‘An orgiastic pandemonium’: Elvira Notari, the ‘low-life cinema’ pioneer erased by fascism

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Italy’s first female director made 60 features depicting the gritty squalor of early 20th-century Naples. Most were lost to Mussolini’s censorship and she died in obscurity – but now a new documentary gives her a voice again   Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/06/elvira-notari-beyond-silence-first-female-italian-film-director-fascism-mussolini-censorship  

Solstice AV signs UK distribution partnership with Amino

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The platform combines media distribution, digital signage and remote device management within a single system, enabling IT and AV teams to monitor, control and scale across hundreds or thousands of endpoints.   Source:  https://www.avinteractive.com/news/products/solstice-av-signs-uk-distribution-partnership-with-amino-07-04-2026/

Inside Pixar’s Scrapped Movie ‘Be Fri’ and the “Devastating” Aftermath

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“Disney reps were like, ‘We can’t have a girl power movie,’” an insider tells The Hollywood Reporter about the animation studio making the rare decision to cancel the feature after years of development.   Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pixar-scrapped-be-fri-movie-pete-docter-1236548613/