Month: July 2025

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FLC Announces Lineup for Gene Hackman: A Week with the Gene Genie

Mark your calendars, cinephiles—Film at Lincoln Center is rolling out a red carpet of pure cinematic gold with “Gene Hackman: A Week with the Gene Genie”, a full-throttle retrospective honoring one of the all-time greats. From July 25 to 31, this weeklong tribute will spotlight 18 of Hackman’s finest films, screened almost entirely on glorious 35mm—because, let’s be honest, he deserves nothing less.
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Ink Films Announces Feature-Length Animated Shorts Program

Ink Films, the newly launched theatrical distribution arm of The Beverly Theater, announces the title of its debut release: Animation Mixtape, presented by two-time Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt. This feature-length collection of animated short films will be screened exclusively in theaters across North America beginning Fall 2025.
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Emmy nominations 2025: The full list of nominees

We’re buzzing over here at IndieWrap—because Adolescence, the gripping British limited series that had us all on edge, just made major waves at the Emmys. And leading the charge? None other than 15-year-old breakout star Owen Cooper, who’s now officially one of the youngest actors ever nominated by the Television Academy.
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CJ 4DPLEX Outpaces Domestic Box Office Growth

CJ 4DPLEX, a worldwide leading producer of premium film formats and cinema technologies, today announced a standout first-half performance for 2025, with its multisensory 4DX and panoramic SCREENX premium formats achieving a massive 47% year-over-year growth in the domestic market. This far surpasses the industry's overall 15% increase during the same six-month period, according to data available from Comscore.
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Marcus Chan: From Law offices to Cutting Rooms—A Journey of Reinvention

From high-powered legal offices in Hong Kong to the edit bays of Los Angeles, Marcus Chan’s journey into filmmaking defies convention—and defines resilience. A former solicitor turned multi-hyphenate storyteller, Chan brings a rare mix of analytical sharpness and emotional depth to every project he touches. Whether directing narrative shorts, editing socially urgent documentaries, or mentoring new voices, Chan’s work consistently bridges precision and heart. In this feature, Indiewrap traces the arc of a creative career built on thoughtful pivots, bold storytelling, and an unwavering commitment to human truth.
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The Sunday Rewatch: ‘The Hours’

Some films are so rich in emotion, performance, and layered storytelling that they practically demand to be revisited. The Hours, released in 2002 and based on Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, is one of those rare works — a meditation on time, sorrow, creativity, and the small, invisible acts of survival.
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Nominations Announced for the Location Managers Guild International Awards

The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) has announced nominations for the Annual LMGI Awards set for Saturday, August 23, 2025, at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica, CA. The LMGI Awards honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, television, commercials, and film commissions from around the globe.