Fresh off her “Happening” winning the Golden Lion at Venice, filmmaker Audrey Diwan has set her sights on remaking softcore porn classic “Emmanuelle” with Léa Seydoux. I’ll watch it for the plot, obviously. After all, the screenplay is said to be co-written by Diwan and fellow filmmaker Rebecca Zlotowski (“An Easy Girl”). The source material is based on Emmanuelle Arsan’s 1967 novel. This will surely be NC-17. The novel has already been adapted into a film, many sequels and an infamous TV series titled “Emmanuelle in Space....

Set in early ’70s Harlem, the novel recounted the story of a young African-American couple and a false accusation which leads to the incarceration of a young, 22-year-old man. That 22-year-old is Fonny (Stephan James), and he is madly in love with his young 19-year-old girlfriend, Tish (Kiki Layne). The crux of drama, if you want to call it that, happens when Fonny is unjustly accused of raping a Puerto Rican woman and incarcerated indefinitely....

The theatrical version clocks in at 159 minutes, but Luhrmann recently confided that there is a 4-hour cut of the film, including a scene where Elvis meets Richard Nixon. Speaking to Radio Times, Luhrmann says: Luhrmann added that other than the Nixon scene, other cut scenes involve Elvis’ addiction to barbiturates and his relationship with first girlfriend Dixie. The film does span four decades of The King’s life, so it’s obvious things were going to be snipped out, but consider me disappointed that the theatrical cut couldn’t even hit 3-hours....

The 2020 Berlin Film Festival kicks off on February 20th. You can see the full competition lineup below (via Deadline). Competition Berlin AlexanderplatzGermany / Netherlandsby Burhan Qurbani DAU. NatashaGermany / Ukraine / United Kingdom / Russian Federationby Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel Domangchin yeoja (The Woman Who Ran)Republic of Koreaby Hong Sangsoo Effacer l’historique (Delete History)France / Belgiumby Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern El prófugo (The Intruder)Argentina / Mexicoby Natalia Metawith Érica Rivas, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Favolacce (Bad Tales)Italy / Switzerlandby Damiano & Fabio D’’Innocenzo First CowUSAby Kelly Reichardt Irradiés (Irradiated)France / Cambodiaby Rithy Panh Le sel des larmes (The Salt of Tears)France / Switzerlandby Philippe Garrel Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysUSAby Eliza Hittman Rizi (Days)Taiwanby Tsai Ming-Liang The Roads Not TakenUnited Kingdomby Sally Potter Schwesterlein (My Little Sister)Switzerlandby Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond Sheytan vojud nadarad (There Is No Evil)Germany / Czech Republic / Iranby Mohammad Rasoulof SiberiaItaly / Germany / Mexicoby Abel Ferrara Todos os mortos (All the Dead Ones)Brazil / Franceby Caetano Gotardo, Marco Dutra UndineGermany / Franceby Christian Petzold Volevo nascondermi (Hidden Away)Italyby Giorgio Diritti Contribute Hire me...

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Disney’s “Frozen 2” yet again found itself atop this week’s box-office. The animated sequel delivered another $123.7M over the five day Thanksgiving period, pushing its domestic total to a whopping $287M. Whilst internationally, and arguably more impressively (thanks to another $163.8M) the films total has reached $451M, combining overall for a huge $738.6M after less than two weeks in cinemas. In second place this week is another triumph for original cinema....

Despite a lack of being seen, Sciamma’s jewel of a movie was listed on 106 top ten lists in 2021, probably from critics who were lucky enough to have caught its festival run at either Berlin, Toronto, Telluride, New York and Chicago. Sciamma has become an overnight sensation in the American indie scene, but in France, her body of work has been well-known for close to a decade. After debuting “Portrait of A Lady on Fire” at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, a sumptuously made 121-minute triumph which simmers with slow-burn until it breaks your heart, Sciamma gained a much larger contingent of fans worldwide....

The major titles announcing this morning by Cannes director Thierry Fremaux include Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch,” Francois Ozon’s “Ete 85,” Naomi Kawase’s “True Mothers,” Thomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round” and Steve McQueen has not one, but two new films selected with “Mangrove” and “Lover’s Rock.” A total of 15 features are from first-time directors, while 16 of the films listed are helmed by women. The 56 films selected were chosen out of a potential pool of 2,067 features that were submitted....

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Nolan is caput with Warner Bros. It’s unclear how that might affect projects he currently has in development, but he wants none of it, no HBO Max for him. This is a major loss for Warner Bros, who cultivated an incredible relationship with Nolan over the past two decades. Ever since Nolan’s 2002 remake of “Insomnia” have Nolan and WB been in partnership, releasing films such as the ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy, “Interstellar,” “Dunkirk,” and “Inception....

“The number one problem I have with this kind of festival situation is that there’s always this temptation to classify the movie immediately and if you look at it—and I’ve tried to warn my fellow jurors of this—directors and movie critics are the worst people to judge movies.” Gray told The Film Stage during an interview on his break time at Marrakech. “Directors are always thinking, ‘I could do that,’” Gray continued....

Disney executives are surely under a lot of pressure to perform fast and successfully; they want to make the most money for the quarterly/yearly record-books and aren’t considering the long-term because the long-term is now. It seems as though this has, no doubt, irked the moviegoing public – there are now a lot more anti-Disney think-pieces around. By forcing its supply on moviegoers, oversaturation of the market is happening. Despite all that, the Mouse House is dominating the entertainment sphere; they have monopolized the current zeitgeist of mainstream movies by excelling at franchise-building and nostalgia....

Since I’ve tracking “Babylon,” in which Roberts has a small part, I keep mentioning how we shouldn’t take Margot Robbie’s performance for granted. Almost everyone whose seen the film tells me Robbie is sensational in the role of a 1920s silent movie star who transitions to talkies. Robert predicts Robbie will win the Oscar for her work: Fine, he’s in the movie, but saying she’s going to win and that it’s one of the most incredible performances he’s ever seen tracks well with what I’ve heard....

Well, it didn’t take long for Ethan to un-retire and set his next film, solo, without Joel. Deadline is reporting that Ethan co-wrote the upcoming “Drive-Away Dykes” with his wife Tricia Cooke. And, now we know which Coen is the silly one. What a title! I presume that it will quickly get changed once backlash occurs? The film is said to be a lesbian road trip drama. Coen and Cooke initially wrote the screenplay in the mid-2000s, which is said to be a “Russ Meyer-inspired romp” that was initially supposed to be directed by Allison Anders (“Gas Food Lodging....

While Wind’ did romanticize the old plantation lifestyle to some extent, it’s hardly as deliriously racist as Griffith’s ‘Nation,’ after all, that film’s odious racism vilified black people and glorified the Ku Klux Klan. With all that being said, Griffith’s silent-era masterwork is continuing its descent into cinematic infamy, especially in film schools nationwide where the film cannot even be screened anymore without some kind of protest arising against it....

I’ve been intensely monitoring Intel and rumors for the last few months, a competition of 19-21 films is what I’m hearing, but there is still a ways to go, with many films (especially the French ones) likely added in the last minute. What I can tell you is that Joanna Hogg’s “The Eternal Daughter,” and Kelly Reichardt’s “Showing Up” are most likely in. I had also been told by a few sources to watch out for Ari Aster’s 3-hour “Disappointment Blvd” sneaking into competition as well....

The costumes look outrageously colourful. I like what I’m seeing, but something tells me that the film will be garnering a wide variety of responses. It’s essentially Chazelle’s “Wolf of Wall Street” with a mix of Fellini’s “Satyricon,” but set in 1920s Hollywood. That’s the word on the street. Chazelle is swinging for the fences here. Diego Calva, Margot Robbie and Jean Smart will be pushed for awards. I’m hearing NOT Brad Pitt, but his name alone could justify some kind of push in the Supporting category, don’t discount him just yet....

20th Century Fox are no doubt working extra hard for director James Mangold’s new film “Ford v. Ferrari” to make a dent in the Oscar race. This beautiful new poster has a ‘70s Hollywood cinema vibe to it. The studio will be debuting the first trailer for the movie on Sunday Night during Game 2 of the NBA Finals.” Mangold has an eclectic bunch of films to his name. I was most impressed with “Logan,” a neo-western twist on the comic book movie....

Having stepped away from the camera following his 2018 Oscar win for “The Shape of Water”, Guillermo Del Toro returns this fall with an adaptation of William Lindsay Gresham’s novel. Starring Bradley Cooper in the lead role (which was at one point Leonardo DiCaprio) the story follows a con-man as he teams up with a psychiatrist (Toni Collette) to swindle people; however, all is not as it seems. The film recently wrapped up production with del Toro now headed to the editing room to complete his film....

According to Studio Ghibli’s president, Kôji Hoshino, production of Hayao Miyazaki’s new feature film, “How Do You Live?” has progressed sooner than expected and appears to be nearing its completion. Although the article doesn’t specify when it’ll be released, it hints at a possible 2023 launch. We’ll have to add this one high atop our must-see list for next year. Maybe a Cannes launch? Last November, New York Times piece on Miyazaki reads like the launch of a campaign for the film....