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Matt Reeves’ ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’ Not Moving Forward at Apple, Seeks New Home

Reeves is supposed to direct, David E. Kelley is writing, and just like that, Apple got cold feet — the usual “creative differences” excuse is being cited in the report, and maybe that was indeed the case.

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Paul Thomas Anderson Reportedly Shadowed Martin Scorsese and Rewrote ‘What Happens at Night’

Having an insurance director is not uncommon in Hollywood. Aging filmmakers, in case a health issue arises, sometimes need to have one. It seems like that’s what might have occurred on “What Happens at Night.”

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LOL: Eli Roth Blames Lionsgate for ‘Borderlands’ Failure, Says Final Cut Was Not His

The box-office bomb cost $145M to produce and ended up finishing its run with a total of just $31M worldwide in receipts. The film was reportedly a $115M for Lionsgate.

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Jeremy Saulnier’s New A24 Thriller ‘October’ Reveals First Plot Details — Will It Release This Year?

A24 has been keeping quiet about the film, but I hear it was recently screened internally, and a decision should be coming shortly, if not by the end of this month.

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Jane Schoenbrun Says A24 Passed on ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’: “I Want to Destroy” the Systems That Make Movies

Schoenbrun struggled to get ‘Camp Miasma’ made after A24 passed on the project. MUBI eventually came aboard, financing the film with a $10 million budget.

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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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Readers’ Thoughts on Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’?

October 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

‘House of Dynamite’ is now available to stream on Netflix — what did you think? The film seemed like a surefire Oscar contender just weeks ago, but the post-fest response has shown how quickly momentum can evaporate

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Jennifer Lopez Pulls Out of Savannah Film Festival After ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Fumbles

October 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The singer and actress was slated to receive the Virtuoso Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, an event that was also set to host a screening of her latest project, “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

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Tom Ford’s Upcoming ‘Cry to Heaven’ Described as “Epic”

October 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Ford has so far directed two well-reviewed films, his 2009 debut “A Single Man” and 2016’s “Nocturnal Animals”; the latter won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice and went on to earn nine BAFTA awards nominations.

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Rumor: Justine Triet’s Next Film Set Inside A Psych Ward

October 25, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Triet is rumored to direct a new original film set in a psychology facility—a tense, contained “huis-clos” (closed-door) drama with crime elements woven through its psychological core.

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Steven Soderbergh Confirms ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’ Was Fully Greenlit by Lucasfilm — Scott Z. Burns Paid $3M to Write Script

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There have been many more updates since. Soderbergh has now taken to social media to elaborate about how close we actually got to this film happening.

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Warner Bros Submits ‘One Battle After Another’ in Comedy Categories at Golden Globes

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I can confirm that Warner Bros. will submit Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” for consideration in the Comedy categories at the Golden Globe Awards. Sure, why not.

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Austin Butler in Talks to Join Michael B. Jordan in ‘Miami Vice’ Reboot

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Yesterday, Jordan was confirmed to be in talks to play Ricardo Tubbs, but it’s not Glen Powell who will be playing James “Sonny” Crockett — it’s Austin Butler.

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Box-Office: ‘Chainsaw Man’ Nabs $3.4M in Previews, ‘Black Phone 2’ Grabs $1.6M, ‘Springsteen’ Soft With $850K

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Strong early turnout for Sony’s ‘Chainsaw Man’ underscores the continued box-office strength of anime titles in North America. It might even top the weekend box-office.

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Paul Schrader Has the “Perfect Script” to Make His Next Film Entirely with AI

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Schrader has long been open to AI in filmmaking. He frequently posts AI-generated images of himself on Facebook and has admitted to using ChatGPT for script ideas.

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Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Social Reckoning’ to Recreate January 6

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Now that ‘Social Reckoning’ has started production in Vancouver, the city’s downtown area has been turned into Washington, DC, most notably the Capitol.

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Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze Talking About Collaborating Again — No Longer Writing Bennett Miller’s AI Movie

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Kaufman and Jonze broke out big with “Being John Malkovich” (1999) and “Adaptation” (2002), but haven’t made anything together since.

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Diablo Cody is Writing ‘Jennifer’s Body’ Sequel — Karyn Kusama to Direct

October 24, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“Jennifer’s Body,” which starred Megan Fox, barely made a dent at the box office, but 15 years later—and thanks to home video—the film is considered, in some circles, a horror classic.

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Yorgos Lanthimos Says He’s Taking A “Break” From Filmmaking: “We’re At That Point”

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Lanthimos has released three films over these past three years. The guy must be zonked—and if his recent comments are any indication, he’s about to take a much-needed break from filmmaking.

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Scott Cooper Hopes for ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Sequel

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Scott Cooper’s “Deliver Me From Nowhere” is being released tomorrow, but the filmmaker admits there have already been talks about making a sequel

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Nancy Meyers' $100M+ Rom-Com Actually Happening at Warner Bros.

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Warner Bros. has come to the rescue and greeted Meyers with open arms. They agreed to finance the film, which has the working title “Paris Paramount.”

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Confirmed: Michael B. Jordan in Talks to Star in Joseph Kosinski’s ‘Miami Vice’ Reboot

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Jordan has now been confirmed by Deadline. Universal rearranged schedules to allow Jordan to complete his next directing project, “The Thomas Crown Affair,” while also making time to shoot ‘Miami Vice.’

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Clint Eastwood Gives His First Interview in Over A Decade

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Metrograph Editor-at-Large, Nick Pinkerton has interviewed Clint Eastwood in a rare, career-spanning conversation, and by my count, the only press Eastwood has done this decade.

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Jane Schoenbrun to Write and Direct ‘Black Hole’ Series for Netflix

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Surprise! After garnering critical acclaim with last year’s “I Saw the TV Glow,” Jane Schoenbrun has decided to head to Netflix.

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Johnny Depp to Star in Ti West’s ‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ for Paramount

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

A few weeks ago, I reported that Ti West was supposed to direct “Scrooge,” with a shoot eyed in Ireland and England. Depp is now set to star. Paramount is backing the project.

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‘Fast & Furious 11' Budget Issues Apparently “Solved"

October 23, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The other week, Wall Street Journal reported that Universal Pictures was having second thoughts about moving ahead with an eleventh and “final” main entry in the “Fast and Furious” franchise.

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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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