Many forget just how important and vital a cinematic voice Terry Gilliam was during his peak years, especially when he was battling Universal for the final cut of his 1985 masterpiece “Brazil.”

Telluride has had a tight relationship with Scott Cooper over the years. They’ve premiered films such as “Crazy Heart,” “Hostiles,” and “Out of the Furnace.”

Actually, the source here isn’t anonymous, it’s The Ankler’s Jeff Sneider.

There was a TIFF members preview screening last night of “Women Talking.” There’s only one reaction circulating the net, and here it is:

An Indiewire panel composed of Anne Thompson, Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland and Eric Kohn has decided that Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” was the best film of the ‘90s.

Deadline is reporting that Disney is filling the desert that’s left at the fall box office by moving up David O. Russell’s Amsterdam to Oct. 7. The film was originally scheduled to open on Nov. 4.

The above picture is the first one released for Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” courtesy of NYFF.

The Venice Film Festival released its schedule a few weeks ago. I’m just reposting this as it’ll most likely come in handy for those who want to follow the post-screening reactions:

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.”