Metronome: Expanding the World of Counterpart
The award-winning dialogue-free short film Counterpart is currently being developed into a pilot titled Metronome, with the potential to expand into a series. The project builds on the narrative foundation established in the short, extending its world while preserving its visual approach that defined the original work.
A Conversation with Producer Desmond Loh
Los Angeles–based producer Desmond Qi Hong Loh represents a new generation of filmmakers navigating storytelling across formats, cultures, and platforms. A graduate of California State University, Northridge’s Film Production program, Loh has built a body of work that moves fluidly between award-winning short films, high-performing vertical dramas, and global digital media.
In Need of Seawater : Interview with Mark Anthony Thomas
More than twenty years after publishing The Poetic Repercussion, writer and filmmaker Mark Anthony Thomas returns to the words that shaped his earliest creative life—not to revisit them with nostalgia, but to translate them forward. In Need of Seawater, directed by Richard Yeagley, is the first chapter of a poetic documentary trilogy that transforms memory into movement, and poetry into a living, cinematic language.
Vision Films To Release ‘A Murder Between Friends’
Vision Films Inc. ("Vision") announces the North American Transactional VOD release of murder-com feature film A Murder Between Friends on January 13, 2026 through a deal with Scott J. Jones and Artist View Entertainment. Written and produced by Mark Rozzano and co-directed by Jacob Young and Trent Garrett, the Agatha Christie style murder mystery stars and was produced by the legendary Dame Joan Collins along with Jacob Young, Trent Garrett, Percy Gibson, and Toby-Alexander Smith.
Hulu Acquires Streaming Rights for ‘The Toxic Avenger’
Cineverse has announced today that streaming rights to The Toxic Avenger have been acquired by Hulu. The films SVOD premiere will be on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
53rd ANNIE AWARD™ NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
The 53rd Annie Awards™ will return to UCLA's Royce Hall on Saturday, February 21, 2026. Pre-reception and Red Carpet will begin at 4:30 p.m., followed by the ceremony at 7:00 p.m., and after party immediately following the ceremony. All events will take place at UCLA.
‘In Need of Seawater’: A Quietly Powerful Poetic Documentary
In Need of Seawater is not simply a documentary about poetry—it is an experience shaped by memory, voice, and lived history. Directed with sensitivity by Richard Yeagley, the film follows poet, writer, and producer Mark Anthony Thomas as he revisits the poems that defined his early adulthood, written between his early twenties and mid-twenties, and now read aloud more than twenty years later.
National Popcorn Day returns on January 19
National Popcorn Day returns on January 19, and Regal is making the 2026 holiday a celebration to be remembered. For one day only, every guest visiting a Regal location dressed in a movie-themed costume will receive a free LARGE popcorn, turning theatres nationwide into a celebration of movies, moviegoers, and the snack that defines the cinematic experience.
From Camcorder to Director’s Chair: Garrett Patten’s Journey Back to Film
Anyone with a creative vision and a visual medium can create a film. However, one must have the right amount of passion, grit, and understanding to become a versatile filmmaker. For Garret Patten, his Sony camcorder and outdated Adobe editing board sparked his initial love for filmmaking as a child.
Nominations Announced for the 2026 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards
The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) has announced the nominations for the 13th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards, presented by L'Oréal Groupe and Giovanni Eco Chic Beauty. Winners will be honored at the Valentine's Day awards gala on Saturday, February 14, 2026, at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The announcement was made by Julie Socash, President of MUAHS, IATSE Local 706.