Those uncertain just how seriously Paul Verhoeven intended us to take the alternately earnest and lurid nunsploitation of “Benedetta” will be even more flummoxed by Mickey Reece’s “Agnes.” The prolific, idiosyncratic Oklahoma auteur’s latest is half exorcism thriller, half character drama of lost fa

International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) will be hosting its popular industry events, CineMart and Rotterdam Lab, online due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in The Netherlands.

The festival said on Wednesday that a dedicated announcement about the Pro Days, including the CineMart selection, will

New Regency is expanding in Asia-Pacific with the hire of Ben Bishop as VP of international sales for the region, based out of Sydney.

Prior to joining New Regency, Bishop served as president of international distribution at Vortex International, and international VP of TV sales for Asia-Pacific at

Equity, the U.K. trade union for performing arts workers, has called on theater venues and producers to enforce mask-wearing among audience members.

The request is in light of a surge in the Omicron variant of coronavirus, of which the U.K. already has 437 detected cases.

“The new Omicron variant

Controversial drama “Nitram” dominated the prizes at the Australian Academy of Cinema & Television Arts (AACTA) film awards on Wednesday. Leaving little room for celebration of any other achievement in the past year, “Nitram” swept to eight awards.

These included the most major prizes — best film,

“Parasite” star Song Kang-ho will reteam for the fifth time with leading Korean director Kim Jee-woon on their upcoming feature film “Cobweb.”

Kim describes the project as “experimental” and said that it will be shot entirely on sound stages in support of a film-within-a-film narrative.

The film w

PATRICK BAMFORD’S return to action didn’t last long.

The Leeds striker was brought on with 22 minutes remaining against Brentford on Sunday, after missing nine games with an ankle injury.

Getty Images – Getty 5 Patrick Bamford celebrates his late equaliser

He thought he’d marked his comeback in p

SCAMMERS are tricking victims into handing over thousands of pounds by posing as their close family members on WhatsApp.

According to UK scam watchdog Action Fraud, the tactic cost those affected almost £50,000 in total across dozens of cases reported this year.

1 Scammers as posing as close famil

TOTTENHAM could reportedly ask the Premier League to POSTPONE Sunday’s away clash at Brighton following the club’s Covid outbreak.

A number of Spurs players and staff members have tested positive for coronavirus, with the club awaiting results of PCR tests.

All those that have recorded positive te

BORIS Johnson is poised to announce Plan B restrictions – meaning work from home and vaccine passports will be introduced imminently.

Boris Johnson WILL bring in new measures to tackle Omicron in a fresh blow for Christmas hopes, government sources have told The Sun. Here’s what we know about Plan

BBC Breakfast host Dan Walker will NOT join the Strictly 2022 live arena tour, following his emotional quarter-final exit last weekend.

Meanwhile John Whaite and Johannes Radebe, and Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice, will all keep dancing next year.

Other pairs from this year’s Strictly line

MANCHESTER UNITED are back in Champions League action this evening as they take on David Wagner’s Young Boys.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Dean Henderson is reportedly a target for Dutch giants Ajax.

The England stopper has been unable to displace David De Gea as No1 at United and is keen for first team

Prince Charles is expected to represent his mother at a public engagement today as she mourns the loss of longtime confidant & lady-in-waiting.

The Queen suffered heartbreaking grief last week after her close friend, Ann Fortune Fitzroy, Duchess of Grafton, passed away at the age of 101.

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