The always-reliable Cineuropa has announced that the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages TFund agreed to support new films by Cristi Mungiu (“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Day”), Bertrand Bonello (“Nocturama”), Jessica Hausner (“Little Joe”), and Abderrahmane Sissako (“Timbuktu”).
Read moreTerrence Malick’s Much-Delayed ‘Voyage of Time’ To Be Released in December on IMAX Screens
More or less a work-in-progress, which was kickstarted years before 2011’s "The Tree Of Life,” Terrence Malick's much-delayed "Voyage of Time" has taken forever to finally reach U.S. theaters. It is now set for a worldwide December 11th, 2021 release on IMAX via MUBI.
Read moreWoody Allen’s ‘Rifkin’s Festival’ Finally Being Released in January
Whether it’s a good movie or not, Woody Allen’s “Rifkin’s Festival” deserved a U.S. release, solely because the blacklisting of the legendary filmmaker has been unfair and heavily biased.
Read moreAdditions to 2022 List
The recently posted 10.24.21 piece 2022 Could Be a Landmark Year went viral with conversation on both Facebook and Twitter. There were lots of suggestions and comments. I’ve added more deserving of inclusion, those include Kenneth Branagh’s “Bee-Gees,” Brandon Cronenberg‘s “Infinity Pool,” Nicole Holfcener’s “Beth and Don” Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End,” Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees Of Inseherin,” and Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking.”
Sundance 2022 Lineup Low in Big-Names, But High in Potential Discovery
The Sundance Film Festival is all about discovery, that’s why I wouldn’t worry too much about this afternoon’s announced lineup for the 2022 edition of the Park City event.
Read more‘Deep Water' Release Delayed Again
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, the erotic thriller was all the rage. It’s a genre that is all but dead now. I mentioned in my Sex Disappearing From Big Screen? article that I had been “seeing the decline of eroticism and sexuality for a few years now at the movies.”
Read more‘West Side Story’ Projected For Weak Box-Office Opening; Still the Best Picture Frontrunner?
Right now, Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” is on a real high from the critical acclaim it has been getting. It has an astounding 87 on Metacritic and 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Read moreLuca Guadagnino’s ‘Bones and All’ Will Not Be Ready For Sundance
Luca Guadagnino is telling people around him that his next film, titled Bones and All, “is still in the works and will not be ready for months.” So, no Sundance, but maybe Cannes?
Read moreDon’t Ignore Sean Baker’s ‘Red Rocket’
On Friday, Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket” will be released in theatres.
Read moreAFI’s Top 10 Movies of 2021 Includes ‘Don’t Look Up,’ ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Tick, Tick … Boom!’
The American Film Institute’s annual unveiling of their top 10 movies of the year is as bland as you might expect. The two juries — which are a mix of critics, academics, and film professionals — were given the task of selecting the best American cinema had to offer the past year. The choices are safe, pedestrian and incalculably mainstream.
Read more‘Nitram’ Finally Bought for U.S. Distribution by IFC Films
Nobody wanted to touch Justin Kurzel’s “Nitram,” for fear of controversy, since this drama is about a very touch subject in Australian history.
Read more‘Don’t Look Up’ Getting Bad Reviews
I had no clue the embargo for “Don’t Look Up” had lifted and reviews were allowed to be published. If I knew that then I would have written mine on Monday, which is when I saw Adam McKay’s political satire.
Read more‘Being the Ricardos’: Aaron Sorkin’s Bland Tackling of Lucille Ball [Review]
The reviews are in and “Being the Ricardos” is, quite frankly, getting terrible reviews. A 54 on Metacritic based on 21 reviews and a 50% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Read more‘Get Out' Tops WGA List of 101 Greatest Scripts of the 21st Century
There’s still 80 years left before the 21st century ends, but, hey, that hasn’t stopped numerous organizations from making best of lists.
Read more‘Spencer’ Vanishes From Theaters
A check of Fandango shows it is still playing in a few theaters, but basically it’s gone. Less than 100 cinemas in the U.S. are playing it. “Licorice Pizza”, which is screening in only a handful of screens, made more money this past weekend.
Read moreCannes Spitballing Etc.
French-based Jonathan Pinchot spitballed his own list of possible Cannes 2022 titles. He’s missing a few that I’ve already mentioned (see below), but 7 titles Pinchot seems to believe are Cannes-bound are total news to me. I thought many of these were in pre-production (safe for Peele).
Read more‘West Side Story’ Spielberg’s Remake Sticks With the Formula and Doesn’t Reinvent [Review]
By all accounts, “West Side Story” is beautifully photographed, excitingly well-acted and brilliantly directed by Steven Spielberg. So, why was I left so cold when the credits rolled? One must ask the obvious question: why remake Robert Wise’s masterful 1961 classic?
Read more‘The Lost Daughter’: Maggie Gylenhaal’s Impressive Directorial Debut [Review]
What an impressive debut. Maggie Gylenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” is such an assured directorial effort, using its mise-en-scene magnificently to tackle such a taboo subject. Along with Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” it’s the best American debut of the year.
Read moreDetails About Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Our Apprenticeship’ Revealed
About NYFCC vs Ruimy …
Amidst the brouhaha going on, in the fake world of Twitter, over my reporting on the NYFCC runners-up, what struck me most is how herd mentality has infected American film criticism over these last five or so years.
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