Here’s the catch-22 when it comes to this whole Andrea Riseborough controversy, one that doesn’t seem to be slowing down and will only accelerate in the coming days and, possibly, weeks.

Michael Jackson’s 26-year old nephew needs to be ready for a heavy dose of makeup since he’s been tasked in playing his iconic Uncle in Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming biopic.

Ari Aster’s third feature “Beau is Afraid” will be launched without a festival run by A24 — a strategy also used for Aster’s “Midsommer.”

Pedro Almodóvar confirmed to a Spanish outlet that he has two projects currently lined up.

While we await Guillermo del Toro’s next project, supposedly, a Netflix-produced Frankenstein adaptation starring Oscar Isaac, the writer-director is already working on his next stop-motion animated movie.

On the red carpet, Almodóvar was asked about his thoughts on the Best Actress category and it’s quite clear he has a favorite:

What kind of shenanigans occurred to make Angela Bassett now the frontrunner to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar? You be the judge.

Seems like James Gunn might have another headache on his hands. “Shazam” star Zachary Levi will probably have a shitstorm headed towards him after this tweet:

Christopher Nolan is known to have lengthy films in his filmography, with his “Interstellar (169 minutes) being the record-holder, so it’s no surprise he will again be working on an epic scale with his upcoming “Oppenheimer.”

I had reviewed Lukas Dhont’s ”Close” at the Cannes Film Festival last May, although mixed on the film I figured it would get a Best International Film nomination at the Oscars.

Have readers seen Brandon Cronenberg’s “Infinity Pool”? It’s now out in theaters. I saw the NC-17 version at Sundance and will probably watch the R-rated theatrical version this coming week.

A Morning Consult study polled more than 2000 Americans, from diverse backgrounds, on their opinions on film, TV, streaming and more specifically, their thoughts on their favorite directors.

A THR interview with Brandon Cronenberg has the filmmaker revealing that he’s already working on his next movie which will take place in space and be part of the horror genre. Count me in:

Back in November, Scott’s “Napoleon” stunned an L.A. moviegoer at a test-screening. He called Scott’s epic a “masterpiece”:

The Academy has officially launched “a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees, to ensure that no guidelines were violated.” In other words, they want to see if Andrea Riseborough’s Oscar nomination was merited legally.

This year’s Sundance Film Festival will probably not be that well-remembered. Independent filmmaking right now is at crucial crossroads as smaller-scaled films struggle at the box-office and that, by miracle, whatever does get made is quickly snatched up by streamers.

It probably won't last long, but, yesterday, “Babylon” surpassed “Babylon” to take the #1 spot at the box-office in France. This is the first time any movie has surpassed “Avatar: The Way of Water” in that country.

Let the whining and complaining commence again! Sight and Sound announced today that they will unveiling the full top 250 of their All-Time Films poll this coming Tuesday.

The Guardian’s Philip Oltermann is reporting that the Oscar-nominated film was the victim of a “critical drubbing” in Germany.