Universal Pictures will now keep its new films in theaters for at least five weekends, a reversal from the studio’s previous policy of at least 17 days that was set during the pandemic. The change takes place immediately, the studio said Thursday. That means it will apply to its newest film, the Colleen Hoover romance…
Gender and racial representation on the big screen dipped once again in 2025, with the sharpest decline among women in lead roles, a new study found. The industry has failed “to better incorporate diversity,” according to the 2026 UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report, released Thursday. The study, which analyzed 109 of the top English-language theatrical film…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Though there are plenty of serious subjects among the selections at this year’s South by Southwest, which begins tonight, even the festival’s own programmers were surprised to find how strongly they gravitated toward films that made them laugh amid the chaos of the world at large. “I don’t know if it’s the generation…
