Netflix shares fall 35% after revealing drop in streaming subscribers
Company loses 200,000 members in the first three months of the year
‘This is terror against the city’ – Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘barbaric’ rocket attack on Kyiv
Five civilians killed in a rocket attack on a Kyiv TV tower as Zelenskiy urges EU to prove it sides with country in conflict
Beyond parody? Rees-Mogg hunts for ‘Brexit opportunities and government efficiency’
Planet Business: Brexiteer’s new gig; crypto crime; and a bitter-sweet subscription
HBO Max tries to close gap with Netflix and Disney in streaming wars
Company reaches 74 million subscribers by end of 2021, but is still well behind rivals
Donald Clarke: China’s financial success at the cinema is not a pandemic story
People’s Republic released two highest-grossing films of 2021 after decade of growth
Donald Clarke: The non-fungible token is beyond my understanding
Researching this new cultural phenomenon causes only headaches
UK’s Team17 acquires Dublin-based StoryToys for €22m
StoryToys chief says Team17 is the ‘perfect home’ for the app developer firm
‘What the film says is that you can hold on to your principles, and still emerge a winner’
David Puttnam recalls series of accidents that helped make Chariots of Fire a classic
Cineworld looks to raise debt cap after $3bn loss in 2020
Uncertainty about ability to continue as going concern remains, says company
Cineworld plans to reopen in US and UK as it strikes deal with Warner Bros
Agreement gives cinema chain exclusive rights to show films over streaming services
Pepe Le Pew not looking so romantic any more
Time to bid adieu, not au revoir, to the Looney Tunes character
‘Hot market’ sees Sky ramp up film and TV investment in bid to ‘own its future’
Media company ‘heartened’ by bigger slice of pie as pandemic boosts viewing
James Bond film No Time to Die delayed again by Covid pandemic
Daniel Craig’s final 007 outing hit by coronavirus disruption, along with Sopranos prequel
Michael Apted obituary: Eclectic director’s work spanned Up documentaries to James Bond
Gorillas in the Mist director worked on variety of projects including Coronation Street
The Zoom transgression that sank one of the United States’ best-known journalists
How Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker writer and CNN legal analyst, lost his sweetest gig
Tom Cruise erupts on Mission: Impossible set over crew’s breach of Covid-19 rules
Actor heard in expletive-laden recording yelling at staff that they will be fired if they do not follow restrictions
European indices climb as oil surge drags equities higher
Poor jobs numbers in US weigh on Wall Street but bolster hopes for stimulus
Why Hollywood studios pulled the plug on cinemas
James Bond was the last remaining hope for 2020 before it was postponed last week
Batman star Robert Pattinson tests positive for Covid-19
Actor will reportedly self-isolate as Warner Bros halts UK production of The Batman
Hollywood delays summer blockbusters due to Covid-19
Disney postpones Mulan indefinitely and delays Star Wars and Avatar releases
European shares end lower on fears of ‘second wave’ of Covid-19
Stoxx 600 weighed down by Wirecard over missing $2.1bn in payments firm’s accounts
Michael Curtiz: The ‘pompous b*****d’ who shaped Casablanca
A new Netflix film focuses on how the egotistical Hungarian-born director brought the 1942 classic together
Netflix falling short in ferocious Oscar drive
A $70m campaign and 24 nominations may not bring it a big night
Martin Scorsese: ‘Crime is glamorous at first if you’re young and stupid’
The director on his endless curiosity, making gangland films, and how he thinks about death
Clint Eastwood’s film tells a lie, but shows us the true Clint
In the film, a real-life female journalist sleeps with a source. There’s no evidence it happened
Cork’s Spike Island wins second international major tourist award
Site’s visitor numbers have grown steadily from 27,000 in 2016 to over 81,000 in 2019
Colin Farrell in line to play the Penguin in The Batman
The actor is talks to join Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz and Paul Dano in a neo-noir take on the superhero
Sam Taylor-Johnson: ‘The fear hasn’t completely gone away’
Director’s new film A Million Little Pieces is based on James Frey’s contentious memoir
A week among the stars (and the Irish) in Los Angeles
Make sure your trip to LA includes great food, cool bars and a Dodgers game
Netflix and Amazon should pay levy to Irish industry, says Screen Ireland
Outgoing chief James Hickey says big media firms could help fund Irish film and TV
The Wild Bunch at 50: Peckinpah’s symphony of wanton destruction ages disturbingly well
The nihilism of Sam Peckinpah’s western came as a shock to the system in the late 1960s and still resonates today
#MeToo or not #MeToo? Warner Bros chief resigns after sexual misconduct allegations
If a relationship is consensual - is it part of the #MeToo movement?
A year on from ‘inclusion rider’, Hollywood accepts 4% challenge
Stars and some studios are backing a push to see more women and minorities hired
Mortal Kombat is back, more violent than ever. Is this a bad thing?
Laura Kennedy: Is simulating violence a kind of wrongdoing in itself, or ethically neutral?
Musicals boost Irish cinema takings to highest point since 2009
Superheroes beaten at box office by ‘Mamma Mia!’ sequel and ‘A Star is Born’ remake
Sondra Locke: toxic relationship with Clint Eastwood defined talented actor
Locke, an excellent performer and serious-minded director, became trapped by her involvement with Eastwood and bitter legal disputes
Sondra Locke, Oscar-nominated actor, dies aged 74
Locke, who had turbulent relationship with Clint Eastwood, died on November 3rd after battle with cancer
Theresa May, the ‘Tulip’ tower and Taylor Swift’s landmark record deal
Planet Business: Also this week, Apple’s slide and an Australian media mega-merger
Sky Cinema eyes piece of the action with movies of its own
Risky move comes as streaming TV services chase the holy grail of original content
The Irish-American animator who put the ‘looney’ into Looney Tunes
Bob Clampett animated Daffy Duck and Tweety, with his unique wacky style
Tab Hunter, Hollywood heartthrob who hid sexuality, dead at 86
Hunter embodied the clean-cut image but was forced to deny his gay sexuality for years
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Five-star rating for LauraLynn’s ‘Oscars’
Families affected by loss use film project with scriptwriters to help tell their stories
Dublin-based Keywords Studios makes second acquisition this week
Video gaming firm snaps up Localizadora Latam just days after buying Sperasoft
Irish game developer Keywords Studios buys US firm in $27m deal
Keywords has bought Sperasoft, which employs 400 software engineers and artists
Amazon announces Lord of the Rings TV prequel
The Lord of the Rings goes on a new epic journey in the Middle Earth of TV, as Amazon acquires global rights and plans a muiltiseason series
Kevin Spacey ‘seeking treatment’ over sexual misconduct claims
Director Brett Ratner says will ‘step away’ from work with Warner Bros amid claims
Mercurial film maker and comedian
Jerry Lewis obituary: Born March 16th, 1926 – Died August 20th, 2017
Altice lines up $185bn pitch for cable group Charter
Acquisitive European group could be set for latest round of US media consolidation
Come back, nu-metal, all is forgiven: Linkin Park go soft
The Californians are untethered on an album of bland midtempo pop-rock
Space Jam: the best soundtrack of them all?
Is the 1996 classic featuring R Kelly, Seal and Coolio - getting a reissue for Record Store Day - a peerless slam-dunk from a time when soundtracks mattered
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