Jan 26 Watch 7:36 Virtual reality bursts through the movie screen at Sundance By PBS News Hour What if watching a movie was more like being inside the movie? With virtual reality, your brain can be tricked into believing that you’re flying or in a different country -- a powerful creative tool for storytellers. Jeffrey Brown visits… Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 7:08 How the Oscars’ lack of diversity reflects who runs Hollywood By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 15 Are this year’s Oscar nominations disproportionately white and male? By Ruth Tam Where are the women and artists of color?… Continue reading
Jan 08 ‘Selma’ director Ava DuVernay on writing new speeches for MLK By Murrey Jacobson The movie, "Selma," is getting plenty of attention for its portrayal of history, the relationship between Martin Luther King and President Lyndon Johnson -- and the way it showcases Dr. King's skills and choices as a political tactician and activist. Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 7:33 Two film critics take a look at 2014’s best movies By PBS News Hour What movies are likely to be remembered long after 2014 ends? From a cinematic meditation on growing up, to a stirring portrait of the civil rights movement, film critics Dana Stevens of Slate and Mike Sargent of Pacifica Radio join… Continue watching
Dec 18 Sony emails reveal a studio with poor Internet security practices By Ted Bridis, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In the weeks before hackers broke into Sony Pictures Entertainment, the studio suffered significant technology outages it blamed on software flaws and incompetent technical staffers who weren't paying attention, even as hackers targeted executives to trick them into… Continue reading
Dec 17 Sony Pictures pulls the plug on release of ‘The Interview’ By Colleen Shalby Sony Pictures cancelled their planned Dec. 25 release of the film “The Interview" Wednesday, after four major theaters -- AMC, Regal, Cinemark and Carmike -- pulled screenings following threats of attacks on movie-goers and theaters that showed the film. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch clips from the 25 films inducted into the National Registry of Film By Justin Scuiletti Twenty-five films will be archived as the most culturally, historically or aesthetically significant works in cinema and join the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. Continue reading
Dec 12 Watch 7:57 Hollywood studios check security after hackers leak Sony’s salaries, embarrassing emails By PBS News Hour The hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment has exposed salaries, sensitive personal e-mails, Social Security numbers and health records of employees. Who’s the lead suspect in the attack and how does it affect business in Hollywood? Hari Sreenivasan gets background from… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Remembering Mike Nichols, legendary director of sophisticated crowd-pleasers By PBS News Hour Mike Nichols, a prolific figure in theater and film, directed numerous American classics, including “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Graduate,” a film known for its commentary and influence on American life. Nichols, who arrived in the U.S. at… Continue watching