To say that documentarian Tiller Russell has a knack for discovering unconventional characters is an understatement. From NYPD cops running a cocaine ring (2015’s The Seven Five), to a Russian mobster, a Cuban spy and a Miami playboy conspiring to se
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Launching a career with a strong short is a hallmark of the independent film scene. The best shorts of the year commonly attract attention from festival programmers, managers, producers, agents. And in addition to generating recognition and industry
Tendo Nagenda also opens up about his dream projects, whether moviegoers will return to theaters post-COVID, the next stage of the streamer's evolution, and why diversity in Hollywood needs to begin "in the rooms where the decisions are made."
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The in-theater advertising firm swung to a second quarter loss as it faces continuing theater closures amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In-theater advertising firm National CineMedia has swung to a second quarter loss, on sharply lower revenues, after m
SAG-AFTRA has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a three-year deal covering TV animation.
The deal, announced on Monday, covers animated programs produced for television, including network TV,
Jessica Swale’s World War II-era “Summerland,” debuting on demand via IFC on July 31, turns the English coastal countryside into a character in the tale of a reclusive writer played by Gemma Arterton — and the house in which much of the action takes
The importance of color in filmmaking.
There are few professions in video production that have as much influence in manipulating our emotions than that of a Professional Colorist. Of course if you’ve watched a lot of films you’ve likely noticed the ro
An appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Ashley Judd can pursue a sexual harassment claim against Harvey Weinstein, finding that he held power over her career when he invited her to his room at the Peninsula Hotel in the mid-1990s.
The three-judge pan
Lack of insurance had been considered the biggest issue facing the U.K. industry as it attempts to get back on its feet after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.K. government has launched an emergency £500 million ($647 million) film and TV production insur
While there was no formal specifics offered on projects, the announcement noted that several titles were in development.
In the latest attempt to become a Hollywood player, digital media company Buzzfeed will partner with Lionsgate on a slate of narr
Female filmmakers are behind nearly half of the films that will screen at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, representing a high-water mark for the annual celebration of the best in movies and pushing the gathering tantalizingly close to achieving ge
“The First Degree” is listed in the Library of Congress’ records of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films from 1912-1929.
EAST PILSEN — The Chicago Film Archives recently uncovered a lost silent film from 1923 in its collection.
“The First Degree” is listed i
So you’re an actor.
Maybe you’re famous, maybe you’re not. Maybe you work regularly enough to support yourself, maybe you don’t, at least not yet. Maybe you were in the middle of a job when COVID-19 sent everyone home, maybe you weren’t.
It doesn’t rea
The young actor draws upon his personal experience with autism while playing one of the lead roles in a new digital television show.
The new music-filled series “Little Voice,” which debuted on Apple TV+ earlier this month, is a comforting antidote t
Writer-director Scott Wiper’s The Big Ugly is the best kind of genre film, a crime movie aware of the traditions in which it’s working but not beholden to them; combining elements of ’40s and ’50s crime fiction (Jim Thompson seems to be a particular
“It’s so great that you own a house,” biologist Jane (Jane Adams) says to sister Amy (Kate Lyn Sheil) by phone early in Amy Seimetz’s trippy drama of psychological contagion, She Dies Tomorrow. “This is the best thing you could have done.” Amy has on
The Black Panther Party, with its firm commitment to nourishing and nurturing the children of Oakland’s barely served African-American community, was founded all the way back in 1966. So it’s a bit shocking that it took nearly half a century later fo
Ever since she made her directorial debut in 2003 with Thirteen, Catherine Hardwicke has been one of the American cinema’s great chroniclers of young people navigating the transition to adulthood. In films as diverse as Lords of Dogtown, Twilight, Re
The filmmaker discusses his creative partnership with wife Alison Brie, the “elevated and tasteful” romantic comedy they wrote together during lockdown and his self-deprecating response to Barry Jenkins' offer to be in 'If Beale Street Could Talk.'
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The director of "The Messenger," and the producer of "Bad Education" and "The Tale," looks over a movie landscape changed by the pandemic — but one, he says, that was already undergoing a revolution.
Oren Moverman began his career as a screenwriter, c
