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

Aug 19, 2019

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Amy Taubin: ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Winning Sight and Sound is Due to “British Feminist Cinema Studies”

December 23, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Amy Taubin on Nicolas Rapold's podcast discussed the Sight and Sound poll which had ‘Jeanne Dielman’ top the list.

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‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Wins 12th Best Film Award From Regional Critics Groups

December 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s “Everything Everywhwere All At Once” has just won the Best Film award from the Florida Film Critics Circle.

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Tarantino’s Sight and Sound Ballot

December 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The previously posted individual ballots for Sight and Sound’s directors poll gathered up around 85 lists. However, I had refrained from posting the ballots of more unknown filmmakers.

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‘Babylon’ Now 58% Rotten

December 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The more explicit a film is, the more divided the reaction will be. Many film critics could not stand the excessive nature of Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon”. To the point where it is now 58% rotten on RT. Oh, well.

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LA Times Calls for Gender Neutral Oscars: “Best Actress is Sexist”

December 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

A published op-ed in The Los Angeles Times is now calling for the Oscars to move away from gendered awards, and the Best Actor and Best Actress categories to be completely wiped from the docket.

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The Oddities in Variety’s 100 Best Movies of All-Time List — ‘Bridesmaids’? ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’?

December 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

We can nitpick every list that’s online every day of the week and all day, but Variety is a pretty big trade and they’ve released their 100 best movies of all-time list. Attention deserves to be paid.

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First Photo For Catherine Breillat’s ‘Last Summer’

December 22, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

It looks like one of the great French filmmakers of the last 30+ years will be coming out of her unannounced retirement for, at least, one last film.

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Oscar Shortlists Announced. ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Snubbed in VFX and Makeup Categories!

December 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

We’re still a month away from the 2023 Oscar nominees being announced, but the Academy has released shortlists of eligible contenders in 10 key categories. Now, the entire Oscar voting body will be able to choose the winners from these lists.

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Ridley Scott Kept Re-Writing ‘Napoleon' During Production Due to Joaquin Phoenix's Unpredictable Nature

December 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

An Empire interview with Ridley Scott has the filmmaker looking back on the filming of “Napoleon” and his time with star Joaquin Phoenix.

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Taika Waititi’s’ ‘Next Goal Wins’ Moved, Again, to September 2023 Release

December 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Taika Waititi’s “Next Goal Wins,” starring Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss, was moved to next April 21, 2023 as a release date. Now it’s been moved again, for the umpteenth time, to a September 22nd date. Final?

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Florence Pugh Makes Empire’s 50 Greatest Actors of All-Time List

December 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

This will be a controversial pick. Don’t get me wrong, I really like Florence Pugh but she’s NOT one of the greatest actors of all-time. Not even close. That hasn’t stopped Empire from inserting her into their list of the 50 greatest.

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‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ Reviews Are Mostly Negative

December 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I couldn’t quite figure out why Sony had been hiding “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody” from critics. The buzz hadn’t been that bad.

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‘Fabelmans’ Box-Office Stands at $8.7 Million; Mediocre VOD Performance

December 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

We already went through all the 2022 Oscar movies failing at the box-office. Some even thought Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” would have legs, but it clearly doesn’t.

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Best Picture: #9 and #10 Spots Remain a Mystery, Surprises Await

December 21, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Right now, as it currently stands in the Best Picture race, there are quite a few movies that practically look like sure-things for a nomination.

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You’re Kidding, Right?

December 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Variety’s Clayton Davis is actually wondering if the Oscars will ever get back to that record 57 million viewership from 1998 — that’s when “Titanic” won the big prize and James Cameron heralded himself “King of the World.”

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Sight and Sound’s Best of 2022 Poll Topped By ‘Aftersun’

December 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Charlotte Wells’ “Aftersun” is just having such an impressive showing this awards season. It went from premiering in Cannes’ small-ish Semaine de la Critique sidebar to becoming a total critical sensation.

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Audrey Diwan’s ‘Emmanuelle’ Will Only Start Production in Late 2023

December 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Fresh off her “Happening” winning the Golden Lion at Venice last year, filmmaker Audrey Diwan announced in May she was remaking softcore porn classic “Emmanuelle” with Léa Seydoux.

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Women Film Critics Circle Calls Out Gothams For Gender-Neutral Categories

December 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I had a real chuckle reading about the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) handing out their annual awards, but more specifically adding the Gotham Awards to their Hall of Shame for deciding to go gender-neutral this year.

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India Doesn’t Seem to Love ‘RRR’ as Much as the West

December 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I’ve gotten a few emails from Indian readers this fall telling me that they find it very amusing how westerners have fallen head over heels in love with SS Rajamouli’s “RRR.”

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Todd Field’s Short Film ‘Fundraiser’ Will Premiere at Berlin; Will Expand ‘TÁR’ Universe

December 20, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The Berlin Film Festival announced the premiere of a new short directed by Todd Field that expands the “TÁR” universe, it’s called “The Fundraiser.”

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