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Lars Von Trier Has Almost Completed the Screenplay For His Final Film

Lars Von Trier is working on the 15th—and likely final—film of his career, “After,” and according to his producer, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, the screenplay is supposed to be completed this month

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Mel Gibson Says ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ Not in Aramaic Because the Story Is Too “Complex” for Subtitles

Gibson isn’t shooting the sequels in Aramaic and Latin. They’re in English. He now explains the decision, saying the material became too complicated to ask audiences to process through subtitles.

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David Ellison Ready to Sign Three-Year Deal Promising 30 Paramount/Warner Bros. Movies a Year in Theaters

Paramount/Skydance’s David Ellison is making a big promise to theater owners as he tries to get that proposed $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal across the finish line.

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Dominates With $145M Second Weekend as Sexless ‘One Night Only’ Bombs With $5M

“Spider Man: Brand New Day” with the highest 10-day domestic run ever. Through tomorrow, the US total will be $653M, and $1.7 billion worldwide. Talk about a blockbuster—this is the definition of one.

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Confirmed: ‘Digger’ Runtime is Actually 2 Hours 8 Minutes

Iñárritu is certainly one to indulge. His last film, “Bardo,” ran 159 minutes, while “The Revenant” was 156 minutes, “Biutiful” 148 minutes, “Babel” 143 minutes, and “Amores Perros” 154 minutes.

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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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Christopher McQuarrie is Writing ‘Top Gun 3’ — “We Cracked the Story”

May 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Given McQuarrie’s deep involvement in Cruise’s recent projects, it raises the question: will he also step in to direct? The previous film, “Top Gun: Maverick,” was helmed by Joseph Kosinski.

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Jafar Panahi Returns to Iran After Cannes Triumph, Greeted as a Hero

May 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Following his Palme d’Or win at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, celebrated Iranian director Jafar Panahi has landed back in Tehran — and received a hero’s welcome (via The Guardian).

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Is Aaron Taylor-Johnson Already Bond? Omega Partnership Sparks Speculation

May 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, long rumored to be in line for the iconic role, has just been unveiled as a global ambassador for Omega — a brand that’s been synonymous with Bond since GoldenEye.

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Alexander Payne is “Actively Working” on ‘Election’ Sequel

May 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Speaking to MovieWeb, Payne revealed that he and longtime collaborator Jim Taylor are “actively working” on a follow-up inspired by Tom Perrotta’s 2022 novel Tracy Flick Can’t Win.

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Lynne Ramsay & Ezra Miller To Reunite for New Vampire Film

May 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“I’m making a vampire movie,” Ramsay revealed in a recent interview with The Los Angeles Times. “It’s with Ezra Miller who was in ‘Kevin.’ He’s the main character. That’s in development.”

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‘Batman Forever: Schumacher Cut’ Screening Nixed After Warner Bros. Sends Cease & Desist

May 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The planned screening of the ‘Schumacher Cut’ has been canceled. Warner Bros. reportedly issued a cease-and-desist letter to Cinefile Video.

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Martin Scorsese to Direct ‘Midnight Vendetta’ — Tackles 1890 Mafia in New Orleans

May 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Scorsese’s tentatively titled “Midnight Vendetta,” which just had its script submitted by the great Eric Roth (“The Insider,” “Munich”), will tackle the Mafia’s arrival in New Orleans around 1890.

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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Earns Insane $180M Memorial Day Weekend

May 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s Deadline’s box office sources implying that “Lilo & Stitch” will have the biggest Memorial Day opening in history — $180M is the current tally.

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Guy Ritchie’s ‘Fountain of Youth’ Faces Critical Wrath Despite Star-Studded Cast and $200M Budget

May 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Despite a bloated $200M budget and the glossy sheen of John Krasinski and Natalie Portman playing bickering siblings on a myth-hunting world tour.

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Łukasz Żal to DP Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’— Shooting This Summer

May 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I’m wondering if, much like Pawlikowski’s last two films, this one will also be shot in Żal‘s stunningly lensed black and white. It’s a period piece, so it would make sense for both to continue on this monochrome-infused path.

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Cannes 2025 Postmortem

May 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The general consensus? Juliette Binoche and her jury did what they could with what they were given. The 2025 winners were mostly fair and decidedly cautious.

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Michael Bay Denies He’s Directing ‘Skibidi Toilet’

May 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In a recent Instagram post, filmmaker Michael Bay appeared to shut down rumors that he’s currently directing a “Skibidi Toilet” film, despite several reports earlier, from official sources, this week suggesting otherwise.

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Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was A Simple Accident’ Wins the Palme d’Or [Cannes]

May 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The 78th Cannes Film Festival is reaching its climax on Saturday night in France, with the official awards ceremony now underway. I’ll update this article as winners get announced.

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Readers’ Thoughts on ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’? What’s The Best Film of the Franchise?

May 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I imagine many of our readers are planning to see it on the big screen—or may have already caught an early showing. What did you think? Where does it land in your personal “Mission: Impossible” rankings?

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Palme d’Or Rumors & Intel — Laxe, Mendonça, Trier, Panahi, Dardenne Have Won Prizes [Cannes]

May 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The clock is ticking down—less than three hours now until the Palme d’Or is announced—and the Croisette is humming with rumors.

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‘The Young Mother’s Home’ is The Dardennes’ Most Acclaimed Film in Over A Decade [Cannes]

May 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are back on familiar ground in “The Young Mother’s Home,” a quietly powerful film that finds the Belgian auteurs once again doing what they do best

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Ethan Coen’s ‘Honey Don’t’ Panned By Critics [Cannes]

May 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Honey Don’t,” Ethan Coen’s second solo effort, following “Drive-Away Dolls,” has crashed and burned with critics; pans coming from THR, IndieWire, The Wrap, Collider, Variety, Vulture, and Inverse.

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Cannes 2025: ‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ Wins Un Certain Regard

May 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I saw roughly a dozen Un Certain Regard titles this year. Unlike last year, there weren’t many good ones—even among some of the films awarded this evening at Salle Debussy.

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‘The Mastermind’ is Kelly Reichardt’s Most Accessible & Enjoyable Film [Cannes]

May 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“The Mastermind” is also Reichardt’s most entertaining film due to its subversive, and its compelling character study. It’s quietly gripping, distinctively melancholic, never dull, and breezy in execution.

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‘Michael’ Biopic Headed for 22 Days of Reshoots in June — And That’s Just the First Film

May 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lionsgate and producer Graham King have officially decided that their long-in-the-works Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” needs some heavy lifting before it’s ready to moonwalk into theaters.

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‘The Odyssey’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Epic Is a Flawed but Astonishing Spectacle — Rave Reviews Confirm Best Picture Frontrunner

There is something undeniably powerful about a film that swings this hard, that embraces myth, spectacle, and the strange dream logic of ancient storytelling.

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ Gets Reshoots, Won’t Premiere at Venice Film Festival

About a month ago, Variety published a piece saying that “The Social Reckoning” was being submitted to the Venice Film Festival. I can confirm now that will definitely not be happening.

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Joel Coen’s ‘Jack of Spades’ Delayed to 2027

The film stars Josh O’Connor, Lesley Manville, Frances McDormand, and Damien Lewis, but no plot details have been revealed. All we know is that it’s a “gothic mystery” set in 1880s Scotland.

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Christopher Nolan’s Place in Cinema History: Genius, Overrated, or Something In Between?

Nolan has changed what a modern blockbuster can be, and that alone is a significant legacy. The bigger question is whether he has truly transformed cinema itself, or simply reinvented the blockbuster.

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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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