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Machérie Ekwa Bahango wants Congo to be noticed by the industry. “Through my films, I would like Congo to be seen as part of the world. Not for the labels people stick on it, but for what it really is,” she tells Variety. “The subjects in my films are difficult, but they are issues that people face in the Congo. We’re a great nation that needs to write, and rewrite, our own history.” In her upcoming film “Madi Makambu,” awarded Final Cut’s La Biennale di Venezia Prize at the Venice Film Festival, she focuses on two lovers, Madi and Djino. Their lives…
Timothy Olyphant often plays cool, smooth-talking characters, but he changed things up in his sole episode of “My Name is Earl.” The popular (though short-lived) 2005 sitcom introduced Olyphant as a side character named Billy. From his first scene, Billy is established as the sort of lowlife who’d happily peer pressure an eleven-year-old into gambling away his father’s car. He successfully wins a race against child Earl (Noah Crawford) and takes his father’s Mustang, destroying Earl’s relationship with his dad for the rest of his childhood. The episode, “Dad’s Car,” catches up with Billy later in life. Nearly…
The 41st Venice International Film Critics’ Week, the independent section running parallel to the film festival and organized by the Italian National Film Critics Union, has given out its hotly anticipated awards. The Grand Prize for Best Film went to Tommaso Usberti’s Italian film Before the War (Prima della guerra), “for its intense and vibrant direction, for the powerful and expressive talent of its lead actor, for the mastery of its mise-en-scène, thanks to superbly crafted images in which bodies, faces and gestures create an impressive physical tension — while provincial Italy becomes the stage for violent passions,” according to…
Antonio Brown We’re Gonna ‘Violate’ Druski Over CTE Sketch Published September 11, 2026 9:44 AM PDT Druski better watch his back … and we mean that literally — because Antonio Brown has promised to rough him up big time as payback for a recent skit. The former NFL star called out the comedian during an on-the-street interview … after he was asked if he thought the Druski sketch about CTE took shots at him. Waiting for your permission to load TikTok Post. Remember, this is the video which starts with Druski taking a hard hit on the football field, developing…
Picture Credit: Netflix Netflix has become a home for the modern musical, offering movies that’ll make a theater kid drool, family fare that’s going to be on your kids’ (or your) recurring Spotify rotation, holiday features, and Emilia Pérez. Nevertheless, Netflix musicals have racked up love, Oscar wins and nominations, and global impact. But when it comes to the platform’s originals, which one hits all the right notes? So here we go: here are the ten best original musical features on Netflix. If you’re wondering why Emilia Pérez isn’t here—uh, because it’s bad. Possibly one of the worst musicals of…
Beware: This story has major spoilers for Hope. Proceed with caution. Hope isn’t your parents’ monsters-from-space movie. While Na Hong-Jin’s gloriously gonzo creature feature owes a debt to the classics, the South Korean filmmaker decided for his first project since 2016’s The Wailing, he would not only subvert Hollywood tropes but throw a wild third-act curveball that completely reframes the alien-invasion story. “I thought hard about what I wanted to do next, and my trail of thoughts ended up in space,” Na tells Gold Derby. “I thought that space was really fun, which led me to decide, let’s just do…
Andrew Garfield and Owen Thiele found a new social network during their plane’s emergency landing. The actors were among the passengers—which also included Nick Robinson, singer Mark Ambor and Love Island USA’s Dylan Wrona—to make unexpected connections after their Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York City made an emergency stop in Albuquerque. “We apologize to our customers on Delta Flight 958 (LAX to JFK) on Sept 9, which diverted to Albuquerque due to a smoky odor in the aircraft,” the airline said in a statement given to Entertainment Weekly Sept. 10. “The aircraft landed uneventfully and our teams worked to reaccommodate…
“Sweeney Todd with taxidermy” is the high-concept pitch behind Stuffed, a doozy of a musical black comedy that, ambitiously, attempts to make a serious point about modern-day loneliness and, thanks to its terrific core cast, pretty much succeeds. Not everything works, notably the rarefied nature of the score, which at time sounds like Rufus Norris’s quirky verbatim musical London Road (2015). That film, however, was adapted from a fairly well-known stage play, and it’s entirely possible that Theo Rhys’s debut feature can go the other way, being the perfect basis for an intimate, offbeat off-Broadway show. The focus of this…
This week’s new movies on VOD include some fun hits that were in theaters this summer, including the live-action version of Moana and the dystopian rom-com One Night Only. Also out this week is Mutiny, the latest Jason Statham film where he’s a one-man butt-kicking machine. Statham stars in the film as former Royal Marine commando Cole Reed, a man framed for killing his boss. When he boards a ship as a stowaway to find answers that will help clear his name, he uncovers a conspiracy bigger than he ever realized. Peaky Blinders‘ Annabelle Wallis co-stars. These are just a…
Controversial star Mark Ruffalo wasn’t at the Toronto International Film Festival’s opening night to support his latest movie because the Marvel actor is shooting his series “Task” in Philadelphia, Page Six Hollywood has learned. The actor, who has become the most visible (and controversial) critic of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, was conspicuously absent from the gala opening of “Being Heumann.” Some were likely breathing a sigh of relief that the focus was on the screen. For those hoping (or fearing) Ruffalo might launch a fresh attack on David and Larry Ellison from the world stage of TIFF — there were…