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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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Does John Boorman’s ‘The Exorcist II: Heretic’ Deserve Reappraisal? New Doc (and Scorsese) Make the Case

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The case being made is compelling: John Boorman’s ‘Exorcist II’ isn’t a lazy cash-in, but a subversive, experimental film that challenges the formula of Friedkin’s original.

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The 25 Best Documentaries of All-Time, According to THR

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

You get plenty of list-making these days, but documentaries are almost never included; THR has decided to rank the 25 greatest, featuring many essential titles — along with a few unexpected choices.

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Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune 3’ “Goes Beyond” ‘Messiah’ and Into Something “No One Expected”

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

‘Dune 3’ has an ensemble cast, including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Bardem, Florence Pugh, Robert Pattinson, and Anya Taylor-Joy. The film is set to hit theaters on December 18.

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MCU’s ‘Wonder Man’ Canceled by Disney+ After One Season

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Marvel series “Wonder Man” has been canceled by Disney+ after just one season, despite recently receiving a greenlight for Season 2.

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Netflix Sued for $105M After Losing Copy of Simon Stone’s WWII Epic ‘Fortitude,’ Starring Nic Cage

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Fortitude,” directed by Simon West, is a World War II spy thriller based on British intelligence operations designed to deceive Nazi leadership. The film stars Nicolas Cage.

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Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Trailer Has Only 4M Views as Warner Bros. Faces a Major Marketing Challenge

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Digger,” a high-budgeted Warner Bros original, set to release in October, just isn’t creating much excitement among moviegoers. The YouTube trailer shows only 4.5M views for “Digger.”

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John Leguizamo Joins The Daniels’ Next Film, Reuniting With ‘The Odyssey’ Co-Star Matt Damon

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The Daniels, aka Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, will write and direct. Sandra Oh, Sean Kaufman, Michael Gandolfini, and Charles Melton are also part of the ensemble.

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‘Clueless’ Sequel Moves to Paramount+ as Limited Series With Alicia Silverstone Returning

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This project has been in development for seven years, with lots of back-and-forth and tons of hesitation, but filming is finally slated to begin in Los Angeles in 2027.

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‘Victorian Psycho’ Trailer: Maika Monroe Goes Unhinged in Zachary Wigon’s Ultra-Violent Gothic Horror

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This is an over-the-top, ultra-violent, preposterous film. There is absolutely zero reason to take this film seriously while watching it.

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‘Wicker’ Trailer Has Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård in Unusual Fantasy Romance

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s a Sundance 2026 title. Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s “Wicker,” starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård, was acquired by Black Bear and now has a trailer.

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‘Heat 2’: Amazon Thinks Michael Mann’s Epic Can Make $500M; ‘Heat 3’ Already in the Works

July 30, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A nifty behind-the-scenes account of “Heat 2” has just been published. It includes some details I had previously reported, along with some new information.

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AMC CEO Adam Aron Calls Warner Bros-Paramount Merger “A Step Forward That Should Be Welcomed and Celebrated”

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

AMC CEO Adam Aron has published a Variety op-ed fully endorsing the proposed Warner Bros.-Paramount merger. He argues that combining the companies would strengthen Hollywood.

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Tomi Adeyemi Calls ‘Children of Blood and Bone’ Adaptation “The Worst Thing I Have Ever Had to Live Through”

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Tomi Adeyemi is at it again. Twenty-four hours after the first trailer for “Children of Blood and Bone” hit online, the author behind the bestselling novel and co-writer of the film has once again disowned the project.

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‘The Odyssey’ Hits $700M Worldwide in 12 Days; ‘Brand New Day’ Eyes Record-Breaking Thursday ($60M+)

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“The Odyssey” has also just surpassed the $330M domestic total that “Oppenheimer” made during its entire run, and it will likely hit the $400M mark by the end of the weekend.

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Nuri Bilge Ceylan Wraps Production on Next Film ‘Pale Sun’

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Ceylan has become a staple of Cannes with his 2014 Palme d’Or winner “Winter Sleep,” as well as other prize winners such as the masterful “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.”

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Josh Safdie and Matt Johnson Working on Untitled Project Described as “TSA Comedy”

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The project is untitled and currently only described as a TSA comedy, with the only known detail being that Safdie flew Johnson to New York multiple times to work on it after seeing “BlackBerry.”

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‘Fast & Furious 11’ is “Too Expensive to Make” and Currently “Solving Some Big Problems” — Still Seemingly Set For 2028 Release

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Universal and Vin Diesel are currently “solving some big problems” on the final film, many of them having to do with the immense budget the actor is seeking.

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‘Tony’: Matt Johnson Directs Another Winner With A24’s Slice-of-Life Anthony Bourdain “Biopic”

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Matt Johnson is on a hot streak — the gems in his filmography include “BlackBerry” and “Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie.” He loves improv and shooting on the fly, which keeps his films exciting and fresh.

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Jared Leto Accused of Sexual Misconduct and Assault by Four Women in BBC Investigation

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A scathing reporting this morning has four women accusing Leto of sexual misconduct and assault, alleging the incidents took place when they were teenagers.

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Michael B. Jordan’s ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ Teaser Reveals a Slick Reinvention of the Classic Heist Romance

July 29, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Starring Michael B. Jordan, who also directs, Adria Arjona, Lily Gladstone, and Kenneth Branagh — Jordan has admitted having grow up constantly watching the 1999 remake, and not the 1968 original.

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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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