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Sidney Poitier Helped Create at Least Three Kinds of Movies
January 7, 2022
The Sidney Poitier films To Sir With Love, In the Heat of the Night, and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, each released in 1967, each launched a sub-genre.
Cobra Kai Two Heads Are Better Than One
January 6, 2022
A Sopranos star joins White Lotus; a dirty song pops up on family-friendly Cobra Kai; a film festival plans mass hypnosis; A Banquet trailer.
Sundance Film Festival in person 2022
January 5, 2022
The Sundance Film Festival has cancelled all in-person events, making it the latest event to alter its plans in response to the surging Omnicron variant.
HBO Max Validation; Why Keaton Bailed on Batman; Jonah Hill's Insults
January 5, 2022
HBO Max succeeds big; Michael Keaton explains his decision not to be in two terrible Batman movies; Jonah Hill spent a day insulting his castmates.
John C. Reilly Plays Herman Munster in Licorice Pizza
December 31, 2021
The Licorice Pizza credits say Herman Munster plays himself, but he was actually played by Paul Thomas Anderson regular John C. Reilly.
Timothee Chalamet Don't Look Up
December 30, 2021
Yule, the Timothee Chalamet character in Don’t Look Up, feels like an olive branch to Christians who could break the deadlock on global warming.
How Joan Didion's Worst Hollywood Experience Turned Into Her Best
December 23, 2021
Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne had such an awful time working on Up Close and Personal that Dunne titled his eventual memoir of the experience Monster.
R.I.P. Joan Didion; a Sopranos Gift Idea; Michael Keaton Joins Batgirl
December 23, 2021
R.I.P. Joan Didion; a last-minute Sopranos gift idea; Michael Keaton will play Batman in Batgirl; Sundance will be very careful this year.
dasha nekrasova the scary of sixty-first red scare podcast
December 22, 2021
The Scary of Sixty-First, the debut film from Dasha Nekrasova, has a riskiness lacking from most recent American films, starting with its subject manner.
Armie Hammer Is in the New Armie Hammer Movie
December 22, 2021
The Matrix Resurrections is here; Armie Hammer will be in the next Armie Hammer movie; Maggie Gyllenhaal vows to avoid dopey sex scenes.
Robert Rodriguez Won't Make Boba Fett Look Like a Buffoon
December 16, 2021
Robert Rodriguez won’t make Boba Fett look like a buffoon; Spider-Man overcomes Omicron fears overseas; a Quentin Tarantino Lord of the Rings threat.
A Ludicruous Licorice Pizza Debate; Spider-Mania; Super Mario, Bros
December 15, 2021
Dennis Hopper on a helpful dictionary definition; rooting hard for Spider-Man; people get mad at Licorice Pizza, of all things
Red Rocket: Bree Elrod on Working (and Smoking) With Locals-Turned-Actors
December 10, 2021
Bree Elrod is has worked with Alan Rickman and Martin Scorsese. But in Red Rocket, some of her stellar scene partners are first-time actors
Simon Rex and Sean Baker Tell Us What a Suitcase Pimp Is Suzanna Son in Red Rocket
December 9, 2021
Red Rocket director Sean Baker and star Simon Rex explain what a suitcase pimp is, and how not to look like one when street casting.
Lakers Teaser; Fix the Oscars; Transcendent Travolta; Anti-Algorithm Slamdance
December 9, 2021
The teaser for the Adam McKay Lakers series is here; ideas to fix the Oscars; an anti-algorithm Sundance; transcendent Travolta.
best new york movies
December 8, 2021
The best New York movies; Bojack mocks Fincher for a good cause; climate change deserves more attention than Adam McKay’s issues with Will Ferrell.
Licorice Pizza Named Best Film; Baldwin's Trigger Explanation Makes Sense; How to See West Side Story Early; AstroWorld Special Pulled
December 3, 2021
How Alec Baldwin’s explanation makes sense; an Astroworld special is pulled from Hulu, and how to see West Side Story early in IMAX.
Robocop Writer and Director Reteam for Erotic Thriller; Alec Baldwin Denies Pulling Trigger; a Licorice Pizza Secret Cameo
December 2, 2021
Alec Baldwin issues a confusing denial; Licorice Pizza has a monstrous cameo; the writer and director of Robocop are working on an erotic thriller.
Alec Baldwin Gives 'Intense' Interview; Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Breakup; Write Your Own Code
December 1, 2021
Alec Baldwin sits down for an “intense” and “raw” interview about the Rust shooting; blame the Lakers for Will Ferrell and Adam McKay splitting up.
Watch Paul McCartney Write Get Back
November 29, 2021
Paul McCartney was desperate and running out of time as he hammered out “Get Back.” The moment appears in the documentary of the same name by Peter Jackson.
House of Gucci Saves Time by Cutting Guccis
November 25, 2021
House of Gucci features Aldo Gucci (Al Pacino) Paolo Gucci (Jared Leto), and Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver). But it leaves out some Guccis.
Jared Leto Came Up With Urination Scene in House of Gucci, Writer Says
November 24, 2021
Jared Leto thought up the urination scene in which Paolo Gucci defiles a Gucci scarf, and the Gucci name, says House of Gucci writer Roberto Bentivegna.
House of Gucci Writer Says the Key Was to 'Make It Very Ironic and Really Not Take the Characters Too Seriously'
November 24, 2021
House of Gucci writer RobertoBentivegna says the key to cracking the story was “to really not take the characters too seriously.”
Did the King Richard Drive By Shooting Really Happen?
November 20, 2021
Richard Williams has told the story of the real shooting that inspired the wild, hellish drive-by shooting scene in King Richard.