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Elaha review – sensitive drama exploring taboos in a tight-knit German-Kurdish community
A magnetic central performance from Bayan Layla as a young woman balancing cultural identity and female sexuality lights up Milena Aboyan’s fine debut feature
2-min read - EntertainmentIndiewire
Jenn Lyon Will Cast a Spell on You with Her Wickedly Funny Turn on ‘Dead Boy Detectives’
On the new Netflix series, the "Claws" scene stealer stars as a witch so bad she's good.
4-min read - EntertainmentDeadline
Zendaya & Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ Looks To Win Weekend Box Office Match With $15M+ Opening – Saturday AM Update
UPDATED SATURDAY AM: Luca Guadaganino’s Zendaya movie, Challengers, is still eyeing a $15.2M opening. Friday/previews stayed the course at $6.2M and Amazon MGM Studios that Saturday will only ease -17% from that with $5.1M. The movie gets a B+ CinemaScore which isn’t shabby for this 2 hour 11 minute, sexy romantic comedy. Imax and PLFs …
8-min read - EntertainmentDeadline
‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ Star Vanessa Lachey “Gutted”, “Blindsided” By Series Cancellation; Cast & Creators React – Update
UPDATED: NCIS: Hawai’i cast members and co-creators are still digesting the news that the series will not return for a fourth season following its cancellation by CBS Friday afternoon. Vanessa Lachey made history as the first female lead — who is also a woman of color — in the NCIS franchise as Special Agent in …
3-min read - NewsThe Wrap
Bill Maher Says ‘Posturing’ Gaza Protestors Are a Lot Like ‘History’s Greatest Attention Whore’ Trump | Video
"Are you really speaking truth to power or do you just think you look cool in a cafe?" the HBO host asks The post Bill Maher Says ‘Posturing’ Gaza Protestors Are a Lot Like ‘History’s Greatest Attention Whore’ Trump | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
5-min read - NewsVariety
India’s Epic Farmers’ Protest Documented in Nishtha Jain’s Hot Docs Selection ‘Farming the Revolution’: ‘The Movement Was Massive’
Eminent Indian documentarian Nishtha Jain’s latest effort is an account of the epic, year-long farmers’ protest that took place in India in 2020-21. “Farming the Revolution,” which world premieres at Hot Docs, follows the millions of Indian farmers who gathered during the height of COVID-19 lockdown at the borders of the country’s capital, Delhi, to …
4-min read - BusinessVariety
NewImages XR Market Welcomes New Buyers, New Storytelling Forms
In less than a decade, the NewImages Festival’s XR market has become a key international rendezvous, emerging as both the immersive industry’s largest single-purpose event and a foundation of NewImages’ identity. Programing and positioning went hand in hand at this year’s festival, which brought immersive works designed for cultural spaces to the wider public, while …
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