Wednesday, Apr. 11, 2018

Ted Sarandos, Netflix's chief content officer, on Wednesday said the streaming giant is pulling its films from the Cannes Film Festival, further intensifying an ongoing dispute between Netflix and the world's most prestigious film festival.

Cannes earlier banned any films without...

Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2018

If Pablo Picasso had a blue period and the Beatles went through a psychedelic phase, then Chiwetel Ejiofor is currently going through his religious period.

The Oscar-nominated star of "12 Years a Slave" has gone from playing Peter the apostle in the upcoming biblical drama "Mary Magdalene...

Thursday, Apr. 5, 2018

Director Scott Weintrob’s filmmaking ride back and forth between short and longer-form destinations continues as Fastest Car is slated to debut Friday (4/6) on Netflix. Weintrob serves as an executive producer on the show and has helmed three of its eight episodes, including the first...

Thursday, Mar. 15, 2018

It's been a mere 14 years since the last "Benji" movie. But in dog years, that's an eternity.

"Benji," which lands on Netflix on Friday, is an earnest attempt to rekindle the most earnest of film franchises, which dried up with "Benji: Off the Leash!" in 2004. In an entertainment world...

Thursday, Mar. 15, 2018

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. That axiom literally applies to director Jonathan Entwistle who spied a page of a self-published comic book in a trash bin behind a book store. “It was a xeroxed ‘fanzine’ type thing, number three in a sequence and it caught my interest,” recalled...

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018

The pairing of a first-time documentary director with a first-time feature producer--who hadn’t planned on assuming that role--has yielded a breakthrough piece of work chronicling a story far greater than originally envisioned, and along the way earning plaudits which include a Best Documentary...

Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018

Emmy, Golden Globe and Peabody Award-winning producer, director and writer Ryan Murphy and his Ryan Murphy Productions have entered into a multi-year deal to produce new series and films exclusively at Netflix, starting July 1.

“Ryan Murphy’s series have influenced the global cultural...

Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017

When "Marvel's The Punisher" debuted on Netflix last month, it was greeted with great interest and high anticipation.

But it arrived as just one of many comic-book adaptations. "The Punisher" is only the latest in a flood now comprising some 28 shows across nine broadcast, cable and...

Monday, Nov. 20, 2017

If you want to see Barbra Streisand sing, watch her upcoming Netflix special because you won't see her onstage again.

And she's not just saying it to get you to watch "Barbra: The Music ... The Mem'ries ... The Magic!" when it debuts on the streaming service this Wednesday: Streisand, who...

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017

Perhaps it's a sign of the times that after seeing an epic story as poetically told as Dee Rees' "Mudbound," feelings of awe and admiration are quickly replaced with frustration that Hollywood hasn't traditionally embraced the artistic visions of people who aren't white and male. Maybe it's...

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