Film

At an industry screening of the forthcoming comedy “Tropic Thunder,” Tom Cruise brought down the house with his portrayal of a dirty-dancing movie mogul.

Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild have agreed to open formal contract talks with representatives of Hollywood’s movie and television companies on April 15.

A hedge fund manager testified that Anthony Pellicano, the Hollywood private detective accused of wiretapping, had once offered to have a movie producer killed for him.

After a poor box-office showing for war-related movies, how could a Hollywood studio possibly entice audiences into seeing the next one?

New this week is a box set of films featuring the French megastar Alain Delon, captured at the height of his popularity in the 1960s and ’70s.

The reviews are in: “A dire situation” for serious film.

The sudden split between two actors unions this weekend appeared to weaken labor organizations without making life easier for the studios they bargain with.

The main reason to check out the final week of this year’s edition of New Directors/New Films is the superb documentary “Trouble the Water,” about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.

Richard Widmark never quite shook the dark associations of his early roles, even after his studio, 20th Century Fox, rehabilitated him as a leading man.

A judge ruled that the heirs of the co-creator of Superman were entitled to reclaim their share of the U.S. copyright, 70 years after their ancestor sold rights to the character for $130.

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United Artists will turn 90 next year, and Film Forum celebrates with a five-week tribute.

After a $1.6 billion marriage in 2005, DreamWorks and Paramount may be headed for divorce.

Among the many things for which he will be remembered, Paul Scofield helped to usher in a whole era of classy, lushly produced costume films set in the Tudor period.

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