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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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Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ Starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Lands at Sony Pictures Classics

February 1, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The upcoming film starring Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, and John Turturro will begin shooting this March in New York and Madrid. There’s one more actress that should be added to the cast soon — Anya Taylor Joy?

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Trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s Surreal ‘The Beast’

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

A trailer for “The Beast” is now online. Bertrand Bonello’s critically acclaimed sci-fi mindbender, starring Lea Seydoux and George MacKay, was acquired by Sideshow and Janus Films.

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Sony Lands ‘28 Years Later’ — $60 Million Budget, Danny Boyle to Direct

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After a much-heated bidding war, THR is reporting that Sony has prevailed and acquired the rights to “28 Years Later” and its still-untitled sequel.

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Cannes Boss Says David Fincher is Not Anymore “On the Same Level” Because of Netflix

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Cannes boss, Thierry Fremaux, was a guest speaker at the Goteborg Film Festival. He had some interesting things to say about cinema, festivals, and, most intriguingly, Netflix.

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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’ to Premiere at Cannes?

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” will have its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival which is set to take place May 14 to 25, 2024. It’ll be the first time Guadagnino brings one of his films on the Croisette.

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‘Argylle’ Debuts With 39% on Rotten Tomatoes

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Will the bad “Argylle” reviews put a damper on Matthew Vaughn’s current momentum in the industry? He had a promising start in his career (“Layer Cake,” “Kick-Ass,” “X-Men: First Class”) but it’s all going to sh*ts right now for him.

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Sundance: Sean Wang’s ‘Didi’ Picked Up by Focus Features

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Sean Wang’s “Didi” has been acquired by Focus Features who will give it a much-deserved theatrical release later this year. No word on how much Focus had to fork out to nab the film.

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Oscars: Paul Giamatti Deserves to Win for ‘The Holdovers,’ and He Might Just Pull It Off

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Giamatti is a treasure. Let us remember that he wasn’t even Oscar nominated, and should have won, for 2004’s “Sideways.” He is back in the race, this time nominated for “The Holdovers.”

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Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Cleopatra’ Being Written by ‘1917’ Writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Now, in a Time Magazine interview, Villeneuve confirms he’s currently working on three projects: “Dune: Messiah,” “Cleopatra” and an adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s “Rendezvous With Rama.”

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PTA’s ‘Vineland’? Zoyd and Prairie? Newcomer Chase Infiniti Added to the Cast [Updated]

January 31, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Is that Vineland’s Zoyd and his daughter Prairie? DiCaprio can be seen above with a young actress who fits the bill as Prairie.

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Matthew Vaughn Believes ‘Deadpool 3’ “Will Save the MCU”

January 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t know why Matthew Vaughn, who has been everywhere lately, needs to weigh in on the MCU, but, sure, why not? He’s got “Argylle,” a spy movie, coming out next week and hasn’t really been involved in the superhero genre since ‘X-Men: First Class.”

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Christopher Nolan calls ‘Aftersun’ and ‘Past Lives’ His Favorite Recent Films

January 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Although Nolan prefers to make big studio epics, that doesn’t mean he isn’t fond of smaller budgeted indies. When asked about some of the more recent films that he’s seen, Nolan namechecks two A24 titles as favorites.

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Report: Jake Gyllenhaal Destroyed $30 Million Film With Strange, Erratic Behavior

January 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Although “Suddenly” was eventually shot in French, with French actors, it was originally supposed to be shot in 2021, in English, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby as the main couple. It was a hot project that even had the likes of Margot Robbie eyeing to star.

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Cannes Title ‘Black Flies’ FINALLY Bought by Vertical for 2024 Release, Renamed ‘Asphalt City’

January 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I was wondering about the curious absence of “Black Flies,” which I happened to catch at its May 18, 2023 debut in Cannes.

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‘Longlegs’ Has Four New Posters + Trailer Release on Friday

January 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Also, four posters were released this afternoon, all well-designed, with a niche ‘70s look, and intriguing enough to have us look forward to Friday’s preview. You can check them all out at the end of this article.

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First Images of PTA and DiCaprio’s New Film in Eureka, California

January 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After checking out these images from the new Paul Thomas Anderson film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, the “Vineland” rumors are not subsiding anytime soon.

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Trailer for Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare’

January 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

In April, Ritchie teams up with Lionsgate for the feature film “The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare” for which we now have a trailer.

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Derek Cianfrance to Direct ‘Roofman' About Prolific McDonald’s Robber Who Lived in a Toys ‘R Us

January 30, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Now that he’s no longer directing “Wolfman,” director Derek Cianfrance might have found his next project, which could result in it being his first film in over 8 years.

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Ayo Edebiri is the Latest to Exit Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’

January 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

How bad is the “Thunderbolts” script? That’s the first thing I asked myself after learning that Ayo Edebiri had announced her exit from the project. Her reason for dropping out was just as dubious (“scheduling conflict”).

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Milly Alcock Cast as ‘Supergirl’

January 29, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

The British actor that plays the American superhero trend continues. “House of Dragon” star Milly Alcock has signed on to play “Supergirl” in James Gunn's DCU.

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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

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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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