European Ministers Clear Trade Deal
LUXEMBOURG — European Union ministers thrashed out a deal to begin trade negotiations with the United States late Friday after bowing to French demands to protect state-sponsored film and television ... Read more
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Can We Imagine the Life of a Terrorist?
A decade ago, suicide bombings were still rare events. The political scientist Robert Pape counted a global total of 315 attacks from 1980, when they were first established as a modern terrorist method, through ... Read more
On Newsstands, Allure of the Film Actress Fades
Pity the poor Hollywood film stars: they can’t open movies the way they used to and now they can’t sell magazines. Even a few years ago, the prize for a magazine editor was in luring ... Read more
Out There: Doomsday Movies Tap a Human
Summer’s here, and so is the end of the world. Again. Hollywood has been luring us into air-conditioned terror from time immemorial, or at least since 1951, when in “The Day ... Read more
Rituparno Ghosh, Bengali Film Director, Dies at 49
Rituparno Ghosh, an award-winning, internationally known Bengali director whose films about women, sexuality and urban life challenged conservative sensibilities in India, died on Thursday in Calcutta. He was ... Read more
Coming Soon: A Breakout for Black Filmmakers
LOS ANGELES — Musical. Romance. Epic history. Social drama. Christmas comedy. After years of complaint and self-criticism about the shortage of prominent movies by and about black Americans, ... Read more
Mexico City Journal: Satirical Look at Rich Delights Mexican Moviegoers
MEXICO CITY — “Why are they taking everything away from us, like in Venezuela?” wails Barbie Noble, a spoiled rich girl crammed into a getaway cab with her two brothers as the family flees a ... Read more
Depardieu, Newly a Russian, Will Play a Chechen in Films
MOSCOW — Gérard Depardieu may have renounced his French nationality as a protest against high taxes and became a citizen of Russia instead, but on Tuesday he said he would play a Frenchman in a ... Read more
At Sony, Investor’s Challenge Brings Unwanted Suspense
NOWHERE is the opulence of Old Hollywood more palpable than on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City. Arching just inside the front gate is an eight-story rainbow. This grand $1.6 million sculpture, a condition ... Read more
Common Sense: As Hollywood Leans on Blockbusters, the Flop Looms
For the big Hollywood film studios, this summer could turn out to be “Apocalypse the Day after Tomorrow: Clash of the Blockbusters.” Or maybe “Armageddon 2 — Revenge of the ... Read more