Documentary Film Lovers, Here’s a New Theater Just for You

The Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) is officially launching its own nonprofit documentary cinema in New York City. Starting September 23, the Chinatown-based theater Firehouse: DCTV’s Cinema for Documentary Film will offer a dedicated space for documentary films featuring first-run debuts and…

Crown Media Family Networks Has A New Name

EXCLUSIVE: No more talk about crowns over at the home of the Hallmark Channel. The company, formerly known as Crown Media Family Networks, now has a new name: Hallmark Media. The plan for the company is to more closely align itself with…

Johnny Depp As King Louis XV: First Image Released Of Actor In Maïwenn’s ‘Jeanne Du Barry’, Filming Underway In France

EXCLUSIVE: France’s Why Not Productions has unveiled a playful first teaser image (above) of Johnny Depp in the role of King Louis XV in French director Maïwenn’s historical love story Jeanne du Barry, in which she also co-stars as the titular courtesan….

‘Catherine Called Birdy’ Trailer: Lena Dunham Tackles Medieval Feminism with a Modern Twist

Different century, same search for gender equality. Lena Dunham’s third feature film “Catherine Called Birdy” is set in a Medieval English village in 1290, where teenage Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey) is assigned the task of finding a husband. Her father (Andrew Scott)…