On-set deaths from prop guns are rare — but not unheard of
The death of director of photography Halyna Hutchins on a film set in Santa Fe, N.M., is a reminder that prop weapons can pose a serious risk. But Hollywood history includes only a few such incidents.
Sci-Fi epic ‘Dune’ is an immersive but incomplete experience
Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel is undeniably staggering. But his Dune also feels rudimentary, as if he’s managed his source material without fully mastering it.
The house from the movie ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ is up for sale
For $3.5 million, you can roam the halls of the Los Angeles house where Freddie Krueger murdered his victims. You have until Halloween to make an offer.
Alec Baldwin fires prop gun on movie set killing a film crew member
Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of Rust near Sante Fe, killing the film’s director of photography and injuring the director, according to the sheriff’s office of Santa Fe County, N.M.
Lorli von Trapp Campbell from the ‘Sound of Music’ family has died at age 90
Campbell was born in Austria, the second daughter of Georg and Maria von Trapp and a younger stepsibling to the older von Trapp children who went on to be depicted in the musical and beloved movie.
Review: ‘Dune’ may be on HBO Max, but it’s one film you want to see on a big screen
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune — based on Frank Herbert’s bestselling sci-fi novel — arrives in cinemas and on home screens starring Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya.
For Oscar Isaac, life — and acting — is all about impermanence
Isaac says the bonds he makes on set are both meaningful and transient: “You have these really intense months … and then it goes away.” He stars in Dune, The Card Counter and Scenes from a Marriage.
The world’s largest movie theater chain is adding open captions at 240 U.S. locations
The world’s largest movie theater chain is adding onscreen captioning to 240 locations across the U.S. in an effort to make moviegoing more accessible.
With ‘Dune,’ Denis Villeneuve has made Hollywood’s definitive post-9/11 epic
With the new 2021 movie, director Denis Villeneuve turns the novel’s meditations on race, culture and colonialism into riveting and undeniable cinema.
The film version of ‘Dune’ aims to remain true to the sci-fi author’s vision
Director Denis Villeneuve’s film Dune recreates the desert world of the 1965 sci-fi novel. He tells NPR’s A Martínez that Dune has lived in his imagination since he was a kid.
‘The French Dispatch’ is a love letter to ‘The New Yorker’ — and to love itself
Wes Anderson’s meticulously-constructed tenth feature adopts the format of a New Yorker-like Sunday magazine supplement to tell three very different, but equally idiosyncratic, love stories.
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