Amazon buys new Woody Allen film while Netflix hides Crouching Tiger sequel from critics
These are strange times for streaming, as rival services take opposing approaches to exclusive film rights
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See the Terminator star battle all comers in a Super Bowl 2016 commercial, plus Samsung describes the tough path to Winter Olympics glory
Twitter can be cruel, but Stephen Fry didn’t have to leave
The anonymity of the app allows people to dispense instant, often thoughtless, judgment. But there is a right to reply, and you can always switch off
Cynthia Nixon: Emily Dickinson would have loved Twitter
A Quiet Passion actor suggests that celebrated 19th-century American poet was far from cut off, and would have been ‘emailing and tweeting all day long’
Is BB-8 a woman: why are we so determined to assign gender to AI?
From droids in a galaxy far, far away to the computers in our back pockets, we make huge assumptions about the identities of our machine companions
Dallas Buyers Club piracy case finally dropped after two-year legal battle
Court rejected call by producers of Oscar-winning drama to be allowed to unmask 4,726 alleged Australian pirates of the movie
This attempt to shame Susan Sarandon is no more than Victorian
Oh whoops – the actor’s outfit for the Screen Actors Guild awards evening caused a Twitter storm
James Franco to direct Twitter tale of stripper Zola’s sordid road trip
Drama is based on viral tweets by Aziah ‘Zola’ Wells – that won praise from Ava DuVernay and Missy Elliott – about her brush with a violent pimp
PewDiePie, Lilly Singh and Rooster Teeth star in first YouTube Red Originals
Three films and one show to make their debut on 10 February in the US, but fans from elsewhere in the world will have to buy online
Acmi X: Australia’s first ‘co-working’ space set up by a major cultural institution
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image gets collaborative by opening office doors to Melbourne’s creative community with a 60-seat space
How Isis hijacked pop culture, from Hollywood to video games
Their films use the high-production standards seen in gaming and action movies in their quest to appeal and appal. But they’re not the only ones who have had that idea
Virtual Reality: the immersive film-making wowing Sundance
Whether they’re letting you walk on Star Wars’ planet Jakku or experience what it’s like to be bombed, film-makers are embracing immersive technology
Artificial Intelligence: Gods, egos and Ex Machina
Even with its flaws, last year’s Ex Machina perfectly captured the curious relationship between artificial intelligence, God and ego. A tiny change in its closing moments would have given it an intriguing new dimension.
Creativity is being wiped out as we demand that art reflects modern life
Our digital age has left us unable to deal with fiction. At least The Revenant seeks to free us from reality
Netflix to stop Australians accessing US content library using proxies and VPNs
Company says it is making progress towards offering all content universally, but viewers should be able to access only the library from their own country