First trailer released for western starring AI version of Val Kilmer
Footage of As Deep As the Grave screened in the US, featuring an authorised visual deepfake of the actor who died in 2025
Sex and drugs and poisoned champagne: 90 years on, we can finally see Joan Crawford’s wildest film
A legal dispute led to Letty Lynton, the golden age superstar’s controversial drama, being sealed away. Only now can audiences see what all the fuss was about
‘Coke and booze didn’t help my creativity’: Joe Eszterhas on his wild times – and his supernatural, anti-woke Basic Instinct reboot
He was the screenwriting colossus behind Flashdance, Jagged Edge, Showgirls and more. Now clean, ‘Hollywood’s Shakespeare’ talks about today’s scared studios, his refugee trauma – and taking acid with Hunter S Thompson
From the phone to the plex: why TV shows are turning into movies
A successful cinema release for the new Peaky Blinders movie provided marketing opportunities that could lead to a reverse in the stream-first model
Why is the US so expensive? Everything comes in a ‘premium’ version, from doctors’ appointments to movies
Want a good view of the cinema screen? You’ll need to sign up to the VIP scheme. A quick chat with your doctor? An extra $50,000 will let you jump the queue, writes Arwa Mahdawi
‘It’s going to upset the balance’: how will Paramount buying Warner Bros change Hollywood?
Warner Bros might have swept the Oscars with Sinners and One Battle After Another, but the impending merger has those in the industry worried about the future
Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav in line for $700m payout from Paramount deal
One of the best-paid executives in Hollywood has already made $113m after selling shares in WBD this month
Selfies, sniffer dogs and superstition – Peter Bradshaw’s big night out at the Oscars!
KPop Demon Hunters fans screamed with glee, Adrien Brody grossed out the audience and Timothée Chalamet broke all the rules. The Guardian’s film critic on a gobsmackingly glamorous ceremony
‘Like a DVD in the present tense’: are we ready for film distribution via USB drives?
As big tech continues to dominate the film industry, Video StoreAge is a uniquely crafted company that works with film-makers to sell independent films on USB drives
Warner Bros wins a record 11 Oscars as One Battle After Another and Sinners dominate awards
Film studio – currently in acquisition talks with Paramount – earned 11 awards thanks to films by Ryan Coogler and Paul Thomas Anderson
‘On YouTube, we can reach 2.5bn people at once’: Oscars head Bill Kramer on TV, AI and 4am starts
The Academy CEO on his decidedly non-Hollywood beginnings, bonding with Robert Redford – and a formative watch of All That Jazz
Ben Affleck sells his AI postproduction startup to Netflix
Announcing the InterPositive deal, the actor says he was moved from being scared of the technology to embracing it
Paramount Skydance wins Warner Bros Discovery bid after Netflix walks away from deal
Streamer said ‘deal no longer financially attractive’ at price required to match offer by David Ellison’s firm
Hundreds of film-makers back Berlinale director in row over winners’ Gaza comments
Tilda Swinton among those to sign petition supporting Tricia Tuttle, who reportedly faces sack after pro-Palestine speeches at gala
Netflix or Paramount: who would be the best new owner of Warner Bros?
The ongoing battle over for the iconic film studio is set to have a major impact on what we, the viewers, get to watch