The implications for the industry could be significant, given that most other streaming services have copied Netflix’s design.
Category: Movies
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‘Forbidden Games’: A War Orphan’s Sweet, Ultimately Shattering Story
Hailed on its release as the most troubling French film made in the aftermath of World War II, it returns for a week at Film Forum.
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‘Sinners’ and Beyoncé Battle the Vampires. And the Gatekeepers, Too.
This moment might call for excessive, imaginative Black art that wants to be gobbled up. That’s Ryan Coogler’s new movie. That’s “Cowboy Carter.” Let’s throw in some Kendrick, too.
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Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro, Talia Shire and Susan Sarandon Talk ‘Nonnas’
Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro, Talia Shire and Susan Sarandon discuss playing cooks in a new film, aging in Hollywood and the movies that their grandchildren cannot yet watch.
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Milestone Films Will Be Given Away to Maya Cade of the Black Film Archive
The distributor’s owners, Amy Heller and Dennis Doros, made the unusual choice to give it away. Their successor is Maya Cade of the Black Film Archive.
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Trump Called for Movie Tariffs After a Meeting With Jon Voight
The president’s call for tariffs caused confusion in Hollywood, which has seen a steep drop-off in local film and television production.
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The 50 Best Movies on Max Right Now
In addition to new Warner and HBO films, the streamer has a treasure trove of Golden Age classics, indie flicks and foreign films. Start with these.
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‘Thunderbolts*’ Axes the Asterisk for Surprise Title Reveal
A plot twist that comes in the movie’s final moments will now be front and center on billboards. The director Jake Schreier explains the rebrand.
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Wim Wenders on Where the War in Europe Really Ended 80 Years Ago
In a short film and in conversation, the German filmmaker ponders the meaning of freedom, the complacency of peace and the new insecurity from Russia’s war and Donald Trump.
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Cora Sue Collins, a Busy Child Actress in the 1930s, Dies at 98
She was in films with Greta Garbo, who became a friend, and Myrna Loy, Bette Davis and others. She ended her career after being sexually harassed.
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Where Would Hollywood Find Its Guillotines or Pay Phones Without Them?
For nearly four decades the prop house History for Hire has helped filmmakers recreate the past. But with fewer films shot in Los Angeles, they are not sure how much longer they can hang on.