It really saddened me to read the news of Paul Reubens’ passing last night. He was 70 and privately battling cancer for the better part of six years.

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi shocked the cinema world with a new film of his appearing inside the Venice Film Festival lineup. We had no idea he was even working on a new project.

Vasarhelyi & Chin’s “Nyad” is supposed to be one of this fall’s more Oscar baity titles, but will it survive the inevitable backlash that’s about to hit it?

Angus Cloud, the actor best known for playing drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on “Euphoria,” died Monday in California. He was 25.

Netflix has released its fall movie schedule and we can now confirm that Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” will be made available to stream on October 13.

Jim Jarmusch has already mentioned how “Twin Peaks: The Return” was the best piece of American cinema of the last ten years, calling the series an “18-hour film.” Just because of that — all hail, Jim Jarmusch.

This is an interesting twist. “Cocaine Bear” auteur Elizabeth Banks is trying to save face by telling Rolling Stone that the media was behind the “gendered agenda” of her 2019 “Charlie’s Angels,”

I was already hearing toxic things about John Ridley’s “Shirley,” and then word came last fall of additional reshoots for the Netflix-produced film. That put a dent in it appearing at any of the fall festivals.

Bradley Cooper technically could have attended the “Maestro” premiere at Venice as a director, but he also stars in the film. How would that work exactly?

Just a quick update. I’m told Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders” will be doing “some fall fests”, my source did not want to elaborate further as to which ones.

On Saturday, I asked our readers to post their lists for the best films of the year, so far.

In the Spring, rumors were swirling that Adam Driver had accepted Disney’s offer to play Reed Richards in “Fantastic Four.” It turns out he was indeed offered the role, but he rejected the offer.

Despite the success of this past Spring’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which grossed $800 million worldwide, Disney can’t seem to catch a break this summer.

Axel Foley, as played by Eddie Murphy in “Beverly Hills Cop”, is an iconic movie character from the 1980s.

“Barbenheimer” rolls along. Both films nabbed great second weekends, with drops of only around 30-40% each.

Christopher McQuarrie is confirming to Empire Magazine that Tom Cruise’s “gnarly” R-Rated movie is still happening.

Harmony Korine secretly directed a new film for A24 with rapper Travis Scott. Titled “Aggro Dr1ft,” the action-oriented film, starring Scott and Jordi Mollà, was shot entirely in infrared.

When it comes to the future of movies, not many seem optimistic about the direction the industry is currently headed in.

I’m hearing his next film will be set in Los Angeles and that it could start production right after the strike. This would be Farhadi’s first American film, after having directed projects in France, Spain and his native Iran.

Time for a fun weekend poll. Name the best films that you have seen so far in 2023. I’ll post the results on Monday.