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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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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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Iranian Director Saeed Roustaee Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Screening His Film at Cannes

August 16, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A court in Iran has sentenced director Saeed Roustaee to six months in prison. His crime? Screening his film "Leila's Brothers" at the Cannes Film Festival last year.

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‘A Most Violent Year’ Sequel?

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Almost 10 Years on, J.C. Chandor’s “A Most Violent Year” remains one of the most underrated films of past decade.

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Report: ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Could Lose Up To $100 Million for Disney

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

According to a report from Variety, ‘Indiana Jones 5’ could lose upwards of $100 million. ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ might break even, but barely. Both had high budgets of around $300 million each, add in marketing costs, and that signifies potential losses for both parties.

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Spike Lee Says Francis Ford Coppola Screened 30 Minutes of ‘Megalopolis’: “OMG Amazing”

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

We all want Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” to turn out great. This could be the master’s final film, but, more importantly, one he’s been working on for more than 40 years.

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Flashback: ‘Melancholia’ Was Supposed to Win the Palme d’Or in 2011 …

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It turns out that the only reason why the jury decided to switch it from von Trier to Malick was due to the infamous “Melancholia” press conference where von Trier made some rather dicey comments

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Rachel Zegler Bashes 1937’s ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ as “Weird”

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

When it was greenlit a year ago, Disney's live-action remake of “Snow White” had a problem, after some backlash, the inclusive studio did not want to use “dwarfs” in the the live action remake due to it being politically incorrect.

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Pedro Almodóvar Wants to Direct An Action Film in Paris

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Almodóvar has been giving interviews these last few days for French outlets, in a few of them he’s been implying that he’d love to shoot a film in French set in Paris.

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‘Maestro’ Trailer …

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s the wonderful trailer for Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” which is set to premiere at Venice next month. Visually, the film looks beautifully rendered.

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Oscars — Best Director, For Now, is Martin Scorsese vs Christopher Nolan

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s been a weird year at the movies. There’s a writers and actors strike. ‘Barbenheimer’ is saving the box-office. We’re also still not entirely sure what will break out this fall.

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‘Barbie’ Banned in Algeria for “Corrupting Morals”

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The culture ministry asked cinemas to withdraw “Barbie” immediately. According to Reuters, the film promoted homosexuality and did not comply with Algeria's religious and cultural beliefs.

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New Image for David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

As it stands, the film will only be screening at Venice (unless NYFF announces today as part of its premiere section).

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A24’s ‘Dream Scenario’ Gets November 10th Release Date

August 15, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Two weeks ago, TIFF announced the world premiere of “Dream Scenario,” starring Nicolas Cage as a schlubby professor who becomes an overnight celebrity after appearing in everyone's dream.

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Mike Leigh’s New Film Wraps Production in London

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Leigh, who is 80, started shooting this mysterious new film in May and, I’m being told, production has since wrapped.

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‘The Blind Side’ Was A Lie?

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Michael Oher has filed a lawsuit alleging he wasn’t adopted, but tricked into a conservatorship that gave “parents” Sean & Leigh Anne Tuohy total control over his assets.

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SAG Will No Longer Approve Indie Projects for Production

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Already, 207 “independent” films had been given the greenlight to continue to film during the strike — those specific productions will not be affected by this latest decision.

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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Runtime is 2 Hours 45 Minutes

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Is it just me or are movies getting longer these days? It seems to be an unwritten rule, for many moviegoers, that a film should be anywhere between 90 to 120 minutes.

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Charlie Kaufman Says Movies That Make Money Are “Garbage”

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Kaufman didn’t mince words when tackling the current Hollywood studio system and the lack of art in today’s movies. In fact, he believes that any movie that makes a ton of money at the box-office is probably sh*t.

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IndieWire’s Eccentric Best Films of the ‘80s List

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It’s ‘80s week over at IndieWire and to mark the event, they’ve posted their own top 100 of the decade. This is based on the lists submitted from their staff, around 20 of them. Here’s the top 10:

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‘Sound of Freedom’ Director Calls QAnon Labels “Heartbreaking,” But Wants to Make A Sequel

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t know the full backstory when it comes to the media smears behind “Sound of Freedom” — what exactly is its connection to conspiracy theorist QAnon? What does it have to do with the movie?

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Disney Developing ‘Prince Charming’ Movie With “Bumbling Idiot” Lead Character

August 14, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The movie is told from Prince Charming's point of view, but he's being described as a “bumbling idiot”. Meanwhile, Snow White is the real true “fearless leader” of the story. Keep it up, Disney.

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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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James Gray Takes Aim at Letterboxd, First Reactions, Star Ratings and Tomatometers: ‘2001’ Would Probably Be Rotten If Released Today”

James Gray is taking aim at the instant gratification that's infected film discourse, including social media first reactions, and Letterboxd. Oh, and he hates Rotten Tomatoes.

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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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