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In a new interview with Den of Geek, Hamill gives an honest opinion on the way Lucasfilm and Disney have treated the rich lore of “Star Wars": He then started talking specifics, when it came to the new tirlogy, and , suffice to say, he doesn’t mince words when describing his dislike of some of the choices that were made: He continued, “Luke, Han and Leia will never be together again, and I’ll probably never get to work with Harrison again....

According to Deadline, Netflix has also settled on a theatrical release strategy for “The Irishman,” which will begin on November 1st in New York City and Los Angeles, expanding the following weeks into other cities in the U.S. “The Irishman” is getting a solid four weeks of theatrical exclusivity around the country before arriving on Netflix on November 27. And yet, Netflix wasn’t able to nab important theater chains like AMC, Cinemark, Regal, and Cineplex into their plans for theatrical distribution....

If you haven’t seen “Sundown” then please do. It’s one of the very best films to have been released this year, maybe even Franco’s best as well. It features not just excellent, Haneke-esque direction from Franco, but a career-peak performance from Tim Roth as well. I wrote: “The one-two punch of “New Order” and “Sundown” have clearly upped Franco’s stock. Belgian cinematographer Yves Cape (a Franco regular) has been spotted on-set....

In my Cannes review I mentioned that Labaki’s film restlessly moves like an urban-realist “Slumdog Millionaire.” The film is composed of overdone flashbacks, but the current day sequences involving a Lebanese boy fleeing his parents and attempting to use his wits to survive on the slummy streets are nothing short of mesmerizing. Labaki used a cast of non-professional actors to play parts, a lot of improvisation was used and et voila!...

There’s also the already-announced opening night film, Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Lest we forget, I also wrote on 07.19.21 on the likelihood of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Soggy Bottom” world premiering at NYFF. My predictions for NYFF: Campion, Coen, Almodovar, Hamaguchi, Weerasethasukul, Sciamma, Anderson, Gomes/Fazendeiro, Baker, Hansen-Love, Ducournau, Terrence Davies, Frammartino, Hong Sang-Soo, Lapid, PTA, Mills. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

“[Academy members] are having trouble coming up with ten [Best Picture nominees] on their ballots.” Are you kidding me? Thompson is hearing that many voting ballots will not even have all ten slots filled? Have Oscar voters just given up watching movies in the COVID era? Of course, as I’ve previously mentioned, the issue for many here is that 2021 was one of the worst years for quality cinema in the 100+ year history of film....

“The Whale” has had to bank on Oscar buzz, which relied heavily on viral videos of its star, Brendan Fraser, garnering standing ovations at film festivals. The video of the one he received at Venice has close to 400k likes on Twitter. A trailer was also — finally— released a few weeks ago, but it was mostly composed of quotes from critics with just a handful of closeups of Brendan Fraser’s face....

The Best Director category this year is a wily one in this weak year for quality filmmaking. So much so that some are predicting foreign-language filmmakers Joachim Trier (“The Worst Person in the World”) or Pedro Almodovar (“Parallel Mothers”) possibly sneaking into the top five nominees. As it stands, Jane Campion is set to win her first Best Director statuette for “The Power of the Dog.” She was nominated for “The Piano” back when Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List” triumphed with seven wins, including Picture and Director....

Now, although I am mostly covering Cannes at the moment, I do need to mention this: Variety‘s Justin Kroll reporting that Robert Pattinson is in negotiations to play Batman in Matt Reeves’ The Batman is a WTF kinda thing. No surprise, fan backlash has happened. Of course, it isn’t a done deal, but “the top choice and [the deal] is expected to close shortly”sccording to Kroll. Reeves and Pattinson would start shooting this summer....

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In an interview with Deadline, the filmmaker is now distancing himself from directing the R-rated “Star Trek” movie he kept talking about for the better part of two years. .“I think they might make that movie, but I just don’t think I’m going to direct it,” Tarantino tells Deadline. If you remember, in December, Tarantino had told Consequence of Sound that he was “steering away” from the project. “It’s a good idea....

What you are experiencing is just a metaphor” says a character earlier on in the film and if that clash of reasoning doesn’t strike one as pompous then maybe this is the film for you. Decker’s goal is to blur the lines between reality and fantasy, to the point where you just can’t tell which is which anymore. Madeline (Helena Howard), a disturbed New York teenager acts rather strangely when she starts to inhabit role-playing games devised by her theater director-teacher Evangeline (Molly Parker)....

Linklater has been a peculiarly idiosyncratic director, the kind of artist that keeps reinventing himself. I spoke to the 59-year-old director about the ‘Bernadette’ shoot, whether we will ever see another ‘Before’ movie and the one film from his filmography that he wishes more people could discover. You can read the whole interview here, but here’s a little snippet where Linklater talks about the chances of possibly having a fourth ‘Before’ movie in the distant future: “I was just with Julie [Delpy]....

“The Northman” underwent an intense series of reshoots last year, this after politely received test screenings put a damper on the possibility of it being released in 2021. Eggers’ third feature has had a somewhat problematic journey thus far. What we have here is an ambitious and massive film that is said to have a $90 million budget. Its screenplay was co-written by Icelandic novelist and poet Sjón Sigurdsson, but the ambiguously spooky storytelling of Eggers’ earlier films is replaced with a more mainstream approach here....

Back to Polanski, his win clearly did not sit well with “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” star Adèle Haenel, who could be seen walking out of the ceremony when the award was announced. The Césars, the French equivalent of the Oscars, has been embroiled in outrage leading up to the ceremony these past few weeks, with certain people freaking out that the organization would give a convicted sexual abuser like Polanski recognition....

“CODA” won Best Ensemble and Troy Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor tonight. This is immense. “CODA” won Ensemble over “Power of the Dog,” and “Belfast.” I am not at all ready to call it the Frontrunner, but holy hell is this a twist or what? This is also a huge win for virtual Sundance, where Apple paid a record $25 million for “CODA.” I don’t think it actually played in a movie theater....

Soderbergh hasn’t made Oscar-bait fare since, gosh, 2000’s one-two punch of ‘Erin Brokovich’ and ‘Traffic.’ Of course, judging by the just-released ‘The Laundromat" trailer, the only thing Oscar-bait about this movie seems to be Meryl Streep’s presence and its November release date. No, this rather looks like a movie that feels quite similar to Soderbergh’s highly underrated “The Informant.” Soderbergh seems to have shot it with a range of the latest RED digital cameras....

“All official feature film selections will play both in person and online. We will hold in-person screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City, and at the Sundance Mountain Resort. As always, films will premiere in the opening half of the Festival, which this year will be from Thursday, January 20, through Tuesday, January 25, 2022, with additional screenings to follow through the end of the Festival. Online premieres will follow the in-person premieres, using our custom-built online platform that was home to last year’s festival....

As “Akira” is being “put-on-hold” by Warner Bros, Waititi has decided to go back to the MCU. According to Variety, Waititi is officially returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the writer-director has closed a deal to helm “Thor 4.” I’m sure Disney and Marvel must be ecstatic about this — Waititi brought back the ‘Thor’ franchise from the dead back in 2017 with . The first two ‘Thor’ films were not up-to-par, especially the second instaellement titled “The Dark World,” which, to my eyes at least, is the worst MCU movie ever released....

I need to figure out my ten best films list, which is such a chore. IW also wants voters to include their own personal choices for the best performances of the year. I started digging and tried to narrow it down to the ten “best” performances, it’s all relative, really, this list could easily change in the next day or two (the poll deadline is December 7th). It’s been a very weak year for highlight-worthy male lead performances, but a very strong one for supporting actors....