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‘I’m not trying to hurt the industry’: Trump softens tone on movie tariffs

California governor Gavin Newsom announces a $7.5bn tax incentive scheme as Trump’s announcement of 100% tariffs on films ‘produced in foreign lands’ is mocked by Jimmy Kimmel and Fallon

Trump’s talk of film tariffs makes no sense, but it’s already doing damage – to Hollywood

The US president’s bizarre talk of 100% levies on films from ‘foreign countries’ combines trolling with a hazy grasp of facts

Trump officials halt billions in fresh Harvard grants unless university bows to demands – as it happened

Education secretary Linda McMahon informs university president Alan Garber of news in deeply partisan letter

Trump called for 100% tariff on foreign films a day after Jon Voight proposed ‘limited’ tariffs

Actor was assigned by Trump to come up with a plan to save Hollywood, but his proposal only included tariffs ‘in certain limited circumstances’

US media stocks slide on Wall Street after Trump threatens movie tariffs

Netflix, Amazon, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount shares fall as studios reel from announcement

Trump’s foreign film tariffs could ‘wipe out’ UK movie industry, ministers told

Union warns that 100% levy could be ‘knockout blow’ and urges government to defend sector and those who work in it

Trump’s attack on the film industry is a sign of xenophobic contempt

By insisting tariffs on films at least partly produced outside the US, the president is trying to limit the important worldview of cinema

Trump’s movie tariffs are designed to destroy the international film industry

Vague and grandstanding as the US president’s messaging may be, it has serious ramifications which could wipe out large sections of the film business

‘As a film lover, I want more’: the Black female directors taking centre stage

The curator of the BFI’s Black Debutantes season on piracy, truncated careers and the frustrations of dealing with big studios

Pedro Almodóvar attacks Trump as ‘catastrophe’ in New York speech

Spanish director compared the US president to Franco and said he wondered whether it was appropriate to visit country while he is in power

‘It feels empty’: is Hollywood film and TV production in a death spiral?

Filming in Los Angeles is at a historic low, with some suggesting the city might go the way of Detroit

‘I miss those days terribly’: readers share their defining video store memories

With the arrival of a new video store in Brooklyn, we asked you to tell us about your most memorable anecdotes

Netflix chief Ted Sarandos says cinemagoing is ‘outmoded’ and the streamer is ‘saving Hollywood’

The executive told business summit that most people no longer want cinemas and ‘we deliver the programme to you in a way you want to watch it’

Coming soon … fame for film’s unsung superheroes: the trailer-makers!

Highly skilled specialist editors produce two-minute promos that can make or break a blockbuster. We step inside their hidden world

Tell us: what are your favorite video store memories?

A new physical video store has opened in New York and we want to know about your most memorable experiences

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