#FIRSTLOOK: YORGOS LANTHIMOS’ “BUGONIA” IN THEATRES OCTOBER 24, 2025
Focus Features announced today it will be releasing Bugonia, the latest film from acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos, for a special limited engagement on October 24th, ahead of a wide expansion on October 31st. The weeklong cinematic event will feature screenings of the film, which was shot in VistaVision, at select locations in New York and Los Angeles.
Bugonia stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. Lanthimos directs from a screenplay by ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA PRESENT MAY 2025 PROGRAMMING
Continue to Stream Canadian in May on nfb.ca! This month, explore two new documentaries from Yukon and British Columbia. Each in its own way offers an inspiring perspective:
In Saturday, by Jessica Hall, the filmmaker explores the joyful, creative life of her sister, who has an intellectual disability.
Incandescence, by Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper, leads us to a new understanding of massive wildfires, a worldwide challenge.
May is also Asian Heritage Month in Canada, which will be ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “HELL MOTEL” PREMIERES JUNE 13, 2025 ON HOLLYWOOD SUITE
Hollywood Suite invites you to stay awhile this June with the exclusive broadcast premiere of Hell Motel, the highly anticipated new eight-episode limited horror series from Slasher creators Aaron Martin and Ian Carpenter. Featuring Emmy® Award-winner Eric McCormack (Will & Grace, Departure), Paula Brancati (Slasher), Shaun Benson (The Boys), Atticus Mitchell (The Hardy Boys), Emmanuel Kabongo (Murdoch Mysteries), Jim Watson (Slasher) and Genevieve DeGraves (Slasher), the first episode of ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “HEARTLAND”, “ALLEGIANCE”, “SAINT-PIERRE”, “WILD CARDS”, “MURDOCH MYSTERIES” ALL RENEWED (MAY 2025)
CBC today announced the renewal of popular original homegrown dramas including CBC’s most-watched new series SAINT-PIERRE for a second season, as well as Canadian Screen Award-nominated series ALLEGIANCE for a third season and enduring hits HEARTLAND and MURDOCH MYSTERIES for their 19th seasons. CBC original blue sky procedural WILD CARDS has also been renewed for seasons three and four. In the past year, all five dramas were among the Top 20 Canadian programs on television, and within the ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “THE BETTER SISTER” TRAILER
Today, Prime Video released the official trailer and key art for the upcoming thrilling crime drama The Better Sister, starring Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks. All eight episodes of the highly anticipated limited series produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios (part of ITV Studios) will premiere on Thursday, May 29, 2025 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4BGj6tCF6A
The Better Sister, based on the book by ...
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#HOTDOCS: “MY MISSING AUNT” REVIEW
By Amanda Gilmore
My Missing Aunt is a powerful Documentary about familial secrets and harmful societal beliefs.
South Korean Filmmaker Juyeon Yang uncovers the erased existence of her aunt, who died by suicide before graduating from college. As she confronts family secrets and dating violence, she exposes generations of patriarchal damage inflicted on women to live as “good daughters.”
My Missing Aunt begins as a deeply personal story of Yang learning she had an ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “SHŌGUN” SEASON TWO BEGINS PRODUCTION JANUARY 2026
The FX and Disney+ global hit drama series “Shōgun,” based on the novel of the same name by James Clavell, is scheduled to begin physical production for season two in January in Vancouver, it was announced today by Gina Balian, President, FX Entertainment. “Shōgun,” the most-viewed program in FX history, is produced by FX Productions.
Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, who created the series for television, recently wrapped a writers’ room devoted to creating a wholly original new ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: SHAWN LEVY TO BE INDUCTED ON CANADA’S WALK OF FAME
Canada’s Walk of Fame, the country’s highest honour for outstanding achievement, proudly announces that Montreal’s acclaimed filmmaker and director Shawn Levy will be inducted to its esteemed ranks. Known for bringing bold authentic and entertaining storytelling to the big and small screen, with credits such as Deadpool & Wolverine, Night at the Museum franchise, Stranger Things and the recently announced Star Wars: Starfighter –Levy returns to his Canadian roots to join this ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: SAM ELLIOTT ADDED TO CAST OF SEASON TWO “LANDMAN”
Paramount+ today announced that Academy Award® nominee and Screen Actors Guild Award®-winner, Sam Elliott (1883) will join the second season of Taylor Sheridan’s hit series Landman as a series regular.
Sam Elliott won the Screen Actors Guild Award® for his role in Taylor Sheridan's 1883 and received an Academy Award nomination and a National Board of Review Award for his performance in A Star Is Born. His numerous other film credits include The Big Lebowski, Tombstone and The ...
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#FIRSTLOOK: “CANADA’S GOT TALENT” APRIL 29, 2025 EPISODE RECAP
On tonight’s episode of Canada’s Got Talent on Citytv, the #CGT judges – Howie Mandel, Shania Twain, Katherine Ryan, Kardinal Offishall – and host Lindsay Ell selected the 14 acts moving on to The Eliminations. They are:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
TWOFOURSEVEN – Dance, Vancouver
CARSIM BIRMINGHAM – Singer/Musician, Vancouver – **Kardinal’s Golden Buzzer**
NEW BRUNSWICK
THE MARTIN BOYS – Singer/Musician, Woodstock
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
JACOB ...
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