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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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First ‘Barbie’ Clips Look …

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Terrifying. Noah Baumbach wrote this thing? I am not not ready to give up on this movie. I’m really not. But, man, the promo for “Barbie” is just not doing it for me. The film looks like pure vanilla.

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Cannes Boss: David Fincher “Has Left Cinema” by Exclusively Making Netflix Movies

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Before 2020’s “Mank,” David Fincher hadn’t directed a movie in six years, his last being 2014’s “Gone Girl.” He seemed rather lost, more than anything else.

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I Don’t Know if “Bomb” is the Right Word to Use, For Now

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

An NME piece about the financial prospects of "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" claims that it might "bomb" at the box office.

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Ranking Wes Anderson’s 11 Films

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Wes Anderson’s "Asteroid City" is being released in theaters this Friday. It’s the 11th feature film for a filmmaker who has become a distinct voice in American cinema.

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Warner Bros. Want to Get Back Christopher Nolan

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

there are new bosses at Warner, including David Zaslav, not to mention co-CEOs and co-chairpeople Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy. SPOILER ALERT: they want Nolan back.

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Is ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ the Film That Defined the 2010s?

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

If critics are to be believed, then George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” was the best movie of the 2010s. Back in May of 2019, I got a head start by polling 250 critics and industry people, and Miller’s film topped that poll.

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‘Chicken Run 2’ Set For December 15 Release Date via Netflix

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Netflix is in charge of the follow-up to the 2000 animated treat “Chicken Run," the most successful stop-motion animated feature ever, grossing $227 million worldwide.

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Michel Gondry’s Pharrell Williams’ Movie Adds Missy Elliot, Mary J. Blige and Andre Benjamin [Updated]

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Michel Gondry is set to move into production next month on “Atlantis,” which is a musical inspired by musician Pharrell Williams’ childhood. Unless, the incoming actors strike delays it …

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Guillermo Del Toro on His Future: “I Only Want to do Animation. That’s the Plan”

June 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Yesterday, the 58-year-old filmmaker conducted an Annecy Animated Film Festival master class and proclaimed his future to be solely dedicated to animation:

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‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning’ Screens Early For Critics …

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’ve spoken to a few critics who attended last night’s first screening. The gist that I got was that it’s good, but not great.

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Cormac McCarthy Dead at 89

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’m shell shocked. I don’t know what to say. A giant, one of the great creative minds of the last century, has passed on. Cormac McCarthy dead at 89. You best believe he achieved immortality a long time ago.

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Sarah Polley Sells Out, Set to Direct Disney’s Live-Action ‘Bambi’ Remake

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Coming off her Oscar-winning “Women Talking,” writer/-director Sarah Polley has decided to sell her creative soul to the devil.

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Test Reaction: Garth Davis’ ‘Foe’ Starring Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Garth Davis (“Lion”) shot an ambitious sci-fi thriller, his third feature, in January of 2022. It’s now ready for take-off, probably this fall.

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Another Pixar, This One Called ‘Elio’ [Trailer]

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Yet another Pixar, it’s called “Elio,” and this afternoon a trailer was released for it.

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‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Halted Due to Writers Strike, Only 40% of the Film Was Shot

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In the latest issue of Empire, director Christopher McQuarrie addressed what he called the “unrelenting” string of delays that have hit the production of the franchise closer.

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‘Avatar 3’ Delayed to 2025, ‘Avatar 4’ and ‘Avatar 5’ Pushed to 2029 and 2031

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Cameron will be 76 by the time time the fifth Avatar is released in theaters. He’s going to be making ‘Avatar’ movies for the rest of his life.

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IFC Films and Sapan Acquire Cannes Hit ‘The Pot-au-Feu’

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Last month, Tran Anh Hung won the Best Director award at Cannes for his competition entry “The Pot-au-Feu” — a richly satisfying romance set in the French culinary world.

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‘No Hard Feelings’ Projected Opening is at Soft $10 Million

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Puck’s Matt Belloni has a few box-office projections for us. We’ve covered most of these, but not the upcoming Jennifer Lawrence starring “No Hard Feelings.”

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First Look at Animated Film ‘Orion and the Dark’ … Written by Charlie Kaufman?

June 13, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I had no idea that Charlie Kaufman penned the script for an animated movie. I guess this one should be on our radar now.

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Michael Shannon is the Latest Actor to Bash Their Own Superhero Role

June 12, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Michael Shannon is the latest star to criticize his own superhero work. He played Zod in the DCEU’s ‘Man of Steel’ and appears in “The Flash.”

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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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