6 h. ago Jason Statham names the biggest ‘unsung heroes’ in film industry

The action star has long advocated for an Oscar category specifically for stunt performers

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54 h. ago Oscar winner AR Rahman apologises after saying he faces discrimination in Bollywood

Oscar-winning Indian composer AR Rahman has issued a public apology following backlash to him saying there might be a religious bias in the Hindi film industry.

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3 d. ago Park Chan Wook: ‘The Korean film industry is in a state of great danger’

The acclaimed director of ‘Oldboy’ and ‘The Handmaiden’ speaks to Louis Chilton about the problems facing his country’s filmmakers, his one-time reputation for grotesquerie, and his darkly funny new satire ‘No Other Choice’

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9 d. ago How to watch this year's Golden Globes as red carpet fills with A

Celebrities have started to flood into this year's Golden Globes Awards in Beverly Hills, with Hollywood set to celebrate the film industry's star-studded event

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2 w. ago Chloé Zhao says ‘feminine consciousness’ incompatible with current Hollywood model

Responding to new reporting finding only nine of the directors behind 2025’s 100 top-grossing US films were women, Hamnet film-maker questions industry’s capacity for inclusivityChloé Zhao, the Oscar-winning director of Nomadland, has said that the US film industry is not set up to foster gender diversity.Speaking at a Women in Motion talk at the Palm Springs film festival on Monday, Zhao was asked for her response to a recent study that found just nine of the 111 directors behind last year’s 100 top grossing films in the US were women. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Paul Mescal hints at career change: ‘I have different priorities I want to attend to'

‘I don’t want to resent the thing I love,’ the Irish actor said of the film industry

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2 w. ago What happened next: how KPop Demon Hunters became a global phenomenon and outranked Lady Gaga

It’s the Korean fantasy movie that came out of nowhere to become Netflix’s most-watched film ever. And social media mentions of its characters are outranking those of real-life superstarsWhen KPop Demon Hunters landed on Netflix in late June, no one predicted it would become a globe-sweeping, chart-topping phenomenon. The near-instant success of the animated kids’ film caught the industry by surprise, and six months later, fans are still hungry for merchandise, music, spin-offs and more stories. Here’s what you may have missed.It’s an animated ‘musical urban fantasy film’The story follows a K-pop girl group called Huntr/x (pronounced “Huntrix”), who are also demon hunters, responsible for protecting humanity from supernatural threats with their combat skills and empowering pop. Their rivals are the Saja Boys, who are secretly demons. When the groups are pitted against one another, the stakes are peace on Earth, and in particular the Honmoon: the magical barrier that protects humans ...

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3 w. ago Stars flocked to N Ireland in ‘another fantastic year for film and TV industry’

Filming is due to get under way for new seasons of Blue Lights and Line Of Duty in early 2026.

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3 w. ago ‘Not the charmed industry it once was’: can Hollywood find its comeback story?

After the writers’ and actors’ strikes, the pandemic, and structural shifts in technology, LA’s trying to find its footing in a changed industryThe veteran Hollywood cinematographer Bruce McCleery knows all about Los Angeles’s struggles to maintain its dominance in the entertainment industry, because for most of the past 16 years he has lived on the road, never short of work but unable to land a major job within striking distance of his home and family in southern California.It’s an increasingly common experience for many successful professionals in Hollywood who are hired by studios and production houses still largely based in Los Angeles, but do the actual work in Atlanta, or Toronto, or London, or Budapest. Continue reading...

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