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Rian Johnson Calls James Gray's ‘Paper Tiger' “An American Masterpiece” and His Favorite Film of the Year

The "Knives Out" filmmaker took to Instagram to declare Gray's crime drama his favorite film of 2026, writing: "I've seen some very good films this year, but this is still my favorite [..] t's an American masterpiece."

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Box Office: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero' Scores $31.6M Opening, ‘You Can See Everything' Dips Just 23%, ‘Wild Horse Nine' Impresses With $6M

Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” opened to $31.6M this weekend from 3,254 theaters, the highest opening ever for a live-action foreign-language movie in North America.

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Steven Spielberg's Next Film, a Western, Eyes 2027 Shoot, Janusz Kamiński Confirms

A 2027 shoot would mean a 2028 release at the earliest. Spielberg and Kamiński, finally out in the snow and fog of the American West? Sign me up.

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Peter Greenaway's ‘Lucca Mortis,’ Shot in 2024, Starring Dustin Hoffman, Is Caught in a Final Cut Battle

Over the last year, quite a few readers have asked about Peter Greenaway's "Lucca Mortis," starring Dustin Hoffman, which was shot almost three years ago and still hasn't been released.

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

If you've read this column for a while, you know the drill: I spitball Cannes every month from now until April, updating the latest intel and trying to figure out what will be in competition, vying for the Palme d'Or.

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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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Jeremy Saulnier's ‘Slayground' Has First Trailer — A24 Sets January 29, 2027 Release

October 20, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Saulnier is, of course, the filmmaker behind "Blue Ruin," "Green Room" and "Rebel Ridge." A24 landed this latest project a little over a year ago after a heated bidding war that included Netflix.

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Benny Safdie's ‘Lizard Music' With Dwayne Johnson Sets Christmas 2027 Release

October 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Amazon/MGM Studios has dated the live-action/CGI hybrid, starring Dwayne Johnson and directed by Benny Safdie, as a family-friendly holiday movie for December 25, 2027.

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‘You Can See Everything' Is Currently Letterboxd's Highest-Rated Film Ever, Beating ‘The Godfather,’ ‘12 Angry Men,’ ‘Seven Samurai’

October 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim's "You Can See Everything" has been in theaters for, what, three days? And it's already the highest-rated feature film of all time on Letterboxd.

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Quentin Tarantino Calls David Fincher “My Favorite Director, Aside From Myself"

October 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Quentin Tarantino doesn't usually put modern-day filmmakers on his level. That’s just how he is. David Fincher seems to be the one exception.

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John Malkovich Is the Best Actor Frontrunner. Then It's Matt Damon, Andrew Scott, Ryan Gosling and… Tom Cruise?

October 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

At the top, it's John Malkovich's to lose. He is a lock for Martin McDonagh's "Wild Horse Nine.” This would be his first lead nod. A late-career Malkovich comeback in a McDonagh movie? I'm all for it.

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Tom Holland to Star in Drew Pearce's Thriller ‘Penthouse’ for Sony — and I'm Still Not Convinced He’s a Movie Star

October 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

I'm going to say what a lot of people think, and won't say out loud: I don't believe Tom Holland can be a movie star outside of Spider-Man. That's been my genuine hunch for a few years now.

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Netflix Fires Film Chief Dan Lin

October 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Under Lin, the quality of Netflix's movies got worse. The Lin era was defined by mid-budget, algorithm-friendly fare and a wobbly relationship with the filmmakers who actually gave Netflix its prestige.

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Jesse Eisenberg Says He “Couldn’t Get Movie Studio Roles” After Winning a Razzie for ‘Batman v Superman’

October 19, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Ten years later, Jesse Eisenberg says the backlash behind his Lex Luthor, and the Razzie that came with it, changed the course of his career, and led him to directing.

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Peter Jackson Says His Next Film Is ‘Tintin 2,' but Who's Paying for It?

October 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Peter Jackson is back. Twelve years after his last narrative feature, he's confirmed his next directing gig, and it's the ‘Tintin’ sequel that everyone had pretty much given up on.

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Taika Waititi Says His ‘Star Wars' Movie Has Been “Put on Ice"

October 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This was inevitably going to happen. Taika Waititi's long-gestating "Star Wars" movie — first announced by Lucasfilm on May the 4th, 2020 — has been "put on ice."

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Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ Flops at the Box Office With $290K Weekend, $614 Per-Screen Average

October 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

No official figure has been reported, but best guess is the budget landed somewhere in the $10M range. HBO pre-bought the streaming rights, but that was before David Ellison took over

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‘Michael’ Gets Standing Ovation at DGA Oscar Screening — Best Picture Nomination a Possibility?

October 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

This absolutely matters. That room was practically all Oscar voters. Fact remains, “Michael” was always going to contend for a best picture nomination, you just had to set your biases aside.

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Kevin Costner Isn't Giving Up on ‘Horizon’: “Ultimately We Are Going to Release Four Movies”

October 18, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Back in May, a Warner Bros. source told me ‘Chapter 2’ wasn't coming out in 2026. It was “not in the plans.” The film has been finished for two years.

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Box-Office: ‘Whalefall' Bombs With $7M Opening on $60M Budget

October 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Duffield's "Whalefall," the survival thriller about a diver swallowed by a sperm whale, is heading toward a roughly $7M-ish opening weekend, according to the most recent Saturday update.

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‘You Can See Everything' Headed For $15M Weekend, 2000+ Sellouts in Just 855 Theaters — The Five Best Moments. What Did You Think? Post Your Review!

October 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

So, those of you who went this weekend: what did you make of it? Where do you land on Holmes, and — most fascinatingly — on Billy Evans, her sniffling, controlling, weirdo husband?

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Josh Brolin Says Steven Knight's ‘Sicario 3' Script Is “Undeniable," Shoot Set for 2027

October 17, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Brolin has teases “Sicario 3” since at least 2022, and as recently as last November, he was saying it felt close. It wasn't. Then, this month, it finally clicked: Knight on script, Padraic McKinley (“The Weight”) directing.

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Quentin Tarantino Has a Script Ready for His 10th Film, But Wants to “Live a Little” First

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

So there's a script. That's something. It looks as though “The Movie Critic” really is dead and buried, and that this is a brand-new project, and title, but the premise is unknown.

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Francis Lawrence to Direct ‘Red Rising’ Movie for Paramount

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

According to THR, Paramount has acquired the rights to "Red Rising," Pierce Brown's best-selling dystopian sci-fi saga, and it has handed the keys to a familiar name.

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Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas to Star in HBO’s ‘True Detective’ Season 5

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Cage and Banderas join a long list of actors who have led the show. Previous seasons featured Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Mahershala Ali, and Jodie Foster.

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The Coen Brothers Confirm They'll Reunite Soon: “We're Getting Old. It Better Be the Near Future"

October 16, 2026 Jordan Ruimy

Joel and Ethan Coen, one of our great living filmmakers, haven't made a film together since in almost ten years. They swear there's no "schism," and promise a reunion is coming “soon.”

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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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