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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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Wong Kar-Wai Faces Career-Ending Backlash in China as ‘Blossoms’ Scandal Explodes

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The slow-burning disaster surrounding “Blossoms Shanghai,” which is supposed to have its North American premiere next month, has now reached a point where it’s hard to see how he recovers from this.

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Brainiac Confirmed as Villain in ‘Superman: Man of Tomorrow’

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s been confirmed by The Wrap that James Gunn’s “Superman: Man of Tomorrow” will have Brainiac as its main antagonist.

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‘Hamnet' FYC Ad Mocked for Over-the-Top “Greatest Film Ever Made" Quote

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Focus Features is getting roasted online for a bit of marketing hubris that’s gone hilariously off the rails. An FYC ad for Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet” has been making the rounds on social media — and not for the reasons the studio hoped.

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‘Wuthering Heights’ Trailer Is All Sex, Madness, and Linus Sandgren’s Mesmerizing Cinematography

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Emerald Fennell has described her upcoming adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” as “sexual” and “primal.” The latest trailer, released a few minutes ago, certainly hints at that.

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Osgood Perkins’ ‘Keeper’ Earns Mixed Reviews From Critics: “His Worst Movie Yet”

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

You have to wonder how much longer Osgood Perkins will remain in Neon’s good graces. The indie studio has backed his last four films, but there’s been a noticeable downward trajectory along the way.

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First Look: ‘The Odyssey’ Has Striking New Images — Christopher Nolan Shot Over Two Million Feet of Film

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I googled how many hours of footage two million feet of IMAX film would yield, and the answer I got was 139 hours. Yeah, this movie will probably end up being over three hours.

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‘The Social Network’ DP Jeff Cronenweth is Shooting Aaron Sorkin’s Sequel

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s encouraging to hear that Jeff Cronenweth is back shooting “The Social Reckoning”—he was the cinematographer on the first film with Fincher.

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John Woo Set to Direct ‘Gambino’ With Nicolas Cage Starring as NY Mob Boss

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Almost thirty years after “Face/Off,” John Woo and Nicolas Cage are set to reunite on the crime biopic “Gambino,” which tackles infamous NYC mob boss Carlo Gambino.

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‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ is Actually 4 Hours 41 Minutes?

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I assumed it was the unified 248-minute cut combining Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, with an intermission — a version previously screened at Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema — but it looks like it might be an even lengthier cut.

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Miles Teller Blames Josh Trank for ‘Fantastic Four’ Disaster: “One Important Person F*cked it All Up”

November 13, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s not hard to read between the lines when it comes to Miles Teller’s recent comments about who’s to blame for 2015’s “Fantastic Four” reboot.

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Oscars: Best Picture Race Heats Up With ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Marty Supreme’ Leading the Pack

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

I haven’t done one of these in a while. Let’s tackle the latest odds in the Best Picture race. Hard to believe, but we’re only three months away from Oscar nominations being announced.

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First Look: Eli Roth’s ‘Ice Cream Man’

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Oh, boy. Here comes Eli Roth — a director best known for his contributions to the torture-porn genre, and a filmmaker whose name should come with a trigger warning anytime it’s mentioned on Twitter.

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Lars von Trier Tries to Finish Final Film Amidst Health Struggles: “He’s Been Much Worse”

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Our thoughts and prayers are going out to Lars von Trier, who revolutionized cinema in the ‘90s and aughts. He’s been struggling with Parkinson’s and living part-time at a nursing home.

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First Look: Alberta Serra’s ‘Out of This World’ — Over 800 Hours of Footage Shot!

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Shot over four weeks this summer in Latvia with Forma Pro, Variety adds that Serra captured as much as 800 hours of footage — a Malickian move on his part.

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‘Frankenstein’ Nabs 29M Views in Three Days — Fifth Biggest Netflix Movie Debut of 2025

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Following a limited three-week theatrical run, the R-rated, 2.5-hour film arrives on Netflix with positive reviews and Oscar buzz. It’s #5 among English-language debuts this year.

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Matthew Orton Wrote Latest Draft for Ridley Scott’s ‘Battle of Britain’

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Following “Napoleon” and “Gladiator II,” this is set to be another Scott-directed epic on a massive scale. There’s really no chance he’d make an intimate affair. Scott describes it as a “war movie.”

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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Teaser Drops: Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway Return to the Fashion World

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

“The Devil Wears Prada 2” has a trailer. Meryl Streep is set to reprise her role as Miranda Priestly in the follow-up to the 2006 film. Also returning? Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci.

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Gore Verbinski Returns With Wild Trailer for ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die!’

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

In September, “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die!” surprise-screened at Fantastic Fest—well over four months before its January 2026 release. A sign of confidence on the part of Briarcliff?

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Joe Cornish’s ‘Attack the Block’ Sequel Planning 2026 Shoot

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Remember “Attack the Block”? If you saw it back in 2011, you probably do. A sequel has been in the works for over a decade, but it looks like it’s finally going to happen.

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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Runtime is 3 Hours 15 Minutes

November 12, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

After receiving its MPA-approved PG-13 rating, the runtime for “Avatar: Fire and Ash” has been confirmed: 3 hours and 15 minutes. It’s the longest major studio movie of 2025.

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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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