Will this year's hits and bombs change how studios approach the season?
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How did the UK's legendary film industry come to depend on Hollywood for work? Just a few years ago they were churning out excellent TV series of their own.
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Too big to fail? Not so fast. A showrunner's cautionary memo
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Amid the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, studio heads are scorching their own legacies, Justine Bateman writes.
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No Spoilers, Other than Oppenheimer Does Indeed Invent the Atomic Bomb
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for the sake of realism
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Film's most famous fedora—back on big screens now—has a blockbuster-worthy origin story.
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A poignant critique of the racism and imperialism on display in the highly-grossing franchise, that echoes my own thoughts from ten years ago.
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Existential, Surreal, And Creepy Backgrounds
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Despite his fearsome reputation, the real life Blackbeard had a surprising record of not killing his victims, which Our Flag Means Death explains.
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Wall Street is freaking out about the streaming giant’s growth prospects
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There's just one problem with all those excuses: movies aren't real. That's kind of the whole point, the reason why we go in the first place. And as a director, you don't just make stuff for yourself, but for the audience too. Snotty brats.
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The set of the 1960s Western was awash in toxic masculinity, fragile egos, and gastrointestinal distress
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How can you have an animated cartoon without animators?
Capitalism: dreaming of the same things since 1957.
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As a pay dispute threatens the superhero stranglehold on box office takings, it’s a timely reminder that these capitalist heroes have long trampled upon the artists who brought them to life, writes Laura Sneddon.
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