Pageant Films

Independent Production Company

[SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra]

SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement on terms for a successor contract to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Contracts covering motion pictures, scripted primetime dramatic television, streaming content and new media.

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

The AI 25: The Exclusive Group of People Shaping the Future of Hollywood https://t.co/USVKCppz4o

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The new film “The Secret Agent” is a deep reckoning with an authoritarian regime—and how those affected can move forward, Michael Snyder writes: https://t.co/f1xUe5ZxCa

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Guarded and proud, Paul Thomas Anderson “is the most perverse, most talented American movie director since Robert Altman,” David Denby writes. https://t.co/PSCg9RzSvU

[Variety @Variety]

WB film chief Mike De Luca says the 45 awards season wins and 160 nominations for “Sinners,” “One Battle After Another” and “Weapons” are a “powerful affirmation” that original filmmaking is still alive:

“It reaffirms our belief that original stories crafted for the big screen are as vital and electrifying today as they were when Warner Bros. first began over a century ago.”

[Variety @Variety]

Why More Hollywood Stars Are Flocking to International Cinema: Bold Auteurs, Creative Freedom and the American Indie Crisis https://t.co/MnKTKdFXrd

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

"Is Hollywood Dying?"

A public relations veteran candidly admits that the industry he's worked in for over 40 years doesn’t exist anymore. But he sees reason for optimism now, too. https://t.co/SsCQKYCbW6

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

On a new episode of #CriticsatLarge, the hosts discuss the Oscars’ biggest races and consider whether the year’s Best Picture nominees might represent a return to the bygone era of “grownup movies.” Listen here.
https://t.co/DBSqvk9l2a

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

'Lord Of The Rings' Director Peter Jackson To Receive Cannes Film Festival’s Honorary Palme D’Or https://t.co/0QYqTRb2VV

[Deadline @DEADLINE]

He follows in the wake of Agnès Varda, Marco Bellocchio, Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, and last year’s honoree Robert De Niro https://t.co/0QYqTRav6n

[The Secret Agent @secretagentfilm]

Modern masters of Brazilian cinema. Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres, Kleber Mendonça Filho & Wagner Moura discuss national identity and THE SECRET AGENT. Take a stand.

Now playing in select theaters and on Digital.

[WhatsOnStage @WhatsOnStage]

Olivier Awards – shocks, surprises and delightful moments from the nominations https://t.co/kMTXU6vyqi

[Variety @Variety]

Peter Jackson will be awarded an honorary Palme d’Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

The Oscar winner behind "The Lord of the Rings" movies will receive the honor during the opening ceremony of the 2026 festival on May 12.

https://t.co/kX9s9hYLxw

[Variety @Variety]

Netflix has acquired interpositive, a start-up founded by Ben Affleck that makes AI-powered tools for filmmakers.

• The system builds AI models from a film’s dailies to assist with postproduction tasks like color, relighting and VFX while keeping filmmakers “at the center of the process.”

• Bela Bajaria, Netflix’s CCO, says the tech will provide creatives “more choices, more control and more protection for their vision.”

https://t.co/rTCBvsmm4H

[Variety @Variety]

“When Harry Met Sally” co-stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan will reunite at the Oscars to honor Rob Reiner during the In Memoriam segment.

https://t.co/9qA43YYBiL

[best of michael b. jordan. @bjordanfiles]

a beautiful video narrated by ryan coogler of the cast of sinners during hair and makeup tests in april 2024. 🥹

[Pageant Films @PageantFilms]

Sam Mendes, Chloé Zhao Confront the “Emotional Cost” of Directing: “You Soak Up Other People’s Energy, Their Concerns, Their Anxiety, Their Paranoia”
https://t.co/lVpaEpp2qw

[Variety @Variety]

Barbra Streisand is in talks to perform at the #Oscars in tribute to her “The Way We Were” co-star Robert Redford.

Streisand is in conversations to sing during the In Memoriam segment of the ceremony, according to sources. Details are still being discussed. It has not been decided if the In Memoriam would be a solo performance by Streisand or if she’d be joined by other artists.

https://t.co/9eommqJ6Gu

[The Ankler @TheAnkler]

Hollywood once built 12 movie palaces as monuments to ambition and showmanship, drawing millions of weekly ticket buyers and turning moviegoing into ritual. Today, none run full-time as theaters. @mfrankreporter examines their past, present and next act: https://t.co/NnuzA8SLFY