If there is one film from Cannes 2022 that I am very much looking forward to rewatching, it’s Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave.”

Not much to report on this Saturday, except for an intriguing reaction to Brandon Cronenberg’s as-of-yet unreleased “Infinity Pool.”

I’ve scratched off “13: The Musical,” “Rheingold,” and “Rosaline” — all three have found a world premiere cushion in 2022. Meanwhile, Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” has now been marked down as a 2023 release, that one’s off the list.

An Academy-voting screenwriter of several top-tier dramas in the ‘90s, emailed me today about my famous (or infamous) mixed review of “Everything Everywhere All At Once”.

Surprising, but VERY welcome news coming from Los Angeles. Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” has just had a test-screening in Los Angeles. Reactions look good so far.

Many were wondering why Netflix moved George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin” to 2023. Well, turns out it was because it was still in production.

A few months ago I wrote, “I’m just going to act as though Terrence Malick’s “The Way of the Wind” will never be released”.

Emma Thompson's “Good Luck to Leo Grande” is back in the Oscar race.

A recent Reddit conversation had a poster proclaiming Tom Hanks’ 1992-2002 streak of films as maybe the greatest ever by an actor.

Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin had a streak of critically-acclaimed films in the 2000s (Head-On, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen). He’s won prizes at Cannes, Berlin and even a Golden Globe.

This past June, I wondered if Rodrigo Prieto was in fact the cinematographer for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.”

The more I read about the details trickling in about Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” the more I’m utterly fascinated by this film.

The Best International Feature Film category will again be very competitive this year. Not many countries have submitted their official picks yet. South Korea did the predictable today and chose Park Chan-wook’s “Decision to Leave.”

Belgian filmmaker Fabrice de Welz has revealed that Abdelatif Kechiche’s “‘Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo” will finally get released in France, more than four years after its polarizing screening at Cannes.

I see Gold Derby and Awards Daily still have Helen Mirren in their Best Actress predictions, they should just scratch her off.

I’ve been saying since March that Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All” will be going to Venice. I’m honestly surprised that Telluride selected the film, especially since I’ve been hearing that it’s going to be quite divisive.

This year’s Best Actress race will again be dominated by biopic performances. Oscar loves that stuff. However, there also seems to be more than a few originally written characters that look like great Oscar fodder.

Maïwenn’s ‘Jeanne Du Barry’, currently filming in France, has decided to release a still of Johnny Depp as King Louis XV.

It’s kind of surprising that of all the big titles being launched this fall, maybe, just maybe, only one will be doing the four major festivals (NYFF, TIFF, Venice and Telluride).