I don’t know about you, but Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie) getting nominated made my morning. The grassroots campaign worked!
Read moreSPONSORED — iOS vs Android: Differences and Common Features
Smartphones and tablets run on Android and iOS, respectively, developed by Google. Android, which is Linux-based and partially open source, is more PC-like than iOS because its interface and fundamental functionality are typically more adjustable from top to bottom.
Read more‘Magazine Dreams’: Jonathan Majors’ Towering Performance in Flawed Bodybuilder Psychodrama [Sundance]
I can understand why no studio has dared buy “Magazine Dreams” (for now). Its Sundance debut might have been greeted by a rowdy ovation from the Eccles theater audience, but this is the type of film that isn’t a crowd-pleaser by any sense of the term.
Read moreSam Mendes says “Cinema is in Trouble,” Adding Nobody Went to See His New Movie
It’s no secret that a majority of this season’s “prestige” arthouse titles failed to make a dent at the box-office. I won’t repeat all of the titles there had miserable runs in theaters, but take note that one of them was directed by Sam Mendes.
Read moreBen Affleck and Matt Damon’s ‘Air’ Being Released in … April?
How weird that Ben Affleck’s “Air” is going to be released theatrically in April. I fully expected a fall festival route for this one, but I guess not.
Read moreSundance: Netflix Buys Chloe Domont’s Incendiary ‘Fair Play’ For $20 Million
I was hesitant going into Chloe Domont’s “Fair Play,” but let me tell you this film is a scorching fireball of gender politics, in the best of ways. It’s the best movie I’ve seen so far at Sundance 2023.
Read moreJames Cameron analyzing ‘RRR’ with S. S. Rajamouli
This is pretty great. James Cameron and SS Rajamouli bumped into each other at the critics choice awards and had an impromptu conversation about Rajamouli’s “RRR.” It turns out Cameron has seen the 3+ hour Indian epic twice already.
Read moreL.A. Times: Discussions With Oscar Voters Reveal No Best Picture Fronrunner
The snapshot below is from an L.A. times piece published this morning. Hundreds of Oscar voters were polled by the paper, asked what film they would vote for in the Best Picture and, unsurprisingly, the bottom line is that there is no frontrunner.
Read moreBerlin Film Festival Competition Lineup includes Petzold, Garrel and Schanelec
My Berlin Film Festival predictions were, as it is with every year, wildly off. It’s such a hard fest to predict. I'm nevertheless intrigued by this year’s selection, which seems tightly curated and filled with less starry names. There are a total of 18 films in competition.
Read more‘Babylon’ Matches U.S. Opening in France, A Country Whose Population is 5x Smaller
I don’t think anyone foresaw this happening, but Damien Chazelle’s $100 million budgeted “Babylon” is set to be outgrossed by “The Whale,” which cost $3 million.
Read moreSundance: ‘Birth/Rebirth’ Screening Stopped, Theater Evacuated, After Audience Sickened By Horror Scenes
Last night, halfway through a screening of “Birth/Rebirth,” the Rose Wagner theater had to be evacuated, with paramedics shortly arriving on the scene soon after.
Read moreA24’s ‘Past Lives’ Stuns Sundance
I’ll have a Sundance dispatch published later today, but just to quickly tackle Celine Song’s “Past Lives” which was greeted with raves yesterday afternoon in Park City.
Read moreRazzies: ‘Blonde’ Leads With 8 Nominations, Including Worst Picture and Worst Director
Razzie 2023 voting ballot options were announced this morning and they’ve decided to nominate “Blonde” for Worst Picture and Andrew Dominik for Worst Director.
Read moreOscar Nominations on Tuesday. Your Predicted Surprises?
The 93rd Academy Awards will announce its nominations on Tuesday. What do you think will surprise?
Read moreJames Gunn Implies Tom Cruise Doesn’t Have Dramatic or Comedic Chops as an Actor
I’m not too sure what James Gunn was thinking when he decided to knock Tom Cruise’s acting abilities the other day.
Read moreYorgos Lanthimos’ ‘Poor Things’ Set to Premiere at Cannes
Some readers have been wondering what had been going on with Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” why it’s been delayed for this long, but at least we now know where it’ll be having its world premiere.
Read moreFinal 73rd Berlin Film Festival Predictions include Breillat, Petzold and Schanelec
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Paul Schrader Reviews ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Turned Out to Be “Far Different” From Scorsese’s Original Vision
Now this is an interesting quote from “Killers of the Flower Moon” star Lily Gladstone. She stars in the film alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons and Robert De Niro.
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Now that Jeremy Latchman has replaced James Gunn and Peter Safran as DC Studios CCO, the guy’s past will now be scrutinized ad nauseam by online hordes, and it’s already started.