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Every year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the programming team makes an effort to champion emerging talent that challenges preconceived notions of what Japanese cinema is or can be. Through their Women’s Empowerment and Nippon Cinema Now strands, the festival often showcases new work from female and non-binary filmmakers who bring their unique worldview to the big screen. At the 2025 edition of the festival, three of the most exciting filmmakers showing their work were Mika Imai (Kiiroiko), Chihiro Amano (Sato and Sato) and Keiko Tsuruoka (Saikai Paradise) whose films confront notions of love, family, belonging and home. Amid…

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Marvel kicked off their year-long marketing push for Avengers: Doomsday, the company’s most anticipated blockbuster in half a decade, with a clock.Their YouTube channel now includes a video titled “DOOMSDAY CLOCK,” counting down the months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the film’s release. At least as of this writing, the video’s image — the Avengers’ logo backlit by green light — never changes. It’s literally just a digital clock ticking down to December 18.This comes on the heels of Marvel’s big social-media stunt to introduce the cast of Avengers: Doomsday, when they spent an entire afternoon slowly (and I mean very slowly) panning down an enormous row…

Tessa Thompson is currently back in the spotlight, thanks to the newest Netflix mystery series His & Hers. She stars in the show with Jon Bernthal, and despite some mixed reviews, the show is a streaming hit; moreover, Thompson and Bernthal are great in it, as they are usually. To focus on Thompson’s movie career rather than TV, she’s had quite the experience over the years. Over time, she also became a producer for the projects she starred in, putting her stamp on what she believed in. Besides great recognition, Thompson can brag about her Rotten Tomatoes top 10 being…

Though the Western genre has experienced an undeniable boom in recent years, Kevin Costner’s four-part epic franchise has stalled out after its first installment, leaving many curious about what’s to come. Once seen as a relic of Hollywood’s past, Westerns have found new life by leaning into timeless American themes like frontier survival, generational conflict, and the cost of progress. For many viewers, these stories tap into a shared cultural memory, offering both nostalgia and a way to reexamine national myths through a modern lens. Part of what makes Westerns resonate is their familiarity. Audiences expect sweeping landscapes, hardened protagonists,…

JORGINA is an alt-pop artist operating where dark pop, cinematic emotion, and gamer-core culture collide. Her music pairs sleek, high-impact production with deeply personal songwriting, creating songs that feel both digitally native and emotionally exposed. Building her audience through live TikTok performances and direct fan interaction, JORGINA balances online immediacy with raw vocal delivery, positioning herself as an artist fluent in modern internet culture without sacrificing authenticity. Her work consistently channels intensity, vulnerability, and control into tightly crafted alt-pop anthems.“Evaluate The Business” sharpens that identity into focus. The track reframes emotional relationships through the language of power, self-assessment, and emotional boundaries, blending dark-toned…

As she steps down as the head of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy says there’s only one project she has “a bit of regret” about from her tenure overseeing Star Wars and Indiana Jones: Solo: A Star Wars Story.Asked by Deadline about projects she “wish you had back” or “maybe you could have done better with more time,” she specifically cited the 2018 Han Solo prequel, which starred Alden Ehrenreich in the role that made Harrison Ford a household name.While she and writer Lawrence Kasdan were “so excited about that idea,” she explained, she eventually came to realize “fundamentally, conceptually, you cannot replace Han Solo, at least…

It’s not just kids’ TV shows: Animation is a medium unto itself, and it has produced several of the most iconic, beloved, and high-quality TV shows in history. Some exceptional animated shows, however, sneak under most people’s radars. These hidden gems have gone with their praises unsung up until today, but all those who love animated television should give themselves the chance of checking them out. From classic cartoons to modern underrated masterpieces, to a certain anime show that gave a legendary filmmaker their start, these cult classics—unbeknownst to the majority of people—are among the best cartoons of their time.…

How to Train your Dragon (2025)’s Hiccup and AstridImage via Universal Pictures Abigail is an editor for ScreenRant, currently writing and editing movie news. You may also have seen her thoughts on animated television, musical theater, and fantasy literature in Paste Magazine, Fantasy Hive, or The Oxford Blue. She has also written SR lists and op-eds covering movies, TV, and books as well. She is an English major through and through, having graduated with a B.A. from UC Santa Barbara and an MPhil from Oxford University. This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we…

We may still be deep in the 2025 awards cycle for a few more months, but that’s no excuse for looking into the deep blue yonder at some of the cinematic delights that may be bobbing to the surface in the coming weeks and months. Here we present to you part one of our round-up of potential cinematic delights, all the things we’re looking forward to this years, from new works by arthouse favourites to innovative blockbusters and everything in between. The industry is in the midst of a period of violent flux right now, so hopefully our 2027 preview list won’t…