L.A. Times - Movie News

As film production goes global, many nations seek to balance benefit to the local film community with investment from abroad. 'Cultural tests' for incentives can help.

Thanks to technology, international production and audiences unafraid of subtitles, top casting directors can now find talent just about anywhere. Here's how they do it.

You've seen them alongside luminaries such as Jafar Panahi, Marlee Matlin and Jacques Audiard. Now it's time for six interpreters to have their own turn in the spotlight.

With streamers pulling back from a post-pandemic boom, Nigeria's film industry is looking to theatrical moviegoing, training programs and state support to keep leveling up.

Film critic Amy Nicholson and film editor Joshua Rothkopf discuss the festival's muted American presence, the likeliest awards contenders and more in their Cannes preview.

At 76, the Spanish auteur arrives in Cannes with an autofictional new film, 'Bitter Christmas,' and the luxury of speaking his mind. Our columnist talks with Almodóvar, uncensored.

A fiction filmmaker known for obliquely powerful explorations of class, race and colonialism turns her eye to a local crime that exposes a deeper rift of ownership.

Starring Tony-winner Reed Birney and 'Boots' star Kieron Moore, wrier-director Elliot Tuttle's sex-work drama explores subjects that rarely make it to screen.

The actor-writer Nancey Silvers and director David I. Strasser discuss the themes of the Lifetime film and the heavy responsibility of caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's.

After the box office success of biopics like "Michael" and concert films like "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert," Paramount has inked a new deal with Warner Music Group to expand its music programming.

Q'orianka Kilcher is suing James Cameron, his production company, Disney and several others, saying they used her likeness in the "Avatar" films without her permission.

The congressional Democrats want California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta to closely examine how the Paramount-Warner Bros. deal would affect jobs and competition.

Just days after settling the sprawling "It Ends With Us" legal battle, Lively's lawyers now say Baldoni and other defendants still face liability under California law.

For all the hugeness of an arena show, the singer establishes remarkable closeness with her fans, a rapport captured by the "Avatar" director's hi-def cameras.

The 79-year-old actor who stars in Netflix's adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt's 2022 novel remains committed to her craft, but would like to see more roles for older women.