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Protesters holding "Writers Guild of America on Strike" signs in a demonstration.

How did the 2007 writers’ strike change Hollywood?

by Louis Rabinowitz

With the pos­si­bil­i­ty of anoth­er strike loom­ing, it’s a good time to look back at the caus­es and impact of the noto­ri­ous 2007-08 WGA revolt.
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In Praise Of

Why I love Brendan Fraser’s performance in Looney Tunes: Back in Action

by James Hanton

His meta, slap­stick turn in this wide­ly-derid­ed car­toon spin-off proves that Fras­er isn’t afraid to laugh at him­self, or Hollywood.
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Interviews

Don Cheadle: ‘Filmmaking is a very risk-averse business’

by Leila Latif

The vet­er­an actor, musi­cian and direc­tor speaks about his role in Noah Baum­bach’s White Noise, and what his long tenure in Hol­ly­wood has taught him about the world.
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Incoming

A coalition of actors wants to change how Hollywood sees hair

by Charles Bramesco

Front­ed by Ker­ry Wash­ing­ton, Zoe Kravitz, and Rosario Daw­son, the CROWN Act for­bids dis­crim­i­na­tion against nat­ur­al hair.
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Interviews

Anthony Marra: ‘For every Billy Wilder there is someone like Bertolt Brecht’

by Ben Nicholson

In his first nov­el since being named one of Granta’s Best Young Amer­i­can Nov­el­ists in 2017, Antho­ny Mar­ra turns his atten­tion to old Hollywood.
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In Praise Of

How The Chase set the topical, visceral tone for New Hollywood

by Chloe Walker

Though large­ly for­got­ten today, Arthur Penn’s 1966 crime thriller remains a fas­ci­nat­ing pre­cur­sor to a film­mak­ing revolution.
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Review

Blonde

by Leila Latif

Andrew Dominik’s warts-and-all por­trait of trag­ic Hol­ly­wood icon Mar­i­lyn Mon­roe is as sur­re­al as it is sad.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Incoming

Amy Winehouse is the latest star to get the Hollywood biopic treatment

by Charles Bramesco

Will audi­ences say ​‘no, no, no’ to Sam Taylor-Johnson’s upcom­ing film?
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Opinion

Tom Cruise: Hollywood’s last leading man

by Susan Akyeampong

A cer­tain image of mas­culin­i­ty per­pet­u­at­ed by Tom Cruise is on the decline in Hol­ly­wood – but that isn’t nec­es­sar­i­ly a bad thing.
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In Praise Of

What Price Hollywood: The Story of A Star is Born

by Trevor Johnston

George Cukor’s sub­lime take on star­dom ranks among Judy Garland’s best work, but its pro­duc­tion was mired in turmoil.