Digital Disruptors Could Save the Theater Business — CinemaCon 2018
The analog theater chains are being pulled into the digital future by MoviePass and other disruptors.
Thompson on Hollywood
Academy Board Member Bill Mechanic Quit With a Scorched-Earth Letter, and Hollywood’s Paying Attention
As Hollywood navigates its own future, the Academy struggles to keep up.
Women Dominate Cate Blanchett’s Cannes Jury, from Kristen Stewart to Ava DuVernay
The Cannes Competition jury also adds auteurs Denis Villeneuve and Andrey Zvyagintsev.
‘Lean on Pete’ and ‘The Rider’: Two Bold Westerns Show What Foreign-Born Directors Can Bring to the Genre
IndieWire spoke with U.K. filmmaker Andrew Haigh and China-born Chloé Zhao about the joy and difficulties of shooting the exotic West.
Lars von Trier Won’t Return to Cannes (Yet), But Here’s the Story Behind His 2011 Banishment
The jury is still out on “The House That Jack Built.” To remember why, we go behind the scenes of the Danish filmmaker’s banishment at Cannes 2011.
Netflix and Ted Sarandos Are Right to Defend Their Auteurs at Cannes, but There’s a Cost
An old-fashioned film industry and the granddaddy of film festivals just got cockblocked by Netflix, but why punish Orson Welles? He’s dead.
Charlize Theron on Plans for ‘Atomic Blonde’ Sequel and Growing Up as a ‘Privileged White Person’
Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Jason Reitman, “Tully” is a follow-up to “Young Adult,” and yes, “Atomic Blonde” has a sequel.
‘Annihilation’ Director Alex Garland Speaks Out on Screwing With Genre and Studio Panic Attacks
When asked at SF FILM what “Annihilation” is: “I don’t give a shit,” Garland replied. “It’s itself as much as possible.”
‘Chappaquiddick‘: Why the Liberal Team Behind the Controversial Ted Kennedy Film Shunned the Right-Wing Press
The liberal press won’t embrace the film that conservatives love, and the filmmakers are caught in the middle of the controversial biopic.
MPAA Report: Asian and Latino Audiences Love Movies Most, but North American Moviegoing Is in Decline
The MPAA annual report showed Americans now spend 49 percent of their media time on a digital platform.
‘Ready Player One’: Inside Steven Spielberg’s Epic Tribute to Stanley Kubrick
When the screenwriters picked an iconic ’80s movie for Spielberg to recreate inside the OASIS, they never expected him to say yes.
Sean Berney Joins Netflix Acquisitions from Fox Searchlight
With Fox Searchlight’s Disney future hard to read, Netflix makes an attractive career move.
