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Universal Studios, the theme park chain now controlled by Comcast, is rolling out new weapons in its battle against Walt Disney Parks and Resorts — and Disney is fortifying its defenses.

Caitlin Cronenberg's Cannes Film Festival photo diary.

The Wanda Group will buy AMC Entertainment, making the world’s largest theater group, the companies said.

The new James Bond adventure, "Skyfall," gets a teaser trailer, while Bond's creator, Ian Fleming, gets a film about his life.

At the Cannes Film Festival, the Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul talks about "Mekong Hotel," his unusual film about creating a film.

“Amour,” about a couple in their 80s, was warmly received at Cannes; “Beyond the Hills,” also at the festival, concerns two friends divided by religion.

Peter Berg’s “Battleship” managed to sell about $25.4 million in tickets in its first weekend in North American theaters, a victim of bad buzz and the continuing strength of “Marvel’s The Avengers.”

At the Cannes Film Festival, the director Ulrich Seidl explains how the film "Paradise" turned into a trilogy in the editing room, and how the idea of tourism, with its positive and negative connotations, underlies the film.

In a monthly series of 16-millimeter films at the Seward Park Library, streetscapes and characters change, from pushcarts to punk rockers.

A clip from Wes Anderson's film 'Moonrise Kingdom'. Starring Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward and Jason Schwartzman.

Sacha Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles take you behind the scenes of 'The Dictator'.

A young novelist falls in love then wills one of his characters into existence. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. Starring Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan and Anette Bening.

The New York Times film critics on "What to Expect When You're Expecting," "The Color Wheel" and "Battleship."

Marilyn Manson will appear in Quentin Dupieux's "Wrong Cops Chapter One," which is being presented as part of the Director's Fortnight at Cannes, while Kanye West plans to present a short film called "Cruel Summer" at the festival.

New DVD releases include Fritz Lang’s 1953 film noir, “The Big Heat,” starring Glenn Ford, and Phil Karlson’s 1973 “Walking Tall,” starring Joe Don Baker.

In the studio town of Los Angeles, stop-motion animators are making small films of very personal visions at home for almost no money.

And relocated it to their garage.

Long lines. Rowdy patrons. Random outbursts. All the things that usually ruin a night at the cinema are exactly what make midnight screenings the last great moviegoing experience.

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, both experts in action films, have made “People Like Us,” a movie about relationships.

Brooke Shields will play Chris MacNeil, the mother of an afflicted child, and Richard Chamberlain will play the veteran demon-chaser Father Merrin in a stage adaptation of "The Exorcist" that will be presented this summer at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.