Noé admits he doesn’t watch much television, but, after being told, by numerous people, to watch Sam Levinson’s “Euphoria,” he finally decided to buy the DVD boxset.

Alex Garland’s “Civil War” is getting polarized reactions over at the SXSW Film Festival. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given the subject matter.

How can a movie studio actually have a cult following? Even in the ‘90s, an indie boutique arthouse company like Miramax couldn’t muster up the kind of unabashed following A24 has attained.

Although not official, it’s pretty obvious that Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Kinds of Kindness” will be going to the Cannes Film Festival. Searchlight has just announced a June 21, 2024 release date for the film.

Greta Gerwig has joined the cast of Noah Baumbach’s next film, “Jay Kelly.” I’m glad she’s continuing on as an actress. Before she became a filmmaker, Gerwig, 40, was a wonderful indie actress.

It should be crossing the $200 million mark by Sunday. The repeat customers on this one are off the chain. I would say a $250 million final tally is looking very likely, and, who knows, maybe $300 million could happen.

Here’s the trailer for Chris Pine’s “Poolman” and it’s, um … well, just watch it. If you care to buy a ticket for this one, Vertical has set up a May 10, 2024 release date for Pine’s directorial debut.

Back in December 2020, Patty Jenkins was supposed to helm the ‘Star Wars’ film “Rogue Squadron,’ with the movie hitting theaters on December 22, 2023. Obviously, that never materialized, the film was nixed.

As we anticipate his upcoming “Civil War,” Alex Garland is not, contrary to rumors, retiring from directing and will, in fact, remain in the battlefield for his next film.

Details are starting to leak out about Fede Alvarez’s “Alien: Romulus.” It test screened a few days ago in California. Word is also that we’ll be getting a trailer coming for it this month.

A July 31 production start is already scheduled, David Koepp has almost completed the script and now it looks as though a cast is being assembled for Gareth Edwards’ “Jurassic City”.

Todd Haynes, coming off last year’s “May December,” hasn’t even started shooting his next film yet, but he’s already implying that it’ll be a button-pusher of the highest order.

If there’s one movie, theatrical or streaming, that got people talking in 2023, with the exception of “Barbenheimer,” it was Sam Esmail’s “Leave the World Behind”. The apocalyptic thriller was the No. 1 movie in the U.S. on Netflix for almost three weeks.

A reader has asked, when are the ‘40s? Not any time soon. I might leave that decade covered by the end of the year, or maybe early 2025. There’s other polls I’m currently developing, and they will be revealed very soon.

“The Bride!” has been set, via Warner Bros, for a theatrical and IMAX launch, on October 3, 2025. Sounds like they want Gyllenhaal to return to Venice after premiering her debut feature (“The Lost Daughter”) there.

The X account for Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” has been shut down. This, after it decided to go rogue on Monday and bash Neon for not inviting the film’s cast and crew to the distributor’s Oscar afterparty.

We already heard from Steven Spielberg about his love for “The Fall Guy,” and last night it was time for SXSW Film Festival audiences to weigh in on the film. Early word is positive for the David Leitch directed action movie.

Icelandic writer-director Hlynur Pálmason’s third feature, following his gripping “A White, White Day,” was the Cannes stunner “Godland,” a slowburn that slowly revealed its shattering cards.