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The Oscar-winning writer and director hasn’t released a film since “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”. That one turned out to be a surprising Oscar contender, with 7 nominations. I doubt McDonagh ever thought his movie would be a major Oscar player, but all the better for it. Five years later, McDonagh is back with a smaller-scaled film, in the same vein as “In Bruges.” However, tamper down those “In Bruges” comparisons a bit … Yes, “The Banshees of Inisherin” is a two-hander like ‘Bruges’, and stars the same lead actors, but it’s said to be very different in tone....

You can read my review of “The Irishman,” which was immediately written after I had attended its world premiere at the New York Film Festival this past September: “Despite clocking in at close to 3 and a half hours, “The Irishman” never feels slow or out-of-breath, which is a testament to Thelma Schoonmaker’s exquisite editing, juggling all the timelines together in ways that never let up — this is a high-wire act of editing from a legendary woman responsible for the greatest edited movie of all-time (Raging Bull)....

The result from all of this is a rather lacklustre lineup of films from last year with only a handful of marquee titles managing to breakout internationally; Francois Ozon’s “Summer of 85,” Philippe Lacôte‘s “Night of the Kings,” and Philippe Garrel’s “The Salt of Tears.” However, intriguingly enough, France’s Oscar submission for the Best International Film Oscar category this year was an out-of-left-field choice. In fact, Filippo Meneghetti’s “Two of Us,” this year’s French pick, had its world premiere back in 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival....

First reactions to “Wonder Woman 1984” are good, but, be warned, they do come from “critics” who have a tendency of harping glowing praise towards just about any new superhero movie that falls on their laps. Most especially, a certain Erik Davis — the go-to guy for big studio machinery to get word-of-mouth rolling for their next big tentpole. He, obviously, dug the hell out of “Wonder Woman 1984.” You also have movie geek site Joblo....

NOT RELEASED: The French Dispatch, West Side Story, Macbeth, Dune, Nightmare Alley, Last Night in Soho, The Last Duel, Annette, Cmon Cmon, Stillwater, Deep Water, Bergman’s Island, Benedetta, Blonde, Memoria, The Last Planet I shall add the above titles to our upcoming 2021 preview, being worked on as we speak and to be published before the year’s end. Of the major titles, we can add with a ‘21 release date, Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Soggy Bottom,” and Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho....

With the knowledge that Wes Anderson, and Jonathan Glazer Are now 2023 films. Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” and Ari Aster’s “Disappointment Blvd” currently in limbo (although that could change). And that means Scorsese, Fincher, O. Russell, Del Toro, Mendes, Chazelle and Spielberg are all skipping the fall fests. I’ve gathered 70 movies that could screen during the fall festival season. A few surprises could (probably will) sneak in. I’m thinking maybe Chazelle’s “Babylon” ultimately decides to go the way of fall festivals....

All of this to say that Cinemascore’s exit polling has audiences rating “Men” a D+ which is an absolutely brutal grade for the usually very-easy-to-please CS audience. I gather the total ire for this movie comes from the last 20 minutes, which is when the film, purposely, turns into an incoherent mindfuck. Garland doesn’t give a shit what the audience thinks and it’s clearly reflecting in that CS score. Contribute Hire me...

The writer-director of “Ex-Machina” and “Annihilation” is reuniting with A24 for this latest film. Jessie Buckley is set to play a woman who goes on a solo vacation to the English countryside after the death of her ex-husband. Not much else is known about the film. Regardless, out of the few screening reactions gathered, I read “it is one of the most unhinged things I’ve ever seen on screen,” “it’s a modern horror classic,” the film was superb,” “loved it,” “nothing mind-blowing,” “Jessie Buckley killed it” and “Rory Kinnear was something else”....

Regardless, there is absolutely no reason to not anticipate a new work from Farhadi, and earlier in the year Deadline mentioned something was coming much sooner than previously thought. The two-time Oscar winner was heading into production on a new film titled “A Hero” which had its eyes set for a Cannes 2021 bow. Despite a few delays due to the pandemic shutting down productions in Iran, according to stillacwap (who hails from Tehran) over at Awards Worthy, Farhadi has actually completed principal photography on “A Hero”: “The shooting of ‘A Hero,’ the latest work of two-time Oscar winner director Asghar Farhadi, ended in Iranian city of Shiraz....

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The company has been criticized with not really having had female filmmakers direct its horror-centered films. Blum was grilled the other day about this subject in an interview with Polygon. Why doesn’t he have more women filmmakers working for him? The answer, according to Blum, is rather simple, there just aren’t that many: “There are not a lot of female directors period, and even less who are inclined to do horror,” Blum continues....

The question that begs to be asked is quite simple; Did we really need this? Why does every successful original story need to be remade, rebooted and sequel-ized? Sometimes it’s best to leave a great movie alone. The structure of “Parasite” does indeed play out like it could be expanded into series-length, but we didn’t need an American remake of the film. And yet, Bong has been shopping around the idea of a remake since the summer....

Best Film: Little Women. ‘Runner Up: Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Best Director: Bong Joon Ho, Parasite.Runner Up: Greta Gerwig, Little Women. Best Ensemble Cast: Little Women.Runners-Up: Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Parasite. Best Actor: Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems.Runner up: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker. Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan, Little Women.Runners up: TIE between Her Smell‘s Elisabeth Moss and Diane‘s Mary Kay Place Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood....

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As I’ve stated in the past, please keep discussions civil, so that everyone feels that they can have their say. Those who breach this simple guideline will be given a suspension that may turn permanent. This is a place to talk about movies and not to insult each other’s mothers, cousins, nephews etc. I hate to “ban” people since I love lively discussion of film. but today it had to be done....

The “Goodfellas” victory is just the latest honor in the film’s storied history. Despite losing Best Picture to “Dances With Wolves” at the 1990 Oscars, Scorsese’s film has aged like fine wine over time, finishing 92nd in AFI’s “100 years, 100 movies list” and selected in 2000 by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, being deemed “culturally significant.” Critics were asked to submit their top 5 movies, unranked, released between January 1st, 1990 and December 31st, 1999....

Guillermo del Toro’s Top 10 Films Of 2017 10. “Brawl in Cell Block 99”9. “Ingrid Goes West”8. “Tigers Are Not Afraid”7. “Good Time”6. “The Meyerowitz Stories”5. “Get Out”4. “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”3. “Dunkirk”2. “Lady Bird”1. “A Ghost Story” Denis Villeneuve’s Top 8 Films Of 2017 “Dunkirk”“Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves”“The Square”“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”“mother!”“Downsizing”“The Beguiled”Neill Blomkamp’s Oats Studio Short films Xavier Dolan’s Top 8 Films Of 2018 (Unranked) “Call Me by Your Name”“Lady Bird”“The Shape of Water”“The Killing of a Sacred Deer”“Wind River”“The Post”“It”“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Pedro Almodovar’s Top 8 Films Of 2017 “Phantom Thread” “BPM (Beats Per Minute)” “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” “You Were Never Really Here” “Zama” “A Ghost Story” “Colossal” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” Luca Guadagnino’s Top 20 in alphabetical order: “A Fantastic Woman,” by Sebastian Leilo“After the Storm,” by Hirokazu Kore-eda“Alien Covenant,” by Ridley Scott“Austerlitz,” by Sergei Loznitsa“The Big Sick,” by Michael Showalter“Cinema, Manoel de Oliveira and Me,” by Joao Botelho“Dunkirk,” by Christopher Nolan“Eight Hours Are Not a Day” (restored re-release), by Rainer Werner Fassbinder“Faces Places,” by Agnes Varda“I Am Not Your Negro,” by Raoul Peck“Logan,” by James Mangold“Logan Lucky,” by Steven Soderbergh“The Lost City of Z,” by James Gray“Mrs....

Rudi Dolezal, the director of dozens of classic Queen videos has told the New York Post’s Page Six that the band and its management want a sequel to the Oscar-winning hit Freddie Mercury biopic, “Bohemian Rhapsody.” “I’m sure he plans a sequel that starts with Live Aid.” Dolezal added that the follow-up film is now “being heavily discussed in the Queen family.” Beach also produced “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which has made more than $870 million worldwide....

Speaking to THR, Fletcher mentions that there were reshoots and post-production work. Ultimately, Singer’s name, as per DGA rules, was credited as the director of the whole project. Fletcher adds that not only Rami Malek, but producer friend Matthew Vaughn as well,convinced him to finish the blockbuster. “Rami was like, ‘We fucking need you, man. We need somebody,’” Fletcher revealed. “‘If you come to set and shit on the floor, you’ll still do a better job than this guy....

There are a lot of titles from Cannes and Venice here. Also, notice how “TÁR,” this year’s critical darling, doesn’t fare as well with the highbrows. “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” and “Top Gun: Maverick” are completely absent from the top 20 — which further legitimizes this list. Note, two Hong Sangsoo’s in the top 10. The Korean filmmaker has been releasing, sometimes, multiple films per year, for almost ten years, now and they all manage to find critical support....