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May el-Toukhy’s ‘Woman Unknown’ Wins the Golden Lion at Venice — Surprise!

The short version: "Woman Unknown" was a compromise. The jury deadlocked over "Possible Love" and "NAZA," not able to com to terms, fell back on their #3, May el-Toukhy's film.

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Cory Finley's 'Reasonable People,' Starring Paul Rudd and Sam Rockwell, Shoots This Fall

Cory Finley, a talented filmmaker, has directed three films so far: "Thoroughbreds" (2017), "Bad Education” (2020), and "Landscape with Invisible Hand.”

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Bassam Tariq Says Making ‘Blade' at Marvel Was ‘“a Different Thing”: “Somebody Else Is Running This”

Bassim Tariq was the first one in the chair. The "Mogul Mowgli" director spent two years building out the Mahershala Ali vehicle before exiting in 2022, and he's now letting the air out on this one.

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‘The Family Stone’ Sequel Greenlit at Searchlight, Fall Shoot, Reunites the Entire Cast — Except Diane Keaton

Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Tyrone Giordano, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider, and Brian White will all be back.

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Critics Are Fighting About ‘Fjord’ at TIFF; Sebastian Stan: “Not A MAGA Movie”

I was curious how Cristian Mungiu's "Fjord" would be received this fall. The Palme d'Or winner has become a culture-war flashpoint, and critics are more split on it than you might expect.

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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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Disney/Searchlight Still Hasn’t Released ‘Barbarian’ on Physical Media, and Maybe Never Will

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

There has been a disturbing trend when it comes to Disney and their push to make physical media go obsolete.

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Golden Globes Dissolves the Hollywood Foreign Press Voting Body

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The Golden Globes will continue on, but their infamous voting membership has been axed.

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Wes Anderson Stands By Bill Murray: “He is Really Part of My Family”

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Attention to all journalists, Wes Anderson is not going to take the bait.

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Steven Soderbergh Has Two New Movie Projects He’s Working On

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Steven Soderbergh is a workhorse. He never stops. Ever since unretiring in 2017, has averaged at least one movie or series a year since reemerging.

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Strong Buzz for Emerald Fennell’s ‘Saltburn’ as Fall Premiere Looms

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Just to elaborate on “Saltburn,” Emerald Fennell’s upcoming thriller starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Ewan Mitchell and Rosamund Pike. If you remember, it test-screened in February to wildly positive reactions.

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Sylvester Stallone Acknowledges Arnold Schwarzenegger Was the ‘Superior’ Action Star of the ‘80s and ‘90s

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s not much of a contest: Arnold Schwarzenegger was the best action movie star of the ‘80s and ‘90s.

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Shia LaBeouf Suddenly Drops Out of New Film, Calls Production “Unprofessional and Unprepared”

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The reason given was “on account of the unprofessional and unprepared nature of the production.” That’s LaBeouf’s excuse.

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Zoe Kravitz’s Directorial Debut ‘Pussy Island’ Screens, Might Have Been Retitled ‘P Island’ …

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Last August, Kravitz stood by the movie’s title, even as she encountered pushback for her to change it. She told The Wall Street Journal that “the title came from that world. The title is the seed of the story.”

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‘Past Lives’ Continues Strong Box-Office Performance

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A24’s “Past Lives” continued its strong box-office performance this past weekend, even cracking the top 10.

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Spike Jonze Set to Direct Sci-Fi Limited Series for Netflix, Joaquin Phoenix in Talks [Updated]

June 11, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

We’ve all been wondering what Spike Jonze has been up to, his last film was the 2013 masterpiece “Her.” Since his debut, “Being John Malkovich,” Jonze has only directed four movies in 24 years.

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Harvey Keitel Quit ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ After Stanley Kubrick Made Him Do 68 Takes of a Walking Scene

June 11, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s well known that Stanley Kubrick was a demanding filmmaker, infamous for doing an innumerable amount of takes and even driving some of his actors to the brink of insanity.

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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Might Hit $60 Million Opening Weekend

June 10, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The top 2 movies in America are CGI-heavy and based on toys/comics. How lucky are we to live in these times — this bodes well for “Barbie.”

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The Russos Believe Quentin Tarantino Just Wasn’t “Born to Make A Marvel Movie”

June 10, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The Russo Brothers have an answer as to why Quentin Tarantino dislikes Marvel movies so much, going as far as to call the filmmakers who make these movies “hired hands.”

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Ari Aster’s ‘Beau is Afraid’ Debuts on VOD this Tuesday, June 13

June 10, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Back in April, Ari Aster’s “Beau is Afraid” garnered mixed reviews and an unenthusiastic box-office — that 3-hour runtime surely didn’t help.

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Woody Allen, Roman Polanski and .. Ezra Miller?

June 10, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

An IndieWire writeup from Eric Kohn asks the question “Why Does Ezra Miller Get a ‘Flash’ Pass, but Not Woody Allen or Roman Polanski?”

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‘Fast X’ is now available on Digital, Only 3 Weeks After the Film’s Theatrical Release.

June 10, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Louis Leterrier’s “Fast X” has only been in theaters for three weeks, but it’s now available to view on digital. I’m no fan of this series, but there’s something seriously wrong with this.

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Joel Schumacher's ‘Batman Forever’ 170 Minute Cut Exists and Kevin Smith Has Seen It

June 10, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A super-sized version of “Batman Forever” reportedly exists in the form of a nearly three-hour director's cut. Now Kevin Smith is saying that he has received a copy of the Schumacher Cut.

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Claire Denis Set to Shoot Next Film in Cameroon

June 9, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In a chat with The Guardian, Denis revealed she just finished writing a new feature and that she’ll start location scouting it this month in Cameroon.

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Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ Screens, Reaction is Flat-Out Rave!

June 9, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Those lucky enough to have attended a test screening of Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” last night supposedly got quite the experience.

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Nintendo’s ‘Zelda,’ ‘Super Mario 2,’ ‘Donkey Kong,’ and ‘Luigi’ in Development at Illumination

June 9, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Earlier this year, Universal Studios gave the masses what they wanted. I just honestly didn’t know it was going to be a Nintendo movie.

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Joaquin Phoenix Reuniting with Mike Mills for Next Film, Shooting in January 2027

Phoenix is set to reunite with Mills on this next film, which is being distributed by A24 and starts shooting January 2027. This will be Phoenix’s first film since “Eddington.”

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Paul Thomas Anderson Has Already Chosen His Next Film, Jonny Greenwood Says

“Paul is getting close to pressing the button on the next film, I believe, and I’m already trying to learn a new instrument that would be central to it,” Greenwood tells Screen Daily. 

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Ridley Scott Says “I Didn’t Say That” After Calling ‘The Dog Stars’ His Best Movie Since ‘The Martian’

In June 2026, Scott told The Buyer that “The Dog Stars” is “probably the best movie I’ve done since The Martian.” He’s now denying he ever said that.

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Todd Field-Written ‘The Girls’ Sets Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic to Direct, November Shoot

Cinephiles another Todd Field movie, and although we might have to wait for his next directorial effort, “The Girls” will have to suffice for now.

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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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