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Annette: great; a filmmaker sells his home to make a $250,000 home-invasion drama; and The Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer legally arrives.
You Can’t Kill Meme, a doc from Haley Garrigus, exploress the theory that meme magicians made Hillary Clinton fall and Donald Trump rise.
Baby Money, now playing at the Fantasia Film Festival, is a taut, scary home-invasion thrillers that low-budget filmmakers should study closely
Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer leaks; Succession is back in two months; Scarlett Johansson-related hyperbole. Plus: Beware of “red flag movies” — or not.
With The Industry podcast, Dan Delgado tells stories of the film and TV industry heroes who tried, and usually failed, to make something great.
R.I.P. Sonny Chiba; Michael Shannon on pretending to do acid; escaping the nostalgia trap; and Danny DeVito can keep his check.
What ‘Volumetric Capture’ is; meme stock AMC soars, Eson the Searcher finally has his day in the final Eternals trailer from Chloe Zhao.
Blue_Whale is so dark and depraved that you may wonder if its creators are just evil. Which is a great quality in a horror movie.
Neill Blomkamp is back with not much hope for humankind; Contellation Incubator wants us to reject ’90s ideas about funding; a time-travel masterpiece
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, now playing at the Fantasia Film Festival, is part single-take story, and part time-travel fantasy. It’s brilliant.
Demonic director Neill Blomkamp and Ben Wheatley discuss everything from the speculative fiction of Neal Stephenson to the Archillect Twitter account.
A Star Wars anime; The Suicide Squad and the destruction of plot armor; some theaters want vaccination proof; and some inspiration to finish your thing.
In the Suicide Squad, James Gunn strips unexpected characters of plot armor, the magical substance that keeps IP alive and bankable.
Bill Maher defends Matt Damon, Johnny Depp feels ostracized, who can tell what story, and some thoughts on clickbait. All in today’s Movie News Rundown.
How CODA writer-director Siân Heder got it right telling a story that includes the Deaf community, musicians and fishing families.
Beckett Director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino on Dodging Cliches in the John David Washington Thriller
Beckett director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino dodges cliches in his new thriller. For starterters, his hero (John David Washington) has no secret skills.
The 2021 Louisiana Film Prize, celebrating its 10th year of recognizing short films shot in Louisiana, has announced the 20 finalists competing for $25,000.
Why Ethan Hawke joined the MCU for Moon Knight; Ted Lasso director Zach Braff got directing advice from Alexander Payne; inside CODA and Beckett.
Shia LaBeouf will play a saint for Abel Ferrara; Hollywood’s long-hours problem; Oklahoma offers $30 million in tax credits; CODA will play to everyone.
Dissecting the “Malice at the Palace” brawl; Titane steers its way to New York; some thoughts on the merging big- and small-screen experience.
Jennnifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin performs the hit sing “Think” in a clip from the Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, in theaters Friday.
Bam Margera sues his old friends from Jackass; Val Kilmer shares some complaints about the Batsuit; two Traffic stars reunite in an Addams Family reboot.
Bitchin’ tells jaw-dropping Rick James stories; How Down With the King staged a Freddie Gibbs concert under Covid protocols; Suicide Squad box office.