Black film mogul and director Spike Lee will be presiding over the jury at the 74th running of the Cannes Film Festival, some 35 years after one of his own early films, “She’s Gotta Have It” had premiered there. Other Spike Lee joints that were shown at Cannes include “Do the Right Thing” in 1989…
Oscar nominations were announced this morning, with David Fincher’s Mank leading the pack at ten mentions. For the first time in Oscar history, two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were honored in the Best Director category. There’s plenty to celebrate about the list, which can be found here, but at the same time, there…
The most recent studies of 2020 (made on the American territory), demonstrated that male film critics outnumber female film critics by more than 65%. However the Women Film Critics Circle has always championed the work of female cinephile writers, by being an association of 80 women film critics and scholars from around the country and…
The inspiration for the well-known Amityville Horror book and ensuing film adaptations is no longer among the living. Ronald “Butch” DeFeo died at age 69 on March 12th, 2021 at Albany Medical Center, as first reported by the Niagara Gazette. No cause of death has been released. He was serving a life sentence for the…
Families who have freely shared their login information with adult children living all across the country may need to prepare to purchase their own individual subscriptions. Netflix has begun testing a new way to discourage the practice of account-sharing, with some users receiving a message on their screens that reads “If you don’t live with…
Matthew McConaughey, Texas Governor? In what one might consider the most out of left field news of 2021, film star Matthew McConaughey has made it clear that he is giving major consideration toward running for Texas Governor’s seat. In the past, the Texas native has shot down previous inquiries into his desire to run for…
Not surprisingly, the movie business has been a major casualty of the COVID`19 pandemic, with social-distancing restrictions effectively shuttering most of the nation’s nearly 6000 movie theaters during 2020 and into 2021, darkening about 40,000 screens. (Are we in for a resurgence of the drive-in?) In March, the AMC chain reported it had lost $4.58…
Actor Michael B. Jordan will make his directorial debut with the third installment in the successful Creed franchise, MGM has announced. The film, which also brings back Jordan’s costars Tessa Thompson and Phylicia Rashad, has been scheduled for a November 23rd, 2022 release. Jordan follows in the footsteps of Sylvester Stallone, a Golden Globe winner…
Biopics of musicians/bands are undeniably hot right now. The success of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman in recent years has set off the alarm bells in Hollywood. Now all your favorite acts are getting their stories set for the big screen. Next up in the fathomably endless line of chart toppers getting the top notch cinema…
Almost a full year after they were ordered closed, movie theaters in New York City are now set to reopen on March 5th. Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the good news during a press conference on February 22nd and outlined specific requirements that will need to be followed. Theaters across the state of New York were…
While adoring fans of British auteur Edgar Wright eagerly await the release of his upcoming thriller, Last Night in Soho, news of Wrights’ next project has been revealed to be a remake of the Stephen King novel, The Running Man. As reported by Deadline, Wright will direct this new version from a script co-written with…
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