With concerns remaining over the theatrical experience, some key figures are working hard at ensuring it survives Throughout film history, there have been vanishingly few directors whose brand names reach the heights of the movie stars...
While acknowledging he is ‘not an expert in that area of economics’, the director criticised Trump’s announcement of a 100% tariff on films ‘from foreign lands’ American director Wes Anderson has mocked Donald Trump’s plan to impose...
A new collective seeks to reinvigorate cinema in the mould of Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg’s Dogme 95 movement, with a 10-point manifesto opposed to the internet A group of Danish and Swedish film-makers have relaunched the...
As many films struggle to find distribution, Watermelon Pictures has stepped in to help tell stories from Palestine and other marginalized communities In March, The Encampments , a documentary on the pro-Palestinian protest movement on...
In letter, also signed by ambassador Sylvester Stallone, studios and unions call for support on three tax provisions Donald Trump’s Hollywood ambassadors, including the actor Jon Voight, joined labor unions and major studios in asking...
The sudden announcement of the US president’s proposed film industry tariffs has led to confusion and unrest within Hollywood Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, Goodfellas, Sunset Boulevard and the Jean-Claude Van Damme...
Film-making in Los Angeles has plummeted in recent years. Why sit on the freeway when you could take a paid vacation? Two more top-notch ideas from the twisted mind of Donald Trump : reopening Alcatraz prison (currently a very wet, very...
The US president’s proposed levies will badly hit the UK industry just as it is recovering from a series of blows Barbieland, the Emerald City and a galaxy far, far away were all built – at least in part – at film studios just outside...
Eleanor the Great, The Chronology of Water and Urchin are all in the festival’s prestigious Un Certain Regard sidebar. A first step to being the next Clint Eastwood? First-time directors with films premiering at Cannes next week would be...
Prop-maker at Shepperton Studios fears for future after post by US president throws sector into uncertainty It is a sunny May afternoon in leafy Surrey, and Richard St Clair is carefully preparing a bomb. It is not real, but it will look...
The US president’s plan for Hollywood is full of plot holes. But when it comes to the hidden propaganda baked into movies, he may have a point As always with pronouncements by President Trump, once you had peeled away the xenophobia,...
In a market where big names have struggled to turn profits, a flood of new titles are connecting with audiences online For an entire weekend this March, romcom fever gripped Nigerian social media. Thousands of Nigerians, even in the...
Oscar-winning actor gives first interview to Variety since working with Trump on plan to shake up Hollywood Jon Voight, the actor who inspired Donald Trump ’s surprise statement about placing a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, has...
Senior negotiators hope to get agreement with US signed ahead of UK-EU summit on 19 May A team of senior British trade negotiators has landed in Washington as talks over a deal between the two countries gather pace. Officials from the...
This blog has now closed. Read our latest story here A group of US senators wants Congress’ watchdog agency to investigate whether controls on humanitarian aid deliveries by Israel and other foreign governments violate US law, according...
The US president has said he intends to impose a 100% tariff on all movies ‘produced in Foreign Lands’ The UK film industry is under threat from Donald Trump’s latest musing on how to revive Hollywood. To the dismay of everyone connected...
California governor unveils idea after president threatened tariffs on films made abroad The California governor, Gavin Newsom, has proposed a $7.5bn tax credit program and offered to work with Donald Trump to boost US film production...
US president’s call for 100% tariffs on films ‘produced in foreign lands’ comes under fire, with actor Brian Cox saying Trump doesn’t understand how films are made Leading figures in the British film industry have reacted with a mixture...
California governor Gavin Newsom announces a $7.5bn tax incentive scheme as Trump’s announcement of 100% tariffs on films ‘produced in foreign lands’ is mocked by Jimmy Kimmel and Fallon Donald Trump appears to be softening his tone...
Dobree wrote that "unstoppable market forces have resulted in a race to the bottom" and called for greater industry support and regulation for the animation/vfx industries.
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NHS Receptionist receives BBC Talent Development Commission to make Short Film 'Bridge' which receives its world premiere at BAFTA and BIFA qualifying Norwich Film Festival.
Kraven the Hunter is part of Sony's broader strategy to build out its Spider-Verse, focusing not just on the heroes but also on the villains who define the world of Spider-Man.
Creative Sparkworks has announced a new film and TV skills training course to support upcoming filmmakers that are looking to break into the entertainment industry.