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Lady Gaga has cycled through many iterations in the time we’ve known her: disco diva, Warholian punk, country-inflected barroom balladeer, star of movies both successful and not. But with the Grammy-night debut of her video for the new single “Abracadabra,” she’s returned to the mode many fans hold dearest: a joyfully bonkers maximalism. With a […]

French filmmaker Alice Winocour’s fashion drama, “Couture,” starring Angelina Jolie is heading to EFM. The movie, originally titled “Stitches,” recently wrapped production in Paris. “In the frenzy of Fashion Week, three women cross paths in Paris, grappling with the world’s tragedies and the questions of their lives: American film director Maxine Walker (Jolie), South Sudanese […]

Saudi filmmaker Abdulaziz Alshlahei’s drama “Hobal” about clashes between tradition and modernity within a Saudi family during the early 1990s is scoring mightily at the Saudi Arabian box office, outperfoming Hollywood titles such as “Mufasa: The Lion King,” “Flight Risk” and “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.” The timely film in which a Saudi family is forced by […]

Federation and OjoFilms have joined forces to create a new Spanish-language limited series titled “El Abuso,” based on the book “La Fuga de Punta Carretas” by Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro. Directed by Academy Award nominees Cesar Charlone and Fernando Meirelles, the DP and co-director of 2003’s “City of God,” respectively, “El Abuso” tells the true story […]

Netflix is expanding its Korean content slate with “Show Business” (working title), a sweeping period drama set against the backdrop of South Korea’s entertainment industry from the 1960s through the 1980s. The star-studded series brings together some of Korea’s most celebrated actors. The drama follows Min-ja (Song), a determined woman who overcomes a difficult childhood […]

Wide-eyed expectant mother Pilar (Lucía Guerrero, “Money”) takes up residence at an idyllic domed birthing retreat after a climate-fuelled crisis leads to a toxic atmosphere. She is introduced to Valle (Aura Garrido, “What the Future Holds”), the engineer tasked with looking after the women, and comes to senses the serene refuge holds a set of […]

The South Korean box office saw “Hitman 2” continue its run at the top, though with a steep decline, while the new release “Nocturnal” landed in third place over the weekend of Feb. 7-9. “Hitman 2,” the action-comedy sequel, remained in first place with KRW1.93 billion ($1.3 million), according to Kobis, the tracking service operated […]

“The Ugly Stepsister” — the Cinderella-inspired horror that emerged from Sundance as one of the festival’s buzziest titles — has sold worldwide for Memento International. From director Emilie Blichfeldt and a beauty-horror reimagining of the classic fairy tale — the film already sold to Shudder for North America, the U.K. and Australia-New Zealand before it’s world premiere in […]

World sales outfit Cinephil has boarded “Under the Flags, the Sun” by Paraguayan filmmaker Juanjo Pereira. The film is set to world premiere in Berlinale’s Panorama strand as one of the few documentaries in this year’s selection. In 1989, the fall of Alfredo Stroessner’s 35-year dictatorship in Paraguay marked the end of one of the […]

Vietnamese family drama “The Real Sister” is headed to international screens following its breakout success at home. The Live On production, which has dominated Vietnam’s box office for five consecutive weeks, will roll out across North America beginning Feb. 21 through Eastern Edge Films Inc. (EEF), followed by releases in Australia and New Zealand on […]