Dwayne Johnson on Tackling His Most Dramatic Role Yet With ‘The Smashing Machine’: ‘It’s Hard to Know What You’re Capable of When You’ve Been Pigeonholed’

Dwayne Johnson on Tackling His Most Dramatic Role Yet With ‘The Smashing Machine’: ‘It’s Hard to Know What You’re Capable of When You’ve Been Pigeonholed’

Dwayne Johnson takes on his most dramatic role yet in Benny Safdie’s wrestling biopic “The Smashing Machine,” playing UFC champion Mark Kerr. At the film’s Venice Film Festival press conference, the action star revealed that he’s been wanting to expand his repertoire for a while now. “I have, for a long time, wanted this,” Johnson […]

Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold on Making ‘Testament of Ann Lee’ for Just $10 Million: ‘The Elevator Pitch for a Shaker Musical Wasn’t the Easiest to Get Off the Ground’

Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold on Making ‘Testament of Ann Lee’ for Just $10 Million: ‘The Elevator Pitch for a Shaker Musical Wasn’t the Easiest to Get Off the Ground’

Filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet got candid about the challenges of independent cinema while at the Venice Film Festival with their sweeping musical drama “The Testament of Ann Lee.” Their latest collaboration — directed by Fastvold who co-wrote the script with Corbet — explores the founding leader of the Shakers, a radical religious moment […]

LEGO September 2025 Launch Guide: Every New Release and Promotion (Updated)

LEGO September 2025 Launch Guide: Every New Release and Promotion (Updated)

Following an enormous wave of new LEGO releases in August, September 2025 will be stacked with spotlight sets that include the LEGO Icons Captain Jack Sparrow’s Pirate Ship / Black Pearl (10365), the Harry Potter Hogsmeade Village Collectors’ Edition (76457), a collection of sets inspired by the movie Wicked, the Batman Arkham Asylum (76300) set, […] The post LEGO September 2025 Launch Guide: Every New Release and Promotion (Updated) appeared first on ComicBook.com .

Daniel Day-Lewis, Yorgos Lanthimos, Richard Linklater, Chloe Zhao Among Star Lineup for BFI London Film Festival Screen Talks

Daniel Day-Lewis, Yorgos Lanthimos, Richard Linklater, Chloe Zhao Among Star Lineup for BFI London Film Festival Screen Talks

The 69th BFI London Film Festival has unveiled an A-list roster of filmmakers set to participate in this year’s Screen Talks program. Three-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis will sit down for a conversation, marking a rare public appearance for the reclusive actor. Day-Lewis, whose acclaimed filmography includes “There Will Be Blood,” “Lincoln” and “Phantom […]

‘Landmarks’ Review: Lucrecia Martel’s First Documentary Reflects Potently on Land Theft and Indigenous Erasure

‘Landmarks’ Review: Lucrecia Martel’s First Documentary Reflects Potently on Land Theft and Indigenous Erasure

Acolytes of Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel are accustomed to patience. In 25 years she’s made just five features, of which the latest, the long-gestating “Landmarks,” is her first foray into nonfiction filmmaking. A slow-burning, increasingly incensed unraveling of a horrific murder case underpinned by colonialist privilege and prejudice, it too demands patience of its viewers […]

Halsey Bids $585,000 for Portrait of Herself by Director Julian Schnabel at Venice AmfAR Charity Gala: ‘I’m Feeling on Top of the World’

Halsey Bids $585,000 for Portrait of Herself by Director Julian Schnabel at Venice AmfAR Charity Gala: ‘I’m Feeling on Top of the World’

At AmfAR Venezia, filmmaker Julian Schnabel accepted a tribute award from Jude Law before auctioning off a one-of-a-kind experience: The director and artist, at the Venice Film Festival to premiere his new drama “In the Hand of Dante,” offered to paint one of his signature portraits for the highest bidder in the room. As the […]

‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series: Warwick Davis Returns as Professor Flitwick; Dean Thomas, Crabbe, Goyle and More Cast

‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series: Warwick Davis Returns as Professor Flitwick; Dean Thomas, Crabbe, Goyle and More Cast

HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV series is filling out Hogwarts’ staff and students. “Harry Potter” alum Warwick Davis, who played Charms Professor Filius Flitwick across all eight original films, is reprising the role for the HBO series. While Davis was double-billed in the Potter films as both Flitwick and Griphook, he’ll only play the former this […]