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Oct282025 by cineverseNo Comments

Tokyo Film Festival Competition Jury President Carlo Chatrian Sounds Alarm on Distribution Crisis

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety In a sobering assessment of the current state of independent cinema, Tokyo International Film Festival jury president Carlo Chatrian expressed concern that most of the festival’s competition films lack distribution deals, underscoring the mounting challenges facing arthouse filmmakers worldwide. “I am not sure, but I believe most of the films selected at the festival don’t have distribution, and maybe they will have through other networks, but this is something that makes me sad,” Chatrian told journalists at Tuesday’s jury press conference. “There are so many strong, beautiful films and except for film festivals, there are very few chances for these films to be seen.” The former artistic director of the Locarno Fi...

Oct282025 by cineverseNo Comments

Nikias Chryssos’ Supernatural Body-Horror Film ‘Bloody Tennis’ Boarded by The Playmaker Ahead of AFM Launch (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Leo Barraclough According To The variety The Playmaker has taken international sales rights to Nikias Chryssos’ English-language debut, the supernatural body-horror pic “Bloody Tennis.” The Playmaker will launch international sales on the film at the American Film Market in Los Angeles. The film, which is produced by Augenschein, was written by Chryssos. The Greek-German filmmaker broke out with his 2015 feature “Der Bunker,” which debuted at Berlinale and won the Next Wave Award for best feature at Fantastic Fest in Austin. His second feature film “A Pure Place” was developed in the Résidence du Festival de Cannes and premiered at the Munich Film Festival, where it won the award for best director. “Bloody Tennis” stars Sandra Guldberg Kampp (“Foundation”), Golde...

Oct282025 by cineverseNo Comments

Springsteen’ Leads U.K.-Ireland Box Office as ‘Regretting You’ And ‘Chainsaw Man’ Open Strong

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Disney’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” debuted at No. 1 in the U.K. and Ireland with £1.3 million ($1.75 million), according to Comscore. The Bruce Springsteen portrait launched narrowly ahead of Paramount’s “Regretting You,” which opened at No. 2 with $1.71 million, while Sony Pictures’ anime feature “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” sliced into No. 3 at $1.4 million. Universal held two slots in the middle of the chart: family title “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie” eased to No. 4 with $1.1 million for a running total of $4.3 million, and horror sequel “The Black Phone 2” placed No. 5 with $842,806, reaching $3.1 million to date. Further down, Studiocanal’s “I Swear” ranked No. 6 with $792,645, while Warner Bros.’ “One Battl...

Oct272025 by cineverseNo Comments

Korea Box Office: ‘Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc’ Leads Again

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety “Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc” stayed No. 1 at the Korean box office with $1.6 million from 219,686 admissions over Oct. 24–26, taking a 30.1% market share on 932 screens. According to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film has reached $18.9 million since opening on Sept. 24. The film adapts the “Reze” arc of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s hit manga. Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara with a screenplay by Hiroshi Seko, the movie follows Denji as his encounter with café worker Reze leads to a clash between intimate connection and bloody chaos. Voice cast includes Reina Ueda, Fairouz Ai, Tomori Kusunoki, and Maaya Uchida. Sony/Crunchyroll are handling distribution in the market. Japanese psychological horror “The E...

Oct272025 by cineverseNo Comments

Parvathy Thiruvothu to Star in Don Palathara’s Next Alongside Dileesh Pothan (EXCLUSIVE)

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By Naman Ramachandran According To The variety Indian National Film Award-winning actor Parvathy Thiruvothu is set to spearhead Don Palathara‘s next directorial venture, co-starring the acclaimed filmmaker-actor Dileesh Pothan. Thiruvothu, whose performance in “Take Off” (2017) earned her a National Film Award and best actor at the International Film Festival of India, brings a stellar track record to the project. The actor has delivered acclaimed performances in films including “Bangalore Days” (2014), “Ennu Ninte Moideen” (2015), “Charlie” (2015), “Uyare” (2019) and “Virus” (2019). She made her Bollywood debut opposite Irrfan Khan in “Qarib Qarib Singlle” (2017) and is also a founding member of the Women in Cinema Collective. The project marks Thiruvothu’s first c...

Oct272025 by cineverseNo Comments

Song Sung Blue’ Review: Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson Form a Neil Diamond Tribute Band in a Different Kind of Faith-Based Movie

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By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety I’ve never been wild about the term “faith-based movie” — or, at least, about the idea that it should just be applied to PG-rated calamity-meets-redemption Sunday-school soap operas micro-targeted to Evangelicals. “Song Sung Blue,” in almost every way, is a faith-based movie, though this one is rooted in the holly holy dream of devotion to the church of Neil Diamond. It’s based on the true story of Mike and Claire Sarina (played by Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson), who in the late ’80s and ’90s formed a Neil Diamond tribute band, performing as Lightning & Thunder (he’s Lightning, she’s Thunder). At first, the movie may strike you as a parable of more kitsch than faith. The two meet at a performance at a scuzzy casino in their h...

Oct262025 by cineverseNo Comments

What’s the Problem with ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’? The Problem Is That ‘Nebraska’ Is a Bore

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By Owen Gleiberman According To The variety The latest poster for “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” features a painting of Bruce Springsteen in concert, viewed from the side, his index finger held high in the air. If you examine his face, you’ll see that it looks a lot more like Bruce than it does like Jeremy Allen White, the actor who plays him. You can understand why: Jeremy Allen White doesn’t look very much like Springsteen. (There’s a touch of last-minute desperation to that poster.) The lack of an acute resemblance isn’t fatal in a biopic, but it’s one of a number of things about “Deliver Me from Nowhere” that just feel…off. Another disarming detail is the aha moment when Bruce first gets the idea for “Nebraska” by catching “Badlands” on TV. In a w...