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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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‘One Night Only’ Makes Sex Boring — Negative Reviews Greet the ‘Sex Purge’ Rom-Com as Callum Turner’s Bond Hopes Takes a Hit

“One Night Only” is essentially a rom-com version of “The Purge,” where premarital sex is banned except for one night a year. Yet it spends so much time justifying its concept that it forgets the sex.

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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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Sean Baker Says His Next Film Will “Cover Similar Themes” to ‘Anora,’ Eyes 2026 Shoot

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Sean Baker recently went location scouting for his next film. No cast has been announced about the project, but the filmmaker mentioned that the story would once again focus on a sex worker.

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Andrew Dominik on ‘Blonde’: “I Don’t Understand” the Backlash and How Brad Pitt Saved Him From “Director’s Jail”

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

At the Marrakech Film Festival, Dominik sat down for an expansive conversation that covered his Marilyn Monroe biopic “Blonde,” his collaboration with Brad Pitt, and his next film.

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Vin Diesel to Write and Star in ‘Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em’ Movie for Mattel

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Vin Diesel is set to star and write (!!!) the “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots” movie for Mattel and Universal. The upcoming live-action film will bring the tabletop boxing game to life on the big screen.

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Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ to Premiere at SXSW Film Festival

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Boots Riley’s “I Love Boosters” was recently slated for a May 22, 2026 release via Neon. It has now been announced that the film will open the 40th SXSW Film Festival in March 2026.

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Andy Serkis’ ‘Animal Farm’ Acquired by Angel Studios

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Andy Serkis’ long-in-the-works animated adaptation of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” has been a passion project of his for nearly 15 years.

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Paramount Accuses Warner Bros. of Favoring Netflix, While Trump’s DOJ Preps Probe of Streamer

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Given the potential headaches Warner Bros. and Netflix could face from Trump’s DOJ if a deal moves forward, it will be interesting to see which way this one ultimately goes.

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Emerald Fennell Wants ‘Wuthering Heights’ to “Become This Generation’s Titanic”

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Yeah, that’s not going to happen. Fennell’s high expectations should take into account how “Wuthering Heights,” at its essence, is about two toxic and unlikable people.

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John M. Chu Signs Three-Year Deal With Paramount Pictures

December 4, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The deal between Paramount and Chu is the latest made by Ellison, who also signed Will Smith, the Duffer Brothers, and James Mangold to deals.

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Scarlett Johansson to Star in ‘The Batman: Part II’

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Pre-production on the sequel to “The Batman” is finally picking up steam in Glasgow, and the first casting rumors are finally starting to surface.

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Sean Durkin’s ‘Deep Cuts’ Sets Cailee Spaeny and Drew Starkey as Production Begins in 2026

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Back in February, a report had Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler starring in Sean Durkin’s “Deep Cuts,” with A24 producing. It turns out both stars have dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

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‘One Battle After Another' Wins National Board of Review, Third Prize This Week — Can Anything Stop This Movie?

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The National Board of Review, a 93-year-old voting body made up of film enthusiasts, industry professionals, academics, and filmmakers, has unveiled its winners.

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John Waters: ‘Eddington’ is The Best Film of 2025

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

It’s that time of the season, and once again eccentric filmmaker John Waters has published his 10 favorite films of the year.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Confirms ‘Heat 2,’ Exits ‘Cliff Booth,’ as Scorsese’s ‘What Happens at Night’ Is a “Work in Progress”

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

There’s been endless speculation about whether DiCaprio would play the Vincent Hanna or Chris Shiherlis role, and it turns out even he doesn’t know.

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Indie Spirit Awards Nominations Led by ‘Sorry, Baby,' ‘Train Dreams,' ‘The Plague,' and ‘Twinless'

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

To qualify for a Spirit Award, films must have been made for under $30M, which rules out quite a few Oscar contenders, including “One Battle After Another” “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” and “Marty Supreme.”

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Zach Cregger Met Paramount About Gotham-Set DCU Movie — Where's James Gunn?

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Is it already game over for DC Studios and James Gunn? It’s a bit worrying that Zach Cregger (“Weapons”) is shopping his DC film to Skydance. I thought Gunn still had the authority to greenlight DC projects…

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James L. Brooks' ‘Ella McCay' First Reactions Call it “Brutal" and “Baffling"

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

My worst suspicions about James L. Brooks’ “Ella McCay” were purely based on the dreadful trailer, which made it look tonally messy, but I still wanted to see it. There’s a pull of nostalgia to this damn thing that I can’t ignore.

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Quentin Tarantino's Paul Dano Comments Cause Pushback: “The Weakest Actor in SAG"

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Tarantino called Dano “weak sauce,” “the limpest dick in the world,” and the “weakest actor of SAG.” What was he thinking? Well, maybe he wasn’t thinking at all.

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Brett Ratner on ‘Rush Hour 4': “The Budget is Over $100M"

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

the film will have a budget well over $100M, and some of that money will come from Saudi Arabia, which is also backing the Ellisons’ bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.

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‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Has A New Trailer Released

December 3, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

The third and final entry remains unfunded by Sony. Whether it gets made will hinge entirely on the second instalment’s performance. Boyle has even stated that Cillian Murphy would lead the third film.

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Paul Thomas Anderson Says 2025 Isn't a Weak Year at the Movies — and Names His Favorites

December 2, 2025 Jordan Ruimy

Speaking to Le Monde while discussing “One Battle After Another,” PTA pushed back on the idea that the industry no longer greenlights daring, original projects.

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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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