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Max Launches Successfully in Southeast Asia, But Netflix Still Dominates the Region
A new report from Media Partners Asia reveals that Warner Bros. Discovery's streamer added 1.4 million subscribers in Q4 2024 in five key SEA markets.
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Berlin Hidden Gem: China’s Jing Yi Taps Memories of Xinjiang for Enigmatic Feature Debut ‘The Botanist’
The young filmmaker had little access to cinema growing up in remote rural China, but thanks to a friend's cache of classics and mentorship from art-house star Bi Gan, he's making his debut at Berlin.
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BBC Revenge Thriller Series ‘Reunion,’ Set in the Deaf Community, Gets First-Look Pictures
"My character Brennan is on a wildly different journey," says star Matthew Gurney about the upcoming four-part series that also features Lara Peake, Anne-Marie Duff, Eddie Marsan and Rose Ayling-Ellis.
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Blackpink’s Jisoo to Star in Netflix K-Drama Series ‘Boyfriend on Demand’
The K-pop star plays a hard-working career woman who escapes reality through a subscription-based virtual dating program, where she meets the boyfriends of her dreams.
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Ethan Hawke on Shedding Hair and Height to Play Lorenz Hart in ‘Blue Moon’
Hawke is unrecognizable as the 5-foot balding Broadway genius in Richard Linklater’s new film. "It was demolishing to my vanity," he says from Berlin.
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Quiet Berlin Market Wraps With Few Big Deals But Some Optimism
A handful of domestic deals and a studio bidding war for a Natalie Portman rom-com helped light up an otherwise uneventful European Film Market. "Movies that sell are selling at pre-pandemic prices."
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Cinemark Posts Record Fourth-Quarter Revenue, Swings to Profit and Reinstates Dividend
The exhibition giant reports its quarterly results, with CEO Sean Gamble saying the dividend "marks another major milestone in our recovery from the pandemic."
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Banijay Unveils ‘AI Love You,’ Docu-Format Allowing Couples to Preserve Love Beyond Death
Guided by a psychologist and tech expert, couples who face an early end to life spend their final months to create a digital avatar of their loved one.
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‘Doctor Who’ Theme and More: The Legendary BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Archive Is Now Available
"As a kid born in the 1960s, I realized there was a department at the BBC that was purely for making bonkers noises," says Radiophonic Workshop archivist Mark Ayres as the Spitfire Audio suite launches.
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Benedict Cumberbatch on ‘The Thing With Feathers,’ Being an Advocate: Society Has “a Very Easy Time Sidelining” Those in Need
Cumberbatch got candid about grief, toxic masculinity and being an advocate in Berlin for the press conference of Dylan Southern's 'The Thing With Feathers.'
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Todd Haynes on Resistance, Reinvention and the Art of Letting Go
This year's Berlin Film Fest jury president talks about Donald Trump, the challenges for indie cinema, and what the AIDS crisis taught him about activism: "We have to really be careful about not yielding."
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Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater on ‘Blue Moon,’ Cash vs. Art: “When We Prioritize Money, We Get Generic Material”
Hawke was joined by co-stars Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott and director Richard Linklater for a press conference on their new film, 'Blue Moon', premiering at the Berlinale Tuesday.
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