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Submit Your Short to This Italian Film Festival and Nicolas Winding Refn’s Jury, and MUBI Could Distribute It
Powered by WordPress.com VIP Powered by WordPress.com VIP Exclusive: The second edition of Piccolo America's premier shorts festival Corto Condorello is seeking submissions through November 6. Nicolas Winding Refn will serve as jury president. Nicolas Winding Refn and Piccolo America — which runs both Rome’s largest open-air film festival and Europe’s first 24-hour movie theater — want to see your short films.
Book Review: ‘Other Worlds Than These,’ by Stephen King and Peter Straub
An Epidemic of Violence Crosses Dimensions in Stephen King’s Latest “Other Worlds Than These” is the final volume in the Talisman trilogy, which King wrote with Peter Straub. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE: A Talisman Novel, by Stephen King and Peter Straub For decades, Stephen King has been building a vast multiverse, a fictional sandbox in which he can create and destroy lives, cities and civilizations.
'The Social Reckoning's Rotten Tomatoes Score Is No Where Near 'The Social Network'
The Social Reckoning comes out this Friday, and the critics have spoken. The feature is a standalone sequel to 2010's award-winning movie The Social Network, based on Ben Mezrich's book The Accidental Billionaires. The original film told the story of Facebook's creation, the dispute between Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and his former friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), and the lawsuit involving the Facebook founder and the Winklevoss twins (both played by Armie Hammer). Before you watch the sequel, here's what critics have to say about the upcoming feature.
On the markets — Kalshi traders have been actively repricing this story in the last day.
Animals Review: Ben Affleck's Netflix Thriller Isn't Very Thrilling
In a recent interview, Ben Affleck revealed that while making his new Netflix movie "Animals," he used AI "for lots of things," adding: "we did use it. And in fact, I thought it was a good example because it's a very human movie.
House of the Dragon proved to be a really solid return to the Game of Thrones universe in its first season, as we finally find out the nitty gritty of what happened a couple of centuries before the Night King's arrival. The characters are memorable, and the story is solid, though it does feel like it has lost a little momentum as the seasons have worn on.
Amazon Deserves Credit For Reviving Syfy’s Canceled Space Opera Masterpiece
Amazon Prime Video does not get enough credit for reviving a space opera masterpiece that was initially canceled after just three seasons. Cancelations have become increasingly common in the streaming era. Every once in a while, a promising show leaves viewers and critics impressed but struggles to complete the natural course of its story due to diminishing commercial returns.
8 Near-Perfect Harlan Coben Netflix Series You Can Binge in a Weekend
Since the first screen adaptation of 2001’s Tell No One, Harlan Coben’s mystery thriller books have remained a continuous source of great material for shows and movies within the genre. And since 2018’s Safe, his stories have reached a global audience and marked the beginning of a long-term relationship with Netflix and one of the 21st century’s most popular and well-regarded thriller novelists. For nearly a decade, Coben’s page-turning crime novels have been translated into some of the best thriller series available on Netflix, with the latest, I Will Find You, released in June 2026.
Star Trek: Enterprise Officially Returns December 2026
Star Trek: Enterprise remains one of the franchise's most beloved and simultaneously under-appreciated chapters, with Scott Bakula's portrayal of Captain Jonathan Archer taking fans into an entirely different era of Star Trek storytelling. Running from 2001 to 2005, the prequel series followed humanity's earliest deep-space adventures aboard the NX-01 Enterprise, decades before Kirk and Spock would embark on their own legendary voyages.
The Scoop With Guess’s Nicolai Marciano: On the Brand’s Latest Campaign and New Ambassador
This week’s guest is Guess Inc.’s chief new business development officer, Nicolai Marciano. Nicolai has officially worked for the company for 13 years, but as the son of co-founder Paul Marciano, that really means he started the job when he was zero.
For Spring/Summer 2027, fashion got horny. At Tom Ford, a woman panting — almost reaching climax — soundtracked the show as models engaged in various forms of play-acting, including one female model running her hand over another’s breasts as she walked past. Halfway through the Diesel show, more and more of the crowd started passionately making out with each other, in a sort of orgy flash mob. And at Mugler, the mood was set before the first look appeared, with screens beaming erotic footage that included mating snails, sweaty skin, a woman’s tongue and two people kissing.