I’ve been emailing the last few weeks trying to get some answers as to why “The Son” and “The Whale” are not going to Telluride. As far as I’m concerned, those are the major omissions from the upcoming edition of that fest.

A little confusion arose over my A24 write-up. No, I wasn’t bashing the indie studio, I actually love many of the films and filmmakers they’ve cultivated over these last ten or so years. Without A24, American moviemaking would be much worse off.

Judging by Shia LaBoeuf’s letters to Olivia Wilde, obtained by Variety, the actor seems to have found some kind of inner-peace and tranquility after becoming as he says “persona non grata” in Hollywood.

The lovely Elsa Keslassy broke the embargo in regards to Florian Zeller’s “The Son.” I’m sure she had the blessings of Sony Pictures Classics, who are handling the film. Regardless, she’s flat-out raving about it.

A THR article, penned by Ethan Vlessing, reinforces that the Emmys and the Oscars have yet to follow the lead of other awards shows in adopting gender-neutral categories.

Opening Venice and New York is Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise.” A teaser has been released.

There have been a ton of A24-related articles written in the past year, including a few from France where moviegoers strangely look at the A24 phenomenon as a total enigma.

Spielberg became a better, more refined, filmmaker as he aged into his 60s.

As I’ve briefly mentioned in a few pieces I’ve published over the last few weeks, I’ve spoken to two people who have already seen Todd Field’s “Tár,” both have been glowing it with praise.

Maybe someone can enlighten me as to what Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is actually trying to say with his officially released Venezia statement on “Bardo”:

Hidden inside Variety’s drooly Olivia Wilde interview is an intriguing tidbit about a film having nothing to do with Wilde.

Tomorrow we’ll finally get to see footage of Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” which is a little less than ten days away from its world premiere at Venice.

Upon request, I’ve decided to update my Best Director contenders list. Clearly, things have changed since I first published in June.

Via the context of a movie year that had most of its post-March theatrical releases canceled, the number of good movies that actually came out in 2020 were lower than usual. Not even the streaming platforms could save it.

The trailer for Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light” has just been released. It definitely looks beautiful, Roger Dealins photographed this one and his imprint is all over it.

Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” will be having its world premiere on Saturday, September 10th at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Indie Spirit awards have just solved a problem that didn't exist.

The Toronto International Film Festival released its schedule today. Here are a few noteworthy details:

It was a shocker of an announcement. Last month, The New York Film Festival selected Elegance Bratton‘s “The Inspection” as the closing night film of its upcoming 60th edition. We now have an underwhelming trailer for it

“Breaking,” formerly titled “892,” is a limp riff on “Dog Day Afternoon.”