It keeps getting worse for Jafar Panahi. The Palme d'Or-winning director of "It Was Just an Accident" has been sentenced by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court to five years in prison.
Hollywood remaking anything connected to Hitchcock has rarely produced memorable results. Yet the industry keeps trying, despite overwhelming evidence that it’s a fool’s errand.
Lawrence Lamont, whose “One of Them Days” was one of the more pleasant low-key surprises of early 2025, has been tapped by New Line to direct “Last Friday,” the fourth instalment of the “Friday” franchise.
Should "Coyote vs. Acme" even be considered an animated film? The Academy requires animation to cover 75% of a film's runtime, and somehow this movie cleared that bar.
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.
The only titles missing are Gray’s “Armageddon Time,” Reichardt’s “Showing Up,” and Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness.” No doubt all three will be screened during the thick of the festival. Stay tuned …
5/18 Serebrennikov & Van Groeningen/Vandermeersch
5/19 Skolimowski
5/20 Saleh & Desplechin
5/21 Mungiu
5/22 Abbasi & Bruni-Tedeschi
5/23 Park & Cronenberg
5/24 the Dardennes
5/25 Roustaee & Denis
5/26 Serra, Kore-Eda & 10pm Dhont
5/27 Serraille
Marvel's "Ghost Rider" just hired one of the best cinematographers working today. Linus Sandgren will serve as DP on Shawn Levy's MCU flick, and, most notably, the project will be shot on film.