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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.

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Noah Baumbach's Next Film to Star Adam Sandler and Brad Pitt

December 30, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Noah Baumbach’s absurdist “White Noise” is now available to stream on Netflix. No matter its flaws, it’s a fascinating film that no cinephile wouldn’t want to give a look at, especially since it’s freely available now on the most popular streaming site in the world.

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James Cameron Doesn’t Mind Only Making ‘Avatar’ Movies: ‘I Can Tell Most of the Stories I Want on Pandora’

December 30, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

James Cameron has been sucked up by the 3D virtual reality that is Pandora and, by all accounts, he doesn’t mind staying there for the rest of his career.

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‘Emily the Criminal’ Has Found Enormous Success on Netflix

December 30, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

One of the better stories of 2022 indie cinema is the streaming success of the Sundance-premiered crime-drama “Emily the Criminal.”

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THR and Variety Now Have ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Winning Best Picture

December 30, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

THR’s Scott Feinberg has decided to abandon the “Everything Everywhere All At Once” ship as his #1 pick for the Best Picture Oscar winner. He’s swapped it for “Top Gun: Maverick” in the top slot.

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Alfred Hitchcock Did Not Like Steven Spielberg and Refused to Meet Him: ‘Isn’t That the Boy Who Made That Fish Movie?

December 30, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

While Steven Spielberg depicts his encounter with John Ford in “The Fabelmans,” one filmmaker he failed to meet was Alfred Hitchcock.

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Netflix Confirms Potential Projects With Greta Gerwig (Narnia) and Guillermo Del Toro (Frankenstein)

December 29, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

In early November, I wrote about Greta Gerwig potentially directing two adaptations of CS Lewis’ “Narnia” for Netflix. It felt like a strange fit for Gerwig, but then again so was “Barbie.”

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Francois Ozon: “You Can’t Just Burn Down All of Polanski’s Works”

December 29, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Can you celebrate Roman Polanski’s films with knowledge of his controversial past? A German outlet asked French director Francois Ozon that very question and others in an interview about “cancel culture.”

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Less “Prestige” For Netflix in 2023

December 29, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

One look at Netflix’s 2023 lineup of films, I had to scroll through an innumerable amount of movies that looked just plain BAD, and I noticed that they have somewhat cut back on the big name directors for next year’s slate.

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Will ‘The Woman King’ Get Best Picture Nominated?

December 29, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

If you look at the Gold Derby charts, Gina Prince-Bythewood‘s “The Woman King” is sitting at the precipice of a Best Picture nomination.

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‘Broker' is Kore-eda at His Worst

December 29, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

“Broker” stars Song Kang Ho (Parasite) as a struggling laundromat owner who turns to being a baby broker to pay his debt to local gangsters.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Narrative Structure Very Similar to ‘Dunkirk’

December 29, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I received an email from a person who worked on the tech crew of “Oppenheimer.” They elaborated further on what we might expect from Christopher Nolan’s upcoming “bomb” movie.

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Nicolas Winding Refn: “Hollywood Is Falling Apart”

December 29, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t care if you love or hate Nicolas Winding Refn, but he is 100% right when talking about the current state of Hollywood. It’s not sustainable. Things are drastically changing and nobody’s found a way to stop the bleeding.

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Paul Schrader Criticizes ‘Babylon’ For Lack of Historical Research

December 28, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Some are complaining that “Babylon” is a historically inaccurate depiction of 1920s Hollywood debauchery. Of course, these same people are calling the film’s historical details out without necessarily presenting any evidence to the contrary.

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Mark Romanek No Longer Directing ‘Mother Land’

December 28, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Although he’s had a legendary music video career (“Hurt” “99 Problems”), Romanek has also managed to direct three critically acclaimed films: 1985’s “Static,” 2002’s “One Hour Photo” and 2010’s “Never Let Me Go.” That’s about it — three films in almost forty years.

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Steven Spielberg Calls ‘Goodfellas’ Scorsese’s Best Film

December 28, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Steven Spielberg has called “Goodfellas” his favourite Martin Scorsese movie. Maybe it’s my favourite as well, I don’t really know, but I have never been able to decide what’s Scorsese’s magnum opus. He has too many great ones.

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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Hits $1 Billion Worldwide

December 28, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

The good news for “Avatar: The Way Of Water” is that it has somewhat hit early projections and now made $1 billion worldwide after just 13 days in theaters. That makes it the 6th fastest film ever to reach that mark.

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Woody Allen: “These Days You Make a Movie and it's on TV After Two Weeks”.

December 28, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Woody Allen has just published a novel of humorous short stories titled “Zero Gravity.” He was promoting the book when he spoke to 'El Intermedio' via video call last week.

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‘A Man Called Otto’ is Very Middling

December 28, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

It doesn’t look like it’s going to be very merry Christmas for Marc Foster’s ‘A Man Called Otto’ as the film’s embargo has lifted and reviews (save for a few exceptions) aren’t good.

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Best Director: Does Steven Spielberg Have Any Competition?

December 27, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

Even I, enormous detractor of “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” find it ridiculous that Variety’s Clayton Davis has Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan at #10 on his Best Director predictions.

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James Cameron Says He’s Reducing Guns in His Movies in Protest of Gun Violence

December 27, 2022 Jordan Ruimy

James Cameron has been painstakingly trying to virtue signal his 68-year-old ass through the press circuits these past few weeks. It’s becoming ridiculous.

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