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Alissa Simon Film Critic Propounding one specific pro-Israel, American Jewish point-of-view, the independently financed social-issue documentary “October 8” charts and laments the alarming increase in antisemitism — particularly on university campuses and in social media — following the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion into Israel that resulted in over 1,200 deaths and the taking of 251 hostages.

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Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The board of Hot Docs, North America’s leading documentary festival, has appointed Diana Sanchez as the organization’s executive director. Hot Docs will present its 32nd edition from April 24 to May 4, in theaters across Toronto. Sanchez will oversee the strategic direction and management of the festival, the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, and the year-round programs and activities.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmanuel Courcol’s feel-good drama The Marching Band has been unveiled as the winner of the Audience Award of the 30th Rendez-Vous With French Cinema In New York.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. After years of publicity and media attention surrounding the case of Natalia Grace, a new Hulu limited series hopes to tell different angles of the same story. The eight-episode limited series, “Good American Family,” dropped its first two episodes on Hulu March 19, with the additional six episodes dropping weekly every Wednesday.

Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-Chan, Kelly Marie Tran, and Bowen Yang are hitting the red carpet at BFI Flare 2025!

NBA draft. LeBron was accused of pulling strings to get his son into the NBA. However, when Smith continued to talk badly about the young athlete and his struggles James had to step in.

The height of a documentary’s importance is usually judged by the magnitude of the stars willing to get involved. In the case of Wendy Sachs’ October 8, it’s telling that the only Hollywood faces to appear onscreen are Will & Grace’s Debra Messing and cult character actor Michael Rapaport. “I know where I am in the pecking order,” says the latter. “There are so many other bigger names, the fact that I was the big Hollywood name [to speak out] — aside from the great Debra Messing — is some real f*ckin disappointing f*ckin’ shit.”

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Timely doc “The Encampments,” which delves into the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment that grew into a wave of international student activism and subsequently sparked the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump, is now set for release in U.S.

The full trailer for the upcoming comedy The Wedding Banquet is here!

The Center Square.The bill directs school boards to enact penalties for students who act in such a manner, including suspension or expulsion.Additionally, the measure allows the Texas Attorney General to impose a fine of $10,000 for a first offense — and $25,000 for subsequent offenses — if teachers and administrators fail to stop students from behaving like animals.Gerdes’ measure would also amend the Texas Family Code to redefine mental or emotional injury to a child as including “allowing or encouraging the child to develop a dependence on or belief that non-human behaviors are societally acceptable.”Under the code, allowing such behavior would be considered tantamount to subjecting a child to harm, including sexual abuse, human trafficking, prostitution, child pornography, child marriage, and use of controlled substances.Gerdes filed the bill in response to feedback from constituents, and a furry-related incident that allegedly occurred at the Smithville Independent School District.He did not elaborate on what the incident entailed or when it occurred — although he claimed that the superintendent confirmed the incident had taken place — and no known news reports in recent years have covered any such alleged incident.Gerdes’ obsession with furries relies on a common right-wing trope that has been repeated by Republicans who have sought political office.

Ethan Shanfeld Steve Schirripa has joined the cast of the upcoming “Dexter” sequel series, “Dexter: Resurrection.” The “Sopranos” and “Blue Bloods” actor will play the recurring role of Vinny, a greedy slumlord. Production for Showtime’s “Dexter” sequel series began in January in New York. The show is set to debut on Paramount+ With Showtime in the summer.

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60 Minutes took aim President Trump’s war on diversity, equity and inclusion Sunday by focusing on the collateral damage of his controversial executive order — a group of young Black, Hispanic, Indian and Asian musicians who were denied the chance to play with the U.S. Marine Band this year.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic In the summer of 1969, a sensitive, X-rated studio movie called “Midnight Cowboy” proved a box office surprise, upending norms when it won best picture at the Oscars. Flash forward to this year, and the screwball Stripperella comedy “Anora” unexpectedly repeated that coup, demonstrating once again that the industry is capable of looking beyond stereotypes where sex workers are concerned.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic If high school is a popularity contest — the mistaken-priorities assumption that drives writer-director Amy Wang’s SXSW-winning assimilation satire “Slanted” — then Chinese American senior Joan Huang (Shirley Chen) could be justified in ditching her heritage for a shot at being crowned prom queen. That’s the devil’s bargain Wang entertains in a provocative comedy-cum-thought-experiment that veers hard into “The Substance” territory when Joan agrees to a radical racial overhaul so thorough, Wang substitutes a different actor (Mckenna Grace) as her new persona for the rest of the movie.

Jon M. Chu, at the halfway point of directing back-to-back Wicked movies, will deliver the keynote address at USC‘s 142nd commencement ceremony in May.

Brian Roberts, chairman-CEO and controlling shareholder of NBCUniversal parent Comcast, and the Roberts family have gifted $125 million to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to create Roberts Children’s Health, a new state-of-the-art, 20-story tower, and to revitalize the existing hospital.  

Jamie Lang National Board of Review student grant-winning actor, screenwriter and director Constanza Majluf-Baeza is developing her debut feature “Pink Desert” (“Desierto rosa”), which will participate in the upcoming MAFF Co-Production Fund and Meeting Event at the Malaga Film Festival. Set in 1970 in a desert mining town in northern Chile, “Pink Desert” follows the story of Mariola, a 17-year-old known in the town as Mario. Sporadic rains bring bursts of life to the driest place on Earth, and in the midst of this landscape, Mariola gets invited by a theatre company of travestis to travel to Lima, Peru.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music New York University and Sony Corporation’s Personal Entertainment Business’ U.S. operations have announced the launch of the Sony Audio Institute, an initiative “designed to prepare the next generation of creators and innovators within NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, fostering innovation at the intersection of technology, music and business,” according to the announcement.