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Danny Boyle on ‘28 Years Later: Part III': “We Gotta Raise the Money for It"

Garland's script is written. Boyle called it "fantastic" in that same interview, Murphy says he's ready, and Boyle wants to direct. All that's missing is the money.

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Noah Baumbach's ‘Jay Kelly' Joins Criterion Collection; February Slate Includes ‘The Sweet Hereafter,’ and ‘Kung Fu Hustle’

Noah Baumbach's “Jay Kelly” is joining the Criterion Collection on February 16, 2027. It's one of the headliners of the newly announced February slate, and it's coming out barely a year after Netflix released it.

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Box Office: Johnny Depp's ‘Ebenezer' Leads ($21M+), Audiences Love It More Than Critics Do; ‘How to Rob a Bank' Bombs ($4M+), ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Drops 75%

The film opened in Europe on Wednesday, and the audience scores there have been very strong. Now American audiences agree: an "A-" on CinemaScore and a 90% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Kevin Spacey's Pandemic Conspiracy Thriller ‘The Awakening' Is Coming in November: “The Film They Don't Want You to See”

Who's "they," exactly? The Illuminati? The Deep State? Hard to say. The film premiered at Italy's Matera Film Festival on November 10. No reviews have trickled in yet.

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Sony's Tom Rothman Launches Best Picture Campaign for ‘Brand New Day’: “Are You Telling Me There Are 10 Films This Year That Are Better Than This Film?”

This is all Rothman’s idea, by the way. He’s going to pour millions into this campaign because he believes “Brand New Day” is a great movie.

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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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Sequel ‘Talk 2 Me’ Greenlit by A24

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A24 will again be teaming with twin filmmaking brothers Danny and Michael Philippou for the sequel to their acclaimed horror film “Talk to Me”.

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NYFF Lineup Includes Glazer, Lanthimos, Haigh, Bonello and Hamaguchi … No Fincher, Scorsese, Larrain, Cooper, Payne, Miyazaki

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The 61st New York Film Festival has announced its lineup and, as usual, it’s filled with Cannes titles, 16 of them. That’s half the program.

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Cult Movies That Celebrate Foot Fetish [Sponsored]

August 8, 2023 John Torre

The popularity of foot fetish as one of the most common fetishes can be attributed to a combination of psychological, cultural, and biological factors.

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Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria,’ Starring Angelina Jolie, Starts Filming in October

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Pablo Larraín is preparing to premiere his “El Conde,” a satirical black and white vampire film, at Venice next month, but he’s all ready to shoot his next film.

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Money on the Silver Screen: Exploring the Fascinating World of Movies About Money [Sponsored]

August 8, 2023 John Torre

With America having a truly capitalistic culture, it’s not a surprise that the Hollywood movie industry releases so many films that revolve around money.

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Adam Devine Criticizes Hollywood for Making Comedies With “Hidden Messages”

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Adam Devine has been making comedies for many years now, but he isn’t a superstar. He’s the kind of actor whose face you might recognize more than his name

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Sports Betting in Movies: An Accurate Portrayal? Or Not So Much? [Sponsored]

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Sports gambling has been a focal point of many great movies. While fans of the based-on-real-life film Casino mainly remember Ace Rothstein as the head of the Tangiers, the story also tells his backstory as a sports betting savant and a bookie.

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‘Fair Play’: Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor Play Gender-Induced Mind Games in Netflix’s Erotic Thriller [Thriller]

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A trailer for Chloe Domont’s “Fair Play” has been released, via Netflix. The film was one of the highlights of this past January’s Sundance Film Festival.

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Celine Song’s ‘Past Lives’ on VOD August 22nd

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As Celine Song’s “Materialists” gets ready for a fall shoot, it’s SAG exempted, her critically acclaimed “Past Lives” has set up an August 22nd release on VOD. I’d like to watch this one again — my first viewing verdict was “good, but not great.” Who else has seen “Past Lives”?

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Mark Rylance on Terrence Malick’s ‘The Way of the Wind’: “I Hope That Terry Eventually Completes the Film”

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Terrence Malick’s “The Way of the Wind” completed shooting in the fall of 2019. Ever since then, four years later, Malick’s still been editing the film.

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‘Suzume’ Director Makoto Shinkai Praises ‘Elemental’

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

One of this summer’s biggest surprises has been Peter Sohn’s “Elemental” which, after a weak opening, has had very strong legs at the box office.

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‘Ali G’ Movie in the Works, Sacha Baron Cohen to Reprise His Role

August 8, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Cohen will always be a legend for creating Borat, Bruno, and Ali G for HBO's now-classic "Da Ali G Show."

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Bill Maher Criticizes “Preachy, Man Hating” ‘Barbie’

August 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

HBO late-night host Bill Maher despised “Barbie” so much that he had to vent out his feelings on Twitter. He’s consequently triggered the hate of Greta Gerwig fans.

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David Ayer Rants About His Director’s Cut of ‘Suicide Squad’

August 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Should we believe David Ayer when he says that his cut of 2016’s “Suicide Squad” is “vastly better” than the theatrically released version?

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Ridley Scott Regrets Directing ‘Alien: Covenant’ Instead of ‘Blade Runner 2049’

August 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Ridley Scott directed both “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” two stone-cold classics of the sci-fi genre and he’s continued to delve deep into these worlds, 40 years on.

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Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ Screening on September 3rd at Venice, No Telluride

August 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

We can now officially scratch off any chance, albeit minimal, that David Fincher’s “The Killer” will be going to Telluride.

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Steven Soderbergh Calls “Oppenheimer” A “Real Accomplishment”

August 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

These last few weeks we’ve heard of filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Paul Schrader, Oliver Stone, John Waters and Guillermo del Toro buying tickets to one or both of the ‘Barbenheimer’ movies.

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William Friedkin Dead at 87

August 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Director William Friedkin, a maverick U.S. filmmaker, if there ever was one, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 87.

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John Waters Says ‘Beau is Afraid’ is Some “Really Great Shit” and His Favorite Film of the Year

August 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

While we await for some kind of ending to the actors strike, and John Waters being able to direct his first movie in over 20 years, the writer-director is out there promoting his new novel “Liarmouth.”

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‘Napoleon’ Slap Scene Ignites Controversy

August 7, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” hasn’t even been released yet and, already, a scene in the upcoming epic has come under fire.

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

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Brian De Palma's ‘Sweet Vengeance,' His First Film in 8 Years, Might Have a Cut Ready by February

Pino Donaggio confirmed he'll score De Palma's next feature, "Sweet Vengeance." It would be their ninth film together, a partnership that dates back 50 years to "Carrie."

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Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat' Has Started Shooting in New York City

Darius Khondji is back behind the camera as DP. That's a pairing that should give this thing Aster’s usual very specific, unnerving texture. Bobby Krlic is back to compose his fourth straight Aster movie.

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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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