UPDATE: The reviews are in and they are practically are raves. Todd Field’s “Tár” is officially the critical darling of the fall season. A Best Picture nom is practically cinched, ditto Best Actress for Cate Blanchett.
Read moreTelluride Lineup Includes Inarritu, Field, Guadagnino, Lelio and More
The lineup for the Telluride Film Festival Lineup has been revealed. My predictions were fairly accurate, but one big surprise is “Lady Chatterly’s Lover,” which was supposed to be a TIFF world premiere.
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Venice: ‘White Noise’ Screens to Mixed Reviews
Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” has officially screened the Venice Film Festival. The reactions I’ve gathered from four colleagues thus far are mixed, but let’s just wait and see what published reviews will be saying.
Read more‘The Whale’: Vanity Fair Calls Brendan Fraser’s Performance “Transformative”
Darren Aronofsky’s films are very stylized affairs, but it seems as though the filmmaker took a very different approach with his upcoming “The Whale.”
Read more‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Greeted By Mostly Positive Reviews in France
The “Everything Everywhere All At Once” phenomenon has crashed in France. Starting today, the film is officially playing in French theaters.
Read more‘Pinocchio’ to World Premiere at BFI
The folks over at the BFI London Film Festival must be ecstatic today, they just nabbed a major world premiere.
Read moreRed Flag? ‘The Whale’ Pulled From AIFF Festival
‘Blonde’ Includes a Vaginal POV Shot
The more I read about Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” the more insane it sounds.
Read moreSundance 2023 Will Be Both In-Person and Online
The Sundance Film Festival has set its key dates for the 2023 edition of the fest.
Read moreJordan Peele Teases ‘Nope’ Sequel
‘The Son’ Teaser Released …
Critics Poll: The Best Movies of Summer 2022
This was a bad, very bad, summer movie season.
Read moreNetflix Dates “Bardo”, “White Noise”, “The Good Nurse” and More …
Netflix has announced a few key release dates for the fall season. The below titles chosen are their top awards season contenders. I’m sure I’m missing some under-the-radar films …
Read moreDamien Chazelle Will Present ‘Babylon’ Footage at TIFF
It turns out, that not only will Damien Chazelle be having an “In Conversation With …” at TIFF, but he will also be presenting exclusive footage of his upcoming “Babylon.”
Read moreNeil Jordan’s ‘Marlowe’ Sets December Release Date
We were wondering what was going on with this one. We can now scratch it off our “What’s Left?” piece.
Read more87-Year-Old William Friedkin Set to Direct First Movie in Over a Decade
I’ve always thought of William Friedkin as one of the more important, and underrated, US auteurs of the ‘70s.
Read more‘Bardo’ Spans Multiple Time Periods, Including a Historic 19th Century Battle Sequence
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu produced, wrote, directed, edited and composed “Bardo.” Who are we kidding here? It’s his “Roma,” or at least that’s what he’s aiming for.
Read moreIndieWire Praises Frederick Wiseman’s ‘Un Couple’
Known for his lengthy 3+ hour documentaries, the legendary Frederick Wiseman is back in fiction, directing a 64-minute movie about a long term relationship between a man and a woman.
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