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Disney has released the trailer for “Freakier Friday.” The film is set for theatrical release on August 8, 2025. Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis return in their respective daughter/mother roles.
Read moreLeonardo DiCaprio's 10 Best Performances
Leonardo DiCaprio turns 50 today. He’s been Oscar-nominated seven times, and of course only won once (for “The Revenant” in 2016). Here are his ten best performances.
Read more‘Kinds of Kindness’ is “Almost 3-Hours Long [...] Hostile, Aggressive, More Like Lanthimos’ Early Work"
Critics Poll: Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Tops Our 1960s Critics Poll
Oscar Nominations on Tuesday. Your Predicted Surprises?
The 93rd Academy Awards will announce its nominations on Tuesday. What do you think will surprise?
Read moreThe 10 Best Horror Movies of All-Time
I really love the horror genre, at its best it can truly give you a cinematic feeling like no other. The jolts you experience from watching a spook-fest are akin to being in "fight or flight" mode, your body's natural ability to react to a harmful event, attack, or threat for the sake of survival.
Read moreIs Cinema Really Dying? An Interview With Jacky Goldberg
There are two ways to ponder the future of cinema. Contrary to what Martin Scorsese might believe., no, cinema never dies, it’s just evolving. But, a certain idea of cinema is dying. And I think that’s what Scorsese was referring to. The question is: how fast is it dying? And: is it reversible?
Read moreRichard Linklater's 10 Essential Movies
Of all the great American filmmakers that haven’t won the Best Director prize yet, Richard Linklater is up there with the most deserving. His filmography is as original and diverse as any of his generation.
Read morePixar Has Lost its Creative Mojo
Between 2000-2010 every movie Pixar released either very good or a flat-out masterpiece.
Read moreRanked: Steven Soderbergh’s Movies Since 2009
It’s arguable no director has transcended multiple genres the way the great Steven Soderbergh has, especially over the last decade. The prolific director has moved between psychological thriller, to drama, to comedy, all be it never allowing the films to lose that Soderbergh touch.
Read more12 Great Living Filmmakers Who Have Never Won A Best Director Oscar
The sad tradition of not honoring the right filmmakers will likely continue for the Academy. Further proof can be found with these 11 greats who haven’t won for their directing yet, with some not even having a single nomination to their name.
Read moreRanked: ‘Marvel Cinematic Universe’ Movies
From “Iron Man” to “Captain Marvel,” I rank the Marvel Cinematic Universe films from worst to best.
Read moreThe 10 Best Action Movies of All-Time
"Die Hard" changed the action genre almost 30 years ago; ever since then it has evolved in numerous, interesting ways, (mind you not all successful) but it’s given us a handful of great movies. "Fury Road" is only the latest addition to this ever-evolving genre. Where do we go from here? What will be the consequences of a post-“Fury Road” action world? As A.O. Scott wrote in The New York Times, "Miller has reminded us that blockbusters have the potential to not only be art, but radically visionary – even the fourth in a series. What a lovely day, indeed." Here are ten movies -all released within the last 30 years - that tried to change the game, succeeded and made it a lovely day for blockbusters.”
Read moreThe 10 Best Pixar Movies
Pixar hasn’t just reinvented animation for the 21st century, they’ve expanded it forward to a space and time where the adult/child line is blurred and the creativity on display is astonishingly rendered. You forget you’re watching a film primarily aimed at kids. You feel like a child again, full of innocence, full of joy, discovering a new world that previously seemed so out of reach. Over the past 25 years, Pixar has given us so much more than 15 timeless movies; they’ve brought us the ability to succumb to a universe full of magic and stories that hit the truest notes possible. It’s hard to imagine a cinematic landscape without Pixar, and the significance they represent cannot be underestimated. Their effect on regular, live-action movies is self-evident. They’ve pushed boundaries and forced other filmmakers to think outside the box. Here’s to another 25 great years.
Read more15 Directors Who Actually Trashed Their Own Movies
When a film gets shot it results in an environment that is creatively pumped by an assortment of collaborators, most important of all might be the director. By the time a film makes the long journey from pre-production to theaters, it’s the director’s vision that is most noticed on-screen, his instinct to mold every collaborator’s inclusion into a whole. Of course, sometimes when a film goes bad shots are fired and bad blood emerges, but the main fall guy always ends up being the director. Although most end up staying quiet and just letting time do the healing, others can’t help but shout out their discontent. Here are 15 famous directors who hate their own movies and made sure to let us know.
Read moreThe 10 Most Shocking Movies of All-Time
Some movies push the envelope, while other movies tear up the envelope, put it through a shredder, and do so without worrying about how they will be perceived by the mainstream.
Read moreSteve McQueen: ‘Ozark' is a ‘Breaking Bad' rip-off; Says Cinema is Superior to Television.
It is thrilling to see all these great directors make the switch from movies to TV. Legendary filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, David Fincher, Woody Allen, Steven Soderbergh, Spike Lee, Todd Haynes, Joel Coen and Ridley Scott are all giving us their own serialized statements on the small-screen, hell, even this past year Steve McQueen made the jump to streaming with his powerful “Small Axe” anthology.
Read moreThe 15 Best Movies of 2020
Through the context of a movie year that had most of its post-March theatrical releases canceled, the number of great movies that actually came out this year was surprisingly plentiful. Have we finally reached the point when, even if almost an entire year of theatrical moviegoing gets thrown out of the window, we could still find a bountiful amount of quality films via streaming platforms? I believe we’ve reached that point.
Read moreBerlin Film Festival Going Virtual; Delayed Until March
If you thought film festivals were just going to be affected by the pandemic in 2020 then think again. It appears the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival, originally set for February, is the latest film victim of the pandemic.
Read moreTom Cruise Warns Movie Crew “They’re ‘F***ing Gone” if They Break COVID Rules
A single careless COVID moment can knock a film production out of action for weeks, it already happened on the set of numerous films including Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” and the Olivia Wilde-directed film “Don’t Worry Darling”, both of which are now back in production.
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