The Berlin film festival in February will feature movies including theater director Michael Grandage's film debut "Genius," starring Colin Firth, Jude Law and Nicole Kidman.
"Genius," which follows Max Perkins' time as book editor at Scribner overseeing work by Thomas Wolfe and Ernest Hemingway among others, was one of five competition entries unveiled Friday. The festival last week said the Coen brothers' "Hail, Caesar!" will open the event on Feb. 11.
Also premiering in Berlin will be "Zero Days," a documentary by "Taxi to the Dark Side" director Alex Gibney, and Jeff Nichols' "Midnight Special."
There's also an adaptation of "Alone in Berlin," a novel by Hans Fallada about a German couple opposing Nazi rule during World War II. Directed by Vincent Perez, it stars Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson.
Sony reports healthy profits on strong sales of sensors and games
Sony's profit rose 69% in July-September from a year earlier on the back of strong sales of its image sensors, games, music and network services, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said on Friday.
Quarterly profit was 338.5 billion yen ($2.2 billion), up from 200 billion yen in the year-earlier period, while consolidated quarterly sales edged up 3% year-on-year to 2.9 trillion yen ($19 billion).
Tokyo-based Sony's latest quarterly results were boosted by healthy demand around the world for image sensors used in mobile products.
Sales also held up in its video games division. During the latest quarter, 3.8 million PlayStation 5 game consoles were sold globally, compared with 4.9 million units sold the same period a year ago.
Demand remained strong for PS5 game software, according to Sony.
The top-selling music releases from Sony for the quarter included "SOS" by SZA, David Gilmour's "Luck and Strange" and Kenshi Yonezu's "Lost Corner."
One area where Sony's business suffered was its pictures division, including TV shows and movies, which was impacted by production delays caused by the strikes in Hollywood.
Among the recent hit films from Sony was "It Ends With Us," a romantic drama based on a novel.
Sony, which also makes digital cameras and TVs, maintained its 980-billion yen ($6.4 billion) profit forecast for the fiscal year through March 2025, up 1% from the previous fiscal year.
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