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Low-budget film sparks China box-office revolt

A crudely animated, homemade movie about a baby cow has become China's most unlikely box-office smash, generating merchandise and memes and a national conversation about the joyful rejection of slick marketing and...

A robot with the head of Niu Lai, a character from a Chinese animated film Niu Lai, stands on the ground of an exhibition hall during the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing— Reuters

'One Battle After Another' dominates Oscars

US producer Sara Murphy holds her Oscar for Best Picture for "One Battle After Another" as she attends the 98th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 15, 2026. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Oscar-nominated 'F1' sound engineers recreate roar of racetrack

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'Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now' actor Robert Duvall dead at 95

Robert Duvall

Michelle Yeoh says Berlinale holds special place for her as she collects lifetime award

Michelle Yeoh, recipient of the 2026 Honorary Golden Bear, poses during a press conference at the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

Finnish horror fable Nightborn explores parents' emotional hardships, motherhood taboos

Director Hanna Bergholm, actors Rupert Grint and Seidi Haarla, producer Daniel Kuitunen, writer Ilja Rautsi and composer Eicca Toppinen attend a photocall to promote the movie 'Yon Lapsi (Nightborn)' at the 76th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany February 14, 2026. REUTERS/Nadja Wohlleben

Cinema's power to 'change the world' in focus

From Left: Jury member and Indian director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, jury member and South Korean actress Bae Doona, jury member and Polish producer Ewa Puszczynska, jury member and Japanese director Hikari and jury member, US director Reinaldo Marcus Green and Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle, jury President and German director Wim Wenders and jury member and Nepalese film-maker Min Bahadur Bham pose after a press conference of the International Jury of the 76th Berlinale in Berlin. - AFP

Harry Potter villain emerges as unlikely Lunar New Year symbol

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On a roll, Brazilian cinema seizes its moment

Wagner Moura in 'The Secret Agent' is a political thriller infused with magical realism. It has been nominated for Oscars in the categories of Best Picture, Best International Feature Film, Best Actor for Moura and Best Casting

Susan Sarandon to be honoured at Spain's top film awards

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Lula revived Brazilian cinema, says 'The Secret Agent' director

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Paris Hilton seeks to unveil new sides to herself in documentary 'Infinite Icon'

Paris Hilton

Ariana snubbed and Chalamet supreme? Five Oscars takeaways

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Sundance Film Festival hits Utah, one last time

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'Snow White' and 'War of the Worlds' lead Razzie nominations

Golden Raspberry Awards are an ​annual Oscar spoof that spotlights what voters deem Hollywood’s ‌worst performances

China espionage thriller to focus filmgoers on national security

In the film "Jingzhe Wusheng", known in English as "Scare Out", information about China's latest fighter jet is leaked, prompting a thrilling cat-and-mouse game that pits national security officers against a spy
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