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‘The Catch’: Emma Stone’s First Post-Lanthimos Movie Wraps, Brings in ‘Memoria’ DP Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

Mukdeeprom is well known on the arthouse circuit for his work with Apichatpong Weerasethakul (“Memoria”), and he also shot three Guadagnino movies.

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Mike P. Nelson To Direct Eleventh (!) ‘Saw’ Movie as James Wan and Leigh Whannell Return to the Franchise

Mike P. Nelson will direct the next instalment of the franchise, which recently returned to the hands of its original architect, James Wan, who is producing under Atomic Monster, now part of Blumhouse, and Leigh Whannell.

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Letterboxd Is Up for Sale, and A24, Sony and The New York Times Are Bidding

Letterboxd, the app where film Twitter went to live, could soon have a new owner. The New York Times, A24, and Sony Pictures are among the suitors who've expressed interest in buying the site.

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Richard Linklater Says His Next Movie Is Now a Trilogy, and Funding Has Been a “Challenge”

Linklater has been planning a film about the transcendentalists, the "first hippies," a literary movement that included Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau.

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Ebon Moss-Bachrach Set to Play Kelso in Michael Mann's ‘Heat 2'

Ebon Moss-Bachrach will take on the role originated by the late Tom Noonan in 1995's "Heat." Guy Pearce was reportedly in the mix at one point, but Mann ultimately went with Moss-Bachrach.

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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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Brad Pitt and Edward Berger Team for ‘World War Z’ Sequel at Paramount

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

After more than a decade of false starts, Paramount has closed deals with Brad Pitt to star and Edward Berger to direct the sequel to “World War Z.”

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First Clip of ‘Digger’ Released

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here's our very first clip for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's "Digger." There have been two trailers so far, with not much reveal, but this is our first look at a scene from the film.

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First Look at Emma Mackey in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew’

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

More Narnia. This time, our first look at Emma Mackey as Jadis, and the image confirms that this will be a very different interpretation of the character first portrayed by Tilda Swinton decades ago.

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‘The Painted Bird' Director Made a Secret Film Produced and Written by Ben Shapiro — Starring James Franco, Nick Nolte, Emile Hirsch, and Rob Lowe

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I don’t think anybody saw this one coming. Václav Marhoul — the Czech director of “The Painted Bird” — has quietly finished “Confession” (Wyznanie), and it’s world premiering next month at the Warsaw Film Festival.

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First Image of Daniel Craig in Greta Gerwig's ‘Narnia: The Magician's Nephew'

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The Bond detox continues for Craig. He was in another Benoit Blanc movie last year, was magnificent in Luca Guadagnino's "Queer," and has a role in Damien Chazelle's upcoming prison-set film.

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Jeremy Saulnier's A24 Thriller ‘Slayground’ Teases Release — With Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Score

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Is A24 actually going to release this film before the year is done? That would be wild considering they've only just started marketing it — barely — and without much info beyond the title change and brief teaser.

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‘Resident Evil’ Previews Hit $9M, Shattering Franchise Record

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Zach Cregger's “Resident Evil” landed roughly $9M in Thursday previews with excellent early audience reaction, and the weekend projection has climbed to $65M — possibly higher.

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Brad Pitt and David Ayer Clashed Over ‘Heart of the Beast’ Final Cut

September 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Pitt and Ayer disagreed so much on the tone of the film that each prepared separate versions. Ayer's "broader cut" tested better, but Pitt's more “esoteric” version drew the support of producer Damien Chazelle .

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Zack Snyder Says ‘Sucker Punch’ Director’s Cut is Happening

September 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Snyder has mentioned in the past how “Sucker Punch “never really got finished correctly,” and that it was “not really the correct cut.” The extra footage is actually already shot.

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‘Resident Evil’ Ticket Sales “Surging” After Great Reviews —$60M+ Opening Now in Sight

September 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The budget for "Resident Evil" was $75M, and the film is supposed to have a $90M+ worldwide weekend. Cregger was paid $20M to direct the movie. Money well spent.

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John Leguizamo to Play Villain in Joseph Kosinski's ‘Miami Vice '85’

September 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Leguizamo is set to play the main villain in "Miami Vice '85." He joins a cast that already includes Michael B. Jordan, Austin Butler, Alden Ehrenreich, Whitney Peak, Camila Morrone and Danny Ramirez.

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Meryl Streep Will Voice Male Aslan in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’

September 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Aslan is described as "he," with heterochromic eyes and red-striped face, a look Gerwig says was inspired by David Bowie. So this isn't a gender-swap. Aslan is still a male lion. He's just voiced by a 77-year-old woman.

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Noah Baumbach Exits Netflix for Warner Bros.' Clockwork, Will Shoot New Film in 2027

September 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Back in 2021, Noah Baumbach signed a multi-year deal with Netflix that committed him to writing and directing several films for the streamer over the following years. He made two, and now he's gone.

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Greta Gerwig's ‘Narnia: The Magician's Nephew’ Gets First Look, and She Says It's a “Rock Opera"

September 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Gerwig says her Netflix-bound "Narnia" is not a retread of the past movies; instead, she "wanted a rock opera," starting from scratch with C.S. Lewis's origin story, the one in which Narnia is actually born.

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Universal to Drop Alex Gibney's Elon Musk Documentary, but Bleecker Street Is Sticking With It

September 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here’s THR with the “exclusive.” Universal Pictures, which holds rights to Alex Gibney's documentary “Musk” everywhere outside North America, appears to be reconsidering whether to release it.

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Six Movies Since 2023, and Guy Ritchie Isn’t Slowing Down: ‘Wife & Dog’ Gets Trailer

September 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Coming off “In the Grey,” which was itself significantly delayed, Ritchie has another film on his hands: “Wife & Dog.” A trailer has now been released for the film, which is due out early next year.

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Paramount to Exit California Amid Warner Bros. Antitrust Fight

September 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

For months, people close to CEO David Ellison had hinted that he would leave if state AGs didn't drop their antitrust suit against the $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger.

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Matthew Lillard Says He's “Ashamed" and “Embarrassed” He Returned for ‘Scream 7' After Melissa Barrera's Firing

September 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Lillard says he was part of that silence and now regrets doing “Scream 7,” not because it turned out to be terrible, but because of how Barrera was treated.

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France Picks Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Russian-Language ‘Minotaur’ as Its 2027 Oscar Submission

September 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

France has selected Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur” to represent the country in the international feature film race at the Oscars, despite the filmmaker and cast being Russian.

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Gregg Araki Starts Shooting ‘The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization’ with Ashton Kutcher and Alison Brie

September 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Araki wrote the screenplay, and will direct “The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization,” a dark comedy starring Ashton Kutcher, Alison Brie, and Jesse Williams. The film started shooting today in Los Angeles.

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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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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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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

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