I had a good laugh reading about a scoop from a recent Puck podcast.

Josh and Benny Safdie’s next movie will be shot in June. They are still putting the finishing touches on their script.

The production date on David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” has now been pushed to May. It was originally set to start its Toronto shoot in March, but casting issues resulted in minor delays.

This year’s Cannes Film Festival promises to have quite a few Italian filmmakers in and out competition.

It’s “Beau is Afraid” week for many in the press. Ari Aster’s 3-hour epic has started to screen in numerous cities.

We’ve been intensely following David Robert Mitchell’s upcoming mystery/thriller, with dinosaurs, set in the 1980s. It’s his first film since 2018’s “Under the Silver Lake.”

Ari Aster always has a few projects percolating here and there. I can imagine he’s written quite a few unproduced scripts that he will eventually tackle in the future, and “Beau is Afraid” was one of them.

When Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, it was nothing short of a triumphant debut.

After Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, and Kim Ji-woon, here’s another South Korean filmmaker headed to Hollywood.

Here’s another highly positive reaction for Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance.” The buzz has been very good for this one, so far.

I’m not ready to add Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” to my Cannes competition predictions, but the scenario of competing for the Palme d’Or became a tad more realistic yesterday.

“Asteroid City,” which wrapped production last October, and will be released June 23rd. A Cannes premiere is practically sealed for this one.

Schrader's latest, titled, “Master Gardener,” has a confirmed US release date of Friday, May 19th 2023 via Magnolia Pictures.

One of the more interesting parts of yesterday’s fascinating Variety interview with Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux was his insistence that the Best Picture Oscar should go to an American movie.

Ana de Armas is being eyed to play the female lead, Elisa in Michael Mann's sequel for 'Heat.’ De Armas would thus join, also rumored, Al Pacino, Adam Driver, Austin Butler. What a talented cast this could be.

The writer-director will release “Beau is Afraid,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, on April 21st. The film has started screening for press this week. It’s a 3-hour existentialist “Jewish Comedy” as Aster describes it.

As speculated last week, we’ll be getting a trailer for Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” tomorrow. In the meantime, FOCUS has released the official poster. Quite interesting how Jason Schwartzman gets top billing in this one …

Let’s all calm down when it comes to Ben Affleck’s “Air.” I know that Clayton Davis is saying it’s “2023’s First Slam Dunk Awards Contender,” but it’s way too early to make any assumptions.