Frank Darabont was still new to retirement when Netlix released the first season of “Stranger Things” in 2016. He had wrapped his final directing gig — the 2013 “Mob City” episode...
Foreboding title aside, one could reasonably begin watching Charlie Polinger’s “The Plague” and assume that it is a Y.A. coming of age drama— a modern-day “The 400 Blows” or a male...
Kevin Arkadie, the American television producer who created the police drama “New York Undercover” with Dick Wolf, has died. He was 68. Arkadie was born on Dec. 10, 1957. He grew...
Norwegian director Emilie Blichfeldt’s feature debut “The Ugly Stepsister” takes inspiration from an unlikely pair of genres: Disney fairy tales and Italian Giallo films. The movie, which premiered at the Sundance...
Lewis Horwitz, the American film executive and producer dubbed Hollywood’s “King of Indie Film Finance,” died on Dec. 19. He was 90. Horwitz began his career as a bank teller in...
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed SB 1911, which expands and enhances the Prairie State’s film production tax credit. The bill is part of a larger economic development package and aims...
Sundance has revealed its short film selections for the 2026 film festival. This year’s selections include 54 titles that will be screened across eight distinct programs. Coming from 22 countries and...
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of “It: Welcome to Derry,” now streaming on HBO Max. The first season of “It: Welcome to Derry” concluded in a...
