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The 78th Cannes Film Festival takes place May 13-24, 2025, with Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche presiding over the main competition's jury. Held on the stunning French Riviera, this annual event culminates in the prestigious Palme d'Or prize, given to a director for their feature film, which officially kicks off the year's awards cycle. To date, four winners of the Palme d'Or have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Picture: The Lost Weekend (1945), Marty (1955), Parasite (2019), and Anora (2024).

A highlight of this year's Cannes opening ceremony was Leonardo DiCaprio's presentation of the Honorary Palme d'Or to Robert De Niro, DiCaprio's costar in films like Killers of the Flower Moon and This Boy's Life. De Niro follows in the footsteps of such recent recipients as Meryl Streep, George Lucas, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, and Tom Cruise. Denzel Washington also received a surprise Honorary Palme d'Or on May 19.

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Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Brazilian movie The Secret Agent, which has been rumored to be a finalist for the Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or, is having its stateside rights scooped up by Neon. A theatrical release is in the works for this year.

If the 1977-set political thriller takes home Cannes’ big prize, it will give Neon a sixth consecutive Palme d’Or win following last year’s Anora, Justine Triet’s 2023 winner Anatomy of a Fall, 2022’s Triangle of Sadness, 2021’s Titane and 2019’s Parasite. Out of that bunch, Anora and Parasite won Best Picture Oscars.

The Secret Agent premiered in competition at Cannes on Sunday to 100% fresh reviews on Rotten Tomatoes. The pic stars Wagner Moura, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Gabriel Leone, Carlos Francisco, Alice Carvalho and Hermila Guedes.

Set in Recife, Brazil in 1977, The Secret Agent follows Marcelo (Moura), a technology expert in his early 40s,...

Neon has acquired the rights to “The Secret Agent,” a political thriller from writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring “Narcos” actor Wagner Moura that premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Set in Recife, Brazil in 1977, “The Secret Agent” stars Moura as Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realizes that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.

In his positive review for TheWrap, Steve Pond called the film a messy romp.”Its messiness is part of its charm and part of the point; a film that took itself more seriously than this one wouldn’t let a climactic gun battle turn into an almost cartoonish grand guignol splatter-fest,” he wrote.

The film was produced by Emilie Lesclaux. Co-producers include Nathanaël Karmitz,...

Looking for something to watch tonight? Netflix has a huge library of films, but we’re here to help. Here are 21 underrated films available to stream now…

There’s a lot of streaming services out there and their libraries have seemingly an unending amount of films, which means that a lot of gems get buried under bigger, better known films. It’s become a little scary trying to find something to watch, especially if you’re already familiar with the blockbuster-y films on the front page.

We’ve taken a deep five into the depths of Netflix and dug out lots of films you may not have come across, or even if you have, deserve another watch.

Here are 22 underappreciated films on Netflix UK that are well worth your time, in our humble view.

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Ben Hardy’s single dad Luke falls for a drag queen Aysha...

January 2024, Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon Ho ascended a stage in Seoul flanked by 15 friends and colleagues from across the South Korean film industry. Collectively, the assembled directors, actors and producers, all dressed head to toe in black, had won more than two dozen Grand Bell Awards, South Korea’s equivalent to the Oscars. They were there, in force, to condemn their country’s police and media for the tragic fate of a friend and collaborator, actor Lee Sun-kyun. Two months earlier, Lee — one of the unforgettable leads of Bong’s multi-Oscar-winning drama Parasite — had been one of Korea’s biggest and most beloved movie stars. In the ensuing weeks, he had become a figure of scandal, ridicule and disgrace. On Dec. 27, 2023, he was discovered dead by suicide inside his car in a public parking lot near the center of Seoul. He was 48.

Lee’s downfall initially bewildered those who knew and cared about him.

It was moving to watch Denzel Washington lope up to the Lumière stage at Cannes and tear up as he accepted his Honorary Palme d’Or from Cannes veteran Spike Lee Monday night at the “Highest 2 Lowest” premiere. It was a surprise to the actor, as he watched a clip reel that ranged from his four prior roles with Lee to “Philadelphia,” “Flight,” “The Book of Eli,” “The Hurricane,” “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “Fences,” and more.

Festival director Thierry Frémaux knows how to make the most of a Hollywood movie star, who flew into France and out again on his one day off from doing eight sold-out shows a week as Shakespeare’s “Othello” on Broadway. If the man looked weary, it’s understandable. At 70, he’s at the peak of his powers, and if the Oscar gods are smiling, he’ll land his third Oscar (after “Training Day” and...

Michael Angelo Covino’s open marriage comedy “Splitsville” brought much-needed laughter to Cannes on Monday night, earning a warm six-minute ovation.

As the applause roared, director Covino teared up and Dakota Johnson comforted him with a hug as he kissed her on the cheek.

It was Johnson’s first time in Cannes, but as a Venice Film Festival veteran she’s no stranger to applause. Even still, she humbly waved off the cheers when the camera panned to her first. Then, when Arjona got her roar of approval, her boyfriend Jason Momoa could be seen clapping enthusiastically in the row behind her. Covina and Marvin shared a brotherly embrace as they celebrated another well-received collaboration.

“We need to keep making comedies for Cannes, plain and simple. Because laughter should be seen in a theater, not on a television screen,” said Covino.

The premiere drew several high-profile filmmakers, including Ari Aster...

Robert Pattinson as Mickey 17 in “Mickey 17,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Get ready for a unique movie experience! Bong Joon Ho, the visionary behind the Oscar-winning box office sensation Parasite, is bringing the much-anticipated film Mickey 17 straight to your living room this month on Max. In this gripping science fiction thriller, Robert Pattinson portrays Mickey Barnes, who works in a genuinely strange job. Imagine being employed by a company where your primary responsibility is to, well, pass away… for a living. Isn’t that mind-bending? With a stellar cast including Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun and Toni Collette. Mickey 17 promises to be a thought-provoking and visually stunning ride. Bong Joon Ho’s unique storytelling and masterful direction are sure to deliver a film that will stay with you long after the credits roll.

Mads Mikkelsen has joined the cast of the action thriller Sirius. The upcoming movie comes from Academy Award-winning editor Lee Smith.

According to Deadline, Smith is making his feature directorial debut on Sirius, which takes its name from the real Danish special forces unit, the Sirius Patrol. The script comes from screenwriter Tony Mosher, who previously penned Jason Statham's action movie Mechanic: Resurrection in 2016 and the 2017 Antonio Banderas heist movie Security.

Mads Mikkelsen's New Action Movie Is Based on Real Danish Special Forces Unit

The official synopsis teases that Sirius is "gripping Arctic action-thriller inspired by the real-life Sirius Patrol, the Danish special forces unit charged with defending Greenland’s 8,700-mile frozen coastline."

Smith is well known for his editing work with acclaimed directors such as Peter Weir (The Truman Show), Sam Mendes (Spectre) and Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class). He has edited five of Christopher Nolan's movies,...

With Thunderbolts* in theaters and a few more roles on the way, Sebastian Stan has been killing it recently. Well, to be fair, he’s been killing the scene for quite some time now. Whether it’s Carter Baizen in Gossip Girl or Steve in Fresh, the actor has consistently proven his range on screen. Just look at A Different Man and The Apprentice – two completely different roles in the same year! And of course, we don’t even need to mention Bucky Barnes.

However, it looks like Sebastian Stan may not have been entirely transparent while auditioning for the plethora of characters he has played. As it turns out, he has lied a handful of times just to get ahead of the line. A little white lie never hurt anyone, right?

Sebastian Stan confesses to lying in auditions Sebastian Stan in Captain America: Civil War (2016) | Credits: Marvel Studios

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Warner Bros. Pictures’ Mickey 17 will make its global streaming debut on Max on Friday, May 23. The film will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, May 24 at 7:40 p.m. Et. From the Academy Award®-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, Mickey 17. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living. Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, Mickey 17 stars Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie (“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker”), Academy ... Read more...

Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth installment in the beloved supernatural horror series, opens Friday in theaters. Fans loved the first five Final Destination movies, but they've all been met with a log to the face at the Academy Awards. After this week's glowing critics' reviews, Bloodlines could find itself competitive in four Oscar categories next year ... if voters aren't too afraid.

Kaitlyn Santa Juana stars as Stefani Reyes, a present-day college student inexplicably haunted by a tower collapse from 1968. Teo Briones plays Charlie Reyes, Stefani's younger brother, while Richard Harmon, Owen Patrick Joyner, and Anna Lore play their cousins. Rya Kihlstedt portrays Stefani and Charlie's estranged mother, Darlene Campbell, and the dual role of Grandma Iris was given to Gabrielle Rose (the older version) and Brec Bassinger (the younger version). Horror icon Tony Todd, who died in 2024, returns one last time as fan-fave character William Bludworth, a mortician who...

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Ralph Fiennes to play President Snow in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

Ralph Fiennes, coming off his Oscar-nominated turn in Conclave, has taken a major role in Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping. He will play President Coriolanus Snow, the authoritarian leader of Panem. The role was played as an older man by Donald Sutherland in the 2010s Hunger Games films and as a young man by Tom Blyth in prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. This will of course be Fiennes' second time playing the iconic villain from a massively popular young adult book franchise; he previously played Voldemort in the Harry Potter movies. "We wanted to honor Donald Sutherland by having one of this generation’s greatest actors play President Snow 24 years before Katniss Everdeen entered the arena," producer Nina Jacobson said in a statement announcing Fiennes' casting.

“Mickey 17” is coming home.

Bong Joon-ho’s big budget follow-up to his Oscar-winning “Parasite” debuts on Max (soon to be HBO Max) on Friday, May 23. The film, which stars Robert Pattinson as a man who agrees to be cloned for an expedition on a hostile alien world, will make its linear premiere the next day at 7:40 p.m. Et on Saturday, May 24.

The film, which opened theatrically earlier this spring, was based on the novel “Mickey 7” by Edward Ashton. Pattinson plays Mickey, who agrees to be an “expendable” – someone who volunteers for particularly dangerous missions and is then replicated when he dies (the main character in the movie is the seventeenth iteration). The movie also stars Naomi Ackie as Mickey’s love interest and Steven Yeun as Mickey’s Bff/failed business partner, with Mark Ruffalo as a Trump-style politician leading the expedition and Toni Collette as his sauce-obsessed wife.

After releasing on digital in early April, Mickey 17 has finally found its way to the streaming world. The acclaimed sci-fi film, directed by three-time Oscar-winner Bong Joon Ho (Parasite), stars Robert Pattinson in the titular role as an expendable man who dies for a living. The genre-bending film is part comedy and drama, combining for a thoughtful commentary on space colonization, inequality, and everything in between.

Mickey 17 will begin streaming on the newly-titled HBO Max on May 23. Those who have HBO will be able to watch it on the channel on May 24at 7:40 pm Et. Meanwhile, those who want to purchase a physical copy of the film can now do so from May 13. Mickey 17 is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 77% score from critics, while audiences are almost as receptive to the film with a 73% rating on the Popcornmeter scale. The big-budget film may not...

Warner Bros. Pictures’ Mickey 17 will make its global streaming debut on Max (soon to be HBO Max again) on Friday, May 23. In addition to the Mickey 17 Max release, the film will debut on HBO linear on Saturday, May 24 at 7:40 p.m. Et.

From Bong Joon Ho, the Academy Award-winning writer/director of Parasite, comes this groundbreaking cinematic experience. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson), has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

The movie, which was rated R for violent content, language throughout, sexual content, and drug material, opened in theaters on March 7, 2025. The film grossed $131.8 million at the global box office, with $46 million coming from North American theaters and $85.8 million from international markets.

Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, Mickey 17 stars Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker...

Warner Bros announced on Friday that Mickey 17, its dark sci-fi comedy starring Robert Pattinson (The Batman), will make its global streaming debut on HBO Max on Friday, May 23. The film will debut on HBO linear at 7:40 p.m. Et. on Saturday, May 24.

Written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, the filmmaker behind historic Oscar winner Parasite, Mickey 17 adapts the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. The story follows unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Pattinson), who has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

Mickey is an “Expendable” — a disposable worker on a colonization mission to the icy planet Niflheim. Each time he dies, his consciousness is transferred into a new, cloned body, allowing him to continue his perilous duties. The plot thickens when he comes face to face with his successor, the...

Viewers can soon take a trip to the icy planet Niflheim right from their living room, as Bong Joon Ho’s “Mickey 17” will stream on Max beginning May 23.

Based on the book “Mickey 7” by Edward Ashton, “Mickey 17” racks up the number of times that Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) dies. As an expendable employee sent out on dangerous missions, Mickey is simply reprinted every time something goes astray. But after two Mickeys unexpectedly wake up on the same day, Mickey must keep his double identity a secret while learning to find his humanity in Bong’s eccentric sci-fi satire.

“Mickey 17” marks Bong’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Parasite,” which made history as the first international film to win best picture at the Academy Awards. Pattinson stars alongside Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo and Toni Collette.

When it released in the U.S. on March 7, “Mickey 17” opened with $19 million,...

Courtney Ott will lead Cinetic Marketing.

Her promotion comes after news broke that longtime head Ryan Werner is leaving the company to take over as president of global cinema at Neon.

Ott joined the agency in 2016, most recently serving as senior vice president. She has overseen national PR and awards campaigns, including marketing and press strategy and outreach, as well as international festival support, client relations and overall staff management. The long-time senior staff of Cinetic Marketing — which includes Vanessa Agovida, Brian Brooks Julie Chappell, Diana Drumm, Layla Hancock-Piper, Charlie Olsky, Lauren Schwartz, Emilie Spiegel and Alexa Tombs — will remain in place.

“I have felt like the luckiest person in the world getting to create Cinetic Marketing with an incredible team of film lovers,” said Werner. “We have been together for the vast majority of my time here. We created this to support filmmakers and in the process have been...

The Cannes Film Festival is once again lighting up the French Riviera, rolling out its iconic red carpet for filmmakers from around the globe. Now in its 78th year, the festival remains a gold standard for cinema, where new voices rise and seasoned auteurs return with ambitious projects.

Running from May 13 to May 24, 2025, this edition features 22 films vying for the prestigious Palme d’Or. Among those shaking things up are female directors, including Julia Ducournau, back after her 2021 Palme d’Or win for Titane, now presenting Alpha, a horror piece set against the backdrop of the AIDS epidemic.

While the competition lineup is stacked with potential gems, there’s something particularly buzz-worthy about a few select titles. Here’s a closer look at ten films that are causing a stir at Cannes 2025.

10. Sentimental Value Renate Reinsve and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas in the movie Sentimental Value | Credit: Neon

Joachim Trier is back,...

Osgood Perkins is to Neon as Ari Aster is to A24. Does that make sense? Both are acclaimed filmmakers known for their horror movies who have produced multiple hit movies for their respective indie distributors.

Perkins is set to continue making movies for Neon thanks to a new first-look deal involving his new banner, Phobos. The Hollywood Reporter shares that the director will run his company alongside partner Chris Ferguson and under the deal, "Neon will serve as the home for Perkins' projects, which he and Ferguson will produce."

Additionally, the deal allows for Phobos co-owners Perkins and Ferguson to produce other movies being released by Neon, who will be responsible for the theatrical releases in the United States and represent that international sales.

Perkins has directed several horror movies throughout the years, starting with his directorial debut The Blackcoat's Daughter and following it up with I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House...

The Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is located in the northern part of Los Angeles County, about a 45-minute drive from Hollywood proper (depending on traffic). They are a popular tourist destination because the layered rock formations jut out of the ground at strange, wild angles, giving them an alien look. They were named after Tiburcio Vásquez, a notoriously clever Mexican bandit who hid out among the rocks while eluding the cops back in the 1870s. Hikers have been hiding out among the rocks ever since, admiring their otherworldly beauty. 

Vasquez Rocks has been a popular shooting destination for dozens of major films and TV shows, largely because they're such a short drive from all the production offices in Los Angeles. It's easy to bundle the cast of "Star Trek" into a van, dress three stuntman as a Gorn character, and go to the Rocks to film actors pretend-fight each other.

Neon seems eager to stay in the Osgood Perkins business.

The indie studio has entered into a first-look deal with Perkins, the director of “Longlegs,” its biggest box office hit. The pact comes as he launches his new production banner, Phobos, with business partner Chris Ferguson.

As part of this new arrangement, Neon, Perkins and Ferguson will jointly produce upcoming projects, with Neon serving as the home for films that Perkins writes and directs, as well as those he produces for other filmmakers. Perkins will continue to work with producer Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Range. Neon will release the films theatrically in the U.S. and represent the international sales rights.

Earlier this year, Perkins directed “The Monkey,” an adaptation of a short story by Stephen King, which was another box office hit. “Longlegs” grossed a mighty $75 million domestically, while “The Monkey” earned a sizable $40 million. Neon will also release Perkins’ next film,...

The increased connection between the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards is a hot topic as the 78th festival arrives. You’ll find plenty about it elsewhere in TheWrap’s latest magazine issue, and with good reason: Last year’s festival premiered seven films that received a total of 30 nominations and won nine Oscars, including five for Palme d’Or and Best Picture winner “Anora.”

But let’s back up for a little history. The festival’s top prize was renamed the Palme d’Or in 1955, and its first winner under the new name was Delbert Mann’s romantic drama “Marty,” which went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture. That one-two punch wouldn’t happen again for another 64 years, until 2019’s “Parasite” did it, followed five years later by “Anora.”

Still, there’s always been some overlap between the two bodies, even though these are very different groups of voters.

American author Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" has received numerous adaptations since its initial publication in 1868, but one of the most unique comes from South Korea. Premiering in 2022, the K-drama version of "Little Women" uses Alcott's 19th century familial drama as more of a loose springboard for its thriller tale. The series has since become a worldwide hit in most territories, though not without attracting a fair amount of controversy for multiple incidents. Here is everything you need to know about the K-drama "Little Women" and what sparked the international backlash around the show.

The K-drama iteration of "Little Women" is set in present-day South Korea and follows the financially struggling Oh sisters. As opposed to Alcott's story, there are only three sisters in this series, with the two older sisters involved in a case that places their family in harm's way. This comes as the sisters receive a sizable inheritance,...

Neon has hired Alison Cohen as its new general counsel and president of business and legal affairs, the studio announced on Tuesday. The industry veteran joins the studio behind “Anora” and “Parasite” from FilmNation, where she managed the business and legal affairs of all of the company’s divisions, including television, film, podcasting and live theater and was responsible for all of the company’s joint ventures and credit facility.

In her new role at Neon, Cohen will oversee the business affairs for the company’s activities in development, production, finance, acquisitions, and distribution, and act as point counsel for the company’s burgeoning merchandising, digital distribution, and music endeavors. She will also work closely with CEO Tom Quinn and CFO Ryan Frisia on all of the company’s strategic initiatives and corporate matters as the company continues to expand at a rapid pace.

The hiring comes in the wake...

Despite best efforts to talk about movies at Cannes, with the sprawling official selection yet to be screened, at early press conferences festival director Thierry Fremaux and his Competition jury batted back questions about the state of the world today. Queries swung from Gerard Depardieu’s #MeToo conviction, to showing three films from Ukraine and banning Russia from the festival, which from its founding in 1939 was “predicated on liberty,” said Fremaux.

“People take risks to make films,” he said. “The most important thing is not someone’s safety, but making a film. The festival is political when the artists are political. Jafar Panahi [Iranian Competition entry ‘A Simple Accident’] is prepared to risk going to prison.”

As to the current political winds prevailing in America and elsewhere, Fremaux said, “The cinema requires a lot of funding. It is often the first target. Around the world we need to defend cinema.” As for President Donald Trump’s...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24) is the festival’s 78th edition in France, and this year the premier international movie event features new films from the likes of Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Lynne Ramsay, Spike Lee, Joachim Trier, Christian Petzold, Kelly Reichardt, Bi Gan, Julia Ducournau, and many more auteurs and rising filmmakers. A few actors turned filmmakers are in the mix (and all three make our curtain-raiser), with Scarlett Johansson, Harris Dickinson, and Kristen Stewart all trying their hand behind the camera.

As previously announced, this year’s main competition jury president will be Juliette Binoche, who will oversee the choosing of the Palme d’Or and other festival awards alongside a jury yet to be announced. Typically, it’s made up of international filmmakers and onscreen talent. The Cannes Film Festival expects robust attendance — especially compared to the strike and pandemic editions — as the Côte d’Azur...

When I wrote my inaugural Critic’s Take some seven Cannes ago, it made sense to explore the apparent chasm between the films celebrated at cinema’s high temple — where austere and unsparing fare could feed the zeitgeist — and those that made inroads within the American industry, where hard auteurism had a tougher time cracking the mainstream, Palme d’Or or not.

Suffice it to say, I didn’t have a similar impetus this time around. How could I? Not when Cannes rides high on recent awards glories as festival honcho Thierry Frémaux relishes his kingmaker status; not when so many international distinctions have collapsed; and not when the very nature of a Palme d’Or has so strikingly shifted in the intervening decade.

Indeed, the cascading effects of streaming wars, labor unrest and widespread social shifts have fundamentally altered film culture. Since that first column, the theatrical market has continued to contract,...

There was time when studios thought premiering a film in Cannes in May could turn out to be a major hindrance to that movie’s Oscar chances nine months later. It was a logical assumption. Voters have short memories, and also, if the film doesn’t make a splash on the Croisette, it could be all over for its awards dreams. The fall festival trifecta of Venice, Telluride and Toronto became much “safer” (financially and otherwise), and a more logical bet to launch an Oscar campaign, requiring only six months post-launch to keep the contender alive rather than nine. After all, the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Picture had matched only once since Marty won the first Palme in 1955.

That all changed in 2019, when Cannes’ Palme d’Or winner, South Korea’s Parasite, upset conventional thinking and went on to also triumph at the Oscars,...

Illustrations by Manshen Lo.In the opening sequence of Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17 (2025), we meet our protagonist, Mickey Barnes, on the verge of his seventeenth death, anxiously awaiting a pack of putatively flesh-eating “creepers” at the bottom of a crevasse. His friend Timo, who rappels down only to retrieve Mickey’s expensive gear, treats Mickey’s impending death as nothing more than a laughable workplace incident. Mickey’s backstory is then revealed in a series of flashbacks, explaining the unique conditions of his immortality: how financial turmoil on Earth drove him to volunteer as an infinitely reproducible “expendable” for an outer-space expedition, meaning he’s been subjected to brutal human experiments that often culminate in his death and unceremonious rebirth via 3D printer.Timo’s nonchalant attitude, just one aspect of the cruelty Mickey has to endure, is typical of Bong’s penchant for shifting tonal registers to render comedy poignant and tragedy farcical.

Neon, the Oscar-winning studio behind “Anora” and “Parasite,” has purchased distribution rights to Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord.” The family drama stars Sebastian Stan, fresh off his Oscar-nominated turn as a young Donald Trump in “The Apprentice,” and Renate Reinsve, who won raves for her performance in “The Worst Person in the World.” Stan and Reinsve also starred together in 2024’s “A Different Man.”

The film follows the Gheorghiu family — Romanian father (Stan), Norwegian mother (Reinsve) — as they settle into new life in a remote Norwegian village, the mother’s birthplace. They quickly bond with the Halbergs, who live in the neighboring house near the bay, and, despite their very different upbringings, the children of both families soon become close friends. When the Gheorghius are suspected of disturbing behavior, their lives are thrown into chaos as they become the center of small-town scrutiny.

Goodfellas is handling worldwide sales on the film...

Oscar season is ready to start.

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival kicks off on Tuesday with a lineup that includes new movies from Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Richard Linklater, Spike Lee, Lynne Ramsay, and more of the world’s top auteurs.

In many ways, the Cannes Film Festival is more important than ever for the awards race. Over the last five years, multiple movies that premiered on the French Riviera have gone on to receive Best Picture nominations at the Academy Awards, including Oscar winners Parasite and Anora, and nominees Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Substance, and Emilia Pérez. With the 2025 lineup loaded with some highly anticipated titles, it would be considered an upset if at least one or two of the following movies failed to secure eventual Oscar bids in the top categories.

Ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, here are the 11 projects...

In the 24 hours after President Trump declared he would be putting 100 percent tariffs on all films produced in foreign lands, and with little clarity about what that even means, the gut reaction was to declare it a death sentence for independent films looking to get funding from international pre-sales. It seemed like a scary coincidence that the announcement came a week before the industry jetted off to France for Cannes, the biggest global film market of the year.

“It’s not helpful,” one sales agent told IndieWire, adding that anything that creates more uncertainty isn’t a good thing, especially for international folks who are only responding to a headline. The agent said he received a lot of worried calls and emails on Monday.

Now, a few days removed from that initial panic, the industry is approaching the Cannes Market as “business as usual.” Another agent told us they wish...

Call it the “Anora” effect.

As the 2025 Cannes Film Festival looms, a halo of optimism hangs over the south of France just two months after Sean Baker’s indie took the Oscars by storm, winning five awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress. The Neon film made its grand debut at Cannes 2024 and rode a wave of enthusiasm all the way to the Dolby Theatre. It’s merely the latest in a line of Cannes films that have found success recently at Hollywood’s most prestigious awards show.

Films like “The Substance,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Drive My Car” and “Parasite” all premiered at Cannes, then found themselves Oscar-nominated less than a year later. Now all eyes are on what will be the buzziest movies at this year’s fest, although hope that the next “Anora” is on tap is tempered somewhat by uncertainty about...

Filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho has delivered some of the most unique and visually interesting films in the past couple of decades. The South Korean director smoothly transitioned to making Hollywood blockbusters in the 2010s before returning home to make Parasite, which won him multiple Oscars.

However, before his global success with the neatly crafted intimate drama, Bong worked on a $50 million movie that was released directly on streaming. In an interview, the director reflected on the project and admitted that it deserved to be watched on the big screen. Here is what Bong Joon-Ho had to say about one of his most underrated movies.

Bong Joon-Ho wanted people to watch Okja in theaters

Director Bong Joon-Ho‘s most recent directorial outing, Mickey 17, received mixed reviews and bombed at the box office. However, before the movie, Bong received praise for his work on projects such as Memories of Murder and The Host.

From the Academy Award-winning writer-director of Parasite, Bong Joon-ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, Mickey 17. The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job…to die, for a living.

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For years, the Cannes Film Festival has been synonymous with glamour, prestige and cinematic artistry, with more than a few awards season darlings debuting there. But over the last decade, as Oscar hopefuls increasingly shifted their debuts to Venice, Telluride and Toronto, Cannes saw its influence on awards season diminish.

That’s no longer the case. In the last three years, Oscar best picture contenders (as well as international feature nominees) emerged from its lineup — most notably Palme d’Or winners “Triangle of Sadness” (2022) and “Anatomy of a Fall” (2023). At this year’s Oscars, Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Anora” took best pic, director and actress, while Oscar nominees “Flow,” which won for animated feature, “The Substance,” “The Apprentice” and “Emilia Pérez,” with Zoe Saldaña taking home best supporting actress (she and her co-stars collectively won acting kudos at Cannes as well), all launched on the Croisette.

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With a Best Picture Oscar fresh on its mantle after the triumph of “Anora” in March, Neon is headed to its favorite festival, Cannes, riding high. The arthouse studio founded in 2017 has every reason to feel confident, having released the past five consecutive Palme d’Or winners, and arriving on the Croisette next week with four films in the official lineup: “Alpha” by Julia Ducournau, “Sentimental Value” by Joachim Trier, “Orwell” by Raoul Peck and “Splitsville” by Mike Cavino.

It’s natural for studio co-founder and CEO Tom Quinn to think about capitalizing on the moment, plot to expand his arthouse success and see his small but mighty endeavor financially headed in the direction of his rival A24, last valued at $3.5 billion.

But in a sign of complicated times for M&a in general and arthouse studios in particular, Neon remains in a nether space, with a valuation bankers and dealmakers put at only $200-$250 million.

In a fiery and unexpected statement, President Donald J. Trump has ignited an industry-wide firestorm by declaring that “The Movie Industry in America is Dying a very fast death.” Citing international incentives as a threat to Hollywood’s global dominance, Trump announced a sweeping proposal: a 100% tariff on any and all movies produced outside the United States. The move, framed as a national security issue, is already being compared to historical protectionist policies — but this time, it targets art, culture, and cinematic expression on a global scale.

President Trump’s statement regarding the movie industry

The Movie Industry in America is Dying a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat.

Korean studio Barunson E&a, which previously produced Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite, has unveiled an international partnership with Indonesian studio Imajinari, focused on remake rights.

Under the deal, Barunson E&a will handle international remake rights for three of Imajinari’s titles: hit horror-comedy Agak Laen, its upcoming sequel Agak Laen 2, and the dark comedy Tinggal Meninggal.

This deal marks Barunson E&a’s expansion of its international business beyond co-production and international sales, to remake rights. Focusing most of these efforts on the Southeast Asian region over the last three years, Barunson E&a has already collaborated on several Indonesian titles, including action thriller 13 Bombs (produced by Visinema Pictures), horror film Respati (by Base Entertainment), and musical Rangga & Cinta (produced by Miles Films).

Imajinari was founded in 2021 by comedian-director Ernest Prakasa and his manager Dipa Andika as part of Hahaha Corp, a talent agency that represents Indonesian comedians.

Barunson E&a, the Korean company behind Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar winner “Parasite,” is expanding its global footprint through a new partnership with buzzy Indonesian production banner Imajinari.

The deal positions Barunson to handle international remake rights for three of Imajinari’s standout titles: horror-comedy sensation “Agak Laen,” its upcoming sequel, and dark comedy “Tinggal Meninggal.”

The strategic move signals Barunson’s evolution beyond traditional co-production and international sales as it steps into remake rights licensing, with a focused eye on Southeast Asia’s booming film market.

Imajinari, founded in 2021 by comedian-director Ernest Prakasa and manager Dipa Andika under the Hahaha Corp talent umbrella, has rapidly established itself as one of Indonesia’s most exciting new-generation studios. The company made waves with its 2022 debut “Ngeri-Ngeri Sedap,” which pulled in 2.8 million admissions to become Indonesia’s fourth highest-grossing local film that year.

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President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry on Sunday with a social media post threatening tariffs on international productions.

“The Movie Industry in America is Dying a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated,” Trump wrote. “This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda! Therefore, I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands. We Want Movies Made In America, Again!”

Typical of the president, the proclamation came with few details and was quickly denounced as unlikely,...

Gene Simmons and his solo band kicked off their 2025 tour with gigs in Georgia and Kentucky, albeit the first was cut short due to weather.

Simmons and company only made it through six songs at the tour kickoff show on Friday (May 2nd) at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City, Georgia. The setlist opened with two Kiss classics, “Duece” and “Shout It Out Loud,” and Gene later ran through a cover of Van Halen’s “House of Pain” before the gig was called off due to heavy rain.

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The following night went better, with Simmons’ band running through the full setlist at the Beaver Dam Amphitheater in Kentucky. The first six songs remained the same, with Simmons also throwing in covers of Motörhead (“Ace of Spades”), Thin Lizzy (“Bad Reputation”), and The Beatles (“And Your Bird Can Sing”). The rest of set was...

Kim Dae-hwan made a remarkable debut in 2014 with “End of Winter,” which not only received the New Currents Award at the 19th Busan International Film Festival but also earned praise from then-jury president Bong Joon-ho. This early recognition helped launch his career, eventually allowing him to work alongside the Oscar-winning director and contribute to the screenplay of “Parasite.” Now, Kim returns with his third feature film, “Homeward Bound,” which had its premiere on May 1st in the Korean Cinema section at the 26th Jeonju International Film Festival.

The story follows Jung-ha (Jang Young-nam), a teacher and painter, who lives peacefully in Chuncheon while secretly dating her girlfriend Ji-seon (Ok Ji-young). One day, Jung-ha’s son, Jin-woo (Ryu Kyung-soo), returns home from Canada, unexpectedly with his new girlfriend Jenny (Stephanie Lee), whom he quickly announces as his fiancée and very soon-to-be wife. Shortly afterward, Jenny’s parents, who are supposed to be in Canada,...

In a wide-ranging fireside chat with Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan at Mumbai’s World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (Waves) conference, Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos said that theatrical distribution and streaming can successfully coexist, particularly in India’s “fan-centric” entertainment ecosystem.

Sarandos stirred up controversy online by calling the movie theater model “outdated” in a recent interview, to which Rian Johnson responded saying that he wants the next “Knives Out” movie, “Wake Up Dead Man,” to be released in as many movie theaters as possible.

In Mumbai, Sarandos said, “I was asked recently in New York if I thought cinemas were outdated, and I said, for some people, for sure. I was being interviewed in Manhattan, there’s a movie theater on every corner – you could just walk and go see a movie. I grew up in a small town in Phoenix, Arizona… I had to drive 45 minutes to go see a movie.

Prime Video and Korean powerhouse Cj Enm have struck a multi-year distribution deal that will bring a slate of premium K-content to the streamer’s viewers.

The pact, unveiled today at the Waves Bazaar, the market component of the World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit (Waves) in Mumbai, gives the streaming platform worldwide rights (excluding Korea and China) to both new and library titles from the Korean entertainment powerhouse.

The agreement kicks off with the fantasy romance “Head Over Heels,” premiering in late June, followed by additional exclusive titles throughout 2025 and 2026. Prime Video will also add fan-favorite shows from Cj Enm’s catalog, including the romantic comedy “Her Private Life,” “Another Miss Oh,” and the detective thriller “Mouse.”

A key component of the strategy involves enhanced accessibility through subtitles in 28 languages and dubbing in 11 languages for all new Korean content launches.

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Let’s face it, folks—the movie business is as unpredictable as ever in 2025! We’ve seen some truly wild swings at the box office this year, with certain films crushing it while others crashed and burned in the worst way possible.

What makes a movie connect with audiences? Is it star power, brand recognition, or just plain old good storytelling? The truth is, it’s probably a bit of all three—and a whole lot of luck! From ambitious sci-fi ventures to superhero spectacles and video game adaptations, this year has given us plenty to talk about.

Today, we’re diving into six films that have made major headlines for very different reasons—three that flopped despite high hopes and three that had cash registers ringing non-stop. Ready to see who struck gold and who struck out? Let’s get into it!

1. Mickey 17 (Flop)

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Go Youn-Jung Film Audition ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Go Youn-Jung is a versatile and talented actress who is currently leading the spin-off drama of Hospital Playlist, Resident Playbook. People are appreciating her performance in the drama. However, she made her debut with the drama He Is Psychometric in 2019. But did you know she could almost be a part of the Oscar-winning movie, Parasite?

Yes, that’s right. The same Parasite movie that was a box-office hit made by the celebrated director, Bong Joon-Ho. In a recent conversation, the actress opened up about it, and left everyone stunned with the details of her audition. It would have been her debut if she could pass the final round.

Go Youn-Jung revealed in the conversation (Via Koreaboo) that the first audition she went for was for Parasite. She had auditioned for the role Da-Hye, the daughter of the rich family and that the director...

Hollywood may dominate the global box office, but for true cinephiles, the real rite of passage begins with exploring non-English films, which are, by definition, international movies. Stories from countries/regions introduce us to different cultures and broaden our perspectives, offering a new way to see the world.

Movies like Slumdog Millionaire, from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, are prime examples of people, culture, and struggles shown from a foreigner’s lens. For the real taste of the world, audiences have to dive into cinema beyond Hollywood. When Bong Joon-ho accepted the Academy Award for Best Director for Parasite, he famously said, “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.”

From action and romance to slice-of-life genre, including animated ones, this list consists of some of the best non-English films that one must definitely watch before they die. Without further ado,...