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Production: Writer Gail Lerner executive produces with executive producers Eric and Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang for the Tannenbaum Company, Jamie Lee Curtis, Scott Schwartz and Lionsgate Television. Director Pam Fryman also executive produces (pilot only). “Newlyweds” is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. Crew: Co-created by Jamie Lee Curtis and…

Reviewed at El Gouna Film Festival (Feature Narrative Competition), Oct. 20, 2026. Running time: 110 MIN. Production: (Egypt-Libya-Tunisia-Qatar-Germany). A Pareidolia Productions production in co-production with Nomadis Images, Mayana Films, Wika Productions. (World sales: Pareidolia Productions, Cairo). Producers: Kholoud Saad, Mohmmed Hammad. Executive producer: Kholoud Saad. Co-producers: Dina Farouk, Dora Bouchoucha, Ibrahim El-Batout. Crew: Director, screenplay:…

Here’s the very good news: Reviews for Clayface are generally positive, and out of the gate, the film has a much higher Rotten Tomatoes score than DC’s last effort, Supergirl (around 74 percent positive instead of 52 percent).

Reviewed online, Oct. 15, 2026. MPA Rating: R. Running time: 111 MIN. Production: (U.S.) A Briarcliff Entertainment release of a Picture Movers, Stadium, RBF Productions Films, Good Good Films, Low Road Films, Spy Films production. (World sales: Fortitude International, Los Angeles.) Producers: Ryan Hawkins, Al Engelmann, Rebecca Case, Geenah Krisht. Executive producers: Kal Penn, Thane…

V/H/S Mixtape is, alas, one of the weaker entries in theV/H/Shorror anthology franchise. The idea of a compilation of short fear-fare tales built around music holds a lot of promise, but only the opening and closing entries are memorable. Let’s go segment by segment after discussing the wraparound. Synopses in italics are from official press…

Reviewed at Telluride Film Festival, Sept. 6, 2026. MPA rating: PG. Running time: 128 MIN. Production: An Apple TV release of an Apple Studios, India Take Onne Productions, See-Saw Films, Stranger Than Fiction Films production. Producers: Liz Watts, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jennifer Peedom, Luke Davies, Desray Armstrong. Executive producers: Norbu Tenzig, Simon Gillis, David…

There have been many innovative R&B albums made over the past decade, but few have meshed futurism and tradition in quite the way that Danielle Ponder does on her second full-length, “Everything Has Changed.” She possesses a glass-shatteredly powerful, church-reared soul shouter voice, but uses its power sparingly, moving between it, a mid-range alto and…

Colter is still in the airstream, living off coffee, eggs, and early morning runs, and someone needs rescuing.

Reviewed at San Sebastián Film Festival (Competition), Sept. 23, 2026. Running time: 130 MIN. (Original title: “Artakalan”) Production: (Turkey-France-Luxembourg-Bulgaria) An Ustaoğlu Film production in co-production with Cité Films, Tarantula, RFF International, MUBI. (World sales: Match Factory, Cologne.) Producers: Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Anna Maria Aslanoğlu, Behrooz Hashemian. Co-producers: Raphaël Berdugo, Donato Rotunno, Stefan Kitanov, Efe Cakarel. Crew:…

“Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been” is a documentary about one of the greatest singers in the history of pop music, but it’s also a stunning meditation on the issue of identity in pop. Darlene Love recorded her most defining songs in the early ’60s, when she was part of the Phil Spector hit…