The sheer risk it took for Ali Abassi to make a film about Donald Trump, and know what? “The Apprentice” works very well as an origin story of what made Trump who he is today.

It didn’t look like John Krasinski’s “IF” was going to hit $30M. Friday’s receipts were average ($9M) but word of mouth travelled (“A” CinemaScore) and the film landed a $34M opening weekend.

Oliver Stone, 77, currently the Chomsky of Hollywood filmmakers, is still fully engaged, plugging away and making docs — his latest one, “Lula,” premiered yesterday.

Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance,” an instant body-horror classic, is the best film I’ve seen, so far, at Cannes. This is an absolute onslaught of audacity— sound, imagery and blood, tackling Hollywood’s obsession with female beauty.

After a competitive bidding war, A24 has acquired Ruben Östlund’s “The Entertainment System is Down” starring Keanu Reeves and Kirsten Dunst. It’s set to shoot in early 2025.

Cannes is a place where I tend to get a lot of good scoops. Here’s some new intel regarding that Adam Sandler/Josh Safdie film that’s been heavily delayed.

Kevin Costner premiered the first of his four ‘Horizon’ movies tonight in Cannes. Despite a 7-minute standing ovation, not all critics are being kind to his 3-hour western. It was to be expected.

It’s been four days since Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” screened here and know what? People are still talking about it. You’ll still bump into someone who wants to talk about this highly eccentric film.

Guy Maddin's “Rumours” screened last night and it's his goofiest, most mainstream film to date. Working as a sort of comedy-satire that delves into the lunacy of governing.

My sources already confirmed to me that Austin Butler was going to be par tof Michael Mann’s “Heat 2.” He’s set to play Chris Shiherlis, originally portrayed in 1995’s “Heat” by Val Kilmer.

AMC has added a trigger warning to another classic, “Goodfellas.” Before the film begins, a message reads at the warning of “cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance.”

Neon has backed the last four Palme d’Or winners. It now appears as though they will be contending for a fifth one this year.

Neon clearly sees something in the guy and are hoping he’s next big thing in horror. A24 gave us Ari Aster and Robert Eggers — Neon wants to give us Oz Perkins.

After a run of health scares, and reckoning with mortality in the Cannes premiered "Oh, Canada," Paul Schrader says he is now in his “post-dying” era of filmmaking.

Kelly’s career seemed to go off the rails with “Southland Tales,” often regarded as one of the biggest disasters in modern film, and which premiered at Cannes 2006 to very hostile reviews.

Back in 2019, Cronenberg mentioned to me that he had pitched a series to Netflix, he didn’t specify what it was, but it piqued the curiosity of many of his fans.