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Janusz Kamiński, Unprompted, Calls ‘Digger' “Magnificent" and “One of the Best Films I Has Ever Seen"

Janusz Kamiński is part of the “Digger hive.” He called it "magnificent" and "one of the best films he has ever seen." Nobody had brought the film up in the interview. Kamiński just decided to firmly plant his stance.

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi Plans U.S. Remake of Claude Chabrol's ‘Just Before Nightfall’

The book has already been adapted twice, by two filmmakers who mean a lot to Hamaguchi. Naruse turned it into "The Stranger Within a Woman" in 1966, and Chabrol made "Just Before Nightfall" in 1971.

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‘I Play Rocky’ Presales Are Very Strong, Could Open to $20M+

A big opening would only help the film's Oscar chances, which have been growing by the day. At this point, why wouldn't "I Play Rocky" get a Best Picture nomination?

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Report: DCU Is Rebooting, Ellison Claimed ‘Superman' Underperformed, Gunn Was Writing ‘Superman 3' When Fired

Gunn and Safran thought they were safe and were already plotting a third "Superman" movie, which Gunn had begun writing, when Ellison came knocking.

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A24 Drops ‘The Debut' Trailer: Julianne Moore Goes Gloriously Off the Rails in Jesse Eisenberg's Surreal Comedy

I saw the film — a surreal theater comedy — back in September. It's a lot of fun, and Julianne Moore is the reason to see it. The second-best reason is Paul Giamatti.

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August 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
August 19, 2019

This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.

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‘Elemental’ is the Latest Creation From the Formerly-Great Pixar Studios

November 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Between 2000 and 2010, every movie Pixar released was either very good or a flat-out masterpiece. At some point, they were taking major artistic risks.

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‘The Chosen’ Shocks Box-Office, Jesus-Based TV Show Nabs $10 Million Opening

November 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Just to put things into perspective, “The Chosen” made more money this weekend than the box-office totals of Oscar contenders such as “Armageddon Time,” “Till,” Tar” and “The Banshees of Inisherin”

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The Fabelmans’ Judd Hirsch Might Win the Oscar For His 10-Minute Cameo

November 19, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

If it were up to me, Judd Hirsch would be a prime contender for the Supporting Actor Oscar. In Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” Hirsch is an absolute standout, despite only having a 10-minute cameo.

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Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Mickey7’ Aiming For 2024 Release

November 19, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Bong Joon-ho’s next film stars Robert Pattinson and is an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s upcoming novel, “Mickey7.” Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo are also set to co-star.

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‘She Said’ Bombing at the Box-Office

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

It turns out not many Americans want to watch two female New York Times reporters take down Harvey Weinstein.

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‘Bones and All’: YA Cannibal Road Movie Horrifies, Swoons and Meanders [Review]

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Adapting Camille DeAngelis’ novel for the screen, Luca Guadagnino has made an unusual hybrid of romance and horror with “Bones and All.”

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‘Going Electric’: Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan and … Christian Bale as Pete Seeger?

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Jeff Sneider is reporting that Christian Bale is close to joining Timothee Chalamet in James Mangold’s “Going Electric.”

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Scott Cooper’s ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Screens to Positive Notices …

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

“The Pale Blue Eye” screened last night for a select few. The reactions are mostly positive, but, to tell you the truth, not many takes have come out on social media. Here are the very few:

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Duke Johnson’s ‘The Actor’ Starts Production in Budapest

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Duke Johnson co-directed and wrote, with Charlie Kaufman, 2016’s darkly fantastic “Anomalisa.” It was his feature-directing debut.

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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Box-Office Projection Predicts $475 Million Domestic Total

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

We’re still three weeks away from “Avatar: The Way of Water” being unleashed in theaters and there’s already a long-range forecast for it.

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Quentin Tarantino: “This is the Worst Time For Movies Ever,” Blames Political Correctness

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

In a recent episode of his and Roger Avary’s The Video Archives Podcast, Quentin Tarantino took aim at the films of today, as well as those from the 1980s.

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Don’t Take ‘Babylon’ Out of Your Predictions Just Yet

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

After a very underwhelming showing in Los Angeles, Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” somewhat bounced back on Wednesday night at its New York screening.

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Bradley Cooper Cast in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Bullitt’ Movie

November 18, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Bradley Cooper, one of the last real movie stars left, will play Frank Bullitt in Steven Spielberg’s next film [via Deadline]. It will center on the classic character famously played by Steven McQueen in the 1968 thriller “Bullitt”.

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Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘Monster’ Most Likely Headed to Cannes 2023

November 17, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Back in August, I had mentioned that Hirokazu Kore-eda had wrapped production on a new movie. The Japanese filmmaker made it official in Tokyo on Friday and even gave us a title: “Monster”. No plot details were revealed.

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Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ Moved to December 23rd …

November 17, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Deadline is reporting that Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” has had its release date moved from December 2nd to December 23rd. No doubt to avoid “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

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Martin Scorsese Celebrates 80th Birthday With DeNiro and Dicaprio; Variety Ranks His Films

November 17, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Variety’s Clayton Davis was given the task of ranking all of Scorsese’s films. Why? The resulting list is definitely a peculiar one.

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‘Fast and Furious 10’ Budget Has Supposedly Ballooned to $340 Million

November 17, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

One has to ask the question, if this tenth ‘Fast and the Furious’ film, titled “Fast X,” has indeed had its budget skyrocket to $340 million, and The Wrap seems to indicate that it has, then what kind of profit will it make?

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Say it Ain’t So …

November 17, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I tried to get a name out of Jeff Sneider yesterday. The above tweet concerned me. He didn’t budge. The first thought everyone had in mind was 92-year-old Clint Eastwood. It’s not Clint, according to Sneider.

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Peter Weir Says His Directing Days Are “Extinct”

November 17, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Over here, Peter Weir is an absolute legend. This is the man who directed “Witness,” “The Truman Show,” “Picnic at Hanging Rock,” “The Year of Living Dangerously,” “Dead Poets Society,” and many more.

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‘She Said’ is a Sometimes Flawed, Old-School Journalism Movie Done Right [Review]

November 17, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s another Hollywood movie celebrating well-known journalism, think “Spotlight,” “All the Presidents Men” “The Insider,” “Ace in the Hole,” “Broadcast News,” “Network” ..

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

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