In recent years, there's one word you hear again and again from movie distributors and pundits: event. Making a great movie is nice. But creating a culture-shaking event is what's required in the current boom-bust film landscape. It's something everyone has known for a long time, but in 2026 it seems like studios are really beginning to grasp what it actually means. From Tom Cruise in an auteur-driven comedy to the sequels to Devil Wears Prada and The Social Network
It was a kind of simpler time, and maybe that is more romantic, he said. And there were some greats, like Nancy Myers and Nora Ephron, who did some brilliant stuff in the 90s: When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, they're just brilliant films.