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Alma Har’el’s ‘Wet’ Acquired by Lionsgate: Starring Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Connor Storrie, Odessa A’zion and Rosalia

It’s been seven years since Alma Har’el’s feature debut, “Honey Boy,” which was written by and starred Shia LaBeouf — she is now set to direct her next film, with a very talented cast.

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Quentin Tarantino Fired Isabelle Huppert From ‘Inglourious Basterds' for Skipping the Table Read

Imagine firing Isabelle Huppert from your movie. One of the great actresses of all time, the woman behind "The Piano Teacher," "La Cérémonie" and "Elle," dropped because she missed a table read.

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Park Chan-wook Says ‘The Brigands of Rattlecreek' is “Very Violent” and the “Most Brutal” Film He's Ever Made

Are we really that surprised? The original draft was written by S. Craig Zahler, the guy behind "Bone Tomahawk," "Brawl in Cell Block 99" and "Dragged Across Concrete."

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Francis Lawrence Calls James Gunn “An Impediment” to ‘Constantine 2,’ Says He's “More Hopeful" Now That They're Gone

James Gunn wrote on Instagram this week that he was "incredibly relieved" to be out at DC Studios. Turns out he's not the only one.

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Jim Caviezel Was “Heartbroken” When Mel Gibson Recast Jesus in ‘The Resurrection of the Christ'

For 20 years, the assumption was that whenever Mel Gibson got his "Passion of the Christ" sequel off the ground, Jim Caviezel would be front and center.

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August 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
August 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

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Céline Sciamma’s ‘Petite Maman’ Finally Opens in U.S. Theaters

April 25, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Céline Sciamma‘s “Petite Maman” is finally being legitimately released in theatres this weekend. What took so long? it received a tepid Oscar-qualifying run in one L.A. Movie theatre last December and that was it.

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Source: Bill Murray Allegations Have Been Exaggerated

April 24, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Over the weekend, I asked around to see exactly what happened on the set of “Being Mortal” for production to be suspended due to a complaint filed against Bill Murray.

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Top 5 Movies About One Night Stands

April 24, 2022 John Torre

So many people can't think of having a quick hookup with a stranger because they want serious commitment from their partner. But, others love the idea of arranging a "one-night-stand" fling to spice up their love lives.

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‘The Northman’ Bombs at the Box-Office; What Did You Think of Robert Eggers’ Viking Epic?

April 23, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Focus Features’ “The Northman” underperformed with audiences this weekend at the US box-office.

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Casey Affleck is in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’

April 23, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Shhh, let’s not even announce it. That’s probably what Universal execs must have whispered to each other when they heard that Christopher Nolan had cast Casey Affleck in his upcoming “Oppenheimer.”

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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: DiCaprio to Campaign as Lead Actor, Plemons Set For Supporting Actor

April 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The rumor that Jesse Plemons was the lead in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and Leonardo DiCaprio had a supporting role, always felt kind of off. In other words, it didn’t make an iota of sense.

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Keke Palmer, Bill Murray’s ‘Being Mortal’ Co-Star, Blasts ‘Unprofessional Behaviour’

April 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

One name we haven’t heard so far in this Bill Murray fiasco is his “Being Mortal” co-star, actress Keke Palmer, the only woman on the main cast list.

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Best Picture 2023: First Round of Predictions [Oscars]

April 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

We are a third of the way done in this movie year, and the only decent Best Picture contender released so far, although a long shot, is The Daniels’ “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”

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‘Vortex’: Gaspar Noe’s Slowest Movie is Also His Most Mature [Review]

April 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Gaspar Noe’s latest, titled “Vortex,” is a 142 minute examination on old age and death. Not as much of a provocation as it is a slow-burn, this meditation on twilight love will surely isolate some of Noe’s fans who are looking more to be provoked.

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Alexander Sokurov Blames Cannes of Russian Discrimination

April 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Legendary Russian director Alexander Sokurov (“Russian Ark”) is apparently now blaming Cannes for discrimination. Why? He claims the Cannes selection committee apparently didn't accept his student's debut film.

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Cannes Film Festival Adds Three More Competition Titles

April 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The Cannes Film Festival added three more movies in competition: Léonor Serraille’s “Un Petit Frere,” Albert Serra’s “Tourment Sur Les Iles” and Charlotte Vandermeersch and Felix Van Groeningen‘s “The Eight Mountains.”

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’: Potential Cast List Leaked — Driver, Pacino, Mirren, Freeman …

April 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

A potential cast list for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” has leaked online (via DeuxMoi). This isn’t any kind of confirmation, but here goes ..

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Please, For the Love of God, Don’t Let it Be Bill Murray … [Update: It’s Murray]

April 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Social media is abuzz about why Aziz Ansari’s “Being Mortal” has been indefinitely shut down. All we know is that the film was halfway done shooting and that the now infamous “filed complaint” was not directed towards Ansari.

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Terry Gilliam Working on New Ambitious Film Tackling God, Satan, Adam & Eve

April 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Terry Gilliam has been doing the interview rounds for the Portuguese release of his underrated 2018 film “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” and he’s already mentioned several times what he wants his next movie to be.

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Aziz Ansari’s ‘Being Mortal’ Suspends Production After A ‘Complaint’ is Filed

April 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

We won’t get into the speculating game with this one just yet, but production on “Being Mortal,” Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, has been suspended indefinitely.

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Venice Will Be Packed … With American Movies [Predictions]

April 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The most commonly-asked question I get these days about film festivals is a rather simple one: Cannes or Venice?

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Michel Franco Shooting His Next Film in Brooklyn; Stars Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard

April 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Cannes and Venice winning filmmaker Michel Franco is shooting a new movie in Brooklyn and it turns out the Mexican director’s eighth feature film will star Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard.

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Rebecca Zlotowski’s ‘Les Enfants des Autres’ Has to Choose Between Cannes or Venice

April 19, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

French filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski has a dilemma that most directors out there would die to have.

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Cannes 75’s Official Poster Pays Homage to ‘The Truman Show’

April 19, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The Cannes Film Festival has released its official poster and it is a beauty. In fact, it’s an homage to Peter Weir’s 1998 masterpiece “The Truman Show.”

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Let’s Stop it With the Gender Parity Complaints at Cannes

April 19, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Please, let’s stop the complaints about the lack of female filmmakers at the big festivals.

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