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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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DC Studios Boss Jeremy Latcham Wants More Faith-Inspired, Family-Friendly Movies

Now that Jeremy Latchman has replaced James Gunn and Peter Safran as DC Studios CCO, the guy’s past will now be scrutinized ad nauseam by online hordes, and it’s already started.

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Sebastián Lelio's Final Film ‘Chilean Poet' Was One Week From Wrapping When He Died

Lelio had been shooting his adaptation of Alejandro Zambra's acclaimed 2020 novel since September in Santiago. Production reportedly continued on November 5, the day before his death.

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James Gray: “You Don't Win Jacksh*t” at Cannes “If You're an American”

James Gray has never been one to bite his tongue, especially about Cannes, a festival he's had a love-hate relationship with for decades, and he’s certainly not about to start now.

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Alex Proyas Directing Antonio Banderas in ‘Cortés’, an “AI-Enabled” Epic, and His First Film in 10 Years

Alex Proyas, who directed “The Crow” and “Dark City,” and a full decade after “Gods of Egypt,” is currently shooting “Cortés” with Antonion Banderas in Paris.

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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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Critics Poll: ‘TÁR’ Tops IndieWire Best of 2022

December 12, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

IndieWire polled 165 critics and asked them to submit their picks for the best films of 2022. I again completely forgot to submit my ballot this year. I need a better, more structured calendar …

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‘Disappointment Blvd’: A24 Hints Something’s Coming

December 12, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

A24 is hinting that something is coming in regards to Ari Aster’s long-awaited “Disappointment Blvd.” But what exactly? Trailer? Surprise year-end release?

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Film Media Complains About The Globes Having No Female Directing Nominees

December 12, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

THR’s Abbey White is again demonstrating how Film journalism can be a total joke these days and why more and more cinephiles are jumping into alternative media platforms such as this one.

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Golden Globes: ‘Banshees’ Leads the Pack With 8 Nominations

December 12, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

For some reason, the same hypocrites who called for the Golden Globes to be permanently canceled last year are now talking about them again.

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If You’re Looking For ‘Barbie’ Test-Screening Reactions …

December 12, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

As I reported last week, a test-screening for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” was supposed to happen in the West Coast on Saturday, but it got cancelled in the last minute. We’ll have to keep an eye out if a replacement date occurs at any point.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Photos Released. Film is Only Partially Shot in Black and White.

December 12, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

“Oppenheimer” is being released in theaters on July 21st, but there’s already this massive campaign behind the film.

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Spielberg and Scorsese Talk David Lynch at the DGA

December 12, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg had a post-screening talk at the DGA last night. Gosh, I wish I was in attendance. This comes after Paul Thomas Anderson conducted a Q&A with Spielberg a little more than a week ago.

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Los Angeles Film Critics Association: ‘TÁR’ and ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Win Best Film in a Tie [Updated]

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Starting at 10am PST, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association will start revealing their year-end awards. I’m hearing there is already lots of love for “RRR” and “Decision to Leave” within this group. More to come …

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Box-Office: Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’ Played 300+ More Screens This Weekend, But Made Even Less Money

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Steven Spielberg's “The Fabelmans” added another 335 screens this weekend, it was playing in a little less than 1000 screens, but still managed to dip -7% in its 5th weekend by grossing $1.1M.

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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ to Release Trailer Before ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Screenings

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

There have been rumors that a new full-length trailer is ready to go for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” We already had a teaser released this past summer, but Nolan tends to release lengthier trailers in the month of December.

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Embarrassing Taylor Swift/Martin McDonagh Conversation

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

In case you haven’t heard, Taylor Swift is now a legitimate filmmaker. Swift announced her directorial debut with an original script last week. I didn’t report it because I couldn’t care less about this news.

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Wes Anderson’s ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’ Set For Fall 2023 Release

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Wes Anderson’s a busy man. His next film, “Asteroid City,” will be released next summer, with a potential splashy premiere at Cannes. However, he’s already set his sights in releasing another film in 2023.

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Now It’s Titled ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ …

December 11, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Owen Gleiberman’s rave this past week did not convince me that the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic will be anything more than a glorified TV movie.

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Sight and Sound: All the Films Added and Dropped From the Top 100

December 10, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

As one can see below, about a quarter of the Sight and Sound’s too 100 list changed from 2012, with major showings for a number of women filmmakers

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Paul Schrader on ‘RRR’ …

December 10, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

If there’s one film that has received a surprising push from the latest critics group awards, it’s definitely SS Rajamouli’s “RRR.”

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Box-Office: ‘The Whale’ Nabs Third Best Per-Theater-Average of the Last 3 Years

December 10, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

“The Whale” grossed an estimated $159K on Friday from 6 locations in NY/LA, for a daily per-location average of $26,525.

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Yes, 2022 Was A Very Bad Year For Movies

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Three critics from Vulture (Bilge Ebiri, Alison Willmore and Anjelica Jade Bastien) had a discussion about how bad the quality of the waning movie year has been. SPOILERT ALERT: It was horrendous.

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Tarantino is Wrong About ‘50s Cinema

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I get it, Quentin Tarantino’s comments about the ‘50s being one of the worst decades for cinema stems from his belief that the Hays Code limited artistic expression in Hollywood during that decade.

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AFI’s Top 10 Films of 2022

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The American Film Institute announced its annual Best Films of the Year list this afternoon.

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Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ is DOA; Slapped Hard by Critics

December 9, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Once upon a time a Variety pundit by the name of Clayton Davis had inserted Will Smith into his Best Actor predictions and “Emancipation” as his #8 Best Picture nominee. Then the film was seen …

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