“Avatar: The Way of Water” nabbbed an estimated 3-day opening of $135M. That’s the 6th best domestic December debut.

This past November, THR reported that “Avatar: The Way of Water” had a price tag estimated at $350-$400 million. I had speculated that it might be the most expensive movie ever made. Nobody spoke about that in the film media.

Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” will be released on December 23rd. There’s already plenty of anticipation for this film, a demented mix of “Fellini’s Satyricon,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and “Singin’ in the Rain.”

Alejandro Jodorowsky has just announced on Instagram that he's prepping a new movie called "Viaje Esencial" or “Essential Voyage”, in English. Thanks to Antonio for the scoop.

I never thought “TÁR” would just win the two most important critical voting bodies, New York and Los Angeles, and then nothing else. That’s it. No other Best Film award. Everything else has gone to, well, ‘Everything Everywhere’ …

It seems as though Darren Aronofsky has already set up his next movie. According to a Production Weekly listing, It's called “Postcards from Earth” and will start shooting in L.A. on March 14th

I’m starting to wonder if we’ll be getting two Yorgos Lanthimos films next year, much like we’re supposedly getting a double from Wes Anderson. That’s how jam-packed next year’s lineup of prestige films is looking right now.

As much as I like to complain about Marvel movies, at least a handful of them are worth a watch. Can the same be said about the DCEU? Not really.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Bardo” was released in theaters a little less than four weeks ago, but, thanks to a reader, I just learned that it is now available to stream on Netflix.

Adam Driver has decided to go the B-movie route with “65.” The trailer was released just yesterday and it has already amassed 9.2 million views on YouTube.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” has finally opened all around the world. In the US, its $17 million in Thursday previews has had people taking.

Bill Nighy’s performance in “Living” is sublime. This is brilliantly understated work on his part. The 73-year-old actor, best known for his scene-stealing work in 2003’s “Love Actually,” absolutely deserves to get the first Oscar nomination of his career.

Here’s a little gift while we await the actual trailer being released online (potentially next week). If you can’t wait, a full-length trailer has been stitched up next to “Avatar: The Way of Water” screenings.

A trailer/teaser for Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” will be unveiled either tomorrow or early next week. I am so curious about how this movie will turn out, a trailer will hopefully give us a good indication as to what to expect.

The embargo has lifted and Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” has a 62 on Metacritic (based on 20 reviews). Not that shocking. It does have four perfect 100 scores.

Jeff Sneider mentioned that he had a major scoop to reveal earlier today and he didn’t disappoint.

One of the more concerning trends I’ve seen in the last 10 or so years is that of a young and talented up and coming indie filmmaker selling his or herself out to the big studios.

Even though “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” has already been dated and even released a trailer, it might be going through some significant reshoots.

I always look forward to Film Comment’s year-end poll of critics, filmmakers and curators. This year’s results are pretty interesting to sift through.