“Asteroid City,” which wrapped production last October, and will be released June 23rd. A Cannes premiere is practically sealed for this one.
Read morePaul Schrader’s ‘Master Gardener’ is A Powerfully Perplexing Provocation [Trailer]
Schrader's latest, titled, “Master Gardener,” has a confirmed US release date of Friday, May 19th 2023 via Magnolia Pictures.
Read moreCannes Boss Says Only American Films Should Win the Best Picture Oscar
One of the more interesting parts of yesterday’s fascinating Variety interview with Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux was his insistence that the Best Picture Oscar should go to an American movie.
Read moreAna de Armas Being Considered for Michael Mann’s ‘Heat’ Sequel
Ana de Armas is being eyed to play the female lead, Elisa in Michael Mann's sequel for 'Heat.’ De Armas would thus join, also rumored, Al Pacino, Adam Driver, Austin Butler. What a talented cast this could be.
Read moreAri Aster's Next Film Will Be a Western Starring Joaquin Phoenix
The writer-director will release “Beau is Afraid,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, on April 21st. The film has started screening for press this week. It’s a 3-hour existentialist “Jewish Comedy” as Aster describes it.
Read morePoster for Wes Anderson’s ‘Asteroid City,’ Confirmed For Cannes
As speculated last week, we’ll be getting a trailer for Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” tomorrow. In the meantime, FOCUS has released the official poster. Quite interesting how Jason Schwartzman gets top billing in this one …
Read moreBen Affleck’s ‘Air’ is A Familiar, but Entertaining Underdog Story. Not a Slam Dunk [Review]
Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Has A Trailer
Matt Damon Has Seen ‘Oppenheimer’: “It's Fantastic. It's Three Hours. Cillian [Murphy] is Phenomenal”
As with all Christopher Nolan films, “Oppenheimer” has been shrouded in secrecy and will most likely remain that way until it starts getting screened in the summer.
Read moreJean-Luc Godard Made “Several” Films Before His Death
We know that the 20-minute “Funny Wars” will most likely be at Cannes in May. But Brenez is telling Critikat that we could look forward to others in the near future.
Read moreQuestlove Has Decided To Direct Disney’s Live-Action ‘The Aristocats’ Remake
What do you do after your first film, a critically-acclaimed doc, won a slew of awards, including an Oscar? Well, you hop on the Disney train and sell your soul to greed.
Read moreAri Aster’s ‘Beau is Afraid’ Starts Screening For Press This Week …
‘Beau’ will be launched without a festival run by A24 — a strategy also used for Aster’s “Midsommer.” A24 seems to believe a festival-less route is the best way forward for Aster’s 3-hour movie.
Read moreMartin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Sets October 6th Release Date
As previously mentioned, Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” will premiere at Cannes then get rolled out in the fall.
Read moreWoody Allen’s ‘Coup de Chance’ Potentially Premiering at Cannes
Variety Confirms ‘Indy 5’ at Cannes
80-year-old Harrison Ford has said that “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” will be the fifth and final time he plays the titular hero.
Read moreDavid Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ Adds Diane Kruger, Replaces Léa Seydoux
Cronenberg has mentioned that ‘Shrouds’ is part of the aborted Netflix project we had previously reported on.
Read moreBrady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’ Now Has A Totally Different Cast
It looks as though we’ll now have to settle with Adrian Brody, Guy Pearce and Felicity Jones. Not too shabby.
Read moreJonathan Majors Charged With Multiple Counts of Assault By NY DA [Updated]
The NYPD were told that the alleged assault victim on Saturday was Jonathan Majors' girlfriend — and, according to her, they had gotten into an argument while in a taxi returning home from a bar in Brooklyn.
Read moreCoppola’s ‘Megalopolis,’ Released in 2024, Will Also Have A Graphic Novel Accompanying it
A bit odd, but Syzygy Publishing, the new Image Imprint headed by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood, announced they are collaborating with Francis Ford Coppola on a graphic novel tie-in to his upcoming film, ”Megalopolis”.
Read moreBest Action Movies of the 21st Century?
Action was reinvented in the 21st Century. It had to. After all, we were coming off the ‘90s, which saw the last days of the testosterone-fueled action of Michael Bay, Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, and Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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