Back in August, I had mentioned that Hirokazu Kore-eda had wrapped production on a new movie. The Japanese filmmaker made it official in Tokyo on Friday and even gave us a title: “Monster”.

Netflix’s WWI epic “All Quiet on the Western Front” leads this morning’s pack with 15 longlist mentions, while “The Banshees of Inisherin” follows with 14.

IndieWire’s box-office guru Tom Brueggmann tends to be pretty spot on in his assessments. His latest piece makes the shocking claim that theater audiences shrank by nearly half in the last 4 years.

A fairly chaotic day in the comments section. I’ve had to sadly temporarily and permanently ban a few users from commenting. I hate to do it, but when enough readers personally complain then there is no alternative.

Luca Guadagnino is revving up his next production: an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ controversial classic novel, “Queer”.

Here’s something absolutely nobody is talking about. Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” has been playing in L.A, Toronto, Chicago, Austin and New York since December 23rd and it’s looking like a total box-office bomb.

Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s “Everything Everywhwere All At Once” has just won another Best Film award, this time it’s from the North Carolina Film Critics Association.

Nicolas Cage’s latest Shaman-like acting feat, this one is called “Renfield,” has a just-released trailer. It hints at another bonkers performance from the actor. In it, Cage plays a supporting role as Dracula. Sold.

There weren’t many movies last year that made us hopeful about the current state of cinema. I can probably count in one hand the amount of titles that made me think that we’re headed in the right direction, Todd Field’s “TÁR” was definitely one of them.

So, there you go. Ari Aster’s “Beau is Afraid” will be released in April, according to A24. We also now have a poster. A trailer is due to be released next Tuesday. I’m guessing a SXSW world premiere could be in the books for this one.

This past year the Cahiers du Cinema named Albert Serra’s “Pacifiction” the best film of 2022. Serra’s film, a total hypnotic scorcher, is only coming out next month in the US.

It’s been a long time coming, but I’m hearing Mel Gibson will finally be shooting “The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection” in a few months. A late Spring production is currently being eyed with Jim Caviezel set to return in the role of Jesus.

I’m now scrambling to find a seat for tonight’s 7pm all-press screening of “M3Gan.” I was totally going to brush it off until the review embargo lifted this morning …

Variety’s now reporting that WB executives are open to the idea of keeping Miller as the Flash. I called it. They don’t care one bit about what he did as long as the upcoming summer release makes money (and it will)

I’ll be covering the Sundance Film Festival in just under two weeks time. Today, the Park City fest announced new additions to its lineup. Leading the charge is John Carney’s musical “Flora and Son.”

Michelle Williams was basically the frontrunner to win the Supporting Actress Oscar as it was, it’s a very weak field of contenders this year. Then Universal decided to campaign her as a Lead Actress.

I find it absolutely amusing how many of this site’s Indian readers keep emailing me about how they find the critical acclaim for SS Rajamouli’s “RRR” absolutely hilarious. I already wrote about this around a month ago, but the emails keep coming in.

Olivia Hussey, 71, and Leonard Whiting, 72, stars of 1968’s “Romeo and Juliet” are suing Paramount over sexual exploitation. They are seeking damages in the excess of $500 million.

Directed by Andrés Muschietti, I keep hearing very positive things about “The Flash,” which is said to be one of the better-directed DCEU movies.