THR is reporting that Riz Ahmed has been added to the cast of Anderson’s latest. The rest of the cast includes Bill Murray, Michael Cera and Benicio del Toro. | Continue reading
Guy Maddin’s “Rumours,” which Bleecker Street is backing, has set up a fall 2024 release. We also have our first image of the film, which can be seen above. It certainly has that unique Maddin look to it. | Continue reading
THR is reporting that Pamela Anderson is in talks to star in Akiva Schaffer’s “Naked Gun” reboot. She might be playing Liam Neeson’s love interest in the film, originally Priscilla Presley’s role in the 1988 original. | Continue reading
On Sunday, George Miller and Bong Joon-ho hosted a “Furiosa” event in Korea. Among the things they discussed was the status of “Mickey 17.” | Continue reading
The 55th edition of Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, the parallel section known as Quinzaine des Cinéastes, has announced its 2024 line-up. This year, 21 feature films, curated by delegate General Julien Rejl, will be screened. | Continue reading
A stellar cast is being assembled. Scarlett Johansson is confirmed to be one of the leads. Last week, word was that Dev Patel might be joining her in the film. The latest has Colman Domingo in talks to play the villain. | Continue reading
The star and director behind Venice competition title “The Promised Land” were dumbfounded when, at the film’s press conference, they were asked about their film’s lack of diversity. | Continue reading
A THR interview with Michael Mann states that his upcoming “Ferrari” has a budget of $110 million — that’s $20 million more than originally reported. | Continue reading
“An Officer and a Spy” is the real deal. Polanski crafted his film with absolute surgical genius. Only a master can make a film as sublimely atmospheric and textural as this one. | Continue reading
Shooting on Sean Baker’s “Anora” wrapped this past March. This will be his eighth feature film. I’m being told not to expect it anytime soon as it is eyeing a premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. | Continue reading
Author Stephen King’s assertion that “Babylon” will be viewed as a “classic” twenty years from now got me thinking about other maligned films from the last 10 years that might get the same positive fate. | Continue reading
Here’s an excerpt from a THR piece, titled Starless Publicity Campaigns Start to Impact Grosses , that has had the industry buzzing these last 24 hours: | Continue reading
Notice how Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” hasn’t shown up at either TIFF or NYFF. This has led to some rumors that it might have its North American premiere at Telluride. | Continue reading
We can now also add “A Ghost Story” filmmaker David Lowery as a ‘Temple of Doom’ fan. He was asked by IndieWire to name his favorite films of the 1980s, ‘Doom’ was one the titles he submitted: | Continue reading
At this past January’s Sundance Film Festival, halfway through a screening of Laura Moss’ “Birth/Rebirth,” the Rose Wagner theater had to be evacuated, with paramedics shortly arriving on the scene soon after. | Continue reading
French master Leos Carax already shot his next movie. It’s called “C’est Pas Moi,” but it’s a semi-short film. | Continue reading
We’re hearing that Rose Glass’ “Love Lies Bleeding” will be released “early next year” with a possible launch at the Sundance Film Festival. Here’s the test reaction I gathered back in March: | Continue reading
Lynne Ramsay had a masterclass at the Sarajevo Film Festival and gave us some details on her upcoming projects. | Continue reading
According to a report from Variety , ‘Indiana Jones 5’ could lose upwards of $100 million. ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ might break even, but barely. Both had high budgets of around $300 million each, add in marketing costs, and that signifies potential losses for both parties. | Continue reading
Michael Oher has filed a lawsuit alleging he wasn’t adopted, but tricked into a conservatorship that gave “parents” Sean & Leigh Anne Tuohy total control over his assets. | Continue reading
Brody’s latest hot take is not his worst, but it’s far from being one of his best. He’s a big fan of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and believes it is the best movie to have ever crossed the billion dollar worldwide mark at the box-office: | Continue reading
Christopher Nolan made an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show, the host asked the “Oppenheimer” director what his “remote drop movie” was. | Continue reading
Disney’s been seeing some major red flags at the box office this year and its even now leaked into its streaming service. | Continue reading
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi shocked the cinema world with a new film of his appearing inside the Venice Film Festival lineup. We had no idea he was even working on a new project. | Continue reading
Vasarhelyi & Chin’s “Nyad” is supposed to be one of this fall’s more Oscar baity titles, but will it survive the inevitable backlash that’s about to hit it? | Continue reading
Rolling Stone has decided to tackle the 30th anniversary of “The Fugitive” with a handful of interviews , including one with Davis who comes off as, shall we say, blatantly honest about his 1993 film being snubbed by the Academy: | Continue reading
It’s now been eight months since the Sight and Sound “Best Films of All Time” poll was released , but Paul Schrader is still upset by “Jeanne Dielman” being named best film. | Continue reading
How exactly did this happen? “Sound of Freedom” crossing the $100 million mark at the domestic box-office is some kind of achievement. It’s the highest earning independently-financed film of the year, by a long shot. | Continue reading
A trailer – created by AI – for a non-existent “Heidi” movie creeped the hell out of me. Call it “nightmare fuel,” or whatever else it’s been described as, but what did I just watch? | Continue reading
In 2003, Danny Boyle’s “28 Days Later” was released and kickstarted a revival of the zombie genre. Its cultural impact has been felt ever since. | Continue reading
It’s July, which means Gold Derby has opened up its Oscar predicting area for pundits and fans. | Continue reading
Woo tells Vulture “Silent Night” is a film with no dialogue. Rather, its story is told visually with music accompanying the drama: | Continue reading
Plot twist: “Barbie” is more controversial than “Oppenheimer.” Nobody predicted this. | Continue reading
If you’re wondering what Alfonso Cuarón might be doing next, he recently completed his ambitious Apple TV series starring Cate Blanchett, and is now prepping a movie about Phillip K. Dick. | Continue reading
It’s clear what Warner Bros is doing with their NYC/L.A. screening tonight, the first one, of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” | Continue reading
The 48th Toronto International Film Festival is set to take place from September 7 – 17, 2023. IndieWire’s Anne Thompson spoke to festival head Cameron Bailey about the upcoming edition. | Continue reading
It was a mistake for Disney to premiere “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” at the Cannes Film Festival. What’s astonishing about this whole debacle is how confident they were about the finished product, so much so that they decided to screen it more than six weeks before its … | Continue reading
A few months ago I suspected that there were many Academy voters who disliked the Oscars’ new diversity rules , but that they just couldn’t say it out loud. | Continue reading
Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” isn’t even out yet, but the actor/filmmaker has already set up his third feature as a director. | Continue reading
In a sign of high confidence, Paramount will be screening “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” for critics almost three weeks before its actual release. | Continue reading
This one will be directed by Jay Roach (“Neet the Parents”), The screenplay was penned by Carrie Solomon. No further cast details were revealed. | Continue reading
A report from Variety, Roman Polanski’s ‘The Palace’ Sets September Release Date in Italy: Is it Headed for Venice? … | Continue reading
Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ sequel will be starting production this month. It’s been a long time coming, but the film, which has been in development for a decade now, is finally ready to shoot. | Continue reading
Christopher Nolan's “Oppenheimer” will hopefully hit theaters like a nuke next month. It’s really the only big studio blockbuster being released this season that is actually meant for an adult audience. | Continue reading