Film

Netflix's 'Bird Box' success gets Hollywood clucking

Netflix, which typically refuses to provide viewership numbers, made the rare disclosure in a recent tweet as movie producers, saying 45 million subscriber accounts worldwide watched the Sandra Bullock thriller "Bird Box" during its first seven days.

Dick Cheney biopic ‘Vice’ tops Golden Globes nominations

Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic “Vice” topped all contenders in nominations, including best picture, comedy and best actor categories.

'The Greatest Showman' Hugh Jackman announces world tour

The tour starts in Europe, officially kicking off in Hamburg, Germany, on May 13, 2019. He will play two shows at The O2 Arena in London.

Mexican director Cuaron's 'Roma' wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron's Spanish-language drama "Roma" won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The story focuses on Cuaron's mother and the two maids who helped bring him up.

Hollywood star Burt Reynolds dies at 82

US actor Burt Reynolds, best known for his roles in "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights," died on Thursday, his publicist announced. The 82-year-old actor, a huge box office draw in the 1970s, died at a hospital in Florida.

London Film Festival unveils line-up: 1 in 3 films by women

More than a third, 38 percent to be exact, of all films and 30 percent of 225 features in the line-up of the 62nd annual London Film Festival have female directors, an increase from 2017.

Glamorous Venice film festival courts controversy

The Italian festival created controversy over the inclusion of Netflix productions and the inclusion of just one female director in the competition.

Story of doomed love 'Cold War' wows Cannes festival

Pawel Pawlikowski, who won the 2015 foreign language Oscar for "Ida", is competing for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with "Cold War" - a romance that tells a troubled love affair from the 1940s-1960s.

Cannes Film Festival opens with focus on gender equality

Fesitval has female stars vowing to protest on the red carpet against industry sexism, with two top directors barred from attending and bans hanging over some movies.

Cannes golden couple Bardem and Cruz return to open festival

The golden couple of Spanish cinema will open this year's Cannes film festival together, where Javier Bardem memorably declared his love for Penelope Cruz in 2010.

'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' officially opens on Broadway

The production is playing at the Lyric Theater, which underwent a multi-million dollar revamp to house the elaborate two-part, five hour long show.

South Korean actress once kidnapped to North dies at 91

Choi Eun-hee was the South's most famous actress for decades before being brazenly abducted in 1978 by North Korean spies in Hong Kong at the request of the North's then leader-in-waiting Kim Jong Il, an avid film fan.