FEBRUARY 01, 2024

'Amélie' Is Even Better at 23: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Revisits the Academy Snub and Audrey Tautou's Post-Fame Depression Jeunet tells IndieWire about making his once-in-a-lifetime arthouse sensation, shrugging off the Oscar disappointments that followed, and wh … By Ryan Lattanzio

'Genius: MLK/X' Dutifully Covers the Basics of Two Icons You're Better Off Studying Elsewhere The fourth season of National Geographic's historical anthology flatly compares and contrasts Martin Luther King Jr. (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) a … By Ben Travers	Bob Marley and 'Madame Web' Are the Best Hopes for February Box Office An all-original batch of new wide releases could surprise, but theaters could end the month already fighting to meet the year's modest proje … By Tom Brueggemann

Byron Allen's Paramount Bid Proves He's Last Great Believer in Cable TV Half of Allen's $30 billion Paramount offer is for Paramount+ and the company's broadcast and cable channels.  By Tony Maglio	Read Our 20 Most Popular Sundance 2024 Stories and Catch Up on All the Big Festival Obsessions The festival may have ended, but we have a feeling its top stories are setting the course for the cinematic year to come.  By Kate Erbland

	February TV Preview: 11 New Shows to Watch Welcome to 29 packed days that include "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," "Avatar: The Last Airbender," "Shōgun," and more.  By Proma Khosla
	Japanese Silent Film Tour 'The Art of the Benshi' to Debut at BAM The UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities present a world tour of restor … By Samantha Bergeson
	'Orion and the Dark' Review: Charlie Kaufman Wrote an Animated Kids Movie for Netflix, and the Final Product Is Almost as Good as That Sounds A neurotic 11-year-old boy spends a night making friends with the Dark in this sweet and clever adaptation of Emma Yarlett's popular childre … By David Ehrlich
	IATSE, Teamsters, and Hollywood Basic Crafts to Jointly Negotiate Pension and Health Care with Studios The trio of unions just evened up the odds against the AMPTP; talks will begin in early March.  By Brian Welk
	Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' Starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Lands at Sony Pictures Classics The film marks Almodóvar's English language feature debut following 2023 short film "A Strange Way of Life," another Sony Pictures Cl … By Samantha Bergeson