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‘One Night Only’ Director Cut Out “So Much Nudity” Because People Dislike Sex on Screen

Turns out, there’s a much more sexual version of “One Night Only,” with lots of sex and nudity, that never made it to theaters. The film’s director, Will Gluck, blames audience discomfort for the cuts.

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SS Rajamouli’s ‘Varanasi’ Is Being Shot Entirely on IMAX, Following ‘The Odyssey’

SS Rajamouli’s upcoming “magnum opus” is called “Varanasi,” starring Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Prithviraj Sukumaran — a massive movie, which just got more massive.

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Venice Film Festival Schedule Reveals “Mystery Film” Held Back for “Security Reasons,” to Be Announced Soon

Interestingly, there’s a slot on Thursday, September 10, for a film “yet to be announced.” The runtime is around 90 minutes. I reached out to a source who gave some more details.

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‘The Odyssey’ Hits $1 Billion; ‘Brand New Day’ Tops $1.3 Billion; ‘One Night Only’ Stumbles With $750K Thursday

“Spider-Man: Brand New” just became the fastest movie to cross $500M domestic ever, doing so in seven days and beating “Avengers: Endgame,” which did it in eight.

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‘Wonka’ Sequel “Delayed Indefinitely,” Warner Bros. Denies

The original plan was to start production this year, but Chalamet is now getting pickier about what comes next for him. He still hasn’t decided, but it won’t be “Wonka 2,” which is “delayed indefinitely.”

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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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PTA in Fortnite? Warner Bros. Rolls the Dice on ‘One Battle After Another’ Marketing

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Warner Bros. has decided that the best way to market Paul Thomas Anderson’s $150+ million “One Battle After Another” is… by putting it in Fortnite.

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Shot in 2020, ‘War of the Worlds’ Reboot with Ice Cube Gets Dumped on Streaming

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

To mark the “occasion,” Prime has released a trailer, accompanied by a short description that reads: “Ice Cube fights aliens to save his family and the world.”

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‘South Park’ Goes Full Trump Deepfake Insanity in $1.5 Billion Middle Finger to Paramount

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Only Trey Parker and Matt Stone could sign a $1.5 billion deal with Paramount and then immediately torch the network, and possibly the entire arrangement, less than 24 hours later.

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JT Mollner (‘Strange Darling') to Direct Stephen King’s ‘The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon’

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lionsgate has officially optioned the rights to another King title, “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon,” with rising “Strange Darling” filmmaker JT Mollner set to write and direct.

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Park Chan-Wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ Has A Trailer

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The trailer for Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” has officially been released by Neon. An inevitable Venice Film Festival premiere seems imminent

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Ilya Naishuller to Helm ‘Road House 2’

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ilya Naishuller, best known for “Hardcore Henry” and the Bob Odenkirk-led “Nobody,” has officially stepped in to direct “Road House 2.”

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‘Train Dreams’ Trailer: Joel Edgerton Leads Clint Bentley’s Malick-Inspired Frontier Drama

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams,” a Malickian drama about a railroad worker who lives an isolated life, was acquired by Netflix in later January. The deal was reported to be in the $10M range. A trailer has been released for Bentley’s film.

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Terry Gilliam Can't Get His Movies Made: “Somebody Give Me the Money"

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s becoming more and more likely that Gilliam has directed his final film. As much as he remains creatively restless, the system no longer seems built to support someone like him.

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‘One Battle After Another': New Trailer Has Car Chases, Pynchon Paranoia, Tom Cruise Joke, and DiCaprio as “Ghetto Pat”

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” his 10th film, has released a new trailer, and it’s a wild one. The best of the bunch, so far.

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Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ to Premiere as NYFF Centerpiece

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

NYFF has announced that Jim Jarmusch’s latest effort, “Father Mother Sister Brother,” will serve as this year’s Centerpiece selection, with its North American premiere set for October 3.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman, a Decade Later, and Still Irreplaceable

July 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

For many, his loss still stings, still feels unresolved. Because the truth is, in every film he touched, he made it better.

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‘Michael’ Delayed to April 2026

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

As expected, Lionsgate has decided to delay its long-in-the-works Michael Jackson biopic “Michael” to April 24, 2026 global theatrical release.

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Taylor Russell’s Abrupt Exit from ‘Thomas Crown Affair’ Tied to Rumored Off-Screen Romance

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

When Taylor Russell abruptly exited Michael B. Jordan’s “The Thomas Crown Affair” mid-shoot due to the usual “creative differences” line, plenty of eyebrows were raised.

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Hans Zimmer to Score ‘Euphoria’ Season 3

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In a surprising development, HBO has confirmed that legendary composer Hans Zimmer will score Sam Levinson’s upcoming third season of Euphoria.

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Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’ Test Screens: A Mixed Bag?

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Initial reactions suggest a more conventional, lower-stakes dramedy than his previous two features, with a tone and structure some compared to “The Big Sick.”

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‘Calexit’: Chad Stahelski To Direct Politically-Charged Mass Deportation Action Movie

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

If you’ve never heard of “Calexit,” it’s about an authoritarian U.S. president who signs an executive order to deport all immigrants, California refuses.

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THR’s 25 Best Horror Movies of the 21st Century

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t envy the people tasked with putting together these kinds of lists—especially when it comes to horror, a genre defined by its wildly diverse tastes and countless subgenres.

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Aziz Ansari’s ‘Good Fortune’ Has Test Screened More Than Any Other 2025 Film — Trailer Raises More Concerns

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

By my count, Aziz Ansari’s “Good Fortune,” which is set to world premiere at TIFF, holds the unofficial record for most test screenings of any film in 2025.

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Bryan Fuller's ‘Dust Bunny' Eyeing TIFF Midnight Madness Premiere

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) has decided to make movies, and the result looks as deranged as you’d expect. I’m hearing a TIFF Midnight Madness slot is reserved for this one.

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Ike Barinholtz to Play Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial'

July 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Barinholtz, known for his roles in “The Mindy Project” and “Blockers,” will no doubt be bringing his usual satirical edge to Musk, who is depicted as a supporting character in the tech drama.

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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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