After prolonged closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, movie theaters in the United States and other parts of the world are slowly starting to turn the lights back on, welcome patrons and hear their cash registers ring again.
In modern times, openi
The Academy has chosen its film scholars this year and is not letting the coronavirus pandemic get in the way of one of AMPAS’ most important programs, at least in terms of serious studies relating to the film industry. Fittingly, considering Oscar’s
AMC Theatres aims to open 100 theaters in late August, with strict new cleaning procedures and ticket specials in an effort to entice audiences back.
AMC Theatres aims to open 100 theaters in late August, with strict new cleaning procedures and ticket
AMC Theatres has just endured one of the most traumatic periods in its hundred-year history. As the theater chain looks to reopen 100 of its locations on Aug. 20 after shutting them down last spring during the coronavirus pandemic, it has hit on a no
Companies are aiming to "limit the number of actors and on-set crew required" by increasingly turning to VFX techniques.
As Hollywood aims to figure out how to safely resume film and TV shoots amid the pandemic, virtual production techniques — which b
The major studio will screen 'Ghostbusters,' 'The Karate Kid,' 'Men in Black' and other library titles on its Culver City parking lot starting this weekend.
With cinemas shut down or operating with reduced capacity during the coronavirus pandemic, Son
Lulu Wang has set her follow up to “The Farewell” with a reimagining of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s acclaimed Japanese family drama, “Like Father, Like Son.”
Variety has learned that Wang is attached to direct the project, which is currently in development st
A new report from Kansas City weekly The Pitch alleges that the theater chain has continued to ignore a litany of abuse allegations, which company brass have offered a new response to.
Alamo Drafthouse, the Texas-based theater chain that has been long
Like many, filmmakers Deon Taylor has been stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic. And like many, he’s been itching to get back to production.
Inspired by quarantine and lockdown, Taylor told his wife, producer Roxanne Avent Taylor, he was goin
Few can argue that Latinos haven’t been greatly underrepresented in Hollywood, particularly at the creative level. A key reason, many say, is an insufficient comprehension of what the terms “Latino” and the gender-neutral “Latinx” mean.
When Hollywoo
The waivers exempt employers from liability for an employee contracting the novel coronavirus or incurring medical bills as a result of the work they perform for them.
The Writers Guild of America West is making its position clear on COVID-19 liabilit
Against all odds, “The New Mutants,” Disney and Fox’s beleaguered superhero thriller that’s been delayed numerous times in the past two years, might end up being the film that revives moviegoing.
Though Disney has shuffled around theatrical plans for
The Bell Digital Cinema platform for general public viewing of TIFF-selected titles in September will also be geo-blocked for Canada.
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled plans for drive-in and "open air cinema" screenings on the city's waterfront t
For self-identifying Muslims, there was something to finally cheer when Emmy nominations were unveiled on Ju
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
