Two years ago, Taika Waititi told Variety that his “Star Wars” movie, which is apparently still happening, “will be a Taika Waititi film,” and “It’s gonna piss people off.”
Read moreGregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ Earns Mixed Reviews at Sundance 2026
Attention ’90s indie cinephiles: Gregg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex” does exist, and just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Read moreSam Raimi Says His ‘Spider-Man 4’ Will Never Happen
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.
Read more‘Josephine’ is Our First “Sensation” of Sundance 2026 — Met With Raves
Tonight, at Sundance’s famed Eccles Theatre—boy, am I going to miss that place—our first “sensation” screened: Beth de Araújo’s “Josephine.”
Read moreGuillermo Del Toro and David Fincher Defend Netflix, Arguing Cinema Is About “Ideas” Not “Size of the Screen”
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.
Read moreEmerald Fennell Wants Audiences to “Cry So Hard You Vomit” in ‘Wuthering Heights’ — Pre-Sales Hint at $35M Opening
Amazon/MGM Spent $35M to Promote ‘Melania’ — Wide Release Scrapped? [Updated]
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.
Read morePatricia Clarkson Joins Martin Scorsese’s ‘What Happens at Night’
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.
Read moreBox Office: ‘The Bone Temple’ Expected to Have 70% Drop This Weekend — $635K Thursday
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.
Read moreSony Exec Reportedly Called Blake Lively A “F**king Terrorist” Over ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama
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.
Read moreOliver Laxe (‘Sirat’): “If Brazilians Submitted a Shoe, It Would Get an Oscar Nomination”
I don’t think Laxe realizes what he just got himself into. Get prepared for a tsunami of online insults in Portuguese.
Read more14 Great Directors Still Waiting for a Best Director Oscar
One only hopes that a few of the following eleven directors will make it up to the stage in the near future.
Read moreSofia Coppola’s ‘The Custom of the Country’ Collapsed at Apple, Reemerges as Feature Film Starring …Sydney Sweeney?
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.
Read more‘Send Help’ First Reactions Praise Sam Raimi’s Gory, R-Rated Return to Horror Roots
“Send Help,” which has been described as “Misery” meets “Cast Away,” was penned by “A Quiet Place” duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.
Read moreReport: Jacob Elordi Met With Denis Villeneuve and Amazon/MGM About Playing James Bond
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.
Read moreTimothée Chalamet Becomes Youngest Male Actor To Earn 3 Oscar Nominations Since Marlon Brando
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).
Read moreOscars: ‘Sinners' With Record-Breaking 16 Nominations! ‘One Battle After Another' 13 Nods! ‘F1' Gets Into Best Picture! Kate Hudson and Delroy Lindo Surprise!
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.
Read more‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer is Out: He-Man in Corporate America
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.”
Read moreFrench Critics’ 21st-Century Film Poll Is the Most Interesting One Yet — ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ at #2
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.
Read moreJamie Lee Curtis to Star in ‘Murder, She Wrote’ Movie — ‘Pitch Perfect’ Director to Helm
Sure, why not? Universal and Oscar-winner Jamie Lee Curtis seem to believe there will be an audience for this one.
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