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Venice Film Festival Cancels Jury Press Conference as Political Questions Mount

Festival press conferences have turned into landmines of political questioning, to the point where some artists would probably prefer to turn down being a juror at Cannes, Venice, or Berlin.

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Anne Hathaway Joins Tom Cruise in ‘Days of Thunder 2’ — Sets June 2, 2028 Release

Hathaway is set to play a racecar team owner and engineer. Cruise will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle. Jonathan Levine (“Long Shot,” “50/50”) is confirmed to direct.

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Alma Har’el Sets ‘Wet’ as First Film Since ‘Honey Boy,’ With Javier Bardem, Rebecca Ferguson, Connor Storrie abd Odessa A’zion in Talks

It’s been seven years since Alma Har’el’s feature debut, “Honey Boy,” which was written by and starred Shia LaBeouf — she is now set to direct her next film, with a very talented cast.

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Ridley Scott Says ‘Alien’ Franchise “Needs Some Help” After ‘Romulus’ Was Just “OK”: “I’ve Gone Back In”

Scott is suggesting something more significant than a simple return to the series: the filmmaker appears to believe the franchise has drifted off course.

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Ridley Scott’s Best Films, Ranked by 120+ Critics: ‘Alien’ Tops ‘Blade Runner’ in Poll

Critics were asked to submit their personal five favorite Scott films. As you can imagine, since Scott has directed 30 films in a span of 5 decades, there was an assortment of choices available.

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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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HBO Abruptly Pulls the Plug on ‘The Idol’? Six-Episode Series Ends Next Week With Episode 5 [Updated]

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

HBO is abruptly pulling the plug on “The Idol.” The Sam Levinson-The Weeknd series was announced as six episodes when the deal was signed, but now the show will end with just five episodes.

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Tarantino Gives More Details on the Lead Character in ‘The Movie Critic’

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Last week, in an in-depth interview with Le Monde, Quentin Tarantino described the lead character of his upcoming “The Movie Critic” as closely resembling Travis Bickle.

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‘A Complete Unknown' Update …

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

UPDATE: In regards to my original HULU piece, a publicist on the film is saying “at this point we can only confirm that this is a Searchlight film, release plans will be determined at a later date”.

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James Gunn Calls Out ‘Really Lazy’ Superhero Movies and Bad Endings

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I’m not saying James Gunn is responsible for “The Flash” debacle, but his calling out of superhero movies as “lazy” is quite the timing

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‘Napoleon’ Runtime is 157 Minutes

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

This intel comes from Scott’s epic having already been rated in South Korea from its official rating boards website — indicating that the film has been completed.

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Lucrecia Martel Defends Her Jury Giving ‘Joker’ the Golden Lion, Calling it “Incredible”

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a fun little interview with “Zama” director Lucrecia Martel. She’s currently in post-production on her elaborate documentary “Chocobar” which doesn’t look like it’ll be released this year.

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Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Postcards From Earth’ Completes Production, Blend of Fiction and Non-Fiction

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I had reported last December that Darren Aronofsky was already in pre-production on his next movie, which was set to shoot this past March. It was said to be called “Postcards from Earth”

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Analyst Estimates That Disney Has Lost $900 Million on Last Eight Studio Releases

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A well-known Box office analyst has estimated that the Walt Disney Co. has lost over $890 million on their last eight studio releases.

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Nicolas Winding Refn is Currently Shooting an Adaptation of Children’s Book ‘The Famous Five’

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Nicolas Winding Refn is developing an adaptation of children’s book “The Famous Five” for the BBC. What an odd pairing.

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Wes Anderson’s Next Film is a “Dark” Espionage with Benicio del Toro in Every Single Shot

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In an interview with Le Monde, Wes Anderson gave more details about his next film, still untitled, which he describes as “espionage”.

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Warner Bros’ ‘The Flash’ Could Lose the Studio More Than $200 Million

June 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

“The Flash” completely collapsed this past weekend at the box-office. Andy Muschietti’s film fell 75 percent from its weak $55 million start, adding only $15 million to the weekend.

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The Main Problem With ‘Tenet’ …

June 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

After rewatching Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” last week, I came to the conclusion that A) although clever, the screenplay was a tad too convoluted and, more importantly, B) John David Washington is just not that good of an actor to carry such a film.

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Jon Hamm Read the Script for Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’: “I Don’t Know How He’s Going to Make This Movie”

June 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In a recent appearance on the Back to One podcast, actor Jon Hamm admitted that he was part of a table read for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis.”

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Another Bad Michael Mann Movie?

June 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Many, including myself, thought 2015’s “Blackhat,” the last movie he released, was a one-off, but, based on a recent test screening of his upcoming “Ferrari,” maybe it wasn’t.

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Good Question, Mr. Schrader

June 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Schrader is wondering how one can firmly grasp Film history without watching problematic films such as Riefenstahl’s “Triumph of the Will,” Griffith’s “Birth of a Nation” and Bertolucci’s “Last Tango In Paris.”

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‘Twin Peaks’ Creator is Not Helping Tame Down the Latest David Lynch Rumors

June 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Ever since I posted about David Lynch being spotted filming something in West Hollywood, I’ve received, at least, 50 emails about it.

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‘Apartment 7A’: Paramount’s Prequel to ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Said to be “Very Intense”

June 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

After a recent test-screening, I can now report that “Apartment 7A” is actually a “Rosemary’s Baby” prequel about the woman who died outside the apartment when Rosemary moved in.

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‘Oppenheimer’ Screening for NY/L.A. Press on July 18th

June 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

They are really going to wait until the very last week to screen Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” and that’s alright. Most of the recent Nolans also screened very close to the release date.

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Warner Bros is Backing Paul Thomas Anderson’s Mysterious New Movie

June 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

So, now we have a good indication as to who will distribute the next PTA. It’s none other than Zaslav!

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‘The Flash’ Drops Whopping 81% in its Second Weekend

June 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s not a fun time to be Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav. Case in point, the resounding failure of “The Flash.”

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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

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Critics Poll: ‘Vertigo’ Named Best Film of the 1950s, Over 120 Participants

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Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll

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