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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Edward Siebert's journey with “The Pope's Exorcist,” a film about arguably the most famous exorcist in the Catholic Church, began with an adventuresome visit to Milan about six years ago.

At first, when suburban mom Kristin gets the mysterious call to head to Italy to settle the affairs of a dead relative, she protests she’s too busy.

“Renfield” is not Nicolas Cage's first blush with a vampire. In 1988's “Vampire's Kiss,” he played a New York literary agent who thought he was an immortal bloodsucker.

TOKYO (AP) — Makoto Shinkai doesn't yet know the story he will tell in his next film, only that it will be about what he knows best.

The Canadian Screen Awards celebrated the best in homegrown film Thursday night.

TORONTO — Clement Virgo's deeply personal film about Black boyhood dominated the Canadian Screen Awards Thursday as members of the entertainment scene gathered for the first in-person festivities in four years. "Brother," a Scarborough, Ont.

NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese was knee-deep in preparation for “Killers of the Flower Moon” when Mara Hennessey reached out to invite him to see David Johansen.

NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese was knee-deep in preparation for “Killers of the Flower Moon” when Mara Hennessey reached out to invite him to see David Johansen.

PARIS — New films by Wes Anderson, Alice Rohrwacher, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Todd Haynes and Wim Wenders will compete for the Cannes Film Festival’s coveted top honor, the Palme d’Or, as will a record number of films directed by women.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — “Elemental’’ director Peter Sohn says his parents ignited the spark for the upcoming Disney and Pixar animated film. Sohn invited his parents — who both had emigrated from Korea to the U.S. — to an event.