As much as I’ve been critical of Lin Manuel Miranda in the past, “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” his directorial debut, an adaptation of the late Jonathan Larson’s play, Isn’t half-bad.

Jane Campion‘s masterfully mysterious “The Power of the Dog” is her best film since 1993’s “The Piano.” That film won the Palme d’Or and I can imagine that, if it weren’t for the Netflix ban at Cannes, she would have maybe won the prize again this year.

Frequent David Lynch cinematographer Peter Deming has acknowledged the existence of Lynch’s very secretive new project, “Wisteria”:

Last night in Los Angeles, Aaron Sorkin’s “Being the Ricardos” was officially unveiled to Academy voters and press. As I had heard all along, the film will be in contention for numerous Oscars, maybe not Picture, but the acting is a definite possibility.

There are currently five movies locked and loaded for a Best Picture Oscar nomination. And they are …

Dune is projected to increase its domestic gross to $93 million by Sunday and could potentially cross $100 million mark in the next week.

In “C’mon C’mon,” Joaquin Phoenix plays radio journalist Johnny, a documentary filmmaker whose sister (Gaby Hoffman) asks him to care for her 8-year-old son, Jesse (Woody Norman). Vic is trying to tend to the child’s father, who’s suffering from bipolar disorder.

A very entertaining interview with Ridley Scott has just been published via Deadline. In it, he talks about “House of Gucci,” “The Last Duel,” his upcoming ”Kitbag,” and, more intriguingly, how he believes superhero movies are “boring as fucking shit.”

A screenwriter who happens to be a reader of this site, and who also happens to be a member of WGA and the Academy, sent over these remarks on three films that are currently very much in the conversation these days.

In terms of quality and content, it’s definitely been a step up from last year, but I don’t think we’re at a sort of normalcy yet.

We’ve all been wondering when Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” would start screening for press. Well, today we got our answer as it on November 29th it will be officially unveiled to film critics.

It was almost a foregone conclusion that David Cronenberg would be bringing his upcoming “Crimes of the Future” to next year’s Cannes Film Festival, but today’s announcement of a June 2022 Canadian release date only makes the case for Cannes more obvious.

Once you’ve sold out as a director, the big-studio hook grabs a hold of you and the money keeps pouring in like a drug. That’s what seems to be happening with Chloe Zhao, who is now rumored to be boarding Kevin Feige’s upcoming Star Wars film.

“King Richard” just won its fifth audience award at a film festival, this time it’s at the Miami Film Festival where it won the MIAMI GEMS 2021 Audience Award.

Based on what I’ve heard so far of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza,” its accessibility might be an issue for Oscar voters, but the film itself is very much ingrained in its own freewheeling world.

Wes Anderson's cinematographer Robert Yeoman told NBP’s Wil Mavity that Anderson is already heading to England in December to start prepping for yet amother film.

I wouldn’t put it past the early buzz for “Being the Ricardos” being mostly just a case of overzealous pundits trying to find some kind of new horse to back late in the game, but fact of the matter is that Aaron Sorkin’s film is being well-received by pundits who have seen it in Los Angeles.

The social media embargo was lifted this evening for Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” and, as expected, the reactions are mixed.