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With smartphones and advanced digital cameras, it’s absurdly easy these days to just point and click and capture a perfectly sharp, vibrant image. However, that simplicity means that standing out as a photographer is now more difficult than in the past, when the barrier to entry was lower. Good composition may still remain a powerful…
Meghan Markle goes behind the scenes as her ‘MasterChef Australia’ episode debuts Royals
One of the most concerning developments in 2026 for cinephiles is the growing embrace of generative artificial intelligence in the filmmaking process from prominent filmmakers, actors and studios. Beyond mere verbal endorsement, many have entered into multi-million dollar partnerships with AI companies.
Today, Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), and Illinois film industry leaders announced that film production expenditures in Illinois reached a record-breaking high of $703 million in 2025, supporting an estimated 18,000 in industry hires. This represents a 25 percent increase in film expenditures since before the pandemic in…
As consolidation, shifting release windows and funding pressure reshape the film business, IND/EX 2026 showed independent exhibitors and festivals organizing around community value, operational resilience and a stronger collective voice.
Paper tiger … Jack O’Connell in Ink by Danny Boyle, the opening film of this year’s Venice film festival. Photograph: StudiocanalPaper tiger … Jack O’Connell in Ink by Danny Boyle, the opening film of this year’s Venice film festival. Photograph: Studiocanal
Tony Williams moved from the UK to the US to become a lecturer in film studies at Southern Illinois University, CarbondaleTony Williams moved from the UK to the US to become a lecturer in film studies at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Obituary
Classic animated film returns in 4K from September with worldwide screenings and exclusive cinema collectibles
The prediction market Kalshi threatened legal action against Netflix on Friday, claiming a trailer for its upcoming documentary about the industry contains defamatory and “fabricated” content, which Netflix denies. CNN’s Marshall Cohen reports.
From Jacob Elordi in Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic thriller, to a wacky NYC romcom starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro, here are the films to watch at the cinema and stream at home this month.