Oscars Hit Goal of Doubling Non-White Members Three Years Early
But the Academy isn’t stopping to gloat: “That isn’t how we roll,” Cheryl Boone Isaacs tells TheWrap
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Academy Breaks Own Record, Invites 774 New Members
As Academy’s diversity push continues, potential new Oscar voters include Barry Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ruth Negga and Riz Ahmed
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‘Baby Driver’ v ‘Guardians of the Galaxy': Which Has Best Soundtrack of Music That Mom Liked?
The two movies both have killer soundtracks full of ’70s music beloved by the main characters’ mothers, so we’re having a battle of the bands
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Can the Academy’s Class of 2017 Possibly Be as Big and Diverse as Last Year’s?
One year after inviting a record 683 new members, AMPAS may have a hard time being quite as inclusive and welcoming
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Thomas Schlamme Elected President of Directors Guild
Veteran television director Schlamme succeeds Paris Barclay, who served a pair of two-year terms
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‘Becks,’ ‘The Night Guard’ Win Top Prizes at LA Film Festival
“Skid Row Marathon” and “The Keeping Hours” take the top audience awards at Film Independent’s annual festival
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Sofia Coppola on How She Turned Clint Eastwood’s Macho ‘The Beguiled’ Into a Woman’s Movie
“It was a way to look at things that still affect us today through the filter of a dramatic story in a world very far away from our modern life,” the writer-director tells TheWrap
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From Homeless to Film Composer, ‘Skid Row Marathon’ Charts Amazing Journey (Exclusive Video)
The L.A. Film Festival documentary chronicles recovery through running — but for Ben Shirley, music played a big part, too
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How Netflix, ‘This Is Us’ and Other Rookie Shows Could Set Emmy Records
First-year shows could dominate a major category and streaming could hit a new peak when nominations are announced on July 13
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Give Awards to Jeremy Renner, Uma Thurman
Acting prizes added to the lineup at Czech Republic festival, which opens on June 30 with screening of “The Big Sick”
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Who Needs Dragons? How HBO Can Still Dominate Emmys Without ‘Game of Thrones’
EmmyWrap magazine: With its biggest Emmy show ineligible this year, the network must look to movies and limited series to pick up the slack
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Richard Linklater’s ‘Last Flag Flying’ to Open New York Film Festival
The film stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston and Laurence Fishburne and is based on a novel that was a sequel to “The Last Detail”
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Whoopi Goldberg, Geena Davis Make the Cut in Oscars’ Election, But Ted Sarandos Doesn’t
Four members from each branch will now move to a second round of voting for the AMPAS Board of Governors
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‘I, Daniel Blake’ Review: Ken Loach’s Touching Character Study Is Fueled by Righteous Indignation
Standout performances highlight Loach’s occasionally heavy-handed but moving study of working-class struggles
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Cannes Winds Down: Who’s Going to Win the Palme d’Or?
The decision is now in the hands of Pedro Almodovar’s jury, with contenders including “Loveless,” “120 Beats Per Minute” and “Good Time”
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Cannes Film Festival Finds Reason to Celebrate, Even With That Netflix Problem
French exhibitors aren’t happy the streaming service got an invite to the Croisette, but the stacked lineup of international auteurs should be a cinema lover’s dream
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Casey Affleck to Receive President’s Award From Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Actor’s award will be part of a presentation of the David Lowery film “A Ghost Story” at the Czech festival
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Cannes Film Festival Adds Roman Polanski Film to Lineup
The seven new selections also include films by Barbet Schroeder and Ruben Ostlund
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Karlovy Vary Film Festival to Salute Ken Loach, James Newton Howard
Czech Republic festival will also present a restored version of the Oscar-winning film “The Shop on Main Street”
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Tribeca: Kobe Bryant on His New Career as Storyteller, Moviemaker
The animated short “Dear Basketball,” athlete tells TheWrap, is the beginning of a post-NBA career in the entertainment business
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Hillary Clinton Drops in on Tribeca Panel for Kathryn Bigelow’s VR Poaching Short
“The Protectors” follows park rangers who are fighting what Clinton calls “some of the most ruthless killers on the planet”
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‘True Conviction’ Tribeca Review: True-Crime Doc Takes Dark Twists
The story of three exonerated prisoners who work to free other unjustly imprisoned men doesn’t always take viewers where we want to go
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Tribeca’s Johnny Rotten Documentary Delivers a Shock: He’s Really a Nice Guy
“The Public Image Is Rotten” chronicles the singer’s post-Sex Pistols career, but the movie is something his music never was: conventional
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John Ridley: Why My LA Riots Movie Doesn’t Talk About Black Lives Matter
The “American Crime” creator made the documentary “Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992” to explore a seminal moment, not draw parallels to the present
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‘Abundant Acreage Available’ Tribeca Review: Amy Ryan Owns This Quiet Family Drama
Writer-director Angus MacLachlan sketches small-town lives with sensitivity, but it’s Ryan who makes his understated and enigmatic drama worth seeing
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Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight to Open With Juliette Binoche Comedy, Close With ‘Patti Cake$’
Sean Baker’s “The Florida Project” and Bruno Dumont’s “Jeanette” also made it into the independent section at Cannes
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Tribeca Opens With Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow Celebrating Clive Davis
The documentary “Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives” kicks off the festival by taking a laudatory look at the recording executive
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Tribeca Film Festival to Present Springsteen, Kobe, TV … and Oh Yeah, Movies
While its film program was cut by 20 percent this year, Tribeca is embracing all other forms of entertainment and pop culture
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Academy Votes to Renew CEO Dawn Hudson’s Contract
Hudson’s contract, which was due to expire in June, was extended through 2020
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Golden Globes Sting! Tickets Scalped for $39,000, Member Banned (Exclusive)
Munawar Hosain cannot attend the Globes for two years after his tickets ended up in the hands of VIP Concierge, insiders say
