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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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‘Temple of Doom’ is Underrated

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

With ’Dial of Destiny’ set for release this Friday, you’re going to be seeing a lot of publications ranking the five Indiana Jones movies.

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Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Full Circle’ Has A Trailer

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Steven Soderbergh’s latest project is called “Full Circle,” an HBO series set to start airing on July 13th.

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Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ to World Premiere at TIFF

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

After multiple delays, which included extensive reshoots, Taika Waititi’s “Next Goal Wins” released a trailer this past April.

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What Goes to Telluride?

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Telluride tracker Michael Patterson has posted his first batch Best Bets for the 50th Telluride Film Festival. I’ll just post the main fall fest biggies that he has:

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Guillermo del Toro Still Watches “Three Movies A Day”

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Its been a long time since I counted the number of movies I watch on any given year. I’d say my guesstimate would, maybe, be around 300, tops.

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Sean Baker Has Had Offers to Direct Big Blockbusters: “I Don’t Like Marvel Movies Enough to Direct Them”

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Although he used to get offered blockbusters, once “Red Rocket” was released and seen, these offers abruptly stopped.

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Wes Anderson on Why Cinema Will Always Be Better Than Television

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In the last 5 years, we've had Steven Soderbergh, David Lynch, David Fincher, Martin Scorsese, Jane Campion, Woody Allen, Alfonso Cuaron, Noah Baumbach, Spike Lee, and many more making the jump to the small screen.

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‘Secret Invasion’ Among Lowest-Rated Marvel/Disney+ Shows Ever

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The first episode of “Secret Invasion” premiered on Disney+ last Wednesday. The viewership numbers are not good and another sign of a crumbling Marvel universe.

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Scarlett Johansson Only Earned $4,000 A Week for Two Months of Work on ‘Asteroid City’

June 28, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A Variety cover story on Scarlett Johansson tells us that she didn’t get paid that much for her work “Asteroid City.”

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A-List Actors, Including Streep and J-Law, Threaten to Strike in Letter to SAG

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Rolling Stone has just received a letter, signed by more than 300 actors, addressed to the SAG-AFTRA Leadership. It sounds threatening, they’re not kidding around.

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David Corenswet Cast as Superman in James Gunn’s ‘Superman: Legacy’

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The Wrap is reporting David Corenswet has nabbed the coveted role of Superman in James Gunn’s upcoming “Superman: Legacy.” Rachel Brosnahan has also been cast as Lois Lane.

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Wiseau’s ‘The Room’ Turns 20

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In 2003, “The Room,” a film financed by self-proclaimed impresario Tommy Wiseau for $6 million, was supposed to be the culmination of his imagined talents, his ultimate artistic statement, and the capstone to his suspiciously vague career

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Jennifer Lawrence Looks Back on 2017’s Polarizing ‘mother!’

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Darren Aronofsky became the most polarizing figure in movie culture back in the fall of 2017. His controversial “mother!” provoked a volcanic stir of reactions.

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Schrader on ‘Pacifiction’

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

David Fincher already raved about Albert Serra’s brilliant “Pacifiction.” He recently confided to Brad Pitt his love for the film:

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Cameron Diaz/Jamie Foxx Comedy ‘Back in Action’ in Post-Production Limbo

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Production on “Back in Action,” starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, took place in late February and finished in late April.

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RUMOR: Paul Thomas Anderson Has Started Shooting His New Film in Mexico???

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Obviously, just a rumor and I’m trying to corroborate it with a few sources, but for now here’s the post from the Paul Thomas Anderson subreddit:

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Why You Shouldn’t Miss Out on Being a Bookmaker VIP [Sponsored]

June 27, 2023 John Torre

Most sports bettors can get by just enjoying the standard promotions that come in a sports book like match deposits or daily tasks.

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Sean Baker Confirms New Film ‘Anora’; Condemns Today’s Censorship in American Movies

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

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.

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Time’s Honest Reaction to ‘Barbie’; Sequel Already in the Works

June 27, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

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”:

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Ari Aster’s Next Film is a Contemporary Western Set During the Pandemic

June 26, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

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

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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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