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Park Chan-wook Says ‘The Brigands of Rattlecreek' is “Very Violent” and the “Most Brutal” Film He's Ever Made

Are we really that surprised? The original draft was written by S. Craig Zahler, the guy behind "Bone Tomahawk," "Brawl in Cell Block 99" and "Dragged Across Concrete."

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Francis Lawrence Calls James Gunn “An Impediment” to ‘Constantine 2,’ Says He's “More Hopeful" Now That They're Gone

James Gunn wrote on Instagram this week that he was "incredibly relieved" to be out at DC Studios. Turns out he's not the only one.

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Jim Caviezel Was “Heartbroken” When Mel Gibson Recast Jesus in ‘The Resurrection of the Christ'

For 20 years, the assumption was that whenever Mel Gibson got his "Passion of the Christ" sequel off the ground, Jim Caviezel would be front and center.

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Steven Spielberg Will Direct a Stage Musical, Written by Tony Kushner

Kushner has been Spielberg's go-to screenwriter for two decades now: "Munich," "Lincoln," "West Side Story" and "The Fabelmans." All four were Best Picture nominees.

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Guy Maddin to Direct ‘The Confessions,’ Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Hunter Schafer, Maya Hawke and Harry Melling

Before "Rumours," Guy Maddin, the great Canadian surrealist, hadn't shot a feature in more than seven years. Now, two years after that film premiered at Cannes, he already has his next one lined up.

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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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Chris Hansen Gives ‘Primetime' a “D" as A24 Movie Heads for $19-20M Opening. Did You See It? Post Your Review!

September 26, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Chris Hansen finally saw "Primetime" at a Times Square AMC. He gave Robert Pattinson's portrayal a flat "D," called the whole thing a "fever dream" detached from reality

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Robert Eggers' ‘Werwulf' Gets First Official Trailer, and It's Pure Eggers

September 26, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here's our first real trailer of Robert Eggers' “Werwulf,” and it might be the most Eggers movie Eggers has ever made.

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Nobody Wants to Run the Trailer for Alex Gibney's ‘Musk' — Not YouTube, Not TikTok, Not Meta, and Certainly Not X

September 26, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Here's a twist: Alex Gibney’s four-hour Elon Musk documentary, which premiered at Venice, can't get its trailer onto most of the internet, most specifically on social media.

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M. Night Shyamalan Says ‘Lady in the Water' Is His Most Underrated Film

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

M. Night Shyamalan tells TheWrap that "Lady in the Water" is the film he most wants reappraised, calling it the closest fusion of his family-film and thriller sides.

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Sabrina Carpenter, Margaret Qualley Join Tom Holland's Fred Astaire Biopic

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Qualley will play Adele Astaire, Fred's sister and his original dance partner. Carpenter takes on Ginger Rogers, the partner who helped turn Astaire into one of the most beloved screen stars ever.

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Curry Barker Says Netflix Wanted Straight-to-Streaming for ‘Obsession’ Before Focus Won the Bidding War

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

A bidding war had broken out. According to Barker, pretty much everyone wanted in, with Neon, Focus, and A24 among the suitors. Netflix was in the mix too, but the offer was to just put it straight on Netflix.

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Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Doc ‘You Can See Everything' Is Rated R for “Graphic Nudity,” and It's Not Who You Think

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

It's rated R for "language" and, strangest of all, "graphic nudity." Who gets naked in this doc? It's left some puzzled, and for good reason.

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The 10 Best Movies I Saw at Venice and TIFF

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The power has shifted to Cannes, or just not premiering your film at a festival. There were still some gems, though. Here are my ten favorites among the films I hadn't already seen.

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David Oyelowo as Mikael Blomkvist? ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' Reboot Is Already Stirring Up Debate

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Sky’s reboot is being updated to the present. Blomkvist is now a "cancelled" star reporter who teams up with Salander to look into the decades-old disappearance of Harriet Vanger,

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Caleb Landry Jones, Ella Purnell & More Join Ari Aster's ‘Scapegoat’

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

We love Caleb Landry Jones over here, one of the most fearless actors working today, and pairing him with Aster feels like a match made in a very specific, very anxious heaven.

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‘Breaking Bad’ Tops NYT's 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century as Voted by 500 Stars, Showrunners and Critics

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

No surprise, “Breaking Bad” tops the 100 Greatest 21st Century Shows. “The Wire is #2, followed by “Mad Men,” “Succession” and “Fleabag,” rounding out the top 5.

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‘NAZA' Trailer: Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's Follow-Up to 'No Other Land' Hits Theaters Next Week, Then Streams Free Worldwide

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

The film will stream for free, worldwide, on The Guardian's website in late November. That's a bold distribution move, and it tells you exactly what the filmmakers want here. They want eyeballs, as many as possible.

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Box-Office Thursday: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ ($3.8M), ‘Resident Evil’ ($3.3M), ‘Primetime’ ($2.7M), ‘Heart of the Beast’ ($2M), ‘Forgotten Island’ ($1.4M)

September 25, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Theaters are in for a big one. Four wide releases are trying to knock Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" off the top spot, and as many as five films could gross $20M or more this Friday through Sunday.

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

September 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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

September 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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

September 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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”

September 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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'

September 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

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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More ‘Narnia' Images .. Greta Gerwig, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Craig, and Others

September 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Empire's November issue has hit shelves, and after a week of teasing, the full set-visit feature on Greta Gerwig's “Narnia: The Magician's Nephew” is finally out. It comes with a batch of new images.

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‘Day Drinker' Trailer Raises Red Flags for Marc Webb's Post-‘Snow White' Rebound

September 24, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

“Day Drinker,” starring Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, and Madelyn Cline, now has a trailer. I will say, unlike Depp’s upcoming “Ebenezer,” this film has not been testing well, at all.

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Cannes 2027: Spitball #1 Includes Scorsese, Östlund, Bong, Chazelle, Nichols, Payne, Haynes, Weerasethakul — and Yes, Malick (Again)

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Brian De Palma's ‘Sweet Vengeance,' His First Film in 8 Years, Might Have a Cut Ready by February

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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

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