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Ewan McGregor Praises Trainspotting After 4K Anniversary Rerelease

The actor says rewatching the film on the big screen showed him it still has artistic energy and significance decades later.

Bleak Week Expands to About 100 Theaters as Fifth Edition Goes Global

Flesh and Fuel Debuts at Cannes Critics’ Week to Warm Early Reviews

We Are Aliens Debuts in Directors’ Fortnight With Acclaim for Animation, Skepticism on Story

Park Chan-wook Sets Cannes Jury Tone With ‘Pure Audience’ Pledge and Rejection of an Art–Politics Divide

Early Reviews Split on Aleshea Harris’s ‘Is God Is’ Ahead of May 15 Release

FilmNation’s Glen Basner to Receive Zurich Summit Game Changer Award

Vimala Pons Steps Into the Spotlight With Two New Films, Including Cannes Opener

Saudi-Backed Epic Desert Warrior Opens to Lukewarm Reviews

Imovision European Film Festival Opens Across Brazil With 14 Premieres

Leyla Bouzid’s À voix basse Opens in France, Confronting Tunisia’s Anti-LGBT Law

Sophy Romvari’s ‘Blue Heron’ Draws Early Praise for Memory‑Driven Drama

Directors’ Fortnight Unveils 2026 Lineup With ‘Butterfly Jam’ Opening and ‘Le Vertige’ Closing

First U.S. Trailer Drops for Assayas’s The Wizard of the Kremlin

Reports Say Salman Khan’s ‘Maatrubhumi’ Drops China References After Defence Review

Riz Ahmed’s Hamlet Opens in Theaters With a South Asian London Reimagining

Mithun Chakraborty Defends Dhurandhar 2, Citing West Bengal Block on His Bengal Files

Kôji Fukada’s Love on Trial Puts Japan’s Idol Rules Under the Lens

Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3 Opens in Theaters to Strong Critical Praise

Janus Films Unveils First Trailer for Sophy Romvari’s ‘Blue Heron’ Ahead of April Theatrical Release