AMC Theatres, the largest theater chain in the U.S., is set to run out of money within six months. The chain has reopened in numerous markets around the country, safe for New York and Los Angeles, and has screened “new” titles such as “The New Mutants” and “Tenet”, but, financially speaking, they are close to calling default.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had this cataclysmic effect on the movie industry. It’s undeniable now to say that, pardon the metaphor, the industry is losing oxygen and, quite possibly, nearing its last gasps for air. I’m, of course, referring to the theatrical experience, and not digital where Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV+ have been flourishing this past year with audiences hungry for any kind of new content. Despite Christopher Nolan trying to kickstart the industry again with his “Tenet” in late August, that plan failed the domestic box-office was disastrous, and now we’re basically back at square one.

One of the highlights of this year’s New York Film Festival has been watching Steve McQueen’s new film anthology “Small Axe.” NYFF chose three of the five films featured in the upcoming BBC series, “Lovers Rock” “Mangrove” and “Red, White and Blue.” The first two were chosen for competition for Cannes 2020 before the festival had to be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latter is having its world premiere at NYFF and was just screened for press.

Clint Eastwood has proven time and time again how he’s still a major attraction for moviegoers. “The Mule,” “Sully” and “American Sniper,” all released within the last six years, were box-office bonanzas. It also helped that the films themselves were fantastic, straight-shooting dramas that could only be made by an old-school veteran of the craft like Eastwood.

Facebook isn’t happy with the way it has been depicted in “The Social Dilemma,” a Netflix documentary about the effects of the social media giant’s business practices. Of course, they are. A thief never accepts he is a criminal. The bad company disagrees with being portrayed as a bad company. Shocker.

Heidi Ewing’s passionate gay romance “I Carry You With Me” ended up winning the NEXT Audience and Jury Prize at this past January’s Sundance Film Festival. An effervescent mood piece, and filled with relevance, Wing had originally set her sights for the film to be a documentary about its two subjects, but when she couldn’t complete it, she decided to tell her story through, mostly, fictitious lens.

You hear that? It’s the sound of the movie industry crumbling into oblivion. It was almost inevitable that we wouldn’t be getting any theatrical releases this fall and today it was all, but confirmed with the announcement that “No Time to Die,” the 25th James Bond instalment, has now been further delayed until 2021.

“Bad Hair” is Justin Simien’s sophomore effort, following the critically-acclaimed “Dear White People.” It opened the midnight section at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

“Borat 2,” aka “Borat: Subsequent MovieFilm” now has a trailer and a release date to its name: Amazon Studios will release the film on October 23.

What’s up with Francis Ford Coppola and his infatuation with consistently tinkering and re-editing his movies? “Apocalypse Now” alone has had, what, 4 different cuts? I lost track. And still, the original from 1979 remains the best cut. Coppola's love for re-editing doesn’t just stop with that film, over the years, he’s also released new cuts of “The Cotton Club,” “The Outsiders.” “Rumble Fish,” and “One From the Heart.”

Speaking with Arnold Schwarzenegger, as part of the Austrian World Summit discussing climate change and politics, James Cameron confirmed that filming has been completed on “Avatar 2,” and all but done on “Avatar 3: “We’re 100 percent complete on ‘Avatar 2’ and we’re sort of 95 percent complete on ‘Avatar 3,’” he explained.

“Borat 2,” which was shot in secret this year by Sacha Baron Cohen, and I’m hearing it plays like a very rushed and messy sequel, is officially being released by Amazon Studios right before Election Day 2020. T

Today’s news that director Barry Jenkins is set to direct “Lion King 2” for Disney has shocked many in the industry, but it shouldn’t be that surprising. Jenkins’ movies such as “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” were not hard-earners at the box-office, The writer-director probably needed the cash and it seems as though this is a quid-pro-quo kind of deal for him as Disney-owned Searchlight will be producing Jenkins’ next passion project, a biopic about Alvin Ailey.

Kirsten Johnson not only finds a way to pay tribute to her, still-alive, father, but gives us a much-needed, and uplifting, therapy session on death in her playfully irreverent documentary “Dick Johnson is Dead.”

In the wake of her passing last Friday, Focus Features has decided to re-release the 2018 Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic “On the Basis of Sex” in select theaters this week.

The release date of Wes Anderson's “The French Dispatch” was changed three times; first, it was July 24th, then it became October 16th, 2020, and, finally, a TBD sometime in 2021 was decided by Searchlight.