10+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1579+ words) "Misty Green" is an amazing slice of showbiz sociology, riveting in the details of what a contemporary Hollywood actress — even a successful one — is up against. Rock isn’t casting stones. The warped values he depicts are there in the industry…...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago   (214+ words) A leaked report from the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation outlines devastating aftershocks that would follow if David Ellison pulled Paramount Skydance out of California. A copy of the report published by Politico reads, “At a minimum, relocating Paramount’s headquarters…...

14+ hour, 58+ min ago   (1016+ words) Just when the victim/villain discourse about sleeper smash “Obsession” was finally beginning to die down, along comes “Everybody Wants to Fuck Me” — another story of a young man’s desires getting violently over-satisfied — to start it all up again. Merging…...

17+ hour, 21+ min ago   (484+ words) Maggie Gyllenhaal kicked off her term as Venice jury president by calling out the lack of women filmmakers in the running for the prestigious Golden Lion. And on Saturday night, she concluded it by awarding the prize to the only…...

21+ hour, 9+ min ago   (229+ words) The Venice Film Festival is about to reveal its award winners, including the prestigious Golden Lion for best film. Last year, Jim Jarmusch took home the top prize for his family triptych “Father Mother Sister Brother,” while Benny Safdie won…...

22+ hour, 16+ min ago   (538+ words) Courteney Cox feels as if she was meant to be a director. “I notice everything,” she says. “I love actors, I love people, I love human stories.” Cox is best known for acting — including marquee roles in “Friends” and in…...

22+ hour, 14+ min ago   (267+ words) On a box office voyage for less than two months, Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has become the highest-grossing film in the history of Universal Pictures. The 114-year-old film company announced the milestone on Saturday, when the Matt Damon-led epic’s weekend…...

22+ hour, 33+ min ago   (400+ words) “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” will finally be dethroned after a six-week streak at No. 1, falling to Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s mystical sequel, “Practical Magic 2.” “Practical Magic 2” landed at No. 1 on Friday, making $13 million at 4,146 North American screens. By Sunday, the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (196+ words) Jeremy Thomas, one of the film industry’s most highly respected independent producers with a body of work spanning more than half a century, has died. He was 77 years old. Across his career, Thomas — who founded the Recorded Picture Company and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (355+ words) Paramount‘s lawyers filed a legal response to the states’ antitrust lawsuit against the Warner Bros. merger on Friday, sketching out arguments and defenses it may use at a trial next March. Among other defenses, Paramount’s lawyers said they may…...