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As the Oscars approach, Hollywood grapples with AI’s growing influence on filmmaking

I teach a course on AI and filmmaking at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, and lately, rather than planning each session well in advance, I’ve been structuring the class the night before. I’ll browse platforms like X, Substack and YouTube, selecting the most provocative articles and video clips to present…

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‘He loved showing his bum. Loved it’: the subversive genius of Kenneth Williams

The actor, comedian and raconteur, who would have turned 100 on Sunday, could play humble or haughty, cheeky or Chekhov – but always stole the show

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‘Soon I will die. And I will go with a great orgasm’: the last rites of Alejandro Jodorowsky

The Chilean film-maker’s psychedelic work earned him the title ‘king of the midnight movie’, and a fan in John Lennon. Now the 96-year-old is ready for the end – but first there is more living to do

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Christmas Eve TV: Joanna Lumley is frightful in a festive ghost story

Tobias Menzies also stars in a delightfully creepy adaptation by Mark Gatiss. Plus: Lenny Rush goes in search of Santa. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Banned Stars From The ‘Tonight Show’ By Johnny Carson Exposed, And Why

"The audience's laughs were so light that Johnny decided never to invite him back."

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“In pursuing my own fake band, I stumbled upon something that had real potential”: How Porcupine Tree unexpectedly grew out of Steven Wilson’s “shameless pastiches”

He only wanted a harmless distraction from No-Man – but when the debut album sold 30 times its original pressing run, he had to take things more seriously

Louder

Henry Jaglom, fiercely independent director and friend of Orson Welles, dies aged 87

Known for his actor-centred style, he made films with Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson and his conversations with the Citizen Kane legend became an acclaimed book

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Mass Hysteria Cases Through The Years: Cause, Meaning And Is It Happening Again As Rapture 2025 Causes Fear?

These events are usually only recognised after the fact, when no environmental or medical explanation is found.

International Business Times UK

Amazon-Funded Startup Wants To Use AI To Recreate Orson Welles' Lost Film Footage Despite Family Opposition

Artificial intelligence has fueled countless breakthroughs in entertainment, but few projects have sparked as much debate as Fable's newest plan.

Benzinga

Film director’s daughter ‘angry’ at AI company’s proposal to restore father’s film

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The Independent UK

Orson Welles’ daughter ‘disgusted’ by Amazon-backed AI company’s plan to reconstruct lost film

Showrunner plans to reconstruct 43 minutes of ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ footage that was destroyed

The Independent UK

AI firm plans to reconstruct lost footage from Orson Welles’ masterpiece The Magnificent Ambersons

Film-making studio Fable has announced it will attempt to recreate the 43 minutes cut from the auteur’s 1942 film using AI

The Guardian - UK

127 Years Later, The Worst Movie of 2025 Butchers a Sci-Fi Literary Classic

Amazon Prime Video scrapes the bottom of the barrel with this baffling, product-stuffed screenlife sci-fi movie.

Inverse

I Like What Prime Video's War Of The Worlds Was Going For, Even If It Fails Miserably

The new War of the Worlds is an homage to the greatest version of the story.

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The Independent UK

Prime Video’s latest sci-fi reboot bombs with 0% Rotten Tomatoes score

Ice Cube’s film adaptation of War of the Worlds panned as ‘infomercial for Amazon’

WhatToWatch

Prime Video incredibly quietly adds new version of sci-fi classic

Ice Cube stars in War of the Worlds

Digital Camera World

This compact camera shot was inspired by Orson Welles – and proves that Benjamin Franklin was wrong

Here’s why this photograph, with its sensation of psychological disconnection, works –and the compact Leica gear behind it

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Why film and TV creators will still risk it all for the perfect long take shot

In the second episode of Apple TV’s The Studio (2025–) – a sharp satirical take on contemporary Hollywood – newly-appointed studio head Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) visits the set of one of his company’s film productions.

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Is Russell F1 2025's low-key hero so far?

There’s another common denominator beyond Lando Norris on the first two grand prix podiums of 2025: George Russell. He was third in both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix – and yet, as with Orson Welles in The Third Man, the spotlight has flitted over him but briefly before alighting…

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Has Russell's start to F1 2025 been underrated?

Inverse

76 Years Later, The Greatest Film Noir Ever Made Is Getting A Huge Upgrade

'The Third Man' is getting a stunning 4K Blu-ray release. Here's your chance to revisit the noir classic.

The Guardian - AU

Get Shorty: a madcap, loving spoof of the film biz

Starring John Travolta as a loan shark who lands himself in Hollywood, this noirish satire is pure pastiche. Like its lead, it’s a sucker for the movies

The Guardian - UK

Dame Joan Plowright obituary

Stage and screen star who was part of a radical generation of actors responsible for establishing the National Theatre

The Guardian - UK

Joan Plowright, celebrated star of stage and screen, dies aged 95

Actor helped shape British postwar theatre through her performances at the Royal Court, National Theatre and in the West End

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Ten films that bend, stretch and play with time, from Citizen Kane to Memento

The festive season can have a strange effect on our perception of time. Days blur together, hours stretch or vanish, and a sense of timelessness sets in. So, what better period to enjoy films that help us to reflect on time itself?

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