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DC Studios Boss Jeremy Latcham Wants More Faith-Inspired, Family-Friendly Movies

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.

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Sebastián Lelio's Final Film ‘Chilean Poet' Was One Week From Wrapping When He Died

Lelio had been shooting his adaptation of Alejandro Zambra's acclaimed 2020 novel since September in Santiago. Production reportedly continued on November 5, the day before his death.

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James Gray: “You Don't Win Jacksh*t” at Cannes “If You're an American”

James Gray has never been one to bite his tongue, especially about Cannes, a festival he's had a love-hate relationship with for decades, and he’s certainly not about to start now.

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Alex Proyas Directing Antonio Banderas in ‘Cortés’, an “AI-Enabled” Epic, and His First Film in 10 Years

Alex Proyas, who directed “The Crow” and “Dark City,” and a full decade after “Gods of Egypt,” is currently shooting “Cortés” with Antonion Banderas in Paris.

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James Gunn Is “Incredibly Relieved" to Be Fired After “Trying” Four Years, Forgets ‘Supergirl’ Ever Existed

Hours after being shown the door at DC Studios, James Gunn has posted his farewell on Instagram. The gist? He never really liked the job anyway.

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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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Rank the last 10 Best Picture Oscar Winners

March 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The latest trend these past 24 hours has been to rank the last ten Best Picture winners. A fairly easy breezy task when you take into account how there were only a handful of great films that have won the big prize in recent years.

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A Lot of Big A-List French Directors Aiming For Cannes

March 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Thierry Fremaux will have such a headache this year when deciding which French films to select in competition, to the point where he might even pick as many as five.

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Nancy Meyers’ Netflix Rom-Com Scrapped After Her Demands For $150 Million Budget Not Met

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix is shutting down its Nancy Meyers movie because the writer-director wanted superhero movie money to make her romcom.

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Quentin Tarantino’s 10th and Final Film is Titled ‘The Movie Critic,’ Set to Shoot in the Fall

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Quentin Tarantino’s 10th, and presumably, final film will be called “The Movie Critic.” That is the name of the script that Tarantino wrote and is set to direct this fall, according to THR’s sources.

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Leonardo Dicaprio on ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: “I Think We Made A Masterpiece”

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

We don’t know much about Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” except that it’s, maybe, 3 hours and 20 minutes and could premiere at Cannes in May.

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‘John Wick 4’: Brilliant Second Half Saves Initially Repetitive Sequel [Review]

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

First things first, Chad Stahelski’s “John Wick: Chapter 4” is too damn long. It’s akin to the first three films on steroids. There is no reason for it to be nearly 3 hours, especially since the plot is pretty thin and the characters underdeveloped.

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Richard Linklater’s ‘Hittman’ Test-Screens; Is Cannes Premiere Next?

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Richard Linklater is up there with the best filmmakers of his era. His filmography is as original and diverse as they come: “Dazed and Confused,” “Waking Life,” “The School of Rock,” “Boyhood” and the ‘Before’ trilogy, among many more.

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Ben Affleck’s ‘Air’ to World Premiere at SXSW on Saturday

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The Ben Affleck-directed Nike film “Air,” from Amazon Studios, has been selected to close out theSXSW Film Festival on Saturday.

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Rumor: Tom Cruise Oscar No-Show After Hearing Judd Apatow Helped Jimmy Kimmel’s Monologue

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

We were all wondering whyCruise didn’t attend the Oscars, he was a big part of last year’s theatrical revival with the success of “Top Gun: Maverick,” and audiences would have loved to have seen him in attendance.

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Oscars 2024: To Qualify For Best Picture, A Film Needs At Least One Main Actor From Underrepresented Racial or Ethnic Group

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

There’s already confusion over next year’s Oscar eligibility rules. It doesn’t even have to do with the theatrical/streaming debate, but, rather, if the film is inclusive enough.

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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Reviews Are Excellent, Wait and See …

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’ll be able to know just how overpraised (or underpraised) “John Wick: Chapter 4” is, there’s a scheduled press screening here in just over an hour.

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What Should Have Been Spielberg's Third Directing Oscar?

March 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Another year, another Spielberg loss. It seems to be its own annual Oscar tradition these days.

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The Oscars Really Messed Up This Year’s In Memoriam

March 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Mira Sorvino is justifiably angry and calling out the Academy for not including her late father Paul Sorvino during the In Memoriam tribute.

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Andrew Haigh’s ‘Strangers’ Will Be Released This Fall

March 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Last October, Andrew Haigh completed production on his next film, this one is titled “Strangers.”

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Oscars Ratings: 18 Million Viewers, Third Lowest-Rated Telecast Ever [Updated]

March 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Last year, around 16.6 million Americans watched the Academy Awards ceremony. Oscar viewership tends to fluctuate year by year, however the last time the ceremony drew in a U.S. audience of more than 40 million was in 2014.

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Paul Schrader: The Oscars Are “Woke” and “Mean Less Each Year”

March 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Schrader has weighed in, albeit cryptically, about last night’s Oscar ceremony.

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Oscars: What The Hell Happened?

March 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It was a weak year for Oscar movies, so “Everything Everywhere All At Once” winning Best Picture might not be such a surprise. It was inevitable after its PGA, DGA and SAG triumphs that it would be showered with Oscar gold.

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Farrelly Brothers Reuniting For ‘Dear Satan,’ Production Has Begun

March 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Back in 2012, Fox had bought Dan Ewen’s spec script “Dear Satan,” with The Farrelly Brothers set to direct. Then the project went dark. So did The Farrelly Brothers.

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Sarah Polley’s Next Film is About Awards Season

March 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Right before winning her Adapted Screenplay Oscar for “Women Talking,” filmmaker Sarah Polley stated on the red carpet that her next movie would be about … awards season?

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Hugh Grant’s Awkward Oscar Red Carpet Interview

March 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The Oscar champagne crowd is losing it over Hugh Grant’s deadpan interview at last night’s Oscar red carpet. It was most definitely an awkward 50-second chat, full of cringe.

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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

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

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