Film News 2026-07-17

• Netflix Tries to Ease Worries About Engagement, Season 2 Drop Offs, Podcasts, and Free Tiers
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• Netflix Co-CEO Explains How Gen-AI Was Used in 300 Different Titles: ‘We Believe It Is Going to Enhance Their Abilities’
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• Ava DuVernay Returns to Documentaries (and to Netflix) with ’14th’ Amid Trump’s Challenge to Birthright Citizenship
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• The Casting Director Behind Horror’s Biggest Hits Reveals How the Genre’s Breakout Stars Get Discovered
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• Sundance 2026 Movies Sold: Doc ‘Hanging by a Wire’ About Himalayan Cable Car Rescue Snagged by Abramorama
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• Rose Byrne Reunites with ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Director Mary Bronstein for ‘Nasty’ with Jenna Ortega
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• ‘American Pachuco’ Reveals the Life and Legacy of Chicano ‘La Bamba’ Director Luis Valdez
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• ‘The Uprising’ Trailer: Andrew Garfield Rebels Against King Richard II in Paul Greengrass’ Latest Historical Drama
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• Cannes 2026 Movies Sold: ‘Atonement’ with Boyd Holbrook, Kenneth Branagh, and Hiam Abbass Lands at Kino Lorber
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• James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’ Will Open This Year’s New York Film Festival
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• The Zellners’ Starry Sci-Fi ‘Alpha Gang,’ Mahershala Ali in ‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ Set for TIFF Special Presentations
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• Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch Drama ‘Ink’ to Open the Venice Film Festival
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