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3-Hour ‘Midsommar' Director's Cut Screened in NYC
Aug 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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Kevin Spacey’s $40M Gore Vidal Biopic — Shot in 2017 — Remains Unreleased by Netflix

May 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Over the weekend, a source tied to an indie distributor reached out to say that Netflix is still refusing to sell off “Gore,” the long-shelved biopic about writer Gore Vidal starring Kevin Spacey.

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Tom Cruise is “Very Serious” About Making Les Grossman Movie

May 26, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Don’t even get me started on the comedic brilliance of Les Grossman in “Tropic Thunder” — it was so unexpected it practically made us forget it was Tom Cruise acting underneath all that makeup.

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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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