Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” and the documentary “Cutting Through Rocks” — are vying for Oscars this Sunday, two weeks after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran.

A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran ...

Pakistani film producer Abid Merchant has announced plans for a feature-length commercial adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s ...

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting ...

Earlier this week, Letterboxd, the film cataloguing social platform, unveiled its list of 500 top films. The exhaustive list, curated by one of its patrons, features the highest-rated films on the ...

Mark February 13, 2026, as Amazon Prime Video is adding another Wattpad adaptation to its library. Love Me, Love Me is a new Italian-language film based on one of the popular online novels by Stefania ...

Everyone knows it’s hard to get college students to do the reading—remember books? But the attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word. Professors are now finding that they can’t even get ...

Paramount/Lightstorm Earth’s “Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour” is getting its release pushed back from March 20 to May 8. The delay was announced by James Cameron, who is co-directing ...

Three professors argue that animated Hollywood films promote White privilege and "racist cultural narratives," according to their new academic analysis. Natalie Khazaal, director of the Middle Eastern ...

Less than three months before his death, Rob Reiner revealed the film that he’d want to be remembered for when people looked back on his career. The 78-year-old actor and director and his wife, ...

Our film critics watch a lot of movies in a year. By December, their viewing slates span international standouts, festival favorites, studio blockbusters, and plenty more in between. Below, Justin ...

A generation-defining coming-of-age film is turning 40 in 2026, and its stars will be celebrating with a stop in Pittsburgh to reminisce. “Stand By Me” was released on Aug. 22, 1986, based on Stephen ...