Stories from the last strike can’t explain the current action. Nor should they necessarily give us comfort.

Hollywood writers are striking in part to preserve an endangered profession. The studios’ response? Quit whining.

Hollywood screenwriters are on strike, and a lot of people are backing them.

Of course celebrities’ kids are more likely to become celebrities. What’s wrong with our society’s economic structure is different, and deeper.

The conservative gadfly’s new film studio is a bid to monetize the battle against cancel culture.

The show set in a French talent agency is the antidote to superficial satires on Hollywood.

The streaming business is booming. But the industry’s working stiffs say their lives are only getting more precarious.

Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series is the latest to imagine a better, fairer Golden Age, while never truly reckoning with the past.

What drew "Juanita" to the cult? And why did she leave it, just before the Tate murders?

For too long, Gwen Verdon missed out on her share of the spotlight.

A new biography evokes the enchanted sprawl and smog of Los Angeles in the 1970s.

A new memoir by the legendary kung fu star reveals what it took to become one of Hong Kong’s greatest sons.

Karina Longworth’s book ‘Seduction’ dismantles the story of a playboy.

How Hollywood tried to fight fascism and ended up blacklisting suspected Communists.

Rajneesh favored the wealthy, so the wealthy favored him.

An interview with Ben Fritz, whose “The Big Picture” explores the way the franchise model and streaming services have disrupted the film industry.

A wave of sexual misconduct revelations has sparked a cultural rebellion. But a political agenda is needed to effect lasting change.

Abuse flourishes in hierarchical milieus like the film industry. Only democratic counter-institutions can stop it.