As HBO Max goes live today in eight new European countries — including Germany, Italy and Austria — the streamer has announced a new bundling deal with Prime Video in those territories that extends their existing partnership in France, Spain, Sweden, Belg... See more
HBO Max launches today in Italy with several Italian originals to follow soon, the standout one being Marco Bellocchio ’s limited series “ Portobello ” that reconstructs one of the country’s most clamorous travesties of justice. The HBO Max streaming serv... See more
German-born British composer Max Richter, who recently collaborated with Chloé Zhao on her Golden Globe-winning “ Hamnet ,” will be celebrated by the Berlin Film Festival with its Berlinale Camera award. Richter, whose credits besides “Hamnet” include tit... See more
Oscar-winning Italian director Giuseppe Tornatore (“Cinema Paradiso,” “Ennio”) is set to direct “The First Dollar” a biopic of Bank of America founder Amedeo Peter Giannini who, besides pioneering modern banking, supported Hollywood’s emerging film indust... See more
Jafar Panahi on Why Trump’s Intervention Is Not Needed in Iran and Wanting to Return Despite Upcoming Trial: ‘It Doesn’t Matter What Will Happen to Me … I Have to Go Back’ Nick Vivarelli Fri, January 9, 2026 at 3:03 p.m. UTC 8 min read Jafar Panahi thinks... See more