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The Russos Defend Shooting ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Without a Finished Script: “We’re Improvisation-Based Directors”

Yes, ‘Doomsday’ was shot without a finalized script. It was being written as production rolled on. The screenplay was still under development on set, with daily rewrites and updates in progress.

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Paul Schrader’s ‘Three Guns at Dawn’ Is Now an AI Movie, Antoine Fuqua No Longer Involved

Schrader has been open to AI in filmmaking. He frequently posts AI-generated images of himself on Facebook and has admitted to using AI for script ideas. Did it come up with this new version of “Three Guns at Dawn”?

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‘Ink’: Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch Biopic Starts Electric, Then Loses Steam [Review]

The film is at its best when it’s simply being loud and messy — which isn’t enough of the time. And it’s fitting that a movie about The Sun should feel exactly that way.

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‘Harry Potter’ Is Back, Again: HBO’s $300 Million-a-Season Reboot Gets First Trailer

The upcoming series is being touted as one of the most expensive shows ever made, with a jaw-dropping $2 billion budget. That’s around $300M per season.

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Inde Navarrette to Get Major Best Actress Oscar Campaign for ‘Obsession’ Performance

Variety has confirmed that Focus Features is mounting a major Oscars campaign for Inde Navarrette’s breakout performance in “Obsession,” with her being pushed for Best Actress.

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August 19, 2019
3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
August 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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Sundance Title ‘Cat Person’ Has No Buyer and Stands to Lose Millions

February 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Studio Canal invested around $12 million to produce Susanna Fogel’s “Cat Person,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film received mixed reviews (I liked it!) but still has no buyer, for now.

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Andrea Riseborough Was A No-Show at Annual Oscars Luncheon

February 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Of course, all the nominees got together for the much-anticipated class photo, but there was one notable absentee: Andrea Riseborough.

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What’s the Best Acting Performance of the 21st Century?

February 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

My question is simple: what’s been the best, most towering performance, male or female, of the 21st century? We had an all-timer this past year with Cate Blanchett’s Lydia Tár.

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Christian Petzold’s “Afire,” Set to Premiere at Berlin, Releases Trailer

February 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

German filmmaker Christian Petzold started shooting “Afire” in Germany last July. A trailer has just been released for Petzold’s highly-anticipated film.

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Idris Elba Doesn’t Want to Identify as a “Black Actor”

February 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Our society’s continuous obsession into labelling things based on race has been detrimental in bringing about unity and concise debate. There’s no subtlety anymore, either you’re a racist or you’re not.

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Justin Kurzel’s ‘Morning’ Set to Shoot Late 2023

February 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Naomi Ackie has been added to the cast of Justin Kurzel’s “Morning.” The upcoming sci-fi feature is already set to star Laura Dern, Noah Jupe and Benedict Cumberbatch.

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French Minister of Defence Slams ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ as Propaganda

February 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The French Minister of Defence took to twitter to criticize and rage about the portrait of the French army in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”.

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‘Indiana Jones’ Super Bowl Spot

February 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

James Mangold and Disney debuted a new trailer for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” during the Super Bowl. You can check it out here.

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Gaspar Noe: ‘Irreversible’ Would Not Be Made Today

February 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Gaspar Noe’s “Irreversible”, which premiered at Cannes 2002, is told in reverse order. Each scene taking place chronologically before the one that preceded it.

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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ Starts Production in April

February 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

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

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85-Year-Old Warren Beatty Planning a ‘Dick Tracy’ Sequel

February 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I was under the impression that legendary actor/director Warren Beatty was retired, especially after his last film, 2016’s “Rules Don’t Apply,” bombed critically and commercially.

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Albert Serra’s ‘Pacifiction’ is Already One of the Year’s Best Movies [Review]

February 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

This past year, Cahiers du Cinema named Albert Serra’s “Pacifiction” the best film of 2022. Serra’s film, a total hypnotic scorcher, is finally being released in the US this Friday, but it’s already one of the best movies of the year.

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Michelle Yeoh Defends Andrea Riseborough Oscar Nomination

February 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Judging from her remarks on BBC’s Today program, Yeoh seems a tad irked about the constant complaints that Andrea Riseborough stole a nomination from a black actress. You tell me.

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James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ Tops The Weekend Box-Office, 25 Years Later

February 11, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

If any filmmaker had “Titanic” on their resume then it would probably be the best film they’ve ever made. But not James Cameron. It’s probably his third or fourth best movie after “Aliens,” “The Terminator” and “T2: Judgement Day.”

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Another Highly Positive ‘Barbie’ Reaction

February 11, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Our article on Thursday’s “Barbie” test-screening blew-up and justifiably so. Film Twitter is highly anticipating this latest one from Greta Gerwig, but do mainstream audiences share the same enthusiasm?

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Oscars: What Are the Hardest Categories to Predict?

February 11, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

IndieWire’s Eric Kohn and Anne Thompson believe “These Oscar Categories Are the Hardest to Predict.” Posted on 02.11.23 —

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Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ Screens

February 11, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Alex Garland started shooting “Civil War” just a few weeks before premiering “Men” at Cannes in the Directors’ Fortnight section.

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Alfonso Cuarón Was So “Blown Away’ By ‘TÁR’ That He Watched it Three Times

February 11, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

After Martin Scorsese, another master of the craft was enthralled by Todd Field’s “TÁR.”

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Charlie Kaufman Has Written A New Movie, Ryan Gosling Eyed To Star

February 10, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Charlie Kaufman’s latest endeavour, a short film titled “Jackals & Fireflies,” just made its theatrical debut, playing alongside “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” at New York City’s IFC Center on Thursday.

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‘Fast X’: $340 Million Vin Diesel-Starring Sequel Has A Trailer

February 10, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Vin Diesel and company are back for “Fast X” and I honestly couldn’t care less about it. There will be big guns, big muscles, big cars and, really, just big everything because this is America and it’s go big or go home.

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‘Dune: Part Three’ Reportedly “Blew Away" Warner Bros. With Rough 3-Hour Cut as New Teaser Stuns

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What is David Fincher’s Best Film? 100+ Critics Say, No Contest, It’s ‘Zodiac’

We managed to gather 118 ballots from critics, programmers, filmmakers, and scholars. Each was asked to submit a single title, the one they believe to be the best of Fincher’s filmography.

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Glimpses of the Moon’ (Apparently) Starts Production This Month in Italy

Coppola has described “Glimpses” as a “strange 30s-style musical.” No cast has been announced. The film is a loose adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, “inspired” by Leo McCarey’s “The Awful Truth.”

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Fritz Lang’s ‘M’ Tops the Best Films of the 1930s, According to 100+ Critics

We’ve gone through the decades. The ‘40s ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘2000s, and ‘2010s. — all revisited, argued over. Now, here are the results for the best films of the 1930s.

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Critics Poll: ‘Citizen Kane' Named Best Film of the 1940s

The results are in, and according to critics, this decade filled with cinematic riches did not have a better film than Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.” Nobody should be surprised by this result. “Citizen Kane” changed cinema forever.

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

It was a closer race than anticipated, but Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” has topped our best of the ’50s poll, besting Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen’s “Singin’ in the Rain” by just two votes.

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

We’ve already covered the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Now we have the results for the Best Films of the 1960s.

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