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HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind,’ will add context

NEW YORK – HBO Max has temporarily removed “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and t...

DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

After 20 years, a temporary drive-in theater returns

Allen Theaters to run a lineup each night

DATE: Jun 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Drive-In theaters are jammed with moviegoers escaping lockdown

Daniel Fuller inflated a camping mattress, tossed it into the back of his pickup and settled in with his wife to watch “Trolls World Tour” at the Coyote Drive-In in Fort Worth, Texas. ...

DATE: May 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Business

‘Little Fires Everywhere’ director Lynn Shelton dies at 54

LOS ANGELES – Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed “Humpday” and “Little Fires Everywhere,” has died. She was 54. Shelton’s publicist, Adam Kersh, said in a stateme...

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Fred Willard, the comedic improv-style actor, has died at 86

LOS ANGELES – Fred Willard, the comedic actor whose improv style kept him relevant for more than 50 years in films like “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Best In Show” and “Anchorman,” has died. He was...

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival gets MovieMaker’s listing

SANTA FE – The Santa Fe Independent Film Festival has been named to MovieMaker’s list of “50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2020.” The Albuquerque Journal reports the fe...

DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Irrfan Khan, of ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ dies

NEW DELHI – Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India’s best-known exports to Hollywood, has died. He was 54. Khan played the police inspector in...

DATE: Apr 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Trolls’ went straight to homes. Movie theaters are fuming

NEW YORK – The most controversial movie of the year is ... “Trolls World Tour”? As innocuous as the rainbow-colored, music-blaring animated movie may seem, the digital release of ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Whitney Houston biopic in the works

LOS ANGELES – A feature film about Whitney Houston’s life is in the works from the screenwriter of “Bohemian Rhapsody.” The biopic is being shepherded by the Whitney Houston Estate, music pr...

DATE: Apr 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

A24 to auction movie paraphernalia to benefit NYC charities

LOS ANGELES – How does an indie film shop give back to its hometown in this crisis? If you’re A24, you start by mining your prop, wardrobe and set departments. The studio behind f...

DATE: Apr 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Film adaptation of new ‘Hunger Games’ book in the works

NEW YORK – The next “Hunger Games” book is coming out next month, and a movie version is now being planned. Lionsgate is working on an adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ “The Ballad o...

DATE: Apr 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Books

In shutdown, a glimpse of life without beloved movie theaters

NEW YORK – Jennifer Page jokes that four months in, this decade is already the worst of her life. A server at a nearby resort, she’s out of work because of the pandemic. After som...

DATE: Apr 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming