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In an age of shifting truths and blurred realities, documentary filmmakers are confronting the question at the heart of modern storytelling: what is real, and who decides? New releases exploring environmental resistance, ideology, philosophy, and crime (and using artificial intelligence), tackle this question from different angles. 🌿 YANUNI: Defiance and Survival in the Amazon Few environmental documentaries open with such urgency as Yanuni . Austrian filmmaker Richard Lad

California has just passed two new laws, AB 1836 and AB 2602, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, to protect actors from unauthorized AI-generated replicas of their voices and likenesses. The legislation, prompted by concerns raised during the Hollywood strikes, requires explicit consent and legal representation before a performer’s digital image can be used, and mandates family or estate approval for recreations of deceased artists. By closing loopholes that allowed unapproved

Sunday night’s Emmy Awards offered a snapshot of television’s current moment. The night highlighted the central role TV plays in our...

What Do the Big Studios Have in Common?   To start, they’re all over 100 years old. Which means that they’ve weathered every disruption...