Nonfiction streaming platform Documentary+ has acquired River Finlay’s documentary short “Eat Flowers.” The Oscar-qualified film will debut on major streamers and the Documentary+ Fast channel on Wednesday. According to an official logline, “Eat Flowers” picks up in 2017 “as photographer Cig Harvey’s best friend Mary
As technology continues to evolve, the arts and humanities are having a reckoning, and it’s not pretty. In his newest play, “McNeal,” Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar (“Disgraced”) confronts the ethics of AI, plagiarism and ownership in storytelling. Directed by Bartlett Sher, the play centers
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a union-backed bill on Monday that protects loan-out companies, which had been threatened by a state audit earlier this year. Actors, writers and crew members are typically not treated as employees of the major studios. Instead, they are paid through their
Frankie (Ariella Mastroianni) is a young single mother struggling to make enough money, having just been fired from her job as a gas station attendant. Finding another gig isn’t going to be easy. Gainful employment is a tough ask for Frankie, who is living with
Indonesia’s KawanKawan Media has unveiled the trailer for “Tale of the Land,” the directorial debut of Loeloe Hendra, which has been selected for the New Currents competition at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival. The film, set on the island of Borneo, is described as
Sony Pictures Entertainment is set for a transition at the top in January when Tony Vinciquerra steps down from his role as CEO and hands the reins to Ravi Ahuja. Ahuja will become president and CEO of the Culver City studio as of Jan. 2.
“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 50th season on a ratings high note. The “SNL” episode that aired on Sept. 28 drew 5.3 million viewers in the Nielsen Live+Same Day ratings, the most viewers for an “SNL” season premiere since 2020. Per NBCUniversal, the episode
In the 2022 HBO docuseries “The Last Movie Stars,” Ethan Hawke floats the possibility that the great Joanne Woodward’s risk-it-all role — the one that could have won the “Three Faces of Eve” star a second Oscar, had it gone differently — was playing a