He’s right. Maybe Cruise didn’t “save” the industry, but he definitely delayed the impending collapse of the theatrical experience.

EEAO superfan, and Academy President, Janet Yang gave a friendly warning to future Oscar winners at yesterday’s luncheon.

Searchlight Pictures is closing in on a deal for Elijah Bynum‘s “Magazine Dreams”. Sources tell Deadline that Neon, Sony Pictures Classics and HBO were also originally in the mix.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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