Movies

US company Fifth Season, a global leader in TV distribution, has acquired the international rights to the upcoming Greek TV show Milky Way, written and directed by Greek filmmaker Vasilis Kekatos, who won the Short Film Palme d’Or in...

Sophia Loren, the great Italian actress, was the star of the first Hollywood movie ever shot in Greece, on the majestic island of of Hydra.

Chiliadou Beach on Evia in Greece was recently awarded as the Best European Filming Location of the Year by the European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN). The beach of the Aegean Sea was featured in Triangle of Sadness and is the...

A recent scientific study focusing on the horror movie genre has shed light on the scariest films ever produced. With the help of advanced technology, researchers analyzed viewers’ physiological responses during specially organized screenings. The study, known as the...

Having a 18,600-seat auditoriums and immersive video and audio capabilities, which include a 18K resolution wraparound interior LED screen, speakers with beamforming and wave field synthesis technologies, and 4D physical effects such as wind and haptic seats, the Sphere...

Angelina Jolie was spotted getting onboard a yacht during the last day of filming Maria in Greece. Scenes of the film which is about the tumultuous life of famed Greek opera diva Maria Callas,  are shot in Pyrgos on the Peloponnese. https://twitter.com/ilialive_gr/status/1714200471790063831 Local...

Atlanta cinema lovers, and anyone with an interest in contemporary Greek cinema, will have the opportunity to enjoy five cinematic gems representing the best new feature films from Greece and Cyprus at the eighth annual Atlanta Greek Film Expo. This...

The first two images of Angelina Jolie as famed diva Maria Callas in Pablo Larrain‘s upcoming biopic Maria have been revealed. Based on true accounts, the film will tell the tumultuous, beautiful, and tragic story of the life of the...

Mary Chronopoulou, one of the most popular actresses in Greece in the 1960s and 1970s, died on Friday in Athens. She was ninety. Recently, she was hospitalized in critical condition in the ICU of Evangelismos Hospital of Athens with severe...

Greek cinematographer Petros Antoniadis was among the honorees of the 25th Emerging Cinematographers Awards (ECAs), organized by the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) in Hollywood, last Sunday. Along with seven other cinematographers he received the honor for his camera work on...

Some Greeks are disturbed by Fox's animated series Krakopolis set in a mythical Ancient Greece which they say is demeaning to the ancient civilization. The show is set in mythical Ancient Greece and centers on a flawed family of humans,...

The writers and studios in Hollywood have a tentative labor agreement that would put an end to the continuing writers' strike after nearly 150 days. After months of starts and stops, negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the...

It was back in 1992 that the Antipodes Board, the Cultural Arm of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM), decided to proceed with the inaugural Greek Film Festival together with the Greek Community of Sydney (GCS). By Steve Bakalis The Sydney...

Few people would be quick to draw a connection between Plato and The Lord of the Rings, authored by epic high fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien. However, the ancient Greek philosopher's hypothetical Ring of Gyges bears some striking...

A 10-episode series of Paramount+ reboot of sitcom Frasier will premiere in the US on 12 October, and internationally the following day. This fall marks 30 years since the original series premiered on NBC. It became one of the most...