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Robert Redford: the Hollywood icon who founded the Sundance Film Festival
Feature Redford’s most lasting influence may have been as the man who ‘invigorated American independent cinema’ through Sundance
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Best new movies of 2025: from Together to The Brutalist
The Week Recommends A French-language mob drama, a gruesome body horror and Ethan Hunt's last mission, these are the films worth a watch
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Jasveen Sangha and the ketamine 'Wild West' of Hollywood
In The Spotlight Arrest of the 'ketamine queen' accused of supplying Friends star Matthew Perry with deadly dose has turned spotlight on a showbiz drug problem
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The 5 best movies based on TV shows
The Week Recommends From biblical parodies and space epics to an unappreciated auteur masterpiece, these movies breathed new life into preexisting TV series
By David Faris Published
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Real-life couples creating real-deal sparks in the best movies to star IRL partners
The Week Recommends The chemistry between off-screen items can work wonders
By David Faris Published
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5 best movie sequels of all time
The Week Recommends The second time is only sometimes as good as the first
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FCC greenlights $8B Paramount-Skydance merger
Speed Read The Federal Communications Commission will allow Paramount to merge with the Hollywood studio Skydance
By Jessica Hullinger Published
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The best TV shows based on movies
The Week Recommends A handful of shows avoid derivative storytelling and craft bold narrative expansions
By David Faris Published
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The best film prequels of all time
The Week Recommends Balancing new information with what the audience already knows is a perilous tightrope
By David Faris Published
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The best film reboots of all time
The Week Recommends Creativity and imagination are often required to breathe fresh life into old material
By David Faris Published
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Unreal: A quantum leap in AI video
Feature Google's new Veo 3 is making it harder to distinguish between real videos and AI-generated ones
By The Week US Published
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Is Hollywood losing its luster?
Today's Big Question Television and film production is moving, leaving Hollywood to ponder its place in pop culture
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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'We're seeing that global conversation play out in real time'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Hollywood confounded by Trump's film tariff idea
speed read President Trump proposed a '100% tariff' on movies 'produced in foreign lands'
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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