More than 40 leading film festivals, and eight film industry organizations have called on global policy makers to support the sector that has been badly affected by COVID-19.
Festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, Venice, Busan and San Sebastia
With European restrictions still in effect, the American presence in Venice this year will likely be minimal thanks to the pandemic.
Venice 2020 will be a model of COVID-19 safety protocols, with thermal scanners at every entrance — anyone registerin
Why aren’t there more African-American filmmakers in the Criterion Collection, the prestigious Blu-ray/DVD archive of cinema from around the world?
That was the question the New York Times reporters Kyle Buchanan and Reggie Ugwu set out to answer this
Big-budget films are being released for the first time since March, but the willingness of people to sit inside a closed room with strangers for several hours is still uncertain.
HENDERSON, Nev. — The Regal Sunset Station multiplex in suburban Las Veg
The star’s vulnerable, tender portrayal was so inspiring in part because of its departure from many of the qualities usually associated with strong Black screen heroes.
2020 has been devastating to Black people. From Kobe to COVID, my community has hu
The Producers Guild of America guidelines recommend 10-hour production days, testing and proper ventilation.
As Hollywood producers continue to seek union approval to resume production, the Producers Guild of America has unveiled its latest health and
With fewer big studio offerings this year, the focus is all on the indies, from Regina King’s directorial debut to a true-life heist tale starring Jim Broadbent.
'One Night in Miami'
Set in 1964, Regina King’s directorial debut, adapted from Kemp Pow
Poorly recorded, pirated versions of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” leaked online last week. Both are camcorded copies of negligible quality — at least one has Korean subtitles and another has German subtitles. It is unclear how widely seen the illegal
Throughout the course of Issa Rae's care
In a wide-ranging conversation, the actor recalls bonding with friend Tom Hanks after both recovered from COVID-19 and reveals he was planning on appearing in M. Night Shyamalan's next movie before the industry shut down.
Bryan Cranston and Tom Hanks
Because I’m in Vancouver, British Columbia, which has handled coronavirus extraordinarily well, I decided to go to an 11:30 a.m. showing of “Tenet” on Thursday.
Typing that sentence sounds like, Oh, I casually decided to go to see a film — no! I deli
Ramón Rodríguez hasn’t exactly been taking it easy during quarantine. In addition to directing “Unity,” a short featuring two dancers in Los Angeles during the pandemic, the actor is putting the finishing touches on his script for a Latinx superhero
It’s bound to happen to every videographer at some point in their career: The shoot is wrapped, the last SD card has been pulled from the camera and the Data Wrangler on the set turns ashen and says to you, “Wait a minute, there’s nothing on this car
Sofia Coppola’s “On the Rocks,” centered on a father/daughter duo played by Rashida Jones and Bill Murray, will world premiere at the New York Film Festival as part of its new spotlight section.
“On the Rocks” will be released in October by A24 and A
Christopher Nolan’s hotly anticipated “Tenet” comes out in French theaters Wednesday, as in a host of overseas territories, and French exhibitors are dealing with a potential new challenge in luring back the public.
France’s recently appointed prime m
Elsewhere, 'Bill & Ted Face the Music' and the faith-based 'Fatima' debut in select cinemas and on PVOD.
The New Mutants will finally make an appearance on the box office marquee this weekend as more theaters across the U.S. reopen after being shutter
Before making her mark as a visual effects supervisor on “Stranger Things” and “Tales from the Loop,” Andrea Knoll was a multi-faceted actress, director, producer and writer whose credits include “The Boss Baby” and “Monsters vs. Aliens.”
Knoll spoke
Mark Lanza, president of the Motion Picture Sound Editors, has been working from home since the coronavirus shut everything down. That’s the new norm for Lanza and many other sound editors as they learn to adapt to the pandemic.
As president of the o
The move follows Black producers north of the border demanding an end to "systemically racist policies."
Telefilm Canada, Canada's biggest indie film financier, has backed an industry bid to create a dedicated Black Screen Office to direct financing t
