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KARLOVY VARY 2026 Competition “I wanted nuance in every character, everyone to be right and everyone to be wrong at some point” by Ana Stanic The Danish director speaks about developing complex characters with the actors, portraying mental illness without easy answers, or even the proper vocabulary to talk about it We’re back on the iconic red chairs at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where we sat down with Danish director Mads Mengel to discuss his Crystal Globe Competition debut, The Guest. The helmer spoke about developing these complex characters with the actors, portraying mental illness without easy answers,…

Open source AI is booming, according to Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue. The company has grown into something like a GitHub for AI in recent years, where AI builders can share and download open models and datasets, now used by roughly half the Fortune 500. Delangue has seen the same story play out again and again: companies start out on frontier APIs, but as they scale, the costs push them towards open source models.  On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan talked to Delangue about why the open vs closed source fight matters in the wake of Anthropic’s halted Fable release, and why he’s worried about the possibility that a handful…

When Adam Pelissero first walked through the doors of 50 Torbolton Drive, it had been boarded up for a decade. Chairs and carpets were what remained of the townhome complex’s previous life before its residents were forced out by persistent flooding and mould issues. In the intervening years, raccoons had moved in and graffiti appeared on the walls.“Seeing this, it was like, OK, this is a big challenge,” Pelissero said.That day in 2018 was the former architect’s first day on the job as a design manager with the Toronto Community Housing Corp. and he had been tasked with making the…

by Regina Avalos, July 10, 2026(HBO) Task has added to its cast for season two, and viewers will see a familiar face from another HBO series. Julianne Nicholson will appear as Lori Ross from Mare of Easttown. Mahershala Ali, Edgar Ramirez, Harry Melling, Adam Nagaitis, and Aminah Nieves have also been cast alongside Mark Ruffalo in the HBO crime drama. In Task season two, Ruffalo’s Brandis will lead a new task force, but it isn’t clear who the target is. The premiere date for season two will be announced later. The casting announcement for Nicholson is below. Plot twist. Julianne…

A few years ago, I watched a regional nonprofit in community health and wellness come close to imploding. An executive director was let go over financial concerns. Several of her closest donor relationships walked out with her. The CEO scrambled to keep employees and additional donors from following, but trust was already strained. Within weeks the organization was in a slow exodus. The CEO eventually resigned and acknowledged she had become the problem. What could have easily made it worse was the board’s first instinct: issue a press release. Get out in front of the story. That would have been…

10/07/2026 – The German filmmaker’s first English-language feature boasts an international cast starring Helena Zengel and Sandra Guldberg KamppSandra Guldberg Kampp in Bloody TennisAfter releasing Rave On in 2025, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Viktor Jakovleski, German filmmaker Nikias Chryssos is now set to present his latest feature, Bloody Tennis, out of competition at the upcoming 60th Locarno Film Festival. This is his third horror thriller (after The Bunker, selected in Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino strand, and A Pure Place), as well as his first English-language project. Once again, Chryssos is setting some of the film’s action outside of…

Listen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.The two paramedics who died earlier this week in New Brunswick will be brought home to P.E.I. on Friday.Mike MacKenzie and Jenna Croucher were among three people who died Tuesday in a collision in the community of Melrose, N.B., about 12 km southwest of the Confederation Bridge near Port Elgin.Anne Martell, a 77-year-old woman from Montague who was being transported as a patient in the ambulance, also died in…

by Regina Avalos, July 10, 2026(Photo: Paramount+) 9/12 has added to its cast. Barry Pepper and Andrea Riseborough have joined the series, which tells the story behind the legal fight of the 9/11 first responders who became ill after that event. Deadline revealed that Pepper will “play Coach, a former NYPD police officer and 9/11 first responder suffering from leukemia, a result of his work at ground zero. He is reluctant to sue the city but is convinced to become the face of the lawsuit in order to help other victims.” Paramount+ revealed the following about Riseborough’s casting: “Academy Award(R)…

PRODUCTION / FUNDING France by Fabien Lemercier 10/07/2026 – Produced by Les Film Hatari and Sésame Films, the director’s new movie stars Frank Beauvais, Dinara Drukarova, Louiza Aura, Laetitia Dosch and Dimitri DoréLouiza Aura in D’ici làUnearthed in competition at the 2009 Locarno Film Festival by way of A Real Life, Sarah Leonor is returning to the Swiss gathering for its 79th edition (3 – 15 August), having been selected for the event’s most prestigious showcase via her new opus, D’ici là. This is the fourth feature film by the director, whose previous works include The Great Man (screened in Toronto’s…

The Nationals are going to select the contract of left-hander Tom Cosgrove, reports Spencer Nusbaum of The Athletic. The Nats have an open spot on the active roster as they put right-hander Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list yesterday with left side tightness and didn’t make a corresponding move. The 40-man roster is full, so the Nats will have to open a spot there. Cosgrove, 30, was just acquired from the Astos a week ago. He had begun his season with Houston on a minor league deal. He logged 29 1/3 Triple-A innings with a 4.30 earned run average…