‘A recipe for blandness’: critic Peter Biskind on why quality television is in chronic decline

The author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls has turned his gaze from Hollywood to prestige television, arguing that a golden age of TV that began with The Sopranos has been ruined by corporate greed

Harry Potter’s stunt double: ‘Breaking my neck made a man of me’

For David Holmes, doubling for Daniel Radcliffe was a dream come true. He had been on the smash-hit series from the start, thought he’d be there till the end … and then an accident on one of the final films left him paralysed. This is what happened next

Contract for Hollywood actors includes $40m yearly in streaming bonuses

Union leaders on Friday shared details of three-year contract, on AI, wage increases, and end to racist hair and makeup practices

Warner Bros shelves completed $70m Coyote vs Acme movie

Studio decides to take $30m tax write-down by not releasing live-action/animation comedy starring John Cena

The actors’ strike is all but over. What do we know about the deal?

For 118 days, Hollywood actors were striking for a better deal and now there is a tentative end in sight

From Deadpool 3 to Wonka: how does the end of the actors’ strike affect Hollywood?

With a tentative deal ending the strike, major films prepare to rush back to production while others are freed for promotion

Hollywood stars hail actors’ union’s tentative deal with studios to end strike

Sag-Aftra union celebrates agreement of ‘extraordinary scope’ with Hollywood producers to settle historic work stoppage

Hispanic and Latino representation in film hasn’t improved for 16 years – study

USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative finds that representation behind and in front of the camera remains stagnant

Re-vamped: British horror film-makers Hammer and Amicus are back from the dead

The British studios, which filled screens with bloody fangs, gothic monsters and heaving bosoms, have been resurrected for the 21st century

Global success of Barbie film drives up sales at Mattel

US toymaker says strong quarter reflects strategy to expand entertainment offering

‘They just have to be fair’: will the actors’ strike finally come to an end?

After over 100 days on strike, with actors out of work and studios refusing to budge, the industry is waiting for a vital update

UK film and TV workers: share your experience of finding work

We want to hear from people in the UK film and TV industry about their experiences and if they’ve changed career

Harassment victims in UK film and TV face backlash after #MeToo, study finds

UK report says victims in the industry are encouraged to speak out but can then face bullying and humiliation

Spider-Man riding a T rex – it’s the injection of multiverse mayhem that Marvel needs

Drew Goddard’s much-hyped movie Sinister Six was abandoned a decade ago. Now we have the perfect opportunity to bring back the fun

North-east ‘utterly forgotten’ amid UK film and TV production boom

Leo Pearlman, cofounder of Fulwell 73, calls on government to back plans for new studio complex in Sunderland