Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence stars in “No Hard Feelings,” an R-rated raunchy comedy about a woman who agrees to seduce a 19-year-old misfit. The reward? A shitbox car. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

The Academy Board of Governors met up to broaden the theatrical eligibility rules for the Best Picture category.

It was inevitably going to happen, but A24 has already hopped on-board ‘Past Lives’ filmmaker Celine Song’s next film.

What’s next for Sachs? He spoke to Les Inrockuptibles about what he’s currently been working on:

Rachel Morrison’s “Flint Strong” will now be released in theaters on August 9, 2024. The film was written by “Moonlight” helmer Barry Jenkins.

IndieWire has learned that Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson are set to have an emergency call with Warner Bros boss David Zaslav today to call him out on the recent TCM layoffs.

There were some out there clinging to the belief that Jeymes Samuel’s “The Book of Clarence” would be an Oscar contender. It might still go to TIFF, not sure about Venice or Telluride. But today’s news isn’t reassuring.

As Roger Friedman reported two weeks ago, Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” will be having its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Variety has confirmed the news.

Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” and Luc Besson’s “Dogman” are also due to turn up out of competition.

M. Night Shyamalan is shooting a new film. The India-born, Philadelphia-raised filmmaker has been riffing on “Twilight Zone”-type premises for 25 years now.

Alex Garland's upcoming "Civil War" with Kirsten Dunst is apparently completed and has received its MPA rating: R for strong violent content, bloody/disturbing images, and language throughout.

“No Hard Feelings” just had it’s embargo lift and the reviews are middling — 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, 55 on Metacritic.

The teaser is out and it looks better than expected. It sure plays like a Sofia Coppola movie. A girl’s coming of age story. That indie rock soundtrack. It can’t be all that bad.

Guillermo del Toro retweeted our Paul Schrader/Wes Anderson article and gave his own assessment of “Asteroid City.” He’s a fan.

‘John Wick 4’ filmmaker Chad Stahelski says he’s had talks about adding a Best Stunts category to the Oscars and it could happen sooner than expected.

Jonathan Majors’ lawyer, Priya Chaudhry, claims that the Marvel star’s arrest on 03.25.23 was the result of NYPD “racism” citing that six of the responding officers were white.

The ballots have been sent out for my annual mid-year critics poll concerning the best films of 2023. The goal is to post the results on Friday or, at the latest, Monday.