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Venice Film Festival 2020 full lineup announced

This year’s Venice Film Festival will be opened by Daniele Luchetti’s drama Lacci – you can see the full line-up below. Read more: Mother! director Darren Aronofsky on his surrealist masterpiece’s hidden meaning While the coronavirus pandemic has cancelled many major festivals such as Cannes and Telluride, it was announced back in May that the 77th […]

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Scarlett Johansson will "hand the baton" to Florence Pugh in 'Black Widow'

It looks as if Florence Pugh is going to have a future playing Black Widow for Marvel. Read more: Black Widow – release date, plot and everything we know so far Black Widow director Cate Shortland has revealed in a new interview that Scarlett Johansson, the incumbent titular assassin (known as Natasha Romanoff when not […]

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The cast of 'Almost Famous' set to reunite for 'Origins' anniversary podcast

The cast of Almost Famous are reuniting for the film’s 20th anniversary this year on James Andrew Miller’s ‘Origins’ podcast. Read More: A Decade in Films – ‘Almost Famous’  Those lined up so far include cast members Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Zooey Deschanel, Jimmy Fallon and Peter Frampton. The film’s composer […]

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'Avengers: Endgame' directors launch new "pizza film school"

Avengers: Endgame directors the Russo Brothers have launched a new “pizza film school” on Instagram. Read more: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ directors Joe and Anthony Russo: “Billy Bob Thornton would make a great Joe Exotic” The new series, hosted every Friday on Instagram Live, will see the pair giving fans movie recommendations and talk about films that […]

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Butch Walker's New Album Is About the Past and Who We Are Today

Nearly four years after his last studio album, Grammy-nominated producer (Weezer, P!nk, Green Day) and singer/songwriter Butch Walker is releasing his most provocative record to date. American Love Story, a bold statement in the form of a modern social-minded rock opera, is a natural progression for the outspoken rocker. Tagged ironically as “a love story about […]

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Revisiting the Lessons of Metallica’s Napster Lawsuit in the Era of Coronavirus

“If I wanna give my shit away for free, I’ll give it away for free,” Metallica’s Lars Ulrich noted in a 2014 Reddit AMA, reflecting on the band’s notorious copyright battle against ill-fated file-sharing service Napster. “That choice was taken away from me.” Two decades have passed since their industry-changing lawsuit, which centered around the […]

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Record Labels Feel the COVID-19 Crunch

There is no shortage of harrowing stories that illustrate the pain inflicted by every aspect of the music industry at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Record labels, major and independent, aren’t exempt. As every scheduled tour, from stadiums to living rooms, has been postponed until later in the year (or outright canceled) and several […]

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Wes Anderson's next film 'The French Dispatch' delayed | NME

The release of Wes Anderson‘s next film, The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun, has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The film was slated to arrive on July 24, but as cinemas shutter worldwide in government mandated lockdowns, it will now hit theatres on October 16. Read more: Every Wes Anderson movie ranked in […]