Beyond the pale: where are all the films about ‘whiteness’?

Awards season is full of movies made by and starring white people. But a cinema that identifies and interrogates the idea of whiteness itself is glaringly absent

‘I miss out on a family experience’: the deaf Victorians taking legal action against cinemas over captions

Deaf and hard-of-hearing filmgoers say technology issues and lack of film screenings with subtitles make cinema sessions inaccessible

Power couples: how Hollywood’s big name Oscar contenders balance life and work

Barbie and Oppenheimer are just two of this year’s Oscar-nominated films created by life partners who are also creative teams

When accountants attack: why Netflix is cancelling Halle Berry’s new sci-fi movie

Could The Mothership have been 2024’s Ex Machina? We’ll never know, as the alien farm drama joins Batgirl in the dustbin of write-offs

Credits due: what is behind A-listers queueing up to become executive producers?

Many celebrities are given the credit on films of all types, but what it means can vary from moral support to marketing or sometimes shepherding whole projects into being

‘You’re in a sea’: how film-makers survive in a straight-to-streaming age

Fringe movies such as horror and documentary are increasingly turning to digital releases. It allows for creative freedom but doesn’t easily pay the rent

How award show speeches can make or break actors’ Oscar hopes

Whether sharing a personal story, highlighting a political message or showcasing relatable charm, Hollywood stars have more riding on their podium performance than thank yous

Tom Cruise to return to skies for third Top Gun movie

Film is expected to reunite Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell with protege fighter pilots played by Miles Teller and Glen Powell

Several women accuse Vincent Gallo of disturbing audition experiences

Actor allegedly made sexually explicit and unsettling remarks during casting process for serial killer thriller The Policeman

‘That film taught Mattel nothing’: screenwriters lead backlash to ‘women in film’ Barbies

Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner and The Wire creator David Simon were quick to point out the limitations of the range, while female screenwriters Emma Forrest and Carol Morley also had notes

How film distributor and studio A24 became the hottest name in merch

In this week’s newsletter: The company behind Priscilla and Uncut Gems sells clothes that are a knowing wink to fashionistas as much as cinephiles

Hollywood’s attempts to encourage diversity ‘performative’, study finds

Two new studies show female film-makers still underrepresented despite recent successes such as Barbie

Film, TV and video-game producers to get more generous UK tax relief

Industry has said Britain could lose out to other countries, particularly in animation and special effects

My friend David Leland’s films always cheered for the underdog

From Wish You Were Here to Mona Lisa and The Big Man, he was determined to shine a light on those marginalised in society albeit using his quirky sense of humour

‘It was the ultimate outsider cinema’: the indelible influence of London’s Scala

In the 1980s and early 90s, the King’s Cross picture house attracted all manner of freaks, geeks, itinerants and outcasts to its cult movie all-nighters. The makers of a new documentary discuss its rise, fall, and quite heroic legacy