On his first trip to Los Angeles in February, Japanese director Goro Miyazaki found a native custom perplexing.

Even as video games come under scrutiny for potential harmful impacts, researchers and developers are touting digital games for positive effects on health, learning and other social goals.

Double Oscar winner Ang Lee is moving over to television after winning the Best Director Academy Award last month for “Life of Pi.”

Quentin Tarantino's “Django Unchained” will debut in China on April 11, marking the first time a film by the writer-director will screen in that nation.

Mickey Mouse cartoons are coming back to the small screen as Disney attempts to revive one of the world's most popular characters.

First, he agreed to cut some of the more-graphic sex scenes. Now, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is even trimming the title of his directorial debut.

A group of Taiwanese filmmakers gathered earlier this week to make their anti-nuclear power statements before the March 9 anti-nuke rally. They did it with what they are best at: filming. Starting last May, local filmmakers initiated the campaign called “I am Human, I am Anti-nuclear” (我是人 我反核), encouraging film directors, especially the younger generation, to make short films voicing their anti-nuclear positions.

Big-budget 3D fantasy adventure flick “Oz the Great and Powerful” debuted atop the North American box office with a huge US$80.3 million in weekend ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.

For Freda Kelly, secretary to the Beatles and head of the band's fan club, work sometimes involved trailing the Fab Four to the barber shop, sweeping their locks from the floor and mailing strands of hair to adoring female fans.

Rubber-faced comic Jim Carrey returned to the big screen in fan-pleasing form Friday by way of the opening feature of the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival.