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Guillermo del Toro, the renowned filmmaker, addressed the challenges facing future generations at the Morelia Film Festival. Meanwhile, Palestinian filmmaker Rakan Mayasi’s debut feature 'Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep' is gaining recognition in international film festivals.
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Variety
The BBC has confirmed it will shut down a host of linear broadcast services next year. Among those impacted are BBC Three, BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4 Extra. The decision was made as the beleaguered corporation seeks to make cuts across the board in a bit to save £500 million by 2028. “We need [
2026-10-20 13:20 UTC
Variety
Aficionados of Fox News may not know Kate DePetro as well as they do mainstays like Harris Faulkner, Sean Hannity or Bret Baier. Give them some time. Fox News Media has hired DePetro, a former production assistant, for a new role that may prove to be extremely important to the cable-news mainstay as
2026-10-20 13:30 UTC
Variety
Mexico’s beloved Guillermo del Toro descended on the 24th Morelia Film Festival like the rockstar he is, greeted by hordes of shrieking fans that impressed even the most jaded in the crowd. In town to present the much-anticipated 3D Re-Release of “Pan’s Labyrinth,” he was everywhere all at once, hol
2026-10-20 13:30 UTC
Variety
Iconoclastic Palestinian filmmaker Rakan Mayasi’s debut feature “Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep” made a splash in this year’s Un Certain Regard in Cannes with its powerful, poetic treatment of a Bedouin community in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. This week it plays in a competition slot at the El Gouna Fil
2026-10-20 13:31 UTC