From Harry Potter to The Crying Game, Susie Figgis’s explosive enthusiasm made her an irreplaceable casting director

Producer Stephen Woolley pays tribute to Figgis, who has died aged 77, a brilliant professional whose ‘molotov cocktail personality’ enabled her work in British and Hollywood cinema

From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood for ever

Reiner’s own films reshaped modern comedy and drama with their intelligence, empathy and range. But through his company, Castle Rock, he paved the way for Seinfeld, Sorkin and many more

Flavoured condoms, 120 turkeys and a Free Marlon Dingle poster: the weird and wonderful work making the film industry green

Women are trailblazing efforts in the UK and US to improve sustainability on film and TV sets, from donating catering and rehoming props to reducing emissions

All hail Avatar! How event movies are trying to bring back the box office blockbuster

Ahead of James Cameron’s latest Avatar sequel hitting the big screen, we look at how studios aim for ‘theatricality’ to get streaming film fans from sofa to cinema

Netflix buying Warner Bros is bad news for cinema and those of us who love it

The proposed acquisition would see yet more of Hollywood controlled by a tech company and one that doesn’t seem to care about the theatrical experience

‘This merger must be blocked’: Netflix-Warner Bros deal faces fierce backlash

US politicians and Hollywood guilds have voiced concerns against the proposed $83bn purchase of the studio

The end of big-screen cinema? What Netflix hopes to achieve by buying Warner Bros

IP success stories such as Barbie and the DC Universe? That elusive best picture Oscar? Or perhaps the main goal is a good old-fashioned blockbuster

‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films

From Angels With Filthy Souls in Home Alone, to Deception in The Holiday, fake movies are taking on a life of their own

Hollywood’s dark era: where did all the colour from movies go?

Blockbuster sequel Wicked: For Good has become the latest film to receive complaints about both the lack of colour and the inconsistent lighting

‘Making films is who I am’: Tom Cruise gets lifetime achievement Oscar

The Hollywood star – who had been nominated for multiple Oscars but never previously won – was honoured at the Academy’s annual Governors awards, along with Dolly Parton, Wynn Thomas and Debbie Allen

Jennifer Lawrence says she didn’t need an intimacy coordinator on new film as co-star Robert Pattinson is ‘not pervy’

Speaking as their film Die My Love is released, the actor joined a number of other famous names questioning the value of the new roles

Mediocre movies, millions in taxpayer cash: how scores of films from low-profile UK producer were funded mainly by public money

Creative industries are ‘crucial to the economy’ but film-making and tax have long had an uneasy relationship in Britain

‘I could eat this podium with a fork and knife I’m so angry’: Kristen Stewart blasts neglect of female film-makers

The actor, whose forthcoming directorial debut The Chronology of Water spent eight years in development, said women in the industry should ‘print our own currency’

‘If I’d known the skeletons were real I’d have been even more disgusted’: how we made Poltergeist

‘Steven Spielberg lit up when I told him I couldn’t do the face-tearing scene. Those are his hands you see in the film. I could never have ripped my face off with the same joie de vivre’

Horror show: North American box office records lowest monthly total since 1997

Halloween weekend failed to make numbers jump, adding up to the weakest monthly performance – other than during the pandemic – for three decades