Music Box Films has acquired North American distribution rights to “Fremont,” Iranian/British Filmmaker Babak Jalali’s follow-up to “Land” and “Radio Dreams.” Jalali’s film, which premiered in the …
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from “The Storm,” the April 26 episode of FXX’s “Dave,” now streaming on Hulu. On the FXX show “Dave,” rapper Lil Dicky’s …
Not to be confused with an adaptation of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” comedy troupe Broken Lizard’s “Quasi” tells a story that’s truer to the Oxford definition of its title than the 1831 Victor H…
“Fair to middling” is how Angie Dickinson is feeling this morning as she talks about “Rio Bravo,” the 1959 film that made her a star. “Somebody who says they’re great at 90, you can figure ou…
From pre-Code gangster films to Bette Davis blazing a trail for female protagonists to blockbuster super- hero sagas, Warner Bros. Pictures’ output has been synonymous with the most popular stories…
Despite its position as one of the seeming few big-scale “original” sci-fi films to compete with franchises, sequels and reboots for box office real estate, “65” is Frankensteinian at best. Cobbled…
Collaboration is vital to filmmaking — no one can make one completely alone. For many of 2022’s screenplay nominees, that process began on the page with a team of individuals whose efforts complete…
Mileage may vary on the way “Attachment” uses an already too frequently maligned religion as a foundation for supernatural scares, but that’s also kind of the point of writer-director Gabriel Bier …
In “Avatar: The Way of Water,” Jack Champion stands out as Spider — and not simply because he’s frequently the only human in scenes with the computer-generated, nine-foot-tall Na’vi. Spider is a re…
Located 14 miles north of San Francisco with a population of just over 14,000, the community of Mill Valley has evolved into a West Coast epicenter for showcasing independent and international film…
On July 25, Laura Linney is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’s exactly the kind of high-profile status symbol Wendy Byrde might finagle to burnish her place among Tinseltown’…
From “The King of Kings” to “The Northman,” hundreds of films have premiered
within the storied walls of the TCL Chinese Theatre, which celebrates its
95th anniversary May 18. Indeed, as early as 1…
It doesn’t take a team of lawyers to see how dramatically the entertainment
industry has changed in just a few short years—but they are probably among the
best people to help understand how to navi…
The Comedy Store turns 50 this year, and it’s now known as a storied birthplace
for the careers of literally hundreds of comedians — from David Letterman to Jim
Carrey to Whoopi Goldberg to Sebasti…
No matter how many people tied to the Comedy Store you ask about the late Mitzi
Shore, the connective tissue between their answers is an almost identical
impression of the late owner. David Letterm…
In 2021, the Film Independent Spirit Awards went online in reaction to a then-still-raging pandemic, forcing nominees, guests, Film Independent members and even host Melissa Villaseñor to celebrate…
The NAACP Image Awards ceremony celebrates its 53rd year on February 26,
commemorating more achievements by people of color than ever before: in addition
to its multiple Outstanding Motion Picture,…
Directors will tell you that every film is personal. Certainly, the amount of time and effort spent on even the most seemingly formulaic project demands an enormous investment from its creators jus…
Business managers are more critical than ever in the entertainment industry — and that may be why they are under more scrutiny now than any other time in the history of their profession. Artists an…
A quote by the Native American author and educator Luther Standing Bear flashes onscreen at the beginning of “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses.” The quote tells of an old Lakota man who “knew th…
Whether they’re depicting the dynamic of a single interpersonal relationship, recounting pivotal moments in history or conceiving new worlds beyond an audience’s wildest imaginations, screenwriters…