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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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Baz Luhrmann Eyed to Direct Disney’s ‘Tangled’ Live-Action Remake

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Insider Daniel Richtman is claiming that Disney wants Baz Luhrmann to direct their live-action remake of “Tangled,” which might star Florence Pugh.

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The 28 Must-See Fall Movies [Updated]

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

UPDATED: I’ve taken off ‘Dune 2’ and also added 10 new titles. Although title options are running out, I’m still tempted to turn this into a top 35.

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Martin Scorsese’s Best Film of the 21st Century?

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Some, maybe many, believe that Martin Scorsese’s 21st century output of films paled in comparison to his earlier stuff from ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.

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San Sebastien Adds Cristi Puiu, Xavier LeGrand and Isabella Eklöf to Competition

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A few surprise world premieres are part of the last batch of competition titles at the San Sebastien Film Festival. “Holiday” filmmaker Isabella Eklöf‘s “Kalak,” Xavier Legrand‘s “The Successor,” and Cristi Puiu’s “MMXX,” have been added alongside Kitty Green’s Telluride-TIFF selected “The Royal Hotel,” Raven Jackson’s “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” and Christos Nikou‘s “Fingernails”.

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Harmony Korine: ‘Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare III’ “Looks Better Than Anything That Spielberg’s Ever Done” [Updated]

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Harmony Korine has full-on lost his mind for video games. In fact, he believes that the recent advances in gaming technology now look visually better than any movie (via EW):

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What’s Actually Getting Good Buzz? ‘Poor Things,’ ‘Saltburn’ and ‘All Of Us Strangers’

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

All throughout the summer I’ve been hearing whispers, here and there, about the upcoming fall movie slate, which has lowered my expectations about the amount of quality we might be getting at the September fests.

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Lars Von Trier in Trouble for Saying “Russian Lives Matter Also!”

August 25, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Maybe it wasn’t a good idea for Lars Von Trier to get an Instagram account. He’s discovered the ways social media can totally backfire on you.

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‘Dune: Part Two’ Delayed to 2024

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A total shocker this evening. After much deliberation, Warner Bros has decided to delay “Dune: Part Two” to March 15th, 2024. That’s not even a set up for a Cannes premiere. They’re just releasing in early Spring.

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‘Cat Person’ is A Nifty Genre-Bender Tackling Awkward Sex [Trailer]

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A trailer has been released for Susanna Fogel’s “Cat Person.” This one will hopefully have enough reach this fall to stir up debate amongst movie audiences.

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Shyamalan’s ‘Good Grades’ Set October Production, Before the Strike

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

It turns out that Shyamalan wasn’t going to stop shooting this year. After “Trap,” his team had reserved offices in Cincinnati, Ohio for a project titled “Good Grades.” The shoot was set to take place from October 16th to December 8th.

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‘Barbie’ Becomes Top-Grossing Movie of 2023 Domestically

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

On Wednesday — its 34th day in release — Greta Gerwig’s ”Barbie” passed “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” as the high-grossing domestic box office release of 2023.

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‘Foe’ Trailer …

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

The film is set to world premiere at the New York Film Festival, just days before its October 6th release via Amazon. Here’s a test-screening reaction from a month ago.

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‘Ferrari’ Budget is $110 Million

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

A THR interview with Michael Mann states that his upcoming “Ferrari” has a budget of $110 million — that’s $20 million more than originally reported.

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Polanski’s ‘An Officer And A Spy’ Deserves U.S. Release

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

“An Officer and a Spy” is the real deal. Polanski crafted his film with absolute surgical genius. Only a master can make a film as sublimely atmospheric and textural as this one.

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Chile Selects ‘The Settlers’ Over ‘El Conde’ as Their Oscar Submission

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Some were surprised by last night’s announcement that Chile’s submission for the Best International Film Oscar was not Pablo Larrain’s “El Conde,” but rather Felipe Gálvez‘s “The Settlers.”

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Wes Anderson’s ‘The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar’ Sets Netflix September 27 Debut

August 24, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Wes Anderson’s 37-minute “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” will premiere on Netflix September 27. No word yet on whether the other three Roald Dahl shorts Anderson shot will also be there. Check out the Venice poster below.

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Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Aiming for Cannes 2024 Premiere

August 23, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Shooting on Sean Baker’s “Anora” wrapped this past March. This will be his eighth feature film. I’m being told not to expect it anytime soon as it is eyeing a premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

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Paul Verhoeven to Direct ‘Sans Compter’ in France

August 23, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

In the latest issue of Premiere (France), producer Saïd Ben Saïd confirmed that his next project with Paul Verhoeven will be titled “Sans compter.”

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First Clip: Korine’s ‘Aggro Dr1ft’

August 23, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Now that Harmony Korine is questioning whether his upcoming “Aggro Dr1ft” is even a “real movie,” it’s a good time to share a clip I’ve been sitting on since last night.

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‘The Exorcist: Believer’ Has Some Major Red Flags

August 23, 2023 Jordan Ruimy

Back in May I wrote about the catastrophic test screening for “The Exorcist: Believer” in New York.

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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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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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