Paul Schrader once told me, it must have been when we had drinks at the Marriott during Cannes 2016 …

Neil Young’s Jigsaw Lounge has released its annual Venice odds for the Golden Lion.

George Miller‘s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” is a 21st century riff on “Arabian Nights.

Variety’s Clayton Davis is more or less in agreement with what I consider to be the current top 5: Butler, Jackman, Nighy, Fraser, Driver.

I’ve been curious about what Corey Finley will be giving us next, after “Thoroughbreds,” and “Bad Education,” that’s why I’ve been tracking his next one, titled “Landscape With Invisible Hand.”

In June, I wrote that Mike Leigh was struggling to find financing for his next project. Well, it looks like he’s finally found enough dough to make his next one.

In his recent book titled, “Selection Officielle,” Thierry Fremaux alluded to the fact that after every Cannes edition wraps, he makes a rough list of the titles he would be seeking for the next year’s edition of the festival.

The Toronto International Film Festival used to be the marquee place to screen almost every major fall festival title.

Andrew Haigh has completed production on his next film, this one is titled “Strangers.”

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.