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Extras in Keira Knightley film being underpaid, says union

Friday, 30 September 2011

Extras have complained they are being hired below agreed industry minimum rates to appear in a movie starring Keira Knightley.

3D fails to dazzle screen audiences

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Cinemagoers say 3D adds little to the movie experience, in a poll that indicates the format is failing to win over audiences.

Oscar bosses to crack down on excessive movie campaigns

Friday, 23 September 2011

Adam Sherwin: Hollywood stars could be banned from socialising with each other before the Oscars under a crackdown on social events aimed at wooing voters before the Academy Awards ceremony.

Observations: A most natural choice of muse

Friday, 23 September 2011

From Danté's Beatrice through to Yeats's Maud Gonne and Almodóvar's Penelope Cruz, the common or garden muse is young, attractive and female.

Observations: Different tales from the city

Friday, 23 September 2011

Dedicated to promoting films from black, Latino and Asian film-makers, New York's Urbanworld Film Festival celebrated its 15th year last weekend.

Ghostbusters 3 awaiting 'yes' from Bill Murray

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

'Ghostbusters 3' will be scrapped if Bill Murray refuses to sign up.

Avatar theme park to be built

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

An 'Avatar' theme park is to be built.

Film censors under fire for failure to stub out smoking on screen

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Nina Lakhani: Tobacco researchers have attacked "incompetent" film regulators and "insouciant" politicians for failing to act upon evidence suggesting that teenagers are being lured into smoking by seeing it in movies.

Where Do We Go Now? wins best film at Toronto film festival

Monday, 19 September 2011

Lebanese-born Nadine Labaki's second directorial effort "Et maintenant on va où?" ("Where Do We Go Now?") on Sunday won the Toronto film festival's People's Choice Award for best picture.

To pee or not to pee: Depardieu explains all

Thursday, 15 September 2011

John Lichfield: The French film actor, Gérard Depardieu, yesterday laughingly explained, but did not apologise for, his decision to pee into a bottle on a Paris to Dublin plane last month, describing himself as 'not a monster' but 'an elephant'.

The best-paid man in US entertainment - Tyler Perry

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Guy Adams on Tyler Perry, the £500m man you've probably never heard of.

Suitors circle for film distributor

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Entertainment One, the film distribution company that brought the Twilight saga to the UK, has become a takeover target after receiving a series of offers.

Cronenberg's F1 movie blockbuster given the red flag by Ecclestone

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

David Cronenberg has revealed that he came tantalisingly close to making a big budget film about motor racing but that the project stalled and then crashed because of the demands of Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone.

Fassbender wins best actor award in Venice

Monday, 12 September 2011

Michael Fassbender was celebrating yesterday after winning the Coppa Volpi best actor award at this year's Venice Film Festival for his role in Shame, directed by the Turner Prize-winning artist, Steve McQueen.

Spies like us: Smiley is back

Sunday, 11 September 2011

As 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' hits the cinemas this week, Andrew Griffin celebrates our long-lasting love affair with spooks.

Mel Gibson plans new biopic of warrior Judah Maccabee

Saturday, 10 September 2011

Rob Sharp: Jewish groups react with horror to news that Gibson might direct a film about a hero of Jewish history.

The Arts Diary: Back in the thick of it

Friday, 9 September 2011

Chris Langham, the former star of The Thick of It who was sentenced to 10 months in prison in 2007 for downloading indecent images of children from the internet, is returning to the screen.

Beyond Bollywood: star goes global alongside DiCaprio in 3D Gatsby

Friday, 9 September 2011

Andrew Buncombe: Over the course of more than four decades, India’s biggest movie star, Amitabh Bachchan, has performed in around 150 Bollywood movies and featured as everything from hero to villain.

John Wayne's eye patch up for sale

Thursday, 8 September 2011

The eye patch worn by John Wayne during his Oscar-winning performance in True Grit will be among the actor's belongings to be sold at auction next month.

Eddie Murphy to host 2012 Oscars

Thursday, 8 September 2011

The comedian Eddie Murphy, whose films range from Beverly Hills Cop to voicing the smart-mouthed donkey in Shrek, has been picked to host the Academy Awards in February for the first time in his career.

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Disney seeks a silver lining in The Lone Ranger crisis

Wednesday, 7 September 2011

Guy Adams: Who is that masked man? And is he worth $250m? That's the big question in Hollywood this week, as the top dogs at Disney meet to work out whether to proceed with a high-profile reboot of The Lone Ranger.

Venice Diary: Bellucci's not-so steamy summer

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

* Fans of steamy French cinema may have expected a film titled Un Été Brûlant (A Scorching Summer) starring Monica Bellucci and Louis Garrel to be a hot, sexually charged affair. Not so, says French auteur Phillippe Garrel. "Part of the reason I cast my son Louis and my father Maurice, is that I can't stand sex scenes. So this is my excuse, I can't film my family in a love scene it would be too weird."

Venice Diary: Fassbender's sex advice; Take a Wilde guess; Plum role for Mathieu

Monday, 5 September 2011

Fassbender's sex advice

Death in Venice, Hollywood- style

Sunday, 4 September 2011

Jonathan Romney: The film festival premieres Steven Soderbergh's thriller about a deadly virus starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon.

Clooney has no plans to run for President

Thursday, 1 September 2011

No, George Clooney hasn't got any immediate plans to stand for US President.