I’d like to send out some heartfelt congratulations to 79-year-old Robert De Niro who just welcomed his seventh child to this world.

I’m looking forward to seeing McQueen’s “Occupied City” — a WWII doc told via the perspective of occupied Amsterdam. It’s set to premiere next weekend at the Cannes Film Festival.

Disney decided to cast R&B singer Halle Bailey to play Ariel in their live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid.” The purists got angry. I couldn’t care less.

Adèle Haenel has published yet another rambling op-ed this morning.

Joachim Trier has set up his next film, this one an as-yet-untitled family drama set in Oslo. He’ll team-up with co-writer Eskil Vogt. No other details were given, but the film is set to shoot next year.

Jason Statham riding a wave on a jet ski with a spear in his hand and fighting a bigass Shark and a T-Rex? SIGN ME UP. Here’s the trailer.

There are some out there who think Matt Johnson’s outrageously entertaining “BlackBerry” can be an awards contender. Let’s all take a deep breath and calm down.

Writer/director Andrew Patterson premiered “The Vast of Night” at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival in January 2019. Despite not being a fan of it, I wrote that he was a talent to watch.

Jessica Palud's film about Maria Schneider starring Anamaria Vartolomei, Matt Dillon and Jeremie Renier will finally start shooting this month.

“The Burial” is a upcoming courtroom drama directed by Maggie Betts and written by Doug Wright. If you‘re not familiar with Betts then get with it — her underrated 2017 lesbian nun drama “Novitiate” was quite good.

I really liked Andrew Niccol’s “Lord of War” which featured one of Nic Cage’s best performances.

Quentin Tarantino has given this fascinating interview with German outlet Zeit Magazine.

It’s been a long time since the late Jean-Luc Godard made traditional or even vaguely conventional “movies.”

Ethan Coen’s “Drive-Away Dolls” will be released in September, it’s said to be a road movie akin to “Raising Arizona” with a tinge of Russ Meyer added in for good measure. I’m in.

Former Amazon Studios head Roy Price noticed some raw data regarding comedies and shared it via Twitter.

David Lowery’s upcoming “Peter Pan & Wendy” was probably a very nice paycheck for him, but now he’s getting into more serious stuff.

It's still a $114 million opening, so you can’t really call what “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3” grossed this weekend “bad”.