India’s paid music streaming subscriber base could grow to between 28 million and 30 million by 2028, up from an estimated 14 million in December 2025, according to the EY and Indian Music Industry (IMI) report “How You Listen, Stream and Pay for Music in India,” released in Mumbai on Friday. The report is based
Luxbox Films has acquired the worldwide sales rights to Mariano Llinás’ epic five-and-a-half-hour documentary “The Life of Jorge Luis Borges,” which will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in the Open – Non-Fiction section. The film is a biography of the Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges, based on an exhaustive
Indonesian filmmaker and Visinema founder Angga Dwimas Sasongko is targeting “Queen of Malacca” for release in the first quarter of 2027, as the Southeast Asian fantasy epic moves into post-production and attracts interest from potential distribution partners in China, Thailand and other international markets. The project has attracted increasing industry attention since Blue Finch Films
Great comedies are in short supply these days, but “72 Hours” offers a reminder that a crime subplot can quickly ruin even a potentially average plot. Directed by Tim Story (“Barbershop,” “Ride Along”) and written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg (the “Harold & Kumar” trilogy, “American Reunion”), this modern retread of “Hangover” didn’t need
Mark H. Rapaport’s new film, “Godhead,” is a master class in building tension. Shot in black and white with camera work that makes the audience feel like a voyeur uncovering wicked secrets, the film combines faith, sex, lies and discomfort in an unknowable dance between its protagonists. The premise begins simply: a rural Catholic priest
When Lady Gaga first ascended to supernova celebrity, with the release of “The Fame” in 2008, there was a time when she kept her face hidden, under the elaborate masks she wore in videos and even in interviews, in which she also appeared masked. It was an elaborate act of camouflage, but the ruse worked.
