What's the "Best" Picture Ever?

"Best" is a multi-form, hydra-headed, enigmatic and elusive concept that shifts from culture to culture, from generation to generation.

Oscars: Can 'Parasite' Break the Best Picture Barrier?

Alfonso Cuarón's 'Roma' may have come closer to the top Oscar than any international film, but it settled for the foreign feature award last year. Now a South Korean sensation seeks to make history.

Bob Weinstein Wants Back Into Hollywood. Here's Why Hollywood Shouldn't Let Him

Those getting into business with the new company of a man who enabled Harvey Weinstein's alleged crimes are making a grave mistake, writes Hollywood Reporter executive editor Stephen Galloway.

Hollywood Should Follow 'South Park' and Stand Up to Tyrants

The entertainment industry has a duty not only to stand behind Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but to follow their lead, writes Hollywood Reporter executive editor Stephen Galloway.

The Fascinating Gossip in Hollywood Legends' Letters

A new book, 'Letters From Hollywood,' collects the judgments, gossip and predictions in telegrams and handwritten notes from industry notables.

In Defense of 'Joker' and Its Repulsive Violence

Todd Phillips' bravura work dares to confront the things we're most afraid to see.

Malcolm Gladwell's New Book Falls Victim to the Big Idea

'Talking to Strangers', the celebrated New Yorker writer's first book in six years, is stuffed full of the facts and factoids the author is famed for but it doesn't trade in the business of truth, writes the Hollywood Reporter's executive editor Stephen Galloway.

Why Nobody in Hollywood Has Any Friends

Transience is the very essence of the entertainment business, unpredictability its warp and weft.

Les Moonves, Kevin Tsujihara and the Art of Hollywood Self-Sabotage

Even before the #MeToo era, there was a long tradition of Tinseltown executives destroying their own careers.