‘Like a physical version of blackface’: actors with dwarfism hit out at Hollywood

Upcoming films Wonka and Snow White have cast actors without dwarfism in key roles, a practice seen as damaging for representation

Barbie, what have you done? The nightmare of Hollywood’s toy movie future

After Barbie’s success, toy maker Hasbro has joined the goldrush – and soon even the dullest playtime object will get its own film. Are you ready for the Play-Doh Cinematic Universe?

Cleopatra at 60: new book reveals ‘stunning profligacy’ of infamous Hollywood epic

The Observer’s critics saw the ‘ordeal in Rome’ and now a new book reveals why it flopped

George Clooney, Meryl Streep and Matt Damon among A-listers donating $1m to help striking actors

The stars have followed the lead of Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson with $15m raised so far to help those hit hardest

Barbie and Oppenheimer’s success continues into second weekend

The contrasting blockbusters are continuing to buoy box office around the world as cinemas continue to struggle in the wake of Covid-19

Netflix lists AI job worth $900,000 amid twin Hollywood strikes

Company lists highly paid machine-learning project manager role while actors and executives at odds over future of AI in Hollywood

Bryan Cranston leads actors’ strike rally in New York: ‘We will not allow you to take away our dignity’

Award-winning actor led a starry event with a fiery speech aimed at Disney CEO Bob Iger: ‘We will not be having our jobs taken away and given to robots’

‘It’s unsustainable’: can Hollywood survive without transformation?

Despite the success of Barbenheimer, the industry faces strikes, AI concerns and an untenable situation for those not at the top

Barbenheimer bonanza: how two films saved the summer box office

Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan’s vastly different summer offerings have opened to record-breaking numbers at a precarious time for the industry

‘You need the glamour of a big opening’: US actors’ strike starts to bite on red carpet

Blockbusters such as Barbie have weathered the absence of Hollywood stars from promotion – but behind-the-scenes workers are worried

I was a US nuclear missile operator. I’m grateful for the Oppenheimer film

The questions at the center of Oppenheimer don’t feel theoretical to me. From 2012 to 2017 I worked on nearly 300 nuclear silo alerts

Barbie v Oppenheimer: dolls trump nukes as blockbusters hit screens

Glasgow crowds root for Greta Gerwig’s bubblegum satire over Christopher Nolan’s atom bomb saga

DCMS sets sights on championing UK film industry as Hollywood struggles

A parliamentary inquiry plans to address issues hampering the British film and TV sector, such as skills shortages, while ‘attracting blockbusters to our shores’

From Deadpool 3 to Gladiator 2: the movies affected by the actors’ strike

The industry-shifting strike has affected a number of major productions, including films starring Ryan Reynolds, Jenna Ortega and Tom Cruise

Barbie set to topple Oppenheimer with $110m US opening

Greta Gerwig’s toyland satire expected to win out over Christopher Nolan’s atomic-bomb drama but both will provide box-office boost