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This Netflix TV series following an ensemble of young hopefuls in the 1950s is sophisticated, juicy and eye-opening entertainment.
A movie theater in Brea, Calif., has shuttered its doors due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Studios have endured pandemics and the threat of home viewing before. Will the current crisis lead to disaster or opportunity?
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For starters, why not have Hollywood team up with teachers to make education more entertaining?
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Clueless turns 25 this year. The film, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, is a cult classic that has spawned books, a TV series, a musical and countless fashion tributes.
A graffiti tribute in Rome to Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone, created by artist Harrygrebdesign.
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The composer of over 500 film scores, Morricone was embraced by Hollywood — but he was always an Italian composer.
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Movie director Joel Schumacher’s body of work is profound, and his influence on contemporary Hollywood cinema indelible.
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Sixty years after it premiered, Psycho remains Hitchcock’s most celebrated film. But it is really two films, glued together by the most iconic scene in cinema history.
Quick on the uptake: Corona is one of a number of new films reacting to the pandemic.
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COVID-19 has hit the film industry hard, but some enterprising film-makers are already plotting ways to cope with the ‘new normal’.
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From Greta Garbo to Gwyneth Paltrow, the screen cough is reliably fatal. But this film and television favourite walks a fine line between suspense and comedy.
A mural of Cardi B updated by the artist Colton Valentine to include a face mask in San Antonio. Cardi B’s instagram post, ‘Shit is getting real’ went viral.
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Now that we know what essential work is, it seems the perfect time to reflect upon the not-so-essential work of celebrities.
Romance on the High Seas.
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Nothing passes the time like a singalong to some classics from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Robert De Niro is one of the top middle men in the world of cinema.
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From Bollywood to Hollywood, which actors are best the connected?
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The film misses an opportunity to highlight the broader problems of inequality and discrimination in the media.
Saoirse Ronan, from left, Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig are seen in the audience at the Oscars on Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women gives us perhaps the most explicitly feminist take to date on the classic novel, highlighting the value of women’s joy and labour.
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Rogue coffee cups and changing hairstyles can distract film audiences. Whose job is it to maintain continuity? And does it matter in the big picture?
Michelle Williams arrives at the world premiere of ‘All the Money in the World.’
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A new analysis of over 400 actors shows that gender discrimination plays a major role in Hollywood salaries.
When a filmmaker as big as Scorsese needs Netflix for funding, what does it mean for the little guys?
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With big theatre chains refusing to show Martin Scorsese’s new big budget mob movie, the future of cinema is looking a little dimmer.
Watch and learn. Is Hustlers just another Hollywood stripshow?
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As strippers take another turn around the pole in Hustlers, a look at Hollywood history shows we like to watch.
Jeremy Renner and Robert Downey Jr in Avengers: Endgame.
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Martin Scorsese believes superhero movies are ‘not cinema’. What do the experts think?
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We don’t want to have to think about our role in creating the individuals who commit violence. Amazingly, Joker asks us to.