The 'Wrestler' actor’s very real eviction saga lends the satire an edge even the filmmakers could not have scripted.

Timothee Chalamet is racking up prizes en route to what he hopes will be his first Academy Awards win. Is he an A-lister yet?

Are you a South Indian cinema enthusiast but find it challenging to grasp the languages? In 2025, streaming services ...

Movies are the great escape. “Optimistic endings, passionate romances,” sings the incarcerated dreamer of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty and faith.

At the dawn of this century, Al Pacino starred in "S1m0ne," a satire about a down-on-his-luck director who creates a computer-generated "star" that conquers Hollywood. Fast forward nearly 25 years, ...

Ms. Waxman is the founder, chief executive and editor in chief of The Wrap. I was pretty surprised this summer when a longstanding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, those guys ...

The business of Hollywood was in trouble long before the earth-rattling news that Netflix had inked a $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros. And while the deal is widely seen as a coup by Netflix, once ...

"Jay Kelly" might be the closest thing we ever get to "George Clooney: The Movie." Director Noah Baumbach's bittersweet dramedy (★★★½ out of four; rated R; in select theaters now, streaming on Netflix ...

There’s one reliable group of moviegoers left in America—and they can’t go to the movies by themselves. This week, the kids who make up the industry’s target audience will be heading to theaters for ...

The struggle of the modern Hollywood producer was crystallized in a bit from this year’s Emmy awards. Host Nate Bargatze opened the broadcast with an old-timey sketch spoofing the creation of the ...

Together, the actors on these three covers of Vanity Fair’s 32nd annual Hollywood Issue illustrate something different. These are not the matinee idols of early cinema, sprung fully formed, names ...

Pope Leo XIV meets with Spike Lee during an audience with and stars directors from the cinema at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media Via AP VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Spike Lee, Cate ...