On Friday, August 21, at 7:30 PM, the lights of the TCL Chinese Theatre 6 in Los Angeles will go up on Quinn, a short film directed by Gianluca Mangiasciutti and Stefano Usberghi. It is the only entirely Italian title in the 2026 lineup of the HollyShorts Film Festival, now in its 22nd edition and confirmed as an official Academy Award and BAFTA qualifying festival. A notable achievement, considering that this year's selection includes more than 400 films chosen from [...]

There are months that simply perform well, and there are months that change the way an industry talks about itself. July 2026 belongs firmly to the second category. Across North America and Italy, the theatrical business  found itself carried by two very different kinds of theatrical event: The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's original, filmmaker-driven adaptation, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the newest entry in one of the most dependable franchises Sony and Marvel have ever built. One proved that audiences will [...]

The 23rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, held across the United States, Mexico and Canada, concluded on July 19, 2026, delivering unprecedented viewership figures both in the United States and in Italy, underscoring the structural growth of soccer audiences in television markets not traditionally centered on the sport. In the United States, the final between Spain and Argentina, won by Spain 1-0 in extra time, drew a combined audience of nearly 63 million viewers across Fox, Telemundo and Peacock. [...]

The LA Shorts International Film Festival, one of the most prestigious Academy Awards®-qualifying festivals in the United States, will host the California premiere of Mamma, That's All Right on August 5, 2026. The short documentary, directed by Valentina Signorelli and presented by NIAF and the Aurelio De Laurentiis Film Prizes, was selected from more than 350 entries in competition and is one of thirteen non‑U.S. productions admitted to the program. The project, produced by Valentina Signorelli, Lorenzo Giovenga and Lorenzo [...]

The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's new film released by Universal Pictures, closed its opening weekend with an estimated worldwide gross of $264.1 million, the biggest debut of the director's career, ahead of the opening results of Oppenheimer, Tenet, and The Dark Knight Rises.  In the United States, the film grossed $124.5 million from 3,919 theaters. It marks the biggest live-action opening of 2026 in the North American market, the top R-rated debut of the year, and the largest R-rated launch ever [...]

Christopher Nolan is opening the weekend with above-average numbers. The Odyssey, his $250 million epic inspired by Homer's poem, has already accumulated nearly $40 million worldwide in just a few days ($39.8M to be precise), before the actual opening weekend has even begun. The figure breaks down into three distinct numbers: $17.6 million from Thursday night previews in North America — the best of 2026, ahead of Toy Story 5's $17.5M — plus $22.2 million in international running cume from [...]