New York's culture, although he's definitely not making it into the MCU anytime soon. Maybe he'd have better odds going up against Morbius. Green Goblin...

Netflix’s “Enola Holmes 3″ has started production in the U.K., with Millie Bobby Brown, Louis Partridge, Henry Cavill, Helena Boham-Carter, Himesh Patel and Sharon Duncan-Brewster returning for more Victorian-era detective hi-jinx.

This time, Philip Barantini, who made a major splash recently with “Adolescence,” directs from a script by Jack Thorne.

More to come.

“Heartstopper” is coming to an end, with its finale set as a feature film. The hit Netflix series, which has run for three seasons, made the announcement Tuesday morning. “‘Heartstopper’ will return, bigger than ever,” a post on X reads. “A ‘Heartstopper’ movie, our final chapter based on Alice Oseman’s upcoming volume six, is coming!!!” More information was provided in an article on Netflix’s Tudum, confirming that the movie will see Kit Connor and Joe Locke return as Nick and Charlie in addition to serving as executive producers. “Heartstopper” creator...

Bollywood juggernaut Yash Raj Films (YRF) has officially christened its much-anticipated collaboration with romance maestro Mohit Suri as “Saiyaara.” The film, billed as an “intense love story,” marks the first production under YRF CEO Akshaye Widhani‘s leadership and will be presented by studio head Aditya Chopra. Already generating industry buzz for introducing newcomers Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda to Hindi-language cinema, “Saiyaara” is now locked for worldwide theatrical release on July 18, 2025.

Sebastian Stan revealed in a new cover story for Vanity Fair that his acting career was more or less on life support when he landed the role of Bucky Barnes in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger.” The role changed Stan’s career. Not only has he stayed with Marvel for well over a decade (he next headlines the summer tentpole “Thunderbolts“), but the MCU gave him bankability as an actor to help get various acclaimed indies made like last year’s “A Different Man,” which won him a Golden Globe, and...

“iHostage” is currently the most popular movie on Netflix, according to the platform’s public ranking system. The Dutch thriller premiered on the platform on April 18 and is based on true events that occurred at an Apple store in Amsterdam in 2022. Director Bobby Boermans lives near the scene of the actual incident and witnessed the news story as it unfolded at the time. The plot of the film mostly follows what occurred in real life ― an armed man enters the store, takes a customer hostage and threatens to...

The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is rolling out the red carpet for its silver jubilee with a program that bridges cinematic generations, connecting Oscar-winner James Ivory‘s enduring fascination with India to contemporary star power led by Manoj Bajpayee in the festival’s opening night selection. Set to run June 20-22 at Manhattan’s Village East by Angelika, NYIFF’s milestone 25th edition will spotlight “An Arrested Moment,” a short documentary from The Metropolitan Museum of Art directed by Dev Benegal that explores Ivory’s long-standing relationship with Indian art and culture.

Miles Caton has a “once in a lifetime voice.” So it’s no wonder , Ryan Coogler cast the 20-year-old in Sinners, his new thriller that’s much more than just a vampire movie. It also dabbles in mysticism, explores ancestral histories, and is a love letter to the power of blues music. The latter is where Caton comes in. The first-time actor, who stars in the film as musician Sammie, is the son of gospel singer Timiney Figueroa and a musical prodigy himself. At the age of 12, he appeared on...