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 Issue Date: 08/21/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SHOOT News of the Day
A Dozen Movies To Get Excited About At The Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival offers an embarrassment of auteur riches this year. The 82nd edition, which kicks off on Wednesday, has films from Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sofia Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and Luca Guadagnino, to name a few. Even Charlie Kaufman has a short film (“How to
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Writer-Director Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” To Open AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced that 20th Century Studios’ Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, written for the screen and directed by Scott Cooper, will open the 39th edition of AFI Fest on Wednesday, October 22. Jeremy Allen White stars as Bruce Springsteen in the film, which traces the musician in 1981 and 1982 on
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New Beatles “Anthology” Projects To Be Released This Fall
Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print. “The Beatles Anthology” will be returning “in its ultimate form,” according to a release issued Thursday. The famed 1995 “Anthology” music documentary, recounting the band’s journey beginning with
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A Look At The Roller Coaster Ride Behind The Relationship Comedy “Splitsville”
There’s only so much directing you can do when you send your lead actor, who is holding several bags of goldfish, in water, on a roller coaster with a 35 mm camera strapped to the front. You just have to trust. “Splitsville” director and actor Michael Angelo Covino knew he could count on his friend
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Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones Play Politics In Thriller Miniseries “Hostage”
Only a few people know what it’s like to stand outside 10 Downing Street and address the world’s media. Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy aren’t politicians, but they got that opportunity playing rival stateswomen in thriller miniseries “Hostage.” No. 10 is where the British prime minister lives and works and it’s at the heart of
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AICP’s Camp Kuleshov Unveils Its List Of Source Films For Competitions In Editing, Graphics, Music, and Sound Design
AICP’s annual Camp Kuleshov trailer competition for emerging creative artists — affectionately known as “Camp K” — has announced its Call for Entries for the 2025 installment. The editing, graphics, music score/sound design competition in which entrants are challenged to take an existing film (or films) and transform it into a trailer for an entirely
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The One Club launches The One Show-ONE Asia Cross-Culture Jury Initiative
As a way to expose Western judges to the creative excellence of the APAC region and enhance its support for the global creative community, The One Club for Creativity has announced the launch of The One Show-ONE Asia Cross-Culture Jury Initiative. Celebrating the best and boldest creative work from across APAC, the ONE Asia Creative Awards
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Review: Director Ron Howard’s “Eden”
Ron Howard’s “Eden” opens with a bold statement: “Fascism is spreading.” It’ll surely carry weight in modern society, but the phrase is referencing events from nearly a century ago. Based on a true story, “Eden” retraces what happened when a group of Europeans attempted to start anew on the remote island of Floreana, only to
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Review: Director Michael Angelo Covino’s “Splitsville”
You can say this: Writer-director-actor Michael Angelo Covino and writer-actor Kyle Marvin know how to start a movie. Their 2020 breakout film, “The Climb,” begins with two best friends on a bike ride just before Kyle (Marvin) is to be wed. Mid-climb, Mike (Covino) confesses he slept with the bride-to-be. In one long take, an
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“South Park” targets federal takeover of DC police in latest episode
“South Park” continued its cartoon assault on the Trump administration Wednesday, with an episode that addressed the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police department. The latest installment on Comedy Central depicted the recurring character “Towelie” — a walking, talking towel — riding in a bus past landmarks like the Supreme Court building and the Capitol
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Issue Date: 08/21/2025 | Click headlines for full story, pics, video or to comment
SPW News of the Day
Boris FX Acquires Pro Audio Post-Production, Mastering, and Broadcast Tools
Boris FX announces the acquisition of Sequoia, Samplitude, and Music Studio from MAGIX. The acquisition builds upon Boris FX’s commitment to providing a full range of fast and powerful post-production tools to creatives across multiple industries. Sequoia, Samplitude, and Music Studio join Boris FX CrumplePop to form a pro audio lineup that complements its acclaimed
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TBD Post Pitches In For Band Together Texas
When Miranda Lambert announced the Band Together Texas benefit concert, she called on her good friends to lend a helping hand to people struggling in the wake of the powerful floods that devastated the Texas Hill Country earlier this year. And those friends came running to help. The concert, which was held August 17, 2025,
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JALI Research (JALI) and Immersive Enterprise Laboratories (IEL) To Showcase Advanced Animation Non-Linear Workflows at Unreal Fest Seoul, August 25–26, 2025
JALI Research (JALI), an industry leader in multilingual automated lip-sync and facial animation technology, today announced it is reteaming with Immersive Enterprise Laboratories (IEL), a leading independent animation studio, at Unreal Fest Seoul to help showcase their groundbreaking real-time, non-linear animation workflows that accelerate the creative production process. Hosted by Epic Games and tailored to
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DWA Presents Ultimate Events, August 2025 Edition (Hybrid Special)
In the coming days, dozens of momentous events are set to arrive en force. The ever-enticing list includes some of our world’s most famous cultural and creative-industry gatherings, which are set to welcome attendees virtually and/or in person … and where innovation and mastery are sure to reach new heights yet again. Also at this
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