More news coming in today from the set of Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, a film that was shooting in an ultra-secretive set for close to two months last winter.
Read more‘Together Together': A Subtly Groundbreaking Indie [Review]
On its surface, “Together Together” is a fairly straightforward, albeit very sweetly rendered, comedy. As I was watching this cinematic game-changer, I was admiring the way its central characters (played by Ed Helms and Patti Harrison) kept growing on me but little did I know that one of them was a transgender comedian.
Read moreMartin Scorsese's ‘Killers of the Flower Moon' Begins Filming in Oklahoma
After countless delays in scheduling and production, Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” has begun filming today in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Film + Music Office and Apple Original Films announced Monday afternoon that principal photography on “Killers of the Flower Moon” began on Monday, where filming will be centered in Bartlesville, Pawhuska and Osage County.
Read more‘Annette,' Leos Carax’s Musical with Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard Set to Open Cannes 2021
The Cannes Film Festival is making it seem like an almost-certainty that the prestigious cinematic event will be happening on July 6th, despite France currently being in lockdown due to the COVID virus. The dirty little secret around journalistic circles is that absolutely nobody has reserved lodging or flight for this year’s Cannes. It’s going to be a last-minute thing for most, including myself.
Read more‘Mank’ DP Erik Messerschmidt Wins ASC; Becomes Oscar Frontrunner.
Ari Aster’s new A24 project, ‘Disappointment Boulevard’ With Joaquin Phoenix Begins Filming on June 28th
Ari Aster turned heads at Sundance 2018 with his incredibly realized neo-horror film “Hereditary.” The following year he polarized movie fans with his love/hate statement “Midsommar,” a film I was lukewarm on, upon initial viewing, until I finally caught up with the 3-hour director’s cut at home and had a total 180 opinion reversal.
Read more15 Directors Who Actually Trashed Their Own Movies
When a film gets shot it results in an environment that is creatively pumped by an assortment of collaborators, most important of all might be the director. By the time a film makes the long journey from pre-production to theaters, it’s the director’s vision that is most noticed on-screen, his instinct to mold every collaborator’s inclusion into a whole. Of course, sometimes when a film goes bad shots are fired and bad blood emerges, but the main fall guy always ends up being the director. Although most end up staying quiet and just letting time do the healing, others can’t help but shout out their discontent. Here are 15 famous directors who hate their own movies and made sure to let us know.
Read more‘The Lord of the Rings’: Amazon Spending Record-Breaking $465 Million For First Season of Upcoming Series
We didn’t really need another adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” — Peter Jackson already gave us three fantastic movies and even adapted “The Hobbit” into a trilogy. However, Amazon sees it differently, they believe their highly anticipated adaptation of the fantasy novels will be worthy of the money being shelled out.
Read moreCNN Warns About the Risks of Going to the Movies … Even if Vaccinated
Although more than half the U.S. population is vaccinated, CNN’s Kristen Rogers seems to be implying that going to a movie theater is still not safe in this country.
Read moreThe Worst Batch of Oscar Nominees in History
The Oscars have become nothing more than a virtue-signaling contest. If you don’t believe me then just look at this year’s Best Picture nominees. Sure, the quality of American cinema sank to new lows during the COVID-19 pandemic, with big titles constantly delaying their release dates to the point where we will most likely be seeing the best movies that were supposed to come out in 2020 and 2021 in … 2022.
Read moreBarry Jenkins' ‘The Underground Railroad' Set For May 14th Release on Prime [Trailer]
This official trailer for Barry Jenkins’ upcoming series “The Underground Railroad” is set to Nicholas Britell’s original music. Britell contributed the original music for Jenkins’ “Moonlight” and “If Beale Street Could Talk,” plus he’s also responsible for the excellent, Emmy-winning original score for HBO’s “Succession.”
Read moreCannes Confirms ‘The French Dispatch' and ‘Benedetta' Will Be Part of the 2021 Lineup
Cannes Film Festival head honcho Thierry Fremaux gave a new interview [via Rappler], this time saying he's confident Cannes will happen in July and that Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch” and Paul Verhoeven’s “Benedetta” will be in the official selection. He also vowed that the world’s most prestigious film festival, which he has led since 2004, will go live, in-person from July 6 to 17 this year.
Read more‘Burning’ Named Best Korean Film Ever, According to Poll of Over 158 Film Critics; ‘Parasite’ Finishes Second
South Korea has been a country consistently on the edge, the threat of nuclear warfare, with its unpredictable neighbour of the North, always looming. You can feel that tension in the movies they make — which depict extreme emotional states with a sense of heightened realism.
Read more‘Gunda': Pig Docu-Drama is A Lifeless Experience [Capsule]
The pig docu-fiction “Gunda,” directed by Viktor Kosakovskiy, is an experimental and beautifully photographed black and white statement about the life of farm animals.
Read moreBest American Casino TV Series
Most people have started considering gambling as a hobby and popular form of entertainment. You need to evaluate the casino games that you play regularly based on the value of entertainment they have to offer and how much money you’ll need to access them.
‘In the Earth': Ben Wheatley's Lockdown-Made Horror Movie Gets Lost in Witchcraft Gibberish [Review]
Ben Wheatley returns to genre cinema, after his questionable “Rebecca” remake, with “In the Earth.” What this latest film actually constitutes is the writer-director’s attempt to go back to his cinematic roots (“KIll List” and “A Field in England”), a time when he was a younger filmmaker, excited by the notion of creating art and enamored by his power to cast a horrific and unpredictable spell on audience. Sadly, it feels like the spark is missing here.
Read more‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Film, Director, Actress at BAFTAS …
BAFTA, the British Academy, gave out their awards in London tonight.
Read moreChloe Zhao Wins DGA
The absolute worst Oscar season is about to come to an end. Chloe Zhao has just won the Director’s Guild of America for her filmmaking in “Nomadland.”
Read moreA ‘Norbit’ Reappraisal is Needed
Does “Norbit” mock stereotypes and/or enhance them? That’s the mindset by which many critics wrote their reviews of the critically-maligned Eddie Murphy movie back in 2007.
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