Lai Yuqing, a 23-year-old Chinese film director whose work was beginning to attract international attention, has died in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Lai Yuqing, Promising Young Director of ‘Whisperings of the Moon’, Dies at 23
Lai Yuqing (via Instagram)
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TIFF Reveals Canada’s Top Ten list with ‘Wrong Husband’, ‘Blue Heron’, ‘Space Cadet’ and More
Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) directed by Zacharias Kunuk (Isuma) TIFF revealed its annual Canada’s Top Ten list of the year’s most outstanding Canadian feature films and shorts.
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Critics Choice Awards – One Battle After Another Wins Best Film, Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley, ‘The Secret Agent’ Among Winners
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros), Timothée Chalamet in Marty Supreme (A24), Jessie Buckley in Hamnet (Focus Features) One Battle After Another walked away with the top prize of Best Picture at the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards, along with Paul Thomas Anderson winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Best Picture at National Society of Film Critics 59th Awards
Benicio del Toro in One Battle After Another
(Warner Bros.)One Battle After Another was named Best Picture of 2025 at the National Society of Film Critics 59th annual awards.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Best Picture at Minnesota Film Critics Association 2025 Awards
Regina Hall in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) One Battle After Another took the top honor of Best Picture and received a total of four awards at the Minnesota Film Critics Association 2025 awards reaffirming its status as one of 2025’s most acclaimed films.
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20th Beaufort International Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Grainger Hines Set for Lifetime Achievement Award
Grainger Hines in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Netflix) Beaufort International Film Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary edition from February 17 – 22, 2026 in Beaufort, South Carolina with a lineup of 54 films and 5 screenplays from over 500 submissions from 56 countries.
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‘Deepfaking Sam Altman’ Trailer – Documentary Examines the Power and Peril of Artificial Intelligence
In an era dominated by artificial intelligence and rapid technological change, the documentary Deepfaking Sam Altman dives headfirst into the swirling ethics, anxieties, and absurdities of AI.
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Hamnet Leads Film Nominations for Australian Academy International Awards
Paul Mescal stars as William Shakespeare, Jessie Buckley as Agnes and Bodhi Rae Breathnach as Susanna in director Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLCChloé Zhao’s Hamnet leads the film nominations for the 2026 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards receiving nods for Best Film, acting, direction and screenplay.
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Austin Film Critics Awards Winners – ‘One Battle After Another’, ‘The Perfect Neighbor’, ‘The Secret Agent’ Take Top Honors
Benicio del Toro in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) One Battle After Another scored 5 awards at the 2025 Austin Film Critics Association Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro, and Best Editing.
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Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Arrested in Connection With Parents’ Deaths
Rob Reiner And Nick Reiner on BUILD Series (YouTube | BUILD | screenshot) Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, has been taken into custody in connection with the deaths of his parents in their Los Angeles home, authorities and multiple news outlets report.
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‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Take Top 2025 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) It Was Just an Accident (neon) Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another bagged a record nine awards at the 2025 Chicago Film Critics Association awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Benicio del Toro, and Supporting Actress for Teyana Taylor.