Sean Baker was the guest on honor at the 38th edition of Cinema Jove. Based on what I’m reading, he’s not very happy with the way freedom of speech and creativity is being stifled in American film.

Is it bad that Time Magazine’s Eliana Dockterman was granted access to interview Greta Gerwig at her Chelsea office and still managed to write this about “Barbie”:

Ari Aster’s interview with Italian outlet La Reppublica hasn’t been covered by any outlets.

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.

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.

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”.

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

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.

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.

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”

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

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

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

“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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.”

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