'Oppenheimer', inching closer to $1bn at the global box office, has all the markings of Nolan's signature touch. We break down his distinct style, two decades in the making.
In 1959, an American by the name of Ruth Handler created the very first Barbie doll. Barbie's 'land' would grow to be a worldwide phenomenon that has never ceased.
In an Al Majalla exclusive, Hollywood legend Sylvester Stallone gives a wide-ranging interview about his lengthy and successful career, his best moments and how he dealt with adversity
As the 79th Venice International Film Festival begins on Wednesday, August 31st, this Italian event is regaining prominence due to two key factors. The first is that it has consistently (especially…
Right now there’s enough debt, toil and trouble afoot to upend the film and streaming industries twice over. Cineworld, owner of the nation’s number two multiplex chain Regal, flirts with bankruptcy…
Bill Kramer has been thinking about the future of the Oscars since he was named CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences earlier this summer.
The former head of the Academy Museum of…
Censors have altered the ending of the recent animated film Minions: The Rise of Gru for its domestic release in China, social media users across the country noticed over the weekend.
The editing…
Brad Pitt’s movie “Bullet Train” arrived with a $30.1 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates, as the last big movie of Hollywood’s summer recovery. But what is the history of the…
Blockbusters are finally coming back to movie theaters. But the buzz is elsewhere in Hollywood. Streaming services are upending the film industry’s traditional model and consolidating power just as…
The Saudi pioneer of the prose poem reveals why her recent collections were linked by the theme of water and how the artform means she has lived many lives.
One of the biggest names in the stricken financial sector calls for 'hope' amid the crisis that has reduced millions to poverty and ruined the country's reputation. There is now a detailed plan.
Over 6,000 people have been sheltering in woodland in Olala in Amhara for two months having already fled from civil war. The international community is not doing enough to help.
No stranger to rivalries, the governor of the Central Bank of Libya is technocrat who has had to develop his political wiles, most recently clashing with the prime minister. Is this the next Gaddafi?