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Kristen Stewart has spoken out against “the violence of silencing” female directors in the film industry, which she described as being “in a state of emergency”. Speaking at the Academy Women’s Luncheon on Tuesday, Stewart said her fellow women in film should reject tokenism and “print our own currency”. “It’s awkward to talk about inequality for some people,” said Stewart. …

Kristen Stewart delivered rousing remarks Tuesday afternoon during the keynote address at the Academy and Chanel’s Women’s Luncheon in Los Angeles. The actress and director – her feature film directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” is in theaters next month — slammed Hollywood for failing to live up to its post-MeToo goals and efforts. “In a post-MeToo moment, it seemed …

Apple’s M5 lands in a refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro and the latest iPad Pro, promising up to 3.5x faster AI performance than M4, higher GPU throughput, and quicker storage. Here is what is actually new, how it stacks up against last year’s iPad Pro M4 generation we covered, and where these machines fit into real production workflows. Apple just updated …

He has been called the greatest actor of his generation – a three-time Oscar-winner, and reluctant star. “The work itself has always been, has remained nothing but a source of fascination and pleasure to me, the work itself,” said Daniel Day-Lewis. “The aftermath of the work has always been difficult for me. You know, you become to some extent a …

Pnina Halfon Lang has spent more than two decades promoting, marketing, and building collaborations for Israeli cinema abroad. From her office in a worn-down Tel Aviv building, the executive director of the nonprofit CoPro Foundation now senses a sharp shift in the industry. “Business is not as usual,” she says. Since Hamas’s bloody massacre of some 1,200 in Israel on …

More than 1,800 film industry figures, including major Hollywood actors, vowed to boycott Israeli cinema bodies they claimed were “implicated in genocide” in Gaza, in an open letter published Monday. “We pledge not to screen films, appear at, or otherwise work with Israeli film institutions — including festivals, cinemas, broadcasters, and production companies — that are implicated in genocide and …

Director Carol Bash and Robert Shepard, director of photography, on a set for the documentary, Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band. The documentary was made with the help of funding from public media. Stacey Holman/PBS hide caption toggle caption Stacey Holman/PBS The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) has helped make PBS a home for independent documentaries for more …

If you’re planning a nice family cruise vacation this summer, don’t watch Amy Bradley Is Missing on Netflix until after you’ve safely disembarked in your home port. In 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley vanished from the cruise ship she and her family were vacationing on. A full search of the ship revealed nothing, leading officials to believe Bradley likely either jumped or fell overboard …