55th Directors’ Fortnight and 62nd Critics’ Week selections of the 76th Cannes Film Festival
30 films have been selected for the 55th Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival, as announced by Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Quinzaine... Read More
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ and ‘Small Axe’ highlight April 2023 additions to the Criterion Collection
First up this month of April inclusions to the Criterion Collection is the most recent entry in the entire collection, Ruben Östlund’s darkly funny social... Read More
Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington to lead feature film adaptation of August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ for Netflix
Honorary Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Avengers) and John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman, Tenet) will lead and all-star cast in the feature film adaptation... Read More
76th Cannes Film Festival Lineup: New films from Todd Haynes, Kore-eda Hirokazu; women directors hit record numbers in competition
New films from Todd Haynes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nanni Moretti, Ken Loach and Kore-eda Hirokazu highlight the competition lineup for the 76th Cannes Film Festival... Read More
Star Wars Celebration 2023 Film highlights: Daisy Ridley returns, a new Jedi film rises
Three new Star Wars films were announced at Star Wars Celebration Europe IV last week, on Friday. This news that was welcomed by attendees after... Read More
HBO reveals first looks at ‘True Detective,’ ‘The Regime,’ ‘The Penguin,’ greenlight on ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel and new Max logo
After the rather announcement yesterday that HBO Max would be changing its name to simply Max, and incorporating Discovery+ content post-merger, HBO and Max news... Read More
Production wraps on Duke Johnson’s ‘The Actor’ for NEON with André Holland and Gemma Chan
Principal photography has wrapped on Anomalisa helmer and Oscar nominee Duke Johnson’s The Actor starring André Holland (Passing, Moonlight) and Gemma Chan (Don’t Worry Darling, Eternals). Stranded in 1950s Ohio after... Read More
The ‘Barbie’ trailer is here and it’s a beach blanket Babylon of fun
After an epic teaser three months ago that aped the opening 2001: A Space Odyssey, we now have a fuller, if still a teaser, of... Read More
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Richard Madden set to star in ‘Killer Heat’ from Amazon Studios
It was announced today that Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, and Richard Madden will star in Killer Heat, from Amazon Studios. Philippe Lacôte will direct the film, which... Read More
Academy announces new Production and Technology branch, could a stunt category finally be in reach?
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the creation of the Production and Technology Branch, comprising approximately... Read More
2025 BAFTA Longlist Predictions: Expect Big Numbers for ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ ‘Kneecap’ and More 
‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Review: It’s Big Bucks, All Whammies in Failed Follow Up to One of TV’s Best First Seasons [C-] 
2024 North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 78 – ‘The Holiday’ (Nancy Meyers, 2006)