Rarely would the late Jean-Luc Godard accept to be interviewed , but he did just that in 2019 for French outlet Les Inrockuptibles.

In a 09.30.21 piece titled “Is Paul Thomas Anderson Still The Current 'Master' of Cinema?” I named the 10 best directors working today — one of the ten was UK filmmaker Steve McQueen.

I don’t care about the negative reviews it received, I am very excited to catch Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Bardo” in a few weeks.

Allen has added to the cast Niels Schneider, Lou de Laage, Melvil Poupaud and Elsa Zylberstein. All confirmed for Allen’s upcoming Paris-set thriller.

The New York Times’ Kyle Buchanan is reporting that Universal will campaign Michelle Williams as a Lead Actress and NOT Supporting.

I’m hearing Guillermo del Toro will have a role in season 4 of HBO’s “Barry.” It won’t be anything major, and I have no idea if the filmmaker will be playing himself, but consider me intrigued by this news.

Léa Seydoux will star alongside Vincent Cassel in David Cronenberg’s upcoming “The Shrouds.”The feature is set to shoot in March 2023 in Toronto.

This week, the MPAA slapped Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool” with an NC-17 rating, with an appeal currently underway.

I’ve already complained about how bad of an actor Harry Styles is, one look at “My Policeman” and “Don’t Worry Darling” and you get the whole picture in regards to his acting abilities.

Not an official announcement in the least bit, but Deadline let it slip that Antoine Fuqua's “Emancipation” will be released in early December (according to two sources).

Paul Schrader is wondering why films don’t get booed anymore at Cannes and Venice.

Consider me shocked by India’s Oscar submission pick. They’ve decided to select “Last Film Show” as their official entry for Best International Film. I’ve never heard of that movie.

In just a few weeks, Chinonye Chukwu’s “Till” is going to be having its world premiere at the New York Film Festival.

UPDATED: David O. Russell has clearly entered the flop era of his career. I don’t know anybody who liked “Amsterdam,” what a shame. Maybe I’ll like it when I catch the film next week?

I’ve already written about Ti West’s “Pearl”, even including it in my TIFF ten best list, but it pleases me to to learn that none other than Martin Scorsese is a big fan.

Late reviews keep coming in from TIFF, and one score I did not expect to see was the 48% that Sam Mendes’ “Empire of Light” currently has (based on 29 reviews).

Looks like A24 are more or less dumping Claire Denis’ “The Stars at Noon.

A few people wrote wondering why Alice Diop’s “Saint Omer” wasn’t at Cannes, especially since the French films at this year’s edition were so weak.