Blunt, stunts and Gosling: how did The Fall Guy flop – and what does that mean for cinema?

Summer’s would-be blockbuster has hit a brick wall – did it simply typify everything the public hate about Hollywood or does it belie broader box office blight?

The Hunt for Gollum: Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis to work on new Lord of the Rings film

Film due to release in 2026 to be first in a new series, and will be directed by and star Serkis, who ‘has unfinished business with that stinker – Gollum!’

Kristen Stewart says Hollywood’s self-congratulation over gender equality ‘feels phony’

The actor said that making movies by a small number of female film-makers was not cause for celebration. ‘You’re like, OK, cool. You’ve chosen four’

‘We were the magicians’: cinematographer Phedon Papamichael on 40 years of film-making

He has collaborated with an array of star directors, and is currently at work on James Mangold’s Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. He explains why US film-making is like the army, and British cinema is more like a factory job

Hollywood Con Queen review – a truly boring journey through an astonishing scam

The story of Hargobind Tahilramani, who is accused of multiple frauds against people in the film industry, would have made for a riveting hour of TV. Instead, it is stretched to 180 backside-numbing minutes

‘I thought: “I’ve engineered the death of Hugh Grant!’’’ – the inside story of Four Weddings and a Funeral

The low-budget romcom about Britain’s upper middle classes launched the careers of its writer Richard Curtis and Grant. Cast and crew share their stories – from Liz Hurley in that dress to Amber Rudd’s role as an ‘aristocracy coordinator’

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano review – reclaiming normality in post-explosion Beirut

The port explosion of 2020 damaged just about everything in the city and this painful but tender doc follows a film crew who try to resume work

What’s the perfect movie length? Only a lightweight needs toilet or food breaks

US research suggests that 92 minutes is the optimum length for a film. But I have sat through long films that felt short and short films that felt buttock-annihilatingly long

‘Ideal’ movie running time is 92 minutes, poll claims

Survey of 2,000 Americans conflicts with the box-office records being broken for film running well over two hours

As a stunt performer, I lived on the edge of danger – but I had to step back from the precipice

Yes, I revelled in the thrill of film-making, but a fear of failure nagged at me. Behind it lay a truth I’d been ignoring, says writer Janine Parkinson

Ben Stiller: I was blindsided by Zoolander 2 flopping

The actor said he was expecting a much warmer reception for the comedy sequel, but the shock gave him time to rethink his career

Anne Hathaway says she had to kiss 10 men during ‘gross’ chemistry audition

Oscar-winning actor said she was afraid ‘to lose everything by being labeled “difficult”’ early in her career

Jerry Seinfeld says the movie business is over: ‘No longer the cultural pinnacle’

In an interview promoting his Pop-Tarts movie Unfrosted, comedian says confusion and disorientation have taken film’s place

‘He erased the entire project’ … the book Stanley Kubrick didn’t want anyone to read to be published

Half a century since the perfectionist director vowed to block it, a critique that dared to discuss flaws in his films is to be published

Barbie, Bridgerton and billions of pounds: how streaming – and tax breaks – fuelled the UK’s ‘Brollywood’ screen boom

Great locations, experienced crews and juicy incentives have made UK studios increasingly attractive. But with budgets falling, could the bubble be about to burst?