California lawmakers have said many times that the expansion of the film and TV tax credit is a “jobs bill.” But how many jobs will it create? And would it be enough to reverse the steep downturn in ...

Eline Van der Velden, a Dutch comedian, was living in Los Angeles in 2012 and going out for auditions. After being told once too often that she needed to lose weight, she created “Miss Holland,” a ...

WIF CEO Kirsten Schaffer talks about how the advocacy group has evolved since being founded by a former Hollywood Reporter editor-in-chief and how much more Hollywood needs to do: "In some areas we’re ...

Film festival programmers search far and wide for the best films for their audience. They're also often the ones who host the post-screening Q&As. (Juliette Toma / For The Times) Lili Rodriguez’s ...

Lili Rodriguez’s first job managing a film program was for the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s After Dark program. She remembers screening Juanfer Andrés and Esteban Roel’s horror thriller ...