4 h. ago Scarlett Johansson says ‘big tech guys’ have ‘muzzled’ the film industry

The ‘Marriage Story’ star also called out the lack of action against AI companies in Hollywood

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10 h. ago Trump tariff threat worries India’s film industry: ‘Could end theatrical releases in US’

US president wants to impose 100 per cent levy on all films made outside US

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12 h. ago Hallow Road review – Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys race to rescue daughter in cracking thriller

Shot almost entirely inside their car, Pike and Rhys play a splintering couple trying to save their terrified teenagerHow encouraging that whatever state our film industry is considered to be in, it can still find space for a crackingly good script from a supersmart, disciplined first-timer who’s clearly been working on it for a while, planing down the edges and trimming away the fat through successive drafts. Hallow Road is the kind of property that often emerges after a spell on Hollywood’s “Black List” of much admired but as yet unproduced screenplays. It is a gripping, real-time suspense thriller with a twist of the macabre, a film about family guilt and the return of the repressed, written by National Film and Television School graduate William Gillies, a scary-movie enthusiast who here makes his feature script debut. British-Iranian film-maker Babak Anvari directs and Matthew Rhys and Rosamund Pike give forthright, excellent performances as the two leads.Rhys plays Frank, a st...

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29 h. ago Zelenskyy to wait for Putin in Turkey, saying: ‘If he does not arrive, he does not want to end war’ – Europe live

Ukrainian president to meet Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday and wait to see if Putin joins themGérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021.Depardieu, France’s biggest film star, who has made more than 200 films and TV series, is the highest-profile figure in the French film industry to be convicted of sexual assault since the #MeToo movement. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexually assaulting two women

French actor, 76, convicted of assaulting set dresser and assistant director during film shoot in Paris in 2021Gérard Depardieu has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021 and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence.Depardieu, France’s biggest film star who has made more than 200 films and TV series, is the highest-profile figure in the French film industry to be convicted of sexual assault since the #MeToo movement. His name will be added to the sex offender register in France, the judge ruled. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Watch: Tom Cruise welcomes ‘extraordinary’ BFI award for contribution to UK film industry

Tom Cruise said being honoured with the British Film Institute’s most prestigious accolade, a BFI fellowship, is “absolutely extraordinary”.

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40 h. ago Verdict due in Gérard Depardieu trial for alleged sexual assaults

Actor could face up to five years in prison if convicted of assaulting two women during film shoot in 2021Gérard Depardieu will appear in court on Tuesday to hear the verdict in his trial for allegedly sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021.Depardieu, 76, is the highest-profile figure in the French film industry to face allegations of sexual assault since the #MeToo movement. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and a fine of €75,000 (£63,000). Continue reading...

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40 h. ago Tom Cruise says receiving BFI fellowship is ‘absolutely extraordinary’

BFI chairman Jay Hunt paid tribute to Cruise’s legacy both in front of and behind the silver screen.

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50 h. ago ‘Would do more harm than good’: what will Trump’s tariffs really mean for Hollywood?

The US president’s proposed film industry tariffs have led to confusion and unrest within HollywoodCitizen Kane, The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, Goodfellas, Sunset Boulevard and the Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle Bloodsport – Donald Trump’s favourite movies are thoroughly American and 20th century. Foreign films? Not his thing.At campaign rally in 2020 he reacted to the South Korean movie Parasite winning the best picture Oscar by demanding: “What the hell was that all about? We got enough problems with South Korea with trade. On top of that they give them best movie of the year? Was it good? I don’t know. Let’s get Gone With the Wind. Can we get Gone With the Wind back please?” Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Rob McElhenney 'gave David Beckham some s***' after ditching Wrexham for rivals

Rob McElhenney has opened up on why he gave David Beckham stick after the Manchester United legend turned up to watch Wrexham take on Birmingham City alongside Tom Brady

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62 h. ago Tom Hardy fans have just days to watch Netflix gangster movie

Hardy's career-defining casting as a 1960s gangster is a must-watch before it leaves Netflix

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on the impact of Trump’s film tariffs: a disaster movie waiting to happen | Editorial

The US president’s proposed levies will badly hit the UK industry just as it is recovering from a series of blowsBarbieland, the Emerald City and a galaxy far, far away were all built – at least in part – at film studios just outside London. Now the UK film industry has come crashing down to earth with Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on all movies “produced in foreign lands”. “Hollywood is being destroyed,” Mr Trump announced, like an action hero on a mission. “Other nations have stolen our movie industry.” In the UK the news was met with warnings that the British film sector would be “wiped out” by such a “knock-out blow”. Brian Cox, the Succession star, called the proposed tariffs “an absolute disaster”. Roll the opening credits.Mr Trump has a point. New instalments of Marvel’s Avengers and Spider-Man are filming around London this summer. No wonder the president wants “MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!” The UK’s generous tax incentives, skills base and state-of-the-art ...

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5 d. ago ‘A kick in the teeth’: UK film industry’s horror at possible Trump tariffs

Prop-maker at Shepperton Studios fears for future after post by US president throws sector into uncertaintyIt 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 like it is when shown on a Netflix TV show. Across the workshop a colleague is cheerfully sandpapering a pile of hip bones for the 28 Years Later zombie trilogy – trailers suggest a lot of skeletons will be involved.They are working at db Props, a small company based at Shepperton Studios whose handiwork – made of expanding foam, wood, or assorted odds and sods – in films and shows has ranged from weapons in Ant Man to Thor’s hammer to Alan Turing’s computer in The Imitation Game. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Starmer's trade deal with the US 'only covers a quarter of UK exports' as huge pharma sector is left in limbo

The pact theatrically announced by the PM and US president last night will cut tariffs from 25 per cent to 10 per cent for the first 100,000 cars sent to America.

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6 d. ago Trump does Sean Connery impression while discussing future of James Bond in US

Donald Trump attempted an impression of Sean Connery while discussing the impact of US tariffs on the UK film industry following the announcement of a UK-US trade deal on Thursday, 8 May.

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6 d. ago Priyanka Chopra's shocking Met Gala hint to her alleged affair with King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan

Charting a career unlike any of his contemporaries, 'King Khan' - as the Bollywood superstar is known - has appeared in over 100 films and earned numerous accolades.

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7 d. ago Donald Trump warned he'll lose a scrap with James Bond and Bridget Jones in tariffs row

Donald Trump has threatened 100% tariffs on films made outside America, sparking a furious row with the UK's film industry but Sir Keir Starmer has been told to stand up for Brit moviemakers

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7 d. ago UK 'in active discussions' with top Donald Trump aides over threat of film industry tariffs

Labour minister Chris Bryant told MPs: "We are working hard to establish what is being proposed - if anything - and to make sure our world-beating creative industries are protected"

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7 d. ago Could an obscure US law save the UK film industry from Donald Trump's tariffs? Long

The US President has announced plans to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies made outside America.

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8 d. ago Donald Trump’s latest tariffs will be devastating for the British film industry and beyond

Editorial: It will – if it can ever be made workable – do grievous damage to the economies of America’s allies and to the US entertainment sector. It will not ‘make Hollywood great again’ but lay waste to the thriving and symbiotic film sectors in other nations

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