Variety is reporting that Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon” has “brought the house down” at the Berlin Film Festival, and that it’s “the first big and buzzy film” to have screened at the fest, so far.

Hot off the heels of being recently singled out and praised by Martin Scorsese, Radu Jude is set to premiere a new film on Wednesday at the Berlin Film Festival. It’s called “Kontinental ‘25.” A trailer has now been released.

The filmmaking duo’s followup has been shrouded in total secrecy. Details have yet to emerge about plot or casting, but Universal seems to suggest it’ll have a bigger scope and budget than their previous two films.

Mimi Cave’s “Holland,” shot in early 2023, starring Nicole Kidman, and premiering at SXSW, is going straight to Prime Video on March 27.

Noah Hawley, a wizard of episodic television, struck out with his drowsy film debut, 2019’s “Lucy in the Sky,” starring Natalie Portman — it failed with critics and audiences.

Brady Corbet is sharing more details about his next film, including the subject matter, which mainly takes place in the ‘70s, but also spans 150 years. He will once again be tackling the immigrant experience.

In an interview with THR, Haynes says he’s moved on from that project and is now hard at work on “Trust,” a limited series starring Kate Winslet. Jon Raymond is co-writing the script with Haynes.

How sad is it that we have trades celebrating Edward Berger’s “Conclave” hitting the $100M worldwide mark at the box-office. Has it become so rare for an adult-oriented original to make that much money?

In this era of “trigger warnings,” Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater, who have “Blue Moon” premiering at the Berlin Film Festival, spoke out on the timid and all-too-safe way movies are being made today.

In a conversation on Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast, Brady Corbet, who wrote and directed “The Brutalist,” is saying that despite the film’s success, which includes 10 Oscar nominations, he’s practically broke.

Denis Villeneuve hasn’t even shot “Dune Messiah” yet, but Warner Bros and Legendary are already planning ahead in milking this franchise to death.

In case you didn’t hear, and I wouldn’t blame you for being unaware, Uwe Boll just wrapped production on his next film which is peculiarly titled “The Dark Knight,” and happens to star Armie Hammer.

Here’s Deadline’s spitball of potential Cannes lineup contenders — there’s a few nifty tidbits in there, but much of it was previously reported by yours truly a few weeks ago.

Last we checked, in November, Duke Johnson was still in post-production on “The Actor” which stars Andre Holland and is being distributed by Neon. This might finally be the year that sees the release of the film as it was recently stamped with an “R” rating by the MPA.

The Berlinale Screen Jury Grid has Michel Franco’s “Dreams,” starring Jessica Chastain, leading the way with an impressive score of 3.1/4. I used to be a skeptic of Franco’s brand of morose cinema. However, his last two films — “Sundown” and “Memory” —were very good.

Last month, Quentin Tarantino took aim at studios’ “show pony exercise” of not giving movies proper theatrical bows and instead releasing their titles on streaming after just a few weeks in theaters.

The official X account for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” has revealed our first look at Matt Damon who will indeed be playing Odysseus. He’s the lead of the film.

One source tells the outlet that Disney is quietly gearing up to begin production on the next ‘Pirates’ instalment, and that Depp is supposed to be part of the cast.