A few gems emerge.
Read moreSundance 2020: The Highlights So Far [Podcast]
I spoke to Hollywood-Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells about Sundance 2020 and what looks to be the “keepers” that have emerged so far. We tackled “Palm Springs,“ which sold for a record-breaking $15 million (breaking the original record set by Nate Parker’s “The Birth of A Nation” in 2016). Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” a dementia drama which will surely position Anthony Hopkins as a Best Actor frontrunner next year, and much more.
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Stephen King Criticizes Best Picture Nominees as ‘Man-Fiction’ With ‘Many White Faces’
Stephen King is at it again.
Read moreSundance 2020: Wendy, Four Good Days, Kajillionaire
Sundance continues with Benh Zeitlin’s much anticipated film
Read moreBuyers Are Overspending Again at Sundance 2020
Despite the “hits” at last year’s Sundance Film Festival tanking at the box-office (“Brittany Runs A Marathon,” “Late Night”) distributors still seem to be in a very buying mood again this year, so much so that every single one of the acquisitions can’t be mentioned in a single article. Despite last year’s disappointments, the cost for distributors to land high-profile films at Sundance keeps going up. And yet, many of the films which have been bought so far this year don’t necessarily seem like automatic hits. Some buyers just never learn.
Read moreBox-Office: ‘Bad Boys For Life' Continues Its Dominance
Sony’s “Bad Boys for Life” continued its surprising box office haul as it raced past the $100M domestic after only ten days.
Read more‘1917' Director Sam Mendes Wins DGA
Sam Mendes has won the Directors Guild of America for “1917.”
Read moreSundance 2020: Black Bear, Shirley, The Dissident
Two dramas and a doc dominated day three of Sundance 2020.
Read moreSundance 2020: Bad Hair, Zola, Falling, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Sundance kicks off with three duds and one winner.
Read more‘Zombi Child': Director Bertrand Bonello Tackles Voodoo and Coming-of-Age [Review]
Bertrand Bonello’s Zombi Child, which played in the director’s fortnight sidebar, is a zombie movie, but one filled with dangerously spiritual voodoo.
Read more‘The Last Thing He Wanted’: Director Dee Rees Teams Up With Hathaway for Political Thriller
“The Last Thing he Wanted” makes its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival tomorrow and is released globally on Netflix February 21st, 2020.
Read moreTaylor Swift Doc ‘Miss Americana’ Opens Sundance 2020
I won’t be attending the opening night film of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival because it reads like an easy movie to take a pass on. A Taylor Swift doc, titled “Miss Americana,” will be screening at the Eccles this evening at 9pm MST. Instead, I’ll be at the Library screening of Justin Simien’s “Bad Hair.”
Read more‘Parasite’ Black-And-White Version Gets U.S. Release Date Via Neon
Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite” has become a phenomenon, making $148 million worldwide and garnering six Oscar nominations. Although, many audiences are still trying to catch up with Bong’s instant classic, the director has not been shy in his desire to eventually release a black and white version of the film. In fact, the black and white version of “Parasite” was created prior to the film’s premiere in Cannes. Bong claims being inspired by F.W Murnau’s 1922 silent horror movie, Nosferatu and others.
Read more‘The Lodge’: Arthouse Horror Done Right [Trailer]
Sundance 2020: Independent Cinema Looks to Thrive in Park City
For the next 10 days, the Sundance Film Festival will try to prove, once again, that American independent cinema is alive and well.
Read moreRobert Downey Jr. Doesn't Regret Doing ‘Tropic Thunder' Blackface
2008’s Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder," existing in this maddening stratosphere, shows just how much things have changed at the movies the last decade.
Read more‘Curb Your Enthusiasm': Season 10 Premiere Tackles MeToo, MAGA and Hot Coffee
Larry David is back and we should all be grateful
Read moreQuentin Tarantino Says He's Retiring After 10 Films Because Directing is “A Young Man's Game"
Quentin Tarantino is, again, insisting that he plans to quit making movies after his 10th feature. Of course, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is his ninth feature, so that just leaves one more. This whole notion of retiring after 10 movies comes from the director’s theory that a director’s quality of work only gets worse as it goes along.
Read moreDenis Villeneuve Named Filmmaker of the Decade By Hollywood Critics Association
During the last decade, director Denis Villeneuve proved that he was an absolute force to be reckoned with. It all started with his 2010 film “Incendies” getting nominated for an Oscar in the Foreign-Language category. This eventually led him to become a major directorial voice in American film, directing “Prisoners,” “Sicario,” “Arrival,” and “Blade Runner 2049.”
Read moreNetflix to Distribute Bradley Cooper's Leonard Bernstein Biopic
Around two years ago, Variety was reporting that Spielberg held a secret table read for an unknown movie which, rumor had it, seemed to be a biopic of composer Leonard Bernstein — the story at the time mentioned that the aptly titled “Bernstein” could leapfrog ahead of Spielberg’s planned “West Side Story” remake. The supposed “top talent” that attended the table read was unknown at the time, they had all signed non-disclosure agreements, but what was quite clear was that Spielberg would have had to juggle a bunch of projects he had going on to make room for “Bernstein.”
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In the Academy’s 97-year history, no documentary has ever been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar? Fielder’s doc is being tipped as potentially making history — but is it even non-fiction?