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The New York Film Festival is right around the corner and barring some surprise additions, the Film Society of Lincoln Center has revealed the final screenings to its 2024 slate including the Spotlight and Currents selections. Over the past two days, the festival has announced that Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez,” Jesse Einsenberg’s “A Real Pain,” Guy Maddin’s “Rumors,” Scott McGehee, David Siegel’s “The Friend,” and Pablo Larraín’s “Maria” will screen following their Cannes, Sundance, Telluride and Venice world premieres, respectively.
Continue reading NYFF 2024 Adds ‘Emila Perez,’ ‘A ‘Little, Big, And Far,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ & More at The Playlist.
Continue reading NYFF 2024 Adds ‘Emila Perez,’ ‘A ‘Little, Big, And Far,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ & More at The Playlist.
- 8/15/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
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Every great screen performance expands the medium in its own way, giving audiences something to respond to, while offering fresh ideas to future actors. A select few can be said to have redefined the craft entirely: Orson Welles in “Citizen Kane,” Marlon Brando in “On the Waterfront,” Toshiro Mifune in “Rashomon” and Gena Rowlands in “A Woman Under the Influence.”
Rowlands died Wednesday at age 94, half a century after “A Woman Under the Influence” premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1974. Rowlands was the last to go from among a tight clique of titans — actors who transformed modern cinema: Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel, Ben Gazzara and, of course, Rowlands’ late husband, actor-director John Cassavetes.
Younger audiences who know Rowlands only as the memory-challenged older woman in “The Notebook” (directed by her son Nick Cassavetes) or for her Emmy-winning turn in “Hysterical Blindness” owe it to themselves to investigate her most important work,...
Rowlands died Wednesday at age 94, half a century after “A Woman Under the Influence” premiered at the New York Film Festival in 1974. Rowlands was the last to go from among a tight clique of titans — actors who transformed modern cinema: Peter Falk, Seymour Cassel, Ben Gazzara and, of course, Rowlands’ late husband, actor-director John Cassavetes.
Younger audiences who know Rowlands only as the memory-challenged older woman in “The Notebook” (directed by her son Nick Cassavetes) or for her Emmy-winning turn in “Hysterical Blindness” owe it to themselves to investigate her most important work,...
- 8/15/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety - Film News
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Fantastic Fest is nearly here.
One of the very best, most underrated film festivals of the year, which takes place annually at a single movie theater in Austin, Texas (that’d be the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar), returns on Sept. 19. And ahead of the genre film festival, we’ve got the full lineup, which includes 28 world premieres, 23 international and North American premieres, and 15 U.S. premieres. (You can see the full list below.)
Among the movies playing at Fantastic Fest are “Never Let Go,” the new supernatural thriller from Alexandre Aja and actress Halle Berry; “Apartment 7A,” the “Rosemary’s Baby” prequel from Paramount; the Palme d’Or-winning thriller “Anora” from Sean Baker; A24’s bizarro “A Different Man;” and DreamWorks Animation’s beautiful, touching “The Wild Robot.” Other animated offerings include “Memoir of a Snail” from “Mary and Max” filmmaker Adam Elliot, and “Spermageddon” from “Violent Night” filmmaker Tommy Wirkola.
One of the very best, most underrated film festivals of the year, which takes place annually at a single movie theater in Austin, Texas (that’d be the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar), returns on Sept. 19. And ahead of the genre film festival, we’ve got the full lineup, which includes 28 world premieres, 23 international and North American premieres, and 15 U.S. premieres. (You can see the full list below.)
Among the movies playing at Fantastic Fest are “Never Let Go,” the new supernatural thriller from Alexandre Aja and actress Halle Berry; “Apartment 7A,” the “Rosemary’s Baby” prequel from Paramount; the Palme d’Or-winning thriller “Anora” from Sean Baker; A24’s bizarro “A Different Man;” and DreamWorks Animation’s beautiful, touching “The Wild Robot.” Other animated offerings include “Memoir of a Snail” from “Mary and Max” filmmaker Adam Elliot, and “Spermageddon” from “Violent Night” filmmaker Tommy Wirkola.
- 8/15/2024
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
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I'll admit it: I am Art the Clown-pilled. The "Terrifier" films aren't the most sophisticated of horror movies — they're pretty cheap and some of the acting is a bit stiff — but gosh, I kinda love 'em. I'm especially fond of "Terrifier 2," a mega-sequel that more or less fixes every problem I had with the first movie (you can read my "Terrifer 2" review right here). In addition to being extremely gory, "Terrifier 2" is also extremely long, especially for a slasher movie. It clocks in at a whopping 138 minutes! For reference, the first film runs a much more respectable 85 minutes.
With that in mind, you might be wondering about the "Terrifier 3" runtime. Will the next bloody tale of Art the Clown follow in the lengthy footsteps of "Terrifier 2"? Earlier this week, "Terrifier" franchise director Damien Leone took to Twitter to tease the runtime of the new movie. "Can't...
With that in mind, you might be wondering about the "Terrifier 3" runtime. Will the next bloody tale of Art the Clown follow in the lengthy footsteps of "Terrifier 2"? Earlier this week, "Terrifier" franchise director Damien Leone took to Twitter to tease the runtime of the new movie. "Can't...
- 8/15/2024
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
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On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Fall in Love with Love (and New York City)
You never forget your first crush. Life and love grow so complicated as we get older, but those early butterflies, stolen glances, and fleeting interactions are so easily romanticized in the rearview, relics of a bygone innocence and who we used to be. No matter what follows, the first stirrings of a crush are full of promise and excitement — even if you feel a bit like you’re going to explode.
I was on my second or third crush when I...
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Fall in Love with Love (and New York City)
You never forget your first crush. Life and love grow so complicated as we get older, but those early butterflies, stolen glances, and fleeting interactions are so easily romanticized in the rearview, relics of a bygone innocence and who we used to be. No matter what follows, the first stirrings of a crush are full of promise and excitement — even if you feel a bit like you’re going to explode.
I was on my second or third crush when I...
- 8/17/2024
- by Proma Khosla and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
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Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” is bringing in some extra help for the lead-up to its theatrical release — and the “Godfather” auteur didn’t even have to look outside his own family for it.
The self-financed sci-fi epic, which premiered at Cannes and is set to play the Toronto International Film Festival next month before Lionsgate releases it on September 27, has enlisted Utopia to assist with the film’s rollout. The boutique distributor, which was founded by Coppola’s nephew Robert Schwartzman, will collaborate with Lionsgate to provide alternative marketing services to help the film reach younger audiences.
Per a press release, Utopia will aid Lionsgate’s rollout of the film with a series of “specialty marketing, word-of-mouth, and non-traditional theatrical distribution initiatives.”
Since its founding in 2019, Utopia has carved out a niche for itself as a distributor of challenging independent films, often with a genre slant, that are produced on very low budgets.
The self-financed sci-fi epic, which premiered at Cannes and is set to play the Toronto International Film Festival next month before Lionsgate releases it on September 27, has enlisted Utopia to assist with the film’s rollout. The boutique distributor, which was founded by Coppola’s nephew Robert Schwartzman, will collaborate with Lionsgate to provide alternative marketing services to help the film reach younger audiences.
Per a press release, Utopia will aid Lionsgate’s rollout of the film with a series of “specialty marketing, word-of-mouth, and non-traditional theatrical distribution initiatives.”
Since its founding in 2019, Utopia has carved out a niche for itself as a distributor of challenging independent films, often with a genre slant, that are produced on very low budgets.
- 8/16/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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A bright spot for “Dark Matter”: Apple TV+ has renewed the sci-fi series for a second season.
“Dark Matter” is based on a book by Blake Crouch; he’s also the Apple TV+ adaptation’s creator/showrunner. He executive produces alongside Matt Tolmach, Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry, and star Joel Edgerton. In addition to Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley also star.
“Dark Matter” is “a story about the road not taken,” the Sony show’s logline reads.
It continues: “The series follows Jason Dessen (played by Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of realities, he embarks on...
“Dark Matter” is based on a book by Blake Crouch; he’s also the Apple TV+ adaptation’s creator/showrunner. He executive produces alongside Matt Tolmach, Jacquelyn Ben-Zekry, and star Joel Edgerton. In addition to Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, Dayo Okeniyi and Oakes Fegley also star.
“Dark Matter” is “a story about the road not taken,” the Sony show’s logline reads.
It continues: “The series follows Jason Dessen (played by Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago — is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the mind-bending landscape of lives he could have lived. In this labyrinth of realities, he embarks on...
- 8/16/2024
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
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This article is part of IndieWire’s 2000s Week celebration. Click here for a whole lot more.
To seriously paraphrase the cat from “Coraline,” you might think horror movies in the 2000s were all hokey, exploitative, and bad… but you’re wrong.
We’re rounding out 2000s Week with a consideration of the scariest cinema the decade had to offer. That’s a fitting exercise as our blast from the past becomes yesterday’s news, and IndieWire’s exhausted staff catches its collective breath.
Hindsight is a funny thing. What differentiates the memories we want to keep from the nightmares that won’t leave us alone? With dozens of hidden-gem horror titles tossed out to make room for a measly top 13, this list wishes it knew. But, trapped in a torture chamber of our own making, the following curation was made with a variety of baseline good horror films that are fun,...
To seriously paraphrase the cat from “Coraline,” you might think horror movies in the 2000s were all hokey, exploitative, and bad… but you’re wrong.
We’re rounding out 2000s Week with a consideration of the scariest cinema the decade had to offer. That’s a fitting exercise as our blast from the past becomes yesterday’s news, and IndieWire’s exhausted staff catches its collective breath.
Hindsight is a funny thing. What differentiates the memories we want to keep from the nightmares that won’t leave us alone? With dozens of hidden-gem horror titles tossed out to make room for a measly top 13, this list wishes it knew. But, trapped in a torture chamber of our own making, the following curation was made with a variety of baseline good horror films that are fun,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
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“True Detective: Night Country” is true to its name in that it makes the night — specifically 30 days of polar night in the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska — feel like a monster waiting to swallow you up. Or, as cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister puts it, “If you switch off the lights in Alaska, you’ll die.”
Achieving a dark look for HBO’s mystery series of murder, and maybe something a little bit more supernatural, counterintuitively meant focusing on the elements of light. There’s precious little knowledge to be illuminated when Ennis police chief Liz Danvers (Jodi Foster) and her former partner, Alaska State Trooper Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), begin looking into a tangle of bodies found frozen near the Tsalal Research Station.
But there are a lot of choices that people who live that far north make to feel a little more human, from how they light their homes to...
Achieving a dark look for HBO’s mystery series of murder, and maybe something a little bit more supernatural, counterintuitively meant focusing on the elements of light. There’s precious little knowledge to be illuminated when Ennis police chief Liz Danvers (Jodi Foster) and her former partner, Alaska State Trooper Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), begin looking into a tangle of bodies found frozen near the Tsalal Research Station.
But there are a lot of choices that people who live that far north make to feel a little more human, from how they light their homes to...
- 8/16/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
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When “X-Men ’97” hit Disney+ in March, it received a warm reception for providing a nostalgic continuation of the beloved “X-Men: The Animated Series,” complete with a fittingly old school animation style. But just days before the show premiered, one of the most prominent voices who shaped the acclaimed season was fired.
Beau DeMayo, who served as head writer on the revival after previously writing for Marvel’s “Moon Knight” limited series, was fired days before the show premiered. While his departure was never explained, his colleague Brad Winderbaum, executive producer and Marvel Studios head of TV, streaming, and animation, spoke fondly of his contributions in a March interview with IndieWire.
“Beau had real passion and respect for the characters and wrote great scripts,” Winderbaum said. “And like all of us, we’re drafting off a 60-year legacy of ‘The X-Men.’ It’s filmmaking, it takes a village. There are...
Beau DeMayo, who served as head writer on the revival after previously writing for Marvel’s “Moon Knight” limited series, was fired days before the show premiered. While his departure was never explained, his colleague Brad Winderbaum, executive producer and Marvel Studios head of TV, streaming, and animation, spoke fondly of his contributions in a March interview with IndieWire.
“Beau had real passion and respect for the characters and wrote great scripts,” Winderbaum said. “And like all of us, we’re drafting off a 60-year legacy of ‘The X-Men.’ It’s filmmaking, it takes a village. There are...
- 8/16/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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How do you get The Roku Channel to compete with the likes of Pluto TV? Maybe you buy Pluto TV. And Paramount+. Hell, buy the whole company while you’re at it.
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported that Seagram’s heir Edgar Bronfman Jr., the chairman of Fubo, has not yet given up on acquiring control of Paramount Global. And he’s recruiting: In his ragtag group are Fortress Investment Group, “Baby Geniuses” producer Steven Paul, and Roku, the number 1 manufacturer of streaming devices.
Wait, Roku — where did you come from?
A combination could make some sense here. For starters, Paramount+ is available on Roku platforms already. And they’re probably already hanging out at the Walton Family Christmas parties: Both Paramount and Roku have deals with Walmart. Ad-supported Paramount+ is included with a Walmart+ membership, while Roku is the operating system in Walmart’s own branded TVs.
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported that Seagram’s heir Edgar Bronfman Jr., the chairman of Fubo, has not yet given up on acquiring control of Paramount Global. And he’s recruiting: In his ragtag group are Fortress Investment Group, “Baby Geniuses” producer Steven Paul, and Roku, the number 1 manufacturer of streaming devices.
Wait, Roku — where did you come from?
A combination could make some sense here. For starters, Paramount+ is available on Roku platforms already. And they’re probably already hanging out at the Walton Family Christmas parties: Both Paramount and Roku have deals with Walmart. Ad-supported Paramount+ is included with a Walmart+ membership, while Roku is the operating system in Walmart’s own branded TVs.
- 8/16/2024
- by Tony Maglio and Brian Welk
- Indiewire
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While some fans and reporters got a taste of Marvel Television’s “Ironheart” at Disney’s recent D23 Expo, the series, which was shot in May 2022, will likely not arrive until more than three years after it went into production. And so, the series has been relatively shrouded in a decent amount of mystery up until recently.
This much we know, created by Chinaka Hodge, Ironheart centers on Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), the brilliant M.I.T.
Continue reading ‘Ironheart’ Cast Suggests The Series Tackles Morally Gray Areas; It’s Not “Good & Evil, It’s Complicated” at The Playlist.
This much we know, created by Chinaka Hodge, Ironheart centers on Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), the brilliant M.I.T.
Continue reading ‘Ironheart’ Cast Suggests The Series Tackles Morally Gray Areas; It’s Not “Good & Evil, It’s Complicated” at The Playlist.
- 8/16/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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Usually, hikes are all about silences and sound swaps — insects buzz instead of phones, streams murmur instead of people on the street. But one of the sneakily great filmmaking choices in “Good One” is how it doesn’t shy away from dialogue during its long stretches of meditative walks through the woods; it just shows us how easy it is to tune people out when they aren’t saying anything of substance.
That’s one aspect of the relationship management with which teenage Sam (Lily Collias) engages on a three-day backpacking trip with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros), and his longtime friend Matt (Danny McCarthy): They both talk a lot at her and around each other. But director India Donaldson knows the difference between depicting boring conversations and actually having conversations be boring for the viewer. The way she shot the trio over the course of the film...
That’s one aspect of the relationship management with which teenage Sam (Lily Collias) engages on a three-day backpacking trip with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros), and his longtime friend Matt (Danny McCarthy): They both talk a lot at her and around each other. But director India Donaldson knows the difference between depicting boring conversations and actually having conversations be boring for the viewer. The way she shot the trio over the course of the film...
- 8/16/2024
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
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If Venu sounded too good to be true, well, now we won’t know until next year (at least).
A court has granted Fubo’s injunction against the sports-streaming service, a joint venture between Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, set to launch on August 23. Now it is grounded until at least 2025, pending the joint venture’s appeal.
The Venu companies and executives wanted their service out in time for the 2024 NFL football season. At this rate, it’s missing all of that, most of basketball season, probably (at least) some baseball. It would’ve had some hockey games too.
The U.S. District judge in the case wrote that Venu would have “substantially lessened competition and restrained trade.”
“Today’s ruling is a victory not only for Fubo but also for consumers. This decision will help ensure that consumers have access to a more competitive marketplace with multiple sports streaming options,...
A court has granted Fubo’s injunction against the sports-streaming service, a joint venture between Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery, set to launch on August 23. Now it is grounded until at least 2025, pending the joint venture’s appeal.
The Venu companies and executives wanted their service out in time for the 2024 NFL football season. At this rate, it’s missing all of that, most of basketball season, probably (at least) some baseball. It would’ve had some hockey games too.
The U.S. District judge in the case wrote that Venu would have “substantially lessened competition and restrained trade.”
“Today’s ruling is a victory not only for Fubo but also for consumers. This decision will help ensure that consumers have access to a more competitive marketplace with multiple sports streaming options,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Tony Maglio and Brian Welk
- Indiewire
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“It’s the light! Always the light!” exclaims a priest to the murderous Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) as they bask in the glory of a Caravaggio painting in Netflix’s new adaption of the Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. There are a multitude of exquisite facets to cinematographer Robert Elswit’s work on the series, including the formal compositions that embrace the Italian setting’s architecture. But, more than anything else, it’s the light as Elswit harkens back to classic noirs, 1960s Italian cinema and the canvasses of the great masters of chiaroscuro. Elswit earned an Oscar nomination for his black and […]
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- 8/16/2024
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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“It’s the light! Always the light!” exclaims a priest to the murderous Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) as they bask in the glory of a Caravaggio painting in Netflix’s new adaption of the Patricia Highsmith novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. There are a multitude of exquisite facets to cinematographer Robert Elswit’s work on the series, including the formal compositions that embrace the Italian setting’s architecture. But, more than anything else, it’s the light as Elswit harkens back to classic noirs, 1960s Italian cinema and the canvasses of the great masters of chiaroscuro. Elswit earned an Oscar nomination for his black and […]
The post Color in Black and White: Dp Robert Elswit on Ripley first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post Color in Black and White: Dp Robert Elswit on Ripley first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/16/2024
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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Welcome to My Favorite Scene! In this series, IndieWire speaks to actors behind a few of our favorite television performances about their personal-best onscreen moment and how it came together.
It’s been a year since the final season of “Reservation Dogs” premiered on FX, and even longer since the cast and crew worked on Sterlin Harjo’s FX series, but the show’s impact lingers and won’t soon be forgotten. Case in point: the welcome surprise of an Emmy nomination for 22-year-old D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, who plays Bear and has a weighty arc in Season 3.
“I’m very honored and very grateful for it,” Woon-a-Tai told IndieWire. “I was very honored for every single time we’ve been nominated for every award in the past, but to have recognition from the Emmys finally is a great feeling.”
Season 3, Episode 2 finds Bear wandering the desert alone until he’s captured...
It’s been a year since the final season of “Reservation Dogs” premiered on FX, and even longer since the cast and crew worked on Sterlin Harjo’s FX series, but the show’s impact lingers and won’t soon be forgotten. Case in point: the welcome surprise of an Emmy nomination for 22-year-old D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, who plays Bear and has a weighty arc in Season 3.
“I’m very honored and very grateful for it,” Woon-a-Tai told IndieWire. “I was very honored for every single time we’ve been nominated for every award in the past, but to have recognition from the Emmys finally is a great feeling.”
Season 3, Episode 2 finds Bear wandering the desert alone until he’s captured...
- 8/16/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
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Zach Braff is looking back on what is perhaps the biggest role of his career to date: starring in “Scrubs.”
The beloved series ran from 2001 to 2010, but Braff admitted that the ensemble cast was “pretty fried” by the end of the show.
“We would do insane hours that people don’t even do anymore,” Braff said during the “Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum” podcast in the below video. “We didn’t really have much of a life outside of it. So we were just kind of fried.”
Braff added that the network gave the full cast “insane contracts” for multi-year roles, which added to the long hours. The “Garden State” writer/director/star admitted that he would not sign up again for something like that, when asked about a possible reunion.
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The beloved series ran from 2001 to 2010, but Braff admitted that the ensemble cast was “pretty fried” by the end of the show.
“We would do insane hours that people don’t even do anymore,” Braff said during the “Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum” podcast in the below video. “We didn’t really have much of a life outside of it. So we were just kind of fried.”
Braff added that the network gave the full cast “insane contracts” for multi-year roles, which added to the long hours. The “Garden State” writer/director/star admitted that he would not sign up again for something like that, when asked about a possible reunion.
“When we signed up to do our show, they can put you under a pretty insane contract of,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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Well, as we said yesterday, a sequel to the billion-dollar grossing “Barbie” isn’t coming any time soon. No, not because writer/director Greta Gerwig said, why does it need to be that and why can’t it be an original project [paraphrasing], but because the filmmaker has two “Narnia” movies to make at Netflix first, so even if she was dying to make a sequel herself, it would be likely five years away at least, if Gerwig herself was directing.
Continue reading Mattel & Illumination Are Discussing A ‘Barbie’ Animated Film & Greta Gerwig & Margot Robbie Aren’t Thrilled About It [Report] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Mattel & Illumination Are Discussing A ‘Barbie’ Animated Film & Greta Gerwig & Margot Robbie Aren’t Thrilled About It [Report] at The Playlist.
- 8/16/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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Colin Firth and Emily Blunt are getting back together on the big screen. The two Brits have starred in two films previously, 2012’s little-seen “Arthur Newman” and the already underrated 2018 musical “Mary Poppins Returns.” Thanks to none other than Steven Spielberg, they are about to give it another go-around.
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According to Deadline, Firth is negotiating to join Blunt in Spielberg’s new “untitled” tentpole set for May 15, 2026.
Continue reading Colin Firth & Emily Blunt Reuniting In Steven Spielberg’s Secret New Movie at The Playlist.
Read More: Steven Spielberg developing original UFO film with “War Of The Worlds” screenwriter David Koepp
According to Deadline, Firth is negotiating to join Blunt in Spielberg’s new “untitled” tentpole set for May 15, 2026.
Continue reading Colin Firth & Emily Blunt Reuniting In Steven Spielberg’s Secret New Movie at The Playlist.
- 8/16/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
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Pete Docter, Pixar’s chief creative officer and Oscar-winning director of “Up,” “Inside Out,” and “Soul,” first learned to face his fears on his debut, “Monsters, Inc.” (2001), the buddy comedy about monsters coming out of closets to scare kids. Docter’s obvious knack for channeling personal problems into universal stories helped propel the films to both Oscars and staggering box office. It also helped shape Docter as a person, something not unfamiliar to Pixar’s fans.
“When I started on the film, my wife and I had our first kid, and bringing him home was horrifying for me, because obviously kids are appealing and cute and all that, but I was thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, this thing is counting on me and my wife to take care of it,'” Docter told IndieWire during a recent interview.
Pete Docter, Pixar’s chief creative officer and Oscar-winning director of “Up,” “Inside Out,” and “Soul,” first learned to face his fears on his debut, “Monsters, Inc.” (2001), the buddy comedy about monsters coming out of closets to scare kids. Docter’s obvious knack for channeling personal problems into universal stories helped propel the films to both Oscars and staggering box office. It also helped shape Docter as a person, something not unfamiliar to Pixar’s fans.
“When I started on the film, my wife and I had our first kid, and bringing him home was horrifying for me, because obviously kids are appealing and cute and all that, but I was thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, this thing is counting on me and my wife to take care of it,'” Docter told IndieWire during a recent interview.
- 8/16/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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After a sojourn into the “Transformers” universe with “Bumblebee,” Travis Knight is returning to his cinematic roots, stop-motion animation. Well, to be fair, he’s also still directing the live-action “Masters of the Universe” tentpole for Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel, but concurrently he’s directing his first stop-motion animation film in over eight years, “Wildwood.” In a surprise, Knight’s animation studio, Laika, has released a captivating teaser of the movie that we suspect will arrive in theaters sometime in 2025.
Continue reading ‘Wildwood’ Teaser: Travis Knight’s First Stop-Motion Film Since ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Looks Spooky at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Wildwood’ Teaser: Travis Knight’s First Stop-Motion Film Since ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Looks Spooky at The Playlist.
- 8/16/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
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Following his turn in the billion-dollar grossing, “Top Gun: Maverick,” the hit comedy, “Anyone But You,” the acclaimed “Hit-Man” rom-com/thriller, and this summer’s “Twisters,” actor Glen Powell is the man of the moment and Hollywood’s It boy. Appearing on the cover of Men’s Health last year, all chiseled, lean, and swole, the actor appeared to be the perfect example of the handsome, built, and charming leading man.
Continue reading Glen Powell Says He’s Never Received A Marvel Or DC Call & Calls ‘Backdraft’ A Rumor at The Playlist.
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- 8/16/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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Crispin Glover is a man in search of an exit — from a hotel — in the TIFF-bound “Mr. K.” The cult-favorite character actor — known for “Willard,” “River’s Edge,” “Dead Man,” and, who could forget, Cousin “I’m making my lunch!” Del in David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart” — stars in Tallulah H. Schwab’s surreal tale headed for the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform section. IndieWire shares the exclusive trailer for the film ahead of the festival, which runs September 5-15 in the thick of the fall fest season.
Here’s part of the synopsis courtesy of TIFF: “The ordeal for Mr. K’s misfortunate protagonist — a traveling magician played by Crispin Glover in one of the richest performances in his long and continually surprising career — begins when he checks into a once-stately hotel. The following morning, Mr. K is understandably confused by his inability to find the exit. Then again,...
Here’s part of the synopsis courtesy of TIFF: “The ordeal for Mr. K’s misfortunate protagonist — a traveling magician played by Crispin Glover in one of the richest performances in his long and continually surprising career — begins when he checks into a once-stately hotel. The following morning, Mr. K is understandably confused by his inability to find the exit. Then again,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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Festival season is upon us and that doesn’t just mean the prestige offerings of Venice, Telluride, Toronto, and New York. The 19th edition of Fantastic Fest is set to return to Austin a little over a month from now celebrating the best in new genre movies as well as celebrating restored classics and up-and-coming filmmakers. The festival released its main slate this week and it features world premieres of Alexandre Aja’s “Never Let Go” with Halle Berry, Natalie Erika James’s long-awaited “Apartment 7” with Julia Garner, Jim Hosking‘s “Ebony and Ivory” as well as the James Wan-produced and Ian McCulloch show run new series “Teacup.”
Read More: NYFF adds “Emila Perez,” ‘Little, Big and Far,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ and more
Fantastic Fest will feature 28 World Premieres, 23 International and North American Premieres, and 15 U.S.
Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2024 Lineup Includes ‘Never Let Go,’ ‘The Wild Robot,...
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Fantastic Fest will feature 28 World Premieres, 23 International and North American Premieres, and 15 U.S.
Continue reading Fantastic Fest 2024 Lineup Includes ‘Never Let Go,’ ‘The Wild Robot,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
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Every month, the boutique cinephile DVD/Blu-Ray Label the Criterion Collection adds many new cineaste gems to its ever-growing closet, and November 2024 is no different. Four new titles were announced this week, and two classic releases received 4 K upgrades.
New Criterion titles include director William Wyler’s acclaimed 1968 musical “Funny Girl” starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif, Peter Bogdanovich’s classic black and white road comedy-drama starring Ryan O’Neal and Tatum O’Neal (the latter won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and became the youngest competitive winner in the history of the Academy Awards at that time), Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar Best-Picture winning “The Shape of Water,” with Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon, and Howard Hawks’ classic 1932 gangster picture “Scarface,” featuring Paul Muni.
Continue reading Criterion’s November Titles Include ‘The Shape Of Water,’ ‘Paper Moon’ & More at The Playlist.
New Criterion titles include director William Wyler’s acclaimed 1968 musical “Funny Girl” starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif, Peter Bogdanovich’s classic black and white road comedy-drama starring Ryan O’Neal and Tatum O’Neal (the latter won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and became the youngest competitive winner in the history of the Academy Awards at that time), Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar Best-Picture winning “The Shape of Water,” with Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon, and Howard Hawks’ classic 1932 gangster picture “Scarface,” featuring Paul Muni.
Continue reading Criterion’s November Titles Include ‘The Shape Of Water,’ ‘Paper Moon’ & More at The Playlist.
- 8/16/2024
- by The Playlist Staff
- The Playlist
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Contrary to what conversion therapy might have you believe, it’s impossible to turn someone gay or bisexual. That is, unless you watched the first “Scooby-Doo” movie at a young, formative age. If that’s the case, then you’re almost definitely bisexual now, even if you don’t know it yet. Sorry you had to find out this way.
Despite giving us this great gift, critics at the time were still pretty harsh on cinema’s first-ever live-action portrayal of Scooby-Doo. “Get out your pooper-scoopers,” warned Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers. “It’s like an amalgam of ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Alien’ and the ‘Pokemon’ movies — minus all the good parts,” added Michael O’Sullivan at The Washington Post. I, on the other hand, couldn’t get enough of this film and the DVD I...
Contrary to what conversion therapy might have you believe, it’s impossible to turn someone gay or bisexual. That is, unless you watched the first “Scooby-Doo” movie at a young, formative age. If that’s the case, then you’re almost definitely bisexual now, even if you don’t know it yet. Sorry you had to find out this way.
Despite giving us this great gift, critics at the time were still pretty harsh on cinema’s first-ever live-action portrayal of Scooby-Doo. “Get out your pooper-scoopers,” warned Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers. “It’s like an amalgam of ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Alien’ and the ‘Pokemon’ movies — minus all the good parts,” added Michael O’Sullivan at The Washington Post. I, on the other hand, couldn’t get enough of this film and the DVD I...
- 8/16/2024
- by David Opie
- Indiewire
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Former “X-Men 97” showrunner and writer Beau DeMayo is hitting back at Marvel Television. The showrunner was fired from “X-Men 97” under mysterious circumstances earlier this year, right as the first season was set to air, and he had already completed writing and overseeing season two. But DeMayo now alleges that Marvel has stripped him of all his season two writing credits.
Read More: ‘X-Men ‘97’ Review: Marvel’s Engaging Animated Series Embraces The Past & Forges A New Future
In a Twitter post from yesterday, where DeMayo is very active, he says he was notified that he would be stripped of his season two writing credits when he posted fan art of himself on Instagram.
Continue reading ‘X-Men 97’ Showrunner Says “The Truth” Will Be Revealed” After Marvel Strips Him Of Season 2 Writing Credits at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘X-Men ‘97’ Review: Marvel’s Engaging Animated Series Embraces The Past & Forges A New Future
In a Twitter post from yesterday, where DeMayo is very active, he says he was notified that he would be stripped of his season two writing credits when he posted fan art of himself on Instagram.
Continue reading ‘X-Men 97’ Showrunner Says “The Truth” Will Be Revealed” After Marvel Strips Him Of Season 2 Writing Credits at The Playlist.
- 8/16/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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On August 14, after Justin Baldoni’s adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends with Us” opened to $50 million domestic bucks (and the Blake Lively movie began winning the weekday box office over her husband Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool & Wolverine”), Sony Pictures Entertainment Chair-ceo Tony Vinciquerra had words of praise. He cited Lively for her “passion and commitment to advancing the conversation around domestic violence,” adding: “We love working with Blake, and we want to do 12 more movies with her.”
That’s one perspective. For fans of the Colleen Hoover’s best-selling book and its film adaptation, there’s also a growing distaste for the way Lively and Hoover (both producers on the project and two of its most prominent stars on the circuit) have conducted themselves while marketing a film with such upsetting subject matter. While the project has been beset by rumors of on-set (and off-) discord between Baldoni,...
That’s one perspective. For fans of the Colleen Hoover’s best-selling book and its film adaptation, there’s also a growing distaste for the way Lively and Hoover (both producers on the project and two of its most prominent stars on the circuit) have conducted themselves while marketing a film with such upsetting subject matter. While the project has been beset by rumors of on-set (and off-) discord between Baldoni,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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Kit Harington may have had a “Game of Thrones” reunion with Richard Madden in 2021 Marvel film “Eternals,” but the actor isn’t going to “pretend” like the MCU is high art.
Harington told GQ UK that playing Dane Whitman in the film, directed by Chloé Zhao, was something he just had to do, given that it was a mega-franchise with Marvel.
“I’m not gonna pretend I took that [role] because it was different and interesting,” Harington said. “If Marvel calls, you’ve got to do it.”
The film received the worst reviews out of the Marvel installments at the time, leading Harington’s co-star Kumail Nanjiani to later admit he suffered from “trauma” from the critical backlash.
Harington, however, could still be back at Marvel. His character was teased as becoming Black Knight in an “Eternals” post-credits scene; that superhero character was believed to appear in the upcoming “Blade” film,...
Harington told GQ UK that playing Dane Whitman in the film, directed by Chloé Zhao, was something he just had to do, given that it was a mega-franchise with Marvel.
“I’m not gonna pretend I took that [role] because it was different and interesting,” Harington said. “If Marvel calls, you’ve got to do it.”
The film received the worst reviews out of the Marvel installments at the time, leading Harington’s co-star Kumail Nanjiani to later admit he suffered from “trauma” from the critical backlash.
Harington, however, could still be back at Marvel. His character was teased as becoming Black Knight in an “Eternals” post-credits scene; that superhero character was believed to appear in the upcoming “Blade” film,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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All in all, it took 15 years for Sofía Vergara to produce and star in the hit Netflix crime drama “Griselda,” which led to an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Sitting down for a video interview with IndieWire, she said that before she had any idea what the project could be, Vergara had a strong connection to Griselda Blanco’s story. “I just love that character because she was Colombian. I’m a mother, I’m Colombian. Of course, I have not killed any of my husbands, but I would understand why she had to do it,” she said with a laugh.
Though her success as a four-time Emmy nominated actress on one of the biggest sitcoms in the world is what made it possible for her to shop her idea around, Vergara began her “Griselda” journey feeling like her “Modern Family...
Though her success as a four-time Emmy nominated actress on one of the biggest sitcoms in the world is what made it possible for her to shop her idea around, Vergara began her “Griselda” journey feeling like her “Modern Family...
- 8/16/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire
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“It’s interesting, more filmmakers this year are asking for laurels,” says Sam Fleischner when we spoke just a few days before the opening of the seventh annual Rockaway Film Festival. Fleischner’s the festival’s co-founder and artistic director, Courtney Muller is co-founder and program director, and the two, along with their small team, have grown the festival to the point where the schedule boasts more premieres, U.S. and world, than ever and, with that growth, directors wanting to add the Rockaway selection to their posters and websites. “We never wanted to make a laurel,” admits Fleischner. “So it was like, alright, […]
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- 8/16/2024
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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“It’s interesting, more filmmakers this year are asking for laurels,” says Sam Fleischner when we spoke just a few days before the opening of the seventh annual Rockaway Film Festival. Fleischner’s the festival’s co-founder and artistic director, Courtney Muller is co-founder and program director, and the two, along with their small team, have grown the festival to the point where the schedule boasts more premieres, U.S. and world, than ever and, with that growth, directors wanting to add the Rockaway selection to their posters and websites. “We never wanted to make a laurel,” admits Fleischner. “So it was like, alright, […]
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The post Movies with Sand Under Your Feet: Previewing The Seventh Annual Rockaway Film Festival first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 8/16/2024
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
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No question, the documentary “Daughters” is a tearjerker. At the Sundance 2024 premiere, its two rookie filmmakers saw the power of their father-daughter story. Music video director Natalie Rae and Girls for a Change CEO Angela Patton had witnessed the emotions unleashed when incarcerated men at a Washington D.C. prison shed their orange gear and dressed up for a father-daughter dance. When they line up on chairs in a hallway to anxiously await their daughters, who run into their fathers’ arms, there was not a dry eye in the house.
“That screening was just so powerful,” said Rae at an August Academy showing in Beverly Hills. “It was five standing ovations and so much laughter and joy and energy. You’ve been working on the edit for three years off and on. So finally, being able to share it and feel the level of emotion, I was not prepared for it.
“That screening was just so powerful,” said Rae at an August Academy showing in Beverly Hills. “It was five standing ovations and so much laughter and joy and energy. You’ve been working on the edit for three years off and on. So finally, being able to share it and feel the level of emotion, I was not prepared for it.
- 8/16/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
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Well, we can assume those talks didn’t work out. Back in early summer 2023, it was reported that Will Ferrell was in talks to play legendary former football coach turned beloved NFL sports commentator John Madden, as directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker David O. Russell. But according to new reports from various trade outlets, the role has gone to Nicolas Cage instead.
Continue reading ‘Madden’: Nicolas Cage To Play John Madden In New David O. Russell Film at The Playlist.
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- 8/16/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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This article is part of IndieWire’s 2000s Week celebration. Click here for a whole lot more.
We kicked off our 2000s Week celebration by ranking the 100 best films of the aughts, and followed that by sharing our picks for the decade’s greatest performances, scores, anime, Bollywood musical numbers, and a bevy of essays and interviews beyond that.
Now, as 2000s Week comes to a close, we’re handing the microphone over to a few —or a lot – of our favorite filmmakers, as more than 100 of them have submitted lists of their favorite films of the 2000s. The brief was to list 10, but we were happy to offer a little wiggle room when necessary, and many of them chose to take it (which is perfectly understandable given how much it pained us to come up with a top 100). While there’s enough overlap between these lists to confirm that...
We kicked off our 2000s Week celebration by ranking the 100 best films of the aughts, and followed that by sharing our picks for the decade’s greatest performances, scores, anime, Bollywood musical numbers, and a bevy of essays and interviews beyond that.
Now, as 2000s Week comes to a close, we’re handing the microphone over to a few —or a lot – of our favorite filmmakers, as more than 100 of them have submitted lists of their favorite films of the 2000s. The brief was to list 10, but we were happy to offer a little wiggle room when necessary, and many of them chose to take it (which is perfectly understandable given how much it pained us to come up with a top 100). While there’s enough overlap between these lists to confirm that...
- 8/16/2024
- by IndieWire Staff
- Indiewire
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Any actor who has portrayed a live-action version of a comic book or video-game character has faced some backlash from haters, but Kaitlyn Dever’s experience as Abby on “The Last of Us” Season 2 is a whole ‘nother thing.
According to her co-star Isabela Merced, Dever required extra security on the HBO series’ set to keep some overzealous (to put it one way) fans of the game away. Merced suggested it’s not because Dever, who was cast in January 2024, wasn’t up to the task, but rather because some gamers genuinely dislike Abby, the fictional character.
“There’s so many strange people in this world because there are people that actually genuinely hate Abby, who is not a real person,” Merced said during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “Kaitlyn had to be extra secured by security when it came to the filming of this.”
“Strange” is definitely another way to put it.
According to her co-star Isabela Merced, Dever required extra security on the HBO series’ set to keep some overzealous (to put it one way) fans of the game away. Merced suggested it’s not because Dever, who was cast in January 2024, wasn’t up to the task, but rather because some gamers genuinely dislike Abby, the fictional character.
“There’s so many strange people in this world because there are people that actually genuinely hate Abby, who is not a real person,” Merced said during the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “Kaitlyn had to be extra secured by security when it came to the filming of this.”
“Strange” is definitely another way to put it.
- 8/16/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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George Clooney is lamenting conglomerates taking over Hollywood. The actor told GQ UK that studio Paramount, which has long been on the market, is akin to a “mom-and-pop shop” nowadays.
“Paramount’s one of the great original studios,” Clooney said when asked about how Hollywood has changed. “But some of it you just have no say in. Because the business, it’s all getting eaten up. It’s like everything — it’s all getting eaten up by big Walmarts and Amazons around the world. Our version of mom-and-pop shops in a small town is Paramount.”
Of course, Amazon bought out MGM Studios (and has its own Amazon Studios) and also has streamer Prime Video. Walmart, meanwhile, has not quite gotten into the filmmaking realm yet, aside from a pitch-perfect faux “Mean Girls” sequel featuring most of the 2004 cast in a commercial. (Walmart’s free-shipping subscriber program Walmart+ does include access to Paramount+.
“Paramount’s one of the great original studios,” Clooney said when asked about how Hollywood has changed. “But some of it you just have no say in. Because the business, it’s all getting eaten up. It’s like everything — it’s all getting eaten up by big Walmarts and Amazons around the world. Our version of mom-and-pop shops in a small town is Paramount.”
Of course, Amazon bought out MGM Studios (and has its own Amazon Studios) and also has streamer Prime Video. Walmart, meanwhile, has not quite gotten into the filmmaking realm yet, aside from a pitch-perfect faux “Mean Girls” sequel featuring most of the 2004 cast in a commercial. (Walmart’s free-shipping subscriber program Walmart+ does include access to Paramount+.
- 8/16/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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Roxanne Hall (Halle Berry) is a globetrotting superspy who executes intricate missions without breaking a sweat. Need to kidnap a billionaire crime lord from a heavily guarded hotel room without disturbing the other guests? She’s your woman. Is the world order as we know it threatening to collapse due to an unprecedented intelligence leak? She’s the one you call. So when Roxanne is faced with the most important mission of her career, it’s somewhat surprising that she decides to bring in extra help. What’s even more surprising is that her preferred phone-a-friend is her old boyfriend, who has never left his hometown or shown the slightest bit of interest in (or talent for) fighting crime.
When we first meet Mike McKenna, he’s waking up after a one-night-stand with his 7th grade English teacher. For those curious, it’s revealed they had sex “one and a half times.
When we first meet Mike McKenna, he’s waking up after a one-night-stand with his 7th grade English teacher. For those curious, it’s revealed they had sex “one and a half times.
- 8/16/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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Lee Daniels’ first-ever horror effort, “The Deliverance,” is not to be confused with 1972’s “Deliverance.” Although, much like John Boorman’s three-time Oscar nominee about idiot canoers going through hell in rural Georgia, it does make movie-watching pretty painful.
Not since “Hillbilly Elegy” has Netflix done Glenn Close so dirty. That’s true even taking into account her small part in the hugely horrible “Heart of Stone” for the streamer last year. “The Deliverance” director Daniels, an ambitious storyteller with an admirably spotty track record, is best known for creating the TV show “Empire” with Danny Strong and, before that, helming the Sundance darling “Precious,”.
Back in 2009, Daniels’ talents as a producer on 2001’s “Monster’s Ball” preceded the success of his eventual Best Picture contender, “Precious,” but the bleak family drama about a Black family living in Harlem is what turned him into a celebrated director. His gritty portrait of...
Not since “Hillbilly Elegy” has Netflix done Glenn Close so dirty. That’s true even taking into account her small part in the hugely horrible “Heart of Stone” for the streamer last year. “The Deliverance” director Daniels, an ambitious storyteller with an admirably spotty track record, is best known for creating the TV show “Empire” with Danny Strong and, before that, helming the Sundance darling “Precious,”.
Back in 2009, Daniels’ talents as a producer on 2001’s “Monster’s Ball” preceded the success of his eventual Best Picture contender, “Precious,” but the bleak family drama about a Black family living in Harlem is what turned him into a celebrated director. His gritty portrait of...
- 8/16/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
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[Editor’s note: this list was originally published in July 2022. It has since been updated with new entries to coincide with the release of “Alien: Romulus”]
Aliens are never far from the pop culture hive mind. It makes sense that audiences would turn to the skies in the 21st century: a time of existential ennui that’s left many screaming for escape and wondering “What else?” But where the enduring nostalgia of “E.T.” or the effortless charm of “Earth Girls Are Easy” might have made emotional contact in the past, a burning need to really feel something has festered.
The scariest alien movies terrify in many of the same ways the scariest earth-bound horror movies do: building (and sometimes killing) likable characters; producing otherworldly visual displays with seriously grim implications; getting the jump scares, if applicable, timed just right; and daring to put the unimaginably terrible on screen. Alien flicks further distinguish themselves through the subgenre’s unparalleled ability to explore the unknown, conjuring up heinous fates for humans so sweepingly sadistic few other films can attempt them.
Aliens are never far from the pop culture hive mind. It makes sense that audiences would turn to the skies in the 21st century: a time of existential ennui that’s left many screaming for escape and wondering “What else?” But where the enduring nostalgia of “E.T.” or the effortless charm of “Earth Girls Are Easy” might have made emotional contact in the past, a burning need to really feel something has festered.
The scariest alien movies terrify in many of the same ways the scariest earth-bound horror movies do: building (and sometimes killing) likable characters; producing otherworldly visual displays with seriously grim implications; getting the jump scares, if applicable, timed just right; and daring to put the unimaginably terrible on screen. Alien flicks further distinguish themselves through the subgenre’s unparalleled ability to explore the unknown, conjuring up heinous fates for humans so sweepingly sadistic few other films can attempt them.
- 8/15/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
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Destined initially to a debut on Hulu (or the Disney-owned equivalent internationally), “Alien: Romulus” was switched to theatrical before it went into production.
In a time where Hollywood is making questionable decision after questionable decision, the powers that be made the right one here. Kudos to the shot callers at Disney’s 20th Century Studios for realizing what a home run “Alien: Romulus” is, and audiences need to experience it at least once in its natural environment.
Continue reading ‘Alien: Romulus’ Review: Fede Álvarez Reinvigorates The Franchise, Delivering The Goods With Fresh Ideas & Lore Respect at The Playlist.
In a time where Hollywood is making questionable decision after questionable decision, the powers that be made the right one here. Kudos to the shot callers at Disney’s 20th Century Studios for realizing what a home run “Alien: Romulus” is, and audiences need to experience it at least once in its natural environment.
Continue reading ‘Alien: Romulus’ Review: Fede Álvarez Reinvigorates The Franchise, Delivering The Goods With Fresh Ideas & Lore Respect at The Playlist.
- 8/15/2024
- by Simon Thompson
- The Playlist
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“Coraline,” the masterful stop-motion debut from Oregon-based Laika, turns 15 this year. It’s currently being honored with a 3D remaster in theaters (also screening in 2D through Fathom). In addition, there’s a bevy of merch, including a new Mondo vinyl soundtrack by Bruno Coulais, a Converse collection, and a partnership with Portland’s Stumptown Coffee.
Which is why “Coraline” director Henry Selick was recently in London promoting the 3D remaster and appearing at the launch of the “Laika: Frame x Frame” exhibition at BFI Southbank. He spoke to IndieWire via Zoom about ushering in the digital stop-motion revolution at Laika in 2009 and creating the iconic rebel with blue hair and yellow raincoat.
“I had incredible support from Laika and Travis Knight [the studio’s president and artist-turned-director] to pursue exactly what I wanted,” Selick said. “Not that every moment of the film was dictated by myself, but I was able to make the choices and...
Which is why “Coraline” director Henry Selick was recently in London promoting the 3D remaster and appearing at the launch of the “Laika: Frame x Frame” exhibition at BFI Southbank. He spoke to IndieWire via Zoom about ushering in the digital stop-motion revolution at Laika in 2009 and creating the iconic rebel with blue hair and yellow raincoat.
“I had incredible support from Laika and Travis Knight [the studio’s president and artist-turned-director] to pursue exactly what I wanted,” Selick said. “Not that every moment of the film was dictated by myself, but I was able to make the choices and...
- 8/15/2024
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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[Editor’s Note: This list was originally published in May 2017. It has since been updated to coincide with the release of “Alien: Romulus.”]
Very few film franchises in history have the pedigree that “Alien” can lay claim to. The 20th Century Fox science fiction saga has evolved over the decades from claustrophobic horror to bloody action and back again, and it’s managed that transition by producing two undeniable classics. First is Ridley Scott’s 1979 original, “Alien,” which made Sigourney Weaver an iconic final girl and became the flawless masterpiece all sci-fi horror attempts will inevitably be compared to. Then came James Cameron’s 1986 “Aliens,” which made Weaver an iconic action hero and became one of the most beloved and imitated action movies ever made.
With such a heavyweight one-two opening punch, the “Alien” franchise really had nowhere to go but down. But that hasn’t stopped the powers that be from plugging along, trying to create a follow-up that would recapture the magic that Cameron and Scott created. There was...
Very few film franchises in history have the pedigree that “Alien” can lay claim to. The 20th Century Fox science fiction saga has evolved over the decades from claustrophobic horror to bloody action and back again, and it’s managed that transition by producing two undeniable classics. First is Ridley Scott’s 1979 original, “Alien,” which made Sigourney Weaver an iconic final girl and became the flawless masterpiece all sci-fi horror attempts will inevitably be compared to. Then came James Cameron’s 1986 “Aliens,” which made Weaver an iconic action hero and became one of the most beloved and imitated action movies ever made.
With such a heavyweight one-two opening punch, the “Alien” franchise really had nowhere to go but down. But that hasn’t stopped the powers that be from plugging along, trying to create a follow-up that would recapture the magic that Cameron and Scott created. There was...
- 8/15/2024
- by David Ehrlich and Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
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Illustrations by Chantall Veerman.Every few years, a projection screen is installed in a clearing near the Greek village of Lyssarea, in Arcadia. Hundreds of red beanbags and pillows dot the field, with benches at the rear and a 16mm film projector atop its wooden stand. As the sun sets over the craggy Peloponnese, the projector whirs to life and spectators settle in for open-air cinema. Crickets chirp. Dogs bark. The temperature falls. Moths prepare for an epic frenzy.Without any opening credits, a flash of light floods the screen and then cuts to black. This is the Temenos. Long sections of black film leader advance and then strobe with clear leader, until sustained illumination bathes the audience. Dark again, the projection surface dissolves into the sky as our eyes readjust from the brightness. Finally, an image appears on the screen: the torqued body of a naked man glistening in warm light,...
- 8/15/2024
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We need someone to break this one down for us. Nicolas Cage, who just played a serial killer in “Longlegs,” is going in a completely different direction for his next role. Cage will portray a truly beloved icon of football and the NFL, John Madden. Boom!
Cage has been set to star in “Madden,” the next film from director David O. Russell that is set up at Amazon MGM Studios, IndieWire has confirmed. He’ll portray Madden throughout his tenure as the coach of the Oakland Raiders back in the 1970s, all drawn from an original screenplay by Russell. More-specific plot details have yet to be revealed. It’s also unclear how deeply into his life story the film will get, whether it extends to his broadcasting career or his role in the massively popular video-game franchise that continues to this day even past his death in 2021. As a matter of fact,...
Cage has been set to star in “Madden,” the next film from director David O. Russell that is set up at Amazon MGM Studios, IndieWire has confirmed. He’ll portray Madden throughout his tenure as the coach of the Oakland Raiders back in the 1970s, all drawn from an original screenplay by Russell. More-specific plot details have yet to be revealed. It’s also unclear how deeply into his life story the film will get, whether it extends to his broadcasting career or his role in the massively popular video-game franchise that continues to this day even past his death in 2021. As a matter of fact,...
- 8/15/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
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One might think that a showrunner and director would feel an intense degree of pressure heading toward the finale of a series widely regarded as one of the greatest comedies in the history of television, but Jeff Schaffer was surprisingly relaxed when heading into the home stretch on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” “I think we would have felt a lot of pressure knowing this was the final season if we hadn’t had so much practice with final seasons,” Schaffer told IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “We have ended the show, I don’t know, seven times? I mean, the final episode of Season 5 was called ‘The End,’ and that was not ironic.”
Schaffer realized long ago that “Curb” star and creator Larry David tends to view each season as the last, for a logical reason. “He puts every joke he likes, every story he likes, into the season.
Schaffer realized long ago that “Curb” star and creator Larry David tends to view each season as the last, for a logical reason. “He puts every joke he likes, every story he likes, into the season.
- 8/15/2024
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
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Welcome to My Favorite Scene! In this series, IndieWire speaks to actors behind a few of our favorite television performances about their personal-best onscreen moment and how it came together.
Jack Lowden is famously married to Saoirse Ronan, but asked about his favorite scene from “Slow Horses” Season 3 — he can’t stop complimenting his work wife.
“Nothing fazes Roz in a take, nothing,” said Lowden of co-star and close friend Rosalind Eleazar. “She’s just infallible and sort of bulletproof that woman. She’s amazing.”
The actors, who play MI5 agents relegated to a detention-like posting in an underdog ensemble helmed by Gary Oldman, are headed into Season 4 of their seriocomic spy thriller for Apple TV+. Streaming weekly as of September 4, “Slow Horses: Spook Street” (each season is subtitled after the books by Mick Herron they adapt) will once again see Lowden playing the Emmy-nominated part of River Cartwright opposite Eleazar’s Louisa Guy.
Jack Lowden is famously married to Saoirse Ronan, but asked about his favorite scene from “Slow Horses” Season 3 — he can’t stop complimenting his work wife.
“Nothing fazes Roz in a take, nothing,” said Lowden of co-star and close friend Rosalind Eleazar. “She’s just infallible and sort of bulletproof that woman. She’s amazing.”
The actors, who play MI5 agents relegated to a detention-like posting in an underdog ensemble helmed by Gary Oldman, are headed into Season 4 of their seriocomic spy thriller for Apple TV+. Streaming weekly as of September 4, “Slow Horses: Spook Street” (each season is subtitled after the books by Mick Herron they adapt) will once again see Lowden playing the Emmy-nominated part of River Cartwright opposite Eleazar’s Louisa Guy.
- 8/15/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
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This article is part of IndieWire’s 2000s Week celebration. Click here for a whole lot more.
When cinematographer Bradford Young was fresh out of Howard University, he would have done anything to get near the set of his idol Harris Savides. He eventually found a way to shoot behind-the-scenes footage for the French director Fabian Barron, who hired Savides to shoot an Armani fragrance commercial in Hawaii. When Young got to the forest set, with shafts of light streaming through the trees, he became confused when he flipped on his Dv camera to capture the scene.
“The model came on set, and I was like, ‘How’s he going to light her face?,’” recalled Young, who couldn’t believe what happened next: Savides walked on to set with a flashlight in hand and shined it at the model. “He was completely secure with this little flashlight on this million-dollar set.
When cinematographer Bradford Young was fresh out of Howard University, he would have done anything to get near the set of his idol Harris Savides. He eventually found a way to shoot behind-the-scenes footage for the French director Fabian Barron, who hired Savides to shoot an Armani fragrance commercial in Hawaii. When Young got to the forest set, with shafts of light streaming through the trees, he became confused when he flipped on his Dv camera to capture the scene.
“The model came on set, and I was like, ‘How’s he going to light her face?,’” recalled Young, who couldn’t believe what happened next: Savides walked on to set with a flashlight in hand and shined it at the model. “He was completely secure with this little flashlight on this million-dollar set.
- 8/15/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
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Is filmmaker Greta Gerwig getting sick of being asked about a “Barbie 2? Sequel? Well, the answer could be maybe. The actress, writer, and director was recently on 60 Minutes, and when asked about a sequel, she seemed mildly annoyed about cranking out a sequel and seemed to suggest original filmmaking is still where it’s at for her.
“I don’t know what more could even look like,” Gerwig confessed that she didn’t even know what a ‘Barbie’ sequel would be narratively.
Continue reading Greta Gerwig Asks Why There Needs To Be A ‘Barbie 2,’ Why Can’t It Be A “Big Bold Original Idea”? & About A Ken Movie, “We’ll See” at The Playlist.
“I don’t know what more could even look like,” Gerwig confessed that she didn’t even know what a ‘Barbie’ sequel would be narratively.
Continue reading Greta Gerwig Asks Why There Needs To Be A ‘Barbie 2,’ Why Can’t It Be A “Big Bold Original Idea”? & About A Ken Movie, “We’ll See” at The Playlist.
- 8/15/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
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