But are the Primetime Emmys really TV’s biggest night? Does the event receive the recognition and enthusiasm that it deserves? Or is it getting upstaged by a far-more watched awards broadcast from a far less prestigious source? There’s a difference, of course, between perception and reality. That’s likely why people continue to call the Emmys the zenith of TV honors, despite flagging ratings. In reality, the number of viewers tuning into the Emmy Awards are a fraction of those that watch the Golden Globe Awards, as chosen by the 90-some individuals that make up the Hollywood Foreign Press Association....

Every film made in response to 9/11 is a horror film in one way or another, but none of them — from the unbearable simulation of “United 93” to the eerie found footage of “Cloverfield” and the chilling-that-this-was-nominated-for-Best-Picture-ness of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” — have spoken the genre’s common tongue more fluently than “The Humans.” And yet, for a movie which opens with a thunderous jump-scare that it follows with another solid jolt every few minutes before ending with the year’s most pitch-black sequence of pure terror, the biggest shock of all might be that Stephen Karam’s debut feature is so conventionally scary in the first place....

Speaking on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” to promote the movie, Reeves detailed one especially harrowing stunt in the new film that involved tumbling down a 46-story-high building with Carrie-Anne Moss, who reprises her role as Trinity alongside Reeves’ Neo. Reeves said the craziest thing he had to do was “jump off a building… I’m going to guess around 46 stories.” When asked by Colbert why the filmmakers didn’t simply resort to post-production VFX, Reeves said, “Because it’s Lana Wachowski and it’s ‘The Matrix’ and you need natural light and you want to do it real....

Even if “The Northman” had been a dreadful bore — and not a primal, sinewy, gnarly-as-fuck 10th century action epic that starts with a hallucinogenic Viking bar mitzvah, features Björk’s first narrative film performance since “Dancer in the Dark,” and ends with two mostly naked men fighting to the death atop an erupting volcano — the simple fact that financiers had the chutzpah to bankroll such a big swing in the face of our blockbuster-or-bust theatrical climate would have felt like a (pyrrhic) victory against the forces of corporate homogenization, no matter who was behind the camera....

Here’s the official synopsis: “‘There is No Evil’ is an anthology feature comprised of four stories of men who are each put in front of an unthinkable but simple choice — to follow orders to enforce the death penalty upon others, or not. Whatever they decide, it will directly or indirectly corrode themselves, their relationships, and their entire lives. The humanistic stories offer insight into crucial themes of moral strength and the harshness of the death penalty under an oppressive regime....

The “no violence policy” was issued among other rules of attendance including black tie attire, proof of COVID-19 vaccinations, and non-transferable tickets. Yet the 2022 update comes on the heels of Academy Award Best Actor winner Will Smith attacking presenter Chris Rock during the live ceremony March 27. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences later banned Smith from attending Oscars-related events for the next decade. Smith previously resigned from the Academy....

Vudu similarly reports that on the day after the release was announced, it’s already the biggest presale among 2022 films. That tracks: The film has grossed $675 million so far in the U.S./Canada, $260 million more than #2 “Jurassic Park: Dominion” (Universal). Similar to Warner Bros. Discovery’s strategy for “Elvis,” Paramount will give “Top Gun: Maverick” an initial exclusive PVOD home platform before it arrives on Paramount +. Prior to “Elvis,” all 2022 WBD releases had simultaneous streaming and PVOD play....

As revealed last month, Hardy is getting the first “story by” credit of his career on the “Venom” sequel after “spending months” brainstorming the narrative for “Let There Be Carnage” with screenwriter Kelly Marcel. “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.” “This is new for him, to get credit,” Marcel told Empire Magazine. “but it’s not new for him to be this involved. He’s absolutely 100 percent committed to everything that he does....

For better or worse, Burger knows it doesn’t have to. The middling but enjoyable “Voyagers” is meant to be a timeless parable about the primitive essence of human nature; if its space-age shenanigans are broadly identical to the beats of a book William Golding wrote about a group of preadolescent boys who crash on a deserted island during World War II, that’s more of a feature than it is a bug....

Television fanatics have several options to tune into the event, including an easy option for those who prefer streaming. The 73rd Emmy Awards will air live coast-to-coast on CBS on September 19 at 5 p.m. PT. The event will also be streamed on Paramount+, the ViacomCBS-owned streaming service. A one-month subscription to the ad-supported version of Paramount+ costs $4.99; the ad-free Premium subscription costs $9.99 per month. The streaming service also offers free trials....

Black artists are starting to react to the questions coming their way. Assuming that there will be a proliferation of film and television work from Black talent in the years ahead, here are a few handy assists for those who will be covering it, a guide to questions you should not ask and some thoughts about what you should. “The White Gaze” Related Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski Had to Give Up on ‘Aftersun’ Before Charlotte Wells Could Finish It Ava DuVernay Named Guest Artistic Director of AFI Fest 2022 Related The Best Film Sound of 2022 Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Movies: 48 Films the Director Wants You to See “Never, in all my years of working or questioning, had I been set upon about the Black gaze; or the gaze distilled,” Jenkins wrote....

The three-part docuseries investigates how “socialite turned sex trafficker” Maxwell became entangled with convicted abuser Jeffrey Epstein for decades. The All3Media-produced series premieres Friday, June 24 at midnight on the Starz’s app and on-demand platforms. The first episode will air on the Starz channel Sunday, June 26 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with the next two episodes following weekly. “Who Is Ghislaine Maxwell?” works backward to see why Maxwell was convicted on sex-trafficking charges in December 2021; she is awaiting sentencing on June 28....

This is where the hype train comes to a halt. If you believe “Maverick” has grossed more than “Titanic,” you could also buy a home in Los Angeles today for $180,000 — the average home price in 1997. Inflation changes things and “Titanic” earned its spot when the average ticket price was $4.59 — half of the current average, last calculated in 2019 as $9.17. “Top Gun: Maverick” should end its domestic run with $700 million-$725 million domestic gross....

Tarantino has been open about the fact that vengeful The Bride (Uma Thurman) was directly inspired by Yeoh’s role in 1992 action-comedy “Police Story 3,” but Yeoh was never asked to battle it out with The Bride in either “Kill Bill” or its sequel. In a Town & Country cover story, Yeoh admitted that she “asked Quentin the same question” about not being cast in the 2003 movie or its subsequent 2004 “Vol....

For one thing, rather than spend Warner Bros. Oscar dollars on a $2.5 billion filmmaker who spent his entire studio career as its in-house auteur, Warners funded a major awards campaign for its late-breaking “Judas and the Black Messiah,” directed by Shaka King in his studio filmmaking debut at an eighth of the cost of “Tenet.” It’s an unlikely outcome driven by many strange circumstances, only one of which was the pandemic....

The Emmy-nominated star of “Arrested Development” and “BoJack Horseman” replaced Hammer in the upcoming Searchlight Pictures release from the Oscar winner, which is based on the 2014 British documentary of the same name. The film follows an American Samoa soccer team famous for losing every competitive game they ever played. Desperate to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, the team hires an American-based Dutch coach with unorthodox methods, played by Michael Fassbender, who has one month to get them game ready and learn a few lessons about the true meaning of winning....

“He was the best of us; he was never bad,” Macy said of Hoffman. “And I don’t know if it’s just looking back, but I now see that he was in pain. I think the weight of living was heavier on Phil than it is on other people.” Macy recalled that the two actors once got into a debate about one of Hollywood’s current favorite topics—method acting. And while they disagreed about the proper approach, the conversation helped Macy understand how sensitive Hoffman was....

The filmmaker joined Baldwin, whom he directed in “Blue Jasmine,” “To Rome With Love,” and “Alice,” for an Instagram live interview where they discussed Allen’s new book, a collection of humor essays called “Zero Gravity.” Allen revealed to Baldwin that he’s planning a movie that will shoot in Paris this fall or late summer, but that he’s overall disillusioned by the prospect of moviemaking and may end his career soon....

“Rainy Day” played six specialized theaters. Three were Landmark (Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta) as well as independent outlets in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Fort Myers, Fla. Only the Century City in Chicago took in more than $1,000. Despite the poor showings, it was the best-grossing film at four of the six cinemas, at least among those that reported grosses. (Warner Bros. continues to block “Tenet” numbers.) Certainly, the “Rainy Day” domestic performance would be improved if we lived in a post-COVID world; New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco theaters are the top markets, especially for this kind of film, and they are still closed....

The “Candy” actress detailed to InStyle that a palm reader predicted Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” would draw unprecedented fame and critical acclaim for Lynskey’s career. “This sounds so crazy, but I talked to a psychic, who I love, and she told me this was going happen,” Lynskey explained of the encounter prior to her Emmy nomination. “It had been months and months since we shot the [‘Yellowjackets’] pilot, and she said, ‘That show’s going to get picked up and it’s going to be really big, and you’re going to enter into a time in your career that you thought, if this didn’t happen when you were 25, it was never going to happen....