New Joan Jett Doc Proves She’s The Most Badass Rocker Around

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ROMANTIC REUNION India’s Zee Studios has set a late November theatrical release for “Dhadak 2,” a romance film challenging societal norms. The film is a sequel to 2016 hit “Dhadak,” that was itself a Hindi remake of the Marathi film “Sairat.” The 2016 title starred Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor, as well as the late […]

Will. I. Am and “Clarkson’s Farm” executive producer, Andy Wilman are among the lineup at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival it was confirmed today. They will be joined at the festival’s 49th edition by “The Handmaid’s Tale” producer Warren Littlefield. The lineup, which will be further announced in due course, was put together by the festival’s new […]

The 32-strong official selection of the 58th edition of Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Central and Eastern Europe’s leading cinema fete, will feature 15 directorial debuts as well as the latest works of established filmmakers such as Mark Cousins, Oleh Sentsov, Noaz Deshe, Antonin Peretjatko, Beata Parkanova and Burak Cevik. Karel Och, artistic director of Karlovy […]

Oscar-nominated Swiss animator Claude Barras (“My Life as a Zucchini”) will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Locarno Kids Award given to personalities credited with infusing younger generations with a love for cinema. Barras’ beloved stop-motion film “Life as a Zucchini,” about an orphaned boy who lives in a foster home, played at […]

India’s Baweja Studios and E7 Entertainments have unveiled the first footage for “Maharagni – Queen of Queens,” starring Kajol and Prabhu Deva. The film, an action-thriller, marks the reunion of the two actors 27 years after Rajiv Menon’s “Minsaara Kanavu” (1997). The cast also includes Naseeruddin Shah, Samyuktha Menon, Jisshu Sengupta and Aditya Seal.