Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Fifty years ago on Friday, director Steven Spielberg’s Jaws was released in theaters. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Made all the more compelling by composer John Williams’ chilling, iconic theme, Jaws was ...

A new documentary explores how Steven Spielberg’s hit reshaped the movie industry 50 years ago and why it resonates today. Hint: It’s not the shark. By Chris Vognar On the most basic level “Jaws” is a ...

Ed note: This reconsideration of Jaws and its three sequels was inspired by all four films arriving on Netflix on Sept. 1. Very few films have had an impact like 1975’s Jaws. It’s a one-film cinematic ...

Much more than a mere creature feature, “Jaws” created a playbook that filmmakers have followed closely for 50 years. Peacock/Universal Pictures, via Associated Press By Rumsey Taylor and Eve ...

Half a century later, Steven Spielberg's formative summer blockbuster looks more than ever like a New Hollywood fusion of Hitchcock and Altman. But what of “Jaws”? When it opened on June 20, 1975, ...

Name that theme song: Dunnn-dun. Dunnn-dun. Dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun. Who are we kidding? That terrifying two-note John Williams creation of course conjures the opening shark strike in “Jaws,” ...

In 1975, Steven Spielberg changed movies forever with the release of Jaws. At the time, in an era before Star Wars and so many other mega films to come, this tale about a killer great white became the ...