On November 17th, Martin Scorsese turns 80. Yeah, I know, blows your mind when you think about it. It feels like it was just yesterday that he was in his 50s and entering his big-studio movie phase with “Gangs of New York”.

Now that the dust has settled, and we’ve more less explained why “Saint Omer” wasn’t part of Cannes, some are wondering if Cannes needs to do a little re-evaluating in their selection process. I say that’s bollocks.

The SNL writers who are threatening to quit the show if Dave Chappelle ends up hosting next week should ABSOLUTELY LEAVE THE SHOW. In fact, what SNL needs is a total overhaul because it hasn’t been funny for over a decade. Know what? Don’t let them quit, just FIRE them.

Paul Schrader is raving about Andrea Riseborough’s incredible work in the underseen indie gem “To Leslie.” As he should be. I hadn’t even realized that it was released a month ago. That’s how under-the-radar this small film has been.

At some point in the early summer there was a sense that Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s “Everything Everywhere All At Once” would have a tough road ahead in its Oscar hopes.

No, really, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” which I caught yesterday, is out of the running for Best Picture. No matter what some pundits are telling you, it’s DOA.

A Louisiana woman, now 64 years-old, claims to have been sexually abused by Warren Beatty 49 years ago, when she was 15 and therefore a minor. The complainant has filed a lawsuit against Beatty, who is now 85.

On 10.07.22 it had been reported that one of the best animated movies of the year, Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 ½”, was deemed ineligible by the animation branch of the Academy.

First things first, you’ve seen the trailer for “The Fabelmans.” It’s exactly what you think it will be. There are no surprises or narrative risks, it’s quite literally “The Steven Spielberg Story.”

Here’s something to cheer you up on a Wednesday morning. The first still, that I know of at least, of Woody Allen’s upcoming Paris-set thriller.

We have a full-length trailer. “Bohemian Rhapsody” vibes all over this one. One can easily imagine this Whitney Houston biopic becoming a box-office hit.

Scott Feinberg’s latest predictions seem 90% accurate to my eyes, but that remaining 10% …

It was obvious and almost certainly conclusive that French critics were going to love James Gray’s “Armageddon Time.” After all, it is the French, along with a very vocal cabal in New York City, that have praised and given much-needed legs to Gray’s career.

In Gregory Elwood’s piece titled “The Fablemans’ Finally Lands in LA As Best Picture Buzz Grows,” a hilarious anecdote is revealed regarding the casting of David Lynch as John Ford in Spielberg’s film:

Not sure what to make of these, Grecian black & gold costumes. A reader by the name of Gary wrote, “Hope to God this doesn't end up as a kind of "Star Trek: Plato's Stepchildren" looking thing.”

Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” finally has a trailer, but, as suspected, they’ve expertly edited it to show the least amount of footage as possible.

UPDATE: The reviews are in and … not Oscar-worthy by any stretch of the imagination.