When it comes to scary movies, the motion picture academy has historically been a bit squeamish. Horror has been a cornerstone of the industry since the beginning, but Oscar voters have rarely embraced it. Only one horror film has ever won best picture: 1991’s “The Silence of the

LONDON — Irish band U2 returned to the school on Friday to give a surprise lesson in the rock and roll they founded half a century ago. The band performed a seven-song set, including “With or Without You,” on the school grounds of Mount Temple Comprehensive School in

“Primetime” is Oppenheim’s first foray into fiction. He previously directed two humorously framed, dryly observational films, “Some Kind of Heaven” (2021), a panoramic portrait of a retirement community, and “Spermworld” (2024), a documentary examining the growing market for online sperm donations (the end and beginning of life). Both

The end of an era is fast approaching on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” and the network has announced at least the first phase of plans for what comes next. Following the impending departure of longtime host Trevor Noah, the network shared this week that comedy legends including

The on-screen portrayal of schizophrenia – particularly in horror films – has largely seen the mental health condition linked to violent and unpredictable rages, showing people that something is terribly wrong. According to British filmmaker Billy Lumby (BAFTA nominee for his short film “Samuel-613”), this “misrepresentation” was part

Former BBC correspondent Naima Mohamud’s sincere and warm comedy “Halima”, about a 10-year-old Somali girl trying to adapt to Finland in 1998, won the first prize in the Best Editing category at the Finland Film Affair in Helsinki on Thursday evening. The award was handed out by the