Writer-Director Matthew Wilder, who wrote Paul Schrader’s delightful “Dog Eat Dog,” has seen “The Master Gardener” and had this to say about it [via his Instagram]:
Read moreInarritu’s ‘Bardo’ is 3-Hours
A few little runtime nuggets gathered from today’s Venice announcement.
Read moreVenice Packs the Big Names: Baumbach, Aronofsky, Dominik, Field, Iñárritu, Guadagnino, McDonagh, Panahi, Schrader
More to come …
Read more‘Resurrection’: All Hail, Rebecca Hall in This Hypnotic Thriller [Capsule]
You can feel the influence of Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos in this spellbinding thriller.
Read moreVenice Confirms ‘The Son’ and ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Venice boss Alberto Barbera did his annual drip-drip confirmations on Twitter this afternoon.
Read more‘TÁR’ Teaser Doesn’t Give Us Much …
Today’s released “teaser,” frankly, doesn’t give us much to chew on. There’s mostly Blanchett in slo-mo exhaling what seems to be cigarette smoke. Then she leads an orchestra for a few seconds. It’ll probably be a good film.
Read more‘Till’ to World Premiere at NYFF [Updated]
Noah Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’ to Open the Venice Film Festival
As he was announcing that Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” would be opening the Venice Film Festival, big boss Alberto Barbera, who usually announces the Venice opener sooner, stated …
Read more‘Babylon’ Post-Production Completed
‘A Love Song’: Flat Sundance Hit Feels Ever-So-Slight [Capsule]
Character actress Dale Dickey, who has the definition of a weathered face, is given her chewiest role, and does most of the heavy lifting, in Max Walker-Silverman’s ever-so-slight “A Love Song.”
Read more‘Asteroid City’: Did They Really Recast Bill Murray Due to Covid?
When Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” announced its official cast on Wednesday most people were left wondering, where’s Bill Murray? Did his scenes get snipped up after the Keke Palmer #MeToo incident?
Read moreVenice Film Festival: Final Predictions
What Did You Think of ‘Nope’?
I figure many readers have or will catch Jordan Peele’s “Nope” over the weekend.
Read more‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Trailer Coming Sooner Than Expected
The teaser for Martin Scorsese's “Killers of The Flower Moon” has been rated, and should be out in the coming days, along with the first poster.
Read moreTIFF Announces Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ as World Premiere
There had been these persistent rumours that Steven Spielberg’s “The Fablemans” would go to the New York Film Festival for around a month now. I brushed them off, waiting for more credible sources to chime in.
Read moreNicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Copenhagen Cowboy’ to World Premiere at Venice
Netflix and Nicolas Winding Refn are about to launch “Copenhagen Cowboy” at Venice, this is Refn’s first production in Denmark since 2007’s “Pusher III.”
Read more‘Nope’ Team Invented “The Best Movie of the Year” Blurb in Ads?
The Wrap’s Alonso Duralde is considerably puzzled by the marketing behind “Nope”.
Read more‘Oppenheimer’ Teaser Leak Hints at Black and White Film
Spike Jonze Working on an Ambitious Netflix Mini-Series
We’ve all been wondering where Spike Jonze has been since his 2013 masterpiece “Her.” Since his debut film “Being John Malkovich,” Jonze has only directed four movies in 23 years.
Read moreUPDATE — Editor’s Note: Comments Section Restored and Now Better Than Ever
Much to my surprise, on Tuesday evening, I noticed that a glitch on my Disqus account had prevented close to 300 comments from being published these last few months. They apparently flagged words like “asshole,” “pussy,” “dickhead,” “douchebag,” but also random non-profane terms that prevented people from posting sane and smartly-written comments. What gives? I’ve lifted the restrictions, released the hounds, so to speak. Oh, and Disqus had decided to run an inordinate amount of ads before and after the comments section. That’s been fixed thanks to Disqus Senior Publishing Manager Michael DeBolt, a big thank you to him for that.
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