The amount of talent involved in a Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is staggering.

Of course he would say that.

It turns out that “The Whale” is not a total hit with critics. Brendan Fraser might not even get nominated, but what he does have is a great narrative.

In this latest edition of “Paul Schrader reviews …” We have the prolific writer-director of “Master Gardener” tackling Todd Field’s “TAR,” which he saw at Venice.

I don’t care about the middling reviews, I want to see this movie ASAP. It looks and sounds like an experience.

German filmmaker Christian Petzold started shooting “The Red Sky” in Germany back in July.

Almost every Telluride tweet reaction for Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light” describes it as a “love letter to cinema.”

“Mon Crime,” the 22nd film from the prolific Francois Ozon, is probably going to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

From what I was told last week, Alberto Barbera “liked” and wanted “Women Talking” at Venice, but was perfectly fine with Polley’s film choosing its Telluride-TIFF trajectory instead.

The reviews for Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” are trickling in. Poitras’ doc is the only film doing all four of the major fall festivals this year. There’s a lot of hype over this movie, and it seems justified.

EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Coppola is set to start shooting her next movie on October 24th with an end date of December 2nd. The film is titled “Domino” and will be shot both in Toronto and California.

I know Bilge Ebiri quite well and, although our tastes don’t always align, he sure as hell wouldn’t just throw hyperbole at a film.

I managed to attend a private screening of Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale.” Can I say anything?

UPDATE: Luca Guadagnino seems to be back in making good movies (although a few readers here do seem to like “Suspiria”).

Things are starting to shape up when it comes to the Best International Film Oscar race.

Auteur extraordinaire Olivia Wilde is starting to do the media rounds for her upcoming masterpiece “Don’t Worry Darling.”

People tend to forget that writer-director Martin McDonagh is first and foremost a celebrated playwright, and not the creator of awards bait and that’s just the way we like him.

UPDATE: The reviews are in and they’re worse than I expected them to be. I’ll leave it to the legendary Dave Kehr and his filthy thoughts on Inarritu’s “Bardo”:

An Eric Kohn interview with Julie Huntsinger has the Telluride head honcho clearly irked by  Venice boss Alberto Barbera.

A recent piece from Gawker is certainly raising eyebrows in some circles. We already knew Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” was going to provoke many reactions, just from the title alone.