Like its title character, Babe, released a quarter-century ago, is the story of an underestimated little thing that went on to stup
Keep your budgets low and have faith in the resilience of arthouse cinema and theaters, film festivals and markets. But also be ready to engage with streamers that could become an integral part of new indie business models in the post-pandemic landsc
With blockbusters filling up the big screen and streaming giants dominating the small, independent film-makers are running out of options.
It used to be the dream scenario for aspiring indie film-makers: you would scrabble together a first feature, ma
The GSA BAFTA student film awards acknowledged achievements in animation, documentary and live-action with UC Berkeley’s Lucas Guilkey taking the prize for doc “What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong?,” which follows a woman’s search for justice after her
Luca Guadagnino is set to direct the Scarface remake written by the Coens, and he says it will be relevant to the current era. Luca Guadagnino received a Best Picture nomination for his last film, Call Be By Your Name, but is also known for his remak
“I’m glad that it has gotten out that that was the original intention,” she said. “The corporate world wasn’t ready for it.”
Twenty-one years after her breakthrough film’s release, Lilly Wachowski has finally confirmed theories about the trans allegor
Next year’s Sundance Film Festival will be significantly shorter than previous editions of the annual celebration of the best in indie cinema. The news comes after Sundance previously announced that it would upend the way it was hosting the 2021 vers
Antitrust rules barring studios from owning movie theaters were swept aside Friday after a federal judge approved an effort by the Justice Department to do away with the Paramount Consent Decrees.
These laws have been in effect since the golden age of
As Hollywood makes slow but steady progress on its reopening, California Film commissioner Colleen Bell is expressing guarded optimism about production resuming — but without any exact date yet.
“I think it would be imprudent to say that we know when
“’You are one of the few designers that can open a movie,’” costumer Mona May recalls Happy Madison co-founder Jack Giarraputo once telling her. Perhaps no appraisal can sum up the fashion-design-trained May’s auteur-like contribution to cinema as su
As a theater chain whose business model relies on serving food and drinks during movies, the Studio Movie Grill might be facing even more challenges than the rest of the exhibition industry.
But Dallas-based Studio Movie Grill is still offering snacks
Zerina Akers is surrounded by flowers.
It's Monday morning,
Though many theaters across the U.S. are still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ava DuVernay is making sure Angelenos can take a safe (and free) trip to the movies.
For a special two-night pop-up event, DuVernay’s non-profit cinema and social just
Even amid a pandemic that has battered major parts of its business, including theme parks and studio entertainment, Disney flexed the power of its streaming service Tuesday, releasing whopper subscriber figures and announcing that its tentpole film “
The rising tide of programming for the small screen, along with a greater push for diversity in Hollywood, has increased the number of roles for actors of color overall in recent years. And while it’s hard to pinpoint exactly how many of those gains
A study from Pen America warns of the long-term effects of studios censoring content to appease the Chinese government.
A new report has found that the Chinese government’s influence on Hollywood is posing a serious threat to free expression.
The 94-pa
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, according to a new suit, has monopolized the foreign entertainment reporting market and is excluding qualified applicants.
Kjersti Flaa, a Norwegian living in Los Angeles who has written about entertainment for
Michelle Rodriguez narrates the documentary that details the work and fights of stuntwomen on 'Wonder Woman,' 'John Wick,' 'Black Panther,' 'Total Recall' and more.
In the opening moments of the trailer for director April Wright and Shout! Studios' St
A COVID-wrought content drought is coming. It might be the best thing to happen to entertainment in ages.
Christopher Nolan has made so many movies about how time is weird, he no longer seems to understand what “two weeks” means.
How else to explain th
