A BBC journalist was reportedly beaten, kicked and arrested by police in China while covering anti-lockdown protests currently sweeping the country. Edward Lawrence, a senior journalist and camera operator in the BBC’s China bureau, was arrested in Shanghai on Sunday evening while covering an anti-‘COVID Zero’ protest. Citizens of some…
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SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the series finale of “Atlanta,” now available on FX and Hulu. “Atlanta” finally feels like it’s back … right as it’s ending. When Donald Glover’s surrealist FX comedy premiered in 2016, its mix of high-stakes and stoner comedy sensibilities earned it instant acclaim. By…

New films from Wissam Charaf, whose sophomore feature “Dirty Difficult Dangerous” premiered at this year’s Venice Film Festival, and San Sebastian prize winner Imanol Rayo (“Two Brothers”) are among the 14 projects selected for this year’s Crossroads Co-Production Forum at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. The event, which takes places onsite…

BAFTA nominated British actor Mark Strong will star alongside the previously announced Joel Kinnaman in Boston-set crime thriller “The Silent Hour,” to be directed by Brad Anderson (“Beirut”). Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios will finance and produce with producer Eric Paquette’s Meridian Pictures, and the project is being sold at the…

Luca Marinelli has been cast as Benito Mussolini in Joe Wright’s upcoming biopic series for Sky. Variety revealed last month that Wright, who recently finished promoting his feature film “Cyrano,” was set to direct the series chronicling Mussolini’s rise to power against a backdrop of fascism and World War II.…