Behind the glitz many of those working in movies and TV face low wages and conditions that strike at the industry’s diversityWorking in Hollywood may sound glamorous but the vast majority of workers in entry-level, assistant and support staff positions…
‘Anthony Hopkins committed within five minutes’: how I wrote The Father with Florian Zeller
After Christopher Hampton saw Zeller’s dementia drama on stage in Paris, neither language, finance nor another film adaptation could thwart their collaboration on the screenplayI first met Florian Zeller about eight years ago. It was in the foyer of th…
Michael Winterbottom: why British independent cinema resembles an abandoned building site
The director of The Trip and Greed has spoken to 15 successful directors to find out what we can learn from the films that – through industry reluctance and obstruction – were never madeMy motive for writing a book was selfish. I’d been making films fo…
After the intermission: films are back in cinemas – but will the crowds return too?
Covid and the boom in streaming platforms are being touted as a huge threat to cinema-going. But so was telly. And surely we’re all desperate to leave the house and make a big social occasion of it all?So are we in or out? Is this going to be the old n…
‘We are pretty bruised’: UK cinemas bounce back from Covid closures
Admissions are almost at pre-pandemic levels despite fears that streaming would wreck businessMoviegoers are flocking to cinemas in numbers not seen since before the pandemic as the return of Hollywood blockbusters to the big screen fuels what theatre …
Mel Brooks announces his first memoir at the age of 95
All About Me!, to be published on 30 November, will cover everything from the film director’s military service to his long comedic partnership with Carl ReinerAt the age of 95, the comedian and film-maker Mel Brooks has written his first memoir. All Ab…
Hollywood’s Sunset Studio to open new base in Hertfordshire
US production house is latest major studio to find a home in region as demand for TV and film surgesHollywood’s Sunset Studios, which produced La La Land, Zoolander and the first in the X-Men franchise, has become the latest US movie production house t…