Park Chan-wook’s "Decision to Leave" and Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness” have been selected for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, according to my sources close to the festival. They are one of the very first films to have been chosen for next May’s event.
Read more‘The First Wave’ is the Harrowing Covid-19 Documentary Nobody Wants to See; Rejected By Sundance and Toronto
I was dreading writing anything about “The First Wave” because, truth be told, it’s such a goddamn depressing movie
Read more‘Licorice Pizza’ Could Get Best Picture Recognition; Bradley Cooper’s 8-Minute Cameo Deserves a Supporting Actor Nod
Critics will push Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” this awards season.
Read more‘Don’t Look Up’ First Reviews …
Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” was finally screened for film critics in LA and NYC last night. The reactions are, as suspected, polarizing. What McKay seems to have made here is a none-too-subtle allegory to climate change and the pandemic.
Read moreAsghar Farhadi Speaks Out Against the Iranian Government
Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is —finally— taking on the Iranian government’s gross human rights abuses.
Read moreMartin Scorsese’s Next Film Will Be a Grateful Dead Biopic; Jonah Hill Set to Star
Martin Scorsese’s next film will be a musical biopic about The Grateful Dead with Jonah Hill set to play the band’s frontman Jerry Garcia.
Read more‘Don’t Look Up’ Screens For BAFTA; Critics Will See it Tonight
Take it with a grain of salt, but last night’s official premiere screening of Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” went over VERY WELL with the audience.
Read more‘Compartment No.6’: Cannes Competition Entry Has Two Strangers on a Train and Lots of Drinking [Capsule]
Juho Kuosmanen’s Cannes Competition entry “Compartment No.6” could have been a better fit for the sidebar of the festival, “Un Certain Regard.”
Read more‘Nightmare Alley’ Suggests A Visually Stunning Affair [Trailer]
Guillermo del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley” is set to be released on December 17th. It was test-screened on 10.29.21. This is, as far as I know, the first time it had been shown anywhere.
Read more‘King Richard’ Wins Its Sixth Audience Award at Denver Film Festival
Marcus Reginald Green’s film just won Audience Award number six, this time at the Denver Film Festival. Its other festival audience wins have occurred at Miami, Chicago, Philadelphia, Indianapolis and Chapel Hill.
Read more‘King Richard': Will Smith Serves Up an Ace in Conventional Sports Biopic [Review]
Marcus Reinald Green’s film is a wonderfully entertaining rags-to-riches sports biopic. It uses its 144 minute runtime to build up its characters and, by the end of it, you actually care about the fate of the characters. It’s not necessarily a work of art as much as a pleasurably well-made movie-movie.
Read moreTodd Field's ‘Tar' Now Set For a 5-Month Shoot in Berlin
Todd Field’s “Tar,” the director’s first film in over 15 years, started production in Berlin on 08.24.21. The goal was a 4-6 week shoot. Four months later, it’s still shooting. What gives? Sources are saying it will now continue production until December 12th. A 5-month shoot for a non-blockbuster is truly rare in the industry. I hope everything is going smoothly.
Jane Campion Says She ‘Hates' Superhero Movies
After Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Denis Villeneuve, Bong Joon-ho, Lucrecia Martel, David Cronenberg, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, David Fincher, James Mangold, Luc Besson, William Friedkin, Ken Loach, and John Woo … it’s time for Jane Campion to hop onboard the superhero hate train:
Read more12 Great Living Filmmakers Who Have Never Won A Best Director Oscar
The sad tradition of not honoring the right filmmakers will likely continue for the Academy. Further proof can be found with these 11 greats who haven’t won for their directing yet, with some not even having a single nomination to their name.
Read more‘Brian Wilson: The Long Promised Road’ is Pure Exploitation of its Subject [Capsule]
There’s definitely an exploitative feel to Brent Wilson’s “Long Promised Road,” an intimate documentary about Beach Boys singer-songwriter Brian Wilson.
Read moreThe Five Best Gambling Movies of All Time
Are you looking for the best gambling movies? Look no further, because we got you covered. You can learn a lot by simply watching gambling movies, from body language to different strategies which you can use in real life.
Read more‘Don’t Look Up’: Will Adam McKay's Star-Studded Disaster Movie Crash the Oscar Race? [Trailer]
If there’s one upcoming movie that is still a major question mark, it’s Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up.” A trailer has finally been released this morning and it definitely looks like a bitingly satirical affair.
Read more‘Licorice Pizza’ and ‘The Power of the Dog’ to Duke it Out For Critics Awards
With “Licorice Pizza,” and “Being the Ricardos” now having been officially shown to critics in NYC and LA, This is how the remaining contenders will be unveiled in the next few weeks:
Read moreLucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy's Contract Extended For Three Additional Years
The Disney-fied “Star Wars” franchise has been a major disappointment for many hardcore fans. Of course, enemy numero uno for these pissed off Lucasheads seems to be LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy.
Read moreIra Sachs’ ‘Passages’ Starts Production; Added to Cannes 2022 Spitballing
The French absolutely adore director Ira Sachs (“Love is Strange”) and another bow in Cannes competition seems to almost be a certainty with his latest film, “Passages.” Sachs’ eighth film as a director just started production according to mega French producer Saïd Ben Saïd.
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So this next film by The Daniels, Scheinert and Kwan, of “EEAAO” fame, is looking exactly like we expected it to be.