It was expected, but a German media outlet is saying that Roman Polanski’s “The Palace,” which is almost ready, won’t be premiering at the Berlin Film Festival next February.

I haven’t really been following the fan response to David Gordon Green’s “Halloween Ends,” but it seems as though the film was met with heavy criticism from not just film critics, but moviegoers as well.

You’ve got to really give A24 their due. They’ve built up buzz on Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” via gone-viral film festival standing ovations for comeback kid Brendan Fraser. A Reddit discussion has only reinforced that notion.

Recent pieces from NME, Bloomberg and Forbes this weekend has some people talking. The latest example being pointed out is “Black Adam,” which currently sits at 44% on Rotten Tomatoes

James Gray’s “Armageddon Time” is quite the lovely little movie. It’s a heartfelt gesture from one of the great American classicists of the 21st century.

“Black Adam” is easily clearing $60M for the weekend will become The Rock's biggest non-“Fast and the Furious” opening ever.

While taking part in a panel at the Lumière Festival in France, Tim Burton, spoke about how Disney is now focused on Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars franchises.

A24 released a very bittersweet picture of filmmaker Charlotte Wells on that same resort vacation depicted in her debut film “Aftersun” (shown above).

Filming on Adam Driver and Michael Mann’s “Ferrari” has wrapped in Modena, Italy.

Of all the big movies coming out next Spring, not many of our readers would put “Creed III” as one of their most anticipated titles. Maybe we should start tracking this one m because buzz is growing for Michael B Jordan’s directorial debut.

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

Thierry Fremaux might have a dilemma next year due to Woody Allen, Roman Polanski and Johnny Depp potentially having new films ready for the Croisette.

Deadline’s Justin Kroll is reporting that the new Safdies Brothers film, which I had some intel on a few weeks ago, will revolve around the “high end sports card collecting” world. That very much sounds like a Safdies movie.

These past five years have not been good for Kevin Spacey, but things seem to slowly be turning around for the actor.

A trailer for Marc Forster’s “A Man called Otto” was unveiled this morning. It looks very middle of the road, but could be a genuinely pleasing surprise this holiday season.