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The specter of Los Angeles becoming another Detroit, a city built on a specific industry that became a shell of its former self when that business moved out, loomed over a compelling film and TV industry town hall that tackled…

A trailblazer for Kiwi satire, A Week of It (1977–79) skewered politics and pop culture with fearless irreverence. David McPhail’s Rob Muldoon impersonation became legendary, cementing the show’s impact. Written by a powerhouse team, it won multiple Feltex Awards and…

Filming levels in Los Angeles are slipping amid a global production crunch and escalating competition from other regions to host movies and TV shows. The three-month period from January to March saw losses in every category of production compared to…

When director Christopher Landon introduced his new thriller, “Drop,” before its premiere at the Chinese Theater on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, he had a warning for the packed auditorium. “It’s really hard out there for an original movie,” he said,…

Western cinema is littered with rags-to-riches stories of independent films making millions, but in an age of streaming where box offices are bypassed altogether, are windfalls becoming a thing of the past?  George Miller’s Mad Max of 1979, for example,…

You know what it’s like when you have a problem, or maybe a few of them, and they start to interlock and overwhelm you, and you’re frozen and can’t take action, until hope seems to be fading or maybe even…

There’s something which warms even the cryogenic core of your narrator’s flinty heart about the idea of recent graduates enjoying their first wobbly experiences operating a Scorpio crane. That became one of the more amusing moments of NAB 2024, alongside…

Even with the 2023 strikes in Hollywood’s rearview mirror, writers are still feeling the pinch. On Friday, the Writers Guild of America released new job statistics highlighting recent declines in television-writing jobs across various levels of the hierarchy. Post-Peak TV,…