The comedic timing of “Green Book” is gone here. So are the excellent performances. There’s no Mahershala or Viggo. Instead, we have Zac Efron and a ridiculous, but true, story about a Vietnam-bound man-child who just wants to bring beers to his buddies fighting the war. It has its moments, Efron isn’t bad in the lead role, but it falls flat in so many scenes. The film is 126 minutes long and almost every minute of it is felt....

French press Voir is reporting that Penelope Cruz had accepted the Cannes jury presidency before finally having to back down due to scheduling issues. Initially, Cruz’s dilemma was that Michael Mann’s “Ferrari” was supposed to start production during Cannes, but today Deadline is reporting that production will only start a month later in June.Ever since Cruz backed out, plenty of possible names to replace her have been thrown around as possibilities including Paul Thomas Anderson, Nicole Kidman, Vincent Lindon, and George Clooney....

If you remember, I polled over 250 critics and industry professionals in the Spring of 2019 and the subsequent results went viral — it was one of the most popular articles we ever published on this site. I went the complete opposite route with this latest poll. Cinephiles were the ones who were asked for their best of the past decade. You cannot be a critic and participate in this one....

In the film’s second section Maoz takes on four Israeli soldiers working in an isolate border checkpoint which seems to separate Israel and Palestine. Jonathan (Yonatan Shiray), is the Feldmans’ son, leading the group in random car intervenings. The boredom is contagious, think of Jake Gyllenhaal’s character in “Jarhead,” as these four youngsters have nothing to do but wait. Maoz’ visuals during this sequence damn near blow your mind what with the limited spacial nature of the setting....

“Joaquin is about as far from conventional as you can get. Not deliberately, but out of intuition. That’s what makes him tick. If something bothers him, he’ll let you know,” says Scott. “He made [Napoleon] special by constantly questioning.” That inquisitive nature led to significant changes on the movie. “With Joaquin, we can rewrite the goddamn film because he’s uncomfortable. And that kind of happened with Napoleon,” he says. “We unpicked the film to help him focus on who Bonaparte was....

This was inevitable. “Captain Marvel” is having the sort of backlash from from fans across the internet that is very reminiscent of the 2016 all-female “Ghostbusters” reboot. It all seems to stem from not just the upcoming film, starring Brie Larson, as being the first Marvel movie with a female lead, but also due to the no-holds-barred, anything goes, interviews Larson has been giving to the media whilst promoting the film....

You can’t find the tweet Sneider posted this afternoon because he deleted it. However, the internet never forgets … Chris Rock hosting the Oscars would be the best possible rehabilitation scheme for the Academy in the post-slap era. However, we already know that, and earlier this summer, Rock had already declined their invitation to host the 2023 ceremony. Did he change his mind? I guess we’ll see… If it does turn out to be true, then ratings for next year’s Oscar telecast would SKYROCKET....

More than 100 voters, selected by the prestigious film magazine, have produced a list of the 50 best movies of the year UK-born Steve McQueen’s wonderful ‘Lovers Rock” took top honors, followed closely by Garrett Bradley’s “Time” and Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow.” Here are the top 10 best movies from the Sight and Sound poll (which is actually a top 50 and can be found in its entirety inside the magazine’s January 2021 issue....

I won’t lie that my three years at film school taught me just about as much as I would have learned by just reading about film history online. Nevertheless, lots of great movies were screened and I don’t regret anything. The above results show how Spike Lee (#7) has recently climbed the echelon of most taught filmmakers in college. Lee is referenced more by film professors than Charlie Chaplin, Martin Scorsese and Jean-Luc Godard....

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With its silver-screen offerings essentially written off by critics in the early 1990s, its work frequently struggled to enter the global mainstream – that is, until 1997, when it won international festival awards for five titles in the span of just twelve months. Experiencing a dramatic resurgence in the decade thereafter, Japan has since reclaimed its position at the very pinnacle of the creative industries, and having undergone something of a cinematic renaissance, it has many titles that are worth a watch....

Director Felix Van Groeningen (Broken Circle Breakdown) adapts two memoirs (from real-life father and son David and Nic Sheff) into his first American film, which is bogged down by a lackluster screenplay filled with cliches and melodramatic moments.David (Steve Carell) lives with son Nic (an excellent Timothee Chalamet), and second wife Karen (Maura Tierney) in their comfortable San Francisco home. Major problems arise when Nic becomes addicted to Methamphetamine. The movie then, for the duration of its 112 or so minutes, goes back and forth between Nic’s continuous cycle of relapse and recovery....

The film, clocking in at just 93 minutes, is not a tough sit by any stretch of the imagination but rather a harmless excuse to pay tribute to a Hollywood legend. Redford, looking fantastic at 82 years of age, plays real-life bank robber Forrest Tucker, a man that escaped prison more than 16 times in his life, including once at the inescapable San Quentin prison where he built his own raft to cross the endless shore the penitentiary is known for....

“TÁR” is a critically-acclaimed drama that will most likely get a Best Picture nomination, not to mention a Best Actress nod for Cate Blanchett. It’s been the source of controversy as some critics have recently soured on the film, sucked up on the narrative around it. The most pertinent question being asked is whether the film is anti-cancel culture or pro the scrubbing of problematic artists. Separating art from the artist has been a debate that’s lasted for many generations, but has found an abundant of newfound conversations in this the #MeToo era....

“We’re very pleased with the results of “Tenet,” Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff said. “A couple of things: we knew it would over index in the international markets. Christopher Nolan has a huge, following, of course in the U.S., but his other movies have typically over indexed in international markets. If you remember back in June, July, August, the international markets were more open. We had this amazing movie, I don’t know if you’ve seen it, that really deserved to be seen on the big screen....

Briefly, “Nostalgia” is a slog to get through. It never really works. It’s clearly a personal film for Martone, his main protagonist returns to Naples after a 40 year absence. He visits his ill mother, rediscovers the places he knew, and the hidden codes of the city etc. It all falls flat. Some here believe Fremaux stole “Nostalgia” from Venice out of spite, taking away an Italian title from a well-known hometown director....

Rooney Mara is being Oscar campaigned as Lead Actress. It doesn’t matter if she runs in this category or as Supporting Actress, either way, she has no shot at a nomination. United Artists are in essence sending Mara to the Oscar slaughterhouse with this decision. Mara, much like Zoe Kazan in “She Said,” is the sacrificial lamb. UA are adding her to a stacked Best Actress category so that her co-stars Jessie Buckley and Claire Foy can take advantage of the weak Supporting Actress field....

When questioned whether there is a real chance that the upcoming “Wasp 22” could be his last film, Allen said it was a real possibility, but mostly due to financing and the notion of “cinema” changing: This topic has been raised before. How do you expect arthouse films to sustain a healthy box-office run when your audience knows those same films will be available to stream at home in just a matter of weeks?...

Dolan has a limited series he wrote and directed, titled “La nuit où Laurier Gaudreault s’est réveillé,” premiering in Canada and France this coming week. If you are Xavier Dolan and your last three films have failed critically, then what should your next move be? Dolan has been a polarizing figure for many cinephiles. After surprising the film world, in his mid-20s to boot, with well-received fare such as “Laurence Anyways,” “Mommy,” and “Tom at the Farm,” his last there films have not been good at all....

Ten years on from Heath Ledger’s Oscar win for his spine-tingling performance of the Joker in “The Dark Knight,” Adrian Buitenhuis, co-creator of the acclaimed documentary “I Am Heath Ledger,” a film which beautifully explored the man he was, both on and off camera, speaks about the story of a “truly incredible actor” who “thrived off human connection”, and how he wanted to dispel the myths that surrounded the sad passing of the transcendent Australian well on his way to becoming a screen legend....