Movies

Festival creator Maori Karmael Holmes has been hired to bring cinema back to the Annenberg Performing Arts Center.

Drive-ins are making a comeback as the COVID-19 era's socially distant entertainment venue. It turns out their origin story has a big chapter here in 1930s Camden, N.J.

News reports promise the same event in half a dozen cities. Local officials haven’t heard anything about it.

Movies may not be real — but in a lot of ways, they’re real to us. Great films help us understand the world, history, and one another ...

The Brandywine and Colonial are the first Philly-area museum and theatre to reopen since COVID-19 shut everything down.

The company said Monday that it would open approximately 450 U.S. locations on July 30 and the remaining 150 the following week.

The chain changed its position on mask-wearing less than a day after the company became a target on social media for saying it would defer to local governments on the issue.

Hollywood's record in diversity and inclusion has improved in recent years, but it still lags behind the population — particularly in its executive ranks.

The Oscars are implementing some big changes, including a set number of best picture nominees and to-be-determined representation and inclusion standards for eligibility.

Chat with “Selah and the Spades” creator Tayarisha Poe on Tuesday, May 5.

Philadelphia’s only year-round art cinema venue moves across town to the Avenue of the Arts.

Films used to get a boost at the box office from Oscar nominations. It still exists for films hanging on at the multiplex. But industry changes are altering the calculus.

WHYY film critic and “Flicks” host Patrick Stoner explains the Academy Awards’ nominating process for best picture ahead of this weekend’s ceremony.

Clever choreography, a strong bond between dog and trainer … and evolutionary psychology?

Douglas was often cast as a troubled tough guy in films, most famously as a rebellious Roman slave named Spartacus. Offscreen, he was devoted to family and charity.