What was the point of Leos Carax meeting with Jennifer Lawrence in New York other than having to do with a possible new project?

The SXSW jury awarded James Morsini’s “I Love You Dad” the top prize in March. You can call this one a shocking win. The polarizing film received mixed reviews and was even called out by a few.

Some more sleuthing occured this weekend. This time it was emailing festival contacts to figure out what was submitted to and rejected by Venice.

Remember when MGM planted stories to the press that Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives” had such uniformly positive test-screening reactions that the studio decided to schedule the film’s release during Thanksgiving weekend, right at the thick of this year’s awards season schedule.

Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” being chosen as the New York Film Festival opener probably means no TIFF for this expansive and ambitious film.

This has to be the worst summer movie season I’ve ever experienced. No other year has come close to the lack of quality that we’re currently experiencing at the movies.

We had reported on 12.20.21 that Bong Joon-ho was setting his sights on his next film and that Tilda Swinton was going to be part of it.

I decided to do some detective work on David Fincher’s “The Killer” this weekend. As far as it stands, save for the Scorsese, it’s the last remaining question mark of 2022.

Every single one of the reactions I gathered for Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans mentioned Judd Hirsch as a standout.

A redditor claims to have seen Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde.” I have no recollection of it being test-screened, but maybe I missed the boat on this one:

I was trying to avoid the gossip between Olivia Wilde and Florence Pugh, but yesterday’s New York Post story seems to have broken the dam, so to speak.

Ballots have officially started being sent out for Sight and Sound’s “The Greatest Films of All Time” critics poll.

Guillermo del Toro is in London putting the finishing touches on the score for his upcoming “Pinocchio.” The film will be ready in early October, according to a source.

Jordan Peele’s “Nope” had a 70% drop with a $5.84 million Friday. This brings its domestic total to $67 million, the budget of the sci-fi epic is said to be around $68 million (not counting marketing costs).

My general rule when it comes to SXSW is that anything that gets raved there is suspect.

I took a closer look at Anne Thompson’s early Best Picture predictions and NOT ONCE did she mention “Everything Everywhere All At Once” as a possible contender.

While we anticipate Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the legendary filmmaker is already setting his sights on another movie produced by Apple.

Now that the core of its 2022 lineup has been revealed, the Toronto International Film Festival is set to announce the sidebars. First comes the Midnight Madness section on Tuesday.