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‘Young Washington’ Retraces The Ambition, Tempered By Duty, That Forged A Myth

For all those who lack historical awareness Young Washington will clarify why King Charles III, when meeting President Donald Trump at the White House in April 2026, in his speech said: “You recently commented, Mr. President, that if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German. Dare I say that,…

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2026 USA Film Festival Announces Official Selections and Special Guests for USAFF56 (April 22-26)

2026 USA Film Festival Announces Official Selections and Special Guests for USAFF56 (April 22-26) Opening Night will feature Warren Elgort’s Arthur Elgort: Models & Muses with Arthur Elgort in attendance, Centerpiece screening will be Renny Harlin’s Deep Water with the filmmaker joined by executive producer and music legend Gene Simmons USAFF will host a special salute to Academy…

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April 8, 2026

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Ariana Grande Will Not Be In ‘American Horror Story’ Season 13

Photo by Universal Pictures – © Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved. Ariana Grande, who is also a star in “Wicked,” has left the thirteenth season of FX’s “American Horror Story,” which begins on September 24th. Deadline reported that adjustments to the horror series’ production schedule have caused a conflict with Grandss Eternal Sunshine Tour’s scheduling. The…

Nobuhiro Hosoki

July 12, 2026

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Japan Cuts Review: Tokyo Taxi Proves Yoji Yamada Remains a Master of Human Drama

©Courtesy of Japan Cuts There are filmmakers whose careers are defined by reinvention. Then there are artists like Yoji Yamada, whose enduring greatness comes from continually refining the themes that have occupied him for decades. Tokyo Taxi, his remarkable 91st feature film, finds the veteran director returning to familiar emotional territory, yet doing so with…

Karen Benardello

July 11, 2026

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Japan Cuts: ‘The Last Blossom’ Shows Humanity Blooming

In 1836 Joseph-Xavier Boniface published a book called Picciola, about Count Charney, a former soldier who had been jailed for conspiring against Napoleon, who passed his days behind bars tending a plant that lightened his time amidst the walls that imprisoned him. Japanese film director Baku Kinoshita and writer Kazuya Konomoto seem to have grasped…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi

July 11, 2026

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GODZILLA MINUS ZERO | Official Teaser

©Courtesy of Toho and GKIDS Films Toho and GKIDS Films have released a second teaser trailer for the anticipated “Godzilla Minus Zero,” the sequel to Toho’s highly acclaimed, internationally successful and Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One”. Writer/director Takashi Yamazaki, who is also the VFX wizard, returns to his company Shirogumi for this film once more, just…

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‘Young Washington’ Retraces The Ambition, Tempered By Duty, That Forged A Myth

2026 USA Film Festival Announces Official Selections and Special Guests for USAFF56 (April 22-26)