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Charles Finch's annual Filmmakers Dinner at the Cannes Film Festival honored 100 years of Columbia Pictures and the endurance of classic movies.

The 25th anniversary of Ebertfest continued Thursday night with a screening of Ilker Çatak’s Academy Award-nominated film, “The Teachers’ Lounge.” The film was presented by Michael Barker, the co-founder and co-president of Sony Pictures Classics. Sony Pictures Classics distributed “The Teachers’ Lounge” internationally.  The event began with an introduction by Chaz Ebert, producer/host of the...

From first-timers to expert Ebertfesters, Jill Pyrz asks moviegoers about their favorite festival moments and what films they hope to see screened in the future.

Indie R-rated British period comedy 'Wicked Little Letters' is no. 8 at the domestic box office this weekend in a big expansion.

Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker – which was pulled from TIFF in 2022 over "rights issues" -- starts a theatrical run today at the IFC Center.

Francis Coppola's 'Megalopolis' Screens First Time For Distributors At CityWalk IMAX

Because the suspects were on a gang mission when their cohort died, they all share responsibility for his death, a prosecutor said, “as if each had a hand on the trigger and pulled.”

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A Columbus criminal street gang member spent parts of two days testifying against other gang members in a murder trial. On Friday, Elysia Cooley – a member of the Insane Crips, that operated in East Columbus — wrapped up her testimony. Cooley jury that the 2021 Wilson Apartments murder of Marcel […]

Black Bear manager Philip Westgren's dos and don'ts for the Berlin Film Festival

An Illinois man who worked as a crane operator for a Villa Ridge company for two days and then allegedly absconded with a company vehicle has been charged with tampering