In a recent episode of Happy Sad Confused, “TÁR” filmmaker Todd Field admitted that he regarded Sandler’s performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Punch-Drunk Love” as one of the greatest feats of acting that he’s ever seen

We’re getting a new film from Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, this one starring real-life couple Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara. Exciting.

Back in November, Anne Thompson, Clayton Davis and Scott Feinberg all had, and still do, Wakanda Forever’s Angela Bassett at the very top of their Best Supporting Actress contenders.

In early December, “Emancipation” drowned with critics and barely registered with audiences. It finished with a 53 on Metacritic and 46% on Rotten Tomatoes. DOA.

Rooney Mara was on Rain Phoenix's podcast today and said that her Audrey Hepburn biopic with Luca Guadagnino will be shooting “later this year.”

Part of the reason why the Oscars keep losing their relevance is due to the fact that there is a ever-growing division between what films audiences pay to watch in theaters and what actually gets celebrated as the Best Picture winner.

More details have emerged about the on-set chaos that occurred during production of Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise.”

Variety is reporting that James Cameron’s mega-expensive return to Pandora not only made $86.3 million over the four-day weekend, but that the film is set to “break even” in a matter of days.

The anti-Roman Polanski movement in France might not be as intensely supported as in the US, but it’s definitely been picking up steam the last year or so.

Back in of May, in 2020, MGM announced they had picked up David Robert Mitchell’s "Heroes and Villains.” This was said to be a “genre-bending” take on superheroes that Mitchell would write and direct for the studio.

The industry was stunned this past year by Warner Bros’ total shelving of “Batgirl.” Was the film that bad that it needed to be put destroyed from existence? Is it a cursed movie that kills you seven days after having seen it, ala “The Ring”?

Is Jean-Luc Godard going to have two posthumous films premiering at Cannes this coming May?

I see some people finding glee in “Babylon” bombing at the box-office. Even critics are enthusiastically panning the film in their reviews. Why?

UPDATE: Just a reminder that you have until tonight at 11:59pm to submit your list. This is turning into the biggest readers poll I could find online. The amount of ballots submitted has been overwhelming. Thanks to all those who have participated so far.

Romain Gavras’ “Athena” has been available to stream on Netflix since September. It premiered in Venice competition that same month.

Soul-sucking corporate-branded product. That’s how I’d describe —almost— every single one of the ten highest grossing movies of the 2022.

Criterion just published their preview of hotly anticipated titles for 2023. Most of the list has been covered on my 80 must-sees list. I did find a few that I may have missed and are now on my radar: