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Bourdain won the Oscar for “20 Feet from Stardom” and also directed the uber-popular Mr. Rogers doc from last year “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?.” “Anthony Bourdain did more to help us understand each other than just about anyone in the history of television. He connected with people not in spite of his flaws, but because of them. To have the opportunity to tell his story is humbling. CNN is in the DNA of Tony’s work, and the perfect partners in this journey....

Subsequent bookings: Lithuania (8.2), Greece (8.22), the Netherlands (8.29), Turkey (8.30), France (9.18), Czech Republic (9.26), Italy (10.3), Spain (10.4) and Mexico (10.25). Of course, Germany still has no date … Of course, no U.S. distributor has decided to touch the movie. Woody is still toxic to the Robespierre-like tyrannicals in this country. I do wonder if the movie will be leaked before it is, if ever, released in the States....

And so, is it any surprise that his Broadway show became the phenomenon that it was? With plenty of non-fans showing up to find out what all the hoopla was about? Of course not.Netflix’s Springsteen on Broadway turns out to be one of the most moving and invigorating screen experiences of 2018. It shows you the act of a man, at the twilight of his career, looking back at the moments that marked him, or rather scarred him, into becoming the thoughtful and deeply ingrained human being he is....

The NYT is now reporting that Nolan has been fervently adamant at getting his movie released this summer, despite the WB insisting that it be delayed beyond the summer. Nolan is scared that this dry summer is going to kill theaters and cinemas. The WB knows that “Tenet” isn’t going to make as much money as it could under normal circumstances. Much of the studio’s problem in releasing this film next month lies in a big chunk of the target audience wanting to stay home rather than risk their health in an enclosed theater....

The delay comes as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is refusing to budge on lockdown restrictions, especially when it comes to movie theaters, having yet to announce reopening plans, which remain stuck in phase 4 next to Broadway theaters. It was earlier reported that Nolan’s upcoming movie has a budget of nearly $250 million. The cast of the movie includes John David Washington, Elizabeth Debicki, Robert Pattinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kenneth Branagh, and, of course, Nolan regular Michael Caine....

Well, as sheer luck would have it, or the lack thereof, the positive case now turns out to be Robert Pattinson, the star of the film. Chances are he’ll survive, but production has now officially been delayed for at least two weeks. The WB are still refusing to say who the person was that got the virus, but Vanity Fair confirms its Pattinson. With filming on Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” which only resumed three days ago after pausing 5 1/2 months ago, a positive COVID-19 case emerged on-set....

The film tackles Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse’s fierce rivalry in the field of invention and technology. It’s a movie filled with ideas, maybe too many, all of which leads to Edison’s historic lighting of Manhattan. However, Westinghouse and Nicola Tesla try to one-up him by introducing an alternate possibility for current. Gomez-Rejon (“Me, Earl and the Dying Girl”) has a clear and concise vision of how he wants every shot to look....

Set in his native Napoli in the late ’80s, Sorrentino casts (Timothee Chalamet lookalike) Filippo Scotti as his alter ego, Fabietto. Toni Servillo plays his dad. Think “Cinema Paradiso” but sultrier with a dash of Fellini. All the Italian stereotypes are here — the large noisy family, the football watching, the oddball characters, the sexual awakenings. It’s all richly photographed by Daria D’Antonio’s evocative photography — many of the frames in this film have such a rich warmth to them....

We first meet Cecilia as she attempts to make a run for it, in the middle of the night, as her husband sleeps next to her in bed. She’s packed and ready to go, and the escape is successful, but not without a little tension added to the mix for good fun. By all accounts, being married to a world leader in the field of optics and having enough money to live atop a mansion on the hill was not enough reason for Cecilia to stay wedded to Adrian, who we slowly but surely find out was a controlling partner....

Written and directed by Sheridan, Jolie’s character, Hannah Faber, lives in an isolated lookout tower. She’s solemn, lonely and a tad-too-depressed. You see, she’s dealing with the aftermath of a containment operation gone awry, three kids she couldn’t rescue from the flames of a forrest fire died and she hasn’t been the same since, unable to shake off the fire images in her head. On the other side of the aisle, in the big city, a forensic accountant, Owen (Jake Weber), uncovers a sleazy government cover-up....

I’ve spoken to four journalists who attended. All I’ll say is that whatever I mentioned a few days ago about Danielle Deadwyler’s lead performance, well, she’s even more of a sure thing now. There is absolutely no way this doesn’t turn out to be one of the most acclaimed performance of the year. Deadwyler will probably turn out to be Cate Blanchett’s biggest competition in the Lead Actress category and, know what?...

The below are 10 people who saw the film, whose tastes I actually trust or semi-trust — they usually don’t succumb to Twitter hyperbole reactions (maybe Goldberg does from time to time). As for Ansel Elgort, I’ve noticed from the overall reactions that either he’s not mentioned or if he is then the tweet points out how miscast/terrible he was compared to the rest of the movie. Consider me very suspicious of this narrative....

As I sat in my seat at the Library theater this past January, at the film’s Sundance world premiere, I did not expect to watch a film featuring thousands of cockroaches, an obsessive reliance on shots of gashes and dismembered heads, lots of them. If Anvari tried to scare us in subtle and atmospheric ways with his previous feature, this relationship-based psychodrama has a choppy reliance on jump-scares and body horror....

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The film, based on Joe Sharkey’s 1993 non-fiction book of the same name, was seen by yours truly more than a year ago after I was kindly sent a screener by one of the film’s producers. I didn’t take notes, I didn’t plan on reviewing, it was just out of sheer curiosity that I decided to watch it. After all, “Above Suspicion” is directed by Phillip Noyce. The 70-year-old Aussie filmmaker had a solid one-two punch in 2002 with “The Quiet American,” and “Rabbit-Proof Fence,” his two most personal and accomplished films to date, but has been mostly a hired hand in the industry, directing good-to-decent studio fare (“Salt,” “Patriot Games,” Catch A Fire” “Dead Calm”), and none-too-impressive hack jobs (“The Bone Collector” “The Giver,” “The Saint” “Sliver”)....

I’ll have more to say about this one when the embargo lifts on March 16th. The film itself will be dumped on HULU on 03.18.22. Netflix would have been absolutely perfect for this kind of movie. Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

Affleck futher elaborated on his exit earlier tonight on The Jimmy Kimmel Show: “I tried to direct a version of it, worked with a really good screenwriter but couldn’t come up with a version,” Affleck told Jimmy Kimmel. “They couldn’t crack it and so I thought it was time to let someone else take a shot at it.” Contribute Hire me Advertise Donate Team Contact Privacy Policy

According to Variety, the 2021 Berlin International Film Festival has decided to radically alter its plans after Germany was hit with a nasty bit of the virus, cases have tripled over the last few weeks there, and that is forcing organizers to completely rethink everything; the shape, the scope and the allure of the event. The plan is to now have the main competition going all-virtual in March (pushed from the original February date), with a “mini-festival” with on-site world premieres launching (hopefully) sometime in June....

Upon request, I’ve decided to update my Best Director contenders list. Clearly, things have changed since I first published in June. David Fincher (The Killer) is most likely a 2023 candidate now. Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon) may or may not submit his film last-minute. Andrew Dominik (Blonde) has a film that I heard, from someone just yesterday, is a total fascinating MESS (still looking forward to it)....

According to the Disney press release, Iger will now take on the role of Executive Chairman and direct the company’s “creative endeavors.” The release says this set up will provide “the full benefit of his experience, leadership, and guidance to ensure a smooth and successful transition” through the end of his contract on 12.31.21. Iger will be succeeded by Bob Chapek, now officially the Chief Executive Officer for The Walt Disney Company, effective immediately....