Malcolm Todd is taking his breakout album Do That Again on the road. The rising pop artist just announced a 28-date North American tour kicking off September 2nd in Irving, Texas, with stops at some of his biggest venues yet, including Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Greek Theatre in LA, and Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

The timing makes sense. Do That Again dropped last week via Columbia Records and immediately flooded streaming charts. All 13 tracks hit the U.S. Spotify chart, while the album climbed to #5 on Apple Music’s Top 200. Add in catalog hits like “Earrings” and “Sweet Boy,” and Malcolm now has 16 songs charting stateside.

Three years ago, he’d never played a show. Last year, he moved 100,000 tickets across three continents. Now he’s selling out venues that would’ve seemed impossible just months ago.

The album itself captures Malcolm mid-evolution, blending classic pop songwriting with modern R&B as he processes a breakthrough year spent mostly on tour. Rolling Stone gave it four stars. The Los Angeles Times called it a more mature Malcolm, embracing vulnerability over easy hits.

Presale starts Tuesday, June 9 at 10am local time. General onsale follows Thursday, June 11. Full tour dates and VIP packages available at MalcolmTodd/Tour.

A documentary about inmates making music in one of Africa’s toughest prisons just premiered at Tribeca, and it’s got some serious firepower behind it.

Jail Time Records follows the artists of Cameroon’s Central Prison of Douala, home to the first recording studio inside an African prison. Directors Dione Roach and Steve Happi spent time in the crammed alleyways of the facility, documenting inmates like Empereur, Stone, Transporteur, and The Guide as they transform into recording artists.

The film landed executive producers Taika Waititi and Rita Ora, along with backing from Artists Equity, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s production company. Waititi showed up for the June 6 premiere at AMC 19th St., joined by the directors and fellow EP Caitlin Alba-Rothstein.

It’s a bold subject. Prison docs aren’t new, but centering one around a functioning recording label inside a Cameroonian facility puts a fresh spin on both the music doc and incarceration storytelling. The film treats its subjects as artists first, not just inmates with a hobby.

For indie filmmakers, this is a reminder that the most compelling stories often come from the margins. You don’t need a Hollywood budget to find something worth documenting. You just need to look where others aren’t.

The Paw Patrol is going prehistoric. Paramount Animation and Spin Master Entertainment dropped a first look at Rhubarb, a new dinosaur character joining the pack in “Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie,” timed to National Dinosaur Day.

The new featurette also introduces Timmy the T-Rex and features voice work from McKenna Grace, Jameela Jamil, Terry Crews, and Jennifer Hudson. Cal Brunker directs from a script he co-wrote with Bob Barlen, based on Keith Chapman’s TV series.

The story follows the Paw Patrol pups after they crash land on a tropical island filled with dinosaurs. They team up with Rex, a pup who’s been stranded there for years and knows his way around the prehistoric wildlife. Things go sideways when Mayor Humdinger starts mining the island and accidentally triggers a dormant volcano. The pups have to pull off their biggest rescues yet to stop everything from going extinct.

The cast also includes Snoop Dogg, Bill Nye, Paris Hilton, and Fortune Feimster. It’s a stacked lineup for what’s shaping up to be a much bigger adventure than the usual Paw Patrol fare.

“Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie” hits theaters August 14, 2026.

A collegiate rower’s violent fantasies about her abusive coach take center stage in “I Think About Killing You,” a new psychological thriller making its world premiere at Tribeca Festival on June 4.

Writer-director Ran Ran Wang draws from her own experience as an athlete for the 14-minute short. The story follows Dani, captain of a Division One rowing team, whose intrusive thoughts about killing her coach spiral when she’s pushed past her breaking point.

The film stars Tiana Le (“Insecure,” “Just Add Magic”) as Dani and Bridget Regan (“Agent Carter,” “John Wick”) as her coach. The cast also includes Charlie Morgan Patton and Miya Kodama.

Wang, whose feature screenplay “If I Had Your Face” made the 2023 Black List, says the film is “for anyone who has ever been an athlete, any woman who has ever had a complicated relationship with an older authority figure, and anyone who loves an anxiety-inducing thriller.”

“I Think About Killing You” comes from Rideback RISE, Dan Lin’s nonprofit accelerator for mid-career POC filmmakers. The program has hosted industry heavyweights like Issa Rae, Jon M. Chu, and Destin Daniel Cretton.

The short will screen three times during Tribeca: June 4 and June 11 at Spring Studios, and June 13 at AMC 19th Street.

This matters because it tackles a subject rarely explored on screen, rooted in the lived reality of women abused within institutional sports.

Live Nation just made a major move in Argentina’s live music scene.

The concert giant acquired a majority stake in Dale Play Live, a homegrown promoter focused on Spanish-language artists and regional talent. Dale Play founder Federico Lauria stays on to lead creative direction and will help develop Latin artists for global markets.

The deal strengthens Live Nation’s position in Buenos Aires, the second largest music market in South America. Dale Play brings deep local connections with emerging artists and younger audiences, while Live Nation’s existing partner DF Entertainment continues handling international tours and major events.

It’s a two-pronged strategy. DF Entertainment focuses on bringing global acts to Argentina. Dale Play builds up Spanish-language artists from the ground up.

“Dale Play was founded with the vision of supporting artists and building a platform that empowers them to grow locally and globally,” Lauria said. “Being partners with Live Nation represents a tremendous opportunity to continue expanding artists from Argentina and Latin America to the world.”

For indie and regional Latin artists, this could mean more resources, bigger stages, and real pathways to international audiences. Live Nation gets stronger roots in a market that’s only growing.

A documentary about soil just won at Cannes, and it’s landing on Prime Video this Friday.

“Groundswell,” executive produced and narrated by Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore, completes a trilogy that started with “Kiss the Ground” and “Common Ground.” Directed by Josh and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, the film spans five continents to track a global farming revolution that’s quietly addressing climate change, species extinction, and soil loss all at once.

The premise is straightforward. Regenerative agriculture builds living soil, stores carbon underground, and produces more nutrient-dense food per acre. The film shows farmers, scientists, and Indigenous leaders already proving it works at scale. Grasslands are recovering. Rivers are running cleaner. Yields are climbing.

The doc took home the Golden Globes Prize for Documentary at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, earning recognition for a film that wraps a very real environmental crisis in accessible, solutions-focused storytelling. Prince William even makes an appearance, introducing regenerative rancher Gabe Brown in a symbolic passing of the torch.

While “Kiss the Ground” introduced soil health to a mainstream audience and “Common Ground” tackled policy and power, “Groundswell” closes the loop with a global call to action. It’s rare to see a documentary trilogy stick the landing, especially one built around dirt. This one might actually matter.

“Groundswell” hits Prime Video June 5.

An Australian director stuck making corporate videos pitches himself to direct a dinosaur movie for The Asylum, the studio behind Sharknado. They actually say yes. What could go wrong?

MOCKBUSTER drops July 10 in theaters and on digital, just in time for shark week. It’s a documentary about Anthony Frith’s wild six-day shoot of The Land That Time Forgot in suburban Adelaide on a budget he describes as “aspirational.”

Here’s the twist: Frith is directing both the B-movie and the documentary about making it. So you get the full beautiful chaos, rubber dinosaurs, last-minute rewrites, demanding LA execs, and his own self-doubt included.

The Asylum might get mocked, but they’ve built a global empire over two decades. Sharknado became a phenomenon. Their mockbuster model actually works.

What starts as a chronicle of chaotic production becomes something more. It’s about chasing the dream through the absurd hustle of genre filmmaking and finding success where you didn’t expect it.

The doc got competitive national funding from Screen Australia, proving the country’s documentary scene is thriving. Executive producers include Tickled filmmaker David Farrier.

Opening night includes a red carpet screening July 9 at Laemmle Glendale, plus runs in Philly, Indy, Toronto, and Portland.

For indie filmmakers wondering if they should take the shot, this one’s for you.