Natalie Portman decided to call out the Academy for snubbing a handful of female-directed movies this year, and namechecked some of the ignored titles.
Read moreCharli XCX’s ‘The Moment’ Bombs at Sundance, Turning Her Vanity Project Into a Reality Check
Just a few months ago, Vanity Fair declared pop star Charli XCX the next queen of Hollywood. Hell, they even put her on the cover to celebrate her “moment.”
Read moreBox-Office: ‘Mercy’ ($11M) Dethrones ‘Fire and Ash’ ($7M); ‘Bone Temple’ ($3.8M) Plummets 71% [Updated]
The Chris Pratt–led “Mercy” is headed for a $12M gross, following a $4.9M Friday. The film has a $60M budget, terrible reviews, and a mediocre “B-” CinemaScore.
Read moreTaika Waititi Teases “Fun, High Stakes” Star Wars Movie — Previously Said “It’s Gonna Piss People Off”
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.
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