The biggest recognition in the country's cinema is the National Film Award, which was announced this past Thursday for films of 2016.

Han Solo is setting course for Cannes. “Solo: A Star Wars Story” will be unveiled at this year's Cannes Film Festival, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The screening will take place May 15, some 10 days before the Lucasfilm project's official opening on May 25.

Disney and its Middle East distribution partner, Italia Film, will be releasing Marvel superhero blockbuster “Black Panther” on April 18 in a new AMC-branded movie theater in Riyadh with a gala premiere, ending Saudi Arabia's 35-year cinema ban.

Anupam Kher-starrer Indian film “The Accidental Prime Minister” will star German actor Suzanne Bernert as Sonia Gandhi, reports Times of India.

Two plays, “Sampan Naiya” and “Putulnatya”, were staged at Rajshahi University (RU) auditorium last week. Two troupes, Chattogram-based Uttaradhikar and Bangladesh Putul Natya Gobeshona O Unnayan Kendra respectively staged the plays on the third day of the week-long 'Bangladesh-India alliance theatre Festival-2018' at Rajshahi University campus.

Youth-based TV show “Hello Check” will air its 13th and final episode on ATN Bangla tonight, at 9pm. The programme, a production of international media development organization BBC Media Action focusing on how the youth see today's world, began airing in January.

A murmur went through a crowded body surrounding Uttara's Lake Drive Road on a busy weekday noon, making it quite impossible to see what was ahead. “Look, it's Nisho!” cried out an excited voice, before being promptly silenced by a busy crew member. And indeed it was the popular actor at the centre of everyone's attention, poised in front of a rolling camera in the midst of a scene for a new play titled “Ei Baishakh-e”, written by Sarwar Reza Jimmy.

Gracing her presence on the silver screen for twenty years, Poppy is one of the nation's most-loved film actors. She saw success right

Films that appeal to critics and the general audience alike are rare to come by, and that is true everywhere in the world. Nine years ago, “Monpura” broke that ground, appealing to film lovers across Bangladesh with runs as long as nine-months in theatres, as well as sweeping five National Awards.

Two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's psychological thriller “Everybody Knows”, starring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and Ricardo Darin, is set to open the 71st Cannes Film Festival, Variety reports.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen heroes come together before, but not nearly on the same scale as it will in the upcoming “Avengers: Infinity War”.

A Jodhpur (India) trial court yesterday marquee Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, reports Times of India.

Gaanshala, a musical initiative by Enamul Karim Nirjhar, is set to hold a musical event titled “Kaan-Shuta” at the Chhayanaut auditorium today.

TV series “Sentimental Selim” goes on air tonight at 9:20pm on Rtv. Written by Hamid Hasan Noman and directed by Zahid Hasan, the series stars Hasan himself, Tanzika, Sazu Khadem, Arfan, Mansur Ali, Tasnova Elvin and others.

A two-day Shakespeare Fest 2018 was organised by the English Club under the department of English of Green University of Bangladesh (GUB) recently.

Keramat Moula is a seasoned theatre activist and movie actor. He has wide ranging talents, from stage design to teaching film and media, Keramat Moula has become a guardian figure of our art and culture. The Daily Star recently engaged him in a conversation:

“Oggatonama (The Unnamed)”, directed by Tauquir Ahmed, wins the best film award as the Information Ministry announces the names of winning artistes and film professionals in the National Film Award-2016 in 26 categories.

Adam Sandler is set to star in “Uncut Gems”, the next film from the Safdie brothers. Plot details for the film are being kept under wraps but the feature is set in New York's diamond district, as per Hollywood Reporter.

“Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer are being sued for allegedly stealing the idea for their hit Netflix series.

Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan is gaining a reputation of being an actor who's at home with the commercial 'masala' film as he is with playing grounded, real characters. According to Shoojit Sircar, the director of “October”, the actor was almost mistaken for a hotel employee by tourists while shooting in a five-star hotel, and he didn't break character.