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The 20 Greatest Horror Movies of All-Time; Is ‘The Exorcist' Still The King?

Is “The Exorcist” truly the greatest horror film ever made, or has time crowned a new champion of fear? Maybe it’s “The Shining,” ‘Texas Chainsaw,’ “Psycho,” or something entirely unexpected that still keeps you up at night.

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Matthew Libatique Says Darren Aronofsky’s Next Film Will “Experiment” With AI

Here we have Darren Aronofsky's longtime DP, Matthew Libatique, confirming the two are running AI tests before shooting their next feature together.

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Box Office: ‘You Can See Everything' ($2M), ‘Clayface' ($1.9M), ‘Wildwood' ($1.3M) Lead a Quiet Thursday

Thursday numbers are in, and they hint at a quiet weekend, especially with no big wide release, unless you count "Christmas at the Kringles" as one. It managed $200K in previews from around 1800 screens.

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Angel Studios Bans Sex, Nudity and F-Words (Violence is Okay) in Sweeping New Content Policy

The studio has unveiled "The Angel Promise," a sweeping new content policy that bans on-screen sex, nudity, F-words and any misuse of God's name in its films.

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Amanda Seyfried Joins Brady Corbet's ‘The Origin of the World'

Seyfried just came off “The Testament of Ann Lee,” which, Corbet’s partner, Mona Fastvold directed and co-wrote with him. Corbet also served as second unit director on that film.

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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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Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ Earns Mixed Reviews at Sundance 2026

January 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Attention ’90s indie cinephiles: Gregg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex” does exist, and just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Sam Raimi Says His ‘Spider-Man 4’ Will Never Happen

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sam Raimi’s fourth Spider-Man movie came awfully close to getting made in the late aughts, with Sony pushing it deep into pre-production mode.

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‘Josephine’ is Our First “Sensation” of Sundance 2026 — Met With Raves

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Tonight, at Sundance’s famed Eccles Theatre—boy, am I going to miss that place—our first “sensation” screened: Beth de Araújo’s “Josephine.”

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Guillermo Del Toro and David Fincher Defend Netflix, Arguing Cinema Is About “Ideas” Not “Size of the Screen”

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

At a recent Q&A, Guillermo del Toro and David Fincher tried to defend the idea of “cinema” and what it means to watch a film on streaming instead of in theaters.

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Emerald Fennell Wants Audiences to “Cry So Hard You Vomit” in ‘Wuthering Heights’ — Pre-Sales Hint at $35M Opening

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Pre-sales for “Wuthering Heights” are currently strong, hinting at a $30M-$35M domestic opening weekend. Here’s hoping you don’t sit next to Fennell’s targeted audience.

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Amazon/MGM Spent $35M to Promote ‘Melania’ — Wide Release Scrapped? [Updated]

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Furthermore, the original plan was for 2,000+ theaters to screen “Melania” nationwide, but the rollout has been reduced, going from wide to potential limited release.

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Patricia Clarkson Joins Martin Scorsese’s ‘What Happens at Night’

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Clarkson, who remains an underrated actress after all these years, has always thrived in the margins of American indie cinema. “Pieces of April” remains the touchstone of her career.

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Box Office: ‘The Bone Temple’ Expected to Have 70% Drop This Weekend — $635K Thursday

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Well, this ain’t good. By all accounts, Nia DaCosta’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” is going to have a terrible second weekend at the box office, with a $4M tally.

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Sony Exec Reportedly Called Blake Lively A “F**king Terrorist” Over ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama

January 23, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Boy, these private texts and emails involving Sony Pictures executives and “It Ends With Us” star Blake Lively are quite something. Lots of exposing going on here.

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Oliver Laxe (‘Sirat’): “If Brazilians Submitted a Shoe, It Would Get an Oscar Nomination”

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t think Laxe realizes what he just got himself into. Get prepared for a tsunami of online insults in Portuguese.

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Sofia Coppola’s ‘The Custom of the Country’ Collapsed at Apple, Reemerges as Feature Film Starring …Sydney Sweeney?

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sofia Coppola’s long-gestating, and suddenly canceled, adaptation of “The Custom of the Country” has undergone a major transformation, and not for the better.

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‘Send Help’ First Reactions Praise Sam Raimi’s Gory, R-Rated Return to Horror Roots

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Send Help,” which has been described as “Misery” meets “Cast Away,” was penned by “A Quiet Place” duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.

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Report: Jacob Elordi Met With Denis Villeneuve and Amazon/MGM About Playing James Bond

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

If Elordi gets the job, he’d be the youngest 007 ever, which does align with previous reports that Amazon was looking for a young Bond to reboot the franchise.

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Timothée Chalamet Becomes Youngest Male Actor To Earn 3 Oscar Nominations Since Marlon Brando

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Chalamet thus becomes the youngest male actor to accomplish this feat since the legendary Marlon Brando, who was nominated for “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951), “Viva Zapata!” (1952), and “Julius Caesar” (1953).

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Oscars: ‘Sinners' With Record-Breaking 16 Nominations! ‘One Battle After Another' 13 Nods! ‘F1' Gets Into Best Picture! Kate Hudson and Delroy Lindo Surprise!

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

It was one hell of a morning for Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” which earned a record-breaking 16 nominations this morning, further cementing it as the one film that could potentially beat “One Battle After Another” for best picture.

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‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer is Out: He-Man in Corporate America

January 22, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I just have a bad feeling about this one, and that’s despite Travis Knight’s involvement — he’s the director behind “Kubo and the Two Strings” and “Bumblebee.”

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French Critics’ 21st-Century Film Poll Is the Most Interesting One Yet — ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ at #2

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Interestingly, several perennially acclaimed titles from the NYT list — including “Moonlight,” “Get Out,” “The Social Network,” “Brokeback Mountain,” and “Children of Men” — are nowhere to be found.

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Gore Verbinski Thinks Modern CGI is a “A Big Step Backwards”: “The Aesthetic of Games is Leaking Into Cinema”

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Remember when CGI felt like pure magic? Think T-1000 in ‘Terminator 2,’ or the dinosaurs stomping through “Jurassic Park.” Those effects knocked our socks off in the ‘90s.

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Chris Pratt-Starring ‘Mercy’ Debuts to Brutal Reviews — 22% on RT

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Kazakh‑Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov — perpetrator of that “Ben‑Hur” remake — is back with “Mercy,” starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, and hitting theaters this Friday.

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‘Digger’ Will Have Tom Cruise in Heavy Prosthetics — Movie Shot ‘Birdman’ Style

January 21, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

One of the more intriguing mysteries of the 2026 movie season has got to be Tom Cruise’s role in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Digger.” What do they have in store for us?

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CONFIRMED: Sadie Soverall Exits Brady Corbet's ‘The Origin of the World' Mid-Shoot, Lily McInerny Steps In Lead Role

Sadie Soverall was just let go after briefly filming on Corbet's new film — no official reason given. She had the lead role. Corbet has replaced her, last minute, with Lily McInerny.

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Ron Howard’s ‘Alone at Dawn’ Starring Adam Driver and Anne Hathaway Sets Christmas 2027 Release

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Jemima Kirke and Alexi Wasser to Star in Woody Allen's Next Film

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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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