Severin Films kicks off the new year with three North American premieres that bring “one of the best labels in physical media” (Polygon) into 2024 replete with classic monsters, barbed-wire garrotes, ‘80s Italo-Sleaze in UHD and arguably the most depraved bedtime accessory ever created. For January, Severin presents the ultimate version of Jess Franco’s 1972 mash-up DRACULA, PRISONER
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EXCLUSIVE: Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki has achieved his best global box office in a decade with Cannes Jury Prize winner Fallen Leaves which has racked up a total gross of $12.4M, according to figures released by its producers. This is the director’s second highest box office result behind 2011 drama Le Havre. The Helsinki-set love story, about
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Vue International, Europe’s largest independent movie theater operator, is in discussions with its shareholders and lenders on a fresh debt-for-equity restructuring. This comes after last year’s dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes caused production delays and pushed a number of titles off of the 2023 and 2024 release calendars. Overall, the industry is facing a severe
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Here at Book Riot, we’ve talked about our favorite books of 2023, but what we haven’t talked about yet is your favorite books of 2023. We write about a staggering amount of books here every year: which ones are you picking up? Which titles are you investigating further and adding to your TBR? Unfortunately, we
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Ann Fraistat’s deliciously creepy, highly inventive YA gothic horror novel A Place for Vanishing has a killer first line: “Days like this made me wish I’d never come back from the dead.” It just gets better from there—at least for readers who revel in cleverly conceived supernatural horror, from scary seances to oodles of sinister,
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French cinema saw its fortunes rise at the international box office in 2023 after three difficult Covid-19 and post pandemic years, according to the annual report of export agency Unifrance released on Tuesday. The new figures showed that worldwide admissions for all feature films involving a French partner generated 37.4M admissions in 2023, representing a
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Ariana DeBose‘s former “Hamilton” co-star is leaping to her defense … after a Critics Choice Awards joke at her expense left her visibly insulted. Christopher Jackson, who played George Washington alongside Ariana in the musical back in 2015, gushes over the “world-class artist” … telling TMZ she represents every facet of tremendous skill and talent
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After battling it out at the Iowa caucuses, the 2024 Republican presidential field has dropped to five contenders, and pro-LGBTQ+ candidates are in short supply. Donald Trump won by a landslide at the Iowa Republican caucuses on Monday (15 January), cementing his status as frontrunner in the race. Florida governor Ron DeSantis edged out former
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News 2024 Grammys: Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Olivia Rodrigo Announced to Perform Eilish and Rodrigo are both tied for six nominations this year By Nina Corcoran and Hattie Lindert January 15, 2024 Facebook X Billie Eilish (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic), Dua Lipa (Robert Smith/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images), and Olivia Rodrigo (Michael Buckner/Getty Images) Facebook X The first wave
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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View
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