How long has Hollywood been out of ideas?
What’s changed in recent years isn’t the instinct to take safe bets on already popular content — it’s that those bets are no longer paying off
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Thursday
Monday
What does the future hold for Alec Baldwin?
He is now a free man and able to resume a career that has undergone some spectacular highs and lows over the past few decades
Friday
RIP Donald Sutherland, a Hollywood master
He was an actor who, even in the weakest films he appeared in, brought class and dignity
Tuesday
Trump’s crush on Debra Messing
‘She came up to me with her beautiful red hair’
Monday
Yes, Will Smith is still a movie star
Summer blockbusters in Hollywood have hope again, as does the career of the man once known as Big Willie Style
Friday
The Baldwins reality show announced ahead of manslaughter trial
The lawyer of the cinematographer he fatally shot referred to the show as ‘calculated and cynical’
Tuesday
Why Ted Sarandos — and his son — should be disciplined
They think watching Lawrence of Arabia on an iPhone is acceptable
Wednesday
The best and worst of the 2024 Met Gala
Most of the fashion was yawn fuel
Monday
Oppenheimer and Poor Things clean up at the Oscars
Christopher Nolan, Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy all secured their first Academy Awards
Friday
Predictions for the 2024 Oscars
2023 was the best year for film in more than a decade
Monday
Bob Marley: One Love and the surefire success of music biopics
They provide the unmissable opportunity for an up-and-coming actor to become a star
Thursday
Edward Zwick on his hits — and his misses
Hits, Flops and Other Illusions is a fascinating book, both for what it includes and what it either omits or deals with in parentheses
Monday
The Super Bowl trailers bode for a poor year of cinema
Half these films will flop — and most of the rest will underperform
Tuesday
Oscar nominations 2024: Oppenheimer dominates
It’s hard to remember when there was such a good clutch of intelligent, adult-oriented films being recognized
Does Joan Crawford deserve her bad reputation?
It’s unlikely a Crawford could happen in today’s Hollywood
Tuesday
Succession and The Bear clean up at a delayed Emmys
Kieran Culkin once again triumphed over his co-stars Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong
Monday
The Golden Globe nominations are serious-minded and impressive
Barbie , Oppenheimer and Succession dominate
Tuesday
Sir Ridley Scott and the subtle art of not giving a damn
There is a refreshing new emphasis in his films on black comedy and absurdism
Thursday
SAG strike resolution: what happens next?
It is now inevitable that there will be a log-jam in post-production facilities
Tuesday
How Marvel lost its way
The MCU’s Midas touch appears to be dimming
