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The Guardian view on striking Hollywood writers: a fight for life | Editorial

Editorial: The pursuit of profit by studios needs to be challenged if there is to be a future for those who work for them

Editorial

19, May, 2023 @5:25 PM

Actors are still being put under pressure to perform intimate scenes – I see it happen | Adelaide Waldrop

As an intimacy coordinator, I have seen big improvements since the shooting of Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet, but consent issues remain, says Adelaide Waldrop

Adelaide Waldrop

11, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

Franco Zeffirelli’s son criticises Romeo and Juliet actors for nudity lawsuit

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting, who were 15 and 16 when the film was made, are suing Paramount Studios for child abuse

Angela Giuffrida

06, Jan, 2023 @4:43 PM

The $500m Romeo and Juliet case opens a new frontier for #MeToo reckoning | Peter Bradshaw

The question of informed consent on Zeffirelli’s 1968 film has revived the historical abuses argument – will movie production companies be hit by a tidal wave of lawsuits?

Peter Bradshaw

04, Jan, 2023 @1:15 PM

Romeo and Juliet actors sue Paramount for child abuse in 1968 film

Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting accuse studio of sexual exploitation in nude scene in Franco Zeffirelli adaptation

Benjamin Lee

03, Jan, 2023 @9:20 PM

A League of Their Own, The Bear and Game Night: what’s new to streaming in Australia this August

Plus more Reservation Dogs, The Sandman adaptation and a new instalment in the Marvel Comic Universe

Luke Buckmaster

31, Jul, 2022 @5:30 PM

Paramount: we won’t remove content from eras with ‘different sensibilities’

Boss of media company says it would be a mistake to censor art because it may offend some people today

Jim Waterson Media editor

20, Jun, 2022 @5:38 PM

Adam Sandler, Julian Assange and The Boys: what’s new to streaming in Australia this June

Plus more Only Murders in the Building and P-Valley, a documentary about abortion before Roe v Wade, and Last Night in Soho

Luke Buckmaster

03, Jun, 2022 @5:09 AM

Mission Impossible studio Paramount sues insurers over Covid costs

Film’s makers are accusing insurers of failing to pay out for pandemic-related production shutdowns

Joanna Partridge

31, Aug, 2021 @4:10 PM

Paramount to launch streaming service for new and old films

From 4 March, Paramount Plus will carry new titles, including Mission: Impossible 7 and Top Gun: Maverick, shortly after release

Catherine Shoard

25, Feb, 2021 @12:48 PM

They came at night: how a Spanish-speaking cast shot an alternative Dracula after Bela Lugosi had gone to bed

Ninety years ago, two groundbreaking horror movies were movies: Lugosi’s official chiller and a covert version – which might just be its superior

James McMahon

03, Feb, 2021 @10:18 AM

Blockbuster movies delayed again by new coronavirus spikes

Sequels to Top Gun, A Quiet Place, Star Wars and Avatar again pushed back in release schedules, while Mulan joins Tenet in being ‘delayed indefinitely’