Sir Sam Neill, the acclaimed New Zealand actor known for starring in Jurassic Park and for a career spanning more than five decades across independent cinema, Hollywood blockbusters, has died at the age of 78.
Terry P.
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60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Winners – Aung Phyoe’s ‘Fruit Gathering’ Wins Grand Prix Crystal Globe
Fruit Gathering (Thit-thee Khu) by Aung Phyoe At the closing ceremony of the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the juries presented awards for the best films, with Fruit Gathering (Thit-thee Khu) directed by Aung Phyoe, winning the Grand Prix – Crystal Globe.
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‘The Man Will Burn’ Trailer – Burning Man Docuseries to Premiere on HBO
HBO has debuted the trailer for The Man Will Burn, a four-part documentary series that goes behind the scenes of Burning Man, the 40-year-old cultural event and temporary city built in the Nevada desert.
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Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’ Visual Work to World Premiere at Tribeca Festival
Madonna Madonna will world premiere a cinematic presentation accompanying her forthcoming new album Confessions II, directed by David Toro and Solomon Chase (TORSO), at the Tribeca Festival.
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Markian Tarasiuk’s ‘Hunting Matthew Nichols’ Sets US and Canada Release Date | Trailer
Hunting Matthew Nichols, the debut feature film from director Markian Tarasiuk, will receive a wide theatrical release in the US and at home in Canada on more than 1000 screens.
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Steven Spielberg to Appear at SXSW as Keynote Speaker
Steven Spielberg ( Jean Nelson) Steven Spielberg will appear as a Keynote speaker at the 2026 SXSW (South by Southwest) for a live episode of Sean Fennessey’s The Big Picture.
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‘Sinners’ Wins 10 Honors, Best Film at Online Film & Television Association Awards
Sinners by Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros) Sinners was named Best Picture of 2025 by the Online Film & Television Association. In total, the film received a total of ten awards, plus one for Best Poster Design.
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78th DGA Award Winners – Paul Thomas Anderson, Charlie Polinger, Mstyslav Chernov Take Film Prizes
Leonardo DiCaprio with Paul Thomas Anderson, on the set of One Battle After Another. (Merrick Morton/Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson has won the top award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for One Battle After Another at the 78th Directors Guild of America DGA Awards.
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‘In the Blink of an Eye’ Trailer – Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, and Daveed Diggs Star in Andrew Stanton’s Ambitious Sci-Fi Drama
Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, and Daveed Diggs star in In the Blink of an Eye, director Andrew Stanton’s live-action science fiction drama.
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Sundance Award Winners – ‘Josephine,’ ‘Nuisance Bear’ ‘Shame and Money’ and ‘To Hold a Mountain’ Win Grand Jury Prizes
Gemma Chan, Mason Reeves and Channing Tatum in Josephine by Beth de Araújo (photo by Greta Zozula.) The 2026 Sundance Film Festival revealed the winning films, with Grand Jury Prizes going to Josephine for U.S. Dramatic Competition, Nuisance Bear for the U.S. Documentary Competition, Shame and Money for World Cinema Dramatic Competition, and To Hold a Mountain for World Cinema Documentary Competition.
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Xu Zao’s ‘Light Pillar’ Completes Berlinale Perspectives Lineup
Han ye deng zhu (Light Pillar) by Xu Zao (Fengduan Pictures) The Chinese animated film Han ye deng zhu (Light Pillar) by Xu Zao will make its world premiere at Berlin International Film Festival. The addition of Light Pillar completes this year’s Berlinale Perspectives lineup of 14 feature film debuts.
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‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ Lead BAFTA Film Awards Nominations
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another leads the nominations for the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards with 14, closely followed by Ryan Coogler’s Sinners with 13.