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Josh Brolin Says ‘Sicario 3’ Is “Happening” and Will Shoot “Soon” — But Who’s Directing?

This is a significant update for a project that has been stuck in development for years, and comes roughly a year after Brolin said “Sicario 3” was a maybe.

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‘The Odyssey’ Hits VOD, 4k Blu-Ray Release on November 17 — Exactly 120 Days After Theatrical Release

Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” followed a similar four-month window, landing on digital and physical media at the same time. Universal also waited until roughly a month before making it official.

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Box-Office: ‘The End of Oak Street’ Stumbles as ‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Eyes $25M Opening, ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Holds No. 1

The big wide release this weekend is “Insidious: Out of the Further,” backed by Sony and Blumhouse. This is the sixth ‘Insidious’ movie, and since they are made cheaply, it won’t be the last.

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Michael Showalter Is Remaking ‘Serendipity’ for Amazon/MGM— But He Insists It’s a “Rebuttal” Not A “Remake”

Michael Showalter (“The Big Sick”) is teaming up with Amazon/MGM to direct a “modern retelling” of the 2001 romantic comedy “Serendipity.” Marc Klein, who wrote the original film, is writing the script.

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Peter Berg’s ‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Sets October 30 Theatrical Release, November Netflix Premiere

The theatrical rollout for “The Mosquito Bowl” is for Oscar eligibility, as the film will play in select AMC theaters during its run, along with additional locations across the country.

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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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Oliver Stone Says He Has “One More" Film Left in Him: “It'll Be Done in the Next Year"

May 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Oliver Stone, 77, currently the Chomsky of Hollywood filmmakers, is still fully engaged, plugging away and making docs — his latest one, “Lula,” premiered yesterday.

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‘The Substance' STUNS Cannes —Audacious, Bloody, and Brilliant

May 20, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” an instant body-horror classic, is the best film I’ve seen, so far, at Cannes. This is an absolute onslaught of audacity— sound, imagery and blood, tackling Hollywood’s obsession with female beauty.

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Josh Safdie's Sandler/Netflix Baseball Movie is Definitely Happening

May 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Cannes is a place where I tend to get a lot of good scoops. Here’s some new intel regarding that Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie film that’s been heavily delayed.

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Kevin Costner's ‘Horizon' Earns Mixed Reviews [Cannes]

May 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Kevin Costner premiered the first of his four ‘Horizon’ movies tonight in Cannes. Despite a 7-minute standing ovation, not all critics are being kind to his 3-hour western. It was to be expected.

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Francis Ford Coppola Hasn’t Read or Seen Negative ‘Megalopolis’ Reviews

May 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s been four days since Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” screened here and know what? People are still talking about it. You’ll still bump into someone who wants to talk about this highly eccentric film.

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‘Rumors' is the Most Accessibly Goofy Film Guy Maddin Has Made [Cannes]

May 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Guy Maddin's “Rumours” screened last night and it's his goofiest, most mainstream film to date. Working as a sort of comedy-satire that delves into the lunacy of governing.

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Austin Butler Doesn't Deny He's in ‘Heat 2': “No Comment"

May 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

My sources already confirmed to me that Austin Butler was going to be par tof Michael Mann’s “Heat 2.” He’s set to play Chris Shiherlis, originally portrayed in 1995’s “Heat” by Val Kilmer.

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Scorsese's ‘Goodfellas' Slapped With “Trigger Warning" Due to “Cultural Stereotypes"

May 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

AMC has added a trigger warning to another classic, “Goodfellas.” Before the film begins, a message reads at the warning of “cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance.”

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Luca Guadagnino's ‘Queer' is 3 Hours — Set to Premiere at Venice

May 19, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

I spoke to a producer here at Cannes who tells me he’s seen Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” and that it’s “fantastic” and clocks in at 3 hours. Daniel Craig might have delivered the performance of his career.

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Neon Acquires Mohammad Rasoulof's ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’

May 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Neon has backed the last four Palme d’Or winners. It now appears as though they will be contending for a fifth one this year.

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‘Emilia Perez': Our First Major Palme d'Or Contender [Cannes]

May 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It’s no secret that, so far, this hasn’t been the strongest Cannes competition. attendees here desperately needed a standout film, and today we finally got one.

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Neon to Reteam With Oz Perkins (‘Longlegs') on His Next Two Films

May 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Neon clearly sees something in the guy and are hoping he’s next big thing in horror. A24 gave us Ari Aster and Robert Eggers — Neon wants to give us Oz Perkins.

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Confirmed: Yorgos Lanthimos' ‘Bugonia' to Start Production in June [Update]

May 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

We have a title for Yorgos Lanthimos’ remake, it’s called “Bugonia” and follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien.

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Paul Schrader to Direct Film Noir ‘Non Compos Mentis' — Tackles “Sexual Obsession"

May 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

After a run of health scares, and reckoning with mortality in the Cannes premiered "Oh, Canada," Paul Schrader says he is now in his “post-dying” era of filmmaking.

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Richard Kelly Want to Make A ‘Southland Tales' Prequel

May 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Kelly’s career seemed to go off the rails with “Southland Tales,” often regarded as one of the biggest disasters in modern film, and which premiered at Cannes 2006 to very hostile reviews.

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David Cronenberg's Originally Pitched ‘The Shrouds' to Netflix, They Rejected It

May 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Back in 2019, Cronenberg mentioned to me that he had pitched a series to Netflix, he didn’t specify what it was, but it piqued the curiosity of many of his fans.

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Andrea Arnold's ‘Bird’ is, Sadly, Her Worst Film [Cannes]

May 18, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

It turns out that Andrea Arnold’s “Bird” is unlike any film that she’s made before, almost playing like a fable, steeped in magical realism.

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Paul Schrader's ‘Oh, Canada' is A Dud [Cannes]

May 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

Critics seem to be in agreement. “Oh, Canada” is getting panned practically across the board — The Guardian, IndieWire, The Wrap, THR, The Telegraph all disliked it.

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‘The Fall Guy' is Already Headed to VOD Next Tuesday

May 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This past weekend, the Ryan Gosling/Emily Blunt action flick placed second at the box-office with an estimated $13.7 million. The budget to produce “The Fall Guy” is said to have been around $150 million.

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‘Kinds of Kindness' is Lanthimos Back in Non-Conformist and Nasty Form [Cannes]

May 17, 2024 Jordan Ruimy

This is Lanthimos going back to his Bunuel-inspired roots — think “Dogtooth” and “The Lobster.” You can just hear Lanthimos telling the mainstream to f*ck off. He strives to alienate the most timid of viewers.

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Good/Great Movies That Don't Deserve Their “Rotten" Scores

These 31 titles clearly have their share of detractors — that’s why they’re “rotten” — and I expect some people to question a few of these picks. That’s fine. However, I believe most are strong films, worth reevaluating.

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‘Dune: Part Three’ Reportedly “Blew Away" Warner Bros. With Rough 3-Hour Cut as New Teaser Stuns

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What is David Fincher’s Best Film? 100+ Critics Say, No Contest, It’s ‘Zodiac’

We managed to gather 118 ballots from critics, programmers, filmmakers, and scholars. Each was asked to submit a single title, the one they believe to be the best of Fincher’s filmography.

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Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Glimpses of the Moon’ (Apparently) Starts Production This Month in Italy

Coppola has described “Glimpses” as a “strange 30s-style musical.” No cast has been announced. The film is a loose adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel, “inspired” by Leo McCarey’s “The Awful Truth.”

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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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